Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1894-04-19
THE USEFUL ARTS
THE WORLDS PROGRESS IN SCI
ENCE AND INDUSTRY.
what Edison Thinks "r ITS New Ia
vention, the hinctosc ppc = The
Chemistry of Cicnnsiag--rc Iegru
phy undcr hydraulic
OH Press.


scarcely does Justice to the instrument.
Mr., Edison calls It n mere toy, enter
tanning, but not The thing he IL striving
after, The TOY" is well worth seeing,
nevertheless, II Is square box of
polished oak, with n slot to receive the
nickel that turns on the electric light
and starts the mnrvclouSly rapid mech.
anlsm going, The duration of the show
is twenty seconds The picture Is alb
solutcly stable and clear, but the figures
In II 80 about rs freely and naturally
ms though they were alive
The nickclinthc-Slnt kiutoscone
shows fortysiN photographs n second,
and Keeps this up for twenty seconds.
The moving picture that looks So ma
tirnl Is therefore succession OF go
separate photographs but the station.
airy parts of the picture do rot move
or even trcmblo Hut, though all IN
apparently 80 smooth aud nolsplnss
from the outside, the machinery inside
Is moving at Il high rate of speed.
Every second forty six pictures stop
aud make their Impress on the eye,
Each stop Is onC-sNtieth of second
In duration. and then In the lSath of
Il second the machinery Jerks away
one picture and presents the next for
another pause. As well try Ia mark
the light OF rifle ball as Ia see the
change which YOU know Is taking place
under your very eyes. The wonderful
thing IL the accuracy of the adjust.
mcnt that brings each picture exactly
into the same bounds as that which
went before, and without visible jar
or trcmor.
The kiniograph In Mr., Edisnns Ia.
horltory In West Orange represents n
man getting shaved In n 80 barber shop.
The whole operation is supposed to
take place In twenty seconds. There
are hundreds o. other scenes which
he has ready 10 put upon the market,
OF the celebrities alrcady photographed,
Snndow, the strong man, IN the best
known. Sandow goes through his per,
formanco In twenty seconds, Ills
mighty muscles swell, ard he bends and
lifts weights and extends his arms and
gets through In time To make his best
bow before the light goes out,
Mr.. Edison recently had n couple Of
the best boxers up from the Newark
Turnycrin, and their pictures were
found to be very Interesting and real,
istic. Every movement was accurate
~ reproduced, Hundreds of such pict-
urcs have been given away 10y Mr.,
Edison, and Mr. W. H. H. Dickson,
the electrical engineer who has charge
of the kiuctograph department, and
they ARE treasured ~ kecpsakcS IN
many houses about Orange. One series
represents two hnckSnithS ut work
with great hammers over piece of hot
iron on I'm anvil Their swinging
blows are ull reproduced, and every
movement Of their bodies Is accurately
represented. One can almost see the
sparks fly as (of course without The
kintoscopcl the eye ginnccs at th,
successive pictures, While they nr'
thus engaged the hlnCksmith's helper
gets out Il bottle of beer, and the mel
quit hnmmcring and sample The con
tents of the bottle Boston Advertiser
Photography und.r difficulties.
From what r. o. Walker says in his
paper ON the tclcGraplic commnnica
tlcn between England and India rs
to tclegruphic amenities in Persia, the
life of an inspector In that country
Is hardly 10 he cnvicd. The .l,cs had
To be laid over four mountain passes
10 ret to the plateau and down iiftl
% reach 1chcran. thn elevations brinl
Prem Z 700 10 $500 feet. The heat IL
summer IL nearly as distr 'Ssllg ms Il
Is In India. and the inSp't.Nr ON hi
urgent repairing trip rnn hope for M
shady tree nor for 4 single steam 81
water As u general rule, With few
executions, his way lies over glarini
SILT or stony deserts, or asst Scurcl'ir;
barren rocks. In winter the cold a.
the mountain ridges and elevated plailI'
Is as trying rs, and perhaps more thlr
gerous, than the heat of summed. otter
the passes are SO blockaicd with snow
as To make further progress Impossible
and the wrctchcd caravlnscrilis, or nov
els where shelter can be found, III
twenty or thirty miles apart TIT
inhabitants have scant love for tn,
| stranger. aud the difficulties Of procur
| ing help. supplies or lodgings, Is lnde
scribablc. After struggling In bitter
ly cold temperature all day, the nights
may have To be passed in some wretch
| cd hut, or even cave, with barely
| enough fuel or food 10 support life
| The marvel Is that man can be go
| To face such work. Comparatively lit
| lie interference with the lines by thu
natives Is reported, but IN one cast
| n man who had grudgc against TIT
| local governor. who had spite agains
the government, tried TO damage tn
| line. He smashed three or four posts
but forgot To cut the wires. The safet.
of the line lies in the fact that IL ma,
nj any moment be used to bring then
in communication with the outer world
Only last spring typical case occur
red. when n revolution took plac
owing TO bad government In the PROV
iEcc Of Ears. The people, as usual
flew To the representative OF the In
do European telegraph and sent mes
sages to the shah. knowing that In thi
way their complaints would be heart
| Another time some rioters seized III
| telegraph clerk. held him to his desl
| and insisted on an immediate repl
| from the shah; others climbed the pos
and said II they did not get an answe
within ten minutes they would slnas
the line: ana It was only by the Official
excellent knowledge of the language {
thc people, and the esteem In whic
no was held. that he was able TO II
duce them to wait until the petltio
could be presented to the SHAH