The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-05-09
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1--WE ore trying TO do so much with
electricity, and know so little about
it, said Thomas A. Edison, the great
electrician OF this country, to me tho
other day, "that IL wouldn't surprise
me II, century hence, We might have
the electric msn.
"The boy born about 1926 or 1885,
and who probably will live to see the
twenty-arst century come in, may be.
como what I would call an electric man
that is, every ordinary function Of
life, barring mere life and mere living,
will be performed for him by electric
ity.
mind you, I do not say this is Ger.
tain to be the case, but If the boys Of
the future study the principles of cleo.
trioity as hard as the men OF to-day
PRO, something is bound 70 come Of it.
Effective use Of electricity by us 10
really only quarter Of century old.
We ore etill babes in the wood"
"Whst has the electric spark accom-
pliehed so far, Mr.. Edisou7" I asked.
The Wizard Of Menlo Park, 40 he Is
often called, for Menlo Park 10 his
home, replied:
"Ths electric spark can nov cook,
bake, hroil. fry, stew; it operates Ella.
vators, mo.Nro aud cars, IL digs ccal,
gold, silver asS copper, snd any other
minesal ehespss then ssesm or, com.
preased air; Il illuminatss; It can set
typo saw aogs, run launches aud steam.
hnAta; ft moves heselaa and antos:
runs sypevritesa, heats heuses aud
cara % we'll as public buildlnso;
through the X:ray shows the iuner.
most parts es the human body; kills
defective feqth nerves, esutsrizes
wounds, loads ard discharges cannon,
sweeps rugs and carpets, paints housss
and ships. bores for oil and water wells,
sustains wireless telesrapby; and, is
the apparatus necessary for tha trans.
mission OF its power could hs manu-
featured oheaply enough % maks their
use popular, there 10 uot q fieli 10
human activity that il would net 90.
oupy.
''The great trouble in the general or
popular use Of electricity is that We
have not yet discovered sae iusl, cheap
but strongly made msohanisms which
will control the power and NOT waste
It. When the battery 10 devised that
will store electricity aud hold it for
long distances. battery that can be
economically d ,de, wo will have taken
an immense stride forward in the use
Of the fluid. 49,.
"A fortune awaits the boy that can
devise such a storsge battery, and
some day some boy will do it, If we
old men" with twinkle in his eye,
-"do not discover Is before him."
"You then believe that electricity
is to be, in distant future, the uni.
versal power?" / queried:
MIR. Edison hesitated moment be.
fore replying.
"While electricity has been my life.
study, I still feel my own isnorauce
on the subject. I have no hesitation
in sayfng, though, that the Garth ID
immerced IN sn ocean Of electrical en-.
l,etgyy and that all earth material 10 sur.
charged With f..
| 'tEleesrf9 apart Of nature, pro.
baby ito stiA-r .,srt.l How raash wa
can make usa Of }it depends on hov
muoh Ne learn % TO it's proper control.
To-day the world 10 wasteful Of aii
power .sAa It: popnlatiou = increases
greater economy will have TO be prac.
tieed, and II, when that time comes.
We understand che mysterious fluid, Il
will b tbe. greatest ard most powerful
foroe man has ever csntrolled. ~:
| For young people, ambitious 20 be
In sotive work, than cen be no more
profitable study than elsctricisy. Cap.
able electrical engineers are always ia
demand. How WelI they perform their
york Z III finally 2eternoin ine 10 wbate ex-
tent electricity ID 70 beea a1e universal.
My fsitE lie gthst, ere many, years.
steam, dir; aud gasoline power will be
| almost v wholly, : If mot wholly, replaced
by electrical energy, and All' 'phases of
living will be at least 8 hnndrea }$par
sent cheaper than nov. 81 sss IS
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