Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-29
NOVEL LIGHTING CONFERENCE AN
 DEMONSTRATION COMING HERE

A unique industrial and commercial lighting conference and demonstration will be given in this city on Dec. 9th and will show local merchants and industrial men the advantages of new systems Of lighting. Exhaustive tests have shown that proper illumination is a big factor in increasing manufacturing production, lowering cost bettering working condi- tions and, in the commercial lines in increasing sales.
 The conference and demonstration has been arranged for by. General Manager c. W. Taggart of the gas and electrical department with the Edison Lamp Works of the General Electric company and will be shown at the Wauregan hotel. The talks and demonstrations take place in special portable room, formed from & framework of iron piping over the top and sides of which a canvas ceiling and 1 walls have been placed. In this room within room, the indoor tent" as it has been called; the audience sits and. as diff ferent systems of lighting are shown, by means of different kinds of lights and re- hectors hung close to the canvas ceiling, each one of the audience is allowed to test the lighting intensity through a de- vice known as the foot candle meter. 1 Lecturers from the Edison lamp works accompany the conference and demon stration and talk on the effect of the different methods shown during the dem- onstration. The portable room will seat about 75 people at a time.
 Unusual interest is being displayed in l this travelling industrial and commercial 1 lighting show. There at present two ! of them on the road and an extensive tour has been outlined. Representative l industrial managers business men, and civic and business organizations are> CO., operating in this educational movement l for better lighting and have signifed 1 their intention of being present at the l demonstration.
 The program for the commercial dem onstration includes the following: Modern, store illumination, showing the various fixtures suitable for the lighting of the interior of the modern store; how | they should be placed and used in order giving by actual demonstration, the proper fundamentals; how properIy ul. rected light in the show window makes stationary objects appear to move A L. PowelPs famous Dancing Venus flu. sion.
 Colored light and how to use it ir the show window with striking effects color matching units, their function ant how they can be used to advantage; tht marvellous miniature show window de signed by Berthold Audsiey, the wei known model builder This model win
 dow is one of the features of the show It has caused considerable common wherever shown How light helps sales
 showing the ratio between increased Ugh
 and increased sales.
 At the industrial demonstration the fol
 lowing subjects will be discussed am
 demonstrated.
 Increases in production that hay
 been obtained through high intensity il
 lumination how good light decrease
 spoilage; facts on accidents and thei prevention; how good lighting better
 working conditions and assists in wei fare work; complete discussion on tn
 cost of lighting installations, showin
 clearly what results for a given expendi
 ture the manufacturers should receive
 How light affects speed of vision, dem
 onstrated by G. H. Stickney's Speed 0 Vision apparatus; how light affects tn
 ability to see detail demonstrated b the use of a specially prepared SneIlen' Chart; the effect of color of walls an
 ceilings on illumination various lightin
 units; how they should be used, wher placed, etc.