03-14-2005, 02:25 PM
My qup for today. Gordon :rotfl:
ELECTRICITY (From VIZ Comic No.25)
As you probably know, electricity is the thing that happens when two clouds rub together. Lightning is produced, and in no time at all lightening conductors are sent by the electricity board to direct it to nearby pylons, enormous electrical lam posts found mainly in the countryside.
Nowadays we think nothing of relaxing in an electric chair while electric ovens use microwaves (tiny, invisible amounts of hot water) to cook our meals. We use electrocution to help us talk more properly, while in the bedroom electric blankets fold themselves. But things werenât always this easy. It was of course Sir Isaac Walton who invented the electric cable, while waiting for the kettle to boil. He decided to suspend an apple from a wire strung between two opposite poles in a magnetic field near his home. Cable or âtelegraphâ poles like these are now an everyday sight in Britain. The invention of electricity, so named after âelecticity metersâ underneath the stairs in which it is kept, meant that previously âwirelessâ radios could now be plugged in, giving them pictures. Almost over night, television had been born. Electricity charges of 240 volts (about 5 pounds per week) are commonplace today, but electricity had been free up until the time of the Norman Conquest. Normanâs brother, William the Conqueror, caused an electric storm when he announced that people would have to pay for their electricity. This earned him the nickname âElectricity Billâ, a term which is still in use today.
There are two main types of electricity. The first, which we use every day to light our rooms, comes in bulbs, a special kind of onion grown in the soil (hence its name âearthâ electricity). âLiveâ electricity, which comes from animals, is far more dangerous, as King Canute discovered when a spider burnt his cakes giving him an electric shock. But it was Dr. David Livingstone, with his unusual ability to talk to animals, who first harnessed this form of electricity. His âDavyâ lamp, containing a bright yellow canary, was used light coal mines, and these âminerâ birds are today a popular household pet. As recently as 1966 Sir Stanley Mathews was awarded the World Cup for his discovery that the electric atmosphere found inside football stadiums could be used to power enormous floodlights during periods of heavy rainfall. In Britain today there are millions of âelectric fansâ, people who prefer electricity to other forms of energy. For further information send an SAE to your nearest electrical dealer or write to the Electricity Consumerâs Council, a voluntary organisation set up to help people who have consumed large amount of electric currants etc.
Naylor Hammond BSc October 1998
ELECTRICITY (From VIZ Comic No.25)
As you probably know, electricity is the thing that happens when two clouds rub together. Lightning is produced, and in no time at all lightening conductors are sent by the electricity board to direct it to nearby pylons, enormous electrical lam posts found mainly in the countryside.
Nowadays we think nothing of relaxing in an electric chair while electric ovens use microwaves (tiny, invisible amounts of hot water) to cook our meals. We use electrocution to help us talk more properly, while in the bedroom electric blankets fold themselves. But things werenât always this easy. It was of course Sir Isaac Walton who invented the electric cable, while waiting for the kettle to boil. He decided to suspend an apple from a wire strung between two opposite poles in a magnetic field near his home. Cable or âtelegraphâ poles like these are now an everyday sight in Britain. The invention of electricity, so named after âelecticity metersâ underneath the stairs in which it is kept, meant that previously âwirelessâ radios could now be plugged in, giving them pictures. Almost over night, television had been born. Electricity charges of 240 volts (about 5 pounds per week) are commonplace today, but electricity had been free up until the time of the Norman Conquest. Normanâs brother, William the Conqueror, caused an electric storm when he announced that people would have to pay for their electricity. This earned him the nickname âElectricity Billâ, a term which is still in use today.
There are two main types of electricity. The first, which we use every day to light our rooms, comes in bulbs, a special kind of onion grown in the soil (hence its name âearthâ electricity). âLiveâ electricity, which comes from animals, is far more dangerous, as King Canute discovered when a spider burnt his cakes giving him an electric shock. But it was Dr. David Livingstone, with his unusual ability to talk to animals, who first harnessed this form of electricity. His âDavyâ lamp, containing a bright yellow canary, was used light coal mines, and these âminerâ birds are today a popular household pet. As recently as 1966 Sir Stanley Mathews was awarded the World Cup for his discovery that the electric atmosphere found inside football stadiums could be used to power enormous floodlights during periods of heavy rainfall. In Britain today there are millions of âelectric fansâ, people who prefer electricity to other forms of energy. For further information send an SAE to your nearest electrical dealer or write to the Electricity Consumerâs Council, a voluntary organisation set up to help people who have consumed large amount of electric currants etc.
Naylor Hammond BSc October 1998
