Show ELECTRIC ELECTRIO ITYS FUTURE it its possibilities A scientists opinions Ophilo nm on the subject prof oliver J lodge 0 thinks electricity trig is a modo mode of manifestation of the ether that strange 0 medium which is supposed to pe pervade rv ade all space and to carry I 1 light ight from sun to planet and from atar to star prof crookes says that in a single 0 cubic foot of the ether in which the earth is submerged subiner ged ten thousand foot tons of energy that is force enough to lift ten thousand tons one foot lie imprisoned only awaiting the magic touch of science to be loosed for the service service of man prof nicholas has already succeeded in producing in a room an electrostatic tro static field into which if a glass tube eili austed of air is carried the tube will glow with li liht light ht and illuminate the room like a lamp it now appears tip pears as prof Crool crookes ces says that a true rue flame can be produced without chemical aid a flame which yields light and heat without the consumption of material and without any chemical process those who have studied the chemistry of the candle will appreciate what this menus means to telegraph without wires to get light without heat to make solid walls in effect transparent such are some of the strange possibilities after which students of electricity may now strive with fair hopes of success |