The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-16
LIE ELECTRIC LIGHT.

/ DISQUALIFICATION
r He ELECTRIC LIGHT.
The great furry In gas stocks last yenr
which grew out of tho somewhat premature
announcement TINT the wonderful Ellison
had invented an electric light which would
he infinitely more brilliant than gas and very
much cheaper, hna quito snbRided, aud Lie
gna companies nro facilitating themselves
with tho ltlen That Edison made mistake
and can newer fnlhll tho expectations which
were aroused by tho announcement.
/ IhnfN have hoen very many scientific
opinions printed from eminent mon rld,-
eulinE the Lion that tho mere youth Edison
| had achieved. OF could ever hope to achieve.
TINT which has hallled tho ablnat and most
distinguished mon IN The world Of science
and has been over aud over again pronounced
impossible While these sof- Satisfied gon-
| tlernen have hoeu busily engaged proving to-
the world that the division uT n current Of
| electricity, 81 ~ to mako 1t supply many
burners, was n thing never to be- attained.
quito beyond the reach Of science, Mr. Edison
has. II would appear. boon. after hIs own
| original and generally effective fashion. work
Ing ont The difficult problem very much to
his own satisfaction and to tho satisfaction
81 those who have advanced him tho means
to prosecute hts experiments, which are
necessarily OF very costly and elaborate
character.
Thore has been u great deal Of quiet fun
INDUCED In Ivy tho press AT Eilaon'a expense
over tho long promised but continually ds-
lnyed appearances OF this wonderful light
which would confer such incaIcuahle blnss-
ingR upon the world, but II was unreasonable
to expect That SO tremendous n revolution I'm
science was ~ be effected In day or Tint
even tho brain Of tho magician could in
stantly overcome all the obstacles which
naturally presented themselves 20 retard the
completion nr tho mechanical details OF the
grand discovery which we aro Inclined to be-
lleve has boon made and which existing In tho
mind of Edison. will by him be wrought out
to 4 practical success.
We have all heard how, just as q learned
man was demonstrating, In England, tho i'm
pussbilityof q vessel propelled by steam ever
crossing the Atlantic, u steamer arrived AT
Liverpool from hmnrlea and how scientific
mon proved H. what seemed to bo certain
ty. tho absurdity Of n train of cars
heng drawn Ivy n locomotive over n rnil-
road IT WAS shown that the wheels of the
locomotive would simply reyoIve and the
train stand siill. Remembering thoae things
and others equally as Instructive and ANUS
ing. II does not excite surprise that there arc
those who profess to show just how and why
a eurr"nt of electricity cannot be sufficiently
divided 10 render the electric light d s,lcccsp
fnl competitor of gas, and therefore, that
Edison can nevor hope to succeed in bis grand
u flood the world with u perfect
aud cheap artificial light. .555
AT recent meeting OF the Edison Electric
Light Company ut New York, II was an
that Mr. Edison had stated to ono of |
the directors " tho company that his light is |
ut last completed, 'and that nothing now re-
mains but to perfect the arrangements for ex-
htbittng H.. The exhibition will be given Mt |
Mr.. Edfsons homo at Monlo Park, and will |
doubtless By awaited with tho most Intense
interest not only by those who arc pecllniarily
Interested In tho success of tho enterprise, but I
y suffering millions who are weary Of gas
md woarlor of gas bills. Tho steps by which
re inventor arrived ut success are given US
oiows:
flFat. 10 diV1dn " current NJ electricity 80 TINT
would feed many Tampa so9oud to find an
ndastruotible point" for tho burner: third
o determine M economical ahnpe and plan for
lamp fourth to Invent the machlnsry for the
PRODUCTION of tho vacuum In which Mr. Fdi-
on = light ~ 70 burn. and lastly, to perfect tho
hef la ,nreompaninanfa Of tho light and
brought about.
The announcement by Mr. Edison himself
hat these results have been successfully ut
aimed ought, 1t would seem to settle the
natter, as he is man whose veracity Is I'M
Questioned, and who occupies plane in the
World OF science whore deception Is unknown.
The release from the thraldom OF gas mo- I
opolies and Of imperfect and extravagantiy
ostly light will be hailed with Joy by the
copies OF the world, and Edison will take
ank with the greatest benefactors of hui
1anity.