The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-07-31
PtrTsBURe INvEs TOR
Wakes a Discovery Wh.eh will
Rev0lutionize Electric
Business

Pttsburg. July 2s-1f the experiment
OF commercaiism the lioutd air motors
may not have the whole mechanical field
of an Allegheny inventor stand the test
exclusively through low cost and adapt.
ability Cheaply as the iiquihed air may
be produced and sold. the new method of
producing electricity viii provide Il lust
as cheaply II not Just at a less cost In
the case OF lalid air the only apparatus
required Is a condenslng mechanism and
aid and 10 get the new electricity only a
storage battery and air are needed.
q. W Frazier. the chemist and cleo
trican, Allegheny. believes he has solved
the problem Of robbing the air and its
moisture Of its power and storing It in A
battery IN the form Of electrical energy.
He has made experiments for years. and
In July, 1887 struck the experiment which
| convinced him that he was on the right
track. He secured the form Of apparatus
which would collect the electrical energy
from the atmosphere and store H. The
earliest battery would not ring a s-ohm
bell and registered an extremely light
current on the galvanometer His later
experimental batteries have shown 2n
volts TO each cell and an amperage rnucn
| higher than any storage battery OF his
work Mr.. Frazier says:
ENERGY FROM THE AIR.
IT am convinced that my labor has been
along the right lines In addition to my
small experimental batteries have con-
| s.ructed two large perfected cells. which
| win be put 90 the test Of hard work IN
"a short time I'm a big business block In
| Pittsburg. The cells collect the electrical
energy direct from the atmosphere. and
/ give 20 M as power Immediately. As the
| summer heat produces electricity. so does
my new battery depend for its greatest
| nowor solel on moisture. and a natural
draft or passage Of hot air through the
cell. The power may be increased TO any
required extent by simply increasing the
number Of cells"
Mr.. Frazier said further that with the
introduction OF the new battery In COM
mercial form the use Of steam would be
abandoned Electrical power would be
solely used. ne said, because Of its great
er excellence for most general purposes
and its wonderful economy over the old
style power with boilers and expensive
fuel bills When the same power Is So
cured with the cost OF boilers and engines
eliminated from the account, the influence
win be greater than can be accurately
| estimated now
TOO MUCH WASTED ENERGY.
"The problem Of getting electricity d.
rect from coal or the natural elements
has engaged the attention Of all the IN
ventors IN the electrical line" said Mr.
Frazier Everybody recognized IN the
case OF steam that there was too much
wasted energy In the fuel and every In
ventlon In that branch tended toward re-
duclng the cost Of producing power by de-
vices having for their object economy in
the actual quantities OF coal used under
the old conditions The numberle~, CRATE
bars and water heaters and re- Gers all
had this point as their object. When II IS
considered that about 90 per cent Of the
energy OF coal is wasted in converting It
into power the necessity OF economy ia
seen az a glance The saving Of this
great waste will cheaper the cost OF
| everything uxures as well as neces-
stiles OF life. and produce more changes
IN time than can be figured on nj present.
| But II may be said with certainty that
when power economizlng all that waste
IS in common use the effects will be great
or than were the effects OF the uses OF
steam and electricity when they were IN
toduced with limited uses. Mr.. Edison Is
on record as expressing the opinion that
this would prove the most useful inven-
tiOn OF the age. Mr Edison said that
when power could be secured In that eco-
nomical form the problem OF aerial navi-
cation would be solved. He says that tho
energy which drives traction cars repre-
seuts about 10 20 12 per cent Of the coat
energy used IN the power houses"