The Phoenix herald., 1882-09-08
E.rosress Win Electrlcltz

Progress W ith Electricity.
If no special y new discoveries
have been made in the use of cleo
tricity for many months past. it is to
be credited to the industry with
which electricians of all grades
have been applying themselves to
the improvement and perfection of
what they had already accomplished,
The electric lights have been greatly
improved during the past year, and
50 has the machinery by which the
electric current is generated The
sage which has been reacied is APP
parently made haltiug pl.ce at
which 10 try the necessary expert
ments in perfecting what has been
secured already. This is the best
of symptoms and argues sold and
reliable progress for the practical
application of electricity in the fu-
tue. 1t at least satisfies Us that The
electricians are sure Of the ground
they have so far gained, and are re-
solved in due time to make advarces
that will throw present achieve
ments in the shade. So far as the
lamps go, they have been volder-
fully improved within the time to
which we have referred: he arc
lamp in particular, and the mean
Il. IL
improvement which its naturally /
softer char cter seems but TO in /
vie
The dynamo machines by which
tie clee tr:c current is genrra cd are
already brought within close com
pass of conditions for performing
the best service with the least waste;
yet the question of cost is one of
continual study, and TO him who an
srers it most satisfactorily the lar
ger immediate profits arc sure to be-
long. A mill owner today does not
ask about the kind of lamp when a
contract is proposed to him by the
gents of the various eltcuic-light-
ing companies; his first inquiry is
about the cost of power for general
ing tue electric current And the
inventor who can reduce this cost
the most is sure to reap the ripering
harvest Once bring down the cost
Of operating enc of these dynamo
which has TO he counted
in with the cost of steam or water
power, or lo.h, and the demand for
electric lighting viii increase in s
alto fhat will astonish the one who Il
ucy essfully solves the problem. In
.reat part it is 10 be matter of Il
mechanism merely, but mechanism
L which so subtle Il force as cleo u
richly has an admitted share Yet
he economic utilization of steam y
over Tor operating a dynamo ma
h1ne is only in its infancy, whose 81
cvelopment holds out the most
smpting assurances of profitable LII
eward.
The storage of electricity for a va
iety of uses is another branch of IL
be subject that is by no means of =.
interest. We know that it !,
at present beng experimental on -
it'll increasing promises of success, -
I'D believe that the Gay for the an
of il as an accomplished ;.
ct, capable of practical service, is
1t so far Oft as many people might J..
lagire. And the employment Of -.
as a motive power is very =,
r from being a problematical
Movement. We confidently be- 'n'
sve that The time is not far off u,
hen cars will be un by the cleo
C force, and be controlled by it, "
D, with far greater posltiveness ~
d precision than they are now by
G agency OF compressed air or Ho
lmsy mechanical devices Elec-
city Is q dangerous element to Co
nper with; nor is it to be expect
that the body Of The people any -"
ere will for long time. be taught ~ =,
" to guard agains the peril of un- :,
lely contact with it when out in iiei
-ce. For this very reason we may IL
k for the invention of sufficient u"'
simple safeguards against its Goa
dency to do mischief, whether by W
ok or lire, and more particularly al
such a subdivision of the cur
t, together with its automatic pan
troll, as will place it, in its accu- nau
lated state, in the hands of all
safe ard familiar usc.-Eccao- ii,''i
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