Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1892 — An Electric Marvel. [ARTICLE]

An Electric Marvel.

Onb of the marvels of the recent electrical exposition nt Frankfurt was a sixfoot eleetricsearch light of 20,000 candle power. Sohuckertt, the Nuremberg electrician, astonished Europe in its construction. Sohuckertt is now at work on a larger light for the World's Fair at Chicago. It will be seven and one-half feet, and of at least 52,000 candle power. The Frankfurt light could be seen plainly at Bingen on the Rhine, forty-nvo miles' away. It is expected that the search light at the Wor.d’s Fair can be seen at least sixty miles away. Electrical Engineer Sargent is making plans for a tower 300 feet high, on which the big light will be mounted. At a height of 100 feet above the ground will be two six-foot search lights, and the three will suffice to illuminate the skies for miles around Jackson park. Brilliant feats are accomplished with these search lights. Sheets of light can be projected with parallel, converging or diverging rays. • When the rays are thrown out parallel a clearly defined sheet of flame seems to be suspended in the darkness. By changing the reflector the rays are brought to a locus at long distance from the central station. These lights, turned on the buildings and alternately shot into the heavens or out across the lake, will produce brilliant electrical effects.