Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1891-11-11


Representatives of the Bell Tele-
phone Co, IN Washington. sAy that the
trunk limo OF hfty wires now being con-
ssructcd between New York and Chi
cAgo VIII BE- completed within few
monthA
The breaking of IN electric wire In
. coal mine will frequently give forth
spark. which may explode dangerous
gaseA "A recent invention Il = safety
mining cable which can be torn apart
without producing = spark. arc or =
flame.
"A Frenchman has invented q novel
lamp for use In lighthouses The rcru-
lation of this lamp II extremely scnsi-
tive. being made by beam of light
that Is reflected from the arc ON .
thermal regulator by means of spe-
ciai lens placed in tho focal plane
AN ingenious application of cleo
tricity for ventilation has been brought
out in France. An electric fan furnishes
the current of air. which can be cooled
BY means OF ice or other cooling aQcnt
II hot air Is required. electricity In sent
through = series of meshes Of wirc.
whose high resistance causes Il to be-
come hot and the air passing through
these Is given the heat required
-Brazirs first electric railroad viii
soon be in operation In the city of Ba.
hia- IL will be n narrow-gauge passen-
ger road mile and half long. Tho
whole plant and equipment were made
In this country and shipped n short
time ago. Ii Is n sample installmcnt
and II the Brazilians arc pleased with
the electric method OF TRANSPORTATION
. much longer road will be built
There Is "a quaint humor, IL nothing
else. in the precaution taken by the
Germans TO prevent accidents upon tho
characterization cable. which trans.
mits power of rs. 900 volts-a current
SO deadly that IL would kill on the in
slant of contact All the poles carry-
ing the wires for the ii2 miles of trans
mission are adorned with skulls and
crossbones. which arc surmounted with
warning notice.
1T In said that the experiment of tho
telephone church service has proved so
successful in Birmingham. Eng. that "A
now proposed TO develop the idea by
connecting the hospitals OF the locality
10 Christ Church. the center of the ex-
pertinent Already the wire has been
'f''N~h'' WI W tio DtQTOOuS OF SICK
folk. and with marked success-a fiexi-
bic cord being attached to the ordinary
receiver, with specially adapted in
strument for fixing on The head of the
invalid
Tests are shortly TO be made on n
French railroad of an invention OF M.
Hellman, in which improved traction
Is said to be secured by placing n steam
engine and n dynamo on car. The
current from the dynamo is to be convey.
cd by suitable conductors TO the other
cars, where IL will drive motors attach
ed To the axles of their wheels Tho
inventors idea Is To utilize the whole
weight of the train for adhesion. and
he claims TO be able 10 ascend grades OF
one foot in 200 Mt the speed of so miles
an hour.
The Shipmasters society, of Eng
land. has made a complaint TO the
Trinity house. the authority in such
matters, of the unsatisfactory results
of electric lights In certain conditions
OF weather. IL says that electric lights
are often invisible In n hazy atmos-
phere, through which oil lights and gas
lights can be seen clearly. Fault In
found also with the binding quality of
some of the most brilliant lights, at
the South Foreland and elsewhere.
which are said TO cast dense shadows
and to produce optical illusions of n
dangerous kind 1t Is suggested that
some of these evils might be mitigatcd
by the use OF colored glass
An interesting trial has been made
In Germany with silk weavers' Icons
worked by electricity. by n cable OF
one hundred feet in length, n onc-horse
power electric shunt motor, with
one hundred volts and four amperes.
was put in motion, and the transmits.
sion for the weavers' looms was re-
stricted by communication TO seventy
two revolutions Two weavers' looms
were put In motion, the result as
stated, being that the working by cleo
tricity was more satisfactory than that
by means of caioric engines or gas
motors. and that the swinging masses.
otherwise necessary for the working on
q small scale. can be dispense with.