National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-06-10
ELECTRICITY.
How It Can ne Siored-some or IT'S PousI
LIIItIcs.

French inventors have perfected an Invention
for the convenient storage Of electrical energy ON
n large scale. Fnure's secondary battery has been
recently perfected, aud IS adapted to practical
uses. The difficulty heretofore encountered In the
use OF electricity has been two. fold-tho difficulty
of storing and the expense Of the machines for
generating H. The steamship Labrador which 70.
Gently arrived Mt New York, was successfully
lighted on It's trip across the Atlantic with one
hundred and foriy.nve accumuators, containing
thirty thousand "nmperes," of two volts tension.
They were charged tho day before sailing. Less
than five hundred amperes wero used on the
trip. Eight lamps were used, ono OF fifty candle
light, one Of nix, and six OF cight-power. Ed-
sons, Maxim's, ind Swans lamps were used, and
the former preferred. The experiment was pro-
nounccd perfect success.
As TO WHAT USES THE SUCCESSFUL STORING
Of electric energy can be economically applied, 1t
y too soon to speak ndvlsodly. There is appar-
entity no limit to the practical application Of ths
motive power A company is ut present being
formed Ia New York, and the apparatus Is being
exhibited in order to interest investors. II is
claimed and in fact demonstrated, that the &c
cumulatOr prevents waste, ana the light can be
used when aud as desired Under tho present sys-
tCm electricity must be consumed Ms used, and
generated rs required. The improvement aCts MS
ciscrn or reservoir, to hold subject TO call. The
uccumulatur can he adapted TO electric lighting OF
railroads and steamships. Negotiations have been
made with Stephenson, the car.buldcr, to run Il
number of trimway cars with stored electricity
TIE INVENTOR, FAuRE, CLAIMS
that within II year he will run n locomstvo with
IL ut the ntC OF two bundled miles per hour. II is
stated les thau 81 per day will ver cost of en-.
ergy on cur. Light and power Gun be furnished
by the same nCcumulatOr, and renewing is re-
CURED every three hours. The Cscal c Of electric
NY amer generation Is prCventc by oxide OF lead
The metallic cases IN which the generation Is
effected are fitted with plates. The plates are pre-
pared in this way. sheet Of lead rather smaller
Than the interior Of one side OF the box Is cut Out
aud perforated with small holes Of about thrce,
siXcenths Of nn inch IN diameter; ON This lead
plate u layer Of red lead, mixed with nciduacd
water, is placed. Fist, one side Of the plate Is
prepared; then, covered with II sheet of pareh
ment, the plate is turned around and the same
operation repeated. Around the outside OF the
parchment
a CLOTH JACKET IS SEWN,
so ms TO completely contain the plate, leaving only
small portion ut one corner to form an clecttode
The negative plates arc prepared in =, precisely
fourteen plates which urc placed in the box are
parallel to each other with their elcc rOdes stand
lug up ut either end cover is Then fitted TO The
together aud connected with brass terminal
Tie next operation is to produce change i'll tht
interior OF The accumulator, 50 that II eau Absorb
and give out the quantity OF electricity required
| 10 do this the accumulator Is filled with ncidu
lated water until the plates are covered will
| about quarter of an inch OF water.
| THE ACCUMuLAToG IS THEN PLACED
| in connection with several others, and charged
| from n dynamo machine for u space of 400 hours
Al the end of this time the red read has completed!
changed its nature being converted on the posi-
| tive plate into peroxide of lrad, aud oil the mega
tive plate into spougy metallic state. The nc
| cumulatOr IL now fiji for use and can be churgtt
with the quantity of electricity required, and vii
theu give out, alicr making allowance for the los
| In charging from the machine, from so To 30 pc
ccnt.Of work produced by the machine. IN
| smaller type of accumulation differs only from tn
| large one in the size and number of Its plates BE
sides accumulntors in wooden cases, several type
have been made of circular form, in which earth
en"are and glass jars have been usld.-Indastrit
| Eff'if1B f1r NM