The electric machines are 2 meters in height. The diameter of the rings is about 45 cm. and their length is 70 cm. The electric tension of the dynamos measures 600 volts.
FIG. 2.—TURNOUT TRACK OF THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY, FRANKFORT, GERMANY.
The duty varies between 80 and 50 per cent., according to the arrangement of the cars. The total length of the road is 6,655 meters. Usually, there are four cars en route, and two dynamos serve to create the current. When the cars are coupled in pairs, three dynamos are used—one of the machines being always held in reserve. All the dynamos are grouped for quantity.
FIG. 3.—GENERAL PLAN OF THE ELECTRIC WORKS.
The company at present owns six closed and five open cars. In the former there is room for twenty-two persons. The weight of these cars varies between 3,500 and 4,000 kilos.—La Lumiere Electrique.
By the addition of ten parts of collodion to fifteen of creasote (says the Revue de Therap.) a sort of jelly is obtained which is more convenient to apply to decayed teeth than is creasote in its liquid form.