The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-04-15
IN THE ELECTRICAL WORLD

IN TIE eIeO 6rSSRI WOuc0
PROF. Elihu Thomson says that tho
arc electric light results from the vapor-
ization of carbon. 1t is estimated from
the theoretical grounds that to produce
this over 10000 degrees fahrenheit -
required
If machinery were only everlasting
q young man at GAINESVILLE. o.. would
have solved the perpetual notion prob
lem. He has perfected an electric motor
which when started and the circuit shut
OFF. will go till it wears out
The first great name N electrical
science in America is one of the first
and greatest in electrical science every
where. benjamin Franklin began TO
devote himself to electrical studies at
time when scarcely more than dozen
investigators had contributed any thing
of permanent value to the science
The London electric supply corpora
ton has finally succeeded in transmit
ting l0.O0O-volt current. According
| to the statement of the directors, this
current of unprecedented strength was
sent from the companys generating
! station. at Deptford. to the GrOsvernor
sub-station. on the 18th ult Hitherto
the highest tension attained was $500
volt.
| An ingenious electrical balance was
recently exhibited in Paris The OBJ
ject to be weighed was placed in the
pan, by which act an electric circuit
was closed and a motor put in opera
ton which moved the weight out on the
beam of the balance. When the equ!-
pose was established the circuit was
broken. Upon emptying the pan the
weight returned.
some boys in st. Charles chased
squirrel that invaded the town. and IL
took up a telegraph pole and ran out on
the electric wire. 1t hoped along
cheerily and nimbly until it struck
spot where the insulator was defective.
Instantly its tail was cooked straight
up and it gave little squeal. A blue
, blaze enveloped it and it dropped from
the wire thoroughly roasted. The boys
tried to eat it, but gave it up. saying it
had brimstony flavor.
A workman at the Davenport, Ia,
gas works concluded the other day that
, he would electrocute q troublesome cat.
He placed the feline in a tub OF water
) and turned on the current 1t was found
. that the tub had to be moved slightly.
l and while moving it the electrocutioner
, got his finger in the water and nearly
, electrocuted himself After he was
= brought To. with desire for vengeance,
: he renewed the experiment There was
= no hitch in the proceedings this time,
/ for Just as the cat opened its mouth for
e the forty ninth yell after it had been
= placed in the tub, the current was
: turned on and it died with its mouth
open.
3 An entirely new and novel mode OF
J. signaling has been introduced by the
, signal corps of the Thirteenth regiment,
r y. y. n Co. 1t consists of the use OF
n electricity. the code being the same rs
used in signaling with flags. Flashes
L are made to correspond with the Morse
IS alphabet in ordinary telegraphy,
IS quick flash indicating the dot and
= longer flash the dash. Two pulsation'
II are counted between letters and foul
N between words and the system wa:
u tested for the first time at the
a. armory recently. Never before has suci
IL an experiment been made. 1t was sue
t. cessful beyond the most sanguire ex
Sc pectations and it is safe to assume tina
'e this novel scheme will soon become ;
III part of the regular signal code in al
military encampments- He also uses al
electric lantern, which can be raise
rs and lowered at will from fiagpole o'
a. terra firma or from a masthead aboar'
o ship. In this ease quick rise and fai
=, of the lantern indicates a dot as witt
n the flash and slower movement
as dash. the count between the letters ait
- snaces being the same.