Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-03-14
SOUTHERN Standard McMINNVILLE. TENNESSEE
IN THE ELECTRICAL WORLD.

IN THE ELECTRICAL WORLD.
"A German inventor, Mr. Siesegang,
has constructed an ingenious electric
photograph which is said to produce
the infections of the voice with Won
derful fidelity.
After exhaustive experiments, the
French post-ofiice has decided to sub
stitute a copper-coated steel wire in
place of the ordinary iron wire for telc-
graphic apd telephone service.
Storage battery traction is being
rapidly pushed in New Orleans. Thirty
cars in all are to be installed within the
next few months. Thirty trucks are
already mounted with motors and pre-
pared to receive the car bodies.
The donkeys in some of the mines
through which electrical wires have
been run have learned that they are
dangerous, and in going through the
mines show a marked intelligence in
avoiding the wires, thus proving that
donkey possesses caution, if not any
higher mental quality.
The demand for rare elements for
the manufacture of incandescent gas
burners has greatly increased the pro-
| duction of several uncommon minerals.
Thus, according to the report of Mr..
Day upon the Mineral Resources of the
| United States, there was sold in the
year 1SST-'SS twenty-five tons of zircon,
four tons Of monazite, one ton of allan
lite, 600 pounds of samarskite, and $500
worth Of yttrium compounds.
-Nice-President Mortons country
home at Rhinecliff., n. v, is provided
with 250 incandescent lamps. An inter-
esting feature is the wiring of the house
in such a manner that should any win
dow or door be tempered with by bur-
glars Il special automatic switching de-
vice will throw into circuit number of
lights, thus giving the noctural intruder
q bright and warm welcome.
"A quick piece of cable service is re-
ported from Montreal A cablegram
was sent from that city over the Com
mercial cable to London at 1927, and at
1910, just l3 minutes, a reply was re-
ceivcd. The message had been sent
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has jus, completed an electric boat
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alternating motors IN the columns OF an
Engllsh paper made some remarks wei
worth the attention OF young electrl
cans lie says: You state Ihat nave
mlSlnterPreted my results ana II looks
as though you oelleve my views 10 DC
unsound' Your arguments'are those o.
an eminent scholar l was myselt
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to speak, day ana night over DOCKS an'
hlled my mead with sound Vlews-VerJ
sound ones lndeed-chose OF others
But could not get to practical results
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