Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 edition. Excerpt: ...on that branch be cut in one by one by turning the keys with which each socket is provided. For large chandeliers, a switch is generally arranged against the walls, at some suitable point in the room by which all the lamps on the chandelier may be turned on at one and the same time. Arrangements are often provided by which lamps may be turned on in the hall at the front door, and extinguished from the top of the stairs, thus allowing one to have a light before them in whatever part of the house they may choose to go. This is a matter of economy as well as convenience, for it allows of lamps being lit only when and where needed, enabling occupants to use light only in the rooms occupied, while the rest of the house remains in darkness that may be dissipated in an instant at the will of any individual occupant. Lights outside as well as in are equally under control, and the coming or retiring guest may be lighted to the farthest point of the most extensive grounds without the necessity of the host being in any way exposed to the weather. To crown all, these luxurious conveniences are furnished at a price to place them within the reach of persons of but ordinary means. After the plant is once installed there is only the cost of the light actually used. No leaking taps, or defective joints, no smoke or smell, or dirt--those unpleasant features inherent in all other forms of artificial illumination. The various devices once placed are likely to last under ordinary usage as long as the householder will probably live to enjoy them; the only exception to this general statement being the lamp itself which, with the proper current for which it is constructed, is guaranteed to last one thousand hours. As the lighting company replace all lamps burned...
