The following will be the weekly schedule of lectures upon the Electricity Department of the World’s Fair. They will be delivered at 10 o’clock each day in the Agricultural Assembly Hall by Prof. Gooch.
On Mondays there will be discussed the principles of primary batteries, storage batteries, electric furnace, electro-plating, electric engraving, and Edison’s last invention, the Kinetograph.
Tuesdays — The telegraph, telephone, phonograph, telautograph, Atlantic cable system, and cooking and heating.
Wednesdays — Edison system of lighting.
Thursdays — The alternating system and Nikola Tesla’s theory of utilizing the power of Niagara Falls.
Fridays — Arc lighting, welding and drilling.
Saturdays — Electric street car system.
The purpose of the lectures is to give an intelligent understanding of the principles of the various apparatus on exhibition, the manner of their construction and practical operation. The class is open to all persons who desire an explanation of the wonderful developments of electricity and the various applications to which it may be adapted.
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