People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1892 — The Great Light for the Fair. [ARTICLE]

The Great Light for the Fair.

At the World’s Fair grounds a test of the search light which is to illuminate Jackon Park was lately made. The electric light is perched on ths high ioTrr- of the Transportation Building. The light is the largest and strongest in the world. It was made by Schuckert & Co., of . Nuremberg, Germany, and it has been brought to this country by Prof. Tischendoerfer, a mechanical and electrical expert. The light is what is known as a four foot reflector, that is, the great magnifying glass through which the rays are thrown to such a distance is four feet in diameter. The direct power of the light is 150,000 candles,, without any glass whatever. With the big glass, however, the power is magnified to 160,000 candlepower. The carbons used in the radiator are 12 inches long and 1| inches in diameter. They are fastened inside the lamp merely with two upright pieces of steel. The lamp it? self is operated on a sort of car- 1 riage something after the manner of a Maxium gun. It can be turned in any direction and can be tilted so that the rays ascend vertically. When the full power of the light -was turned on, the city of Chicago could be viewed. —Scientific American.