The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-09-21
EUROPEAN LKrrKR
tFrom our regular correspondent
YIenna. August lOth lss.

opposite the main entrance. Under
the flooring are 1900 or 1000 cells,
composing the powerful batteries re-
quired for the ingenious apparatus
displayed. Here may be seen telegra
PLY perfected apparently to the high
est limit. Not only 10 the language
OF man conveyed over thousands OF
miles In q few seconds, but his very
handwriting he puts on paper and his
drawings are transmitted letter for let
ter and line for line from ono point to
another. The French War Office ax-
hiblts complicated instruments for
measuring the speed Of proJectiles, for
the exact estimate Of the force Of re-
coil Of guns and rifles &c. The Navy
the colonies and the department OF
commerce and p ublic Instruction are
oil represented. Amongst other curl
Gus instruments IL an electric scale,
invented by NJ. Becquerel, dispensing
with the use Of weights. The amount
Of electric-magneto force necessary 70
keep the needle of the scale ut Its
center. corresponds on dyamomeier
10 the weight. The Chemln de 70
Du Nerd has up miniature railroad,
practically demonstrating their impro
we'd systems OF bell and light signal
ling and the working Of switches and
gates with safety and precision by
electricity. The ChemIn de fer de |
Est shows how, by electricity clocks
connected with each other, an abso-
lutely uniform time can DO kept up
throughout their extensive range oil
traffic. DR. Boudet OF Paris contribute,
sc icntItlc apparatus Of mnch impOr-
tanee. In medicine, sound Is Of more
. diagnostlc value than sight. Acting
on this principle, DR.. Boudet has
applied the telephone, or moro accu-
. rately speaking the microphone, tc
instruments which heretofore trans
. mitted but imperfectly 10 the observ-
er's ear those sounds that invariably
accompany many organs OF the hum
an body In their functions, and which
their slightest variations jmpar
much information TO the experienced
physician. DIR Boudet has now lnven
] ted q stethoscope 30 delicate that tn,
murmurs heard with each beat Of th,
! heart are transmitted with the great
est accuracy, rendering perfectly ap
preciable the most trifilng dsvIalio
from theI normal. The soft breez.
sound Of thei air passing through th
minute tubes Of the lungs cannot un.
4 dergo the slightest change without bC
Il Ing easily detected by tho instrumer
his sPhygmopbone records the hov
!" log Of the blood as Il rushes throug
" arteries, aud bis mophone reader
audible the crisp, cracking SCUM
caused by q muscle as 1t contracts
Altogether the French Exhibition
a most complete and remarkable dis
play Of the innumerable application (
electricity.
The large space allotted 10 Austrian
Exhibitors Is well flled. The we
known firm OF Messrs Siemens an
Haske exhibit, besides their raifwa
III and extensive contfivances for light
ming automatic and electrical sign
bells, complex reflectors for use @
- - sea or on land &c. r. L. HavIlan
III (Vienna) has erected a minIatuI
N theater, where Is TO be illustrated Oh
working OF his electrical safety applI
n ances, giving the alarm OF fire befol
0 heat or even smoke Is precepitable.
Thelaustro Hungarian Stats Bah
d. displays several,models of gates th'
close automatically as each train ar
proaches and open In the same man
ner after It's passage.
, In the German Exhibition tn
principal features are found In machI
merry hall, where the powerful Dyna
! mo-Motors Of Messrs Schuckert an
Co. of Nurom burg are used In th
manufacture Of iron aud steel articles
Belgium has sent articles principal
In connection with her war depart
ment The Danish Government ha
done likewise, illustrating also th
mechanism used In the navy for h
management oftorpedo static !
ne Russian Department, gaily deco
rated In semi i-barbaric fashion, ar
some beautiful specimens of the print
ing done In the government Offices.
Little Switzerland has not held alof
one Of the most powerful Of the dyna
mo-electric machines IL exhibits
by M Emil Burgin Of BAIL. In th
Italian exhibition the printing presst
OF Florence and the fire bells OF Rav
anna are principally worthy of mer
tion.
lam conscious Of having oroitted
mention much that is Of Interest, bl
that Is unavoidable.
My advice to most OF your reade
who are anxious to learn more abor
the Vienna Electrical exhibition.