Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-06
lTHER The FUTURE FORCE
Edison Talks Of a Great Power Yet
Undiscovered.
FAR SUPERIOR TO ELECTRICITY
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NEW FORK, June 5.--(specai Tele.
ram AA force exists IN the surrounding
lther ne far In advance OF electricity as
1lectricity Is of steam. This is the belief
" Thomas A. Edison. and Mr. Edison is
after IT, In an Interview the famous in
Tsntor said;
II cannot guess what this power will
We. 1t will be discovered, but its discov-
ny will be an accident There are any
Number OF undulaeons OF ether right here
n this room, but what they are we don't
know.
And so there is yet TO be a discovery in
he domain of motion in the ether. some
thing that we shall be able to carry on
wires to great distances, and that. per-
maps, will afford us power. but cannot
guess what it will be-"
In the meantime, while this hypothetical
force remains. undiscovered, what may we
sxpect electricity to accomplish in the inn
mediate future?
Lots Of things. II is the power of to-
day and nearly everything which requires
motion will soon be in the form of cleo
uicity II will entirely displace gasoline
In automobiles. In vehicular transporta-
ton In the cities 1t will bring about a
complete revolution. There will be vast
Improvement IN the telephone. especially
as to volume OF sound and clearness of
articulation.
To Better Telephones.
To-day you cannot send over the tele-
phone a message which contains, say, lot
of Hungarian names. The articulation
ought TO be better than on the phono-
graph, and II must be made. / believe the
telephones will eventually displace the
telegraph on railroads.
Another big advance In the electrical
field will most likely be along in the line
Of high efficiency OF the wind motor, which
will produce power for isolated commun.
tiles, and there Is also hope for the sur
motor In the arid regions.
THE motor solved the aeroplane prob
lem. but the problem of making the aero.
plane safe and commercial is another mat
ter. and this will be solved by chance IL
the aeroplane.
Progress in electricity will continue dur
ing the next twenty-five years. The de
mand for everything is unlimited. The
more light you have. the more light you
want And In it's possibilities electricity
seems unlike almost anything else--un
limited"
A question was put to Mr.. Edison as Il
the possibility of the use of electricity II
warfare. with the suggestion that a Euro
pean is said to have completed an invention
for projecting a ray that will kill within
radius of many miles. but the inventor
was not apparently inclined to discuss tina
phase Of 1t.
The war matter will be settled by al
the governments going broke equipping 70
it," he declared. There will be popular up
Iisings one Of these days against this mill
tary business"
Recently Edison took trip through tn
western country, where he was deeply In
terested In the irrigation systems whic
he saw. but he is seemingly Disguised witt
what seems to him q. waste of effort il
that line.
Can't Understand This.
II don't understand why they go to tn
trouble and expense OF digging those lon
costly bitches when they could make thei
water power manufacture electricity RICH
up In the hills and then take it down o.
slender wires to the land to be irrigated
he said.
The system OF digging bitches is tn
brute way. / don't believe in exercise asid
from that entailed by a mans or woman
occupation Considering the human bod
. az q dynamo, IL taxes In enough fuel
: supply its needs in the ordinary discharg
OF its occupations.
y People don't know. how TO feed tn
human dynamo; they are killing themselve
2 by overeating They eat because 1t give
them pleasure. Considering the huma
body in the light of a dynamo again:
they we're to eat just enough TO feed
properly and keep 1t going right the
would be better off.
II don't believe there is any such thin
an brain food. eat everything. don't r,
strict my diet, except in point OF quantit,
eat very lttie-four to five ounces to
meal-and l eat any time I feel hungr,
go to my meals regularly, but IL don
feel hungry leave the table without ca
ing, / sleep six hours and sleep at an
time and any place-I could sleep in a boil,
factory II I were sleepy
What will you so into next, Mr.. Ed
SOM he was asked.
"Ah." he said slowly. II am an old ma
don't know"