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Show " ' - , 1 ' I I 1 '. : -. . ' I j t J ' t' : ' -; f t - : i a r i I - , . ' ' i r l. ' i i t a b:t ( ' ; i f ' - . , w w .. W W W w W W 1 r cf ex: -.ts w-l'.'i ' el. -rl3 t: 'tr!.-!ty t it ; s 1 1 Us r..--r Ii-re to hive 1 t.i- .le rt -slu. 1:9 o;;--4 Ira t.ne a local e'-.:rl ..1 t.rri, ri:t was r.ot a. lowed to aJvance as ra ; : : 7 ea he thought he de-eervei, de-eervei, so he 1- 't that place to conduct independent stJ-s. - llortensen Is a r..oieat youth and do not care to have h!e talenta become generally Known, ur.tll he fcaa achieved the auccess cf which he now feels certain. ..1..- . - - - - A. ... ... V. , . - W . 4 4 J A . 1 W - ' ' a ' - " - . ..... v L j il.. , - cl ILIs City. T.T.::ani Chrl3 Hort:-Esen, 13 years "!, who cever had the crrcrr.lty to f..-.h his corr.r on achool elucatlon, rr.ay prove to t i a 'second Tet'.a, Uar-conl Uar-conl cr Ell.'on. Your I.:orter.Een lives with tla father and mother at CO. South Mnth East street, la a Quiet locality, where there Is UtUe to draw tla attention from tls researches Electricity is the younir man'a forte, and he Is now engaged In working out oluUora to some of the greater problems prob-lems cf electrical science. . ilortensen, . thoujh only a boy la years, has a man'a determination and a man'a will power. Strong featured ia he, and the etrongeat feature is the sign of determination to conquer and ma8ter w hatever obstacle or problem may confront con-front him before he will rive it up. Young Mortensen'a natural bent la toward practical-experimental work In electricity. He haa no aclentlflc knowledge, knowl-edge, he haa no large workshop All that he haa learned haa been from borrowed bor-rowed booka and from practical exper-tments, exper-tments, " Ons Invention Perfected." "' 7' Yet, under these conditions,' he ; ha Invented and perfected a new kind of electric motor, which he asserts will revolutionize the procees of converting-power converting-power into energy, when It la put on the market. . He la now taking steps to secure a patent on his invention, and until euch a patent la secured, ia naturally chary ' of giving to the world the details of hi discovery. - - "Y . Young Mortensen haa a chum, an A Ogden boy, only 15 years old, George M. Thenn. He, too, la a student of electricity elec-tricity end lta practical application to the usee of roan. These boys have Jointly perfected a working model of a perpetual motion machine. When asked what was the motive power of this Instrument, In-strument, Mortensen said: , " "The power la furnished not by grav-V grav-V Ity nor water, steam nor electricity, but by the atmosphere. It works, and It will work In any climate or at any altl-' altl-' tude. What the principle Is I cannot tell you now, as1 we have not yet se-. se-. cured our patents." To Regulate Zlectrio light. .- Another of Mortenaen's Inventions Is an appliance to regulate the intensity of the light given by incandescent lamps. The external appearanee of this apparatus ap-paratus is like that of a small square box, with a dial on the top; bearing Ave numbers, 12, S, 4 and 6. A finger can be made to point to any ; cf theee numbers-: At 1. the lights are ; so low that the red-hot Incandescent wire can barely be seen. The glow gradually Increases1 as the finger Is . moved on the dial, until at S, the full current' Is turned on. Mortensen Is also conducting a num. |