The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-31
EDISON's ELECTRIC LIGHT.
The Preparations for its Public Exhibition
What Edison Says Of His Detractora,
NOW YORK HarH!a bsaennEnr w /

Ah'P" fb1h Atittils I'FHFfVitHF ~
The preparations Rnr HE pubiu exhibition
OF Edtspn's electrtc Eight ~" inHidly pro
Rrassing. md within #ttk ~ tei, dHys. II NV
quite pfobnhls everything wili he IN rnal,-
ness Tor hll Who DIES! W W. s9ptt fIia ifPnt fPe-
hTHaY two street i5ifWaa Htr4 piln nj ina ff.nt
Of the nbGfHtory pa3 f,GBretad ntsb thr
generators, mud several ut6rn eafBa. iiefl
were put Into ths houses nraf ". TIL rit1ua
dects arF VT the ordinary w3 burner ptt
tern, this only Difference III ing tIiat In piHfs nf
The gas Jets aiG litttc sockets inIr whIrA
The electric htfnp lit-. Ann Wff@4 lead
Ing FROM the Henef3tlnR unrhjUa arc
run through the rhandntinta nhd rpi-
nefted With thn rlef'tin diHp he lights ID
this laboratory conttttHe INNING Iny ami
night, and although H4G ulmeN n me- wa OPEN
to the general puBI,r hundreds Ut brraats
have como FrotH rear Hhh i4i n" .rn thr Horf
derfui horseshoe. NH II geR 1T tn number
who HAYS Thus emily visited Mrbio fhtit wore
akepfics whrn they arrived, blI' MT WHEN
they left Ihpy aer ths ti0hl Burning before
them with mild. hnnatilni glow NhHy faos
the wires which carry thr eiet'ft@t ". tHrY
sae the machine thiah Rrneaf@s th@ tafHr
they chn readily tt,r tttniu ms hot&r j,nsvrt
capacity pf th~ engine. ltnl thew l.'D easily
calculate ths cost If tbs whole VIII thrse
demonstrations before thr5H thry toad HitH
less interest the bitter Etineka toad" IN the
great Inventor FOR wv t"rfibls rtIpar WI KitnR
tho world n better. fnarr b"ItI'tfHi ntl rhfHp4
CT light thun 1t hpe nyef before iln1.
With ~ desire ~ HaeMtnln Mr. Edison n
VIEWS on some ~ htf HliHEs ffIHR fHblt'
upon him by dIEnEpoInt"h FleefitGlHH4 ana
others. Hrrah reporter ynt.f"uiny called
upon the inventor.
II hnve nothing tn shy In reply, hc nm.
Hwered after tho reporter had fnlleN bis ~
trniion tD nH article proving thnf hn mud
never invented anything. and thot hjS 263
patents Wnrs MI ISSUED WrpnRfuily. hHh ttiht
if ha did invent the hong looked FIR elrGEfa
light H. wn. not Rppd Fpt anything. nnd II II
was good fer anything II wHa mel rrW. They
~ Iftur hIft hoe PnHHBt pol UrftnUI
Tho electric light Ih"r@ " II. hf snii. point
Ing to half n dozen benutifal globes Gr light
that mutply answered. pii the VIijftrttlnu
In little Inofr illnnn Ureli n3H. fDtttif5Ietl
tho Inventor "wc rope ~ n1vsa iB wires
run Hna everything tead9 for hm pHba
Then all can $50 Il Wflo dr-.itn,
"Eut errtnln scientific r"u +rv TINT Your
light r. not ~ success, Mr. Edison
you mHy tell Vii tie scientific men VI th"
country to come nni se" fhr tikhf. .Eat ~
Inventor 'srrply. They ahlit nnVt ngcry H.
city f,r examining n No'hiRK Will "
hidden. Surely unti thn9 a.s i afal test i
they ought nos ~ deerv II
The Inventor DECLINED fp ftI5 Ftlh.t n3,nnl
fhr light. sit Ia only " itftb' HtIIs alij be
before the laboratory niil I'M 0uan ~ pHbitt
Inspection. and th"n ryrrYhpty may arn.
would rather not tt,lk. MS Whist afty Hna ht.Fr
30 often niseonsir8rd and Htiatntr3 prat"a
Tho light Will speak ~ t4eG."