Electrical news and engineering . ed ac-curacy, better supervision, reduced eye-strain and brighterand more cheerful surrounding--. Illumination has also a very great influence on accidentsand there is cause for assuming that probably 20 per industrial accidents are attributable to lighting. Theremedy for this is easy to applj and with the cry of safetyfirst being continually heard, there i- no reason why light-ing should not be included amongst the mechanical safe-guards against accident. The proper lighting of a dangerpoint is an effectual way of pointing it out. In >pite of the l
Electrical news and engineering . ed ac-curacy, better supervision, reduced eye-strain and brighterand more cheerful surrounding--. Illumination has also a very great influence on accidentsand there is cause for assuming that probably 20 per industrial accidents are attributable to lighting. Theremedy for this is easy to applj and with the cry of safetyfirst being continually heard, there i- no reason why light-ing should not be included amongst the mechanical safe-guards against accident. The proper lighting of a dangerpoint is an effectual way of pointing it out. In >pite of the large amount of advice and data thatis appearing every day in technical journals, it is surprisingto find that literally thousands of plants are paying verjlittle attention to this advice, when it may mean thousandsof dollars in their output with comparatively small expendi-ture involved for the necessary improvement. The importance of illumination and its effect on generalwelfare may be further realized when it is known that many. QTFFUSE TRANSMISSION F\ of ill- United States have adopted codes of illuminationfor industrial establishments, giving extensive powers to in-spection boards over systems of illumination, and allowsthem to compel the installation ol adequat< systems, In our own country, with its short winter days, a large proportion of work is carried out undo artificial illumination and. con itly, the possibility for increasing our efficiency is Mr. K. F. Crosbie, assistant superintendent at the Reginaer plant. di( ecentl II an attack of Spanish influenza. THE ELECTRICAL NEWS March 1. ltno Electrical Equipment of the Dominion Iron& Steel Co., Ltd., at Sydney, N. S. From small beginnings over twenty years ago, the Dom-inion Iron & Steel Co. has developed a large steel mill, mak-ing various products in Sydney, Nova Scotia. The plant is situated on salt water, and iron ore coniesfrom Newfoundland by steamers direct, unloading on thepiers shown in the extreme left
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