The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-22

there are or at fluctuations in the demand
for current during the Nv nty-fOur hours,
accumulators have # late been extern
slVely employed TO equa ize the load on
the dynamos and TO maintain uniform
supply. So ng as they remain atom
airy, as they DO when p.rfo ming such
work, accumulators afford Highly saifac-
tory results. But for opera lng vehicles
they are not so well ada t d a llghi e.
AID more durable cell is made to-day, for
the same charge, than could be had
few years ago but The device is su La
bic to injury when 1t is jolted about 1t
is no longer ed for street car traction,
Their, fore. TIE development Of the auto
mobile craze, however. opens a new field
Of usefulness to the accamula or d
thus far 10 as met the requ remtnts Of
the ser ice fairly we'll
Lamps, switches. telephones, insula-
tors. induction cells and an endless va
riety of other small objects are shown
ia the gallery Of the Electricity hui a
iug Here, for instance. one Sc $ the y
ray apparatus, which is no less useful
to the surgeon because Rontgen's dis
covery was an accident than If it had
been The fruit of d liberate inves igatioh.
Gaze ccntaring number Of Lord Ksl-
wins measuring instruments is an OBJ
ject of much interest to those who are
familiar with his contributions to electrl-
cal science.
The General Electric and the Thomson
Houston companies are among the few
American exhibitors who have secured
space on the main flo r The her nota-
BILE features of the III W downs airs are
colossal Ell ctrc cranes, one shaped like
the lower half of a capital II, ID The
other ike a T. These are capab of
picking up trifes of twenty-five tons and
moving them about at the rate OF nifty
fset a minute The first o he two comes
from Germany, and bears the name Of
Carl Flohr; the other is French, and IS
exhibited by Jules lie Blanc.
About half Of the current which it Is
possible for the big generators to develop
when they are all a-soing will be expend-
ed In furnishing light But most of the
rest will run a large number of printing
presses, inclined plane elevators, looms,
machine tools and other mechanical de-
vices which the exhibitors want 10 show
in n otion. At present only a small amount
Of machinery is being driven, but event
ually this will be greatly increas "a. The
dynamos then WI be able to supply the
requisite rover. They are not ready TO
do so now. Each machine that is to be
operated by elec riciy has its own little
motor, and wires come in conduits under
the floor TO the right spot from the dis
tant generators The machinery which
will enjoy this service is scatie cred through
a number q build nss aud represents a
variety OF industries.
Durir & the asst year or two good deal
has b. en- heard about device, invented
by Szczer anlk, IN Austrian CT Bohemian,
which was to serve the eye as the tele-
phone does he ear. II was Gale the telec-
tres ope. or he { rnseher AID was saia
TO present TO the vision perfect picture
{ slant scene. en- though the latter
Included moving objects and a variety
of color. 1t was announced that this ari-
Gle would prove one OF the sensations
Of the exp tion. ID 'igent search fa5
failed to discover the teectrosco on the
Champs de Mars UP to the present me.