17 Mar 1883/Ste. Genevieve Herald/1883 "Flashlight" Ad

Ste. Genevieve Herald
Ste. Genevieve, Mo.
Saturday, Mar. 17, 1883

One of the most ingenious and useful contrivances in which electricity
plays the prominent part, is the Portable Electric Lighter, for practical
use in the office, at home, and in factories, banks, hotels, restaurants,
saloons. The apparatus occupies a space of five square inches and weighs
but five pounds, and can be carried with ease from apartment to apartment.
It is complete in itself, requiring no extra power, wires or connection, and
is so constructed that any portion or part can be replaced at a small cost.
By simply pressing the knob to the full extent of the spring (which connects
the battery) an electric current is produced, by which the spiral of
platinum is heated to incandescence and the light is instantaneous. The
material lasts about two months, and then can be renewed at a small cost
through any chemist. It will not be long before everyone will have a
Portable Electric Lighter. The price, $5, is so low that it cannot fail to
becone popular at once.
At a further cost of $3.50, connections and cups are adjusted to the
battery, controlled by a switch, so that it can be adapted for the purpose
of ringing an alarm or call-bell, which can be attached to the instrument,
or by the additon of wires, can be rung at any reasonable distance. When so
adjusted, the circuit can be altered in an instant, by the switch, to give
light or ring bell at will. These connections can also be attached to an
induction coil, by which a powerful current of electricity can be conveyed.
The principal office is at 22 Water Street, Boston, where all applications
for this most novel lamp should be sent.

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