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to give light TO workman, without
danger OF fire. II would ill a volume
TO state at length all the practical adj
vantages which this development OF
electricity has opened up already. and
more than volume to state all that
it may be expected yet to accomplish.
Let il also be understood that while
the foregoing illustrations have been
stated in relation to water'power, they
are equally true for any other power,
such as steam-engine, gas'engine, horse
power, or human labor. The fixed
engine on farm can do the blowing
hundreds of yards of. The gas-engine
that pumps water by day can light the
house at night. The horses that drag
coal. carts for many miles to work n
steam-engine in some outlying place
can be used at home instead to work
an electric machine, with no loss OF
time, and in many cases with less waste
of labor. The convicts on a treadmill
can be doing work by it at any part OF,
or even outside, the prison. In word,
the power for work can be generated
by any ordinary means, and at any
place whore the means exist, and can
then be economically conveyed to the
spot where it is to be usefully applied,
without loss of time, and practically
in full strength. The tide on the shore
can do work inland; the stream in the
mountain gorge can do work on the
hilltop; the windmill on the eminence
can do work in the valley; the horse in
the yard, or the man in the clubhouse,
can do work inside the dwelling. And
with all its power, and its universally
of apple alton, this new servant which
science has supplied us with is the most
docile of menials. A touch OF a lady's
finger will bring in action power
which thousand men could not resist
another touch will stop it's action or re-
verse it in a moment. .n'
"But even this is not all. This pow
ar that can be thus use for thousand
different practical purposes, and with
countless varieties in the mode OF APP
plication, can not only be obtained
freely and at moments notice, and
at any place, and in illimitable quanti-
ty; it can also be stored up when need
ful for future use. Within the last few
years the problem of producing cleo
tricity, and storing it up ready for I'M
mediate use has been practically solved
so that Sir William Thompson could III
Glasgow perform powerful mechanical
work by electricity which had been
generated in Paris, and brought ready
for instant application from Paris to
Glasgow, just as clock wound ur
abroad could be brought to this country
and set going here. Of course it will
be understood that this is only popu
lar description OF the operation-the
reader being presumed to be at present
only interested to know what can be
done. A scientific explanation OF the
process would be out Of place here
The fact it is desired to impress upo1
the reader is, that not only can the
force of electricity be carried far from
the generating source for immediate
use by being conducted along wires
but that it may be bottled up IN nova
BILE vessels, which can be carried like
any other goods, to a distance, and al
once made available for any purpose
for which the electricity could have
been used at the spot at which 1t was
first produced Electricity can bt
stored in square cases, which can b.
conveyed by hand or carriage to an!
SPOT where it is required. The docto
can take his bottled electricity to tn
sick room under his arm to perform
an operation. The lecturer can brln'
it stored up to the lecture-table. III
eronant can carry it stored up In nj
balloon. The owner of boat with
screw can convey electricity in a wheel
borrow to the waters edge, place tn
cases in which it is stored in the bot
tom of his boat as ballast, and turn HI
propeller with it. The lady can hay
It delivered at the door as the milk is
and work her sewing machine with ii
Tie trycyclist can put case under HI
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