Discussion on “light from gaseous conductors within glass tubes — The Moore light,” at New York April 26, 1907

While we are waiting for the remainder of the tests which are to be made upon the tube and the lamps strung around the room, we may as well proceed with the discussion. I feel that we have been listening to the exposition of a new art. My mind goes back to 1893, 1896, and also to 1898, the time of the “Moore Chapel,” when the Institute heard from Mr. Moore before. In those days what he had to show compares with what he shows us this evening as Stevenson´s original “Rocket” compares with the modern Atlantic type of locomotive. Two years ago on entering the Madison Square Garden, I was greatly impressed with the appearance of a Moore tube in the lobby, and admitted then that I made a mistake in considering the Moore system not a success. I had had the impression that it was good only for illuminated signs and relatively unimportant work. The Madison Square Garden tube was a revelation.