The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-01-11

worcester, few days previous TO our visit, pur,
chased at a store q small quantity of turpentine,
measuring 1t accurately, which they took to Mr..
Paine's establishment, and passed the gas, pro-
duced by three sets Of gnets, through it for
eral hours. lighting the whole OF Mr. Panes house.
The turPentine was again measured at the close,
and found to have lost but teaspoonful-oniy as
much as would be lost by evaporation, and by
turning il from one vessel into another. certif-
cate was published to that effect.
The HELIcEs.-Mr. Paine claims that, by an i'm
proved construction OF the helices in the magnetic
electric machine, he has increased the electrical
power of that instrument infinitely, say ten thou
sand fold sufficient to produce the wonderful results
above described. The peculiar construction of
these heces were shown to us and explained. BE
fore describing them, should make remark re-
specting the ordinary heces of magnetic. electric
machine. 1t is well known that the power of an
electro magnetic machine, with the ordinary hell
ces, up to certain point, depends upon the amount
Of surface Of insulated copper tcrs in the heiices 1t
Is only upon the surface Of this wire that the cleo
tricity can be conducted.
Mr., Paine's helices differ from the above in this
that the wire which forms the coil is made hootc,
being formed bytwistng or winding verythin strips
Of copper, forming ifinfo tube. This wire tube
is then covered with India rubber or gutta percha
to insulate it,; and then filled with icatsr. This
water within the wire, forming the heces, is
arranged to be brought in contact with the cur
rent Of electricity induced from the magnets in
the same manner the wire that surrounds it.
Faraday has established the fact, that very small
amount of electricity; think he says that single
drop OF water will contain as much electricity
thunder cloud-sufficient TO burst off the gable end
OF house. just in proportion as the power of the
heces is increased to induce reeeve the electric
current, so is its power increased to give it off.
Now look at Mr.. Paine's arrangement. In the
fret place, he has double surface of wire exposed
in the helices-an outer and an inner surface. In
the next place, he has half pint of water revolv
ing in his helicesa substance capable of containing
auousand, yes, ten Ousandf0 fold electricity than
The same bulk Of copper toire (The above descrip-
ton of Mr.. Paine's helices have given with his
full consent and approbation)
To this improvement in the construction of he
Ices Mr.. Paine claims to have increased the power
OF the Magnetic electro machine to produce
the wonderful results above described. The
perments which we saw, and in which ! think we
could not be mistak n, would go to show the claim
of MIR. p. to be we'll founded.
have here given plain statement of facts, as
they were shown and explained to us; and leave
every one to draw his own conclusions. Whether
Mr. Paine can apply his improvement practically
on large scale sufficient to light cty-whether
he has discovered perpetual Observation-Disclosures he
has discovered substitute for all other motive
power, and for all other heat, well many other
things which claimed for him-are questions
involving more difficulties than feel at present
competent to solve. am far from denying, how
ever, that he can do these things.
Yours, respectfully, G. @. CoLToN.