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the whirring noise of the motors excited the 

 curiosity of people outside the little pavilion, and 

 large crowds endeavoured to come inside, a queue 

 some fifty yards long occasionally awaiting their 

 turns outside. The pavilion would get so full that 

 those farthest away from the barrier could see 

 nothing. On one such occasion two elderly ladies 

 squeezed their way in, and after waiting patiently 

 some ten minutes and seeing nothing but the backs 

 of other people they came out again, and the 

 following conversation ensued : 



FIRST LADY : " How very wonderful it is ! " 



SECOND LADY: "Extraordinary! Marvellous!" 



FIRST LADY : " Did you see anything ? " 



SECOND LADY : " No, I could see nothing. Did you see 



anything ? " 

 FIRST LADY : " Nothing." 



The demonstrations continued until the close of 

 the exhibition, by which time they badly needed 

 overhauling. This took some time, and when 

 finished, it was decided to instal one of them at 

 Manchester, in order to facilitate the transmission 

 to London of north -country pictures. 



The instrument was placed at the offices of the 

 Manchester Courier, the installation being as follows: 



One 80 ampere hour no volt set of accumulators, with 

 charging board, etc., for the motor, lamp and magnet. 



One 2 ampere hour 210 volt set of accumulators for the 

 selenium cell line circuit. 



Trunk Telephone and change-over switches as described. 



