The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-06-10
WESTINGHOUSE IS
PRODIGIOUS WORKER
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The amazing fertility of intellect
and the mental grasp, concentrated
energy and absorbing industry which
have been characteristic of George
Westinghouse since his ratireme nt
from the presidency of the Westing-
house Electric Company have been a
frequent topic in business circles and
have occasioned much comment
through the recent announcement
that Mr.. Westinghouse expects to Sc
cure a large flow of natural gas from
gas well upon the lawn of his
home, Solitude, at Pittsburg. If his
expectations are fulfilled then he will
have demonstrated the accuracy Of
his opinion that natural gas does aot
only temporarily. In other words,
the vast mechanics of nature ire
constantly operating beneath the sur
face of this earth so that fresh sup
plies of this product are created af-
ter there has been exhaustion. of an
earlier supply. Like a well pf wa
ter from which water has been with
drawn so that the well appears to go
dry, but afterward fills up again, so
it has long been the surmise of Mr..
Westinghouse that nature in her own
mysterious way replenishes supplies
of natural gas.
There may be, of course, some
CONNIE cial Importance in case Mr.
Westinghouse finds that the gas we'll
upon his lawn has again become a
large producer. For if this be a
phenomenon of the lawn at Solitude
there seems to be no reason why it
should not be phenomenon in 9TH
er places where it has been presumed
that the natural gas supply has been
exhausted.
Many of Mr.. Westinghouse
friends have been persuaded that in
view of the manner in which he was
compelled to retire from the presf-
dency of the electric company, he de-
term1ned to concentrate his efforts
upon some of the other corporations
with which his name is identified. For
some months now NJ Westinghouse
has been much occupied with the
perfecting of the turbine engine and
is convinced that he has practically
solved all of the mechanical prob
lens which the turbine presented to
him. He has also given much at
tention to the apparatus by means
of which he is confident the pneu-
matte tires upon automobiles may
no longer be necessary, their place
being taken by automatic air springs,
of a kind which he has used upon
his own motor cars for some two
years. There are some reasons for
suspecting that Mr.. Westinghouse is
turning his attention to some i'm
provements or expansion of the meth
DDS of utilizing wireless apparatus for
other purposes than the commune
cation of intelligence. He is also
greatly interested lin one of the lat
est inventions of DIR. Peter Cooper
Hewitt, ali invention based upon a
discovery made by DR.. Hewitt. This
invention is an apparatus called a
converter by means OF which the al
ternatlng current of electricity can
so be controlled, that instead of al
ternat1ng, the current becomes prac-
tically direct. Mr.. Westinghouse is
persuaded that this apparatus is
likely to become of very great COM
mercial importance.
The first commercial association
which was made by DR.. Hewitt, after
his discovery of the principle upon
which his mercury vapor lamp is
based, was with Mr.. Westinghouse.
When he last visited the United
States, some seven years ago. Lord
Kelvin, with Mr.. Westinghouse, spent
some hours in the laboratory of DR..
Hewitt. Lord Kelvin at that time
became absorbed not only in the
mercury lamp itself but also in eer-
tain demonstrations of what seemed
to be hitherto unrecognized opera
ton of natural law. Lord Kelvin
himself confessed that he could not
explain this phenomenon of light
there produced by Dr. Hewitt, bu;
he was so greatly affected that the
tears came to his eyes and he said !:
I'm Helmhotz were only here he
would exnlain this to u.s.