The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-06

Steam II forced into the engine at high
pressure. which produces an extremely
rapid vibration Of q steel rod. and this
rod Of piston Is 80 adapted to 4 set Of
magnets that the mechanical energy Of
the vibration IL converted into elec-
tricity. Fly wheels and governing balls
and eccentrics and valves and all the
rest Of the complicated mechanism re-
Quired for the purpose Of control or reg
ulation are done away with.
The steam cylinder with its piston
Is the only thing that does the work
about q steam engine. All the rest take
energy, but produce nothing. SO II they
can be done away with the energy Oscil-
lator does away with them. The os-
cfllator converts the energy of steam
into electricity directly. 1t would ap-
pear that this invention. II 1t does all
that 1t promises. will revolutionize all
business that requires energy In the
form Of steam or electric force to Ope-
rate It. The machine doesn't take up
One-tenth OF the room needed by an
ordinary engine and dynamo.
Probably the Oscillator and the new
system Of lighting would both have
been in use long ago had 1t not been
for the destruction Of Tesla's laboratory
last year. He had these and other in
ventions very near completion. He
had In his workshop the result Of years
Of work. He had many models of ma
chinery that he could not replace. All
the work that had been done In making
these things had to be done over again.
He said himself at the time that mil
lion dollars could not repay the loss.
WITH THE X-RAY.
Tesla's work with the Roentgen ray
photography and the results he has ac-
conplished have been more interesting
than the work and results done and ac-
complished by any other experimenter.
His first published statement OF what
he had been doing was months after the
discovery of the photography. He had
experimental in the meantime inces-
sanity. His picture and his statement
were printed In the Electrical Review.
He succeeded In taking the picture OF
the shoulder of a man showing the ribs
and shoulder and upper arm bones. II
was taken through clothing and board
partition at q distance Of four feet
His experiments extended over a wide
range. In his paper he said:
The bony structure of birds. rabbits
and the like Is shown within the least
Is clearly visible. In a plate of a rab-
bit, under exposure of an hour, not only
every detail OF the skeleton Is visible
but likewise clear outline of the alb
dominal cavity and the location Of the
lungs, the fur, and many other fea-
lures. Prints Of even large birds show
the feathers quite distinctly.
"Clear shadows of the bones of hu.
man limbs are obtained by exposures
ranging from quarter of an hour tC
an hour, and some plates have showr
such an amount OF detail that 1t is al.
most impossible to believe that we have
to deal with shadows only. For in.
stance, a picture Of a foot with a shoe
on 1t was taken. and every fold of the
leather trousers. stocking. ETC., is visi.
BILE. while the flesh and bones stand out
sharply. Through the body of the ex.
perimenter the shadows of small but
tons and like objects are quickly OBJ
tained, while with an exposure of from
one to one and a half hours the ribs
shoulder bones, and the bones Of thu
upper arm appear clearly, as Is shOwr
In the annexed print. 1t Is now demon.
strated beyond any doubt that small
metallic objects or bony or chalky de.
posits can be infallibly detected in any
phrt of the body.
AN outline of the skull is easily OBJ
tanned with an exposure of twenty t
forty minutes. In one instance an ex
posture of forty minutes gave clearly
not only the outline, but the cavity OF
the eye, the chin, the cheek and nasa
bones, the lower jaw and connection.
to the upper one. the vertebral column
and connections to the skull, the flesh
and even the hair BY exposing thu
head to powerful radiation strange
effects have been noted. For instance
] find that there 10 a tendency to sleep
and the time seems to pass away quick.
~. There Is q general soothing effect
and I have felt q sensation Of warmth
In the upper part of the head. An an
sistsnt independently confirmed tn,
tendency to sleep and q quick lapse o.
time. Should these remarkable effect!
be verified by men with keener sens,
OF observation, shall still more firm
ly believe In the existence OF materia
streams penetrating the skull. Thu!
1t may be possible by these strange ap
pliances to project suitable chemica
into any part Of the body.
'ROentgen advanced modestly his re
suits, warming against too much hope
Fortunately his apprehensions wer,
groundless, for, although we have tt
all appearance to deal with mere sha
dow projections, the possibilities of tn,
application of his discovery are vast
/ am happy to have contributed to tn,
development Of the great art he ha'
created"
Tesla has prepared five papers since
this one, In each of which he has tolt
something about some branch Of tn
new photography that had heretofor
been unknown. Some Of the picture
he has obtained are wonderful TIL,
last and the one that created the mos
talk Is q picture of man which show
among other things, the outline Of tn
heart. Tesla showed this picture to tn
Sun reporter, together with picture o
leg and foot, both Of them remarka
BILE specimens of the work Of the Roent
gen photography.
Tesla was once asked II he was wei
of. His reply was: ''If every mai
who uses my machine in electrO-thera
py alone would give me a quarter
would be very wealthy man. / neve
! received dollar for 1t, and there Is n
| way in which could. I receive smal
income from my invention in the rotat
ing field, and I have q small incOm
from home. All this spend here" Re
gardirg the future he has said: II ex
l,ect to live to be able to set q machin
In the middle of this room and move
by the energy Of no other agency tha
the medium in motion around u.s."
EDUCATION AND MARRIAGE.