, 1881-12-31

my" ClldnSeS HIllch on their being allowed
10 react give electrical currents in return.
Inns mas oeell popularity termed the storage
OF electricity, and its discovery seems +o
promise a greater revolution in tho onnI;
cation OF force than even the inven+ipnf 81
the steam-engine. The forces Of natnra
Iouhd Id the wind, tides, Sc. have hitherto
9ono 70 waste, mainly because of their
intofnltCent and uncertain character hn+
II method can be found of STORING +boso
forces Tor use as required, il is plain tbot
they can be used as reliably as q. a+aom
engine Tor which we have laid m . stora
OF luel. Already the system has haan
applled eXperlmentally to the Iigbtino If
tfallS ana OF houses, and it is Said
tlaV by us means Sir w. Armstron@
GohV'FtS the force OF q small water fall in
MS @aFoeil into light for his house. The
LtMeS0f lOJune commenting on M. Fanro,s
discovery, says that "the annlication
which Sir ". Thompson regards as IiEeIT.
to be the first at least in point Of time i.
the use OF Faure'S batteries in priyat a
houses, as reservoirs Of electricitv Fog
domestic purposes, such as lighting. heat.
my, WORKING sewing machines, so that M
interruption OF action would be produced
ny temporary interruption of the electric
supply given oy any main engine from
which 1t was deriyed.n There is of courSe
a long step be Ween such uses as these and
me driving of the machinery Of a laryA
MANUFACTURING town, but this may not
prove 70 oe q longer step than between tha
hrSt steam engine and the locomotive that
now sWeapS along the rails a mile in every
minute Inc following passage occurs in
an account OF a lecture lately given on
the subject in London by Professor sylvia.
nus thompson
GBV Tar tnA tlnct i'm 80 -
s%loII'.I9s opened OUT by The storage bat,
terry Was the utilization OF wind and water
power. Differing from Sir w. Thompeon
Ia his address to the British Association,
he believed there were cases where no
great eXpense would be incurred in utjljz.
Ing lIdaI areas as basins. The Avon AZ
B'Is'oI required but a few yards of en-
bankment to be turned into such an area.
\ te9th part OF the tidal energy m the.
gorge OF the Avon would LIGHT Bristol
A tenth part OF the tidal energy in the
Channel OF the Severn would Iight every
city AID turn every lo)m, spindle, aud
axle IN Great Britain. The power wosd
have TO De not only transformed and trans.
ml'Iel, but also stored, aud therefore
accumuIat0rS were necessary to utilize
''C F'''Hfi'tCH1 IpiCtS OF lle IIueS.
Aceumul afois themselves might still bs
greatly improved aud the limits Of their
application enlarged but even now there
were Immense possibilities in sore.
$ Electrical railways aud electrical tram
ways are nov existing facts. Many m n hs
viii not elapse-or it Will be an eternAl
disgrace to the first city in the world
before the Toe id AID poisonous atmosphere
OF the Metroroi tan Railway is replaced
by a pleasant and %salubrious air, rich IN
fragrant ozone; aud the like revolution
VIII not be loGg delayed in many q%uarters
where reform Is Tar less Imperative. In
all these changes the accumulation will
have its part TO play. A reserve OF cleo
triceI energy S ored till wanted will bee
necessary part of all systems for electrical
distrlbuIlon whether for the purpose Of
lighting or for motive powet.' The 10
vention OF the accumulation had a,isen
out OF the study Of an obscure and unpro-
missing detail, the so-c,lled polarization
OF light, and there might be other details
which would equally repay Investigation
Some of us may live 70 see the fruits of
this great discovery of the present year in
unlocked for FORMS. On IL level with this
in its promise of benefit to the human race
we may put the discoveries of another
eminent Frenchman, NJ. PaSteur, in
connection with the germ theory of
disease. He has succeeded III showing
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