Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-12-12
Nr. Edelmann. Il Polish Inventor
Claims he Can Produce Coal
for That Price.
An Article Which VIII be Superior to
Either BituminOus or Anthra-
cite for Fuel.
Ignite and Certain Chemicals For IN
an Article Perfect as Any
Ever Mine &.


an invention which he believes will rival
even those Of Edison's, and bring to man
kind generally degree of benefit which
will be in direct inverse proportion to lie
woe inflicted upon the individuals COM
monty known as the coal barons.
What he has 20 offer is no less than a
scheme to manufacture a coal which will
be superior in its results to either bitumi-
nous or anthracite coal, tow hIch the world
| has been so long accustomed to look for its
chief supply Of fuel.
So many vast conceptions have been al
ready brought to tie attention of the pub.
| lie only to end in disappointing failures
that Every new great scheme is apt to be
| regarded with suspicion We have not
suffered from the Keely motor project and
| the many plans for navigating the air, to
| say nothing of the many ideas for subma.
| rine crafts, without having our confidence
| in such matters seriously impaired.
THE NEW CLAIMANT,
The new aspirant for uudying fame and
I incidentally for the millions of money
that are attendant upon great discoveries
which are world wide in their uses has at
| least the courage OF his convictions. and
his ideas are entitled to respect since they
are backed up by the fact that the depart
ment Of patents at Washington stands
ready to issue him bis patent papers as
soon as he has Effected his arrangements
In several foreign countries to obtain sim
liar right there.
For reasons Foown to patent law and
which will give hin the same rights in
many countries be wishes TO secure his
papers from the several governments upon
the same day. For this purpose the in
ycntor, Mr. Albert Ejeimaun, sailed for
Europe on Nov. 18th, upon the steamer
Ieutonic,
Mr. Edplmann claims for his invention
that it will enable him to manufacture his
coal at cost Of only one dollar per ton.
Besides the exceeding cheapness OF the new
article Edelmann claims for it ths merit
of beng absolutely cdorles5 and capable
Of being burned without smoke and Of le-
ing consumed so utterly that it leaves but
one per cent. of ashes.
Mr.. Elelmaun was born in Warsaw,
Poland, 1922, and was educated at the
university at Dorpat, one of the provinces
of Liyonia, on the Baltic Sea. He gradu-
ated there as 4 civil engineer, and then
made the grand tour Of Europe. In 1852
he went to Australia, the voyage from
London to Sydney occupying six months.
HIS FIRST INSPIRATION.
In Australia Mr. Edelmann devoted
himself TO his profession and spent his
time in building railroads and In other
engineering enterprises. In 1860 he first
turned his attention to the dl,covery of
cheaper coal, and since then he mas de-
voted all his time aud money to that pur-
suit
In the first place he argued that it was a
well known fact that there exists upon the
surface of the globe large quantity of
what may be- called ignite. Briefly de-
fined, Ignite is ccal formed at a much
later period than either bituminous or an
thracite coal and therefore without these
chemical proprieties which would enable
ii to burn as we'll as either Of them and
which, therefore. renders it practically
useless for fuel or other purposes.
That this hgnite would, Ia centuries TO
come, develop into a fuel which might be
utilized exactly as well as that which was
already known bituminous Or anthracite
coal was source Of pain and yexatiOn to
Nj, Edelmann. He could not sleep at
night from his continued study Of the
problem He was actually jealous, he
says himself 10 think that people a
thousand years hence would avail them
selves OF that which the world might use
to-day could ne but solve the problem Of
etfecting 10y chemical processes that for
which nature would take centuries.
A CLEAN or LIGHT.
Altar study of many weary years Mr..
Ede'maun believes that he has solved the
problem whose solution he has SO faith
fully sought, and Is satisfied that ne has
found a process for transforming TIL
worthless Ignite into coal, which for all
purposes is equal, and in many instances,
superior 10 either anthracite or bitlmi-
nous coal.
In other words. the inventor believes
that by the mixtlrs with Ignite of cert ain
chemical bodies a coal is produced which
is as perfect as any that was ever mixed.
and this ignite, be claims. were it allowed
to remain in the earth, would require a
thcus9nd years FORTS transformation into
psrfeC coal
in las technical description cf the pro-
cess alluded b the inventor says;-
TO accomplish this result the ignite
and certain chemical bodies (which have
first been reduced to a powdered condition
in order u permit Of heir perfect COM
minglingl are placed IN mouds and sub
jected 10 great pres>urss in machinery ex-
pressly constructed for the purpose, and
from which the mass come, In the shape
of what are termed. for van. OF a ba'tec
name. 'brickets. These bri kets can ba
made Of asy size or shape IN order that
they may suit different conditions, as for
| instance, il the material Is to be used for
| furua e they world be in the n igh0or
/ hood Of eight inches n size (either square
/ or oblcngl. whereas for stoves they would
be made crrrespopdingly smaller. A
great advantage about having them made
/ into this sba, square or ob.oDg Is that
4 they viii not chip of or become broken
! many manner ike ordinary caal; IN taci,
/ the immense pressure eXerted in forming
/ them tends 10 AXE them even harder
/ than oroioary lump cal.
"A dfsideratum about Ignite Is that It
! is found near the ur'are Of the earth. and
eorss quently The cost # mining it is re-
duce a. and al the me time the supply Is
prscts-4fIy ipsvbar.tiIta The chemical