Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-31
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u.,;ny occasion 70 call at the eisctfotyp-
,oom. IN Aliens Publishing House re-
,,,v . TRIAL rep3rtsr Was afforded the
,,conmon opportunity Of seeing 10 psscti-
=, o,e,.,ion an electrical plant consisting
~. ayaan,o, motor switch board indicators,
4.e all male by an amateur and All doing
excellent practical work.
Gsorxe e. Dunton, Who has charge Of
mi. important department Of The great pab-
U.biay house. is recognized as an expert in
the, branch. He is also thoroughly familiar
18th the elementary principles Of applied
.,sssr;ci,y and ands pleasure in his leisure
to,,, in deyisinz and making electrical ap-
,.,.ra, He is not daunsed BY the delicacy
:, any Of the work he wishes to perform
.od he hs. perfected what is so rarely found
s,s, IN the smallest scale, an amateurs
.,,,ratu. producing practical results.
The dynamo vas the srst part Of the
.,,.r.,s. 70 attract the attention On enter
isy the room, a. il vas running and fur
,i.biny power for one arc light and IL
,,e.nde.csnts. II is a so volt machine Of
.boat 20 smperes. One Of the leading cleo
,,ic,sn. Of this State told Mr.. Dunton that
,ss. i, the only dynamo he had seen that
v,,.made entirely by an amateur, which
could he put in practical operation.
Near ihi. is the switch board. All the
,,rts Of the delicate machinery connected
Nth thu, Mr. Dunton says that he made
him,eIf. Here is an alarm indi-
c.,or. which in event Of short or an open
eircni, ring. in al alarm automatically.
Sill and brains are required to make and
adjust all the complicated parts Of this bit
NJ delicate mechanism. Mr.. Dunton Gays
that he mad never seen or read Of one like
,bi. and carried out his own IDEAS in devils
ing it.
lie i. nov Working on rheostat which
xiH have $50 feet OF resistance wire AMI
will be used to condense his
,oxer when hut few of his
llrht, are burning. And by the way
when these lights are burning there is no
uncertain illumination. They are in happy
eont,as, to some incandescent lights that
puzzle the eyes Of those who work by them.
Tbst little dynamo in the corner is tugging
ava, with the best results even il "begil-
ne," did construct its body and fit it for the
life current
in the other room is the little giant in
kn,ckerbockers-a compound self regula-
tiny motor This looks like a little play
thing but It exerts one eighth horse power
on the machine used in planning the electro
type. and runs It steadily and easily, in fact
better than steam engine could do. The
little motor is self regulating one which
will 70 only so fast no matter
what ay,,atng circumstances trans
njre ab1nt IT, 1t Is the smallest motor
for work that the writer has seen. Its base
i, only four and one-half by five and one
half inches The armsture itself is only
Ave and ouc-half inches long and one and
three-ei ghth. in diameter. Each of the bob
bins or magnets contains about 800 feet of
wire and the armature makes about 1000
revolutions a minute. IL is so compact, 1t
stands only Ave and a quarter inches high.
that nothing is lost.
/. appeared from Mr.. Dunton's CONVEX
sstion that he dsvotes the greater part of
hi. leisure to studying and working out
practical problems in electricity. The dy-
nsmo he savs he worked on at different
times for three years and he added, "one
may laugh. but when came to start it
was so nervous lest il fail that | would have
uyen anyone $40 to start it for me-
Mr. Dunton is now beginning work on
nne 30 likht and one 10 nrc light machine.