New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-03
Nrw.yopK DAILY rplmlNE, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 81 1853

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rDtnVn nud Do Nnrar nnrpupl on o. 81 fHsfari ~ no
Grsnf uuYn We have hoo M separation ~ s il1is
fni tho liquids. hu waters from ihH naigIai Having
'u,ei'td Tho sftniiiH ~ Tie lnHtnnH. ln Ne nor nt
oufstlvtn ~ The consideration II un Infi, Ag oflil
"Jras" AZ The podod OF ia iaoianon u must
necessarily have ben nud yingni chsmGal action
must htill have continued producing GA abundant evo
lotion Of tho hnpnnhtghhlp hgrnis, light hest, nec
tutiit, DC Il muh have boon rni.iHsd u slt o. sur
rounded Ike our fun With brilliant phoiosphore Even
wh L. crust had begun FORM violent chemical action
would have continued and Therefore have prDdnced light
heat DC A. lllufirailOn-Se have hero cDmliua
ton If rcds aud metals arranged that we not only have
chemical action exhibited. but can obtain powerful cur
ICnl Of pHiyGnc electricity, lsO called amer ts uusuous
Italian diseogerer We bring tie terminal wires in con
tact and you perceive the e'cctsc spark this bris wire
becomes red hot fire and burns this steel Gle fuses
and IL consumed with brilliant scn,liaons Ii we term
nate tie wires from tire battery with carbon, that obtained
from ga rotorts is the bestl produce light which
mirror, the light wa reflected TO every part OF the
room When bring the carbon points IN contact hor
zontGiy we again produce the dazzling light, and by
separating thCm quarter or half inch, yOI witness
beautiful arc Of flame, produced by the upward current
OF heated air This gavanc light more nearly approaches
the sun right than any other which chemistfyhas re-
,aaled Ii does require the oxygen Of the air t. sup
4 IT, for il is equally brilliant in the vaccu space.
uch results may be obtained from chemical action
few square feet Of surface what might W expect should
We increase 10 yards miles The Hight produced from
very powerful battery in Paris year since It Is
said was 80 painfully brilliant as 10 cndanger the eye
sight Of he expermeutes they were obliged frequently
20 alternate in making the experiment What 81 neces
sy mus! have been the condition OF earth yea, and
al the planets during tie chemical epoch of their his
tory As was long since suggested en55'ei IN ght sur
TouIoed by brilliant lho1osheIes' IKE ous sun az
present. Sir William HeEschel thought, perhaps, the
Aurora Doroalis and .he Aurora AItTais, the lights
which still hover about the portions o. our earth,
where the atmosphere is dry and therefore favorable for
tlecxhihtOu of Electrical phenomenG are the fut remsins
Of that light which once invested our earth. They tell US
how blight and glorious orb globe once was From
tie examination OF the spots seen on me solar DISC e9n
orers reveal 10 that sun Is globe surrounded by
light and we may consider it cooling planet To sho Y
the intimate connection between me hnpohueia1e oFc
rot only from this electric current we Obtain heat ana
lipf but if passes this magnetic needle you OBJ
serve s detected from point north and south and turns
10 the cast and west II the current % electricity be
rafsed BY means of slkencOycrod copper wire, IN any
lines around mass Of so iron. as in this which is bent
in the fom of horse hoe, instantly the ron becomes
powerfully magnetic capable indeed, OF supporting m my
fhousqrd pounds 10u witness this mass Of IRON n.isi
,-Ii,b NAV be moldcd into beard long Turk s.
sslenGed while the current passes but instantly falling
when oeascs This large iron bar j. drawn 20 u with a
irresistible force Even when held IN lloh OF m 're from me
ell CrOmGguet, powerful magnetic induction 3 eAliDtel
fol il supports tbs nail attach string to tbs bit OF
iron and holding il tie electro mlgnet Il Is ufa"n
inward with such force that must make an eXef0n to
prevent oon'act-hold back by the string IL thus floats
in space partly realizing the fooled condition of Mahom
cts coffin In the center OF coil Of covered wire, through
which the current passes, introduce iron bar-the
Gravity oiLseaIth instantly overcome, ami hOats IN ne
middle of ho coil Here second, weighing or pounds
tlcce this in larger coil when the current passes -
lIoved up in tho center when break tie current IN
stantv falls to the earth. Prof Page of Washington,
who has proposed to this dIol force motive pow
or exbod in this city two wnors ago the most splen-
did eyporimens ever made in this parm9nt Of science
With his powerful battery lie raised bar over 200 lbs IN
weight ana on lis platform supporting several persons
lVarous instruments were here exhibited illustrating It's
publication as n motive agent bar was made to SPIN
around with great ropiGity a. proved ny ne ringing OK
lell og engine set in rapid melton rs s,h! idher
proof Of the relation of tho hnpondorabl5s-a magato
c1ecfytc machine was eNhiled-an instrument from which
spnrhs Of electricity could be obtained not only but
shocks dCcomposiiions Of chemical solutions a. by the
palvgo current In many Of the electro plating e5taD n
mCs ills instrument is u5ed inatead Of the battery Tor
rreciriiiinc silver aud gold To prove tho existence oil
The electric current the hind legs Of large frog from
witch tie sin had been removed placed IN glas e
the Instrument fet in action and the instant the current
fassed the legs leapcd out Of the cups of the table on
o floor As final experiment the electric current, from
tic large battery sent through copper wires 10 SO
fics Of curs containing cOmbusblc compounds, placed
uuder the cover Of the sand bathhe current passed
through fine plana wires which Instantly becfne red
rot ieniDg the powders which burnt with dazzling red
green and blue lights