The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-15

cent lamps made from the rare meta
give nearly half as much more ligh
Tor the same cost as the ordinar,
lamps
The electric furnace Is twice d
hot as Hades' giving temperatur,
Of 200 degrees Compared to this
bar OF red-hot iron is cold
| An enterpriSing inventor hat
brought out an electrically heated
bath robe, This garment Is heatet
| by large number OF fine wires wover
in the cloth which become warm wher
connected with the electric light
socket A switch in one Of the
pockets controls the heat,
The Chicago, Milwaukee X ST. Pau
is to install telephones for train dis
patching.
The Grand ids.Muskegon
Power Company has raised the volt
age OF its transmission lines TO l2S,.
600 volts~-thc highest in the world,
In northern California run of cells
in the rivers and creeks completely
blocked the turbine water wheels in
several power plants No way was
found to get rid OF the pests until one
Of the engineers caused wire screen
to be lowered in the water and charg-
ed with several thousand volts, The
dead cells were hauled away in wag-
ons and buried.
On the British battleship Dread.
naught which has created so much
discussion and speculation, the cleo
trio outfit is unusually complete, Al
the top OF the ioremast, and immed-
lately above the forward funnel. Is
the fire control platform, upon which
are placed the range finders, for To-
eating the position of an enemy or
target at sea- In the turrets and on
this platform is installed new auto
matte system Of range finding and
gun eevating, by means OF which the
range as read will be electrically
transmitted TO each gun position,
where, by the use OF synchronized
motors, the elevation OF the guns
will be steadily and continuously
changed TO correspond with the in
creasing or decreasing range, as re-
corded by the range finder on the
platform. This method is said to re-
move all possibility OF error in the
OF information as 10 the
ranges and in the manual elevation OF
the guns, and leaves to the gun crew
merely the duty of traycrsing the
guns, and thus keeping them fixed on
the enemy. The lofty fore topmast
places the fore truck fully 200 II. |
ibcve the water line. A shot main
mast Is carried in the usual position.
mainly for the support OF the antennae
of the wireless telegraph equipment.
At the recent test Of the new tungs
en- incandescent lamps one was burn
ID continuously for 1897 hours.
Capital to the amount OF $3SO3l,
400 is invested in electric railways in
Michigan.
The leading trucking companies OF
New York City are using heavy
lectric trucks instead Of horse trucks,
Iot only do these trucks carry three
ines as much as the old ones but
hey do the work much quicker. The
forage batteries hold enough power
O do ten hours OF hard service.
The Danish inventor, Professor
'oulson, has succeeded in sending the
uman voice 200 miles by wireless.
A New York chicken farmer fattcns
is chicks by electricity. The hen
ouses are all brilliantly illuminated
With arc lights and at intervals dur
ng the night the lights are turned on
nd the misguided fowls, thinking it
/, daylight, fly off the roosts and eat.
his plan is also said to coax an
xtra egg or two away from the de-
lded hens.
Electric cranes are now being eX-
ensivsly used for dock and harbor
,ork.
Two years ago the Chinese govern
lcnt had a system OF 22,l49 miles OF
,lcgraph lines and a submarine cable
o46 miles. and 379 offices. Il
A regular service Of electric omni-
uses and electric cabs has been )
established in Mexico City. The
minbuses go to parts not reached
y the electric cars and the cabs do
general passenger business.
Lightning is practically the sole1
luse of Interruptions to long-distance
ectrica1 transmission. A new alum
,,Y11 cell 1iohfnit1o arreeter has bppn