New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-25
EAECTRIO lamps IN D4ILY USE.



| THE NA1UEE or THE NEH pScANDEsCgNr IIGa,
INTEREST SHOWN IN IT BY SCIENTIFIC My
POINTS ~ WHICH IT DIFFERS PROM orur,
LIGHTS
Professor Henry Norton, Of the Stevens Ioss.
fute Ioboken read paper At the receot meotlreo ~,
| National Academy OF Scionees on the aeasurems,,
OF new forms OF eecuic lamps opessu,,
| by lncaadesCeuce, in which he gave the r.
suits OF "a number Of experiments made xs
the new Maxim lamp. These results were ulexpoe,.i
by those members OF the Academy ars specially f.
terested IA electric hghss. Professor Wo cot Gibbs A.
Cambridge expressed his aston shment without re,es
ana SAID that no one had dreamed sbat The ght IL IA
canGescencc could compete with tlc light o. TIE ar,
Professor George f. Barker, OF Philadelphia who Ia.
taken an acpye interest in the subject from TIE begin
ming OF Dir. Edisons experiments. said that tie state
menis OF Professor Morton certainly marked year q,
! great progress in electric lighting.
Tho paper by Professor Morton and the comuasa;,.
called forth have attracted public attention in no .ma
degree the electric lamp operating by ncandesceoe,
and 10 the claims that made for II. Numbers AZ
people daily visit tho Equitable Binding In Brosdgay
| and examine the Lights there. The basement hall "a
| lighted by two largo lamps OF about 4 900
| eandepow each. The public has become 80 fsmlalr
with lamps of this nature they no oageT ssAc,
attention The novelty the small incaDdeeeA, \smp
no arger than gas Jet OF which about sixty are Kept
burning day and night in the rooms and vaults o. tas
| Mercantile Safe Deposit Company. The Handsomely
furnished reading room OF this company - Lighted
| by q number OF these lamps arranged like gas es
some ara placed uuOn the walls and clustered
! in a chandelier. In order not TO dazzle the eTes d
readers the bFancy OF the lights in this room i 70
duccd and IL is therefore only in the vaults that tie
lamp chimes wiz. its full strength. Tie light flckefs
somewhat but this defect is probably due % In
perfection Ia the regulator, which controls the dynamo
q
Il not at all marked, and must look twice TO De.
tee, H. so that the failure perfect s'eadiae
No regarded as serious drawback 70 Ii" incandes,r
lamp The great security vauits OF the company. 10
STORAGE vaults and the rooms including the large Offices
and halls are furnished with the electric light Tie
larger areas aro lighted with the Tampa willie the a
caudeecent lamps make t0c smaller rooms as 0rigs
I! lOJded with sunshine. Ihs etfCrc current Is fur
nshed from sipglc Maxim machine. deriving is power
flJm the engines Ia The Elattbie boG n%i his us
chine is cont rolled Dy regulator which determines ths
force OF electric cGrrcat required. The lmns
constructed that they be- turned on ami OF at VIII
as gs is managed, with tie advantage tAlt The nps
| ghs Themselves. There IS NJ waste, because whea
lamps turned OF the regulator causes tie machine
TO rnsh current O. pr0pOrtionatcly cs strength %
the remaining lamDs. Tie lamps now used az tie
Equitable Building have been burning day and ngh,
! perceptbic change in TIE light O. lamp.
An EXPLANATION BIZ PROF tssOR MORTON.
A TRIBUNE reporter received from Professor Morton
few DAYS since a clear explanation the pecuiouted
|
differs iiom other electric lamps u The respect hslh
starts with n iament conductor OF caibJI made
any way Tins f,ament placed Ia glass Globe IRON
winch the air been exhausted, aud replaced By bs
vapOr OF gasoline. there Is any weak point or ihA
part IN the carbon amCnt. when the current passed
through II this point part Will become hotter thaa
The rest. AMI will decompOse the gasoline dep0i
carbon la the form known coal carbon upon hss
particular spot when this spot has been blt up to Al
duct s-Irr
current from The machine increased with The effect 't
seeking Ou The next weakest tAunest part iai
repeating eAe process JUST described. In this way 10
damcnt becomes glazed vi carbon. The gasoline
10 tacn withdrawn from the globe, and the lamp is rsadf
TO- Use.
The incandcsccrt lamp differs from RE 'isoa lamp
in this regard Mr. Edison makes t. calbUu hianeni
anu this hltneut must b. perfectly uniform at TIE
start. II any point ppeus To be "A conductor
than the OF tue carbon, THIS fOia. becomes moS
highly heated than ANY oiheI point aud h the Whes
tlanegt IS Pun up 20 the sslTy 'nt.1s % give
good usht, th9 point = crled 9r' is e..i t.s
and disappears. and TIE lamp is DESTROYED He lA'l'
means II rcmcdYlEg tins 'k'e1t by extreme cafe ID =
lecLng material 50 as L. niAsr d.. ilucU' Absolutely
uuIfOrmi he As- 40 method lOr curr-. GOD. 49,
" ALol er iuinOrtau. feature /. ~ hiI amp nh
the nature ~ d is ciaz,ne no ituay Do co3 OF ans
CD. 2.s GO. boz mat tl.i who. ha- l.u- cu "a va
Tor rtfui SlDle resisting lOWels J. Us l,- COY ~
cJulbusii5Ie' oni los ul au'tF stiont Do Iotss
saws arr sOou I.ued Lunp- of - luay pns mo
euro'a n,nace auu r1ey w,. CONE pr''uo'lB a.
cpar gnd Iuis would @ecm .nrrCort % pr peru iip
gu .itt. ~ '' "t .l' .-' ''-'i- '' Do -
ia l.lcrnui. tle economy ana m .oscy o. taess
, ,h ,,', '.i ts - Is NJ 100 ~ - With ihs
standard candle, winch consumes two r1I1s m spe'
maCcu per minute the amount of VlcCIc cnrtlt I4s
in< tArouar The lamp. aat tu uu 'nlt of rsiS.aes 20
the az .rc culcnt present m ,hr lamp ln o'es "
obtain this 6-OWl.d gr ODE lamp is placed iu le i1s
mon known as tle pApiou.tDl, WACit llt l2. u ~,
Is accurate measured by compares S. H tl'' olV-s
standard gaud cs aud 40 tl- ,tuic tme oJ aglg
pirate electric lhsiruue Lts tA- amount o. iLt 49,
quantities. being k3pWn, tne power c1.cniea ~. "
tLe electric clrfeut tn overcoming .hc iesTi
auce OF tDe lamp can cc calculated oy s'ua PFC ofI,s
ANA ms Is am accurate ~ ASSURE oi % ""iS S-
Huab!s energy c1neuueI IA ,nc lamp. i .e ett-s~l
powers. % course, measure %. .le 49,. ''se''r
amount Of wOlN done or energy rNprndtt DO VIZ 80
US lhs most nsht re Woik gone ~ .,'rsr, q
pounds PEI miuute, wh'thcr 10 D. an ci'r DE ,rv.r,
any otAtr form Of energy Thus 81 he 81 o' 9-. fss
work IN ono minute OF about Zoo iool poonas,a "a
horsepower, as everybody k"o"e. b. eq 20 oofs
foot pounds per minute. Therefore fi, arm tl' 81 "A
S. about ouC-Cleypntn Oi a horsepower Ihe amp
Which this mOaut OF force Was being ott oitu =. W..
yert,d luto Light gave 40 that Nuc ~ i OBJ Rvs
altS ana as evidently eleven s"'n 'a''' me, tas
been rated 10y current develop eleven
ENERGY OF the used, thcy would blNe l1-etiel
uucel the lSht ot eleven Times Twelve ''h'l. ~ ne
candies ana wOuiu thrn tue eih.ie.Vl ~ "rr
lamp Was lo@ candles per nor power pa sfeau-
REM! Inc eAlct amount oI htc"'"''l ], argrst
engine the like required 90 urouIce au cte :. ~ nar
OF one horsepower WOuu vary. o c)lt,t 81" VIII
ucuar dynamo olt c nc machine cmrloYe'' 80 80 nek
other cOud t1ns. anu would, OF course. away DotsdT
ably mUrc tuau The electro current t't.t ma sss
WHAT m word, would on ssy tAe MAX ~ ''"F
accompanied" .,f.s hss
Tue system Of IA xn j. the rs! one m Hti ,S,ng
been practically yed tho problem ol i' ',i-s,al
moderalel, small light With coriesp 'l"ih-5 - fls
electric Cu rCut OF O4Aer WORDS "a % as,hlas
small portion, ol divided current. Ihe.r i' - egr
new or course. m the idea ~ diNiIug tNe $780, 81
TENT; the Practical novelty s ia tne c"n' S he cor
laup that unau c8 rs ntilz ihe lnf' gVr 'l ,av
rent when Il hi- been divided NAit mean a tsl
made plsln hy an Illustration. 1t De tupp' ssia "a
a one time gts was hitio unNvistooo ih's IN ~
be used rSorpt when pass d THROUGH at ed
less than 100 caudi power, and chen rt II De ADs
that somebody discovered means ~ WIG" 80, afis
luminous whrn used - II nov lS. Toe person "iIhas
TIN, snppOsO brought gas INTO general 1s' WA bss
accomplished with Eas what the iucauoeseeh' 49,
done M electric lighting"
Yesterday afternoon an old woman .trSttf
ing Ahuui $40 pounds. olipped 10 crossing sonndd
track and came down m the mud ahu "a'0 ,,, wpd0e.
nAe dropping "a eustard out OF Hcgo"u,st. ol gasa
f.... front sstrl Held