The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-14
ur n POWER Pc, !, .
The Latest idea In tho application ofEl..
cctricity -Conycying Water Power Over
tho WIrea

The Latest idea In tho application OFF,.
cctrieity-Conycying Water Power Over
the Wires. .-.
NEW YoRx, Sept. 1S.-ProiesSorsE Edison,
Barker and others have returned from An.
sonia, n. H., full Of praise Of a wonderful
invention by William Wallace. Mr., E'ii.
son believes that he can 50 assist Mr.. Wal
lace in pcrfecting tho "telemachon, that
power may be transmitted from one point
to another as though. .it,werc a telegraphie
message. Already, by means of-thisIln'
strument, Mr.. Wallacci Is enabled to trans
nit the power Of the Naugatuck Rivers
quarter OF mile. The power OF this
stream is great enough to.driye the pom
dorous machinery OF tho Wallace factory,
where 800 mon are employed. A serics; Of
experiments with the instrnmcnt has
shown That in the transmission Of this en-
ormous power by electricity only q. per
cent is lost. In this instrumentthe cleo
trlcIty IL produced by the allpce dSnam7T
electric machine, no battery being used.
Four large electromagnetic are placed
with their poles facing each other. On an
axis, parallel with and situated be-
tween them, is a disc OF iron, carrying
upon its opposite face row Of electro mag
nets, 80 IN number. Those reyolyc sclose
as possible to the poles Of tholargc mag
nets. called the .'feld OF force" On tho
same axis, but outside OF these discs, strips
OF copper are placed, equal innumberto
the magnets on tho discs, each strip otcop-
per being connected 10 one end OF thewire
on the magnet. The other end OF the
wirc goes 10 tho next strip. Each strip,
therefore, is connected to the last end OF
| he coils and TO the first end OF that imme-
diately following II. When tho disc with
its magnets Is rovolyed by any power, the
weak magnetism remaining in the iron II
self generates q current OF electricity In
the wire surrounding the magnets. In vir-
the OF tho principle discovered by farra"
day, that whenevor o. conducting wire Is
moved In the vicinity Of o magnet o cur
rent OF electricity Is caused to circulate In
That wire, the feeble current thus genera.
ted flows around the magnets OF the Held OF
force, increasing their magnetism. This
Increased electricity reacts upon tho revolt
wing magnets, increases the electric current
and so, alternately, until the magnetism
obtains a maximum and that maximum
\ IA generated In tho wires Of tho revolving
/ marnets This current bears for each q
perfectly definite ratio TO tho power con.
sumed, and they are capable OF convert;
\ ing so per cent OF the power applied 10 q
cctricity. The electric current generated
is carried by two copper wires 70 second
machine, the telemachon. This effects
the reverse operation; that Is to say the
lrcconyersion OF the electricity into me.
!, chanical power. Tho telemaohon consists
\ OF field OF force and revolving arma-
A ture. This field Of force consists Of twelve
large electromagnetic in two sets OF SIX
each, the poles OF each set tacing each
i other, and connected together by heavy
bands'or bridges. 1.-THE space enclosed
4 by these magnets, and parallel with them,
Is tho armaturc axis, supporting IN arrna.
ture, consisting OF aring Of iron wire, scrv-
ing rs q, core, around which Is wound an
4 Insulated copper wire In two serieS OF 80
cords: : The ends Of these wires come out
! alternately to the right and left
Of tho armaturc, aud are connected
4 with 70 two break pieces upon their
i axis. Six springs or brushes OF copper
II wire, press upon these break pieces, each
pair OF brushes facing each other and OPP
posi,e pair OF magnets In the fold Of
force. The electric current, entering the
machine, passes round the field OF force
and maenetizes the magnet. AT the Same
time It passes through the armaturc, mag
lnetizine that so that the poles OF tho anna
IIture nearest to the poles OF the field mag.
|. nets arc Of opposite nature. In corse.
4 ouencc Of this, the field Of force magnets
. attractthc poles Of tho armature and cause
the afmaturc To move. But the tnotionin
It's new position brings other portions q
lie break pieces in contact with the
snr;ns. and causes a,redlstribntion Of
magnetism Again, attraction takes place
. az before, and again the direction Of the
current Is changed by the break pieces
. The magnetic effect being continuous, the
f6tation IA continuous, increasing con,
, SANITY in speed until the friction and tho
, magnetic power balance each other.