The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-07
COLLEGE BOY Is
 ABLE INVENTOR
Winton Co. Pays Him S5200
 for Auto Sparker
LONG LIST OF SUCCESSES
Four Marked ventions-Eleetric Mo- tor Device Brought Him Ssooo and He Receives Royalties on
 Other Lesser Devices.

Syracuse. N. Y, Dispatch to the New
 York Herald.
 Edward Moore of Newburg. a freshman in the L. c. Smith College of Applied Science at Syracuse university. has re- ceived S52OO for an invention of an im- provement in an automobile sparl1er. thus adding to the most remarkable record of successful inventions ever credited to student of Syracuse university.
 Although only twenty years of age and just beginning his course in electrical en- gineering, this is MT. Moore's fourth in ventlon now in use.
 Before coming to college he sold one for ss0Oo and now has two on royalties. His latest invention is that interests automobilists. Until his mechanism was sold to the Winton company the ehauf- feur had to switch the current which runs the spark from the battery to the magnet by hand. The new device is simple arrangement which does this au- tomatically when the gear lever is oper- ated. The invention for which the $S0O0 was paid is a combined starter and regu- lator for electric motors. Royalties are being paid for an electric clock and an electric massage Instrument
 Moore is a quiet unpretending young fellow, who is rapidly becoming popular among the students. He has already made enough money to support three men dur ing a college course, but his success has not given him the "swelled head" 1t was only after the news of his last sale of an invention became known that he con sented to tell of his former success. Ls. Ia1anktane
 Ills account of how he happened to pro duce the device which has recently brought him the neat sum of $52OO is in- teresting. T was riding with friend of mine in an automobile one day. he said, when we had several stops to make and 1t struck me that the double operation nec- essary to start the car was a nuisance.
 T examined the mecnanism and after ward thought out a little device which would do away with one operation. l put it into my pocket an went over to my friends home and ask him whether he would allow me to try 1t. He consented and I found that 1t worked all right. I put the device into the hands of my agents and the other day I was surprised to receive a check for $5200"
 1 Moore has spent the last ten years in getting what knowledge he could of cleo tricity. When oly 10 years of age he began reading in books obtained from libraries. He continued his reading while a pupil in the grammar school and at the age of 13 brought out his successful invention.
 Wanted Practical Experience.
 He then started in to get whatever practical experience he might at the l Sweet iron factory in Newberg, where his grandfather. with whom he lived, as his father had died when he was a small boy, was superintendent.
 When he was senior at the Newburg | academy Moore's real genius first showed itself when he took first and four place in an inventive genius contest" held at | the manual training school. The first prize was offered to the student who would invent the device which would be of most use in the school building. He noticed that when the power Tor the machinery was turned on or off at the rheostat the fuses burned out repeatedly. He invented an automatic rheostat which is now in use in the building and entirely eliminates the difficulty.
 His fourth prize was awarded for the performance of difficult feat In wiring. He arranged the bells in one building to ring simultaneously with those in another building by the use of one button. Diff ferent combinations of bells in the two buildings were also arranged.
 Other Small contrivances. Since that time ne mas spent all HIS spare moments in planning small devices, of which he now has about fifteen which he hopes to perfect In the near future. One is contrivance for automatically stopping an elevator flush with the floor by pressing a lever.
 He also has an interesting scheme for lighting a gas stove by electricity. When the stove is over 70 per cent temperature the electric contriyance turns off the gas and when the temperature falls below that mark the current again turns on the gas lever and ignites the gaS
 He keeps his inventions i' his room, which he shares with another freshman. His modesty is most pronounced and he would hardly be chosen as social leader. His class room work is of the best however. He is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternitv and at the chapter house is known as the official electrician, although there are seniors in the house who are taking the electrical engineering course.