The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-01-15
Agents are Already here tor the put

Agents are Already here tor the put
ose OF intro .urlns the II llson laml.
The Object is not to sell the RI lit I"
individuals, hut to employ capi'al in
supplying districts. It. il E'liso 70
careful estimate that the cost OF the
e'e, tic light, according to this sys~
TEN, will he something less than one.
halt The cost of coal gas He is sure
It will not exceed that figure. Beyond
that he proposes to use electricity as II
motor, to run sewing IN chimes and the
like. and has repaired q met for tn
exact measurement Of the elrctric,!
furnished to each house. We need
not dwell upon the Importance Of this
disco, ery. 1t is revolutionary Gin
cinnal Commercial.
There can be no ioalt of the com
plete success Of the Edison electric
light. The difficulties in the compost
ton Of the wick Of the electrical can lie
have been overcome by the discover,
that carboniz' d paper answers the pur
pose better than platinum. The LAM!
is q plain glass globe about the size OF
a small orange. The Commercial thus
describes the lamp and the method Of
using it:
In the bottom of The globe 10 fitted
metallic stopper, through which the
copper wires pass, and a STRIP Of car
BOMBED paper, shaped like horse.
shoe, connects the wives. The air is
exhausted in the globe. Turn on the
electricity, which is quite US simple nm
operation as turning on gus, and the
carbon becomes and remains luminous,
giving out u soft. brilliant. powerful
shl. and the wick endures. No linn,
to its endurance has been found. No
matches are needed to strike light
u You touch the key and there is your
illumination. The glass globe does
: not become heated. 1t grows warm
; tut by 70 possibility can there he amy
combustion. Break the gIass and the
llght i, Instantly and utterly extin-
D gushe l. The moment The air enter.
y tHc light is out. 1t would be perfectly
t. safe, therefore. TO use such light in 4
T powder magazine. II will be o. inest
mable advantage on -iiip3oarl. II cal
lie cmrloy"d with The i,appiest results
u IN mines heretofore rXtta- hazardous.
1t will, by ut once a'olIshing the us'
! of matches in our houses, aud introdu
u cling light that neither heats nor ell
J. kindles, vastly lettuce the liability o
u fires, aud thus speedily put down til.
s rate OF insurance. This light will dc
" away with the necessity of heat in wei
e lighted apartments. One can pro luce
f a dazzling illuminate IN without chang
ing the temperature.
= AS there Is no conl i'm, there il
no smoke, $, that this is the light long
= sought for picture galleries. Wherever
wire can ne stretched, light may h,
IL cheapIy produced. so there will he nc
excuse for dark alleys. This will b,
Il The terror of burglars, for by thu
: noiseless touching OF II key, not onl,
an apartment, but an entire house, may
J. he instantly flooded with light, to the
: terror and discontinue of a who seel
darkness that they may do evil.
1t is light that does not harm thu
u eyes, and thai may he shaded and reg
! ulal,d at PLEASURE combining the soft
: ness Of the oil lamp with the splendid
i of the burning of carbon points.
$ The opinion is not entertained tina
: an entire city should he supplied will
: electricity from single establishment
"a New York, for Instance, is TO he divided
u into twelve districts. each receiving
the magical current from an inderend-
e ent center. From four to ak distrct,
5 under this system would comprehend
the compact portion of Cincinnati.
c Edison's favorite theory on the sub
9 rct is, that the gas companies will he
i glad to buy the right of lighting undcl
his Invention, and that the wires will
be conveyed through the gas pipes. the
new lamp being simply screwed on
where the gas tips are found. Very
fine insulated wire will suffice. All the
: appointments are simple