The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1902-01-09
JOSEF HOFFMAN SAYS THAT
MUSIC MAY MAKE MEN MAD

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Cd speed and safety
T shall manufacture On t1e Cont
nezt. and If ali goes vel shall IN
du1btedly undertake some enterprise
here in America. as this Is -Es CON
i1E home OF the automobile. Your
cvcling movement has been a great
benefit iH the matter Of good roads
something that is very lacking on the
Continent, except within few miles
@; the principal centres
! took q bicycle journey from Der.
lin 20 Gosten recently. 3 spin Of some
three hundred and sixty k.lcs and
did IL in record time. but The roads
toward The Russian frontier we're m
speakably bad. FOR there l. little in
Centive 20 keep The highways 4 pro
. per condition there
Here. however. ! note with great
satisfaction that from place 70 place
throughout the country there are ex-
cellent roads. even across the CONT
nsnt. and that there is great pride
displayed in keeping them in fine re-
pair. All this will do much 20 make
automobiling in America a sound and
practical sport"
Mr. Hofnann's Inventions.
This detailed description % Nj
Hofmanns inventions is furnished by
one OF his attorneys
Mr. Hofmann's motor for automO-
biles and other uses relates 20 that
class Of motors. not as YET common.
IN which an expansive motive fluid
is produced for use in the motor OF
the steam engine type by means Of
the combustion Of an explosive mix
ture and the combination Of the hot
. gases Of such combustion with water
which Is thereby converted into aque-
Gus yapoT.
The important feature OF NJ. Hof-
MAINS invention lies IN the fact that
he constructs the apparatus 60 that
the whole heat and force Of the pro-
ducts OF combustion will be utilized
in their primary function q combin-
ing with the water 10 produce the eX-
pansive fluid in the form OF aqueous
yapor 10 be used in the motor.
The explosive action takes places
very much as ia an ordinary gas en-
sine. but the force of the explosion
is not expended in aetuating piston
as is the case in a gas engine. Such
explosive action is used for another
purpose-uamely. 10 carry the gases
OF combustion 10 combine with the
water 10 form the aqueous vapors
which are then used in the motor.
The hot gases Of combustion *
change heat with the less not wafer
and the latter is converted into steam
which. mixed with the cooled gases,
furnishes an expansive motive fluid
very suitable to operate motors Of the
steam engine type for automobile or
other uses.
Mr.. Hofmann's invention smb0dies
a valuable idea in that it iusures a
more direct and complete utilization
OF the fuel than with the use Of the
inefficient steam boiler On the 9th
er hand. his Invention gives 10 an au-
;omobile the smooth running quail
ties OF steam engine instead Of the
jerky and noisy action Of a gas en-
CINE
Achievements in Chemistry
Mr. Holman besides being vsrsed
in mechanics. has devoted much study
q the subjects of chemistry and cleo
tricity, and he has made practical in
ventionS in those lines. One of these
inventions. which ne has patented in
the United States and in different
countries OF the world. relates 70 a
process Of regenerating the lead per
oxide electrodes Of accumulation bat
teries
One of the methods Of regenera-
ting or reCharging. chemically. such
electrodes heretofore attempted 20 be
used has been by the employment Of
the hypoClOriJes such as chloride Of
lime That was Instantaneous. be
cause during the oxidation az the cleo
trode a deposit was formed. which
had bad effect. increasing the inter
nal resistance Of the battery. so that
the electro-motive force would rapid
" diminish.
Mr. Hoffman, has overcome these
difficulties. and has demonstrated that
the accumulation electrodes can be
regenerated by chemical means and in
practically feasible way. by the use
Of free hvpochlorous acid in solution.
instead Of the troublesome hypochlo-
rites This invention may seem sim
pie. but the simplest inventions are
generally the most important and
valuable"