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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1973-02-08, Page 19rte ot 2110 s. that t been ham, iacr diens oeuld *lain* this their, ButSem Zillion earns' . His Sem gr., had formed a 'mom c .to the AMericena in. the Woof. 111* . EdisOn, Amer/eon of Dutch. descent, ha' ad loran to the British' the War of Independence and for his pains he and his family traniport!dNova c ►t; 1. n .I811,the Edison num . �p�were :of ��tired _ herdihipe and* 1p e oti,aand , f. ed� x gid: �h�. .a ed on. the long trek to,* 000,ocre tract land land granted to theMln; upperVenade00 theOtter River, about two•milee 'from take Erie. Ditring Mack ie's agitati 1,the ' Vienna tavern was a gatheringploCe for local radicals and Sate Edison was definitely "fin :the .goveuacaent". Butpartwayto Toronto, Edison 0' learned that the rebellion was ael- ready..'a military failure. He qnickly `changed his plan, dou- bled. back.to Vienna, withered* Telegraph few belongings and, leaving` tis ., family to spend Chriatmas'alone, mid' a quick goodbye,'' He' then' walked-and ran e0 miles ins, 2; .° a 'his first leo- wig own amt set e a strum**_ • 'tet he bad Mado +s� DeWitt be quiekty become be quite enip nee. Vibe leta: ,itseemed be r more and trying** prove the equip- ' t than in sending and rw- a *aft, days to cross ;they frozen St. Clair River, keeping. ahead'tif Sir Bond . Head's men�;who wanted to bring him to account. Sant Edison, senior .dis#4tissed In .mac, -Mg code. `r, lt. was' frequently fired wandered fr -tom to In y 1 , he won a as a �It4',Apher at t- . 1tion Ontario. , n.,: Ii � �",iN,,R Shift. '�n, no to, he hod h invented rota machine. which would a Signet hoe indicating that w as awake alert while qty he Was h!�a.. lithe cat�.yap� .R� to U.S, , few�rurnins °with the, authori- tt Grand Trunk �y andKan oh. -t cat visit to the office of the general' Manager in Toronto 'and-Tho� Alva Edison decided that Canada 'wasn't for, • him after all. He returned to the .. United States • 18e8 The Iournal. ora , reported that Mr Thomas Edison Of the Western, Union (Tice, Boston,' had inven ed a "mode.of trans isslpia both the Its r to knew tail ,�4 theMalt supervieing erection 'of the' bul , tt� of the you �Wall jb It no otherthan 'fat who d him et aay�l..adand whafice ly � thrashed in . ' methods were rs+ .. • he, preferred to test his Ideas trial and orrort, and by,e'. ofa►ination.'Hia tem, too,. . o .b hazer , iiihenhe set up his i wl� tamp . *croft tra fom.the o in- ventionfoetal", the c m �.de da d a dividend �Saturda night �a . art duringof a 1' % salary was .a weekly whosepatent Edis ..,later purchased„ - But h son' p., with a f lment, .or Winer, ..7f ry O Cents* cotton covered with �p'black, could stay aglow for 40 hours ' that was the gt�ill alimning mathematics The of /idiom's ,lam it 1010 �►+t na be ���the an Italian as". s solutionnbe �i�aa Menlo Park. �' newspaPermen. W gradually: On September'4, MI E* gan tq illuminate,at Noir York. from aa�: er �. . " Pearl . Street. ���� Ployed .,r■ ry7 wires �'e pieced J A t } 4TH money mOgnis were tct to the tai -. E�' : a success. Mangy. of electrical �a' '" each, other .. , there were - art battles ,.tea ; ` a naial: ;bad, n'�. �p#I►'�� indu 18,,te, .,e that had beendeveloped' upz to that time. While developing die inch; cent loam, Edison worked' to re- duce the. fierce of the exist-, e ing arc lights, with the, hopethat they aid, be adapted` for'home • use, His vision: included homes t� suppliedwith electricity generat- ed from a central station .ofdyaa- mos. He taw • the home of the fu- ture equipped. with funs, electric unending.cookers1irons-the- dream was I But Brush arc lights had been ways on a single .wire which. is pie, interest 'an id'ingai the follow ng year' Edison de- vied an' apparatus.Which,would ° chronize the telegraph print - machines of the period, which fregeentty garbled the messages. thought his invention might be a►or`th' $8,000 but when he offered t for.sale he was asked "How w : d $40,000 strike you?" 'At �iocident with a "Well,,. Sam- sem" My's long legs saved him that time!" Son is Born He Ten years later., Sam Jr., now i reunited with his fainily, owned a oul lumiber business in.. Milano Coy, o In the early hours of a sno yy February 11, 1847, the family gained another member, a baby th boy with a very large head whom doctor was afraid might have in rain fever. The parents frankly wondered whether.he was defec- tive.'' They named him Thomas Alva. #. east, this Was Edison story in ater years; but there is evidence at the , figure. was actually $80,000 -which• isk not surprising~ view of his indifference to arithmetic and;finance. Edison also added that this was e- first time in his life he. had EI During Tom's early years his . a star now: rose• father and school teachers, Rev, and Mrs. Engles, had a very 'low ' to opinion of• the boy's mental abili- 'tielL' They' f egUenti ti'W,shed' !3 • ,.'N (,��rr;s.+.sc Q.w k iMy:Y'.► Yd - i ,. '. Ami '� '11PG�7y to learn. sys Thomas Alva Edison had little tercet in edge but had an insatiable curio- sity for finding out things ' for himself. Spelling and aritinine- a tic -no, that was for lesser people- aho to do, but such experiments as th filling his friend Michael Oates with Seidlitz powder (an effer- C vescent laxative) to see whether he would float -now that was something worth knowing! on When he was 11, Tont and Michael went into the market ed garden business. "That sum- co mer," Edison later said; "we net- yo ted all .or two ' or three hundred' ' me w dollars." It was typical of what mi was to received a cheque and the ret time he ever went inside a bank. Ms. commercial keep company with the bright t •Pf n � ►pl R> ,A0,_i he ri tickera:o Fees "fe'rri".� .on. in second-hand knowl- an The following year he'invented automatic telegraph which could handle i,00e-words per min- e (manually the speed was ut 40). In 1875, he introduced e mimeograph and in the space lectricity- travels at When you flip a. switch to turn a light, the TV, or the hair dryer, the electrical energy need - to operate this equipment has me a long way before it enters ur home through the utility's ter, perhaps several hundred les, and it has travelled at the come; a merchant prince speed of light. • who kept very sloppy accounts! The electrical energy comes The following year- Tomwas from clothes and many generators i houses throughout the want because the output of the statio is synchronized and fed into common pool or grid. The . generators can • produc power up to 18,000volts. From ,th generating station the powe is transformed to a much highe voltage. In Canada this could 735,000 volts. This is the highes voltage in the world and'wa pioneered in - Canada by Hydr Quebec: . ' In the home, lights and small ppliances operate at 120 volts ut there are usually two lines which can be connected to give a higher voltage of 240 volts to power stoves, clothes dryers and eavy appliances. Large industrial or commer- ial complexes may buy their power from the electrical utility 'n "wholesale" quantities at ome voltage up to 115,000` volts nd provide their own distribu- on substations. In its journey from the gen- rator to the reading lamp, the g saw, the refrigerator, or the of water heater, the stream of working full time as a newsboy on a train between Port Huron a Detroit. By the time he was 15 was publishing his own ne paper from the baggage car the train. The Weekly Hera contained such words as "v Han", oppisition" and "sink. and th was in eepi with the publication's, spelling Learns Telegraphy Fascinated with mechanic young Tom Edison hung aroun the telegraph offices which we equipped with a variety of el nd he ws- of Id ng re ec- a ng ti tri t. e Is wiring overloaded? on Broadway since September Tips to r • Canada's rural rPoPulation basically have to solve society's problems which, have xesuited from the concentration oftechno- iogy in huge urban centres. from London, Eng1and, claim; rural people on! are close enough to Oature to be abie to investigate alternatives to replace the ciTy- logy of today; . He said tbe 'alternate,* survi- vat technologrt must be found to. graphist tram Striliard was back in �� 'Supervising ma t, candescent vitas Canada � C is at Cornwall, Onttlr1o, sa. dustrial plant to be "like't mellow to t of an Italian n!" Pte, waw SLp , Six "Long Was' WMn.' . as Edoaon'a dye wen .111ek- named, driven by a Water ems, in the nearby St.. 'r River, item d 14,000 volts of dir ', tnyr t. Granted 130 Patents In his e :rte granted its Potent*. Hr's the father of, the potion pichire camera and owned tla� copyright to the first motion picture de . "The Record, of !, r >i �star ring RP ass tart nate ;A maned C�it„Ci sneeze andX tile. l>ia►w was raver` The interwoven . as erwoveti fid and kindred ;en ' t. �►t'pI'is�R' ' pany amalgeniati+Qns, ansl.h'little wheeling, and' dealing, Ied to 'the l�tal�byt offal �" the Dd States one ' 't Ilse done. Close. the � he had ,� so much to to for ,1 seconds? The coon. be in chaos. It's �- whetherful would have wanted the ' is dimmed. • ,any - . way. A i EdiJson Arnie of inventiXe . /cg�/l.`■. s,Was 'extr a , 4"r ' living woldd be 'hard t,�►, . con- ceive without our havinglight at the flick ' A switch orelectricity .�.;r.. too e prxat , ro�ur �raaiunery,. rad .. turn, on ',, f m ilia 1�!��'«[r}� - - ,n � .�` �ie:1�c#C,B�. sip `la. . What:. better dedicate the . ,�week of Edison's birth, Feb>�'11,-1.7 as National. Electlicto w full, of be ha t+a��of OOPthat should a are ell. 'may' - ef��_-; Aso- l m the h haat start er when Maw ��l It begbegin* bY et date and file I��,., guar- an I r. ,, - a aantee acid any e r" paper �' with appliance, �.y u the capacity know�y�N�pact�. of^your should not conn?more , than i rid 1,01 Watts on a: e il. a circuit unl+ '. know Its cape - city ts- to to it. .Cord care If':;cord insulation is 'vont, cracked oked ,, +rran�ableid,:r�e the entire, Do. bet .PiP or radiators or other b�.1.LLirr ��'.l.i�v sure are Prop appliances:er placement for should set firm, aam aw es so I won't tip. Heating have room .... burningvent scorching rst furniture�;I correctlyor wans• fir",11l���. , 'Be sure Mari appliances are grounded. Both dryer should have and. he ed) sYstems. e (ground Vied out whethher Cords ameng -different 4qipli- replace the western vorld's cur- rent ideolt 11,ical god of 1414m economic woWth. Society JAM been "hoodwinked" into believ, ing no such alternative exists. Mr. McRobie, develOpment di- rector of the Intermediate Tech- , sology Development Grotip Ltd., says farmers have an interna- - tional reputation of being con- cerned with human valuen' and • needs and must inspire the de- velopmen! of new decentralized Mass Market's - • Still searching for that first ouse of your Iflor 'ire% odwia? 41°king one ds a u in 'the hOtne 37 The current ideology is ba on the harnessing of science an eitY life Must be replaFed with a re-creation of commumty In rural areas with p el rking to gether ,to replace tre) lack of" power over control Of the means of production.' . "This means sa greet deal of de-. centralizing of power on a whole lot of things that oVer the last 20 years we've spent pulling into the cities." o If A floe blown Jitter You have may he bad for motors. your owner man - plugged an opplianee,in, unplug, Ow appliance and peplace the uSe. If it 'blows 'a aeCOnd here is probably something wrong with thelippliance or with wiring, They: should be, in- spected and repaired, appliances !,,efore you 'oil them. • Lights Provide Clue" • Motet - driven appliances are lubricated Vie. Those that aren't need anciaer*ing, even though they ***not In dolly use, But remember that too much oil • ual should give yen exact directions, The ideal of,the owners of capi, to time to be sure they are wo business 'alanageMeat -141, is production without 1 • ment--the use of more and more periods, the, appliance should be' '110100;/,,.gurnn Park,, Interested , ' versonsihoOldregister now Sint* Ai the creation of mass markets. ices through masS Production and far 111 e wiring technology te provide the maxi mum output of goOda and serv sed‘ machinea. assotiliraktional ti) Vital to firm effi'clency the "The main motive power well-known as greed laced wi Am, envy and a good deal of self -de — ception," he said, and has led eleetrtian calla the servi depopulation of rural areas, so - trance -the big board moult cial alienation by crowdin our main wit5h, meter, anu people into eities and an inctea Current issues Sa d rebraary tneak be* discussed "on Ottmva, Owl to V;anada trade ri magazines? Or are you consider- f ing winterizing your vacation home in your favorite resort area usemboesex oarrecirteatutedt-h,rr aerm.p.eret, Most houses over 10 years 0 ld ing lack of power to enable peop to shape their o*n destinies, Power now rests in the haoda e,rvice equipment, hardly Aim- uate to handle the large ninnbei dayf electrical appliances kn NeWerlionies will likel$t have a , b,i,ThlityenrItieji:yfrriotadm;,_ eparvi:wndtii!, has„shit:Inire iii 00 -ampere service, which is tridal people moved in eveir- . tile minimum, reqUired in all pro- creafang ninnbers to the cities , machines where they have only a oines• equipPed With electrical s all -girt of their consciousirss eating, will have 200 amperes or extriirged in what they are domg • If your plans call for a mere q modest outlay, this spring such o as ,bnilding-a-family room,in, the tasemefitxorydur present home, .or adding .a wing, here is' some g bus hazard around the farm. Not s- only is it inadequate -it, is also le highly dangerous. Replacing Such farm wiring is a safe, sound of investment rather than an extra- , vagant expenditure. Rewiring vi A Sound Investment h When looking through older h homes that your real estate agent m No one can ch a equate farm wiring better _than One circuit from the house. f This isn't uncommon aroond established farms and additional equipment and expansions just • naturally get added to the exist- ing wiring. In this farmer's case, over the years, larger bulk tanks, com- pressors, vacuum pumps, feed s augers and more were added to the original power facilities, Checks indicated equipment pulled some 40 to 50 amps through the existing circuit. The overloaded circuit caused fuses to -blow and motors and ore. Some very old homes may Then in the evening they go home and sit in front of a televi- ting of only 30 amperes. • sion set at an even lower level of New wiring and eleetrical serv- Fonsciousness and finally sink ha speed if light ra power has gone through switches, in transformers, meters, fuse co boxes, and automatic protection w devices which reclose the circuit, if there is. a temporary fault. It has travelled v•Awo-inch over- ne head cables on stOl towers, in- ho stalled by an electrical service ntractor. It is not a job for the aciaaanesa called sleep." Mr. McRobie said cities "are eekend do-it-yourself artist. the peacetime equivalent of the Home Modernization gas chamber. It's slower, but To start that family room or nonetheless effective." w wing project in your present Decentralize Power sulated condtictors' along the street and into the smaller. w yes in the walls of your home. n pow,er It has been in a h to sem wry e , you' as it has travelled -at a speed ris which would take it, seven times a around the world in slightly less than a second. e It has travelled from the gen- e erator to the appliance at. the r speed alight -186,281 miles per r • second -quicker than be proneunce veral common symptom warn you that your home's wiri system is overloaded, ina quote or outdated: Fuses -blow or circuit breake trip open too frequently. Such appliances as your iro toaster or kettle are slow to hea Lights dim -,--or the TV pictur shrinks -when you switch o electrical appliances. To conned other lamps or ap- pliances, you find yoU need ex- • tension cords or multiple con- nectors. And looking around the base- board, you see a growing family of "octupus" outlets. . If any one of these conditions exist in your home, call in the ex- pert, and don't be surprised If he tells you that a complete home wiring modernization job is re- quired. Make sure that you hire a qualified electrician who has the training and skills to assure you of a job well ,done, The money spent by having a qualified electrical contractor advise yoU on your maintenance and expansion is money saved. , Also, it will entire your home Wiringliyiteni is sate. ° the CIE 1. you could in Eleetricity. PUSS SLOWING signifies LOW HOUSEPOWER 811, FREE wiring " SURVEY how to LIVE IIIITTElt-ILICTRICAL ROSS ANDERSON Hardware & For All Heating, Wiring and Plumbing Needs CALL BURKE ELECTRIC Electrical contractors Industrial, Commercial, Residential and Farm Motor Rewind & Repair Household ,Appliances 25 YEARS OF GROWTH WITH - OUR COMMUNITY A NATIONAL EL CTRIC WEEK SAFETY MESSAGE listing your present electrical ap- pliances. List separately all the other electrical appliances and work -saving equipment you would like to buy in the years ahead. Follow this up by drawing a plan of the room. Indicate the de- sired location of both present and future appliances. This helps the electrician to determine the size of wires, number and kind of cir- dills, and whether added capa- city is required. In your planning, consider the need for outdoor lighting and out- lets in the garage, driveway or patio area. They add safety, con- venience and pleasure year- round. By planning ahead, you will save money. You will provide the necessary flexibility that will re- duce the need for frequent and costly changes- to. your home elec- trical wiring System. The home electrical wiring sys- tem is one of the most important and yet least understood aspects of every homemaker's daily life. Many older homes and, sur- prisingly enough, many new homes, do not have enough elec- trical capacity, iv. spare cir- cuits, or enough duplex outlets to plug in the number of new elec- trical appliances niost families Scholarships now paying The Canadian Scholarship_ Trust Foundation is now pgyin'g for the tuition and books for 82 university. students. Under the plan, which began in 1960, parents who paid $25 monthly per child could expect the foundation to take over pay- ment of tuition and book costs when the child went beyond the first year of a university course: A fOundation, spokesman said there will be 200 scholarship re- cipients in 1973 and by 1976, more , wiring to smoke. Some electrical motors were actiially lott due to, the overloading. The electrical wiring problems some 'peace of Mind' by inttall- were solved and gave the farmer Idairy and feedlot. 'Me feedlot had , „previously been served by a Less Worry, More Sleep :„'.,t4P):;e41: ...vOloOment,of eorom "ties such as corn, cations In looking back the' farmer w -se* estimates the form' er systein proliably cost him more than the installation of the new wiring sys- tem. He now has capaeity for ex- pansion, his motors start better and run smoother and just gut portant-he worries less and . leeps more. If wiring or some ,electrical problem is of concern around , your farm,. contact your local public utility or an electrician. Most of them have qualified people ready to serve you and save you money and worry. Ir you are interested. in one or more of these courses contact your county agricultural repre- sentative or Mr. Doug ,Jamieson at Centralia College* (228-6601,); ELECTRICITY POVVERS PROGRESS Electricity is right there around us, whenever we vi)iint to use. it. Plug in an appliance or flip a switch. It's there. Our industries hum, our business and commeraal firms prosper, our farms produce at record levels, thanks to electricity. Many little, but important things around the home get done quietly, quickly and efficiently through Our elec- trical servants. The Waster toasts. The family laundry comes up sparkling. Our T.V. set entertains and informs. Newspapers and magazines record instant history. Yes, life is better and brighter because of electricity. We're happy to join with other elements of the electrical industry in observing the 126th anniversary of the birth of Thomas A. Edison, the inventive genius who made possible many of these advances for our comfort. convenience and enjoyment. LIVE BEITER, ...Electrically National Electrical Week massage from Wing ham hblic Utilities Commission Listowel Public Utilities Commission