Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-07 | Page 10 | 'Magnetic Waves' Process of Smelting is Reported

Magnetic Waves' Waves Process Of Smelting Is Reported TOKYO Dec 7 UP UP Reports of a new process of metal smeltIng smelting smelt smelt- ing Irig reduction hailed as a Un hundred years ahead of present-day present science science ence were discussed widely in Japanese commercial circles today First public a announcement of the new process perfected by bf Hideyuki Kikuchi Japanese inventor was made in a story displayed prominently by the t per Nichi The story compared Kikuchi with Galileo and Newton so important was his discovery reported to be The newspaper said Kikuchi on December 4 had applied for tor patent rights In 15 countries paying a total of approximately in patent patent patent pat pat- ent fees Details of the process were guarded guard guard- ed cd closely although Nichi Nichi de described described described de- de scribed the method as focusing magnetic waves on crude ores and metals even to iron-bearing iron sands which rapidly become liquid The account added that the proc proc- ess would enable smelting of all ores cheaply and event eventually ally eliminate nate the cost of present huge smelters Kikuchi the he newspaper said formerly formerly formerly for for- merly worked in the Central laboratory laboratory labora labora- tory and the South Manchurian laboratory laboratory laboratory lab lab- oratory where he ho developed the electron lenses employed in the new process Thereafter he came to where he continued experimental work until last January when he obtained a Japanese patent Kikuchi presumably applied for United States patents last Decem Decem- ber