The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-07

optical instrum ents OF his own construction.
Later he went to tho Technical School Of Han
over. where he became Interested in electricl-
~. and. with one rrot. M0nlghnusen. made a
great many experiments with arc lights.
About 1915 accounts were publishes in Europe
OF an inoaudescent lamp invented by J. W.
Starr OF Cincinnati Goebel had frequently
constructed barometcrs and Thermometers
which required vacuum, and Prot MOnig-
hansen suggested attempting to mako an in
candescent lamp on that plan. Tho expert
ments that followed were unsuccessful uoe-
bel, however. continued his experiments while
plying his trade OF matchmaker and earning a
The tenn pestuous times OF tho revolution Of
lie arrived In New York on Feb. .. 1s40. with
his wife. Elizabeth. and one child. after yoy;
himself and his family in a small house on
Monroe street, and hung out his sign as watch
my and IT, oebs Sqer s
experiments In electricity. principally with arc
lights Many anecdotes are told OF the anus
ing uses to which he turned his Inventions.
night " on tor u his house and turned on the
neighhorhood did not know what to make Of
the brilliant glare, and very soon an alarm Of
ed headed. il is said. by the old big d" and
the cause OF the alarm was learned. Mr.. Goebel
was arrested and buried before u magistrHt,.,
=, There was q saloon around the corner. and
there Mr.. Goebel rugged an elo'tric hell. rum
ro%ndaman appearei to enforce EMO the new liquor
laws, Mr., Gocbcl would warn the saloon keeper
In 1850 Mr. Goebei began extensive experi-
menting with incandcsceut lights AS batter
les and other nnppbrn'1s We're re, eTEensi ~ he
in order to earn enough money to live and
make more experiments. His first lamps were
with thick wire inside arranG ed Ikea butchers
meat saw As that did not give satisfactory
anS Mr Goeha S S1Gpsa "f in the
wire to redness. That was due 70 imper'ert
Il hO c thS P pump sas
we're filled with mercury and Inverted ,M%
suck ed the air from the bottle and formed the
desired vacuum. The wire nlnment worked
day. In burning out tho wood from the ferrule
Of broken cane. no noticed that portions
into almost pure carbon wh-n heated. was
this that suggested to him the uso OF carbon
Isd 0s her TsU rHn the
placed them in lamp, They gave an excel:
or contraction due to changes ot Temperatures.
From that he evolved tho iden ~ making them
by they admitted Of considerable expansion or
contraction without break Ing. ~ an interyIew
g sl Mr S GGeSS i ESof hs wa IN
That solved the problem: You know That
Mi electric lamps are thRt form nowadays. nut
descent is mnm in the world. Mr' Edison Id
not Invent them, for !dld that myself before
made arc lamps before no was born"
Before the war Mr.. Goebel constructed
i Srh o'Isct e1 siass' lie mounteI It on one.
horse wagon and took II out on the streets ~
night. charging fee to look Mt the stars lie
fitted the wagon with Il large battery and
placed a row Of electric lamps on, n frame near
the seat. When business was dlll h" turned
~ ta n curious erowi. The Vicinity Of
Union square or the Cooper Institute were
where the electrically lii wagon was best
In 1891 company was organized In this city
to make electric lamps; GOPDe was taken INTO
involved and failed, ~,---,-,-
or late many questions as to who really in
The invention has generally been accredited 10
MIR. Edison. The suits Tor m Enlargement OF
patent have been brought y!he Edison Com
brought forward TO testify The FIRST suit was
brought Ggainst the be1icon , Vacuum F TI3mP
Company obtained an Injunction restrain-
ing it from masinG ne I Iamns; I me
cRndescent l.amp Company OF ~. Louis
AMI tho Electric MonufacturiEg Company OF
have not yet been handed down. Mr. Goehel
made affidavit ~ tn the dates ni ms "krsrl-
ments an nySPtinns when seem 90 we
against which suits were brought y" the Ehi-
son Company sought to show lhhl ~ W. lin"-
bel irvsuted the lamp before Mr, Edison, then
the lattsr's patents were invalid As covering
m old idea In n cases the defence was he
disbelief that Mr. GOsbel cOdld have done
what he did hy means 81 his Smal income
and achieve results that were only achieved hY
Mr. Edison after years OF experimenting and u
vast outlay ~ money,
Mr. GCe6Ol never sought money as f reward war,
faction he felt in behollng his ideas h"cGmo
incontroyertihla facts. His wifo died in Jan
uary 1891. and he then went ~ tho German
Masonic Home In the village ~ Tappan. y. H.
where ha remained until about two Or three
months ago Then he came to this city. lie
WAS no father ~ fourteen children, seven OF