The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-12-25

meats II ele1tflo lighting began
b ma6s With coasi4ssahls success
An fafsEnn2ieaes exhfbitien Z
ssisztiec apPsfales gas held
Lsnasas ne ChkiIaAgsr sxpsd
Tea rstarasd 10 England after hss
Ing sssas mere thAn skfas years !
iavsstsgs1isns iuts Gns ME- Al
physssAl esadislohs e. he gres
ceeen baslns. '
1871. 1as sws sAtslIltss Il Nsr.
the smsliest celestial bsdIss keswz
were discovered by Pref. AsapI
Hall, e washlnSeen. Hughes
HierepSoas, by Which faint sound
are ma5alasd and mads sudibls
vns produced. Tia rndionstsr, d
whish light psffsrns the work o
tuFnins . wheel, VS. constructed b
Hr. WA. Csookes, =. n. 3. Tn
speaking yhoeeEFaph Was made b
Mr.. T. A. EdIsoa.
ISIS; The slsstrie light wa Sub.
divided, and Edison's platinum
lamp-th6 arsG Ineandssesut lamp
VS. devised. An spparasus for
eo0kiag b. shs sosdenssd solar rays
vas exhibited IN ParIs. Ediscn's
mlcfo-taslmstsF, for measuring In.
fnltsslmal degrees Of heat, such q
that reesivsd from the stars, was In.
vsatsd. PIctst and CaIIlsts lIquefied
The psrn1ansst sAsss.
1873: The northeast passage from
the Atlantic 10 The Pseies vas &C.
eomplishsd BY Baron Eordsuski Old.
A telegraph for transmitting writing
vas exhibited By NJ. Z. A. Cowpsr.
lseo. Speech and ether sounds
were transmitted 10 q considerable
distance on . beam Of lIght BY The
photophons Of Prof. A. Graham Bell
and Sumner TAlntoF. Mouehot's
sasins, dflvsn By steam generated
By The condensed heat Of the sun,
vas put 10 work In Algeria. An
electric furnace, for fuSlBg the most
refractory metals, was shown In
London, By DR.. G. w. sismsns.
The nFst battery Of practical value
for the storage Of electricity was
made by u. @, A. Faurs.
1881: The first electric railway
vss opened near Berlin, by w. Sic
mems Gnd Halsks. The electric
light wAs employed by DE-. @. w.
slsmsns f0f growing fruit and vsge-
tables in greenhouse. Experiments
in tslePhotOgrsPhy, . process for
transmitting images 10 Q distance,
were made by Mr.. shslfOrd BIdvsiI.
lss2: TIE bacillus Of Tuberculosis,
the parasite which produces pul-
mobary consumption. was discover
ed BY Dr.. Robert Koch. Prof. SslIm
Lsnstrom produced an artificial
auroFa borealIs on . large scale, In
LaPlaad. An international elsctrI-
cal sxhibltlon wa held In Paris.
Photographs we're obtained by DR.. |
Haegins Of the solar corona when |
the sun was unecIIpssd. An inter.
national nsheriss exhibition wa
held in London, and . hygieuIe sx-
hibitlon In Berlin.
1894: During quite calm weather
. balloon assembled at Paris and was |
propelled back 10 lts starting point.
The British Association for the
Advancement Of Science held, ct
4ODtrsal. its arst meeting outside
OF the British Islss. n. Louis
Psstsur proved that hydrophobia
may be prevented By Q systsm Of
inoculatiOn. Natural gas was pIpsd
TO PlttsbuFg.
1855: Prof. FlssmIng Jenkins
fret tslPhsF line, conveying freight
In electrically driven buckets along
Q single elevated rail or rope, was
opened In England. The srst sue
csssful photographs Of the stars
were taken In Paris. Flood Rock,
Long Island Sound, covering nine
ASrss, va successfully blown up by
. charge Of -, 900 pounds Of rseks-
rock and dynamite.
1883: The existence Of so-called
canals on Mars, claimed 10 have
been discovered by schIaparsllI In
1877, was confirmed. The common
srigin Of the elements in one uni
Vsrsal form Of matter began TO be
sonsIdsFsd. Mr.. w. Spring caused
he union Of metallic 6llinRs by
pressure, rising In some cases to TO-
90 stmosphsres.
1857: The mGnufaeture Of alumni
auin on . larss scale was COM
nenced. An International congress
n Paris resolved TO prepare Q great
photographic chart Of the entire
lsavsns. The electric Welding OF
metals was accomplished by Prof.
stihE Thomson. Sewage was puri-
led BY slsetrieity In England.
is8s: DR.. Nsnssa acccmplished J
he arst journey across the inland
GO Of Greenland. The nerve Of
'abbit wa successfully transplantsd
Q man By DR.. GeFsnng, Of Vienna.
)u COnsy Island, . story hotel, 4s6 /
cot long, aad weighing 5000 tons,
gas Moved by four locomotives
listseos % 60 feet. The great Lack .
slssosps, with IN obisct-glAss 80
nehss In diameter, was completed.
ne AastralIan Assoeiatlon for the !
Advancement Of Science, modelled
Iftsr The British, American and
ffsneh Associations. Wss organised. !.
'rof. Hertz dsmoRstFated the SINH
arity 81 waves Of light and Of Z
lsetricity. IL
Is9o: Features Of the Interna-
ssnai ExhIbitIsa ct Paris were the 1
Esfisl t0wsr, 81 feet hlsh; Barre's
iidLns railway, On which cars we're
nppoFtea On . aim Of wstsr and |.
=eyea By hydraalIc pressure; i
eFd anG Cotard's terrestrial |
eyeF 20 feet iE diameter; and :
go 100 cougfsssss Of inquiry. :
sNEasy Of The Stanley relief
/ Sc seross Central Africa
e e1ssssS. Invisible quartz :
erss ae larger than enc
e - ineh-wese produe-
4 By NJ. CIV. nsyA and used for
hysical appeFeSns liable of Indi-
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