, 1879-06-14

liTht- Ho anid that whereas ors horsepower Of
energy would only rroslucc 12-cantlle gas llrht,
Il might pfoduea 244o0cnndlo electric light
''The upsl,ot of, the experiments made At tho
factory OK Messrs. hfonsns. At Woo1wic1, and at
the natural philosophy cln.s Of the rnfyersity Of
Edinourg, was that, allowing the practical estf'
mate Of ono horsepower applied In driving the
engine, It had produced 200 candles Of actual
Visible electric light, half the gross energy going
10 produce tho light 'whtc the other half was
lost In heating the machine and the wires. A
tho electric light wns auch an economical pro.
ducer ho anticipated TINT II had great antl i'm.
long It would dc usc! IN osery case where
hxed Hight nns required, whether In large rooms
Of small onesl-cycn 10 passages and sta'reatcs
Of private dwellings, There was immense
teal men in tho present day. There was rro: r.S
dlGlously greater nconulny IN thu transmission
Of mechanical force Into energy In nhu case
Of the clectrtc Hight than in Tug, case q
l'rflt, he had seen one The previous day-thc
Biemens rt11tlator--whirl gave steady, pure,
and quiet light Thr electric light WA ctpecEal-
~ adapted Tor being placed high *hero IL tflnm-
iron polo raised si1tr feet ltah, or the. old
French plnn Of swinging lamp On wire from
enc side ot te street to the nthcr might hc fo-
lowed with advantage. Such ptnt would be
uEClnl III QonE AWAY Will tNc HEC4cNtJ upAl
Elobss, which DESTROYED a large a'iantIty cf
tho illuminating quality at the light. 1ndectl.
ho was surprised Tint thtsc globes bad eTcr
been used. wasting, % they at.l. W9r 20 Per cent
otthc illuminating powcr Ie considered @ salat tl'c
buildings would hc. very great, hecat1se 0! tle
small effect it would have when compared With
zas in heating md .tt'ntIng 'lc attnospl,ctc. In
the case Of electricity, the waves Of light oniJ
alr, but OF the ceiling or walls and floor Of the
room after they Ind tone their work. with
regard to tllc subdivision Of thr lirht. accord.
tng to practical c1ucrlnentt. II the same amount
light was emplored tn, producing ten
fcch1or liRhss, none Of those lghts gave
one-tenth OF the amount of illumination OF
the one large concentrated light, sti!f there WAS
ter, and IL was quite nossbIa tint plan ot aub-
division might be found nv which thu fcchlcr
lighta would gtvo sun, of illumination equal to
tint Of Tie one 1argtr ll9'lt. lle considered
for tlte In largu ruon,s. lte ,sas also Of opinion
ttat great deal Of natural energy which was
now lost might be aGvantagcously applied In
tho future to lighting n1N manufactures. There
". vs. deal ol sna[g5 at in ,.S w%teFs: iai: In
tic rs!s Of Niasasa would Be- e.
tensira!!Y u.ed,-indced he believed the
Falls OF NinEnra would IN tho future be used
power over Il lnrgc area Of North America. Thc
electricity produced By then, might be adva,,-
tugcouty conducted for hundreds Of miles, AMI
the manufactures IT whole towns might be set
in motion BY IL, Powerful copper conductors
would have to ho nsrd .-cnnluct orsnf a tubular
farm xith wafer flowing through them to keen
them cool. There would he no lluItt to the ap-
pllcat!on Of thc electricity as motive powcr: it
stcnm-cnEincs OF the most powerful dcscrip-
ton. 1t seemed to lin, thu. Iegislatloft,
in tho iptcrests Of the Nation aud tn
the interests Of mankind. should remove
as far rs possible all.\ obstacles such
II those nristng from vcsted interests, and
eliould encourage inventors to- the utmost, As
to tho use Of electricity by means Of tho Falls of
Niagara, his idea WAS to drive dtnamic engines
BY wntcr-powertn the nclghnorhood Of tho Falls,
and, then to have conductors to franami& tic
force to the n.accs rhcrn illumination or the de-
yeloptncnt Of mechanical mower WIS wanted.
There woutd be no 1nuuer Of terrible effects
being brought about accidentally by the use Of
such q tcrriac power, hccause Thy currents I'M
Ills T nay ~ bs ea1sa ~ anaiicai q iIaa VIEW of
the electric light.