Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-08-30
IN THE ELECTRICAL WORLD.


miles along country highways, and
connecting six Indiana towns with
Chicago, is soon to be built 1t will be |
the longest trolley road in Indiana, and |
one of the longest in the country
AN electrograph for marking linen |
indelibly was shown to the Royal so.
ciety lately The fabric is dampcd and |
q current passed for two seconds from
a silver die, carrying silver into the |
fabric wherever it touches; the current |
is then reversed for three seconds, re.
ducing the meta; the result is that
metallic silver is deposited on the tbs.
sue.
The amount Of capital engaged in
the electrical business, not including
telegraphy, is estimated as follows:
England, 500, 000,0 00 France, $3.50 900.
100000; Germany, $500, DOC, 600; Austria,
Italy, Spain and Switzerland $3.50 0oo,.
600; Russia, Sweden, Norway and Dem
mark, $5o,ooo,oOo; Canada and other
American countries, $500, 000 900, maxi
ing total of about $3.50, 900, 900 in Eu-
rope and $500, 900, 900 in America.
AT the second trial of electricity
as motive power on the Nantasket
Beach division of the New York, New
an average speed of SO miles an hour
was reached in three mile straight
run. Another electric locomotive was
attached to train of three passenger
coaches, and heavy steam locomotive
weighing over 175 tons and easily
moved at the rate OF speed of steam
locomotive. The starting and stop
ping was especially prompt.
Frank E. Grover, foreman of the
Rochester Gas and Electric Co., few
| days ago received a shock of nearly
1900 volts of electricity and was re-
suscitated in about rs minutes. The
remedy employed in reviving Grover
was discovered by DR.. dArsonvai,
| French scientist, III 1887. 1t consists
in restoring artificial respiration by
| ry thmic movements of the arms and
pressure of the chest. DIR. d'Arson.
walls system was successfully APP.
piled in restoring to life James E. Cut
Ter, who was struck apparently dead
| by an electric shock of 1900 volts in
Pittsfield, Mass, on November q last.
| One of the wonderful" inventions
connected with the telegraph and tel
ephope is that of an Illinois genius,
who is said to have perfected and in
| vented an electric camera, which can
be attached to an electric circuit-such
as telegraph or telephone--and which
| will reproduce images of the persons
| speaking or communicating with each
other, thus enabling parents to see
their children, friends see friends,
even though continent intervenes.
So perfect is the action of this electric
camera $50 it is said) that every move
ment and even changes in facial ex-
preston are faithfully show.
The Baltimore Il Lehigh railroad,
which runs from that city to Delta,
Pa, will probably be the first road to
substitute electricity for steam as a
motive power The Baltimore & Ohio
railroad will use only electric locomo-
tives in its tunnels, but the Baltimore
| AZ iJSiiiSh W. CVHtcui pldtCo using phCIi
over the entire line Estimates of the
cost of electrical power are now before
the executive committee of the COM
pany. The road crosses the Gunpuw'
der river and other streams which can
be utilized for water power to operate
the electrical supply stations.
in a recent lecture Lord Rayleigh
used as illustrations some Photographic
he made three years ago of bursting
soap films. Photography gives the fol,
lowing account: Each was taken by
the light of an electric flash lasting
less than one-millionth of second.
The soap films were broken by means
of letting bullet, wetted with alec.
hol, fall through them; dry bullet
would go clean through them, per.
haps, dozen times without breaking
them. The greatest difficulty in the
work was in the mechanical arrange.
ments, to SO time the flash that il
should occur just as the bullet had
passed through the film. The photo
graphs were good ones, showing the
falling bullet, and the torn and thick.
ened edges of the broken film, as well
as some little attached tilaments OF
liquid beads of soap solution"
ANOTHER TRAMP DODGE.