New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-06-02
Ia GREAT INVENTION.
IT IS TO CARRY ELECTRICITY WITH
OUT LOSS OF POWER.

OUT LOSS OF POWER.
The Only Thing Needed Is,s vacuum-Ex-
haust the Air From the Tube Which
Carries the Wire, and You Have It-That
Is, Until You wake Up Again.
I've got the greatest thing in the
world, - remarked a prosperous looking
individual who walked into the Office of
one of the most prominent consulting
/ engineers and electricians in the coun-
try as an Express reporter was sitting
in the outer Office.
/ 'What is it?'' asked the engineer.
"I'H tell you, responded the pros
i porous looking man. It's an inven-
|, ton here the engineer began to look
bored, but he smiled politely and Ills
/ visitor continued-"an invention that
\ will revolutionize the business Of trans
| uniting electric power
i Now if there is one thing that this
/ particular engineer is more interested
/ in or knows more about than anything.
I else, it is this same subject of the trans
( mission of electric power. He began to-
look little more interested and urged.
his visitor to tell him what the scheme
| was and also to inform him what he.
could do for him. -
T "Well, before I describe the inven--
tion,' said the prosperous man, ''I'll
tell you what we've done. We've dis
covered way to transmit power with
absolutely no loss in trausmission-ab-
so-lute-ly no loss. Do: ycu realize what
that means?''
lit means you'll own the earth if
you've got it, remarked the engineer.
''Correct!' exclaimed the prosperous
man. LAS you so aptly put it, Well
own the earth. You will notice I do not
admit that there is any doubt about the
proposition. We know what We have
got We have seen it work. There g
millions in itn''
"What tests have you made?'
'Tests? Why, my dear sir, we have
made the most exhaustive tests. VS.
J have built a mile of conduit, sir, and
; the most delicate instruments fail to
| detect the slightest loss of power in
: transmission. Oh, there is no question
: that the process works to perfectionl
| Now, what want you to do is to give
5 us your opinion on it. Study the sub
= ject, give your opinion in writing, and
| We'll pay you handsomely"
well, tell me what your process is
r and I'll see what I think Of it," said
the engineer. eff I think you have a
e practicable thing, I'd like to see you,
: experimental line in operation.
e ''That's the way I like to hear you
. talk, SIR shows you are conservative
+ man, sir. wouldn't give rap for the
e opinion Of a man who jumps at conclu
:. sions, sir. Now, I'll tell you what thil
e great invention consists of. It's va
j. cuum-nothing but a vacuum You
e know vacuum is the most perfect in
sulation, don't you? Put vacuum
c around wire and the electricity cam
S get away. Moisture can't get at tn
It wire. Air can't get at it. Vacuum'l
b keep the current on the wire, won't it?'
d The engineer allowed that vacuum
a if a good one, might be Of value for in
|. sulating purposes.
"Well," continued the prosperou
looking man, eve just take this vaccu
UNI idea and carry it to its ultimat
conclusion, understandable it's last anal
:, ysis, SO to speak. It's easy enough t
l. surround wire with a vacuum. Al
a you've got to do is to put the wire in
~ tube and pump the air out of a tube
= isn't it? Well, suppose you pump ava
-, until you've got all the air out
&c you've got your wire insulated, haven
~ you? Can't lose any current, can you
~ But that's all. You've got the resistanc
of the wire to deal with, and that
~ where you lose energy. That is whe1
= our discovery comes in. We know VIII
- the resistance exists, and from that it
~ easy to learn how to cure it. 4
~ ''Take a copper wire. Copper's mad
-. up of molecules, sn'tit? Molecules kee
~ vibrating all the time, don't they
never stay still, never remain in col
tact? You know all about that. Wei
IL there must be something between tho
; l molecules, then, isn't there? There j
ur and that something is air. That's VIII
TO the electricity don't hke-can't pa
x through the air. Now, suppose you tai
til the air from out between the molecule
De- what happens? Molecules remain at re
on - stay in contact. Electricity 60
ng through without any obstruction, al
~ there you are-no loss Of current at al
,ck Logical, ism t it?'' @
at The engineer was getting faint, b
he found voice enough to admit that t
theory was certainly ingenious.
II knew you'd say so,' said the e
OF thusiastic visitor. Nov, it only !
ap- mains to extract the air, and thai
ce ,s what we've done-got an airpun
VII that'll pump all the air out from /
no tween the molecules of copper vii
eW We've done it-done it on mile
M M wire, sir. Took q mile and furlong
cover a mile, because the wire sho
ened up wien the molecules crowd
10 together. That what we've done, s
G.. md I think you'll agree with meth
,ro- we've got the greatest invention of t
ON ages, won't your
re- The engineer gasped for breath a
177 then automatically told the strane
hoe that he would DO {. little figuring in