The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-21

PEELED TO vibratc 100 years in order to
encompass this number OF oscillations.
There Is, therefore something OF task
I'm store for tho scientists who expect TO
harness the ether and make ~ produce
light. ieluj says that the pulsauons OF
electric rays become more rapid as tne
metallic coating OF the Leyden Jar gets
smaller; that is the discharge from very
thin cOa.ing will produce greater num-
Der OF oscillations than one from thlc *.
or coating. Calculations snow tnat IL inc
coating could he made as small as the
material molecules OF the atmosphere the
oscillations would reach many Dlllois
per second. To produce this extremely
thin coating is the great problem, Tor II
this molecular film could discharge TO
electricity in conjunction with the mole
culcs surrounding IL oscillations would be
produced which might under certain CT
cumstanccs be perceived as lght. III the
frequency Is greater than NOOpvo,Wp III
ira violet or A-rays would be pIoducsu'
HOW DAYLIGHT Is MADE.
II ~ IS possible 10 80 vihrate the ether
as TO cause il % produce light We would
get very near approach 10 dtYhsh''
PhOsphoresccnt substances brought Win.
In range OF tho Cscill1ting machine c"iiu
be made 10 glow wildly II IS propaDle
that the energy OF the 0scillator would DE
made 20 flow 90 two rtnectOrs or plates
placsi opposite each other. 'ertal. Oh
jects held between the reneclors "oulu
give off light. 10 IS found that Wheie
"A vacuum is concerned the rate or oscli-
lations need not he so high in order that
light may be- produced. Even now, III a
iuluj lamp is held between two metal
surfaces which form part or hlsh ire
qucncy electric circuit the lamp Will glow,
even though no metal connection pe lnaue
between 10 and the surfaces. in snort
the molecules OF The atmosphere, or 10 ne
more exact the ether.'is more easily az
fected in a vacuum than under ordinary
conditions.
Tesla once made n remark which was
fun of the spirit of future progress 10 the
matter OF lighting. ct is of no little IN
tcrest." he said ITO contemplate that We
have possible way OF productivity
other than chemical means-a vcrltable
flame. which would 1--WE isht ana neat
without any material being consumed.
without amy chemical process taking
place, and to accomplish this we only
need 10 perfect methods of producing
enormous frequencies and potentals.
These words OF Alr. Tesla contains a sub-
gestiOn the full meaning OF which has
lately been moro thoroughly understood.
To produce sOmeth.us from nothing has
ever been a great huuan problem, not al
WAYS sOlvable. Here ia great scientist
pointing out a scientific way or accom-
plishing the feat The hidden meaning or
the remark is not hard 90 discern. HIS
words would seem o. intimate That We
have been employing exceedingly crude
methods Of light production, that in the
laboratory Of nature means ana materials
exist which may be procured and used
for the mere asking that our proper
course would be TO first see how light IS
produced IN nature, and then, as far as
possible. 10 90 and DO likewise. The har-
Messing Of the ether cans the solution OF
many great secrets @, the universe. the
utilization of natura light, the subtle
transmission Of speech through miles OF
space and the greatest triumph science
has yet known.-Tho Evening Star.