Show t WF y t z sg 14 i i i T 1 I 1 P 44 11 is Q M aa 11 kle 4 ke A 6 r z A 0 P I 1 Z 0 I 1 1 I I 1 r I 1 1 MB F DISON EDISON PROTESTS te Ito aronte evita en ray cannot yet cure mr edison T has bas a grievance against the I 1 newspapers lie he protests being Sr fiade 71 OUT a fakir and add against insists I 1 that ne he LR is a plain ilia matter tte of fact man of science eDee wh is doenz his best and not a divine heder he der this came about through a statement st in a N new ew york paper that edison had been trying to make blind alini see and had succeeded eded so well as to be 1 led 11 1 to prophesy that in I 1 three years the treatment of impaired vision by means of the X aou I 1 a be brought to such j 0 u att unar ff t the b e tight might of the blind could be restored it way was stated that t two to o men who had been sightless for years had had bad their eyes 1 subjected ted to tho the X rays and for the first time since tile nad been stricken with blindness thy had seen the light i edison was mad to say sav that results were so e that lie he should devote dc himself to tile production of a specially prepared ray fay which would give the blind th tho ability to distinguish I 1 persons and things if not to rend red the whole ot of the inaccurate story arase out of a communication edison lind had made to an electrical journal in which he stated that the roentgen ray powerfully changes the normal co condition n of i vision with strong tubes tube one C can 1 easily see through the hand with the i 1 naked eye when both are very I 1 close to the tube moving objects are also seen plainly edison emphasized the fact that for the first two or three I 1 seconds the eyes perceives nothing s i but by that time the ray has made some change in the eye and the sensitiveness ti veness sl is increased the question of the applicability of the X ray to th the treatment of the eye eve or any other organ r hintos hins os on the discovery of the e exact physiological effect which the ray his has aird the extent to which this effect can be modi modified tied judging from many experiment ind and especially from some noie nots bots rt recently wently made upon the subject by prof elihia thomson tile the result rc sult of turning curnin the X ray upon the eye for any prolonged d period would be to destroy the eyeball prof thomson by way of testing the statement that Roen roentgen rays have a rw peculiar Cullar effect on the tissues removing remo vins vim hair causing bli ferine of the skin deep de p seated pain in ili the joints et etc exposed the little feiger fir ger of his left hand for half an hour to the radiation radi aion of a strongly excited tube si focus lor for several days after the exposure no si sign n was apparent but in eleven days the IA back ck of the finger became r red d swollen and painful to the touch and the finger thic 1 had begun to blister felt somewhat some whit t tiff the effe effet effect t bled a strong sunburn it was NN as quite a week before any of the symptoms indicated were seen from the these facts 1 prof thomsen deduces es that roentgen rays may be eurid to to hyve have a therapeutic value though it is doubtful if they can be superior to ordinary violet likht except in the power of lin ini opaque bodies prof thomson is well known as one of the most skilled 1 and progressive electricians in this or any other country not inferior to his scientific standing is the esteem estee iii in which wh boll I 1 he is held by the electrical coal community A plea pleasing sinz illustration of this trose out of the sending of the cammi ni cation just referred to to a scientific journal the editor in acknowledging receipt of the article said he noted the effect of Roen roentgen rays on the professors finger he suggested su 11 gesta however that the next experiments of the kind be b e tried on some one else as he added we cannot spare even your little nn fin ger 11 the by means ot of the rr trolley rolley the forty mountain mount nin railways already laid in switzerland seem only to have whetted the appet appetite ite of electrical engineers gl fincers for greater achievements the latest scheme is a railway to the top of tile the Jung frau peak the peak is 33 13 I 1 61 0 feet above sea level lerel although approximating this have been attained in some of the railroads of the andes and in the mountainous districts of our own western states no such grades ades as af 1 will wili be here employed have been attempters attempt erd A vivid idea of what the involves may be gathered from the fact that from the lower terminal at scheidegg Schel degg to th the e Jung frau peak the in level te Is feet which rise will be accomplished in the teetotal total length of the road of only seven and one half miles the read will alternately pass through tunnels and wind along aboc the edge of mountains and glaciers giving the cers unique opportunities of gazing at cupe superb rb landscapes on the monch mountain there will be a station which from its situation will bo be of I 1 special interest it is the center of a I 1 circle of magnificent glaciers at its right Is situated the Jung frau firn alra and its awe inspiring crevasses cre on the left is the vast and tranquil ewis Schnee feld everlasting snow field an almost unbroken sheet where even the most inexperienced tourist can without danger or difficulty walk rind and i admire at his ease the frozen altitudes of af eternal snows which are still by most alpine travelers prom from mon monch b the grade of the line descends to the Jung frai fral mountain and anen rig rises sharply to a point just beneath the summit prom from this an electric ele elevator vator with a lift of no feet carries passengers to t tt peak I 1 itself tse ift f A remarkable remar kaDle feature of this and similar roads is that whereas reas invalids were formerly cut off from the enjoyment incident to tho the ascent of famous peaks even paralytics can now be taken to any alti altitude and can avail theS themselves elres of the SUL of new and eted bits of alpine seen scenery ery to which even ped pedestrians estrial could sot not la in many cases formerly V gain access electr electricity c WM will not only be used for tho p pro I 1 or of the cars cam but for their hobt 1 toe ing and heating the elevator and even for the drilling and emmy excavating of of tunnels which have bave to miles thestil the six be pushed often thra through ugh solid rock I 1 the electric current will be aa derl Ted from the wafers ot the jhc black I 1 ana I 1 nd 1 white a few miles anes distant roads are R these mountain xa in winter down on the higher biml gher berels lbs being retained for V sect flon traffic gramc ehfe traffic tf fik ta a I 1 abc adf W t al I 1 jorre do 1 1 IN ax f i s tl ja a A W it g T vp 0 C A 5 rl r L t 1 i i 5 1 I 1 1 the snow line fine recedes up th the mo mountain euln I 1 the trolley cars cam climb after it it and as it extends down the sides of the peaks and valleys the operations operation of the electric car is confined to the I ler iwer ranges of the lines are ont nt rolled absolutely sol by ih the con condition rf the we ith er due notice awing given iven by bv telephone as to whether it is desern desirable ble for the cars to ascend to tb the upper parts of the system and whether a view of the portions of tl clr can be secured efured by the passengers it is said mid I 1 that a scheme is iq on foot to run an elec taic railway up mont blano BL inc itself lp to a ceru certain ain altitude it would follow an inclined plane and the asi as eaf nt woul be I 1 completed by b a vertical shaft of a depth of 2 19 9 in meters eters thron cli which powerful elt elec cirle elevators would e convey n the pass passengers enizer to the observant ob observatory ot V on the points on the I 1 horiel m carrifae Carr lne inae it is generally generall s understood under tood that we are on the eve of an en kinrus development of the hor horseless seles car ainah lae l a and that flint tile the solution of the qu tir n of a practical and popular automobile auton johile vehicle is at hand joseph sah sachs sa h dissents di from this view hold holding iriv that the whole hole question is as yet et hardly opened in dinv of the fact thata that a air 1 iro ire 0 number of nar in tin alii tint rv nir arc now e e king to evola I 1 heap ap md and effective aff active motor ca car r 1 mr I r a i ii h has a 0 outlined u t I 1 i n ed so onic ni of the P points ats aliu li ha ve to be horni borne in mild in the causti i inn ii of such a ne fc b hicle cle ile he look upa the tul tubular form foin fo in of construction a as that to be early adopted the awed of te ordinary v vehicle ebie lewill nill te ile fron tro n ten to fifteen aniles an hour and for sie lal ial e nin nii chine will be ninde made to to p g twenty to thirty miles mile nn houi hom llie 1 lie lein elein ent of danger ste ains handling etc et increases with the speed spot d and for road v voik voi ork k the arzul spa speed d will u ue ve to be ven trin nt lit tho nelor n bior car jr tire will ile be nada and provision will be 10 to inake it biln atin ture proof alile savoring sov oring iri Dp ip will lave to in be ifal if Kl its irs danl itil niwo 0 PIO op lalev aall in easa cist cis t of hi luh h r allt of P il 41 i is N I 1 11 oil I 1 aft ft 3 per cent of tin tho clinic arnolor car ar question is oin nn tile fintor inot ir lu lil 1 v nil lin have c to i om i pitr te elii selves selve on ii r nii n ii in tion of the nimr nim r and its nn fotion to the driving d VII in ill i illy dinv of 0 PK 1110 id dd ill ma achilles hinos t ahr he 2 minn 01 trill 1101 11 01 i hed awre than the antor alth ane ni us tx li if oana are arc leinz ripoll led there is is nochim alti icer r 11 il all and entirely satisfy satis fK ton to the lie i nia mark rl t in el elf tri motor i ais ii it imore is flimin aroh probable able that hint earing will ill be dispensed the rivalry in the nial ter of motive power will wili lie between steam anand elf in ili all pi arb b ability vill ill be used u ed for viry very large is ht has man advantages ran it is is complete in itself rind and it n needs ds no boiler hut but OD tile the other hand it is linnille hampered rd by bv it its non noll varia tion of speed mr sachs sn hs thinks that t alie I 1 ic 1 ocular form foin of an automobile aut a uti mobile ear car will eidt aall N le a combination of pas gas and electricity clef unity the electric motor car cannot blow up and it cannot c be stalled its rent areat objection is the I 1 uncertainty of tho supply of current which now exists in this country div eu a reliable course ot of current the electric motor i is better than anything els else but until until this is reached elec electricity electra triciti m will 0 ill take a subordinate place as the botne power for horseless carri earrings azes i I 1 the of french wines VV anew an american who has been residing in france and has devoted some time to studying the wines of that country davs sa s the california claret is as good a wine as the claret of france the bordeaux wines that are exported to england and america are not pure wines but are mixed expressly for the foreign trade the th french have a great objection to this fact being known it is said that a former L united cited states consul to bordeaux was shot down in the streets after having described the process of mixing in a consular report the idea that a frenchman will consume large quantities of wine is a m mistake histake he will I 1 go to an inn call for a glass of wine and sit down and play ca cards ads if he be is playing for an hour ithe the wine lasts him all that time he takes but one glass the french do not like a heavy v vine ine and the claret they drink is quite light even this thia thin wine is nearly always mixed with water half and half they say water brings iblings out the fruitsy flavor to meet the english and american and ot other her foreign demand ie he french wine dealers at bordeaux take the thin native wines cinc 1 and mix them with the much heavier wines of spain and portugal and the result is the bordeaux of commerce the method of mixing Is wonderfully rapid and effective two blus bins of french wines are placed close to one of spanish and one bin of portuguese wipe above them all is another bin empty and ready for the receipt of the mix mixed ed wine the product is a good wine but it is not a pure wine in the sense of being the product of one kind of grape N lw L w hydraulic appliance at a exhIbIt exhibition inn of hydrants gate valves and other hydraulic appliances ances a very ingenious inge ninus pipe tapping machine was shown this was connected by a sleeve having a patent safety valve gate with a six inch pipe through which water was kept running with a press pres sure are of thirty five fire pounds to the square inch A drill worked by hand by two men cut out oat in twelve and a half minutes an oblong piece of the iron as ae a scoop cuts curga a cheese lea leaving ving the water confined by the gate and the sleeve as all a connection to fit another pipe into to nuke make such IL a connection with the appliances usually in use in city water departments would necessitate shutting abutting off the water supply from a whole section of the city for ten or twelve hours another invention was a machine for calking the joints of if pipes with lead the present method of doing this is te ft make an embrasure around amund the joint deep enough for a man to td work in and to perform the operation by ma manual nus labor the new machine encircles the pipe just below the point with thir iron iran bands that control a box of lead the lead Is thus brought into contact M with ath tery every portion of the jot joint A small hammer ha naner follows the box driving the J leafa id nome the stem which works the furnishes the heat to keep bee ead liquid 11 H e 14 4 eita eit 1 A k V ZA sst I 1 J h I 1 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