Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-08-30
ELECTRICAL EXHIBITION.


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MAS1p fACE1T ELEC-
ThlCAA FOUNTAIN.
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me INTERNATIONAL Electrical Exhib
tion which will open In Pbkladelphi
mex tuesday under the auspices OF Oh
HIanknn Institute. VIII be one Of th
eIessest events of this century. Th
ou,uing IN wnich tho great displa
~, NIL 70 heiu mas Just been completed q
soc0nd and Lancaster aveD ne
IUPP9slto tne oIc passenger station @
the Penusy ylvania Railroad, which vii
sso W useu Al ar exhibition building
ana connected with the new structur
~ ~ olnAneh'@l pr'dge ACROSS Thirty
'u Thn % s..oo';
MA.u puIANihg ID loOx263 feet
with four towers, each go feet high. Ir
.nis puIiuing man OF the wonderful
np'osolonts.n % .nq discoveries that hav,
uooI nAue IN eiec rrlcal science within
the last forty years will be shown. l,
VIII surpass all other previous electrical
exhibitions, and will bring together
nearly all electrical devices and show
Suo "ArVeious rapidity with this subt L
"A power equal TO that OF !, ,SO0horses vii
oe converted continually into electrical
,o.ce uurlng the cpntinuance of the ex.
hloition, and at night an illuminating
power greater than that Of 1000, 900
cand les will be used to light up the
puiiding, shedding q radiance almost
eqnai to that OF The sun.
Inc magnetic telegraph and telephone
VIII DO exhibited, with all their i'm.
provements, and many things that have
.Vr years Deen mysteries to the majority
Vi persons, Will be fully explained. The
wonderful microphone. which will
IN time supersede the telephone, will
also Do exhibited Through this in
sornmeht person can hear fly walk.
,.,s ,ns at long distance, and sounding
ls. nhe man heavy footsteps, or he may
wi.noss tue SILL more curious workings
vi .ne phonograph.
me ehtire exblbition will be a BIC
oeso'oh OF WONDERS, prominent among
.hein being the magnificent electrical
lountain, which " III be the great feature
vi the decoration of the nave of the ex-
intuition hall.
from basin built of brick and lined
with cement large coue.shape,I stone
column arises to the height of about
Twelve feet, the basin itself being about
thirty feet In diameter. From a pine
through this central column "a volume
OF water Is forced and made to assume
tho shape OF an aquatic umbrella VIII tch
will be Illuminated In the most artistic
manner by a CROWN of iucandesceut
nights, over which the water flows .as
~ taxes It's concave circular shape. The
porders OF the basin will be banked
with cut flowers, tropical plants and
moss, 80 arranged as to give an impress
sion OF naturalness TO the fountain
pool.
From the border Of this floral bank
twelve j.ts of Rleamtng water are 40
directed az TO catch the rays.of colored
electric light thrown from invisihle
points, and controlled nv a cunnipoIy-
devised optical apparatus. Aa t6a
streams Of these different oolored lights
meet and break the prismatic colors
will all appear. The brilliant effects
thus produced could not be we'll descri'
bed In cold type. In addition 10 th;a
from the central column three lofty
let's of different colors will rise inland.
ed to give an effeer, az of tropi,al Now-
ers. When the blaze of lights of the
great arch-span Oh 100 feet above Ia al
It's full the colors dplv will annear bn,
when this is ditnmed. as IL will be ot
intervals, the most striking effect pro.
luced by the fountain ;n ito en,;patu L.
" i'll be that of flowing f;r of a,a..
,olors i; and IL one allows the fonnta
streams to fiow over his hands ,ha m
effect wouId be nrodu,a3 tLat
10 was handling preat streamaot I;n,,;5
ire. No attemnt M an electricai -
ain on so grand scale has evar he
ore been made. ard this fonntain can
rot fail to prove n novelty of dayvi;nn
,eauty. O A~''ns
The exhibition VI i'll remain r,.,1 n.
ober 1lth, and the Pennsylvania Rail.
Dad Coinpany will IN adait;ni .