Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-12

wealth that the ocean waves are capapIe
of disbursing to the worlds inhanltahts
Draw the lines of your lmaglnatloh
where you may and then let me zen YOU
that this great problem IS aireauy soiVeu.
the nrinciple which holds the secret has
been discovered and you will not have to
live MANY years to see these dreams 1ul-
filled. vi
The most important inventions of this
age are not so much the product or the
mechanical genius as they are the dls-
coveries of the philosopher and when l
saw that the problem has been solved |
do not mean that a great machine mas
been invented but that very simple
principle has been discovered and APP
plied-a principle SO small and insignlh-
cant F itself that it can be explained
and Illustrated with a pumpkin seed and
a toothpick. Yet small and insignificant
as it may seem to the man without the
gift of natural philosophy or inventive
instincts, it foretells greater revolution
in the lives and fortunes of men than any
other discovery of this age.
When / make the statement that the
wave power problem has been solved
let me say that it is not mere state
ments of an enthusiast, but the fact has
been conceded by the highest authorities
in this state and substantiated by every
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the subject.
New Era at Hand
1t is not intended in this discussion to
enter into the mechanical details of the
wave motor just invented and patented
by my brother and myself. That is no
special Importance to the average reader
(for the average person is not a mechan-
ic), but since every child is philosopher
and every philosopher a child it will be
appreciated by the average reader that a
principle once established, the way orce
pointed out, is, like the match that starts
the mountain fire. It's influence will
spread with the rapidity of lightning until
1t envelops the whole earth in a mantle of
glory and light.
Principles are not invented by man;
they are only natural laws and must be
discovered They are not to be found in
a maze of wheels belts, cogs, ratchets,
cables, shiees and journals, and, strange
to say, they do not always come from
the brain of the master mechanic. They
are discovered by the men with imagina-
tions-by the day dreamers. in shortly
the men whose business 1t is to think.
and. having thought, have the brains and
ability to put their thoughts into the form
of real things.
The solution of any great problem is
dependent on some simple principle with
out which all effort to accomplish the end
desired must inevitably result in failure.
That is the reason the wave power prob
lem was not solved a century ago.
After all the millions of dollars that
have been spent on ponderous and eX-
pensive machinery; after all the many
patents taken out on so-called wave mo-
tor inventions; after the effort to har-
ness the waters has been given up by
some of the best engineers in the world,
let me say to you that the discovery OF a
single principle has made the wave mo-
tor one of the simplest things in the
world. The wave motor that we have
just patented does not contain a wheel,
cog, sprocket, ratchet clutch or cable.
1t takes its power from the horizontal
motion of the water by means of Vane
recording every motion of the water of
whatever nature, and is not subject to
destruction by 1t.
I believe the dawn of new era in the
world of power production is at hand.