The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-30

: r.. f.s. year has Witnessed clec-
...I developments of such worldwide
...,,,t ,ucr rs the transcontinental tele-
,i.,. and the growth OF wireless teleph-
o,, \,N York city. however. has
-.r ,ac.,i progress in the use Of cleo
,.li,y of distinct importance not only
d., itself but IN the availability of cur
rent tn general. ,
Arthur Williams. general commercial
u,,,c.r ~ the New York Edison Com
,,r,. has been in close touch with the
.,,,,rrral field and he gives below some
..,,-,.,iug data on recent electrical de-
,elormcuis.
pu,.rr the early part of last fall the
,crld. largest single unit turbine was
/. Installed At the Waterside stations To
r,.., fine Guys growing demand for light
,rd mower This huge turbine with n
.,r,,.,v of $4,000 horsepower supplies
uu,Y energy as the steam equipments
q, 100 b,ttl,ships the size OF the Rhode
Island In other words it could furnish.
,,,tl,d light and power for several
third class fllltSs Nv uhi NV 'PN'N
.or OF ,h,ir traction systems. Known
g., c,.rcct4 as a 10000 kilowatt ten
r. d eh pressure curtis turbine. the
,re,, machine works almost noisclessl.
univ , steady drone is heard aside from
., .of. Kissing Of the imprisoned steam.
None of tho moving parts is visible ex-
,. ,r, extreme end OF the solid steel
.n,r which extends several inches be-
You'd the projecting jacket.
further important addition to the
equipment Of the great Waterside plants
a.. an ingenious storm detector on ne
roof hy means of which approaching bad
weather is noted in time to provide the
necessary current to meet sudden ana
,,.c,son.ble demands. The device vir-
,ually amounts to a wireless telegraph
receiving circuit affected by the electro
al disturbance usually associated with
storms. 4 storm a few hours distant
.r.,s tho bell OF the device to Tap
.,.ry fifteen t. i've minutes. Two
hours before breaking the storm records
,s,'r g minute or half minute taps. For
flu hour before the climax the bell
-,,- ,,u,iuually. Long before this.
hol.rs are firing up and turbines throp-
,,r -, readiness for the abrupt turning
on II millions Of lights.
T., past few months have witnessed
~. invention Of daylight MOVIES Inc
new srfe,n. which provides a larger 'oca'
srgI. makes it possible to use projec-
tom machines in schools and other build
,rcs ,ha, are difficult to darken. Unlike
,n. familiar movie arrangement. the
me here is projected through the
sr.,u rather than reflected by H.
S.,.r.l railroads have given the stor-
g battery car a trial since MI Fur
Perfected the battery four years ago
i,..,.l results were obtained by a
-..s,. ,cst on "A near BY branch OF Inc
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad. The car winch
has .n,c been making regular trips
averaged ,h.rty-three miles an hour. IL
las been concluslvely shown that on
.'.r. d,\ sions the new type OF 'ra'"
means a saving Of a big percentage III
~. ..-. Of oucrat.on. one ROAD o.
LF
-,... h,s succeeded in cutting such eA'
p.r,, from sl.3S to - cents a car nile
~. batteries run the car loo nh'es
x'tal. rr.h arSing.
~ less gratifying results were oo-
.....l IN a test electric vehicle run Oh
-, ,.r los 90 cleveland last October. The
.o.,l ,ru, taken by the car. of the lsh'
..r..., TYNE. was :, hours ana 70
minute. tho average running time being
s.. miles an hour. only twenty-five
cN.r-.s we're nccessary. The to'al com
srr, .n WAS 1854 amperes. The run
r-o,.I tie electric vehicle no longer n
delicate mechanism but a hardy ana
nry.,,pl machine capable OF making
,y ,brouch the most trying diff-
Gu
81, sneak adequately regarding new
applications Of current in cofnrherc''
progresses would occupy far more space
cham ia now available. In passing, men,
tor. however. should be made OF the
r.v motor driven air brush. which u
r-o,rg invaluable TO the furniture III
,s'ry. The pipe leading from the AR
rmp supplies the brush, a buster ana
s'rrer for the paint can. Inc orus''
rs. Z looks remarkably like a 'oN re-
yo,.r trigger and all. Introduced al
,hs l-.,.n. the paint stream Is whtrled
toward the barrel tip at seNent! pouhus
},-,.Ie. The result, "A hne "a'eriSn
spray. covers the surface to he treated