The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-09-15
4 Wonderful
Electrical Invention
II. Z. WHEELER REPRESENTS CON-
PANY THAT PUTS OUT A CHEAP
10. AND GOOD DEVlCE-.-WILL
DEMONSTRATE AT FAIR

DEMONSTRATE ~ TAIN
A representative Of Public Opinion
spent two interesting hour, yesterday
afternoon at the offices OF the Battery
company, of Milwaukee, Wis. on Mid
way, in the old Saturday News build
ing. He knew enough about electric
ity and it's applications to make the
things that he saw very remarkable
indeed, and there is no doubt that this
company is showing system and ap-
paratus that will shortly revolution
ize the use Of power and light in this
country-in fact, it is already doing
this. .j.tM
1t is truly wonderful, for instance
to a person who knows the usual ap'
plications of electricity, to see a bat
terry Of several cells, strong enough to
produce many brilliant lights, or run
machinery, and yet when you moisten
your fingers and touch the poles OF
this powerful battery, no sensation OF
current whatever is to be felt. The
reason for this seeming phenomenon
is that the battery produces a high
ampere current, but voltage 80 low
that the human body is not a conouc-
tor for It. The same thing occurs In
taking hold of the poles Of dynamo
running at full speed. 1t needed lot
Of assurance on the part OF Mr.
Blakeslee before the Public Opinion
man would venture to connect him
self up with an electric dynamo in &C.
ton, but while the powerful current
developed will run dozens or hundreds
of lights, or propel heavy machinery,
no current could be felt from direct
contact with moistered finger tips
This remarkable current has another
great advantage, in that it can never
set fire to buildings, as an ordinary
current may, if wiring is not right.
Who would have expected to see
the day when a powerful electric mo-
tor could be completely immersed in
water, and yet run as true and
smoothly as any motor. Yet this feat
has been accomplished, and the best
of it is, that the systems have been
IN taT
three years now. in different places
and the wonderful things shown are
susceptible Of the most complete ver1
fication.
Mr. J. H. Gugler, whose name is
we'll known in the electrical world al
over the country, is the inventor Of
devices that have made it possible tc
realize the dreams of many Of the
foremost electricians of the age The
patents that this company controls
are his inventions. Many authorities
consider Gugler one Of the best cleo
trical men in the United States.
The Rattery company's products
cover the field in electricity. They
have the primary battery, without
either engine or dynamo, which is
ideal for homes, and will furnish plen
ty Of current for lights, fans, sewing
or washing machines, etc The dyna
mo and storage battery is the idea
equipment for large stores, farm ma
chinery, or for lighting small cities.
Their system is now in use in gen
eral telegraph and telephone offices
and in the signal service on railroads
The electricity in the primary bat
terry is made by solution sold by the
gallon, and while it furnishes a tire
mendous amount of current and is {
closed circuit battery, it remains con
slant and will not polarize as would {
door-bell battery, which if used con
tinuously would exhaust itself in &
few minutes.
The larger outfit consists of sim
pie gasoline engine, and a dynamo
connected to a storage battery. This
storage battery is capable Of running
the lights of an ordinary home FOL
two weeks on one charging. and the