Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-03-01
IN The ELECTRICAL WORLD.

I'M THE ELECTRICAL WORLD.
AN ingenious Boston man has lust
patented an electrical device designed
to automatically play banjos, lnando-
Inns. guitars and harpS
One of the scenic novelties in n LON
don pantomime is a "tableau curtain
OF crystal prisms." held together by "a
miles OF wire and illuminated by cleo
trio lights II is said to be marvelously
effective.
Several French railway lines are
going TO light their carriages with the
electric light, las il has been found per
fecty practicable TO make and store
electricity by means of mechanical at
tachment to the engine"
There seems TO be ground for belief
that electricity will come considerably
into use rs an anmsthetic- paper was
read and considerable discussion in
dulged in on the subject ut n recent
meeting of the American Electric Their
apeutical association.
The application of the trolley sys-
tom TO canal boats seems to be now
seriously considered in New York. since
Gov Flower has recommended il OIL
working would not prove satisfactory
in all inland water channels where
considerable water traffic is carried on.
"A French electrician has devised n
new electrode for primary batteries,
which is said To give very satisfactory
results. The proportions OF the mixture
are rs follows: Litharge. as per cent /:
carbon, 10 per cent; tar. 10 per cent
The homogenity of this mixture is OBJ
tanned by special process OF manufac-
ture. This elcctrode is said also TO
give very good results in accumulatorS
"A student graduate OF the depart
ment of psychology at Yale college,
Charles IL. Bliss. by name, has invented
an instrument known rs the Bliss null
iple key, which will prove of consider,
able Importance in the delicate investi-
cations on metal reaction. The KEY
will simultaneously break or make sew
eral circuits in any order. and will reg
ister variations lilo. 00Oth of second
"A Moscow physician, Prof. Won
Stein, has, according TO his own repre-
sensations, succeeded in treating vari-
Gus forms of rheumatism with electric
light in highly satisfactory manner.
The light used is n small, incandesccnt
lamp whose rays and heat are applied
to the affected part through funnel.
The length Of the treatment depends
on the ability of the patient TO endure
the heat.
The largest electric transmission of
power plant in Sweden has recently
been installed at Gryclsbo, in the Cop
parberg district At distance OF about
: l-2 miles is a waterfall, whose power
has now been utilized for the working
OF the mills, where n turbine of CO.
horse power has been placed, and tho
dynamos connected to 1T The current
Is transmitted along n copper wire 6. A
millimeters in diameter, suspended by
means of oil insulators
The following statistics with regard
to the value of electrical goods manu-
featured in Germany and relating TO the
years 1890 and 1891 were recently given
by the E1ektrOtechhisehe Zeitschrirr on the
authority of Herr FIR Vogel Tele-
graphic apparatus to the value of eTG,-
600 was made; telephones, over $50, 600;
railway signaling apparatus, nearly
$4,000; total, with electric bells, etc. =,
about 100000 During ls9O-9I. $500
continuous current dynamos. alternat-
ors ana trans formers were built each
year representing $3.50, oO0 The value
OF the total annual electrical output of
all sorts is placed at 81, SEQ, 600 or 81, =
100000. The number of individuals
employed in electrical factories is about
$4,000.
"A novel storage battery electric
street car, for which is claimed n high
efficiency at low expense. has Just
been built at San Francisco. This car.
which the builders confidently expect
will create revolution in street rail-
ways, is thirty-four feet long and dec
GRATED in cream and gold. 1t is built
after the style of the Pullman vestibule
cars, with Pullman windows and cur
tains, fittings of oXidized bronze, and
upholsteries in plush. The interior
wood finish is of bird's-eye maple, six
teen electric lamps will light it, and
push button TO signal the stopping of
the car will be beside each passenger.
The car is provided both with air and
hand brakes; twenty-horse power mo-
tor, run by the storage batteries, will
furnish the motive force to send il up
any grades and develop a high speed.
plant of this kind, it is claimed. is
less expensive both in construction and
operating than the trolley system.