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appearance of the illuminated objects, have shown the im- 

 mense resources this method of lighting places in our hands. 



Besides the Chatelet Theatre in Paris, which has for several 

 months been partially lighted by the Jablochkoff system, the 

 Gaiety Theatre in London has been lighted throughout the 

 winter by the electric light, the apparatus employed being 

 Lontin's. 



To dismiss the subject of electric illuminations, we may 

 here state the results, as noted in the American newspapers* 

 of the lighting of Cleveland Park, where the Brush system 

 was used, According to these newspapers, this system of 

 lighting must have been more economical than those tried 

 in England and France in the proportion of 4 to T. It is 

 asserted that this illumination is supplied by twelve Brush 

 lamps of the pattern described on page 178, excited by one 

 of the same inventor's machines not requiring more than 1 1 

 H.-P. to drive it, and that each ot these lamps has a luminous 

 power of 2,000 candles, or 200 Carcel lamps. These 12 

 lamps are represented to have advantageously replaced the 

 100 gas-jets which had hitherto been used, and the amount 

 of light given off is stated to have been about three times 

 that produced by the gas. 



We think this account is exaggerated, for if each Brush 

 light represent 200 gas-jets, the 12 should be equal to 2,400 

 jets. Now, we see that the total illumination is only three 

 times better than the original lighting, which was 100 jets; 

 the Brush illumination would therefore represent only 300 

 gas-jets, or 25 for each electric lamp. 



We must here mention, as important adoptions of the 

 electric light, those recently made at the South Kensington 

 Museum, and at the Jardin d* Acclimataiion at Bordeaux. 

 There the Werdermann system has been used, and apparently 

 with much success. 



Application of the Electric Light to Fishing. 



It has pt yet been decided whether the electric light 



