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Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5279, 18 December 1885, Page 4

The Latest American Invention. THE VICTORY OF ELECTRICITY. Sine* Electricity hag been applied for Tbii Lamp is oomtruoted for tb» present io lighting purposes, all efforts of inventors three different sixes:— hare been directed to construct a lamp for Bm ,u ,j w# Height of oomplcto Imp, general domestio use. The reason why this 14 iacbes ; weight, about 5 pounds j forlfeht* problem has till now not been solred, is that i ng rooms, cellars, storage houses, powder none of the inventors could rid themselves of m m g M j ne , ( or similar places where tzplosirsfl the idea of gas lighting, and that all hare Me kept)j CMohM( illuminations, gardens, adhered to the system of producing the mines, or any other industrial purpose. Electricity in some central place, or by large p,^ £ t per Lftm a e K Te wd fra« to any machinery, instead of first laying down the part of th* world. ' '" principle that a Lamp which should ever « «.«*;„„,.:„, .a,*.-.--!! 4M,iA MPa zsssmsa eb^ 5 this most important invention will bring. § <^»J.^ «" »«tap..BJ, Mow, .bout a,complete revolution in all branches 2*«S^?S!S IX' f o*,- ■&* •ffg* of Iwhtine. brilliant and steady light, fast latge rwnoftbl. ""8 •: . r , ... tu- „ white GHobe, decorated most UsUfullv. and Our Electric Lamp need, neither Math* the workmaßlhi i§ bo^ihSSTSX nery, Conductor; noi any expensive outlay, t# pri w , m*clMi •»« «" and is neither complicated, nor disagreeable „ . , T . „, _ ' *n manipulation; .11 that is nece»ary is >o J^ »-£• B'on»e, Jap«m, refill it every four or five days with aoid. Faience or SiWer Onde. 2!i« cart «>/" %A«^ «»« te a, cheap a, S at j^S^S^aT^ * * "** If cents per hour), and it has before the »tw»te» fiirniahtd. latter th. immeme advantage of neither pro- f l .J* k mP' aM "^7, *» »"»«n^iat. use, ducing heat, smoke, nor carbonic acid, owing «d will be sent «eureg p.ck.d io rtronf to which the air is not impured, and remains J^.J"', *£ h P'V*"* i". 60*10?* *" "1 at the same degree of temperature. It is »q«»ntity of chemicals •ufficient for awn} further, absoluely inodorous; and does not mont^ **}*»* »"d one extra burnei Jm needl to be kindled by match or otherwise, ■" «jj *« •» »"• B«d ft Th. but simply by turning'the key, thus avoiding »f CM»7 chemicals oan be parehaNd in any aUaawr of fire, explosion' or suffocation, D '"« Bto1 *.In «!•« «». smal est vill. r . as inthe case of gas, if the key is left open : Et«/ mP » •ccompam.d by a writtm and it rnustb. conceded that this advantage ««««*« f" tf wUlli-rtS |l5 alone is invaluable. It is further preferahle °F »oney re/unded, if the same should not to any known form of lighting for the fol- pw complete satisfaction. lowin»reasons— B On •" orde» '« •»* Laupsandabot.,a lowing reasons. discount of six percent, willbVallowed. Ko (1.) Its manipulation is so simple that any i orders from abroad filled, unlets aesoMpa«i«d child can keep it in order. ._, „. {by a remittance to cover the amount, orHret* (2.) That the Ijamp is portable, and can be class references on a New York or Pbilw* removed, like any Oil Lamp, from one place delpbia bouse, to another. The best method of sendingmoaeyisby (3.) That it neither requires the disaeree* draft on New York, wbieh can be procured at able fixing of the wick, or the cleaning of the any Banker, and everywhere, or enolM. th. cylinder, as in the case of Oil Lamps. amount in Bank notes, gold coins, or poatsjgi (4.) That the light produced is a soft and stamps of any country'of th. worlds most steady one jtbat it never flickers, and All orders, the smallest, a* well as tb. a«st the flame, though being equal in power of important, will' teceive the same particuhtt lighting to gas, can be regulated to any attention, and will be forwarded without degree. delay. (6.) That every danger of fire is ahsoUUelj fjg- Our Electric Lampi are proUcted by excluded, as tke light will extinguish imme- ] ftW| an d «U imiUtions and infriagmento will diately, if by any accident the glass surround- be prosecuted, ing the burner should be broken. (^Agents, Salesmen on GoßMajation, (6.) Tbat it will bum, even in the strongest I and Oossignees for out Lamps, want«i mry> wind, completely unaffected, ihns being in-1 where. No special knowledge or capital valuable for illuminations, lighting of gardens, j required, corridors, etc. J A fortune to be made by active perataa, ADDRESS :—The Norman Electric Light Co., PHILADELPHIA, U.S. of America,

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