| Show THE WORLD OF GENIUS New Things I in the Realm of Progress and InvBntlon A mechanical alarm without a battery may bo applied to the knob either inside or out of any door where it is desirable to have a signal given at any attempt at entry whether the door is locked l or not A half turn of the knob in either direction will ring a signal giving notice within A small lever attached to the bell secures silence when desired Tho boll is only three inches in diameter and about onehalf inch in thickness and is not conspicuous when applied ap-plied No wires are required It is entirely entire-ly mechanical and complete In itself It is estimated by a Swiss engineer that 600000 horsepower for electric transmission transmis-sion of power can be easily obtained from the waterfalls of that country So great has been the application of water power to electrical purposes that it Is said that tho government will make all motive poWor from water a monopoly An ocean pier 4000 foot long is being constructed con-structed at Puerto Columbia in South America It will be entirely iron and steel and from six to ton vessels can be accommodated ac-commodated at once A recent invention is a clip to pass over the socket of incandescent lamps a small hook about an inch in length extending from the device By hooking this over the lamp cord the lamp may be adjusted to any desired position Electric launches aro to be Introduced on tho Spree so that the people of Berlin will soon bo amusing themselves with this new means of water locomotion A Frenchman has invented a new and ingenious in-genious frictional machine Mercury is i forced by moans of a pump through the i i uH 4 pores of a piece of chamois and electricity in considerable quantities is generated by the friction While making a bolt in the steel works at Homestead recently a workman turned off n shaving 205 feet in length A shaving feet in length is exhibited as a great curiosIty curi-osity in the Woolwich Arsenal England It is estimated that 10000 electric lamps aggregating 10000000 candle power will be required for tho Chicago fair Two more compound locomotives have been added to the equipment of the Brooklyn Brook-lyn elevated road making three in all They are said to give excellent satisfaction An underground hydraulic powor distribution distri-bution plant is being talked of for Berlin Such systems have already been successfully success-fully used in England Damascus the oldest city in the world is to be lighted by electricity This is an interesting in-teresting archaeological item |
