The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-08
WONDERS IN ELECTRICITY.
A Light Which Nay Be Used to Explore
the Interior of the Human Anatomy.
How Gas May Be Used to Produce Electric
Light-A New Invention for the Use
of Legitimate Dynamiters.

A Journal reporter dropped in upon Charles
A. Reitz, the electrician who, in an out the
way place is making a large number of electrical
appliances of various kinds. The visitor was
shown many of these things. Among these was
magnetic generator without a battery but
which generates an electric light Of a candle
power ranging from one-half to six, as desired.
With this instrument the surgeon takes light
and roams at will all through the interior de-
partment of the human anatomy investigating
all the sub-departments and bureaux. The use
of the electric light in this way in dentistry is
becoming greater every day. The teeth are
transparent, and this strong light enables the
dentist to discover the cavities with readiness
and certainty the unassisted eye. no matter how
keen, could ever attain. With this light dentists
no longer have to pry the teeth apart to see if
decay has begun at the side of tooth. The lit
tie electrical lantern no larger than tooth itself
at once shows what is the matter.
Mr. Reitz is now working on a new electric
light machine for incandescent lighting. It will
soon be- finished, and when it is completed will
be tested in lighting the Grand Hotel This ma
chine is intended to make the greatest amount
of light with the least expenditure OF power and
heat, while the machine is, by radical change
in FORM greatly cheapened in manufacture. BY
new device, the armature will receive but one
layer OF wire, and this is so arranged that if one
of the sections should burn out it could be re-
placed in fifteen minutes time. By now con-
struction in the field the amount of heat in the
machine is reduced to minimum, thus not
merely saving waste of power, but waste in
the machine.
curious little motor is one that is made for
the purpose of moving frames in show windows
upon which goods are placed. Every body, open
mouthed, has stood and seen these show window
exhibits go round and round, with never ending
circularty. This effect is sometimes produced
by ordinary clock work, but the little electric
motor is better. The smallest ones can turn
round from 70 to 100 pounds of goods, and the
expense of running is about 25 cents month.
This little machine runs with only one cell of
batteries.
Electrical appliances are more in favor with
doctors than ever. There is a constant demand
for galvanc batteries for treating various ills to
which the human frame is heir. There is much
call for electrodes of various FORMS TO place the
current where it is needed, and these are now
contrived so that in most cases it is hardly nee
| essary for the patient to take off any of his or
| her clothes for treatment All that is necessary
| is to intuition the collar and the flexible cleo
| trode is run down the back and located upon the
| spot whore eatment is to be applied.
Heres something for dynamiters," said Dir.
| Rietz. II mean the legitimate dynamiters.
| This is machine for blasting 1t is mag
| neto generator. To make blast, place two line
wires run from the mine into the binding posts.
| These lines are connected with electric fuses
| which go into the charge. Twelve charges can
| be connected with the line wire at once. Press
| the button here on the magnetic, and away it
| goes. Better than galyanic Notwithstanding
| to get out of order.
'The production of electric light is growing
| cheaper all the time 1t is greatly cheaper than
gas now. You can take gas as fuel for gas
engine to run a dynamo to produce electrical
energy, and thus develop a 1900 candle power
of electric light with 500 candle-power of gas.
l explained that to gas man awhile ago, and
| scared him nearly to death Here are two con-
versions and then to make gain in the light.
! Now. this is fact, and l can show it any time.
| 1t will DO rather queer, won't it, If one of the
chief uses for this illuminating gas expensive as
| it Isl should be to manufacture electric light?
The day is coming when gas will only be used
for heating and power purposes, and not for
illuminating purposes at all. Nobody knows
this any better than the gas men, and they are
| trying in every way now to popularize gas as a
fuel"
OPEN the State Treasury; count the money.