Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-15

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Europe's Electrical Exhibit.
Chicago Inter-Ocean: The report
from Secretary Hornsby upon his Euro
pean electrical Investigations, rs SUBJ
mitted yesterday through Director Gem
eral Davis to the disposition Of the x
e%cutive committee, dealt first with tho
Frankfort exposition. to which tho Soc
rotary was sent to investigate under four
headings - financial, architectural,
physical and scientific. The Frankfort
exposition cost the corporation which
prepared ii in round figures, 100000
marks. BY the sale o. ,200,00O tickets
OF admission to Munich bankers bofore
the opening Of the exposition, part Of
the expenses of tho exposition were cov~-
cred and the balance was provided for
by the sale OF privileges, charges for
space, etc. The principal part OF the ro-
port was that dealing with the scientific
part OF the congress. Europeans are in
advance Of the people of tho United
States in long distance transmission of
power, stated the report: in artistic
Lighting of theatcrs and art galleries
and in tho designing and execution o
metal ornamental electrical work
There We're two thcaters on the groun Il
OF the eXposition-ono n miniature
model, in which were installed state and
auditorium lighting systems and ciec-
tricaIly controlled vcntllating appara-
tus, which were more perfect than any-
thing of the kind in the United States.
"A loan art collection AT the exposition
was lighted by Il new system of arc
lighting, after II fashion never before APP
preached. The system consisted of
shading pictures from the direct rays OF
light, by the use of %yollowish tinted
ground glass illuminated rcilectors. Tho
system gave that peculiar light to tho
pictures for which artists have sought SO
long in vain.
The now famous Lauifeu experiments
OF long distance transmission was tested
in the presence of tho secretary, and
gave a current efficiency of 60 per cent
only, 20 per cent being lost in transmits
sion, the other twenty being lost ut tho
dynamos and transformers.
Speaking of prospective European eX-
hibitors the report stated that the secre-
tary conferred with nearly 500 Euro
pean electrical firms with regard to tho
Worlds Columbian exposition, and made
the further statement that many OF
these will participate. Germany, AUS
tria, Switzerland, Belgium France and
England will be represented in the
electrical department, in the form of
SShcIu cIttIIltil tSllDIbS. L Nc FSDOFb
discussed certain questions which were
asked by the electrical people of Europe
ike the following:
% Will European firms be given an
opportunity to participate in the servicezy
of the exposition, this service meaning
the lighting and power station work, the
operation of electric water craft, the
intramural railway, theater or audito-
rum lighting, lighting of the harbor
mud ~ t-nl nNhihtt IN. nnp,l lirl, p,,l
retlectors, etc.p
Another question was INSTRUMENTATION
the exposition management would pro-
vide board and lodging for the employees
of exhibitors at Il fixed rate ON the
grounds or adjacent thereto? The state
ment was made that at least some ex-
hibitors would require to move pieces Of
machinery weighing as much as 5000
pounds, and the question was asked
whether or not this machinery could be
be moved by the exposition or whether
individual exhibitors would have to
move it at their own expense, and if so
what the probable cost would be.
The report also included matter con
corning a proposee electrical congress
upon which Chief Barrett of the de-
partment Of Electricity has been working
since his appointment.
The secretary had conferred with
Prof. Ferraris, Prof. Siemcns, Prof. w.
L. Ayrton of City Guilds college, Lon
don; W. N. Preece, Esq. superintendent
telegraph department general postotiica
of the British government: M. Hospi-
taliar Of Paris, NJ. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
WITT of Paris, and others. The en-
of these men is so pronounced
and their ideas so we'll formulated that
report suggested the necessity Of
making Il supplemental report to cover
feature of the work which would be
submitted later.
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