The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-13
UNKNOWN FORCE TO
EXCEL ELECTRICITY
Its Discovery May Be an
Accident, Says
Edison.

New York. June IA force exists
in the surrounding ether as far in adj
vance Of electricity as electricity is of
steam This is the belief of Thomas
A Edison, and Edison is after it. In
an interview today the famous in
ventor said:
II cannot guess what this power will
be IL will be discovered, but its dis
covery will be an accident There are
any number of fluctuations Of the
ether right here I'm this room, but
what they are we don't know.
And 50 there is yet to be a discov-
cry in the domain of motion in the
ether. something that we shall be able
to carry on wires to great distances,
and that perhaps will afford us power,
but 1 cannot guess what it will be"
In the meantime. while this hypo-
thetiCal force remains undiscovered,
what may we expect electricity TO ac-
complish In the immediate future2"
Lots of things" said Edison in re-
ply 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. II will entirely displace
gasoline in automobiles. In vehicular
transportation of the cities II will
bring about a complete revolution.
lnHEG VIII De a VAST III HANNEAAAtAAA
IN the telephone. especially as to vol
une of sound and clearness Of articu-
lation. Today you cannot send over
the telephone a message which con-
tains. say. a lot Of Hungarian names
The articulation ought 70 be better
than on the photograph and it must
be made. i believe the telephone viii
eventually displace the telegraph on
railroads.
Another big advance in the cleo
tricaI field will most likely be along
the line Of high efficiency Of the wind
motor. which will produce power for
isolated communities. and there Is also
hope for the sun motor in the arid re-
giOns.
The motor solved the aeroplane
problem. The problem Of making the
aeroplane safe and commercial is an
other matter. and this viii be solved
by change in the aerOplane.
Progress in electricity viii continue
during the next twenty-five years The
demand for everything is unlimited
The more light you have the more light
you want. And i'm its possibilities cleo
| tricity seems unlike almost anything
else-unlimited."
/ A question was put to Edison as to
the possibility of the use Of electricity
/ I'm warfare with the suggestion that a
\
invention for projecting ray which
will kill within a radius Of many
miles. but the inventor was apparent
/ ~ not inclined to discuss that phase Of
| Il.
''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 a woman's occupation. Con
sideriug the human body as a dynamo.
IT takes in enough fuel to supply its
needs in the discharge Of its occupa-
lions.
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 i'm the light
OF a dynamo. again. II they were to eat
Just enough to feed II properly and
keep IT going right, they would be bet
\ ter off.
I Il don't believe there is any such
thing as brain food. I eat everything.
i I don't restrict my diet. except In
point of quantity. I eat very little
four 10 five ounces to a meal-and I
eat any time 7 feel hungry. I go to
my meals regularly. but II 7 don't feel
hungry / leave the table without eat
ing.
''I sleep six hours and sleep at any
time and any place. could sleep I'm 2
boiler factory II was sleepy"
What viii you go into next. Mr..
Edison ?" he was asked.
"Ahi' he said. slowly, Il am an old
man. I don't know"