Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-01

/ the tension Is slight ar dihe cort can there
iu'e De made comparatively small In the
200 horse power engines the turbine shsft iF
E'afed 20 wheels twelve t.mes tfplr diameter
( 30 That The speed o. The latter Is just one
/ twelfth o. the turbine wheel
/ il would interest only mechanics 20 de-
scribe the various fne points % nechur ism
which make this engine q thing % HdmirH-
/ tlor FOR all " no see &c. il iE susceptible
/ n The most delicate control by means of the
needle valve through which just Re much
steam may be admitted Hs may he desired
and its action is automatically by q Deuuti-
iui governing mechanism that the inventor
devised TOY hlnstt Tta De Laval turbine
. may bt employed for all the asses 10 which
The ordinary reg.proa, ting steam engine is
put hut it is ui especial value Toy running
electric 1yulmos Hul similar work where
speed
Looking al the machine itself lt seene
almost impossible 70 believe thar so slight IL
Htair can develop such immense power a
I've horse power engine which IN The
ofaihbfF re.ilrunHt.ur type viii occupy &
cube OF several feet is only SIX inches 10
dIuuter while The 3bU-hurBe power engine
as alfebtv noted. Is less than al inch thick
. 'EN NELlFEU FROM a MILK SEPARATOR.
The Inventor of this remarkable COP
triFauns rs ur GustBf De Laval Of stock
holm. sweden. BE has already become
known 10 This country through the pe
+-a 20 s' ftAIINoF JOY ILt extraction Ui D'eEIu
. Nutu milk. The latter mas come widely into
use here and has taken precedence over
other devices for Tins purpose. Curiously y
enough 10 was from the cream separator
that The Invention o. -hs steam turbine came.
The separator Is indeed little more than
milk can. SET inside q closed space and
rapidly turned the cream being extracted
From The milk through the difference IL
weight OF the Two substances il devlsiuE
The separator. Df. he Laval was called upon
70 construct al apparatus which would
revolve the jar containing the milk a. hlrt
speed and after trying numerous plans he
constructed q machine IN which steam lr
he form oi le, was used In much the
same manner as q jet Of water IN q turbine
Constantly improving the latter il needed
only the inventors quick eye and imariua-
non 10 see that IL this steam turbine would
urn ms cream separator. ecuuurul lcATy It
could he built separately and used for
power purposes generally. He perfected his
WORK IN lssl. and SO apparent was the value
OF his engine that it rapidly introduced
throughout Europe j Is rather curious that
although this country Is quick 20 take ~
win new appliances and one OF the lie
Laval engines was IN operation in the
swedish building a. the Worlds fair II mas
been an utter stranger here.
AN ALL-ROUND GENIUS.
The construction OF the steam turbine
following d loaE line o. successful luveu-
lons Of Jess importance. placed Dr De Laval
Iu the front rank ul European inventors
Re ls indeed. regarded ~ ms own country
gE l-s Ereatest mechanical ana ugtuIurEIsl"
genius and Is often called THE Edison @.
sweden" Just nov be hug come tu~wl~.
with new process for electrical iron sms|r-
uE which seems go promise Erea; things
ss has been e. work upon This process tpr
reducing iron ore 90 metaLIir iron ty mems
1i an electric arc for the last four ur FIVE
years. commencing ms experiments a. thu
'uIls OF TruIhuttBn
The details Of the process have not as Vet
been made public bu' H is stated thut 10
does not contemplate the mauufHC-yre o.
iron sponge il s proposed 10 either manu-
'ac'u'e steel direct or else make 4 cast
pru5urs which can afterwards be utilized if
the siemens- Martin furnace. Roughly speak
Ing The process consists Iu mixing pulverlzed
iron ore with rarhru perhaps h
The form oi pulvsrized peat and
suhlectiuC the same. enclosed In
rotating cylinder. b heat after which IL
is brought into direct contact with al
electric arc uf tremendous power which re-
duces the ore 10 metallic iron. The melted
Iron then flows into q large and highly
hoHted furnace where n car either be manu-
'HCrursl directly into steel or cast IN Guy
FuirUhie form FOR further treatment.
Tor the generation OF the tremendous cur
rent required Doctor he Laval will employ
water power. and for his own plant he has
purchased one entire side Of The falls OF
IruI,hu'tuu whose aggregate water power ls
from 10000 70 1000. FUresUeInE through
The immense value Of MS process 10 the
iron Industry. which Is an important one ~
sweden. the inventor has formed Z hug.
syndicate Tor the purchase OF all the avail
able water power IN his country. and com
petition for be latte" has OF late been hr.sE
Other iron sud steel works Of Sweden have
become SO Interested in the possibilities o.
this process thHt they. TOO, have laid hold
of all The wa'gr power they could ot ain 4
company with 4 capital Of 20 p10 HoD ErauE'
has been formed 10 back Dr. De Laval lu ms
enterprise and u is an evidence OF II.
standing of the inventor in MS own cuur-
Try THAI the banks OF Stockholm have tuker
a.. the preferred stock Of ms company wiki
gu agreement not 10 sell the same f1-
period Of two wears
Incidental 10 the work Of perfectiuC the
nov electric smelling process pr De Laval
has recently brought out machine fDr auto.
mHtically milking COWS which rs describe.
highly ingenious and really valuable in
vuutlou. He is indeed constantly u WUr.
upon several inventions al the same zine
ana his extraordinary industry seems stut-
lar 10 that 0' our own Edison
a STRANGE CHARACTER
Personally Or. he Laval rs IN eZtraurh
nary character he rs short slight. wears
glasses and Is 0f an exceedingly nervous
temperament When be speaks MS word
come like a torrent. and. indeed. ne tries
20 ak SO fast NAT he sTlutters. Ha seem
simply bundle Of nerves and all Of these
kept Ht the hiEhss, tension o. activity. Ea
would utterly wear himself Cgt were It not
for Lls ability 10 sleep vel an long. and b
is thus be racuperat,s himself Tor the eN-
penel.ure OF energy, dissipation IL might be-
called, which be makes ito his duily wu~E
TIE inventor comes from an ola ana we'll
known Swedish family Of rem tie FrlnNh gE-
traction. is finely educated and In addition
10 ms standing as a mechanical inventor
he Is q prominent figure In the social ana
warm friend Of he Swedish king is one
Of the leaders Of the UunETUhi-Hi party. and
he Is or has been urrN Recently. 4 pruUi-
eut member Of The Sws dish SUugte. he Is
NV about IS or 80 wears Id and 70 the
surprise Of all ms friends has just been
married. He is as intense In all mis- ideas
and beliefs as ne is IN his methods Of
WORK, and in regard % his own country. be
IS ChEUvinist 20 q drEIVe Duder no con
sidUrg-iOn can ne re induced 10 leave
Sweden now although Six or eight years
ago he made Z visit 10 this country 20
Introduce his separator. Here he fen iu
with r. wd o. promoters q the approved
type who succeeded IN relieving him Of
oil lis available money before he 60; away
His experience in New York inspired him
with al intense d!s-rust OF American
fuHuCiers. Blth suEh 10 personal arquaiu-
tauces from this country he is exceedingly .
r1r1iEI
Doctor De Lavel is reputcd TO he q very
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