Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-03
JAMES II. REID THE INVENTOR
Thinks He Has Come Nearer Than
Any Man to Solving the mys.
stery of Llfc-workins of the
Machine.


posed of iron and carbon, works ON the
sapc principle as the human lungs.
sat breathcS AUTOMATICALLY, but the
air instead OF entering and leaving tho
machine periodically. maintains IL con
tnuouS current at a given pressure
.Elkc the body, the machine forces
in its OWN air With IL power that can
he likcnci To instinct iN;rlf when
moro air is needed ami then through
its automatic mechanism, which cor.
responds 10 voluntary breathing, il
fills up its lungs
The fluid in the dynelcctron CORE
spends to the blood i'll the body Wien
IT is fresh before IL has been through
the machine it looks red. iSmt after il
mas performed its duty by assisting in
making electricity, il turn dark, very
nearly the color of the blood circula,-
ing through our veins.
Analysis al the air being brcathe.l
out from The machine does not differ
one tenth of ono per cent. from tli
hrcathed out by he human body.
This machine. the workings of
which are so mysterious except To
scientific ami electrical engineers will
produce an electrical current. the size
OF which depends wholly on ihc size
of tho machine. If il will do all its
makers claim, il will bc Il mighty fac.
tor in the Industrial and commercial
world
Technically speaking. the dynclca.
iron is an engine which makes pus-
sihle. sn its inventor claims. the rr,.
ductinn uf electrical power from The
three primary cicmcnt.-iicat. water
and ar--withnul Tho use Of hoiicrs,
dy4anoS CT the usual expensive ap.
paratns considered necessary for such
production--a startling revolution
from known methods for the develop.
Inent Qt'ccctricity
Ky tho application of less than lnn
degrees Of heat AMI the supplying of
air al about L, pounds pressure. and
small quantity of water To rcpIacc
evaporation. the dynrlcc;ron generates
curl cntS Of electricity. which. mcaSur.
ed by the usual motors. arc Identical
with the currents generated for com.
mercial use by hynarios
aANithout i'll any way Involving -
change Of equipment. any variety
OF current may br supplied by
meaus Of transformers II; All
efficiency OF over forty-iivc pu,,
cent. while the efficiency oil present
methods of generating electricity is,
about per cent
In operation tho dyuclcciron is Il
modcl OF simplicity and practicability.
nslnE only the primary elements for
generation, being entirely automatic
itself.
The dynclcctron is made up of cells
about &c inches deep and 10 inches
each way, but their. size and shape
can be regulated to suit the user.
The cells are composed Of iron and
carbon, containing the clcctrolyte sodi-
um hydroXidc. Energy is produced by
the oxidation and tlcONidaiion Of the
iron. which, as il well understood by
chemists, makes an electrical current
The principle is the same as that
from Which we derive our power TO
move. Blood corpusclcs, after rccciv-
ing oxygen from the air which passes
into the lungs, are pumped i'll the blood
10 all parts of the body. gradually xiv.
ing off the Oxygen ami sustaining life.
AS they lose their oxygen they change
from rcd to n blue or purple
Exactly tho same thing happens in
tho dyDelCctron when il is Mt work
Air is forced into the generator, and.
passing through the pores OF the car
bon is relieved Of its oxygen. which
uniting with the sodium hydroxidc,
produces i'll the clccirolyto Il complete
chemical cycle. or electrical current.
The only difference between this in.
vention and tho human body is that
in the latter the blood ia made to pass
through the oxygen, while in the for
tncr the oxygen is made to pass
through the solution in the machine
which corresponds to the blood In the
body
IIent plays an important part i'll the
working: of the machine. This can
6R f,l,t y,s,
Gas Is used in the plant now installed
thc,SlWrncr being under the machine
1hb quantity of heat necessary to
yield n given output is readily asccr.
tanablc by proper tests. Such tests
have been conducted. and it has been
found that when electrical energy is
being developed at the rate Of Ii6
watts, or i'll other words, one horse
power ner hour, hea; energy is being
consumed at the rate of $500 British
thermal limits per hour. The best type
OF steam engines requires nj least two
pounds OF coal per horsn power per
hour as each pound OF coal contains
approximately $4,000 British thermal
units, Development of power In such
engines magistrates the expenditure
of substantially $1,000 i. r. u per
horse power per hour.
The pipes running from the top of
the cells are used to supply air. Wires.
convey tho current to the distributing
board on the opposite side Of the
room.
The machine was set mp at Provi-
idsnce, r. l., to demonstrate tho work
lihsSr Or ..tlynclcciron. Well known r,,nc-
ltrlcal engineers from nearly every
country in tho world have examined
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