Splendid  electrical  illuminations  have  recently  been  pro-
vided at  the  picture  exhibition  in  the  Champs-Elysees  at
Paris,  and  at  the  exhibition  of  electric  light  apparatus  at  the
Albert  Hall,  London.  The  former  have  been  produced  by
Jablochkoff  candles,  the  latter  with  these  candles  combined
with  Siemens'  lamps.  The  results,  although  leaving  room
for  some  improvement  as  regards  the  steadiness  and  the


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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.
