Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-08-27
A REM ttkABLE INVENTION.

We have received the following letter nom Noithamp-
ton, Mass, IN reference 10 a new discovery made by
Henry Nj. Paine, by which he is enabled 10 larnish a
most brilliant light by the decomposition Of water by
eleelfleliy. We,slpe months 1go extracted n ptranfaph
IN relation To This discovery .'put We have never seen any
tIlng previous 10 our c respondents letter, ~ hieh gave
any information II how thu light WIS produced. Mr..
Palae Is the gentleman, who has at'ninI d 4. nsiderahle
noiorlely IN the political worll by being ''shot af' for
some 81 'tels he was supposed 10 possess. We hope now
thai he vii reach came by his invention and If 1 ia what
It Is described 10 be, he will deserve something bett,r
than 6oirg shot al for possessing SO valuable a secret.
(PhH. Ledger.
WORCESTER. Aug. /, 1919.
Deor Led. eE-I have just " ltuessed he most won
derinl laveniinn oI the pge-the burning of Paine's
Hydro Electric Light, in the drug store Of DIR. Henry
Blios. hardly know how to give you a correct idea Of
tlls glotiohs lghi. suppose YOU imagine a piece Of The
sun, about The size Of dollar. suspended in the centre of
your Office. and you have the best descriptien that can
be given. And there ii bnrns at the punt of a tube so
small, that II see.ns Ia flat IN The atmosphere, II HeIing
the magnificent II re with a clear, bright light, and
making ilornfs patent Cainphene burn veil " on tho
opposite side OF tie wide street. And eater pure ,caier
at7ne, ylelds this bright e~falgencel When Mr.. Pains
announced his discovery by a circular. some SIX mDn'hs
since, he was regarded as a visionary in modern par
lance, huabug, and. without a hearing. condemned as a
crazy e%xperlmenla isl. But how. thai success crowns
his Efforts aud places HIM The first in the front rank of the
Inventors VI The age, it Is wonderful how many there are
that "knew he would he successful, y that ''had every
confidence n his Propositions" H.Ha
| had an Introduction 10 Mr. Paine this murnin, and
found him, as | expected "a man with the imp ess ofganius
stamped on every feature; modest and cont lent with the
intellect to advise, and The capacity 10 accomplish. He
was at his laboratory. or lighthouse, as the citizens hero
term II. aud gave me every facility for examining the
apparatus which produces such wonderful results. ard
which consists simply Of twelve large magnets aud six
pair Of helas. These helias are kept moving hetween
The poles of the magnets by machinery, resepbling a
steepio clock. and the motion is SUSTAINED in the same
way by means Ola weight. Copper and plalina wires
pass from the poles of tue magnets into a number of smslI
tanks, cont lining water, and these tanks are connected
by pipes with large gasoIneiers When the lelias arc
sci IN motion. by winding up the weight. they evolve a
cnrreni of electricity of such vulume and fnrce as To causs
an ebulltion IN The water tanks, as great as If red hot
pokcrs had been thrust therein. And this seeming
ebnlitien is the process of decompusing he water. Tho
poles IN the water, and the method o~fmaking and break
ing the circuits. Mr.. Paine does moi make public yet.
During a stay of al hour, the apparatus gene rated sew.
enty feet Of the gases, which will burn for two hours,
giving a light equal To oe thousand gas jets. and the cost
cannot be made one cent. The laboi thai IS expended IN
wio1ing up a steeple clock, will cause this apparatus to
produce four Thousand cnhic fret of the gasses. Is not
This wonderful The City Council rooms and Public
Buildings are now being lit, AMI a few months will SEQ
every other kind of light abolis,ed Its ~c,eapness and
other qualities. placing it within the reach of The most
INDECENT. Verify, the question Of setting the river on
fire, can be no longer mooted. t'H
VERI1AS.
L LAE.