The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-18

serve greatly to conserve the oil resurceS
 of the United States. pr. Acheson was
 not seeking profit, because he offered
 this product to the government at net
 cost the government itself, through US
 agents, to establish what the net cost
 was. Again the bureaus took hold or
 the proposition. They could discover
 nothing in it which agreed with the
 researches of their members. The experl-
 enced Dr. Acheson met with was, Tn some
 respects, similar to that which followed
 the offer which was made to this gov
 ernment by the French. free of cost, or
 the plans and specifications by which the
 French manufactured their now historic
 D centimeter gun. That gun has been or
 almost inestimable service to France,
 both when defensive, and then when or
 fensive war was carried on by the alles in Europe. The offer was made, as was Dr. Acheson's, upon the basis Of no chai ss
 for the service, or for the use of the patents. But again the bureau passeu
 it over. The weapon did not square with any American precedents or conform lo the rules of the text books.
 Neither did pr. Acheson's formula. lie if was who discovered artificial graphlte this discovery now being esteemed as one
 of the greatest in modern research worK.
 The text books and precedents tausn' Dr. Acheson nothing He brought lortn, i and study, artificial graphite almost ex actlv 100 per cent pure. He discovereu
 that this graphite possessed wonder1ui properties for fabrication. A lttie or II infused into water or again lhluseu into oil carried lubricating properties that astonished men of science
 When the Duponts began the manufac- ture of powder for the government III large quantities they did not seek gov erument bureaus for any advice respect 1 ing this new lubricating commodity oue | instead made practical tests ana thei' accepted it and found that it increaseo 1 the capacity of rifles by at least ~ pei 1 cent.
 THE TUNGSTEN WIRE The manufacturers Of tungsten ".S' | which is now so extensively used 1ot ] incandescent lamps, were for time al most in despair because the wire, when | drawn was found to be very 1raShe and liable to breakage Every user oh | tbe incandescent lights can remempe' | the difficulty which was met Wltn III l maintaining the light without preahaSe G | of the tungsten filament. Al ias. iio ' | ranufacturers submitted this wire Wniio
 ;,, +he course of manufacture to artlfi- ! cal graphite and were delighted 10 op serve that this supplied the needed reiheus ! so that no longer are tungsten iaip p | found to be fragile. Practical ies's | ,,,oda mt hv government Duredus, pus l hv roanufa cturers and by those who use | a1,tonobiles and by some who use ar 1 nlanes. have demonstrated the remarh-
 able lubricating quality which IS III ane | artificial graphite that was uiseoVeie1 | by Dr. Acheson.
 ! Nevertheless the government ou.eau' | or boards declined to accept Dr. Aehe son,s offer to furnish the material al net cost, but England speedily maue uas
 of this commodity and only 1ew uas ,
 ago ordered 50,OO0 gallons of It, haVins
 previously ordered large quantities. oo,
 also. France is making use or II. l." M
 days ago a carload of this commouily | was shipped from the Acheson pians
 across the continent on it's way to Japan. 1 nr Acheson's experience, therefore 10 not unlike that of others Who nave VI | fered valuable inventions to the sos | ernment only to find their offer reJec,eu, 1 although England, France ana o.io. l countries have accepted these inventors
 and found them to be of the hishess l value . ina
 At one time Austria offered to ,he Irnited States the plans and speclllcatioiio
 unon which were based the constructiol ! of those howitzers of gigantic powei
 which were of such staggering oIliciensy l in the early days of the war. But eho | b,,reaus at Washington declined 10 ae 1 conf the offer The Austrian hoWltAei did not match the text books or the pre-
 cedents or the experience or AHlellea,'' l who had been occupied snghtiy III .h' ! of great guns.