Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-04-20
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lit 81 reported that the largest c'.,,-
tric scar'h light ever ins,dc will bc Greet
ell On Nit Washington the oomin., sea-
SON.
II, a estimated that 10000 electric
lamps, ayyrcgnung 10000, 600 ca,,,..e
power viii bc rcQuircd Tor the Chicago
Worlds fair
An clcetric swing suggested for the
Worlds fair win carry twcnty-four
people and swing "a distance OF nine
hundred feet.
The receiver ~ the Coast Line rail-
ROAD. OF Georgia, IL h said. viii snbsti.
tntc electricity for the present motive
power. provided tho necessary funds
can bc secured
An clcctric stove has been invented
10y machinist in Rnucn, France. N
will cook nrst-clasS dinner for ten pei,
sons In fouF~afths OF the time required
10y wood or coal tire. and the cost i.
only five SONS llivc ccntsl for the mate.
rinls which generate the heat. The
stove can bc sold for Twenty-Five frnnra.
or five dollars
The dritt of tho tide In railway mo-
tive power says Practical Electricity, Is
clearly shown 10y the fact that member
OF the engineering corps OF thc North
crn Pacific and Wisconsin Central
railroads arc studying electrical
.cicucc In the Massachusetts Institute 81
technology 10y direction OF the manage
mcnts 81 thcsc roads.
Plans have been drawn for tho crcc-
ton OF 10 dams in the ST. Louis river.
near fun du Lac, Mimi. which will give
about 100000 hor.c power. IL h pro-
posed @ furnish, 10y means OF electric
currents generated at this point, power
90 operate all kinds 81 manufacturin, =
c>'abiishncnts s,rcct ears. and light
nag, cooking and heating in Duluth.
1t " perhaps safe to predict that at
no very Distant date the use 81 oil Tampa
win have ceased ON all large aud Inn.
portnnt systems Of railway, 60 hc snc-
cecded los electric illumination. m,
Chesapeake X Ohio road hna already
contracted 10 have its trains equipped
Win electric lights, and the Pcnnsyl
vnuia aud the Louisville & Nashville
companies arr negotiating for electric
lighting. aud "a g. probable that both
roads viii hr equipped by the opening
Of the Nurldn fuir.
"A remarkable recovery az speech {.
rccordcd Ia the casc or Mrs. Mary Hop
llins, of Rose Valley. y y SiN ycai-
ago she bccnmc an inmate OF tho Nnyu,
county almshousc, and two years lntcl
lost thc power Of speech from puralysi,
81 the vocal chords, at the oVc OF forty
Eve Until about six-wcclts ago no con
unuous effort was made 10 restore hci
voice; then. ON the advice ~ DR. Andrew
L. sheldon. ln electric battery was ap
| piled 30 her mech, and mouth cyc-y da,
for IA month This ircatmen, gave ~,
promisc OF success until fortnight ago
when tho matron entered Mn llopldu.
| presence, and was gladly greeted wltt
a loud Hello from the hithcrt
specchlcsS woman. She now spcalc. al
well ~ ever.
In an article ON storage Battcrl,a'
I the Electrical Review says that the im
/ provcment ~ the storage battery hu
| been very much hnmpcrcd in this conn
! Try 10y the uncertainty which hns cXistc,
/ regarding the ownership ~ storage bat
| terry patents. The prolonged litigation
Ina the courts aud the natural diftrust g.
! investor, has prevented its introductioI
! on large scale, and, consequently. ha
| deprived the manufacturer Of the hpnc
III ~ a use OF the coils in every da'
work., and 30 show the defects and indi
cate q remedy. Tho present outlooi, g.
that peace will soon prevail iu this Grl'
and business become the chief aim un,
/ end. An extensive use of the stolur
battery In special linca Is then So bee c:.
/ pcctcd and u general marked improve
ncnt in the general efficiency II thc cc.
! itself Accumulators have found muc
larger cmploymcntin Europe than here
owing mainly 10 the facts above stated
and the field FOR their use IS widcuiu.
very materially.