The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-09-01
IN THE ELECTRICAL WORLD.

IN The ELECTRICAL WORLD.
"A St Louis coroner's jury were
holding an inquest on a man who had
been killed by an electric bolt, and
were divided in opinion as TO whether
the bolt was natural or artificial.
1t is reported that Prof. Hermann
has succeeded in photographing the
vowel sounds, by speaking them into
monograph which reproduced them
slowly The vibrations were recorded
by amicro-telephone which had small
mirror in the vibrating drum. ray
of light reflected from the mirror re-
corded its vibrations-that is to say,
the vibrations of the vowel sounds
on travelling band of sensitized paper.
The European manufacturers OF
electrical apparatus are not as wide
awake as their American brethren in
the business. short time ago the
municipal authorities of the small
Spanish town of Olot advertised for
bids for the concession for lighting the
town, and did not receive a single ten 4
der. Belgium town advertised fort
tenders for lighting either by gas or,
electricity. and not one firm responded
An electrical horsewhip is the lat
est in France. The whip consists of
celluloid handle containing a small in
duction coil, together with d battery,
the circuit being closed by means OF n
spring push. Two wires carry the cur
rent to the extremity of the whip.
which is furnished with two small cop
per plates having points fixed to them
of sufficient length TO penetrate the
coat of the horse and get not being
sharp enough to infict wound.
"A western designer of advertising
specialties has recently found several
ways to make use of the electric light
In several Chicago saloons are ineandes-
cent lamps in the form of beer bottles
of the ordinary pint size, but of clear
glass. with the brewers label pasted
on the outside. In cigar stores are
cigar-shaped lamps with the names of
cigar manufacturers on the labels en-
circling them The grocery stores have
lamps made in imitation of cakes of
soap, catsup bottles, etc.
An electric street railway company
in Kalamazoo Mich, is making use OF
aluminium disks for tickets, the first
attempt to use the. metal for this pur-
pose of which there is any record
The tickets are about the size of a
quarter of dollar; round one for
full fare, and an octagonal one for
children's fare. The people like the
tickets, as they are light and clean
Conductors are not allowed 20 sell
them on cars, but the right to sell has
been given exclusively to certain stores,
which buy them of the company in SO
lots. The tickets require no cancella-
ton. and as soon as they are turned
in to the company, they are sent to the
stores to be again put on sale.
Nearly 81 per cent of the vessels
using the Suez canal last year were
able to pursue their journeys uninter-
rupted at night by using the electric
light, the percentage in the three pre-
ceding years having been Ss.21, S3.56
and 71.74 respectively. The author
tiles of the canal will make it obliga-
tory for vessels passing through the
canal by night, after the first of next
October. to employ apparatus for divio-
ing the light of the protector into two
divergent rays. Approaching vessels
may, by this means, travel right up to
each other without their respective
helmsmen being blinded. The diverg-
ing apparatus which is to be used is
the invention of one of the agents of
the company.
The success which attended the use
of the electric light in fishing off the
California coast has led to the devising
of various improved apparatus for that
purpose. One of these consists OF a
large iron frame interlaced with net
ting. which can be opened and closed
at the will of the operator. An electric
light encased in lantern is lowered
into the net, the electricity being fur
nished by motor in the bow of the
boat. As the boat moves along the
network is thrown open and the bright
light of the lamp, which is seen at a
great distance in the clear water.
arouses the curiosity of the fish, which
readily swim into the trap. This is the
modern varient of the old method OF
destroying fish from canoe by torch
light