The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-01-31
SYNOPSIS OF IFCTCSE:

In commencing M. Clarke describes
briefly and clearly some of the prirci-
| pal pieces OF apparatus which he uses
in the lecture, illustrating his remarks
10y stereCptic N di2 grams; and he then
proceeds t. take up the different sub
| jects GOV red by the lecture.
Acct iene Gas The process Of man
ufactare of the carbide and production
| OF the gas is shown eXperimentally,
and the gas IS exhibited IN manner
! which has seldom been seen outside of
the inventors laboratory.
| Projection Microscope. By means
! of this instrument tie most minute
microscopic objects, such as the tongue
of the fly, are projected upon the
screen, with great clearness and detini
ton, so that this part Of the lecture is
one of rare enjoyment.
! Liquid Air. The unprecedented low
| temperatures which have been reached
through the medium of liquid air are
| II Illustrated by the freezing of guam
tity of mercury so hard that 1T is read
| lily used as hammer with which nails
are driven
Electric Welding Under Water.
Where the character of the electric
current supplied to the hall is suitable,
this beautifuls and brilliant expert
ment can be successfully shown,
pieces of iron bar being heated to a
welding point by simply dipping them
in water
The TX" RAYS. After explaining
how Roentgen Rays accidentally made
this wonderful discovery, some beau
tiful experiments are shown with
Crooks tubes, illustrating not only
TX" RAYS as they are to-day, but also
much of the interesting work that led
no to the discovery,
| The Akouphone. Mr.. Clarke is the
| first to give public exhibition of this
truly wonderful invention, which con-
sists o. an arrangement of telephones
of such enormous power that even
deaf mutes who are insensible to other
sounds can readily hear conversation
and music.
The Light of the Future This is the
light upon which ID McFarlane Moore,
Tesla, and others, have been working
for SO long, and which 1t is stated will
soon supp1ant all other methods of IL
limitation The light is eXqu1sitelv
soft and white, and to great extent
resembles daylight. 1t is shown in
actual operation.
Transmission of Pictures by Tele-
graph. The instruments used for illus
trating this are the same as many Of
the large daily newspapers pay enor-
nous rentals for, and are capable of
reproducing pictures over telegraph
line at distance of thousands OF
miles. Mr.. Clarke is the only lecturer
who has been fortunate enough to
secure set of this expensive and
beautiful apparatus.
Wireless Telegraphy. Mr.. Clarke is
one of the very few IN this country
who have improved upon some of the
work of Marconi, and he illustrates
wireless telegraphy by taking the
transmitter In his hand and with 1t
transmitting messages to telegraph
receiver placed or the other end OF
the platform, and in order to further
illustrate the wonderful scope OF the
new discovery. an electric lamp is
lighted and extinguished, motor is
started and stopped. a monograph is
started and stopped SO that it readily
answers questions, an electric loco
motive is started. stopped and con-
trolled, and cannon discharged.
All of the apparatus for this illustra
ton is placed upon the table with the
receiver, and the various experiments
are worked from the transmitter
which Mr.. Clarke carries in his hand.