St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-11-11

n THE ELECTRICAL WORLD


~ THE ELECTRICAL WORLD
-Lightping recently struck the
British ship Oxford or Cape Hatteras
and ruined every compass on board.
The Westinghouse company has
perfected . dynamo which automatical-
y produces Just the amount Of current
nseded for any number Of lights with
IN the capacity Of the machine.
The telegraph and telephone lines
Of Switzerland ere owned and operated
by the government There arc 1,4ll
telegraph Offices and 1885 telephone
olhceA Tho profits derived from them
aasount 70 moro than essO.000 yearly.
"A pas4y Of eastern capitalists il
visiting ~ Grand canyon of Colorado
river 70 iavestigate the feasibility Of
laying ~ electric cable 500 miles along
the river. with which to drive small
boats through the Black Canyon and
other scenic pointA t-i
"A western inventor Is about to take
out patent ON . process for produc-
ing sluminum from its oxide, IT . cost
much below that of any present elec-
trical procesa II Is said that by the
now process aluminium can be put ON
the market at price below that Of cop
Per, bulk for bulk. -, =. o..
Some zoo buses Of the London Gem
eral Omnibus Company have been fitted
with aeeunulators for the purpose of
running electric lights st night Only
one lamp Of six-candle power is put
under the center Of each bus roof, and
the cost of equipping and running each
'hus il about sl3 . year. --
The method adopted BY an electric
lighting company Of London in laying
their connections consists Of copper
strips conducted along their entire sys-
TEN In culverts under ground. A ter.
rier has been trained to do this work.
and carries the electric wires through
the culverts with the skill of an expe-
rienced workman.
An English medical journal sug-
eests that the action of electricity on
lead water pipes may sufficiently inn
pregnste the water with lead to cause
poisooine. Here ID . chance for some
experiments with = view to determine
ing whether water is thus affected, or
not, under the conditions named. II it
h. Il might result in cases Of serious ILL.,
ness. the cause Of which ordinarily
weuld Be difficult TO determine.
Artificial miniature auroras Of the
borsslis variety have been produced by
both De IL Rive, the French savant.
and Lenstrom, the Swedish astron0-
mer. In Prof. Lenstrom's experiments.
which were made in Finland, the peak
of . high mOuntain was surrounded
with . coil Of wire. pointed at intervals
with tin nibs. The wire was then
charged with electricity. whereupon .
brilliant aurora appeared above the
mountain. in which spectroscopic an
alysis revealed tho greenish-yellow
rays 90 characteristic in natures dia-
play Of northern lights" ur 81
"A German professor, Prof Braun,
has discovered that If q spiral Of wire
BE- elongated mechanically . current
will be produced in il. The creation Of
the current i not due to magnetic or
thermo-electric effects. but is. based
upon the fact that the bending Of .
wire gsnerates . current In IL iThe
eurrent generated in . left-handed
spiral has been proven by experiments
to move in . direction opposite TO thet
Of . current developed in . right-hind.
Cd spiral Nickel wire il said to be She
best for making experiments in thiS u,
IN b . noteworthy fact tAst post
0eetem examinations have beeh held
On the bodies Of electrocutcd criminals
in . very short time after they were
shocked Who. among NJ all can posi-
lively and certainly declare whether
life has left the body after . passage
through Il Of an electric current? A
shock Of 1900 volts will undoubtedly
kill some men. and may only stun
others. ID there . competent physician
who win state upon his honor that the
criminals who have been electrocuted
In New York state were dead when
they were carried from the chaiS7-
Electrical Review. v ~s.
The projectors of the 80. 000. 600
interior canal, to be built parallel TO
the ouost Of California, count ON the
power produced. BY the low Of the
water from the, level Of the higher
locks 70 the lower TO do great things
In tAe way Of fusnishing the territory
opened BY tAs canal with electric light
and power. The canal. say they. viii
be 17S miles long and win necessitate .
series of immense loclA The surplus
water win be first used to operste elee.
tric generating plants, and will then
b used f6r the purposes Of irrigation
From the sale Of the electricity tho
peojectors count upon an income which
win do much to help pay interest ON
tho sam invested and help meet ex-
penseA The canal, - planned, will
run from Suisun bay, . little to the
northeast Of San Francisco. in south.
ooststnly direotion down the San Joa-
quia valley to Tulare lake and then On
20 BakersAeld. Several capitalists have
taken enough interest In the scheme 70
look into t. but thus far the moosy
needed for constructing the canal has
not boen raised.
TAsyA Never Get TArsesA.
MrA Strongmind should not
women do Ill the piano-tuning In ths
eoantzy3 Tell me that?
MA DeWagg-They might manage
with upeights. bat they would never
get through with the other kinds
When the lid Of . square or grand 10
raised Il becomes mirror.-Puck.
Ne Won6oe.
'Thoss are the finest ssusages ever