- - This is a Multi Cache, with more than one Stage to the final Cache Container. The first stage is unique in the way that it uses "light and Power" in some form to determine the coordinates to the final Stage & Cache Location, where you will find a container with trade items, trinkets, the Geocaching Log book, a FTF prize, - and a new Travel Bug Tag to begine its journey with it's own mini-travel-log-book !
- - "Light" itself has a connection to this Cache.. as do "power" in an equal form. The first electric light was made in 1800 by Humphry Davy, an English scientist. He experimented with electricity and invented an electric battery. When he connected wires to his battery and a piece of carbon, the carbon glowed, producing light. This is called an electric arc.
A little about the Light bulb:
Much later, in 1860, the English physicist Sir Joseph Wilson Swan (1828-1914) was determined to devise a practical, long-lasting electric light. He found that a carbon paper filament worked well, but burned up quickly. In 1878, he demonstrated his new electric lamps in Newcastle, England.
In 1877, the American Charles Francis Brush manufactured some carbon arcs to light a public square in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. These arcs were used on a few streets, in a few large office buildings, and even some stores. Electric lights were only used by a few people.
The inventor Thomas Alva Edison (in the USA) experimented with thousands of different filaments to find just the right materials to glow well and be long-lasting. In 1879, Edison discovered that a carbon filament in an oxygen-free bulb glowed but did not burn up for 40 hours. Edison eventually produced a bulb that could glow for over 1500 hours.
Lewis Howard Latimer (1848-1928) improved the bulb by inventing a carbon filament (patented in 1881); Latimer was a member of Edison's research team, which was called "Edison's Pioneers." In 1882, Latimer developed and patented a method of manufacturing his carbon filaments.
In 1903, Willis R. Whitney invented a treatment for the filament so that it wouldn't darken the inside of the bulb as it glowed. In 1910, William David Coolidge (1873-1975) invented a tungsten filament which lasted even longer than the older filaments. The incandescent bulb revolutionized the world.
We suggest you read the "Hint" before embarking to the First Stage of the Cache. :)
** Also be aware of the terrain and be carfull of the remains of the old Rail-way Deer-Fence wire in some spots near the first stage when walking around.
- DenBarrett