The daily sentinel., 1910-06-14
PREDICTS FORCE TO
EXCEL ELECTRICITY
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lists in the surrounding ether as far in
advance of electricity as electricity is
OF steam. This is the belief of Thorn
as A Edison. and Edison is after it.
In an interview yesterday the famous
inventor said:
Il cannot guess what this power
will be. 1t will be discovered, but its
discovery will be an accident. There
are any number of undulations of the
ether right here in this room. but
what they are We don't know.
And so there is yet to be a dis
covery in the domain of motion in
the ether, something that we shall be
able 10 carry on wires to great dis
tan6es. and that perhaps will afford
us power. but cannot guess what 1t
will be.
In the meantime. while this hypo-
thetical force remains undiscovered.
what may we expect electricity to ac-
complish in the immediate future?"
Lots of things" said Edison in
reply to a question along this line.
1T Is the power of today. and nearly
everything which requires power or
motion will soon be in the form of
electricity. 1t will entirely displace
gasoline in automobiles. In vehicu-
lar transportation of the cities it will
bring about a complete revolution.
There will be a vast Improvement
in the telephone, especially as to vol
ume of sound and clearness of artic-
ulation Today you cannot send over
the telephone u message which con-
tains, say. a lot of Hungarian names.
The articulation ought to be better
than on the phonograph and it must
be made. | believe the telephone
will eventually displace the telegraph
on railroads.
Another big advance in the cleo
trical field will most likely be along
the line of high efficiency of the
wind motor, which will produce pow
er for isolated communities. and there
is also hope for the sun motor in the
arid regions.
The motor solved the aeroplane
problem. The problem of making
the aeroplane safe and commercial is
another matter. and this will be solv-
ed by change in the aeroplane.
Progress in electricity will con-
tinue during the next twenty-five
years. The demand for everything is
unlimited. The more light you have
the more light you want And in its
possibilities electricity seems unlike
almost anything Disseminated"
A question was put to Edison as to
the possibility of the use of electricity
in warfare, with the suggestion that
European is said to have completed
an invention for projecting a ray
which will kill within a radius of
many miles, but the inventor was
apparently not inclined to discuss
that phase of it.
The war matter Will be settled by
all the governments going beyond the
equipment for it," he declared.
There will be popular uprisings one
of these days against this military
business"
Edison says he don't believe in ex-
ercise. aside from that entailed by a
man or woman's occupation. Con
sidering the human body as a dyna-
mo, it takes in enough fuel to supply
its needs in the discharge of its occu-
pations.
People don't know how to feed
the human dynamo; they are killing
themselves by over-eating. They eat
because it gives them pleasure. Con-
sidering the human body in the light
of dynamo, again. If they were to
eat just enough to feed it properly
and keep it going right. they would
be better off.
Il don't believe there Is any such
thing as brain food. | eat everything
| don't restrict my diet, except in
point of quantity. | eat very little
four to five ounces to a meal-and |
eat any time | feel hungry. | go to
my meals regularly. but if don't feel
hungry leave the table without eat
ing.
81 sleep six hours and sleep at any
time and any place. could sleep in
a boiler factory if | were sleepy"
What will you go into next. Mr..
Edison?" he was asked
"Ah," he said. slowly. 81 am an
old man. | don't know"