New-York tribune., 1922-10-19
Edison Maryels
AT New Magic
OF Electricity
Electrical Wizard Exclaims
What Next?' as He Views
Talking Movie and Mer-
curyBoiler improvements
Commends the Tungsten
Praises Its Inventor and Cites
Him as Example of What
Perseverance Can ID o
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SCHENECTADY, N. Y, Oct. 49,
When, in 1877, Thomas Alva Edison,
then spoken Of as "a rising young In
ventor," announced the invention of
the phonograph, the world exclaimed,
What next?" He answered the ques-
tion by perfecting the incandescent
bulb. the motion picture, the electric
cable and many other devices now be-
come commonplace utilities. And at
each new announcement the world
could but repeat its inquiry of "What
next?n
To-day the same Thomas Alva Tdi-
son, smiling like small boy on going
to see Charlie Chaplin and acclaimed
by the greatest wizards of modern
electrical invention as four MASTER
visited the Schenectady plant Of the
General Electric Company largest Of
its kind In the world-for the 6rst
time In eighteen years and the second
since he relinquished the small works
which formed the nucleus Of the pres
ent great establishment.
mysteries, many OF them inventions
celebrating and improving his own dis
coveries, Thomas Alva Edison, too,
asked the question, "What next Z" Il
Two New Inventions
Among the plant exhibits he inspect-
ed were two highly important inven-
tions given public announcement for
the first time--a machine successfully
transmitting sound by means Of light
and boiler utilizing mercury as we'll
as water in the generating Of steam
for the driving Of turbine engines.
The first. officially called the "pallo-
photophone," but immediately cnris-
the talking movie"-for tnat, with the
voice recorded on ordinary motion pic
ture film and synchronizing precisely
with the action, is exactly what it is
has possibilities of revolutionizing
radio broadcasting, wireless photogra-
ply and number Of similar related
fields.
The principle Of the mercury
boiler" Is the utilization Of mercury
between the Are and the under boiler
surface exposed to the fame, the Iner-
curry, when vaporized, going into mer-
curry turbine and then into a con
denSer, remaining not enough TO gen
crate steam in steam boiler. Roughly,
it is case Of getting double the boiler
and turbine power at less expense for
fuel than for operating but one steam
boiler. This invention may work rad
ical changes in turbine power trans
mission. -
Meets Old Associates
The white-haired dean of electrical
invention, accompanied by Mrs. Edison
and their son, Charles, arrived at the
plant at o'clock. He was greeted by
the chief officials of the company and
by group of its oldest employees, in
ciuding several of his associates when
he founded the Edison Works in
Schenectady in 1885, the nucleus of
the present plant. Among them was
Jules .Tourneur, consulting engineer.
proud of the fact that he started with
Edison" forty-four years ago.
From the time he entered the main
gates, Mr.. Edison's tour was a triun-
phal procession, the workers focking
by the hundreds to obtain glimpse of
him, and later assembling in full force
Of $4,000 to watch parade in his
honor down the main plant street, a
mile long. Studio lights had been
placed in all the buildings scheduled
for visit, and motion picture camera
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