, 1881-05-28

,u,. of tho Wonder Which Will 10
Displayed mt Paris.


Nt,p TURK I'ost. May n.
, Tho Paris exhibition Of electricity VIII DO
; ,nanod In tho I'nlnis do rInd1stries In tho
chamns ElysGes on tho 1st OF August, nlld
III hc elosc,t OH tho 18TH OF November. It
!. on+n to the whole world, and will present
VT nuIy picture Of the present uses OF
ss.,rteity. but chronological history Of the
.draura made in everything pertaining TO
.,ct1lcIty, beginning with Volta's frog and
.ndinv viii, 10, o,ooo-candlclight dynamo ma
thlle. u,
he the largcst exhibitor, said this morning to
. ssnoster Ut the Euc,ltnQ Post tint he ex-
nsc,rd r To do credit to tho United States.
Throigh Slr. Bachelor, who llas been In
Pah, for tho Inst four months, Dir. Edison
engaged two rooms In tho Exhibition, ench
ona thlrty-fiyu feet wide by forty fcot long.
1le viii send Mr. Datchefor and eight assist
ants to supervise the display and explain Its
features to visitors. Tho list OF articles to bo
exhibited by him embraces ninety groups,
md Includes hundreds Of Instruments and
deytees. Many Of these arc cntirety new. :
Among tho most prominent features of his
display will be Ills electric light In nil Its
forms. telephones, monographs, motors, and
dynan,o-nachfnes Among the less known
desees Will be that of separating the part
Eles Of pure iron from tho black sand found
on tho south share Of Long Island III
enormous quantities nltd Ill Australia.
:. ~ he 'iu h''est eYs lroa known; innunslaSie
sttempts hayo beun lnade to separate tliee
tAnd, aud magnetic plates have been used
before, but With IlO SUCCESS OIL account OF tho
presence Of what Is known as t!tanite ironra
iubstanco which HlOlls Iron. Edison dlscUv-
efed hat t!tanite Iron was less magnetic thun
Aa pure frUn PARTICLES, and constructed Ills
teps.ator with that fact In Wow. The sand
lal|s distance Of four tect iii q thin stream
from silt III Il V-3hnpetl bux holding about
lton; Under this box Is reGslyer divided
ton being PLACED nearly under the SILT in the
sand reservoir, aild parallel to It. X no
magnet Is brought Into play tho sand all
falls into one slIe of tho box; but when a
powerful! magnet !s brought near enough to
PARTICLES arc dctlected III their fnil and fly OF
tha other side Of the partition. Tho pnrtt-
eles OF titan!to Of Iron are not atttacteu
equally Will! tho iron and Aro not dellectel
ss' ss ss to prd f" n into tao ss"yay e.
beea. formed for tho extraction Of
ison from Long Island land. aud Is now ut work
q % IL asss s sHshfS sa ay M s nenns
keeps SIX mon and two curfs busy bringing saud
foE hIs hopper. It treats 1u tons of sand day,
producing about twenty tons uf puru trup. cost
ius 81 ton to produce and selling for 90.
seci fhn fainfnsr onrti IL nnnft'cr nnvrf tlrvieo
1htcs Edlson viii send to Paris. il Consists Of a
"Trip Of peculiarly uropNreGi rubber In cpuuoe-
Aon with au electric current and mirrur throw
Ing point Of light upon n Yr1ltluntad scIie. Tho
"Trip Of rubber u Infected differently according
topreparauon. II Il strIp which In sensitive ia
she odor Of alcohol is placed ia tho odoroscope
And handkerchief dipped In alcohol is shaken
10 ths same room vijh it. the bcntu OF IjKtt viii
dtaect to the other end III the scale,
Among the Interesting exhibitions Of electric
ity lot domestic purnoscs viii bU cooking by
electricity. b. SalIxt,uu tho electrician, will til
np blu electrical range In tho restaurant Of tho
Exhibition. and tnton,is to furnish variety Of
mssls cooked by heat generated from tho cleo
Hanshnt rn.., AZ !ae laat faris Exnipiuon ~