Show THE T HE first great epoch in the history of electricity is closed Its future as the popular motor power is assured and its possibilities in other directions seem infinite Colleges are recognizing its importance and electrical experimentation tation is an important subject on many curricula la Cornell Un University i vers i ty Columbia Columbia Columbia Col Col- University ity Stevens Institute the Massachusetts Institute of Technology an and the College of the City of Ne New NewYork NewYork York have liberally contributed of atus with which various experiments are to be carried out in the great electrical electrical electrical elec elec- exposition held in New York City during the present month The exposition exposition exposition exposi exposi- tion will be a perfect magicians magician's chamber and the succession of marvels which it will set forth for the inspection of the public is fairly bewildering Conceive a woman daintily gowned in white putting on her white kid gloves and managing a big battery of six hundred power horse-power which supplies the boilers with energy to create steam for fifteen big ravenous engines When she is not particularly busy she will sit around k knitting Electric motors will willbe willbe willbe be seen in adaptation to four or five hundred different uses One for example example example ex ex- ample will play a magnificent organ every evening another will drive a battery battery battery bat bat- tery of pianos others will operate printing printing printing print print- ing presses planers drills sewing machines and fans and the electrical syringe will paint a panorama while you wait A demonstration will be made of the use of electricity in the production of electrical disinfectants There here also is a complete exhibition of the evolution of the electric light from its first crude attempts to its present perfected state and the latest improvement improve improve- ment in the illuminating line the ph phosphorescent phosphorescent os- os light will also be exhibited Edison has on exhibition a variety of X-ray X tubes and a corps of his assistants illustrate their operation In this department department department de de- are a great number of shadow shadow- graphs made with the new light The electric carriages and innumerable other inventions are on exhibition and the whole undoubtedly will present presenta a highly educative ve an an- interesting spectacle |