St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-08-20

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Church bells win soba b rans y
electricity.
1T = sonAed that Mr.. Rd.son employs
two hundred women insthe moro deli-
cate details Of his electrical inventioaA
Delivery wagons. the motive power
Of which IL electricity. Are the newest
vehicles In London. A g4een gocer had
the first. =.
What will be the lprgest electric
locomotive in the world is being con-
structed at Baden, Zurich Il is TO de-
velop 1850 to 1900 holse power and
will make the trial Zip in . fsw
UonthA
The falls of the Anio at Tivoli arc
TO b utilised for tho lighting Of
Rome. A turbine plant Of 1000 horse
power has been put down, which II
capable Of driving dynanos generating
currents st 5000 volts pressure.
AT the 1876 centennial st Philadel-
phia IN electric light was exhibit as .
curiosity, and now nearly all the cities
of the United States are 50 lighted. and
Mr.. Edison hss given the world the in
candescent light for the interior Of our
dwellings and buildings Z
"A Canadian electrician states that
electricity causes the tides and demon
strates Il by eleetrifying . rubber comb
by rubbing II through the hair and then
drawing il over the top Of glass filled
with water, the result being that the
tidal wave follows the comb.
An English nrm has invented IN In
genious device for turning on currents
for electric lamps at . certain hour. An
ordinare clock is 80 adjusted that at the
desired moment . spring Is released,
permitting . pair Of pivoted contracts
70 fall into mercury cups, thus complet-
ing the circuit
An electrical transformer" has
been exhibited in the Crystal palace,
London, by which fifty horse power can
be transmitted for . reasonable distance
through . wire NO thicker than hair,
and across the Atlantic. with loss Of
two-horse power. through . wire z
tenth Of an inch thick.
"A ICuCu CuCk01SSs ~ III n00 OC(s
Givin9 considerable attention 70 thu
problem Of heating and lighting from
single source, has devised novel stove,
which in appearance resembles IN or
dinary heating stove. II Is 20 arranged
internally that the waxts heat Is util'
ised for the generation OF electricity.
Baron Kelvin, who vss known q
Sir william Thomson before he wal
elevated to the peersgs last winter. hal
received . curious recognition Of his
service to electrical science. The En-
eliah board Of trade has adopted "Kel
vim" - the name to b applied to il
unit Of electrical enerky, and It 4
thought that the term, being short and
clear, will be widely aeefpted BY elee
trical engineers.
The latest electrical Sargieal instru
ment consists of . har: rubber tube,
inclosinR . number Of small wireA
which Il designed to be attached TO the
tip Of the finger. II b for ase in inter
nal operations, and il intended q
transmit substantially the same sensa'
ton to the operators dnger-tip that b.
would experience II his finger were ac
tually present where the device IL and
In contact with the same surfacesl-
Prescription
From the report Of the various sec
rstaEies Of state IL appean that In th<
last eight months "a new central light
ing stations were incorporated, repre-
senting . capital Of eloo. lae, 80; 1ss new
general electrical trades, representing
. capital of s87, ~, 500, and los new
street railways, representing capital
Of ool. 1oo, 800 not al Of which, however
were electrical, although we have M
doubt It will be found from detailed re
ports that by far the larger part oi
them were, - IL II difficult to concefv<
that at the present time anything but
electric and cable roads would be pro
jected. The grand total Of al theae
for the eight months ID es2o. ~. 100
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