The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-28

surface has received. What Is the result
under the law of repulsion? There Is a
force at work between them and the
surface, which strongly tends to part the
two, and the PARTICLES are thrown off
frequently with great force. In fact this
force can BE- increased to pressure of any
desired magnitude. Just the form of APP
paratus / am using, and which accom-
plishes this thing, 1 must keep secret for
a time yet.
This repulsion under the pressure I
have referred to is increased the more
under the law that governs It, for if a
given electrical pressure is doubled the re-
pulsion Is increased four-fold, and even
more than this. on account of another
law, because electricity preferably accum-
ulates on points, and an extremely small
body Is practically a point. SO the normal
accumulation on the surface referred to-
say IL is of brass-is exceeded by the ac-
cumulation on the small bodies that may
be on chat surface.
81 have found ways of producing all de-
grees of pressure, even to a degree that
approaches more or less to that of light
ming; ana the repulsion eXerted on the
small pardcles-when a body is charged
with such tremendous pressure-is so
great as TO actually tear asunder not only
the firm adhering small objects, but the
very Particles of the metal on which they
rest. Now. for an illustration, If a brass
Is conducting the whole of the paint is
almost thrown away when the pressure is
turned.
But, further. You know how firmly
bronze paint adheres when II has dried
1t requires great force TO tear 1t away.
but under the pressure | refer to not only
is the bronze torn from the brass surface,
but the hard brass itself Is subjected TO
such pressure that it's particles are torn
asundcr scattered with great force and
thrown away, not only to distances
measured by feet, but measured by miles.
Keep up the action, and finally the entire
solid brass bail would be carried away,
but ages would be required to accomplish
this result with the present apparatus.
because of the smallness of the particles.
Still. if the pressure was sufficiently great
AS in the case of a lightning stroke-the
brass ball could be destroyed in an in-
finiiesmal period of time.
Now we will see what all of this leads
up to. l know that the scientific fact of
the result described Is accomplished and
we will consider its application to the hui
man body in cases of skin disorders or
any disorders that may arise from the
skin being attacked by disease germs or
parasites of any sort. Since small parti-
cos on body can be thrown from 1t by
the means / have gold you of. It Is think
able or even very probable that a human
body may I'm this way rid Itself of any ex-
trancOus particles that may be on il, and
as the disease germs, If any. would be
among these particles, the possibility and
practicability Of such treatment naturally
suggests itself.
81 have tried experiments I'm line with
this suggestion, and have reached most
remarkable and startling results, that inn
press me as being of great value They
VIII be continued and their actual value
positively ascertained before the method
Is unqualihedly recommended.
by means Of my apparatus / have ap-
piled an electrical current from a static
machine, so as to agitate the air surround
ing human subject in most extreme
and remarkable manner. The startling
effect was 10 make the person when OPP
Grated on in darkened room appear to
be clouded i'm a haze of luminous mist
THE electrical pressure not only vlo-
lently ogitated The air around the body,
but the repelling force threw off all parti-
cles with such violence that there ex-
tremely rapid motion through the atmos-
phere caused a friction that consumed
them, and for the fraction of a second
making them luminous, so much so as to
cause them to appear like myriads of in
finitesmal meteorS shooting i'm all direc-
lions away from the repellng body
Il have gone far enough with these ex-
Derlments to suggest the possibility of
completely enveloping the human body In
an actual sheet Of flame without injury to
either the skin or the nerves"