Popular electricity magazine in plain English (1913) (14578940549)

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Title: Popular electricity magazine in plain English

Year: 1912 (1910s)

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Subjects: Electricity

Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Popular Electricity Pub. Co.

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lants andfurniture making, withamazement on their faces. What I want toknow, said a visitor turning to the guide,is how with everything going on, thingsare so absolutely clean and orderly.Of course everybody keepsthings picked up as they go along,replied the guide, but since we havehad electric power installed all overthe plant it is a very easy habit tokeep up. Every bit of power work doneabout the place is done by elec-tricity ; another surprising thingbeing the amount of work anddifferent kinds of work, donein the allotted space without crowding.H The mailing machine, seal-ing and stampingenvelopes, the fold-ing machines andcutting machines,all working togetherwith the utmostprecision and all theother labor savingdevices of the dif-ferent departmentsmake business move along with the mostplacid aspect possible. The psychologi-cal effect of this cleanliness and precisionupon the workmen makes for efficiency. A Special Staging was Erected POPULAR ELECTRICITY and the WORLDS ADVANCE 755

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£J READY FOR THE ROAD This small traveler is the three-year-old son of W. J. Burt of Los Angeles.His outfit for traveling by automobile iscomplete, and his father has built a specialseat for the youngster over the dash, witha dummy steering wheel. A Small Motor Traveler Who has Covered Thousands ofMiles in California EFFECT OF CINDERS ON PIPECORROSION The corrosion of underground waterpipes and gas pipes by straying electriccurrents from street railway lines is com-mon and a serious problem. Yet in manycases the blame is wrongly placed in thisquarter when careful investigation willdisclose the presence of a cinder bed alongthe pipe. A lump of carbon from any source,cinder coal or other material, can form anelectric battery with an iron pipe if thetwo are in contact in moist ground. Theiron becomes the anode against the car-bon cathode. The iron dissolves withconsiderable rapidity until polarizationchecks the electrolytic action. If verynear the surface so that air penetrateseasily th

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