The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-15
Il TELEMAcHoE,

Probably no one has eyu looked upon ths
Calls of Niagara without thinking howssa
s-d.d tho thought may bsa Of tha waste q
power which exists there. An Tie uina b
The world, II they could but got near ~
base Of this cataract, could be run by wsta
power. Within the past month expsrimm1s
With the telemachon, or instrument fse
transferring power from far, have seemed
70 solve the problem. and we may yet see
Tho day when Niagara Falls may be hss.
rcssed to do more work and more deeds Of
wonder han all the Titans Of old or the
genii of Eastern fiction. By means Of
electromagnetic, power or motion may b
transformed into electricity, and the cleo
tririty transferred by copper wires to my
distance without appreciable loss, and there
converted again into power or into light.
Light resulting from the revolution Of
electromagnetic has been produced for ser
eral years; but the great difficulty herctos
fore has been the subdivision Of the light.
Mr. Edison has set himself to work ut thia
problem, and has succeeded SO as to pro-
ducc any extent Of division Of tho electne
cal illumination from u single machine. II
would seem that this must prove to DO one
Of the greatest inventions of b age, fol
oy its use power Of any kind, such as that
of inaccessible water falls, the tides, or the
winds, mny be reached and turned into
dynamic electricity, ready for use either IN
running machines or for purposes Of illus
I~nination. 1t is estimated that the power
necessary to raise the water Of Niagara
Falls from the base Of the fall to its sum-
init would require q constant consumption
OF oil the coal nised in the world, which Ia
about two hundred and fifty million tons 9
year. That is the power which Is exerted
u The water. And it is believed that al
cast fifty per cent. of this can be actually
used for economic purposes, provided that
there is room for the construction Of the
proper fumes. OF course such O treat,
ment Of Niagara Falls would destroy 1t q
n monster wonder. Its tremendous roal
and plunge would be modified into ten
thousand ripples coursing over myriads d
water-wheels. The water would get down
10 its lower level very gently, and its awful
plunge would be transformed into the
swift Lightning, darling to mill, manufao-
tory, and city. II Niagnra Falls would b
abolished by such treatment, 80 would gsa
companies and steam engines. Watt and
hts ten-kettle would be suffered to fall intd
t~orgetfulness. Even England could abana
don her coal-fields, md resort to the WAVED
and the tides for power n SO bid farewell
TO the fear that when her carbon "a I'll
raised to the surface she must fall back q
barbarism. II power in all that . mar
uecus W hBub LIE mbnhlou, ~ oAa GOV ~ d
setting up a windmill and putting 10
pumping water into ON elevated reservoir
The touch of o spring will then set hA
electro magnets revolving, and wixas run
ming from room to room will convey thu
subtle fluid, which at their termini viii
blaze into light. We live in an age OF won
ders. Looking from the windows Of Out
Office a score Of parallel wires stretched
high above the loftiest buildings Of thil
city are visible. They are telephone cord
stretching from central office to manufac
tory, from editors room to police ~stationI
or courts, from the desk of the grain
operator to his own home, and persons stu
ated miles apart talk face to face. The telo
phone has made its way into the larger town
and cities, and has lone much toward
abolishing space and time. The telema
chon promises to produce q still CREATE
revoluNon, and to make good, in q modified
sense, the boast Of the northern hero:
Force rules the world still,
Has ruled It shall rule It;
WsAknssa a Rsaknen.
Strength ID triumphant.
Over tho whole earth
Still Is 10 Thors Day.