The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-01-20
NUMBER y.
The Paine r,irht. i.

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uHJ loliowiils arslcle llom the " arcesief
IA. alla9iun; 70 Whien We MADE slight allu-
sion tlie osieI oay, presents more Of an 'ex-
PiahaeiOn pan lnah anything we nave yet met
w MtutDll llils SUBJECT. ~ WilApe seen that
u'e eal.9i expresses strong geonvletlonpt the
P.as III " ue oiscosery. y oD-
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po @ Tos;t;rs ds;aS H. of Nm NJ pea %e nave seen
NJ positlse oelliatol 4Mf. teiile $ claims to
appears to rs more Of dogn,S than sCs,,;s u Si,a.
argument.
As we have already said ne ares s,,.,,t s a,l
prepafed To- cericede our beIief IN the cis;r,s
of Mr.. Paine. There seems TO MS 40 ne i-,,st VET
much lacking satisfactory demonstration ~ Il
perfectly convince the nninitiated thopgb
there is as we think clear nre dsra ,ce of
scientific testimony in favor of the ren,,tsJ
discoverer. ~ ~ II
We can readily understand bo,veyer xvh,,
Mr.. Paine should choose vet to- keen. a mart of
the n.odus operandi undisclosed ifbe wishes
to secure at home and abroad he advartaoes
of a patent right--to which he noost certa;i7f1,
is entitled if he be in fact succeexf,l RI
to the article from the Palladium. II will -
observed that the editor has had q s;ght.
PAINE's LreHr.-The notice we gave of
Paine's light, few weeks ago. has been ZEN
erally well received bv the nnblicl Vet Il a
few instances it has encountered the nnan-
swerable argument of a snser. unanswerahle
because undeserying of an answer We
meet it with the declaration that we have
"set the river on fire" and might. if we had
chosen to do so, have Hrun away by the LIGHT
of it,"
Mr. pa;no,s r,aoh;na :, .;i, n,.
horse.cboe roaanats 1sn oaiIn5 T. a;;ee nc. a.e
rna,,l in con,h;nat;o,, pa..... - Le:su1i eS,enis
revoiI,ad t,nn h.Eoas =. hoes "een s .iel poles
,,Io aess;. ..,l';aL v naiu loiS ioi : siii
Th;s ;s an tbat nrod,,o AZ 'is,y ~ yiallh.
that decon,nosps ~ 0 4pe , .me ,ii'ileise pVwef
pa;no oLooaap so' - si,s :. al as MI.
drogen The ennara.,,s thnS ~ .ls
s;ly seen tbrouob az oos.o In - 10 "a %
necpl;ar Construction G Of tbe ba;oa eAop1 PILE ;ne
wac f,llv eynIa;ned 1o.us. h,,t snh;si az In;sA
ventor cio;nas &c he ou DTI M ".en IT,. sie ~
nate currant ;s nrodnooa ~ .lI.e
simple aoencv oI a craSt ss hv ,,a..b.y;.a y aaI
agencies. The revolving Of the beiires nro-
duces an abundant accumulation of The elec.
tro-magnetic fluid. 1t passes from the ma
chine, in what Mr. Peine calls rapid sspulsa.
TONS" to fiat strip or ribbon ~, CONNER,
which terminates in connection with what.
strictly speaking. is the commencement ~
the electrode The electrode depends from
glass jar with brass top. but omen AT the
bottom. This Jar is suspended in large
glass jar, which is open at the top. and parf-
iy filed with spring or well water. The wa
ter passes readily from one lar to the other.
and is of course at the same height in both.
As we before said, the electrode denends,
from the top of the smaller lar. and termi-
mates in the water, in the form of cylinder
about the size ofa four ounce vial, with small
holes on all sides for the egress of the gas
The small cylinder is the gas factory. which,
commencesits operations with the revolving
of the helices, and ceases when they CEASE
Into the bottom OF it the water finds ready
admittance. Although Of quite limited di-
mensions; it is one OF the "secret chambers"
of the invention, into which none but the
initiated are permitted to look. Like the
helices, it is peculiar in its construction. 8
Thus far there is no chance for deceutiou.
You turn the wheel that sets the heEces re-
volving, and the electromagnetic current
commences passing along the copper ribbon
to the termination of The electrode in the
water. Immediately the pas is freely eyoly-
ed from the electrode. Stop the wheel. and
the gas stops; and thus causes and effect are
as apparent to the eve as the pen in your hand
and the word which it writes on paper, The
operator is thus certain that he himself pro-
duces the gas by mechanical action. The
glass jars do not admit Of the introduction
of gas into the water; and he knows it is pro
duced within the interior jar, not only be-
cause ne sees it freely bubble up out Of the
electrode, but because the gas nanitests its
ell by crowding down the water In the inte1
nor jar, and causing it to to rlse In the outer
jar. Allow the gas to escape, and the water
at once regalns Its level IN both Jars.
One pipe is connected with the top of the
small jar. 1t springs out Of one side Of the