Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-09-24
THE TELEMACIEON.
An Electric Machine that Will
TRANSMIT POWER by Wire.

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The New York .S,sn says that Edi =.
son aud others have been examining a
machine, to which the name telema-
chun is given by its inventor. WIN
Wallace, of Ansonia. Ct. for transmit
ting the power of water courses by
electricity.
Mr. Edison believes he can assist
| Mr. Wallace in perfecting the teIeIna-
chou that power may he transmitted
| from one point to another as though
II were Geographic message. Al
ready by means Of this instrument
! Mr.. Wallace is enabled to transmit
! the power Of the NAugatuck river a
| quarter OF a mile. The power of this
| stream is great enough 10 drive pom
derous machinery of the Wallace fac
! tory. where 5000 men are employed
a series of experinients with the IN
! sJrunient has shown That in the trans
J'issiou of this enornlous power by
electricity only 20 per cent is loss.
| In this instrument the electricity
| il produced by the Wallace hynam-
| electric machine, no battery being us-
| ed Four large electro magnets are
| = aced with their poles facing each
! other. On an axis parallel with Gud
situated hetween therp is a disk of
! iron carrying upon it'd opposite faces
| row of ELECTRO magTietE. thirty in
number, on each face whose poles. ia
cling outward, revOlve ds close a. pos
sihle TO the poles OF thealarge nnInete.
called the field Of f,,rcp. On She same
axis, but outside OF these disks, strips
of copper are placed equal in number
to the magnets on the di@k-. each
strip of copper being connected To one
end uf the wire on the magnet. The
other end nf The wire gees to The next
"trip. Each strip, therefore is con
necIed 20 the last end Of the coils and
70 he first end Of that Immediately
following it. When the disk, with its
magnets, is revolved by any power,
the weak magnetism remaining III
toe irJ' itself generates IA current Of
electricity il the wire surrounding |
these magnets. IN virtue of the priu- |
pie discovered by t'eraiay, that |
whenever a conducting wire j. moved |
in the vicinity of a magnet a current Of |
electricity is caused 20 circulate in that |
wire, the feeble current thus genera |
ted flows around the magnets of the |
field of force. increasing their magnet |
ism. This increased magnetism re-
acts upon the revolving magnets, in |
ieruat.ly, uutil [ . magnetism OBJ |
IA ms maximum and that maXi0Ium |
is generated ia the wires o. The re-
v0lviug maGul.s This current tears |
for each "a perfectly definite ratio to |
the power consumed aud they are ca-
pahie Of cuuvsttIug eighty per cent.
of the power applied mt electricity |
The electric current generated i ear
RED ty two copper wires tn a second |
machine, the teiema hon This effects !
the reverse 0peFatl0B--Ihat IL to say, |
the reconversIOn OF the electricity in
To mechanical power. / he telema-
chnn consists of field Of force and a
revolving armatuTe Tins field of |
force consists Of twelve large electro
magnets in two SETS of six each. the
poles Of each set facing each other and
connected together by heavy bands or
bridges. In the space incio ed 10y
these magnets, and parallel " 18th them
Is the armature cons iStiug OF ring
of iron wire serving rs q core, around
which is wound an insulated copper
wire in two series OF fly coll. The
ends of these wires come out alter
nately - the right and left Of the ar
matur and aFe connected with ~ o
break pieces upon their axis Six
springs or brushes 81 copper wire
press upon these break pieces. each
PAIR Of brushes facing each other. and
Opposite pair OF magnets Ii the fielH
of force The electric current enter
Ing The machine presses round the
field of force and magnefizes the uag-
nets AT the sane time il passes
Though the armatHre, magnetjZlng
that, 80 tiiat the poles of the arms
ture nearest To the poles of the field
magnets are of the Opp0site name In
consequence of this the field of force
attract the poles of the arm n
ture, and cause the armature to move.
But ice motion i'll its new position
brings other portions of tive break pie
ceS ln contact with the spring. and
causes "a rtdis, ribution of the magnet
ism. Again attraction takes place a.
before. and again the direction of the
Is changed hy the hrpak piec
-. Tie magnetic effect being coHiiu
uuus. the rotation is infamous. liz
ceeasing constantly II speed until he
friction aud the magnrtic power hat
ance each other
I'm Sundays experiment the hn
demeter showed that the machine
made 3 600 revolutions "a minute.
The electricity from the wonderful
telemachOn may be applied to Iiiu
t;iinatIon 1t solves the prohieni OF
the subdivision of electric lights Both
the Wallace foundry snd1tss Farreii
foundry, near 10y. are lightSd-tfy these
lights. the army of men being formed
in two divisions. Que working during
the day aud the other up to midnight.