Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-30
AMONG THE ELECTRICIANS.
A Talk on Batteries, Wires and
Motors.
THE POWER OF ELECTRICITY.
Artillery and the Electric L~ight-Elec-
tricity In Medicine-New York
Street Cars-Humming
OF Wires.
Artillery and the Electric Light.

Artillery and the Electric Light.
The electric light seems destined to
play almost as important a part on land
as on sea in the next big European war.
The Austrians are constructing port
able electric light plants to be used in
entraining and d~etraining troops at
night. The Germans are going to have
a similar portable plant attached to
their siege trains. Finally some Eng
iish batteries, now engaged in expert
mental practice at Dartmoor, have been
amusing themselves by endeavoring to
DESTROY some electric light apparatus
erected by u party of engineers from
Chatham. Up to the present only a
OsmiUHlm of damage has been done to
Ske reflector. The experiments ave
been made on the basis that the search
light is being used by an enemy ad-
yancing ON the camp, Whether we are
to attribute the immunity of the plant
to bad shooting or to the binding effect
OF the ray, is not mentioned.
Electricity in Medicine.
Referring u the paragraph which APP
peared in some OF the daily papers last
week OF the restoration to sight through
o flash OF lightning at Wolverhampton
Of q collier who some time ago lost his
sight through au accident, we think,
SAYS the London Electrical Review that
this is n matter which should occupy
the attention of those medical gentle
men who are interested in the applica-
tion of electricity for curative purposes.
3ome time back DR.. Lawrence was try
ting some very interesting experiments
with regard to reducing the thickness
Of the albumen Of the eye by passing
light currents Of electricity through
the ball to reduce 1T to fluid. He tried
his 'eXperiment by heating in water the
white of an egg, and after having
caused it to set reliquitied it with great
success by passing currents through it.
The medical profession might now insti-
tute a series Of experiments upon the
influence Of electric shocks in cases of
partial or total blindness, and we will
undertake To Say that the result would
make the study we'll worth pursuing.
The Dimculty Met.
Electric World: Shortly after the
telephone industry had become we'll
established, the introduction of the
electric light made manifest the dis
turbing influence which the conductors
carrying heavy currents had upon tele-
phone circuits, and the cries OF despair
Of the telephone managers at the AN
noyance were frequently heard. 1t did
not a long, however, to discover a
remedy for the evil complained OF. and
to-day the method OF running electric
ngetan9 telephone wires side by side
Wlthoit disturbance is we'll understood
and generally put in practice. Never
thelcss the report Of the committee APP
pointed to investigate this question in
Germany, and the tests they have made
In connection with 1t, are interesting u,
confirming the practice general,
adopted here; and we would draw at
tention particularly to the results o
their experiments with regard to tn,
influence OF the iron covering for under
ground cables In the prevention Of in
duotion between the conductors in con