Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-08
be seen standing in line in the rain for
one half hour waiting to enter.
THE EFFECT AT NIGH

basking in the brilliant rays of the sun.
The names of the inventors of electric
light is legion they seem to have sprung
up like mushrooms yet although these
lights are electric and would not be taken
for ANYTHING else, they differ from each
other in intensity and color, and, after be-
coming accustomed to their brilliancy, this
difference becomes striking. The Jablockoff
light. in spite of the notifications and i'm
provements wrought on it, still retains its
Pickering, unsteady fame, and its blush
tint, which resembles moonlight more
than any of the other lights. There are
others reddish in tint and some of a
deep yellow, while those white like the
sunlight are very rare. | first began by
writing the names of the different inventors,
but soon found it to be an endless task,
for there must be fifty at least enrolled on
the different fiery globes. These globes
differ in form and appearance also; those
of the Jahlockoff light are thin, and of
rose color, to modify the blush fame be
sides, there is also seen within what IS
called glass wool-tine spun glass-which
is exposed in one of the rooms upstairs,
and is very beautiful to behold. The prin-
pies on which this last light is formed pre-
vent it from ever becoming steady light,
but It's strength and intensity render it
well adapted for public thoroughfares.
The light which is white in color, more
steady and equally as intense, is that of
Siemens treres, which has the honor of
lighting all visitors into the main entrance
and through the hall.
oNE or THE TrcEJTS
Which pleased me most is that of Debrun
& Law, which is less intense but even
more steady and more frank in color. It
made me think of sunlight more than any
of the others, and like the sun, refused to
be gszed at But that which | considered
the most charming of all the lights was the
Wedermann light, not very strong nor as
imposing as the more brilliant ones, but
possessed OF an absolute steadiness and a
mellowness which pleases and rests the
eye. 1t burns without the aid of any
globe or covering and seems to be the
essence of the best electricity can, as yet,
produce. Anxious to perceive the effect
of Mr.. Edison's incandescent lamps | hast
ened above stairs, where found a compact
anxiously waiting for the machines to be
put in motion, or having once seen them
stood gazing at them as though they ex-
pected them to speak. On entering the
rooms it seemed as though had stepped
into rich salon prepared for grand
soiree the walls were not only beautifully
decorated with the tapestries which L have
already described, but in the center OF
each room was an immense chandelier
apparently filed with thousand beau
tiful wax candles, that is, as to the
light, for the lamps were formed of
tiny, clear, white globes, underneath which
burned a slender, wire-like thread in the
form of half circle. Each little lamp of
the chandelier possessed the force of six.
teen candles, while smaller lights in sta
tionary lamps around the walls that of
eight candles. This light was certainly in
tended to supplant gas, for it possesses all
the conveniences without any of the in
it can be turned on and off
at will by twist of screw, as with gas.
There is never any odor, and there is no
danger of explosion. Should the small
glass globe be broken, the oxygen entering
would extinguish the light without causing
any harm, and the globe is lifted out with
out any unscrewing or unlocking, when it is
with as little trouble.
THE LIGHT
Is mellow in tone, and is as cheap as gas,
and should gas become cheaper would
rapidly follow in its footsteps. The ma
chine used to mark the force of the light,
and by which the exact amount of electri-
city required is obtained, is exceedingly
interesting, and appears to the casual OBJ
server to be child's toy of perfected
electric cars. Two miniature rails are seen
placed upon high table, and at one end
two candles, while at the other the electric
lamp in the center of these, placed on
wheels on the two rails, is sort of half
box, the two sides of which are mirrors, and
advancing from where these are Joined
is transparent glass having pasted on
it some material in the form OF large
white wafer. On the outer edge of the
rails are figures, and the lamps chasing the
machine over the rails, its force is marked
on this scale, so that when it arrives at
number sixteen the amount of pressure is
maintained. The machines to be laid at
the corner of the streets to carry the pipes
in three or four different directions,
are exposed upon long table, where their
internal workings can be examined at
leisure. Your great surprise is to find
them so small, for any ordinary person
could carry one off under his arm. The
pipes which are intended to run into the
house are not bigger than baby's wrist,
and it really seems child's play. 1t is on
III, Lhot
how little danger there is in the use of this
system, for when the wires reach a certain
heat slight piece of wire used as one of
the conductors is melted, and the connec-
ton immediately broken. The thread-like
wire which is seen under the small clear
glass globes is piece of carbonized
BAMBOO WOOD.
Samples of this wood can be seen in all its
different proportions, in its crude state,
and from that all the different degrees of
fneness until the delicate thread used is
arrived at. I was told that Mr.. Edison
had met with great difficulty before coming
across the bamboo, as he had previously tried
every other wood found In all parts OF the
world. He has now agents In China who
furnish him with the bamboo, and likely
before that is exhausted he will have dis
covered something as simple and more
convenient. A book is shown in this de.
partment composed of all the different
pieces of paper on which Mr. Edison drew
and scrubbed while seeking to bring into
form his marvellous telephone there are
all the different degrees of the machine
before it reached perfection, accompanied
with remarks of the inventor, who, by his
COMBINATIONS or encouragement, seemed
to be sitting in Judgment on the workings
of his own brain.
That which amused the crowd the most
was the photograph. 1t happened on the
evening I was there that one of the most
distinguished of the tenors of the Grand
Opera was present, who graciously con.
sented to sing for the benefit of the au-
dience. His voice sounded magniicently
in 5he large hall, and the pleasure of those
who heard him was testified by enthusi-
astic applause. Then all said ''Hush p