The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-28
TESLA'S NEW LIGHT.
The Electrician Says He Has at Last
Perfected It.
Great Inventor Speaks of His Method
of Vacuum Tube Lighting.

Tesla, tho father OF many electrical in
yentions, was in Pittsburg the other day,
and in an interview said he had perfected
tho new electric light that would reyolu-
tionizc the system. George Westinghouse,
Jr., had large party of engineers in
Pittsburg viewing the different Wcsting-
house interests. The party was headed 10y
Chief Engineer Melville of the United
States navy and the primary object of
that gcntleman's visit was to inspect the
working and operation of the Tesla motor
at the factory of the Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing company.
Since the wonderful development of the
pclyphase system OF electrical power trans
mission, which was invented by Nikola
Tesla, the possibilit ,es of the electric motor
for use In mills, mines and factories have
attracted great attention, and IL Is the OBJ
ject OF the United States navy TO substitute
electricity for steam in its various de-
partments, where such u thing can be prac-
tically accomplished.
Tesla was himself memtSr OF the party
rs well as Mr. Ely, the superintendent OF
motive power OF the Pennsylvania railroad;
James McCrea, first vice president Of the
Pennsylvania company; +. A. Adams, the
president of the Cataract Construction
company Of Niagara Falls; Paul ID. Cravath
of New York city and o. Il. Shallenbcr-
ger, the electrical expert of Rochester Pa,
and tho inventor of the celebrated Shallen-
berger meter. The party visited in success
sion the airbrakc works, the electric
works, the machine company's works, and
i'm the afternoon they went TO Homestead
to the Carnegie Steel company's great
I'LL, Int. an
armor plato department.
Mr. Tesla was seen for few moments
during the day. He looked the same pleas
ant gentleman as of yore He talked en-
Enthusiastically about his success with the
new light which he is about TO introduce,
and he said positively that he had at last
perfected his method of vacuum tube light
ing SO Us to be able to introduce il any
where. Speaking about the Tesla motor,
he stated that hc felt sure the polyphasc
system would enable the introduction Of
electric power to much larger extont than
had ever been thought of. Having one
central generating station of the electric
current, the same Source OF electricity will
render the supply Of electric light and pow
er entirely practical as well MS economical.
Wherever tho steam engine is used now in
tho iron mills, in manufacturing plants,
as well as on steamers, to operate cranes,
elevators. rolling mills, etc, the Tesla mo-
tor can d0 such work far better. IL is sim
pie in construction, requires no attention
and is much cleaner than "a steam engine.
In the case of the United States nayy, no
said, tho electric motor may operate tur-
rets, guns and gun carriages, rs well as
cranes, and Tesla polyphase generator on
"a ship would be able to furnish light and
power from the same source. The party
went to Niagara Falls on the Westinghouse
private car To inspect tho large electric
plant of the Cataract Construction COM
pany and the Tesla motors at that place.
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