LECTURE ON ELECTRICITY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14926, 31 August 1910, Page 8

LECTURE ON ELECTRICITY

o illustrate ho rapid progress mU of of dcotneity m scientific and kdustrial direchm At tfo, opening th, actioTof magnets was demonstrated, and then wcro thrown upon tho screen diagrams of the disc which Faraday used for tho demonstration of his early experiments. Pictures of the first electric motor constructed, fe( Pete* BarJow a, and iiatin-

vented by Jacribstm, and used for boat pro pulsion on tho Neva in 1830. served- tor illustrate the initial stages of tho mechanical uses of' electricity. These wore con? trasted with tho appliances of enormous '• power and wonderful perfection now in' use in Liverpool, Manchester,. and' otfoor , largo cities. Coming nearer home, views were given of tho Waipori Works, with its Pclton wheel and powerful dynamos. ' Tho latest uses for the now power in manu- . factories and mines, aJid electrically-driven, locomotives were well'illustrated and fully explained. The last picture was that of a kitchen iir which tho cook; had electno power and heat to assist in performing domestic duties. At the ekeolof tho lecture a hfidrtv vote of thanks was awarded to Mr Lithgow. During tho evening Miss Black sang a solo, and 'tho Misses Burrows and Asliit contributed.a duct very ' tunefuly. Mr Aslin noted as lantermst very efficiently. The proceeds of the lecture will go towards the liquidation of tho debt on Wesley Hall.