The daily gazette., 1878-11-23

seif as confident that he would have no
uimcnity about his United States patents.
From the Sun report. - 900
Scientific, Journals" says Mr.. Edison.
frequently pick me up on misstatemenIs
oy reporters. For instance, one of Your
attaches some time ago represented me
as saying that 1 could produce 1O. 900
lights with one electric machine. He
misunderstood me, l meant that could
produce 10000 Ii hts from one station.
and there might be from thirty to fitty
machines in each station. you remem-
Der, propose to light cities from electric
stations, the wires covering so many
docks. There is vast difference in the
two statements.
"Now," continued Mr.. Edison, al find
the scientific journals going for me on the
idea OF the supplying power. fully un-
derstand and know that there is an enor-
nous loss to Transforming steam power
into electric power, but If can sell the
latter power for three times more than
| the original cost of the steam power,
there is a good profit Notwithstanding
this loss. To illustrate: With the same
wires USED for the electric light 1 could
| put electric power into q private house
that would run sewing machine. Now
the loss In furnishing this power might
be seventy-five per cent, but if could
get ten cents day for supplying the pow
or to run each machine / should make
an enormous profit"
| "Do you mean to tell me that you can
supply this power with the same engines
the same electric machines, and the same
I, wires that you would use to produce the
electric lght?" ! asked.
II mean just that" answered the Pro-
fessor, smiling" and if am not mistak en-
In the purport Of my experiments i mean
to say that l can light and heat private
houses and supply electric power for sew
ing or other machines with the same tele-
graphic circuit. | have made discov-
cry by which 1 think l can concentrate
and use the electric heat which has here
substance which, placed between two
metal plates, holds the heat, and gives
enough of it to cook beefsteak or make
tea, soup or coffee. | am not yet positive
about it. 1t may prove failure, but the
result of my experiments .justlfies me in
saying that II bids fair to be a SUCCESS
We know that we can transform electri.
city into heat, light, light, and motive
power. There is less loss in turning IL
into light and heat than in making a mo.
tive power. The loss in the motive pow.
er is considerable. and is probably due to
defects in the electric machine. The loss
in transforming electricity into light and
heat is niconsiderable."
Here Mr.. Edison folded his arms and
relapsed into brown study. The elec
tric light was recalled ,and he resum Ell the
conversation. "The success of the light,
he said, "is assured. Why If Pm not mis-
taken in my experiments thus far, car
60 to New York and buy gas from tn,
gas companies at the rate they are selling
: 1t at, and through the use Of gas engine
turn it into motive power for the produc
ton of electricity, and transform electri
city into light, giving better light, ,mor'
Of it, and fully as cheap, if not cheaper
than the original gaslght. This is nj
more wonderful than what was done b,
D.. Prof. Apony with a German electro-ma
chine, driven by five-horse petroleum
engine. read it in the Sun. The engin
consumed little over six and hal
l, pounds of crude petroleum per hour. l
produced a stream of electricity havin
an Illuminating power three times great
} er than that of the petroleum used"