. The Street railway journal . isplay board, rising fromthe center of a handsome oak table. Over all is suspended anenormous enclosed fuse, duplicating the actual device in everyparticular, and attracts the eye of even the casual visitor, as itcan be seen long before the exhibit is reached. Mounted on terrific explosion, while the enclosed fuse—in that quiet man-ner which has won for it the approval of discerning engineers—opens the circuit, so that unless one looked at the indicator,with which all Sachs Noark fuses are equipped, it would beimpossible to know whether the fuse had blown or not.
. The Street railway journal . isplay board, rising fromthe center of a handsome oak table. Over all is suspended anenormous enclosed fuse, duplicating the actual device in everyparticular, and attracts the eye of even the casual visitor, as itcan be seen long before the exhibit is reached. Mounted on terrific explosion, while the enclosed fuse—in that quiet man-ner which has won for it the approval of discerning engineers—opens the circuit, so that unless one looked at the indicator,with which all Sachs Noark fuses are equipped, it would beimpossible to know whether the fuse had blown or not. The exhibit certainly stands with the very best of the ex-hibits of electrical accessories at the Fair, and is unquestion-ably worthy of close inspection. Much credit for the attractiveappearance of this display is due to the efforts of G. D. Pogue,of the electrical department of the St. Louis branch of theH. W. Johns-Manville Company, who has full charge of theexhibit. ELECTRIC-HYDRAULIC BLOCK-SIGNAL FOR ELECTRICRAILWAYS. FUSE EXHIBIT AT THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION both sides of the display board are the different styles of fuseblocks equipped with their respective fuses; one side of theboard being covered with 220-volt devices, while the other pre-sents the higher potential appliances. The display of blocksand fuses is very comprehensive, including every standardblock and fuse manufactured by the company. Placed upon th,e table on each side of the display board andalso on the floor underneath the table, is a complete line of fuseand service boxes, with the now well-known lobster-claw fuse-clamping arrangement; and also a line of car equipment fuseboxes, subway boxes, etc. A feature which is by no meansthe least attractive, both to the layman and others, is the actualdemonstration which is given from time to time of the opera-tion of open and enclosed fuses. The exhibit includes a testingbox containing an open fuse block and a Sachs Noark en-closed fuse block. The o
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