Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-04-12
THOUSANDS OF VOLTS.
STARTLING EFFECTS OF some HIGH
TENSION CURRENTS.

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"""3r'"' :" "A' say ''s Done wen
Current q $4,000 Volts Can Hardly ns
tmsEined- R~marksbis sight-
severa, tests haze haas m.da w;t,,
ALTERNATING currents ~ al.ctrici b At u, verr
HIGH rress,,res A. anlv eof, volts x.rers
needed n kin the condemned ,nrsrderara
in Sing Sinv nrison The eject II ~ mn
ANA az o00 vsIts ~ a,,;,,,st.. ana ;,..r.
innate nl,iactr can baralyl .. i,naosrad
The diff;cnltv II inxnlaf;,,g ia a,,g,r,og,,s
force Is yerv ser;ous. a. an arr. viii aash
across fonr ~ Ava inches ~ snaca NJ
tween the elecfra1ee and b;s,b tana;o,,
currenfs have MT been ,,st.d ,nnch n.
currer,t for the tights ard nowey AZ tbs
sv,,;l.;,io,, I'D Er.,,l,
ff,rt-on- the Main was transmitted from
Iauffen. where Il was penetrated IL
water mower. ~ / nressnr4 ~ IA mn
yolts. After the clcss. Of the exbibitian
EXPERIMENTS were made with he wir,.
and insulators ri bioh nressnrea and
they wera atnanv the ,nost iptavast;no IA
the electrical erreriments
The distance hetxean tba c;t;as 4
ahout 1d8 mica and the w;ra enc.
eighth ~ Al inch r. d;a,nx.tar ,re;s,b.,,3
1s5 000 nounds The ;panlators Syare
able - nreserve the intans;fv u IL an
rent. Each was composed IL three 600
tions The rercelajn ton wac fat rith
4 deem pr,t,ve for IN. wire Trndaruaath
was = - ncer sb.nad racant.cle a;,a ~
meath that wera tvro ,nora 'e,,a n Iarysr
breadth and dentb than the other and
ali xxere fllad w;tb III TIE bi,5;,,0
wires ran throuyh the oil which i :
good noncondncfor AZ Frapkfort !,
com,nutator clanoed the altarrat;,a
current 70 4 continuous current for Eobf
and nower In the exna,i,nants t,,a
nress1re was Increased 10 of, n00 n ooo
and AZ 00fl volts
Revnnd 81 oflfl volts tho ,,s,rcs,.;n i,
sulatnrs were nnnctured frenraptlv n,
producing an arc between two carbous
at 1f, 0ol vnlts nl.ta of o,sas va
n;arced very ou;ctiv A. "a ooo rol,s
The ;ntans;tv vas g graat fiat ~ E.,t,t
was NOT 81 br;ll;,nt 81 \ u,.,s ~ on 904,
volts. II il believed that "a f,00 volts
can be reached with condnctrrs me-
tected from the effects If weather
cr-pprvrs az N 0o, vntrs
Almost at the Same finn. the S;c,,, a,s
Rros ~ T,ondon u,ara ex,a,;,,s,,t;,,,,s
with b;oh tension currents i,ay;rp nd
at the Naval exbih;t;nn an ar,,arat ,s
canab,a az daI;var;ny ! cnrra,t - go
sure of Al. 600 volts This Dissertation II
a private exhibition of the annaratus
with "a. 900 volts i from Eng;neerino.
son a table was an electrode so,,a
three inches IN lenoth connected - an.
terminal of transformer Over II was
mounted n large sheet of plass tbree mil
limeters Thick. and above the glass was
a second electrode terminatiup IN q sbarn
noint. the distance between fine cleo.
trodes being three eenti,neters When
the current was turned on TO the primary
coil of the transformer there FIRST an
neare5 a nurnle haze at the rnner e,ac-
trode streaming toward the glass A
the current increased this haze grew in
fnllness and definition. and began ia
throw ont feelers which DARED outward
and AZ ouicklv withdrew A the alec-
tromotive force suoneuted still further
these feelers gathered power until they
heat themselves ON tho plass as if tbey
wonld force themselves thronrb II in
| their mad DESIRE To reach tba other eIec.
! trode The whole snaee below tha point.
cd canductor hacame alive with then,
and exhibited mass az leaning eract.
| limo threads of nurnla FIRE which writbad
and twisted IN i,nnatant atfamnts II
bnrst tbrouob the barr;ar and f,;1,n,
tbaf snraad tbe,ase1v,as .,lon,r ,ts sn,f.,os
endeayorino to rnsb over ;ts edoes ana
50 roach their GOAL Inv a circnitons routs
..Rnt tbis was havond their strength
nn-il the ala,.trn-,,ot;va f,,r,,.a ,nnroacbad
! a. 00o volts when suddenly The antire
a,,naaranca was cbanred The curra,,
oyarlsanad the adgss az the n,ata and
! eo,,ad co,n,,letelv .ro,,nd II in all ii;
rections At that moment the intenst
nurnle color of the shark disnpneared
and was renlaced nv white liobt Of IN.
e,raatast briiliancv which glistapad AND
a,sbad until tha snactators had 10 t,,,y,
a,yav THAR badazzlad paza
pFN.Rr,ptE pxprRntRSrs
/ "a chance in the Arrangement wa.
then made The nnner nointed e,ectrod.
was renlaced Nv q brass disk fire,
inches in diameter This was laid owe,
the snrface of the Glass nlate with fire.
varv thin Washers of rnIcapit. inter
vsn;po hatwaan tba two The c,rrapt
was then turned ON in the same or,,dna
manner a. before The snaca between
the two disks immediatelv filed wifi