. Light and lighting. of stupidity. Neitherseems to have appreciated the true causeof the mishap. The work on which thefirst operator had been engaged had ahighly polished surface strongly reflectingall the intense light concentrated uponit. When he turned his eyes from thisbright material to the rest of the roomthe comparative darkness of the sur-roundings made it difficult for him todistinguish the casting. To this hissubsequent mistake was due. The inci-dent may seem a trivial one, but the samething probably occurs in many workshopsover the country, and probably it is onlyan exceptionally w
. Light and lighting. of stupidity. Neitherseems to have appreciated the true causeof the mishap. The work on which thefirst operator had been engaged had ahighly polished surface strongly reflectingall the intense light concentrated uponit. When he turned his eyes from thisbright material to the rest of the roomthe comparative darkness of the sur-roundings made it difficult for him todistinguish the casting. To this hissubsequent mistake was due. The inci-dent may seem a trivial one, but the samething probably occurs in many workshopsover the country, and probably it is onlyan exceptionally well informed inspectorwho would appreciate the fact that in-sufficient unsatisfactory lighting con-ditions was the real cause of thetrouble. 450 THE ILLIMIXATIXG ENGINEER (sept.) SNAP-SHOTS AT THE NATIONALGAS EXHIBITION. These two photographs are interest ingas a reminiscence of the National GasExhibition held in October last atShepherds Bush. The first shows the crowd on the stepsof the Exhibition, the second people. examining the cases in the booth con-taining the collection of ancient lamps. The fad of its being possible to gelthese snap-shots by artificial tight,necessarily taken in a fraction of asecond, L-ivcs some indication f the
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