Show B LAMP QUITE HANDY saves much wasted light and unnecessary strain on eyes berects glow where needed the two chief claims made for the new electric lamp patented by a con man are that it eliminates waste of light and saves a great deal of eye strain by directing the light useful electric lamp just where it la needed ahe lamp Is fixed on an upright standard and has ft hemispherical reflector which throws the rays out horizontally at the top of this reflector Is a shade which in turn deflects the rays to the book or piece of sewing or whatever jt Is that the light Is needed on there Is no flaste light thrown in a circle on the floor or in all corners of the room where it Is not needed and Is no glare or strain on the eyes As will readily ace understood it should be possible to get all the illumination one or two persons require with much less cand lepoer burning NEW THINGS IN electricity f of wireless and erection of largest turbo generator are latest among the most notable develop dents in the electrical field during the year just closed can be mentioned the following wireless telegraphy has been devel aped until messages are being re between san francisco and japan or across the pacific ocean the worlds greatest steam a curels machine of rated horse power has been built and put in operation at the water side station of the new york edison company this single generator driven by a steam turbine engine will generate enough electricity to supply the entire state of delaware single generators of horse power have been built for large water power developments in the west electric lighting has been vastly improved new lamps have been produced and old processes improved un til electric light Is the best and the cheapest artificial ll in the world HEAT IN GLOVES unique idea for comfort of driver m I 1 cord Is attached to batteries A unique idea for the electrical beating of the gloves worn by the driver of an automobile Is shown in the illustration says the popular the heating units consist ol 01 insulated wire into the in ner body of each g cac end on the inside ot the thumb and one finger as in the drawing are contact points which when closed over con plates on the steering wheel electric heated gloves berve to make a connection so atut the current flowing through an electric cord attached to the batteries into the gloves and heats them trains by electricity apparently with the opera alon of their trains by electricity bc tween stamford and new york four miles the directors of the drw haven railroad company have an bounced that the system Is to be ex from stamford to new haven H distance of forty one miles for making bedsteads the use of electricity has been very introduced into the manufacture of brass bedsteads for the purpose of beating the metal while the lacquer Is belne applied i 1 y TO SEND PICTURE BY PHONE russian scientist expects to perfect mechanism for transmission of images over wire that the future telephone user may be able to see the person with whom he la conversing Is a prophecy that seems to be justified by the expert ments of professor rosing of the technological institute of st petersburg metallic cells or elements that vary the strength of an electric cur rent under variations in light intensity are being improved in sensitiveness and with a simplified receiving apparatus a pencil of light Is made to trace rapidly on a screen a picture ot any image that may be facing the transmitter two sets of compound mirrors move so as to project this image a person or other object upon the light sensitive element in successive small portions the varying electric current excites invisible raya in a special vacuum tube of the er and as these rays pass in a point over a floure scent screen following the movement of the transmitter clr rora the varying glow reproduces the light and shade of the original image the movement of the mirrors also con through a series of electric cur rents the movement of the rays over the screen A complete cycle ol 01 transmission takes but an instant and rapid repetitions give a continuous picture INDICATES LEVEL OF WATER plan for showing depth of water in tank on roof of building Is labor saver this plan for saving steps and tell ing the depth of the water in a tank on the of a building Is a time saver says the popular electricity the lamps are wired as shown and located in the engine room upon a slate on the tank Is a row of four contacts and one long brass strip over this moves a copper slider con foiled by guides and fastened by a rod to a ball float in the water As electric light indicator the water rises and falls the slider moves up and down lighting the proper lamp to show the water level effect of ultra violet rays the ultra violet raya have a fatal effect on bacteria and ag these rays are abundantly developed by the mercury vapor lamp a device has been designed abroad for the sterilizing 0 milk which Is accomplished effective ly in a few minutes it Is said tha milk flows in a thin stream along aal electric light demonstrations were first made with water infected with different kinds of bacteria and it la said that the water was purified in a few minutes without appreciably in creasing its temperature rne result Is attributed to the ozone formed tin der the influence of the light but tha demonstrations must be conducted where there Is sufficient room tor the light to burn freely this method ol 01 without beating or add ing preservatives Is believed to have great hygienic value in respect to nursing children A 50 mile telephone cable will connect england and Hel glum A german motor sleigh baa attained a sped of sixty miles an hour the lighthouse service of the led states cost 7 annually experiment show that the yield ol 01 plants may be increased by electricity tri city paris Is now in direct telephone communication with madrid 1 miles away telephone service between england and switzerland has been over two routes the worlds first lighthouse for air ships built in germany sends a pow erful beam of light in a vertical durec alon two paris department s ores use storage battery driven elect ac tricy cles to dellver purchases to custom era electrical illumination Is used by more than of a total of about households in the united states an electric railway from mexico city to the summit of feet above sea level ts in con atlon the worlds largest telephone ex change ia at hamburg it now takes care of lines but arrangements aro being mad to double that num I 1 bar |