The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-04-17
EGi~oi. Says ne has Succeeded.

Nr. Edison SAYS his electric hight Is COM
,.'.rr success. III lurkv.' he says. I'VE
,sl have al tlc houses III MEMO Park lit
..,.i /, .iy weeks The Subdivision Of the
.'f ! rtfirct. have had more trouble
vrI the titnamomctcr for the measure
l,,It d! the hor>c- power for each generator
,.an had with The light ITSELF
Taa dr!av ia ti;ngiu" The light before the
rntH. ha> been the want OF a perfect gene
ri r Of electricity. Mr.. Edison was salts
lid tia, he could make 4 machine that
would produce double the amount OF Il " a.
hr-or Gr;tiniAc machine 10 The horse power.
H. his made Two machines, and has met
VIA great success. He not only gets more
electricity 10 the horsepower, but the cur
rrut i more applicable 10 his lamp. One OF
he generators was tried on Thursday hight.
and MAS nr"kcn. Mr.. Edison says that
Ill irrhcd the thin" right oil the shaft
Bachelor. his assistant, was at work 1T /,
Yesterday. and both machines will again be
In 0;rration IN Il dry or two. So far. the
inventor SAYS. he has spent about $4,000 in
experiments. lie positively asserts that the
.ral i an assured success, and that it can
L. made three times cheaper than las. IL
mean" he saws. THAT | can get the same
AMOUNT Of light for three times less money,
ar'Gal cost TO both parties.
The attempt 10 prevent his Gbtaining Il
;atrnt in Engand failed. He is now getting
aew It, OF patents in I'll foreign countries.
IT, think, that inside vi two months, II
thIm. inscricrcs. ne Will be able to make
"a" whole tblrg public. lie can now get a
U..' equal to thirty candles from lamp
thai wruld ut first give Il light Of only two
aa!t half candles.
We are safe on our lamps he says.
Til" one we propose 10 Use VIII not melt
mill i gives out a light equal /" three gas
~. We shall not force more than one gas.
lH from each lamp. usim" its turtle: capa-
ry ii, Il margin IN case OF any diSarrangc-
mcni. The latest improvements have rem
dcird the regulator OF secondary i'm Por-
I@Drr. for II would require extra engines
aud boilers at the electric stations 10 pro-
due" fore" OF electricity strong enough to
mel, the lamps. The only use left for the
regulator i to turn the lamp upand down"
Mr.. Edison saws that he shall burn 800
a2hts at Mcnlo Park. keeping them aglow
night and day. until the stockholders are
,at>tcd. II has been euppo> ed that the
amps Themselves would be very expensive.
They are simply n small coil OF platinum
wire placed in a glass bulb. Mr.. Edison
,4ys they will co>t-hulb. platinum, and
a"-mot more than $3.50 apiece. He Is max
as hi own bulbs, having pickednp the ant
rom pcramhulatIng gia>s-blowcr.
y scientific gentleman has tested the colors
OF me electric light. lie found The tintS the
same rs TIE lints Of sunlight. Gas gives no
linr,
sixteen electric lights are now in Use in
HT. Edlson's machiDcshor. The electricity
Ja> been furnished by 4 small Gramme ma
came, but The new Edison generator will
I've substituted in Il day or two. The glass
'uibs are no larger than rGsty-coat apple.
! iiH''' "@'taI 10 That OF three gas-jcts fairly
warm, them, and that i all. There is
t1Tcciy any percepliblc heat.-Ne,r York.
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