The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-08-23

GREAT Electro Magnet
ism as a Notice Power--.. The InPOrtant
Question Seiaed.-WeinciIemly noticed
the other day. that Professor Page had
claimed that he had made an invention
by which the power OF Electro Magnet
ism might be- used as substitute for
steam. Ii will prove the greatest discov-
cry of the age. He is now delivering
lectures aud making experiments before
the Smithsonian Institution. The Ma
tional hteliigencer says:
HE exhibited some of the N. s. i'm
posing experiments ever witnessedl n this
branch of science. An immense par Of
iron. weighing one hundred and sixty
pounds, was made to spring up by mag
netic action, and to move rapidly up and
down, dancing like a feather in the air.
without any visible suPp"t. The force
operating upon this bar he stated 10 aver
age three hundred pounds through ten
inches of its motion. He said he could
raise this bar one hundred ieet readi-
Ely as through ten inches, and he expect
ed no difficulty in doing the same with a
+ bar weighing one ton, or hundred Tons
He could make pile driver, or forge
, hammer, with great simp icity y,and end'd
make an engine with a stroke ot si1
twelve, twenty, or any number of feet.
THE most beautiful experiment ".
ever witnessed was the ludd sound ant
brilliant fash from the galvauic spark
when produced near a Certain point II
his great magnet. Each snap was as lUut
as pistol; aud when he produced The
same spark at a little distance tiom thin
point, i. made no noise at all. This re-
cent discovery he stated TO have a prac
tical bearing upon the construction of an
electro magnetic engine. Truly, a great
power is here; and where is the limit Ia
Ina
He then exhibited his engine, OF be
tween four and FIVE hurse power, opera
led BY battery contained within space
of three cubic feet. 1t looked very un
: like magnetic machine. 1t was re-
ciprocating engine Of TWO feet stroke
and the whole engine and battery weigh
} ed about one ton. When the power waI
thrown ON by the motion Of lever, the
engine started Of magniicently, making
one hundred and fourteen strokes pc
minnle; though. when it drove a circu
lar saw ten inches in diameter, suwin!
up boards an inch and quarter thick in
: to laths, the engine made but about etgh
ty strokes per minute. There %es 81 a
} anxiety on the part Of the spectators t
obtain specimens of these lalhs, I" re
serve as trophies Of this great methanIet
triumph. @ as-.srs -,
The force operating upon his ma!
uetic cylinder throughout the whi,le mt
ton ottwo feet, was stated To be 81
hundred pounds when tho engine wt
moving very slowly, but he had not bee
f. able to ascertain what the force wa
when the engine was running at WORK
ing speed, though twas considerable les
: The most important and inteTestinspo'n
: however, is the expense Of The power
Professor Page stated that he had 'e
!. duced the cost so far. Ih9l-t was less thai
a steam under many and mos, conditions
J, though not so low as the cheapest. ste ian an
/ engines. With all tbeimpertec'i"ns o
the enoine. the cnnsumPlion OF three
noppds of link per day would produce
. one horse power. The larger his e"
;. zines contrary TO what has been knnw'
. lbefore) the greater the ECONOMY. Pro
! lfessor Page was himself surprised at tn
!. result. There were YET pfscticai difti
culties tobaioteJsohasfi ehs' battery ha
. vet 10 bs,impr6sed!' audiisstatnained "
Ito try the experiment ou agtander soak
\ TO make . power Of oHs kssdss@ ho's
or more"