Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-18

In the three-quarters Of century pre-
cedlng Il,
~ Is difficult 90 predict along what
lines inventive genius vii be most oo-
tive Certain II Is that the evolution
Of new things Will 20 on In constantly
Increasing proportions
The imaginative mind naturally fore
sees the greatest possibilities in the
fields OF electricity, aerial navigation
and the Harvesting OF the great power
forces In nature. II Is interesting to
note that this view has the support Of
Charles II, DUEL, lately commissioner
Of patents In discussing the matter,
Mr. DUEL said
I'm my opinion all previous advances
In the various lines OF invention viii
appear totally insignificant when COM
pared with those which the present
century VIII witness. / almost wish
that I might live my life over again
to see the new wonders which are at
the threshold
III viii be but a few years until the
residents Of all our larger cities will be
consulting the timetables OF aerial
bee lines 90 New York allurod by such
advantages as mo smoke no dust no
heat each private residence win be
provided with its own cooling room
and cooling devices for houses which will
make bearablo any climate under the
stars and stripes the sun and the
wind Will be completely harnessod and
possibly the waves as we'll: automo-
blles will be In universal use and quad
ruplex apparatus should bring the tele-
phone service down 20 about 10 cents
month"
Probably the field which will give
forth the most wonderful Inventions In
the next quarter Of a century is that OF
electrical science, Within the past few
months devices have been patented
which viii enable Americans 20 talk
with their cousins across the sea;
which permit telephone messages and
signals OF various kinds to be trans
mltted through the earth or below the
surface Of the ocean without wires,
which cause telephone messages 70 be
recorded automatically and repeated
mechanically hundreds OF times; which
make II possible 10 transmit colored
pictures by wire between distant points
and enable the dispatch OF sixteen tele-
graph messages over a single wire.
The future OF electricity and Of the
whole transportation world waits upon
the discovery OF some means 10 harness
the magic current and house II In tight
and compact form, For nearly third
OF n century inventors have been seek
ing 10 devise a storage battery that
viii answer all requirements and the
inventor who first produces It VIII OBJ
tain wealth and fame.
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age battery will make possible electric
airships, steamless locomotives and
horseess carriages OF character more
nearly perfect than has heretofore
been dreamed Of Automobiles. the
popular vehicle Of the dawning cen-
tury have within n few months de-
cined In price owing to the improve
ment OF equipments, but the discovery
Of the sorely needed storage battery
would eventually make them within
reach OF ALL
The discovery OF n practical storage
battery VIII open a new era for the
electric railway and hasten the day OF
electric propulsion for long distance ex-
press trains for mail and passengers.
Even the subject Of electric lighting
has not been exhausted by any means
Greater brlIiancy and the saving OF
the electrical energy now wasted In
lighting systems are the goals 90 be
reached and o beginning has been
mace by the recent Introduction of
modification of the ol1 tn-'in urht
whereby the mixture OF oxides as
light emitting element mas setyra to
produce n glow which is more brilliant
than an inoandescent light and yet not
so dazzling as an arc
Supplementary TO the electrical I'M
ventions proper VIII be the discoveries
which may be expected In the field OF
eiectro-chemlstry. the new science AL
ready this new sphere has pointed q
way 10 flch gold from ores which no
other process could induce % release Il
and the newcomer among the sciences
has llmitless possibilities FOR useful
ness IN the publication OF water
For photography and printing, the