New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-07
.,cuT IN VACUUM TUBES.
r.R1.AN MOORE EXPLAINS HIS
INVENTION.
ACTIVE LECTURE AT THE ELECTRICAL
y vposrr1oN-INTEREsT OF WOMEN

-.,SocrTJON-INTEREST OF WOMEN
IN THE EXHIBITS.
~ visitors TO the Electrical EXPOSE
The nun c-ond Central Palace continues large.
ton a. '. 4. was estimated that fully 5000 people
Last his" the turnstiles. Singularly enough.
passeo ' ,,o,ority OF the visitors are women. and
hs geA' .,,ort,on that. as rule. they give to the
BE a oso exhibits proves that their interest
rally '. snsd 70 the path OF amusement or novel;
Dol "oo,,on with this. II IL notable that the
~ IN 49,, CONAN steam engineer In the coun-
Ny pla's IN the exhibition. Mrs. Walton as
ny Is e"Y, has charge Of the steam boiler In the
hf name lille another woman, Miss Bertha Lam
bsse"e", fully qualified electrical engineer pre-
o. WV the Westinghouse exhibit
a'es o.,-,orical portion OF the exposition mas re-
ne aadtion in the shape OF modei OF the
alvsa ..,c engine ever driven on track oy eiec-
ts' ,, was made in 1874 Tor Dr. Soi'oh W i'",
tn0" lectures, and consists OF sh'aN ""o"
Tam - s,posed electric motor on PLATFORM 'u"
''' circular track about eight Feet III o'a",e
81" vn,..npointment was again ieit Ses'e'ua! Wy
ri. |.onle that Mr.. Edison had not as Se. eo' "s
'sn, .ons and other X ray apparatus on view, ous
wv rov certain that ne Will nave
...v BY Saturday next
We" ,rssAGE AROUND THE WORLD.
.,gements for Chauncey NJ. Depew's
The m message around the worid were coih-
sspstch 0. "a II will happen on Saturday even
ytsa '~,. The message will be sent Iro" ONO
ns IA. main balcony and VIII De receNeu vi
das ' side OF the balcony by Eo"aro ~
Tie wv .ss nresident of the Niagara rains ROVER
Ann. Who will in turn send reply "eN"se ~
canS 80 Mr.. Depew's message VIII coheis. %
Mr. Npew., md Mr. Adams's reply fifteen words
Of message
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~ ana ' ~ -. the course Of the messages New
gowns w. London, Lisbon. Suez Bombay Mad
Tx 10 ca sydney. Cape Of Good Hope. LISBON
n Ces"" c,v Of Mexico. San Francisco. van
Pernamoueo, Montreal ST. Johns. ~ F.; New
eouvef' distance travelled being over z'VV'
York. me .vnec,ed that the time OF TRANSMISSION
miles .s.1, forty minutes. including the reply
will Dc a feature will be the publication OF
An m 10 the various newspapers at each or
the mess s,,r,s The Postal Telegraph and the
the 49, 49,, cable companies lines Will be USED from
.o"I v..r "a London. and from London 10 the Oape
.c..s Hope the Government wires OF the se'eia,
u .0,s. together with the African Coast ines VIII
'..rav the messages. After the sehunie "a ~"
$3.50. Mr.. Depew will deliver an auur1ss uPy W.
arss Electric Age: What ELECTRICITY mas Oo"e'
,.,.. and Will Do; Its Relationship " No
"a, and Industrial Enterprises anu ..s c,,n.r,"
Native Power Upon the Railways VI 'Ne
~ ELECTRICIANS IN SESSION
.-,o.ns held the second days session OIL
- convention with full attendance Oh ihei
" w. .,a r,ornng session paper was reao ny
- v,nmst On "The Results Accompiisneu III
rS,-hu,,on of Light and Power by Ai'erha''"e W.
..,,." The subsequent discussion co'ereu "u.
~, ~ technical points involved IN 'ne pap
ee'nns .,os svstems OF distribution by two-phase
90. y" S-.a"nhase currents Special reference was
AM naw plant which Is to be installed at
,'s..,,a Conn. In which power will be TRANSMITTED
s, ,.r miles from two water-power stations "
s .,v Here II will be used as an ordinary a''e'
.r,vo-nhase current for lighting and power anu
. IN also operate rotary transformers ioi S"pp''
~ .,.c, current The direct current VIII De uSeo
background mains IN the centre Oh '"e ~
Await eurren; will charge storage oa''e ~
a. hv which will carry the excessive p"'' "
~, king the evening. The discussion was
v.~x Emmett. Of Schenectady; wagner % r.
Isus BACK. OF Cleveland; Dow, OF peuV',
0us Of Philadelphia Van Trump OF "n'N'ne 49,,
.E Aver. Of Boston. In the AFTERNOON -.
uxs we're read by John. +. Kelly anu '''e'
AcFarian Moore. at the evening wb mseu WAS
ssTed on The Ign I views The light OF
y f,iuy. according to Mr. Moore Is giori as
rs light Gepsn sass h bnib nor upon CLOWNS
81 Tween two carbon pencils 1t IS noin'ie
Ia state of intense Vibration anu Nv nv long glas:
bill. ant purplish light rauia'"'e
u, Moore demonstrated the practicabiii,y OF a.'
without rtSanS Gathered in con
,.,inn Of the National Electric Lignl oncours.
ON all parts Of the country, ana iaiSe rested ir
Others intimately and remo'e1 "
ecrcity.
MR.. MORRIS METHODS.
.,a tho stage suspended by wires from 'he
M 800 number of closed glass tubes, each
A.r, ,ar fee, In length: each tube had peeh eA'
,u,,.d mill only about -m.llionth OF an d.,
,o.chsra was left BY means of small eiec'riea
awe. the few atoms in the tube were Sc, papt .sS
1bratlng and the hall was completely .bas
In explanation Of the phenomenon o. hEha or pS de-
luc,iye effect in vacuum tubes, ny. MOor v,hra.
r.bed the methods ne uses ,rvenison II consists
nerey OF spring fixed at one ena S am nf sof;
be other To the free end siHa ~ snring rests
,ssns, Contact point AL this is incosed IN
,%si exhausted tube The only other an
small sSpsmo ans is passed through the
~ mt magnet and then through the vibrator
s soft iron disk on the rhe wires are attached
y ~ c ends Of the magnet coll and also te
he two ends Of the long glass tupe. ,,,hrstor !:
through vi.
.osed the small disk at the end or the spIs -en,
.rates with great rapidity and breaks lTe Su aniT
"a the vacuum with each vibration. M inno
vibration Is communicated 10 the atoms III inc 'oe
tube and the result is light.
CHARACTER OF THE APPARATUS
Mr.. Moore explained to the audience the uin
sseps which led him so far toward the oeSireo
suit each step being illustrated by some piece u
apparatus and the Intensity Of the light incieas-
ing with each step The long tubes contain noth'ns'
not even wire. but each end Is IN contact WIN III.
two wires from the magnet coils. This Is all, Anu
ys' the tube becomes rod Of solid opaiesceht ns"'
which shimmsrs and CLOVIS in the tube as inc a'on''
osciiiats under the influence OF the rapidly ais
tupsso current in the vibration. 1t Will be remeIn
~ snat On the opening Of the exposition a.
~ anese tunes was 80 arranged In the gahery sa
uv ~ Morton, as he touched the Key WIZ a.
~ ,ne machinery In motion. appeared traneI, III,
sns oeautiui etheric light, while above MIN s"s'
ny ,ne words Let there be light
a. 1r moore Is about twenty-seven years od ana W
:" Two years ago worked at the draughting tapie y,
S.S large electrical concern He is a graduate o.
in sn,sn University and for years has pee,
mcs sec IN mechanics and electricity: ~ ~ no
~ man eighteen months since he nrst showeu u
49,, s* skeptical friends little tube two inches
~ me ends OF which he connected TWO wires -
ssmnals OF the socket OF an ordinary eiectric
Snsc,s. causing the little tube to glow Win the