The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-05-24

what Causes the Trouble, and How II
Can he faslly 1temedied.
Watch your watches' Is generally
the instruction impaired to sight-seers
on entering the dynamo-room OF an
electrical establishment while dyna-
mos are In operation. Now. the natu-
raj tendency Of tho minds OF these
sight-seers is 20 ask. why? II they do
not do IL audibly IL Is there all the
same. and keeps turning itself over
and ovcr until the owner is tempted to
do Just what he or she Is told to. but
not intended should be done. take IL out
OF the pocket and look atit My advice
would be. leave II at home or with
Your ''unclc'' while on a tour OF inves-
tigation Of this sort. for just so sure
rs you enter that room your watch viii
be magnetized and then you will have
the confidence In Your matchmaker
shattered. II not entirely destroyed. by
finding that since he last repaired It II
does not keep time. You 90 TO him
again and he looks at IL. then exam
ines and pronounces the awful sem
tcncc. .'Magnctizcd. You look at
him with conierpt and say you
know better; III was magnetized il
would stop like our grandpa's clock.
never 10 90 again.
Now, there is no greater mistake.
yet so generally believed. rs this A
watch when m~agnetized stops only
from this cause while in a very strong
.magnetic field" and viii start of
again on being removed from that
.leld" II given a slight jar.
Then comes the query: What does II
do, then? What effect does il exert
over it? Now this is the point which
/ wish you TO note. 1T loses time
But how much? You ask. This is very
hard to answer. rs n great deal de-
ponds upon the construction OF the
movement. the style OF case-hunting
or open face ~ whether you work
around or come in contact with IRON or
steel objects, such as safes, engines,
iron pillars. Orders or even smaller
objects, rs these will change the di-
rcctions Of the lines OF force l
have found from observation that the
variations range from ! minute to
20 in twenty-four hours, according TO
conditions. the general average being
from 81 to z minutes per day.
Many persons suppose that electric
ity Is magnetism. and vice versa.
Electricity is no more magnetism than
steam i water. or apples are apple
trees. but the one is the production OF
the other. Electricity i generated
from magnetism by permanent or
electromagnetic under certain con-
ditions md operations known By
electricians and some others. and is Of
itself perfectly harmless to watches
even were they TO be put in circuit
with electric lights. as ! last week
placed il fine movement in a circuit OF
one thousand volts for ten minutes.
and on removing could not find the
slightest trace Of magnetism in it.
Another very false idea is the finer
the watch the less liability 10 mag
J nctic action, when the truth j. the
finer it Is the more magnetism il will
retain on being charged l. e..
magnctized, and. in consequence, the
!. more time it will lose. for the finer
. the watch the finer the adjustment,
: and. in consequence. the closer contact
J OF the parts affected. Some say
"Oh. ! never was in a dynamo room,
, and my watch could not be magnet
led
1t Il not in the electric light plants
that all the magnetism exists, fol
since electricity has been used as
! motor force it exists around every mo
tor, whether under a stree car. In ar
+. Office running a fan or printing press
: or exciting a plating battery. Yet who
ever suspected the relay or SOUNDED
on a telegraph operators desk. tn
wonderful telephone and many othe'
] appliances too numerous to mention
) with which you come in contact ever,
a day?
Another new invention has jus
7 made its appearance in Cleveland, b
: which a crane Is fitted with a larg
!. magnet and used to load cars wit
i steel rails and large pieces Of iron, in
= parting its influence 70 all steel o.
. jects within its range thus practical
< bringing the laboring men In dali
contact with this unsupported troub'
!. 10 watches.
n some say when a watch Is magne
il lied II t. destroyed. This i agal
false, for BY demagnctizing y can J
= made 70 operate ms we'll as ever. i
y not trade them of a. worthless, b
4. take and have them d~emagnctize
and all will be delighted at home to =
ID the head 81 the house on time for di
IN ner.-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
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e, CROWNS AND GREATNESS.
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