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Show which the sun's rays can be directly converted Into - electriclcal energy. Something of this sort has been the dream of science for more than a score of years, and If Mr.! Cove has. In fact discovered an effective process for this purpose It means a more Important revolution of Industrial life than anything any-thing that has happened since the steam engine was Invented. Tho BteAm engine Is a wasteful machine. Tho loss of power In manufacturing electric current by present processes Is even greater than" In the case of steam power. Mr. Cove has so far developed his Invention that he Is able to light his home In Sornervllle, says the Tlme3, with Incandescent lamps supplied with current from his storage battery where he accumulates the energy created by the sun's rays. The Instrument with which he converts light Into electrlo power Is a cheap mechanical device, costing about $100, and simple ot operation. oper-ation. Even if tho invention Is cap-ablo cap-ablo of no further development It would seem to solve, the problem ot cheap and Independent lighting for homes, offices and factories. Besides, the energy created Ih sufficient for the operation of small power plants. It will not do, of course, to be too sanguine about the promises of inventors, inven-tors, and Mr. Cove's discovery may fall in practice to come up to expectation, expecta-tion, but the idea is not new and scientific scien-tific men have for a long time insisted that some such process was certain to be discovered before long. ELECTRICITY FROM THE SUN. George S. Cove, an Inventor residing resid-ing in the suburb of Boston, declares that he haa discovered a process by |