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Show EDISON'S L&Tii&T. If Mr. Edison invented anything laBt week tho announcement of the fact haa not been made, but bia didcov-ory didcov-ory of the week before, ol vhich brief mention has already been- made in the Herald, is odq of the moat, if not the most important yet made by that romar table phenomenal genius. It is dtatiued to revolutionize the present (-ysteoa of illuminating, and pus gas companies and petroleum wells in the dark; beuce, in a utilitarian utilita-rian and economics view, the discovery dis-covery cannot be too highly appreciated. appreci-ated. This invention cannot be tiled Mr. Ediaon'a alone, a Connecticut Connec-ticut man having givdi birth to the crude idea, which Edison baa carried or promises to cany forward to a successful and practical completion. It seems to bo a part of bis genius to perfect half-born ideas, and make them useful. The telephono is noi Btrictly his, ' nor is the quadruples telegraphic instrument. Others had' vague notions that something like them was needtd, and could he made, and Ediaon went to work and made ihem. Sfr with hie latest discovery that has been given the public. Electric light is not new, nor is its application aa an illuminator of a very recent date. Europe his tested it with goq results, and so has this country. Paris haB been uaiug it lor ome time for lighting up large spaces or buildings, but it re quired Mr. Eliaon. to devise a p-u ii iur bringing it into general u:j. i,ba dimeulty has bet u to sub-divide the tight and diihue it equally over ugivi-n t-jjiuj Wiihuui this th.! uieciric liht Wiis uveitis. ad a general illuminator. For instance, Connecticut could divide the light into only ten separate lights, cuch of which was equal to 4,000 cmidles &uflici?nt to quietly blind everjibjdy within its range. The result of Mr. E'lisou'd thought and mvenlivo genius haa becuio simplify thj machine eo as to divide the light into a iboutwrid, or as many jets aa he decree. He goc3 farther and also eimplifiVs the appticatiuu, iiaiog only a aicglo wire for conveying the electricity, and utilizes util-izes tho ordinary gas fixtures now in use. No matches are required, as by touching a spring the house- ainy be instantly illuminated. Hut what makes the invention more valuable u the cheapness of the light pioposed to bo furnished. The qui'ity is better bet-ter than gaa, but for whit the gas couipanits chargo fiom $2 50 to ho say a can bo supplied lor from 12 to 15 cents, accordiug to location. Mr. Edison might Btop right here with his invention, and a whole world would rise as one man and oill him the greatest benefactor of the race. His telephones, his phonographs, his tasimcters, his tog born, and all of bis other phones, graphs', plexes and meters, might ob lost to this generation, genera-tion, and yet he would remain the greatest friend of tho nee in ih? nineteenth century, it be can only do what he claims in the matter of light. But he does notatup here. Tne tame machine that supplied the light is also to furnish power to run the family sewing machine, operate an elevator, manipulate the churn or do anything that requires pawer, and besides, will supply the heat for warming the house and with which to do the cooking. The plan or pro?"?a is said to bo complete, and u soon in be put into operation. Had it bet n iu-tirmatcd iu-tirmatcd a few months ago by E that he On! J prrxi eh a m,:-.riip. appliance or iiivi.jL;o;i a.- he ..- -, ! people w5u!d have called him uiine, but his geuius having already dipf ILd well-founded doubts as tj his other productions, both science and igno raneo will be inclined to believe his latest invention is cue of practical utility, and we can only await with confident anxiety the time when it shall be brought into use. |