The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-18

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ANEW ILLuMtNANT DISCOVERED
3 by x 10 ANspoI,T, INDIANA.
lSEENToR- edison AND TESLA
Il ARE NOT IN IN WITH NickuAi:
sAipTo BE ONE or THE GREAT
EST DISCOVERIES OF THE AGE.
Night ONCE STARTED NEVER
GOES. OUT. lti
sScw York World; This, inventor
gcjnlms to have discovered a means OF
making artificial suns
He can bottle UP u light more bril-
limit than the electric arc. stcadier than
the incandesccn lamp, softer than an
oil burner. u is like imprisoned sun
shine. 4 II has neither wires nor battery
connected whit 1t can. be carried
about In ones pocket Its brillianey
Will last as long as the glass in which Il
Is confined.
This discovercr OF the new lllumlnant,
X ~ s. %. Nickum. OF Loganspert. lnd.s It
IA THE result OF five years OF the hardest
kind or, work I'm his finely appointed
Laboratory. 1t Is the product OF a train
I ed and scientific mind, worked outt
x slowly, lnboriously. In the face OF many
failures and obstacles that appeared at
4 first insurmountable.
s 1.-THE new light eis the result of q chem
icaliac heretofore unknown. There
us no elaborate apparatus. no compllca-
* ted machines needed TO generate II. \
The chemicals are placed In a glass
globe from which the air Is extracted
and which Is then Theoretically sealed.
THE light CLOVIS at once. The globe can
he carried about with the greatest free
dom, In ones pocket II It is desired. or
In any receptacle. Once started. the
light never goes out. 80 long as The globe
isiintact.
all that is claimed for this illuE,in-:
y ant be true It Is one OF. the greatest DIS
coveries OF all times. Il It Is more mar
svelous than the vacuum tube light dis
covered By Tesla.
1t means the destruction OF gas trusts.
X 1T means the abandonment OF their
great plants and those of electric light
companies as we'll. Each individual and
each household can have its indcpend-
entTilmminanta It will be u deadly blow
II 10 the great oil trust. The brilllancys
$ the hue and the power of the new light
& can be regulated by the size and color
.iEs or the glass Globe and the amount OF
z chemicals used. But there is ono. draw
5 $ back The light cannot be eStlnsuish-
Z cd without destroying It absolutely, nor
ri caniits power be regulated. K.
s The globes are made in sizes varying
from an ordinary egg TO the covering OF
ar, arc light. Some of them glow with
n soft. dim light, while the large ones
i 4 possess extraordinary brilliancy.
The brliliancy of the larger sizes de-
ponds upon the degree of exhaustion
a,s In the globe. II a perfect vacuum could
be; obtained the inventor declares ,hat
Z the human eye could no more bear the
4 light than 1t can look at thesun at mid
ri day, He says that the only obstacle
r that now stands In thcway OF complete
success Is the exhaustion OF the globes
and the sealing OF them. This Is n
9ipurcly mechanical problem which does
not give him great concern.
The discovery OF the new light ls not
Tho. only one which Nickum Is sure that
~ he.has made. He declares, that many Of
The accepted beliefs OF scientists are
wrong. He has become convinced that
astronomers have been misled and thal
5s8sthe force commonly called gravitatlor
{ has q character wholly different froT
that ascr.bed to II by the Newloniar
< theory. Is e ySi5it .tss-i
First 1t Is interesting to know some
thing OF THE man himself and how III
I'll came to discover the new light. y He !:
forty years old and was born In Ohio
q He is self-educated.l He has lived III
Logansport for several years and In In
diana the greater part OF his lie. II
y has a model; shop and is known as q me
chanic of rare skill and as student a.
well. y 81
From his early youth he has found nj
pleasure in the usual rccreationst tina
t attract men,. His days have been pass
cd In work and experiment. his night
s into delping into scientific works: II
si9 has made several inventions which Vel
Z 5i him q comfortable income. ZIG.
~ About Eve years ago an order for hal
d dozen representations OF the sofa
- system was sent to him. &c set 10 wor
B 10 build an exnct model showing tn
movements Of the planets about the sur
This led him to study astronomy an
physics very carefully Doubt entere
$50 hts mind. and further study and expeI
itnent led him TO believe that the attrae
ton which Is called gravitation Is
force vastly different and acting In
h manner not yet grasped by scientists.
From his conclusions he began
draw further deductions rs to attrat
N lions and rcpulsions. finally decidin
that there was no such thing as atom
affinity or cohesion of molecules. Star
ing from This viewpoint he began
series OF experiments. both mechanics
MI and chemical, and finally stumbled upo
sSG the new light.
Nickum was not elated with his dl
coyery. He had no great confidence
,sss Il at first. He did not accept 1t az 4 re
s r. discovery OF practical importance uni
he put 1t TO the test. Each derelopmei
was more and more extraord!nary.7F
Va, AZ WINS finally convinced that he had four
anew :illumlnant.
zss This was three years ago. Since thu
he has worked night and day to bril-
sSSa5. d Inc idea to state OF practical Nperfe
y tion.g He has worked in absolute s
IN crecy, Years ago iNlckum had an u
fortunate experience with an inventio
It taught him caution. He extended h
IS N! laboratory to twice Its former size. ]
took every prccautloh 10 Keep out !
5$ truders. He went to live over the wor
shop, q
!ss} An Idea OF the application OF this !
.vcntorl canSbe gained when 1t .isssa
a. that for weeks nj q time he has not be
& IN the open air. AL; long intervals
appears upon the streets OF the toy
hurry!ng to perform some urgent bu'
ness He is Jealous OF every mimi
that keeps him from his work. 81
During the three years while he "
Z Developing the light no one knew |
S York.nponf which he was engaged. =
IL spoke, OF to no one. He preferred
NJ waItauntllhe had gained the goal. T
people oil Logansport had not the fair
est idea OF the problem he was work.
on In his laboratory, where n light "
burning at NIL hours OF the night