The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-03-08
WASHINGTON NEWS.

~, E1.yT0N'S EXPERIMENTS IN ELECTRO
,,,,-,>a-SvCrEssYr REsuLTs.-A state
,n, he's been going the rounds Of the
,,.nqrcvs for some time that electricity
~. been acplicd successfully as heating
-ni;,u, q the Hotel D;eu hospital in Paris,
,.; !. j. said the other large hospitals Of
-. r;ty Will he warmed by ii instead OF
l.ccaal. ,,.,;.e
.,.rs hy which this result is accomplished
=. ."'T Paris, bu, we had the opportunity of
a ~ on Wcdnesiay last at the Winder
l,:iine the experiments Of DR.. Leigh Bur-
,.r in arplyng electricity for warming
..sr~,ad cars. which were entirely success
g., enl satisfactory. The invention con-
.:,,sn 4 chain made mp Of alternate oh
,.~rr,;ons aUd free conductors, arranged
ro-.vac;,y ~ being rchcxed in grooves, and
-. aroa-atus covered by metallic plate
,-3 .,accl in 'front.' Of each seat, in order
,Is: the feet OF passengers may rest on
.L,,, When current Of electricity is
.o.., through these heaters It is INSTRUCTED
~, tho intervening conductors, Of small d.
s,rtrr. and the evolution of heat is the re-
,,.,,. and after the chain has become
.vrurt inc E'"i - i"'''-'''H ~ '''| 40 >'"A''e
associated with this apparatus is an
,.l"r. which is called q "circuit changer,
and bv means Of il a current OF electricity
~ given rover may be sent through an
sr,aos: unlimited number Of circuits, and
tr.,a the fact that the same current is sent
,t~osgh each circuit at each revolution Of
.1r Instrument, the same caloric effects are
r-5!uccd in each. Il may explain this in
,,,,,mcnt more fully BY comparing ii 70 q
raG>i.al box, except that the points on it are
arranged spirally, and instead of must
fQl sound contact il effected. Now, by
revolving this with great speed an almost
continuous current is kept up IN each
circuit.
The difficulties in the way of applying
chemical electricity for heating purpose:
lr.,4c thoroughly understood by the inyen'
~, he proposes in this application of tht
invention 10 employ the magneto-elcctrit
machine, and the objec of the experiment.
o. Wednesday WAS TO test the fitness Of Thu
,nachiue for the purpose. The Army ant
Navy Departments having rendered DR.
Burton every facility for making thes
tests. the large magnet machine of thu
Smithsonian institution was brought int
-c.uisition, and the small steam-engine il
The basement OF the Winicr building en-
loved to Dive it. The numerous person.
present were amazed at the power Of tn
current produced, for with il twenty feet o
No. g iron were rendered red hot; ant
when it WI: applied to single heater tn
p,u,iaa connections were mcltcd III shor
i.lne. Afterwards the current WAS applied
10 Ieveral heaters connected together, ant
=, Il short time the heat wae equally de
y,!opcd in each, thereby proving conciU
-:,ciy the equal distribution Of the cur
rent. Following this experiment, ;hc cir
,..t changer was connected with several 0
;hc heaters, and il was found 10 do it
work thoroughly.
The advantage Of employing this methot
=. warming railroad cars must be obvious
r. connecting the magnet machine with til
axle OF Tie car motive power was obtaluc'
ut 5cn;ccly any additional cost and regard
,nn the entire feasibility of this propostioI
the inventor is supported by thc best Scien
Tic mcr in the country MS well as by prac
teal railroad mon. III ease Of having
'Iain thrown from the track, instead OF be
IT,. roasted alive with rcd Rot stoves, til
passengers escaping the rcrils OF bc;n!
crushed b. the wreck ot the car stand som
".aucc Of escaping Il horrible death b,
burning. Upcn the whole, The experiment:
were entirely satisfactory, and dem0netra
tel clearly the entire feasibility % employ
iusG electricity a. hcatinc agent u ash
,a4ton L,r"i(jcGR.