The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-17
POWER FLASHED BY WIRE.
MIR. EDISON DEFENDING VILLAGES
WONDERFUL INTENTION.
Answering the Criticisms OF Correspondent
who Doubts the rracticabiiity orthe Teie-
mnchou - UtiIiEing Vast Waste Forces.

-, = - M. 81 pa, y " gio,,..,,s
the celebrated English electrician. believe that
the power of Niagara Falls may los transmitted
bv electricity 40 m to furnish working power for
all the manufactures Of tho state. is severely
criticised 10y the writer OF tho following commu-
ncation to THE Sun:
10 rus Lr'toH or nv So W IL 'ceWs 70 ,ne wrer
,nS, IN 'T g rrrr one Er,uch of ,hn s"cc, ~
vital Importance was not touched upon How does the
tcit, he cxnccs tn develop to the points where II Is to
be uscdf Referring to the report of the Franklin nsii
tutc upon d,namoclcctrc machines MAY and June
iS'S 'auie '' Will ue to"i tha' III inc c," OF the
Nnlln,e machine Mh'h ED'oh goes wiz over
SnN ,D', per cen, % 'ne ,|"sr "Tu IN u' lying
.e maoi.e sumo a. '',' NY III ,'c ~ hs,"
tne brush machine var more advanced m",nlne u,..
irod only ~ per cent ana IN, uranmo ABOUT ule
Tor the SAKE vt demonstration, locate wallace macne
at Niafars Fa arse cnonsh to absorb say so horse
power. Turning this into light by Table Of the above
report the result would be ~ $50 candle power lght
BY very calculations and experiments it has
rent OF clectrcit, equal to oo candle power hight to
distance Of iqcu fcct. pure copper wire one inch
in diameter Womb he needed Therefore 10 trans
mi, tho m $50 ran1t..povor current maj distance
v"ni rcooirs having cross seton NJ nhou, %
.s iI , a, ~. A., ,tsn",. ..,,h,,,
oysr AZ ncmr. =, ,s ec, When viii, conner at cent,
NV r',,1 wnid r.t si9 rrr ,,s,t ar III nof,r tho
Il % icct il he Wallace ",cienachon is capable "
uuhNns twice the per cent OF power that III, dynamo
machine does -, 81 per cent and this is very liberal
ssunsSLws should wen nave a., arninne ME-
power d'hNer.d ls ,eet rom 1hs "risms s2ut,s.
nshle %, develonlng loWH bor.c mover win ali The s
cessorcs OF nunrs &C &c could be built Tor even slpo
o. OF wallace machine ot evena better machine e.
.usuus ,'o ,g, '" , ~, n ,
mach"n'-ni. saw s3'I00 We shall md that the noun.
tain In labor has brought forth only mouse Tor 80
horse power engine boiler and apparatus could be fur
m,he ani run Tor two wears Tor zen per cent 81 tuls
n Ill.,, ~" s, r w. IN , ~ All
I'M, resoarccs of rnsts of the present iy rnd tnrr
In tie orpo,o dircction va 10 nnd thnt form Of
dynamo electric machine which can most economically
AMI practically uuhy the abundant and cheap power we
ai' nls aN, IN nt~insihs ln isht ana p"u"s Tue '"
w. '"."o" 's'"'' ''''''N
Mr. Ellison WINS found in his lahora-
the reception OF Wallace tclemaehon. by
which he proposes 70 transmit the power OF u
say. IN" running expenses ~ ms stenin ehGlh,
DO you see that hll yondcrf he thii,
poinii4E To- an tl.Nniloh tnHI WIS nbrtt'hl.
a running stream. and propose hereafter to
utihz" the power II Is constantly generating.
! can't a1urd to allow all that power
10 bc wasted; its too valuable. |
irn- horse invar Now MI | vlrt here H. uioul
Yesterday io send me- "A tclemarhou. and hive
Just received a despatch to the ,lo.t that % is
II with thc urghhoring stream. shall hav. no.
more use for steam. or for coal either. for that
matter TIA" expense ui ruuulnE tho Wlr" To-
transmit the power Will %" trlN ue. Tho cost
Oi my engine II about 5000 nui iurlu ling inn
pay uf am Engineer It COSTS ALI Nut slsl per horse
bower wear. vii ieh would hc sinl.
Tn" l"t"r printed above wa- hero shown 20
Prof. j. il~Hn. A'i"r reading 70 IN" great lnNru-
tor lraurd back in his chair aud laughed heart
iv. ! hrlinN" in criticism he said, when u"
hud stopped laughing. b'caus" II brings uut
at IN" cold iaots about tnihg. nud pr1mni /,
DIS 'u~siOu. Nhirh II always hrh'N'lAl; hui ili.
writer of this l'tt"r has certainty shown hiu-r 70
profoundly ignorant IN th" sui4''t ~ d'n4in'-
electric maehluF- Iu" very poorest ana i'.-t
perfected OF an "a" power ana !l-lt transmit
TING machines ever saw nr rrli oi nav gwen
murh W.ttrr results IMAM thoS' Mhirh 10" Nt'fll-
uie- to IN" Wallace machine. WINCH lu H. now
perfected state u superior 10 any o.hcr thlh-
OF the nj ever pr"lert'd.
IN Vie hrst la'e. ne Is all ~ sea hS 10 tn"
coniuctiNlty o. inc uhvhlhe hr hla'h,v %
called atelemnchon. when WAS SHOWN 10y ar.
Wallace last sunday, Is mead ana sAguhcrS.
m"iaphorlcniy sIrhk ne A91N9 any u}naIno-
ei.c,iio mn'nine tfrr soMh Y tl'' b. ~
sllute or VT any QUIT p,a'r. ~ US ~
Sl,uens; ..hh WIN ~ ii'.u n i,,.-',,i' ~,
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