The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-18
r,ens, Heat. and Power.

,por-r TO REvoLUTIGNIZE THINGS
A.c,rv.-NEw APPLICATIONS OF BLEcTRf.
CITY.
NO take the following from the New
". Tdfsnn saws that he has discovered
~ 20 make electricity cheap and practi-
n .,H, substitute for illuminating gas. Many
.";nnt;fic men have worked assidnousiy in
.Sat direction, but without success. A
,n "s electric light was the result OF
sshase experiments, but the problem OF It's
s;v;sion into many small lights was puZ-
oirr Gramme, Siemens, Brush, Wallace,
and others. produced at most ten hGhts
, S.nr, single machine, hut single one OF
IT,! !,o", WAS found to be impracticable for
lining aucht save large foundries, mills,
80 workshops. II has been reserved for
Az Edison to solve the difficult problem
3nS;rnd This. he says. he has done within
fnr DAYS. His experience with the tele-
Thone. however. has taught him TO be cau-
lions. and he is eXerting himself to protect
tbe new scientific marvel, which, he says,
,";,, make the use OF gas for illumination a
thing OF the past
While on q visit to William Wallace, the
,,cc.r;cal-machine manufacturer, in Anso.
nia Conn, he was shown the lately perfect
Cd dynarlo-electric machine for transmitting
1,owcr bv electricity. When power is applied
IN his machine il will not only reproduce II,
bnt will turn il into light. Although said
nv Edison 10 be more powerful than any
other machine OF the kind known, 1t VIII
divide the light OF the electricity produced
;nto hut ten separate lights. These being
cou,l in Dow or TO 1000 candles, their inn
nr,c,icabIity for general purposes is appa-
rent. Each of these lights is in substan-
.ioI metal frame, capable Of holding in a
horizontal position two carbon plates, each
twelve inches long, two and half wide,
and onr-haii thick. The upper and lower
D,rts OF the frame are insulated from
each other, and one OF the conducting
wircs is connected with each carbon. In
tho centre, and above the upper carbon, is
en- electromagnetic in the circuit, with an
ormaturc. by means OF which the upper
carbon is separated from the lower rs far as
desired. Wires from the source OF cleo
tricity are placed in the binding posts: Inc
carbon being together, the circuit Is cIoseo'
the electromagnetic acts, raising ana io"er-
ing the upper carbon enough 10 give Il
bright light. The light moves towards the
opposite end from which it starts. then
changes and goes back, always moving to-
cards the rIacc where the carbons are near
cst TOGETHER. Ii from any cause the light
roes out. the circuit is broken and the cleo
Iric magnet ceases TO act. Instantly the
INNER magnet falls the circuit is closed, 1t
rrIichts. and separates the carbon again.
Edison on returning home after his YiSlt
to Apsonia studied and experimental Wild
electric lights. On Friday last his efforts
were crowned with success, and the project
that has filed the minds OF many scientific
men for years was developed.
~ have il now - he said, on Saturday,
while vigorously turning the handle OF a
Richie induclive coil in his laboratory ut
Mcn!o Park. land, singularly enough. ]
have obtaircd it through an entirely diff
fcrcnt process than that from which
scientific men have ever sought TO Sc
cure it. They have all been working
in the same groove, ana When IL is
known how | nave accomplished my OBJ
ject everybody will wonder why they
have never thought OF it, it is so simple.
When ten lights have been produced by
single electric machine it has been thought
10 he great triumph Of scientific skill.
With the process I have just discovered l
can produce 1,0O0-aye, l0,000-Irom one
machine. Indeed. the number may be sad
to be infinite. When the brilliancy and
cheapness OF the lights are make known to
the Dublic-whlch will be in few weeks,
or Just lis soon rs l can thoroughly protect
the illumination by carbureted by
drogen gas will be discarded. With fifteen
ortwenty Of these dynamo-electric machines
recently perfected by Mr.. Wallace l can
light the entire lower part of New YORK CITY,
using A 500-horSe-power engine. purpose
10 establish one OF these llght-centres IN
Nassau street. whence wires can be run up
town as far rs the Cooper Institute, down
to the Battery, and across 10 both rivers.
These wires must be insulated. and laid in
the ground III the same manner as SaS-pipes.
/ also propose to utilize the gas-burners ana
chandeliers now in use. In each house can
place light-meter, whence these wires VIII
pass through the house, tapping small me-
talic contrivances that may be placed over
each burner. Then housekeepers may turn
Oft their gas. and send the meters back 10
the companies whence they came. When
ever it is desired to light Jet, it will only
he necessary TO touch little spring near 1t.
No matches are required.
"Araln. the same wire that brings the
light TO you," Mr.. Edison continued, will
also bring power and heat. With that
power YOU can run m elevator, sewing
machine. or any other mechanical con-
1rivance that requires motor, and by means
OF the heat YOU may cook your food. 10
utilize the heat it will only be necessary to
have the ovens or stoves properly arranged
for its reception. This can be done at
trifling cost. The dynamo-electric ma
chine called telemachop, and which
has already been described, may be
run by water or steam-power at a
distance. When used IN a large city
the machine would OF necessity be run
by steam-power l have computed the re-
lative cost Of the light-power and heat gem
Grated by the electricity transmitted to the
teemachon TO be but a fraction Of the cost
where obtained in the ordinary way. BY
battery of steam-power it is forty-siN times
cheaper, and by water power probably a
per cent cheaper"
1t has been computed that by Edison's
process the same amount OF light that is
given by 900 cubic feet OF the carbureted
hydrogen gas now used ia this way, and
for which $3.50 to S3 is paid, may be OBJ
tanned for from twelve to fifteen cents. Ed
ison will soon give public exhibition OF
his new invention.
The MAINE GUBERSATORIAL NOTE.-1us
-qus.a, Ne, September 16.-The vote Tor
Governor in the entire State, with the en-
ception Of few small towns and plantas
tons, compiled from the official returns,