The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-15
Electrical.

Dr. Taum, in taking part in tho recent discussion on
the physiological effects of electric shows By
series of experiments dogs that while the atefnat
Ing current is distinctly more deadly than the
tnuous Its fatal superiority 10 far less than
corded experiments would lead think. Tho cur.
rents that endured without fatal result larger
than might be supposed and tho whole tendency OF the
experiments is to indicate that electricians know less
about this subject than they think they know
Berlin restaurant and cafe "a cooled In sunmor and
heated In winter by electricity and the
tho electric Tampa tinted delicate pink which IA 40
becoming to the complexionS Of the lady viso that
the place Ia simply thronged In the centre OF the room
there are several glass Jars through which passes
spiral platinum wire. The electricity. on heating
the wire speedily raises the temperature Of the water
in the lara to boiling point and prepares the ooneA
which small electric railway transmits to the yar
Gus tableS so that tho guests may help themselves
at their pleasure
An extraordinary pieoo Of stealing Is reported from
Paris Tho administration OF the Theatre vAriktes"
was worry much surprised to and about a month ago
that theft had been perperAted to their prejudice;
tho battery Of lighting Of thu
theatre by electricity had been stolen This battery
composed Of 80 accumuRtorS and weighing over 200
pounds had disappeared without trace Of It's where
a6outs being left Inquiries instituted BY the directors
did not lead TO any result the matter almost fer
gotten whom the managing Director Of the theatre re-
ceived letter running a. follows Sir you must
have been very much surprised at the q
back today without any cost for carriage" few
hours later heavily loaded stopped In front Of the
theatre and the authorities informed shat the
thirtyeRht Aecumulators, all In perfect state were
ready for delivery. Tho oarmAn being qusSlsaSd
could only that he met in the street unknown
men, who were trundlinR wheebarrow containing the
apparatus; they engaged In conversation with him.
treated him to few glasses and uced him to under
take the delivery Of tho goods the theatre paying
him hve francs for his trouble That 10 all the man
knew aboutit
London Is developing electric traction on lew Inca
In few weeks line OF electric omnbuSss will b a.
tabished and Will begin running for passenger frame
as ordinary omnbuses without rails from ChartnR
Cross to Kings Cross. The route will bo up Regent
street and along the Euston road that the fashion
able world AZ we'll ~ the workers will have chance OF
seeing aud riding In the Tho omnibuSos will have
sixteen bodies much OF the size a. the usuai
oneS but less in total length Six inches more in seats
will be allowed to each passenger. The electrical
buses will carry tweaty.SX passengers They will Be
driven by storage batteries, which will be CHARGED a
RinEG CrosE Electric delivery vans for heavy trafne
also to be introduced in London shortly and ohArR
Ing stations will probably be erected various eeH-
yenent business centreh An electric butchers cart
now practically finished
Another electrical device has been brought out 70
afford communication between trains in motion and y
prevent accidents Batteries and the necessary ooa.
nectons are placed on each engine central conductor
proach within certain distance Of each other an
alarm sounded in each cab with electric gong aad
steam whistle is set blowing Tho engine drivers can
stop the train aud communicate by telephone. This
communication can be effected when the engines are
either running or still, An automatic signal Il also
given II switch is misplaced or bridge burned or
washed away. Additional batteries arc placed at the
stations along tho road, and these work the alarm
should those placed on the engines become broken
Now that the plan OF utilizing tho water power Of
Niagara Falls is to be put into practical execution ina
local distribution Of power begin with, It will not be
long before tho electrical engineer will be called upon
to Transmit considerable portion OF Il to distrcts sew
era miles away Ono OF the plans already suggested
TO lay cable from the Falls to Buffalo tho bottom Of
tho Niagara river
The use OF electricity as a motive power for street
will be important section Of the census invest
CATION OF the electrical Industry, None OF the many
forms of the Application OF electricity has been deysi
oped more RAPIDLY or been accompanied by cats
factory results than that of tho Transmission OF power
for street purposes The plan OF Investigation that
has been adopted Is designed to mako a comparison
betweeEhe different motive powers ON ploy cd animal
steam dummy cables ami eiectrety-to show the rsA1
tive economic value OF each
The Japanese government has AIKEN uP the matter Of
public telephone service aud ITp poses bring It into
universal use throughout tho country. line Of tss
phone has lust been constructed between Yokohama
and sri1noka distance OF 100 meE at tho Of the
State aud large number of other lines DO
very shortly
Anow nogaphone has been placed on the marksiiH
England by which TIE human can be so 4snlnsd
that Il ln'y te card distance fSsyera, mi eG On
It's appearance poor honpecAel Englishman wroSt0
the papers and said that II tho electricians had on
hand or in vie" an instrument that would diminish
the human voice that It cOudn be heard 81 all ~ 80
wiling to PAyA SS0d deal St mOaSy tOTlt