The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-26
TIE ELECTRIC LIGHT.
Edison'H Inventive Genius Solves
tho Problem of the Ago.
How mn Electric Current md 5ome
I.ita of pastohonrd will be Made
to Illuminate Menlo Park
Wonderful Discovery
by Accident

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Inns slcesefiad In perfnettng his electric light.
80, ib,t II rnn h. tIaed In every housa nj n Ipla
m, NJ, Wi, fy.1, ,,, 81,
'''' 1850 ~ - '' 80 " 80 ~
tanned tho results oI hla experiments. ana
Rnva that Ediaon'a electric light, Incredible
80 ., ,n, ,,,,.r ID ,,,odnc.a fr.,, ,
httlN pt'"A oi ptl"f-h my sttlp m
paper thnt ~ breath would blow away.
Through ihtt, little atrlp of naper ia nasscd
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mn al"eb'ie eu''eh'' anu 1he ies"t ~
bright. beautiful light, like In" mellow auns"t
of au Italian autumn Sinc" september. 1873,
Edlanu hHm b"'n hhrh Mt work In Ills lGborn-
tory Experiment after experiment was II i"d.
Tho tnrk hn hA hefotn him Whg the prodnc-
tpn of II pureasd etahdY light al y cost which
should by le4s than tlnt 81 gas. or the two
aystnns before hin The nI'ate and IT," lnrnn.
ticer"Ht hn ehoe" I'll" latte" lhs difficulties
In lila way WnE The liability ot platinum 10
ln'lt nni of cnThnn tp dlaalpaf. gradually
under lntrllese heat lin ltrat cEperinanted
wi platinum, nnd ny M Ingenious arrange
mHni Di n little lever. which worked by the
rSpnualnn "t th" platinum Wh"n h"htsd, he
sought to turn the current from tho innandHs-
Cent platinum bHFore tho melting point WAS
reached This watt nallY abandoned, for the
rea4nn thni thn t"v"r would bond. and 80 be-
coHtr practically us'lnas.
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ldit2n "xp"iI'neilt"d With spirn'a of plhtt-
NUN "ad nlnfihn'l 'n,lls ~ 'he ,o' ~ ., u n2p ,
bii mo ''that iff,l'Na WI o.''snfn ~
II, ~ Wah u unique lheh, ilh"iiig "h' ph.eei'u'n
HiN' lh' lFhl AZ u were ny proxy; hp menus
- ltHA6fh ~ 'oitFi iiA'ai hl' 'Eh7th 'tsSa''
III" platinum h'oh u pt"N ~ Mr1ht. c.lu3''iR
th' l'fltH ~ of,'the luminous. eh'i ~ WIS
not hlllsil'Mi M" NJ "'At h''t,'iihil, Was ~
h'hpP'H ''' IN, ~ I""''''t'',' VIZ s'''
mum ~ W., ti' eiio's 70 ~ ni".., i.''e'.'''s
cent oe|"a ~ moro s't' 'hn'ps "NIo
Haai" h'it. "'t1 M tno inventor W"H
ohtip'" W iI'.th " ptn""', ~, t','
eu'"Wh1'' n'Wf t,''1'p. An .n','hH
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cont fo' t"'' ",o,',"H ~ w., 49, =.
platinum ohY hli ','9h'' oh'y ~ hl'i thtt'
piht mum, t' NO nhd 9eeh titahH ~ "as 'h-
Mis!V Wol hl'N"t ~ 'n1''t'''tNN',s ~
ifn t"unu th'h wheil "'kee ot hh'"tR q" pRI'.
nun. IRIDIUM ~ n'tff ntethliic 'uthiu'hofH oi
electricity thnt i'l6n NJ hlRh temperature
NJ" "Ipps@h To n hlgh teNnp"fhlHfa near thsif
m"ltlnE point ~ mr. for eeVHihl hoafS ny
phH.''ng o"tf"iI'l rif@ricl1y tnioi1h tns,h
aud hnh NJ" allowed To cool the H1tAl III
lanild 10 y" t"pAat"i mn uh','' tHe moro
Hc"p" th'," etmi'R'hlNa 'hylIAn5 ~ eIaeRh i "
Valinua dieFLlons. 'nany o whfen ieAeh'h
nnhfiy !" ~ er1ilfe ~ hhN WlFS, my a,sn
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Nlnptth ',l ln'HlR ,'tH pitittu''i fphftla III Il
ft'nE Ri9h' nom WHOM ~ ~, alf Wa't re-
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was = hn .,s A. l'r mn R,n'a an "a M tila
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49, - w. =.
of I'M nifroaI,iiern. nna hn had perfected Il
pennrntor or electricity producing machine
tfnr nll the time hn had boon working ut
anpa hn whH also experimenting in magnetic
elcctile machines th.t gnva out SON" 30 per
cent IN electricity of tho energy II rncrtved
from tho driving engine. In Wo.d nll tho
nernna oh5taeI"s toward the ancccasof lnGan-
descent electric lighting. he belt"V"d. hhd
moited away, ana tll"ts icrnnin"i but com
parntiveIy fnw minor "details to ba arrnnR"l.
AN IMroHrAN.r ACCIDENTAL. DIsCDvrItY
trhe,, ,c,,,,,rcd bo,.c,.r al thi4t iunctnre F.
dt'rn,,,,v ,hnt n.in,inliv rhn,,,ed ihr e,vstn,n
and ',,',o r,II q, r,'ie tnunTd ~, n.,ycnf
st,,n ni,,it IN Ma latr1