San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-13
HE HARNESSES THE HORSE SHOE
MAGNET AND IT WORKS
LIKE A Pillow HORSE.
An Invention That Will Do Away
With TrOlleyS And Overhead
Wires And Steam And Smoke
And Bring In The In
iuStrial Millennium.

Cincinnati, o., Sept. l3.-Ine En-
quirer prints the following:
The latest discovery in electricity
has recently been made by Mr.. A.
A. Kubac, of New Lexington, Ohio,
which scientists believed impossible of
solution, has overthrown what cleo
tricians declared as an aXiom-namely
that an attractable substance could
not be brought through the magnetic
field.
How to utilize the strange force con-
tanned in the permanent horseshoe
magnets, all men, so far as generally
known, have in vain attempted as a
source of motive power. The perma-
nent horseshoe magnet appears to be
contrary to all known laws in regard
to force, in this regard, that it may
exert its power many times to lift a
weight and in the end it's power is us
ually greater than before it had been
| used. In fact the use of the perma-
nent magnet seems to increase its
power instead of diminishing it, as is
the case in all other sources of energy.
Mr.. Kubac's permanent magnetic mo,
tor is a very simple device.
The motor consists of an armature,
permanent magnets placed in the right
relation to each other on suitable
support OF base. The armature con-
sists of a central dis or cylinder,
made of any material not attracted by
magnets, on the periphery of which
are located a series of such metallic
strips as are attracted by magnetism.
The location of the strips should be
| the same distance apart and the size
of the same width and thickness
| throughput the entire circumference of
the disc or cylinder, so as to attain
the highest possible efficiency. The
armature is supplied with an axle and
bearings. Power can be transmitted
from the motor by any suitable means
from the shaft Of the armature. The
source of power consists of one or
more magnets constructed as follows
from the poles to the neutral point:
The magnets are made in the form of
an arc. The radius of which is as
near as possible the same as that of
the armature so that the starting point
of the arc is on q line tangent to the
periphery Of the armature. To in
crease and maintain the power adj
ditional magnets are attached to those
magnets forming the arc, beyond the
tangent, away from the pheriphery of
the armature. The moment the mag
nets are placed close enough to bring
the pheriphery of the armature with
in the magnetic field, the armature
will revolve in the direction of the
poles toward the neutral point. The
use to which this motor can be put
are limitless. The dangerous and
unsightly overhead trolley wires will
be thing of the past when street cars
are equipped with this motor. The
central station with its endless string
of wires in all directions charged with
deadly electricity can be dispensed
with, whether that station is for street
car purposes or merely for supplying
power to isolated and stationary
motors. The steamboiler, with Its
heat, smoke, ashes and immense loss
of energy occasioned by using the
steam generated in the steam engine
will be all changed. With little
thought any one can see that NJ. XII
bac's permanent magnetic motor will
revolutionize all present sources of
motor power.