The Phonogram, Vol. 2:10 (1892-10)

if*!* £ -M 324 the; phonogram. lighting (1884) and traction of tramways; their application to the .propulsion of torpedoes. He was continually improving accu- •mulators and in collaboration with Fanre and Siemen introduced many new types. We owe to him a large number of articles in the technical journals, such as Nature, The Electric Light, L’Electricieti, all of which, were original, showing no traces of compilation. He made numerous communications to the Academy of Sci- ences and the Society of Physics, and at the last international congress of electricity in 1889, he attracted much attention by hie study on the activity and work of voltaic couples. Outside of all these we owe him the following productions: “ Electric Piles aud Accumulators—Tech- nical Researches.’ 1 ' “ Electric Traction by Accumulators Applied to thgJT ram ways of Paris,” Elementary Treatise on the Voltaic Accumulator,” “ The Voltameter Regulators. ’ ’ Very recently we were present at the fac- tory of Dural'ort, and we witnessed conclus- ive experiments upon his elastic accumula- tor, destined for the navy. All competent persons there realized that this had made material progress gver everything else dou^ in that line up to this time. Reynier would l.ave derived immense profits from this had he not been snatched away by death. IJis was a loyal, honest, patriotic nature ; a man of heart and honbr in the most complete conception of the word. Yet .though his mildness was proverbial, he be- came intractable towards all that was hot irreproachably right and correct. In sum- ming up his character we find it noble under all aspects and bid adieu to this in- corruptible man with profound emotion. Through a pneumatic tube seven hun- 1 1 • 1 • * 1 a « « a a . . . dred miles in length letters are whirled between Paris and Berlin in thirty-five minutes—at a speed of twenty miles a minute. The Decision of a Great Suit in Favor of Mr. Thomas A. Edison. In the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Wallace presiding, a great triumph was recently achieved for the Edison Electric Light Co. It is decided that any form of incandescent lamp is an infringement on Edison’s patent. The long-contested filament case, which was brought before the courts in 1885, is now terminated, the decree of tfie United States Court of Appeals (which is a court •of last resort in patent cases) being final and conclusive.- This information was received at the offices of Messrs. Eaton and Lewis, solicitors of record for the Edison interest. Tne decision in the American court gives the monopoly of t^e incandescent, electric light to the Edison Company in this country ; while the English decisions have done the same thing in England. Mr. Edison is now rccoguized as the iuventor of the incandescent system of lighting, and discoverer of the low press- ure, high resistance and the filament principle. The Edison Company gains by this decision probably 840,000.000 to $50,- 000 000 back damages, and 82,000,000 each year. - «» » A Storage Battery Whose Current Will Last From Three to Five Years. The following, taken from the Suti, bears all the impress of truth reflected from that luminous sheet, with whose motto, “ If yon see it in the Sun, it’s so,” New Yorkere are pretty familiar. At any rate, people knowing what proportions this industry is assuming hope Dr. Bryan’s in- vention will fully meet their expectations. It says: Dr. Winfield S. Bryan, a local electrician, has made a discovery in the shape of a practically self-sustaining storage battery. He has had long experience in electrical matters. He has been working on his in-