The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-16

PAINES LIGHT 4 Ht OcSCf tpet0" ~ GSe
ADparat3s.-The Boston Transcript Of
Saturday evening publishes a woodcut
of Paine's apparatus, accompanied by
lengthy article by Dr.. e. O. Cotton. Civ,
ing a description Of the lnng talked of
Helices. aud the apparatus generally
DR. Cotton proiesses To have visited the
machine. and 10 describe it impartial.
ly, and lie testi6es To its achieving the
great light from water as claimed for it
The following is his description of the
wonderful helices, and is certainly highly
interesting,
The HeIices Mr. Paine claims that by
an improved construction Of the helices
in the Magnetic Electric Machine, he has
inc, eased the electrical power cf that III,
strumenl iu6hitel .say-ten thousand t0Id
sufficient to produce the wonderful re
salts above described. The peculiar con
struclinn of these heices we're shown
us, and explained. Before deSclib ng
them, should make remark respecting
the ordinary helices Ola maguet" electric
machine. II is we'll known that the pow
er of an electro rsghetlc machine, with
the ordinary helices, up tn certain port
depends upon lie amount gf suyface 4tr IN
suiated copper wire in The hclIces. 1t is
only upon The sartdee Of this wire, that
the electricity can be conducted.
Mr.. Paine's heliees differ from the a
b0Ve in this--that the wire which forms
the coil is made h0IlOw, being formed 10y
twisting or winding very thin strips "f
copper, Turning II into d tube. This wire
or tube is then cuvcred with India rubber
nr gLt,a percha, 10 insulate il; and then
filled niih ,oatrr. This water within the
w;re, forming the heIices, is So arrang
ed as To be hrnnght in contart with
the current Of electricity induced from
the mugneis-n the same manner as the
wire that sunouuJsait. Faroday has
established the fact, that very shhaI
quantity of water is capable of con
tainng vast amount of electricity i
think he says single drop Of water will
cOntoin rs much electricity as a thunder
cInud--sufficient To burst If the gable
end Of house. JnSt in proportion as
the power of the heces is increased To
induce or yecejse the electric current, SO
is it's power increased to give it off.
Now 10 k at MIR Paine's arrangement
In the first place, he has double surface
0f wire exposed in the heilces-au outer
! aud an inner surface. lu the next place
he has half pint Of water revolving IL
his helices. a substnnce capable or con
tanning a Moasand-yes ten Mousan'
, f0id more electrtity, Man lie same bulk Q
, coPper wire. THE above description "
Pslne'S helices, have given with his ful
CONSENT aud approbalon)
Z To this improvement in the c"nsiruc
. tion of the helices. MI. Paine claims Il
have increased the power of the Magne
To. Electric Machine. 81 as 10 produce the
wonderful results above described. The
experiments which we sa W and in whcl
. | think we could not bn mistaken. would
90 10 show the claim Of Mr. Paine ~ be
well founded.
have here given plain statement o
+. facts. as they were shown aud explained
, to us; aud leave every one to draw hi'
i, own conclusions. Whether MIR. Paine
can apply his improvement practically ~
u large scale. sufficient Ia light city
whether he has discovered "peypet~aI mo
ton, whether he has discovered II sub
sliinle for ali other motive power, an'
for all other heat; as we'll as MARY othe
things which are claimed for him,
questions. involving more difficulties thar
fell. ai present, competent 20 solve
am far from denying, however, that he
can do all these things.