The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-26
ANOTHER ELECTRIC LIGHT.
W1TERLEY Place ILLUMINI TED By A
RIPIL or EDISON
New Inventions for Dividing the Electric
Current and Measuring It-some OF the
Practical Results OF "a Years Trial

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Practical R..uIt. OF n year. Tr,nI.
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Mercer street. inc room' about SOx2O ioet, was
brilliantly lighted by one electric lump. and tho
Epht was 40 stronO TINT neUsnanera oonld In
,i,, -, .O"S 10
PLAINLY re@d by across inc street. The
company claim that the lamp will light
n roon, so~ao Zoo, rho ,i,,r,tno,;r,
- 49, -. 80 - ~, .,,
power Is equal to 24OO candles. and the cleo
tricity is furnished by n generator patented by
I IA FnI,o, ~ 200 ,,aors o,,,, Tho,.ouora.,r -
- u'io' 'r'oo 'e'1p "Ho' iuo Ee"oi"'Vi TO.
quires one'horso power engine 10 run II az
present but when attached where steam newer
IN alread, In 80. tho additional ,,,,,,-or ro,,i.d
- ~ ' 10. T, po"ei leu
10 run u II haruly ieu. Iho lamp used ~ also
the invention Of Mr.. J. n. Fuller. and Il has an
ipganiou. nagno,ic anno.at,,a hv r,aans .,
s,', ~, nlaHnee'v .pp'd",us y, nlo"ns Vi
site distance TO insure n proper consumption Of
eectricitv for nroiuoino tho heat uoht Mr.
onvHie"t ~. p'ouuoihk uho oes' hshI BIZ
Fuller Intends to patent hts limp also. and AYERS
that his apparatus altogether will produce elec-
Nt.l al.
w i'N"' mum e"o"pei anu poV'o' IMAM ahS YET
devised. AS practical Illustration. he says
- 1'uay
n'o"eu ''si Nv sno iaN'o'i "heIo t"o
machines are built. The cost Of the generator
and lamp WINS $500 and they are both as good
o., 10, 40 - e., -, -, - M
Vo-uay hs "neh 'ney were nrst useu Ihe power
used was so little that no charge was made for
II bv the nartiea furnishing the atoam mower
TO- Tho aho,, Tbo corl,or ,,ri,,s 900, -. -,
lor I"e suop. no o"roon po'u's cos, lour Genus
Inv
and tho light furnished IL much better than
easlIght. Roughly estimated. the nrst years
shop il more than enough 10 nay Tor The entlre
apparatus for producing the electric light OF
course that saving would not be effected whore
sole purpose of furnishing the motive noyyer
10 the electric generator
Mr. Fuller has also a patent for tho divisIbil-
ity Of the electric iight and he win soon mi mn
i'm the office OF the New York Electric Light
Company row Of electric lights with me plat.
aver. has aoivsi he trohIcm ~ Tho dtviaihiii,o
Of electric light The platinum lamp is from
Ian To- t,yentv ndles mn mir stine nnvar ,rora
Sv r eo @ n nnt na.g p0wer more IRE
suhli,;n, H., e,,rrar, rha % hon ,oint a,,,
0 U,' by means W ybtch han
one Iamn goes ONT the others aro moi
h 'hs no,,o,p~ ana hsa no., n,Iv a" eo,ne o M,
trinm5hant from interferene'e s1iis with other
hy v,ars ~ trial in Tho htIhntjc and pcIar TAI.
r, c ~ u,", :" o ytp h1ro ,ha s,a
~ yhr aR *, icj,g re , e. ,h
,r,, ~ t.a i cc',,en, w., q, r1a,shoJ r,, on
sen,r.,nr snd unId ~ ir thnndr sytorr,s
h Inc WIFE,, VI o,her c,nna,ias ybose sla
tri"itv wa" fnr,,ished nv bntteries yTeTe me-
vented nv the thunder storms IRON, ,,orking
hmnno Nr Emiioris invsntiors 10 m ei,sc,ri,.
LAM, 30 1nstr,,tci that \, viii burn Ino hc,rs
H. b,s ,lsp ~ nor,,h,s Inn,n "'' '"'A wv '"'''
The nseasnf"ment ~ eiectrictv which Mr.
Fiison yvss vrorkint, M mud which he an Va he
bas cf1ae,eJ NJ E,,ller sa,s he has ncs.rn,
nisbnd Mr. Fuller has nnteried nm eIectric
meter which Registers the rnn,nber oi honys the
rurrenr has heen used On being asked WIN
he hnI NOT eyhibited hia nlntinufn Iisyht and
Tho nrnctirability 81 Tho iivisibiity ~ the cir
rnyt 40 LONG md eagerly soUabi Mr. FnlInr
said Tint he Ind no special reason for secrecy.
M he was fully protected by pntcnts: but IL
was nhysicaliy inn possible 10 nnnui0ct,lre the
ntnus ut nressnt owing 10 The orders Tor the
cnrhon point nnnarnt,is hainp So large thai thny
could not he fiiled for some time 10 come <
company has been formed in brooklyn which.
Uke The New YORK Electric Light Comnnnv gets
iis license iron, me Fnller eomnanY wien
controls ali Mr. FuiIer's Inventions
Although I'm feeble health Mr. Fuller has
much mental energy He has been ali his life
in the business of constructing elSctri,ni ma
chinery. and when the subiect ~ tho making OF
a practical electric Iiaht WINS bronched he was
well equipped 10 use his electric generators for
Tue uses OF teleHlapn companies, ana elet1fO-