The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-11-29


II re mistake not. No arr 50 the dawn Of new
aud economic melive power. We have loss bad
an instructive expectation of rs approach. Nov
BY the scientific exposition Of the possibiliiy cf
an iadai,e deveoPmen. Of magnetic power BY ~
apparently inadequate Initial fsrco. as argued b.
Mr.. Hightou. and already publshed. aad The aIs-
parent production Oft before our senses. seem
iugly verifying the argume1s, w are strcagiy ia
dueed TO hail magnetism as the eoEing worker
for millions Of men and ior purposes iauunerable.
Some wall smile At this. 10 IS right they should.
The idea has been discouraged BY eisstric writer's
as visionary and imprciicable. They have A.
serted the impOssibiRty Of any such eeouonie
use Of material Zoe the prodartiou Of magnetic
power as could ever justify the hope Of ia sub
stitation BY steam They ~ere right as long a.
the battery was regarded as The source Of power
instead ofa mere initiative. such as results nov
seem to provo it to be. Our theories Of uiectro-
motive force may require 10 be re-examiBed. and
perhaps ehsngSsi. The axiom that a gwen nag
netc force is the exact product OF a given con
sumption Of zinc or chemicals. must now b. chal-
enged and put to the proof We eonfroat noH
the proposition that, although the electrO-uotvs
force may be in the battery, yet that The nag
neuc power which follows its application Is cap
able Ofinde6nite enlargement without increase of
the initiative agent We are b7oaghi nee TO
face also with the fact that, when a magnet s
performing its maximum work, the battery which
started the magnetic power is most at rest In
other words, that the magnetis power is not pro
pOriiOned to the SIZE Or consumption Of the sle-
ments Of battery. although dependent upon it
as an initial force. We DO not pretend TO ex-
plain this problem, but We can tell what We havs
seen. Il seems to eorroborate the recent position
taken by Mr.. HightOn, Of England, aud to prove
that We ara on the bOTder-land Of ueE and won
derfnl series OF Developments Of an economic. sas.
and efficient motive power. Il NAY prove that
our assumed data as to the power resident in our
battery materially has been undcrated, and their
productivity misunderstood. Let Us nov state
wba. We have seen. A few days ago We accom-
panied, oa invitation. several gentlemen to the
works Of Mr. II. NJ. Payne, Of Newark, n. Y.
The editor here gives description Of a power
tul magnetic saE-mill which be saw in aciiou.I
This rapid and effective action has been watched
nine consecutive hours by investigating parties.
without auy pereeptible decline Of power. and
with a consumption Of less than half a pound Of
zinc-a cost Of less than &c. per hour. The
power developed was rated a. tWo-horse. and can
be maintained for twenty four hours without in
termission at a maximum cost Of ten cents.
Such, at least, is the statement made to Us by
Mr.. Payne, and confirmed BY weIl-knoEn gentle
men, who thoroughly examined it. By Increase
Of diameter and width, or By multiplication Of
wheels and the number Of magnsts. the power
can be largely increased so We are assured By the
same number OF cells This was proved By the
fact that By the addition Of wire 10 the circuit II
Sufficient length to surround another set Of rag
nets, no diminutiOn Of power was apparent, al
though the action Of the battery was necessarily
less thus another wheel of similar power could
have been added. The four cells We saw were
stated as capable Of maintaining the speed aud
power produced in our presence for sixty hours
without renewal, at the cost Of about a single
stage fare on BroAdEay per day. 10 this machine.
50 utterly simple as to challenge tie scrutiny Of
the most ordinary mind, we see .be dawn ofa
new power, capable Of endless application at
minium cast, and destitute OF the usual element
Ofdanger. 1t occurs to Us as very strange that
what IS just being proposed as a possible status
Of facts By q learned divine in England should
have proved the selfsams theory which IN
American citizen has been privately and psrsis-
tently developing ia actual practice for years. To
what it may give rise, we have no prophets ken
to tell II the premises demanded are proved
to be correct, its application is infinite. We may
yet see the Atlantic crossed BY huge vessels,
propelled without an ounce Of coal, BY power
ihs initiative Of which the captain may place be-
sids bis writing desk in bis cabin, which child
san apply, and the littlest finger may stop. The
Degrimed furnace man may thsn come out from
.hess lover heIls, and walk the deck as clean as
he passenger. and the blazing fires be put out
And il may be 10 the mysterious workings Of the
Almighty. that thsss electric forces which are on
sysry haOd developing themselves as the life Of
he world, qlieksning it, pulses from pole 10 pole
be cause Of growth, and the cardinal element Of
power the limit Of which Is yet unknown, may
'e ordained 70 remove from man part Of The
:arss Of toll. unbendi1g the Aborsrs back, and
nakiog him to stand erect as at the frst-Ns,o
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