Show ono of the Unknown Quantities There are many persons who talk very learnedly about electricity and seem to fancy that they have found out all about it that is worth knowing In the face of ideas of this sort comes on an accident without precedent indeed one that under ordinary circumstance would be counted impossible A workman work-man in oiling the machinery of a small electric fanone used merely for the purpose of cooling the air in a business jouse accidentally touched the wire and was instantly killed The current that runs the fan is said to have scarcely scarce-ly power enough to give a gentle shock when touched An electrician who has recently been making some important li experiments has demonstrated that by using electricity in a certain way 50 times the current usually employed for executing criminals may be passed through the human body without injury inju-ry Is it not possible then that verb weak currents under certain conditions may possess power hitherto unsuspected New York Ledger |