Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-05-09
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ifn'h l. stranger Than hction- II y
"h "id pf"Nefo. ana let J. ever new he
a''ah''hs hSht OF science = forever lIin-
"l'Ha''h2 places "''h'Ft" uaFA' ah' every
no" Ahd 'h'n gem 81 truth l. revealed
winch stands forth at one" ;" dazzling :"
'h'"'n nitthohNI'ie l" me ordinary m'"d
'ha' We gan only wonder az -" richness
"i nature secrets Snch tram OF
'""uSh' A. ''i> was inspired IN 'ie mihd oi
ihe writer as ne stood ic" DAYS since ~
inc mac nine room "i large tonhdry N
ne ShP"rih- Guy an" WAGNER 'he ponder
on~ machinery moving with fore" ap-
PAr'huy a. fe>iNiieS> a. i''" hSrh. Inc
ground moor was loaded win machinery
"l A'' 'eN'' 'p''"hs- 'N'rh'Ad WAS an IN
ul'ate network "i heits' shafts puIiry>
ana rap'"'S FeN"'''h2 " h'ti'' "h''e upon .
"ca'! 'r"h Fa'A OF 'S''e' "''" III MN
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lt"-'H h'''i 'i'e pressure ~ M uhNt'H
i'"'' . S''""it9 ''' "'''' ''''>''
r'pooh "i soma iron from 'he ''f'utnl'r
e"'t "i the a"Ai' AZ every revolution i'A'
ih- u ptrl'cuS smooth ah" even
Had IL been smart "l pine nhd'r 'ie
eharp sle'i Oh turner 'a'i''' ING eHe''
could not nave h'ch m"fc easiIS accom-
pi''heu' ih'' io'''ei 'u' one however %
the many sources "i resistance ne
"h"ie system OF machinery WIS III hh"tl"u'
anu all Doing nh''Ard l"r some purpose.
impressed Win ah rNhlh'iloh ~ su'h
tremendous power looked about Tor II
source. Surely, Thought / the production
Of power capable OF turning such pom
dtr"u> machinery against >u'h an my 'iH-
ing resistance must occupy considerable
space and cannot be difficult to iind JudS-
lns from the only source OF motive power
with which wa~ familiar, that of steam,
| unhe>itatIngly concluded that small
building adjoining must contain tine plant
necessary for its production. va, soon
undeccNed however by tracing the various
belts 70 their common source, and WAS
quite surprised TO find that this whole net
work of plunging machinery and grinding
steel was driven by little odd looking
box in the corner scarcely larger than
a water pail and which no one would ever
have suspected for anything more momen
tous than an elbow Of sewer pipe wound
about with rope warn.
Being a Yankee, | at once began to in
dulgr Yankees right Of asking questions,
and was fortunate enough to find those
who were willing TO answer. What Is
that little machine which seems TO be hay
ing everything its own way with all this
mass of belts and wheels:
That Is an electric motor
Does itwork satisfactorily:
Work should say So 1t beats
everything you ever beard tell Of
superior to steam then:
We'll, now said the machlnlst IN
half regretful tone, i've been an engineer
good many years ana you hno" one OF
but tell you facts are stubborn things
ana theres mlShty ie" engines ol orul-
nary SIZE that nave any can win lhat niue
machine there IN the corner
on iurther Inquiry iearhed that the
electricity Tor WORKING the motor came
from storage battery quarter Oh mile
away and that IN turn was charged curing
the running hours OF the DAY oy the water
power OF saw miii TWO ih'ies up the
river
lhrouSh the Kinohess OF tle supcrih'eh-
dent OF the electric iisht station learned
stu more OF the working OF this most sue
cessful motive power and lShting medium
was conducted to the basement OF ah
adjoining block where were set up on Ia
bles number of rows OF square glass jars
each containing number of parallel metal
plates. here theh' was liie storage pa''ef!'
ree'"hs uiat jar - VI - 'no"eS s4ua'e
hiieo Win what seeh'eu very "u'h "Ne
ABOUT equai parts oi siiuirons anu "A'e''