| Show ANOTHER ELECTRIC INVENTION A FEW years ago professor marsh of yale college madette made the then st startling artlin 9 announcement that electricity light heat magnetism che chemical mical affinity and gravitation were all different manifestations of the same mysterious force or principal in na ture and were interchangeable since then wonderful progress has been made in develop developing ink electric science but it is conceded to be yet in its infancy thomas A edison the leading electrician of the day has added to his other important electric inventions still another which promises to be a household institution of great value and economy and may lead to a complete revolution in the method of developing ve power from fuel the new invention is based upon the principle that electricity and caloric are interchangeable and consists of an apparatus so constructed that while it serve the purpose of a furnace for heating a building buil dine the heat resulting from the combustion of coal within it develops an electric current of sufficient volume to supply lamps for lighting the different apartments the coal is dumped into a hopper the furnace feeds itself automatically no attend ance upon the apparatus is required and at dusk when lights are wanted a button is touched the alec electric lec current is turned on and instantly all parts ut of the thel building are illuminated I 1 it is quite with within inthe the range of probability that sines since man turns dark ness into light by the aid of electricity the work 0 of the kitchen and la lau odry and even of the farm will yet be performed by this giant force of 1 nature which he is so rapidly timing taming and subjugating Kating to h nis i r purposes to cook food cleanse cleanne clothing or plow land by means of electric power would be a feat less wonderful erfal than the annihilation of darkness or the transmission of intelligence by this wonderful agent the problem now engaging the attention of mechanical electricians Is the storage and transportation of the subtle and potent fluid this problem rin solved as ap it doubtless doubt leas will be shor shortly a revolution in the methods and surroundings roun dings of man will follow in the contemplation of which the wildest imagination way may revel at will without exceeding the bounds of itte pos possible sIbe and practicable uble to uj ily through the air at any bight and for any distance or to pass pas through ti water at any depth and from continent to continent are dealta quite vos possible sible when the power of electa icat is made portable or si a moving apparatus perfected for extracting from air and water the electric energy which is a constituent element of both and condensing and applying the same to the purposes of man |
