. Electrical world. imilar systems has not yet been reached to the full ex-tent. Progress has not been as rapid as was hoped, but still it mustbe said that the Nernst lamp has been improved greatly since lamp appeared publicly for the first time at Paris, being therelighted primarily with a match, and showing very many imperfections,so that it could be only employed to a small extent even as an the Nernst lamp stands to-day, it is already holding a very im-portant place between the incandescent lamp and the arc lamp as apure, brilliant illuminant. The state of practical p
. Electrical world. imilar systems has not yet been reached to the full ex-tent. Progress has not been as rapid as was hoped, but still it mustbe said that the Nernst lamp has been improved greatly since lamp appeared publicly for the first time at Paris, being therelighted primarily with a match, and showing very many imperfections,so that it could be only employed to a small extent even as an the Nernst lamp stands to-day, it is already holding a very im-portant place between the incandescent lamp and the arc lamp as apure, brilliant illuminant. The state of practical perfection at whichthis lamp has arrived is best illustrated by the fact that it does not byany means figure at St. Louis merely as an exhibit, but is employedcommercially for numerous electrical installations; while there willbe used altogether more than 12,000 Nernst lamp glowers in build-ings and exhibit pavilions on the Worlds Fair grounds. It is muchto be regretted that the invention of Auer. the osmium lamp has. Fig. 15.—Night View of Electricity Building, St. Louis. over the world. Since that time this tendency has taken more prac-tical form, and the proposition has been made to treat this questionelaborately at the Electrical Congress during the St. Louis Exposi-tion. This proposition tends to establish standard rules for meas-uring and testing electrical machinery, and it is to be hoped thatthis end can be reached, as it would simplify to a very great extentthe commercial and scientific negotiations between different nations,and greatly help the advancement of the science and industry. In the field of electrochemistry the Edison iron-nickel storage bat-tery will make its appearance at the Exposition. The methods ofstoring electricity are not as yet of very high efficiency, and it wouldmean a very great advance if an accumulator could be built which,with small weight and great durability would permit the storing andquick discharge of a considerable amount of electricit
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