Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . Faraday pronounced it perfect. Starrwas so excited by his success that he diedthat night, and nothing more was donewith the invention. In 1859 Pkof. MosesG. Farmee (q. V.) lighted a parlor atSalem, Mass., by anelectric lamp, but thecost of producing it,by means of a gal-vanic battery in thecellar, was so greatthat the use of it wasabandoned. Thesewere the pioneers inour country. Now thegeneration of electric-ity by dynamos, mag-nets, etc., producesbrilliant lig
Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . Faraday pronounced it perfect. Starrwas so excited by his success that he diedthat night, and nothing more was donewith the invention. In 1859 Pkof. MosesG. Farmee (q. V.) lighted a parlor atSalem, Mass., by anelectric lamp, but thecost of producing it,by means of a gal-vanic battery in thecellar, was so greatthat the use of it wasabandoned. Thesewere the pioneers inour country. Now thegeneration of electric-ity by dynamos, mag-nets, etc., producesbrilliant light at lesscost than by illumi-nating gas. It is usedso extensively in citiesfor various purposesthat it has created anew phrase in ourvocabulary — Indus-trial Electricity. Forthe provision of light,heat, and motive power, extensive plantsare established in almost every city,town, and village in the country. Forlight, two kinds of lamps are used—the arc and the incandescent. Elec-tricity moves sewing-machines, elevators,street-railway cars, the machinery of fac-tories, agricultural implements, and min-ing drills; and, with al
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