The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-07
LIGHT OF THE WORLD
NEW ILLUMINATING GLOBE CON-
STRUGGLED BY A LOGANsPORT MAN.
Description of the New Invention
Reads Like Il Story of Keeley's
Mysterious Motor.

PITTSBURG, Jan. 6.-The Logansport
Qnd.) correspondent of the Dispatch says:
N. B. Nickum, inventor of the new light
which he claims will revolutionize the proc
ess of illumination, is inaccessible to all
callers. The doors to his workshop in this
city are locked. When the Dispatch CORE
spondent climbed the narrow stairs leading
to the rooms from which it is claimed the
light of the world will soon issue, no re-
Spouse came to the knock, although signs 'ot
activity were heard from within. The in
ventor's brother, T. B. Nickum. was seen,
however, and through him the following
statement as to the new light was obtained
from the inventor:
1.-THE light is contained in a round glass
globe, or sphere in which so-called gravita-
ton is cut off. The light can be made of
almost any brilliancy from the size of pea
to that of the most powerful arc light, and,
when the globes are once made and sealed,
remains constant forever thereafter. There
are no wires and no electric current is
used, but the light never goes out, and
when not in use can be placed in a bureau
drawer or any convenient place until need
ed The globe is cold there being no loss
of heat or movement from the interior to
the outside. There is no possibility of a
fire resulting from the use of the light, for
the instant there is crack in the globe the
light will be extinguished. They can be
/ broken in a key of gunpowder without the
slightest danger of an explosion.
1.-THE nature of construction or process
by which this new light is produced the
inventor will not at present make public,
but light produced by the ever-present
and perpetual vibration of matter is an
accomplished fact and a practical exhibit
ton of the light will be made in the near
future.
"A book by the inventor of the light,
which has been in course of preparation for
several years, will be given
to the publishers. This book
will explain how energy operating
upon matter produces the various changes
in nature. 1t will be shown that there is
but one kind of power and but one kind of
matter. The old theories are shown to be
incorrect The theory of gravtation is
proven false. There is no such thing as at
traction between masses or atoms. They
are driven together by force and separated
or knocked apart by force.
"A vacuum is absolutely impossible of
production The supposed atmospheric
pressure of fifteen pounds to the square
inch is not less than ninety tons to the
period of moving atoms to and from CEN
ter, the center atoms being made to vibrate
so rapidly that the eyes are made insensi-
BILE to such movement. In this is involved
the principle of the new light.
The new light has been exhibited to Sc
lect few of the inventors friends in this
city one of these being John w. Barnes,
of the firm of Louthian IL Barnes, proprl-
etors and publishers CT the Daily Pharos.
The light was exhibited to Mr.. Barnes UNI
der the pledge of secrecy, but when seen
by the Dispatches correspondent Mr.. Barnes
admitted that he had seen the new light in
Mr. Nickum's workshop, and, when asked
to describe it, he said:
ut is in the form of glass blobe, the
light inside being of mellow color, much
like what would be produced by covering
an incandescent light with a white ground
glass globe The lamp had no connection
with any outside object that could have
produced the light. The illumination was
from within the globes and was produced
by chemicals in a so-called vacuum, bottled
up and sealed tightly. How long the light
NAV last | have no way of knowing, Lut
the inventor says it is perpetual