Astronomers Nemesis Mystery Cache
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Puzzle: Arc lights are great for safety but create light
pollution for those of us who like to look at the
stars.
THIS CACHE
IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES!!
You are missing both N and W - tenths, hundredths, and
thousandths digits of the location.
The North digits are calculated by subtracting 1067 from the year
of Charles F. Brush's birth.
The West digits are calculated by adding the age Charles F.Brush
was, when he built his first static electric machine, to the number
807
The first city to use electric street lights was Wabash, IN.
Charles F. Brush of Cleveland, OH wanted to publicly test his new
invention the "Brush Light" and needed a city to do so. The City
Council of Wabash agreed to testing the lights and on March 31,
1880, Wabash became the "First Electrically Lighted City in the
World" as a flood of light engulfed the town from four Brush Lights
mounted on top of the courthouse. People can still see one of the
original Brush Lights on display at the Wabash County
Courthouse[3]. By the beginning of the 20th century, the number of
fire-based streetlights were dwindling as developers were searching
for safer and more effective ways to illuminate their streets.
Fluorescent and incandescent lights became very popular during the
1930s and 1940s, when automobile travel began to flourish. A street
with lights was referred to as a white way during the early 20th
century; part of New York City's Broadway was nicknamed the Great
White Way due to the massive number of electric lights used on
theater marquees lining the street.
Brush was born on his parents' farm March 17, 1849. His early years
were spent on the Walnut Hills Farm, about 10 miles east of
Cleveland. He was not a typical farm boy and developed an interest
in science and electricity at an early age. "He spent as much time
in a small workshop in the house as he did at the chores of the
farm. As a boy, he was more excited about Humphrey Davy's
experiments with the arc light than he was about the success of the
farm at Walnut Hill."1 At the age of 12, Brush built his first
static electric machine. Utilizing materials at hand on the farm,
Brush experimented with electricity and constructed a number of
electrical devices.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Pyvpx ba " Eryngrq Jro Cntr" Nobir naq Ernq.
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