West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-11-07
The Electrical Motor.

Scientists, Inventors and Chpitnlists
Rtr United In endeavorlny To applN alcn.
tricity TO huniau usos. Especially AS a
motive power \ few years back tho
problem to bc solved was how TO so
Manufacture electricity Ne TO proddde
Illumination: This has been accom-,
MishGd, tho only question being that of
cost. The electric light is ConfcsScdlv
an immense Improvement an the ordl-
nary sps-liSh, il is more powerful
and can bo put to moro varied uses. 1t
IL destined in time to make our nights.
not only indoors hut out-ot-doorS. ~
luminous as Is the day. But whilu the
radiance will br gariSh, Il will bc more
agreeable than that df tho sun But
now the problem 10 bG solved is electric
ity rs moor. stephen ID. Fcld, of
New York. has united with the famous
inventor Edison il taking out patents
for propclling ears by clecri. .ity. Ho
claims to haze anticipated the famous
Siemens aocuniS Slators NJ IhiS now motor
IL to be thoroughly tested upon tho ole.
vntu roads of New York The ndyan-
lngcs of electricity over steam are mnu-
itcst Heavy locomotives arc dispense |
with, cbal Is not used. hence there is no
smoke. There is less Jar la stopping
the trains, but as in the ease Of illumi-
nation tho cost is the undetermined
part of the problem. In every part of
The world we hear of electric motors.
Electric cars were moved through the
crowded thoroughtarcs of Paris hy the
Powell Storage Company. Nine miles
an hour was made with ease At the
electric exhibition i'm Vienna. an electric
railway made "A milo in thrOo miAutcs.
Tho Daft motor has made successful
"Trip on Saratoga road. There is an
elevated railway in Berlin operated by
electricity. There is also one
mt Portrush. ireland, the powor
for which is drawn from nc,ghboriuo
waterfall. An omn,bu has Leon run
In Paris, the motive power being cleo
tricity, and the heavy vehicle was
handled and turned with facility On
the water electricity as motor has
made no less rapid progress than on
land. Last summer an electric boat
was plying on the Danube Canal. tax
ing thirty or moro passengers six miles
an hour against the strong current, and
eighteen miles an hour with the stream.
Two years ago launch propelled by
electricity was shown on the Thames.
and the following year boat of that
Nii''' hNA'is iblil lttI lpUBs llln'u Il
speed of eight miles an hour on the
measured mile this boat being the one.
we believe, already spoken OF rs used
on the Danube. It's trips were nc ON
plishcd, of course. without smoke, OF
heat, or smell of oil, and also without
noise of engines or vibration. As for
the application of electricity to sub
marine tcrpcdocs, il is now the subject
OF much study, attended with some sue
cess. Electric small arms have already
been invented, aud one such weapon
was operated not long ago by Colonel
foSbery at London. before an ,scmbly
of army officers and others, by mean,
of "a small accHnulator- secrsicd under
his waistcoat. The gun was the inven-
tion of Pieper Of Liegc. who has fired
more than n hunGrcd rounds with it in
two minutes. We may vet see electric
ity rcvOlutiOnize the manufacture of
small arms. What is claim ed as an in
fringcment of the Field patent has been
tested i'm the street cars OF Cleveland,
O., and proved very successful. AT
Brighton, England, there is an electric
railway in successful operation. II
really seems rs if we were on the eve oi
a mighty revolution in the use of motive
power, and that the day, Of the cum.
brous, noisy, smoky locomotives are
numbered. .-DemOresrs N0Hthiy