Review of reviews and world's work . u:.Jal*>s. v:«. J TROF. ELIHU THOMSON, KI,ECTRICIA.\ OF THE THOMSON-HOUSTON ELECTRICAL COMPANY. 1883; to-day there are over 5,000,000 lamps innightly use in the United States alone. This coun-try furnishes, besides the lamps used fordomestic con-sumption, the large part of used in Central andSouth America, Cuba, Australia, Japan, and Europe. Gz-eat progress has also been made in arc subsidiary uses for the electric light have beenfound and utilized during the, last decade, as forinstance the lighting of mines. It has also been
Review of reviews and world's work . u:.Jal*>s. v:«. J TROF. ELIHU THOMSON, KI,ECTRICIA.\ OF THE THOMSON-HOUSTON ELECTRICAL COMPANY. 1883; to-day there are over 5,000,000 lamps innightly use in the United States alone. This coun-try furnishes, besides the lamps used fordomestic con-sumption, the large part of used in Central andSouth America, Cuba, Australia, Japan, and Europe. Gz-eat progress has also been made in arc subsidiary uses for the electric light have beenfound and utilized during the, last decade, as forinstance the lighting of mines. It has also beenapplied to a large number of special uses : In den-tistry and surgery the incandescent lamp is used to-. THOMAS A. EDISON, THE RENOWNED ELECTRICIAN. explore hidden recesses of the human body, and onships the arc lamp as a search-light. In submarinework electric lighting has proved of great lighting with arc lamps has had an enormousdevelopment. Almost every progressive town inthe United States has electrically lighted streets. ELECTRIC POWER. The application of electricity for power purposeswas first made in 1883. The development of thisbranch, especially in the transmission of power, hasbeen wonderful. It has been found possible duringthe last year to transmit 300 horse-power a distanceof 100 miles. ELECTRIC RAILWAYS. One of the chief products of the development ofelectric transmission has been the electric this subject the Electrical Reviews stock ofinformation is exceptionally full: The first commercial electric railroad in theUnited States was in service at Cleveland, Ohio,about six years ago. The enormous development ofthis industry may be appreciated from
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