The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-18

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he has mads some remarkable disoove-
ries. which will soon be announced.
I had pleasant chat with Mr.. Tesla
the other day, and learned from him
that he has about perfected his new phos-
phoresoent light, which will come as
near art iflcisl daylight as anything yet
attempted. There will be no tilament in
the glass bulb; nevertheless it will glow
with all the brilliancy of an arc light.
The current employed will be of low vol.
tage, but it will be changed into one of
high potentiality by induotionooils In this
way three improvements will be effected
over the present inoandescent lamps
brighter illumination, no deadly wires
and cheaper cost.
Mr.. Tesla is not ready to give to the
public the details of his wonderful inyen-
ton, but those who have seen the new
light say that 1t will work a revolution
in methods of illumination. Some re-
markable photographs have already been
obtained from it, 1t is stated that the
cost will be scarcely one-half of the rates
that at present prevail
Mr.. Tesla had a somewhat amusin g
experience not long ago in this oonneo-
ZION. In the course of his experiments
he accidentally discovered that rapid VI
bration has physiological effects on the
human body. That a sick man, for ex-
ample, may be so shaken up as to be
cured of his ailments. Mr.. Tesla there
upon made an ''oscillator" sort of
platform which produces very rapid me.
chan1cal vibrations, and tried 1T upon
some OF his friends. The "oscillator'
worked like charm, and some one nut
squib in the papers about 1t, which
went the rounds of the country. Very
soon Mr.. Tesla was deluged with letters
by people who wanted to be "shaken
mp. 1t seemed as if half the human
family had torpid livers.
Mr.. Tosla's experience in this respect
was duplicated by Mr.. Edison. As soon
as it became generally known that the
Wizard had been able 20 photograph
through boards and The human body,
letters poured into Llswellyn Park from
all over the country, saying that the
writer's had needles, bullets or foreign
Substances in them. 81 had no idea {"
said Mr.. Edison, THAT the country had
SO many patriots with bullets in their
bodies. 1t seems from my mail as If every
other person must have got hit with a
stray shot''
The third electrician who is graphing
with the problem of cheap illumination
is Mr.. d. MoFarlan Moore, who claims
to have solved the secret of the fire fly.
Following close upon the heels of Roent-
gems rays, the discovery promises to
work q revolution in electric illumina-
ton, and foresnadows an era of one un-
broken day.
Mr.. Moore is comparatively unknown
to fame. For several years past he has
been quietly at work in his Newark
laboratory-which, curiously enough, is
within stones throw of Edison's old
place-and success seems at last to have
crowned his efforts. He calls the new
kind of illumination "etheric lighting"
for want of a better name. and employs
only the most simple apparatus to manu-
facture it, Indeed, like Roentgen's rays,
| the wonder is that some electrician has
not before this time hit upon Mr..
| Moore's discovery. 1t Is as certainly as
simple as it is remarkable in the effects
produced. Not only is it the nearest ap-
proach to the production of light without
heat that the world has yet seen, but the
| whole illumination is obtained from an
| ordinary current of low voltage
There are no halrpin fllaments in Mr..
Moore's system, as with the inoandes-
cent lamp, and the illuminating agent is
distributed through pipes and tubes, just
as we now distribute water and gas.
Mr.. Moore's invention involves new
principle in molecular vibration. He
separates the several divisions of energy,
and employs only the ill Eliminating ele-
ments. He hopes to get as much light
with one-yolt current as Tesla now
does with million VOLTS. In short, the
new light promises to turn things topsy-
turvey. We are certainly on the eve of a
revolution in electric lighting, If Tesla,
Edison and Moore are to be believed.
Mr.. Moore's new light, owing to the
"pSohoo vi uOHu, foQulIo6 1luolo poWoT 10
generate it, and can be produced from a
battery the size of that which rings the
front door bell. Iu other words, an ordi-
nary glass jar, containing pieces of zinc
and carbon immersed in acid, will fur
nish a current sufficient to produce good
illumination.
MIR. Moores' apparatus is not much
bigger than an ordinary sized teacup,
and the little machine that breaks the
circuit and corresponds to the electric
bell, is not bigger than ones finger.
had occasion to visit Mr.. Moore's lab
oratory the other day. Some of tn exper-
lments | witnessed were beautiful, and
the light was certainly as good as one
could wish. One experiment. struck me
particularly. After we entered the dark
room the inventor handed me long
glass tube, about as big as broom stick,
and then ordered the lights out. In few
seconds streams Of light began playing
through the tube from one end to the
other. The amazing thing about it is
ia no