Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-02-21
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ARTIFICIAL LIGHT


y. monks, of Boston.
Mr.. Id inks said that the sub,.ct ~
art 'heiai light was very large and
worthy OF series Of Lectures a. i,
ought to be covered. He referred IN
'he worship of the orbs by the
anc'ehts' The Lncas claimed to be
ch'idrea OF the sun. Light of some
sort was associated with those who ex.
pected some return from their dnty
Inc practice Of fires in open snaces
was common In ancient times. A
c'Viiiza'ion advanced lamp laws were
passed TO prohibit bonfires. For
centuries bonfires were common Win
inc Celtic natives in Europe. especially
at festival times. Beacon fires were
ol1en used as signals. Their use il
mentioned In the Greek tragedy NJ
Agamemnon." In Spain taxes were
ievied to sus ain beacons at the time
OF the Armada In the Book of Jere.
m'an. In the B BILE, there is an allusion
10 the fire signal. TIL re was a mast
ana tar barrel on Beacon Hill. It was
1889. "A "o"h III
The use of whale oil originated with
.he n ,rweg ans. In 1880 the Dutch
aau zoo vessels. employing IA 600 men.
IN the business. In Now England the
whales were first caught from small,
boats. The Indians engaged with
avidity In the HINT for whales In
1903 there were 60) vessels of POO. 600
tons burden engaged in the American
whale fishery. The argand lamp was
hrst used in 1890 The decline in
whale fishery was due to the discovery
OF oili in Pennsylvania
Candles were spoken of first in a
remote period. Their use really began
IN the early history of Christianity.
As late as the sixteenth century their
use was limited. In spite of modern
methods the candle is used for certain
purpo es. and the soft light can not
TAIL to please the eye. The honor and
merit OF the first application of coal
gas seems to belong to William MUIR
dock, OF Redworth, Cornwall. In 1902
he lighted an extensive manufacturing
establishment France also claimed
the honor of its first demonstration,
but not satisfactorily. January %,
1917. saw number of London streets
lighted by gas. The amount of $2O,-
200 was raised. and the King petitioned
Tor the incorporation of company.
Two companies supply London at 70
cents per 1000 cubic feet, and Their
capital is $50 900 000 Coal gas was
first used in Baltimore in 1916. and for
some time its progress was slow and
unsatisfactory. Now there are over
1000 works in the United States. fur
nishing employment to over 25, 900
men. portion being for the manu-
facture of water gas.
In 1898 Frenchman discovered the
process by which water gas was made
In 1875 Prof Lowe established the first
works in the United States. The bust
ness has increased enormously here.
but not always, because hard coal and
naphtha are so expensive. Natural
gas has been know in Asia and China
for a long time. History tells us of
well in France in the time of Julius
Caesar. The first in the United States
was in Charleston. The Taylor House
in Fredona, N. Y. was illuminated in
1924 in honor of Lafayette. A few
ears ago gas well was discovered in
Ocean Spray, near this city The
nature and efficiency of natural gas is
but partly understood.
Petroleum was known to mankind
from the dawn of history. 1t was
spoken of in Sweden in 1850. In
Western Pennsylvania it was found on
he ground. and used as medicine
many years before wells were bored.
IL 1858 we'll ~ feet deep. yielded
more than 1000 barrels day. Then
reckless spirit of speculation arose.
1t enriched a few. while it ruined
thousands. The standard drill is five
md one-half inches. the flow
being as great from a small
rs from a large hole. In 1880
the products amounted to 20, 900, 600
barrels, and the stock on hand June
| /. 1880. was valued $1,000 900. Rus
iia has valuable deposits at Baku.
ong known. but just put TO CONNER
cial use. The value of exports thence
in 1888 was SIS 900. 900. In Russia
hey are ahead of America, in being
able to use the residumm of petro-
cum. So abundant is the oil in Baku
hat work can be carried on by its
lame in the night, ard the oozing"f
he oil from the ground prevents dust
In concluding, Mr.. Monks said that
he had heard great deal said about
he SIZE OF the statue of Liberty on
Sedloe's Island as being the highest
| ,tutue ever known In modern or
ancient times To test this he had
made scale of the lighthouse Pharos'
,hich had stood in the harbor OF
| Alexandria, aud was regarded as one
IF the seven wonders of the world,
making his compu. ations from the ac-
count in Josephus and judging by the
distance it could be seen at sea Fac
inc the model of Pharos against a
model of the statue of Liberty, the
| former was seen TO be much the higher
| of the two.-Bo-son Herald
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AT tho recent festival of Big joss
| Pidger, In Canton. the temple wal
lighted with ten large 1000 candle
power electric lights, which bright