Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1891-04-18
IN THE ELECTRICAL WORLD.

Prof Elihu Thomson says that tho
arc electric light results from the vapor-
ization of carbon. It is estimated from
the theoretical grounds that to produce
this over 10000 degrees fahrenheit IS
required.
If machinery were only everlasting
a 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 in 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 10,000-volt current, According
to the statement of the directors, this
current of unprecedented strength was
sent from the company's generating
station, at Deptford, to the Grosvernor
sub-station, on the nth 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 equi-
pose was established the circuit was
broken. Upon emptying the pan the
weight returned.
Some boys in st. Charles chased a
squirrel that invaded the town, and it
took up telegraph pole and ran out on
the electric wire. 1t hoped along
cheerily and nimbly until it struck a
spot where the insulator was defective.
Instantly it's tail was cooked straight
up and it gave a 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 a brimstony flavor.
"A workman at the Davenport, Ia,
he would electrocute troublesome cat.
He placed the feline in tub of water
and turned on the current. 1t was found
that the tub had to be moved slightly,
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,
l
no hitch in the proceedings this time,
for just as the cat opened its mouth for
the forty-ninth yell after it had been
placed in the tub, the current was
turned on and it died with it's mouth
open.
An entirely new and novel mode of
signaling has been introduced by the
signal corps of the Thirteenth regiment,
n. Y. N. G. 1t consists of the use Of
electricity, the code being the same as
used in signaling with flags Flashes
are made to correspond with the Morse
alphabet in ordinary telegraphy, a
quick fash indicating the dot and a
longer flash the dash. Two pulsations
are counted between letters and four
between WOTOS. ana UHc system was
tested for the first time at the
armory recently. Never before has such
an experiment been made. 1t was sue
cessful beyond the most sanguine ex-
pectations, and it is safe to assume that
this novel scheme will soon become a
part of the regular signal code in all
military encampments. He also uses an
ole 10 .al, lo
and lowered at will from fagpole on
terra frma or from a masthead aboard
ship. In this case a quick rise and fall
of the lantern indicates dot as with
the flash and a slower movement a
dash, the count between the letters and
spaces being the same.
HARD ON THE JOKER.