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? YANK INGENUITY , I LANDS U. S. AT P TOP OF NAVIES P pulsion of the Biggest Fighting Ships?Naval Science Advanced. London.?Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy congratulated Admiral Griffin and W. L. R. Enimett ?pon having given the world, in the New Mexico, a "successful revolution In the propulsion of the biggest fighting ships," adding: "As so often before, American Ingenuity and inventive skill now lead the world in the #1 propelling of battleships." He seems . to have been unaware that in this caso /tne "ingenuity ana inventive sKiir originated in England. Otherwise* one may be sure, he would have been the first to give credit where credit was ) due. At the same time it must be admitted that American enterprise and k . foresight to the possibilities of a really A '' useful invention have opened the eyes V of the naval authorities on this side. to the great and far-reaching impor tance of what, from insufficient investigai'on and wrong expert advice, they Hv had discarded. The history of the evolution and perW feet 'on of what is known over here as f- the "Paragon" thermo-electric shin I propulsion system, and, as is used in ^ the New Mexico, the importance of whose successful trials, though anW Etounced by Mr. Daniels early last DeH cember, has just been discovered bj V the English press, is interesting. This Makes the Big Idea Plain. Although previous lectures on the subject were heard at the Franco-Brit iah exhibition in London as far back as 1906, as regards its application to the merchant marine, it is just ten years ago that William P. Durtnall, a prominent member of the Institute of Marine Engineers, London, now a staff captain in the technical w ?ide of the royal air force, stationed: in London, and the inventor afid pacentee in maoy countries of the 'Taragon" system, interested a learned au-; *?a?onl Aviil mamna nr* m n aai*o \uruvu ui uavai auu mauuu -at Chatham by lecturing on the possibilities of polyphase alternating curreut electrical power transmission for! main marine propulsion and speed regulation. * - ? -. j He described bow he had then got; - the "Paragon" system so complete that | -? ?? j I oy a simple ineuiou au eiecinctu symi % reduction gear was .formed and any! * '''ahead" or "astern" speed from zero j j \ to maximum could then be given to the j propellerswith the turbines runningj at all times in one direction, and at I > -constant revolution speed, at the same ! tiiqe demonstrating that with this ad-; vanA^d system a fuel saving of no less than 26 per cent could be secured over the latest type battleship, name* ly, the then new and original "dread- j naught" Here Is tna inventors Answer. In a copy of the lecture which I j I got Captain Durtnall to exhume for! | me, he said: I "By the adoption of this polyphase j alternating current induction electric motor it is possible to do what is not possible to do with any other kind of r motor of equal power and revolution speed; that is, to make them sufficiently small in diameter that they will go x into the ..narrow after-lines of wan ships, and "at the same time to obtain the maximum of efficiency at tinleast possible cost. "The heating losses of this typeioi motor are reduced to a minimum amount, and require comparatively little attention; it is also quite light in weight per horse power given off, and has become very popular ]on shore ot recent years, mainiy owing to us powerful starting torque and its freedom Uk from commutators and brush-gear. ^ "A burnt-out armature?the perpetual source of dread to other types of electric motor in practice?is practically unknown in this type, even when y put to such severe service as propeller rever ng. Indeed, its depreciation un. <ler v >cr condition^ for which it would oe designed is as low as any other type of revolving mechanical machinery, and owiug to its peculiar ran ning character it is especially suitable for main marine propulsion work on battleships, and especially as this efficient electric motor can be designed for large powers, while its constructional details represent the very acme of simplicity.** f Halts Her Tendency to Race. ? A feature which the captain also noted, and laid much stress1 upon, was the fact that it was impossible for this type of motor to "race" when the vessel was under heavy rolling or pitching conditions, and thus allowing the vessel to run at high speed even in a severe gale and heavy seas, while the toad balanced itself automatically be twe?n heavily and lightly immersed or? sellers, while under those operat tog conditions and without strainin; I the s!ii" as is the case in every othe; typ x of propeller drive, and he esti sn&t kI a jrreat saving in fuel in con | nection with the propulsion of sn | warships when propelled under hea { weather condition's, and so noted J tlii? case of the New Mexico. Captain Durtnall added that the sn l ject was then receiving close attontii [ on the part of shipbuilders and e i gineers, forming the topic of repeat' j discussions of various engineering c | dV/UmiWil9v inrui ill iJiI^unni <11 j abroad. "Electrical power transm; j sion for ship propulsion," be sai j "was nigh at hand," and he urged n j val and mercantile engineers to mal I themselves an fait with all the pote tialities of'this "twentieth century i vasion of the orthodox methods steam propulsion 011 a direct propell 1 drive." "That, he it remembered, was b years ago, and the matter did attra j a considerable amount of favorafc | comment, but that was about as far ! it went. j How Captain DurtnaH Won HisPofr i One of Captain Durtnall's chief cr ics was Sir Charles Parsons, who sa he feared the system woulfl prove source of grave danger to the engii j room crews, as "if a short circuit c curred they would all be poisoned 1 copper poisoning from the fumes th would be given off." And yet \vith I a year Sir Charles Parsons' firm, I I gether with the Thompson Housti j Electric company (the English repi J sentatives of the General Electi company, U. S. A.), were both t fendants in actions brought by Capta Durtnall before the comptroller ge eral of patents, in London, in whi< they sought to infringe Captain Dui nail's patents, the settlement of\vhi< was brought about by Captain Dui nail agreeing that he would be sat filed if a disclaimer as to this pol phase alternating current ship propi j sion was inserted in the applicam specifications. Since th^t time several successf patent actions have been placed the credit of Captain Durtnall, who original invention is considered basi i But the real reason why Capta i Durtnall's invention was thrown dow | not once, but many times during tl | last ten /years, by the British a | miralty, he said, was because it w< ' considered of too revolutionary a chs acter. He is, however, very gratifi< | at the tremendous success of his Pa j agon system, first on the naval c< ! lier Jupiter and more recently on ti New Mexico. ^ | Whether it was, as can hardly 1 gainsaid, that inventors are seldo the best missionaries of their ov cases, or that the adverse criticisr of such authorities as Sir Charles Pa sons and Doctor Perranti carry ve great weight in marine engineering cl cles over here, Captain Durtnall very gratified that at last his erfor have been rewarded by the recogr tion in highest possible form, nam ly, successful trials at sea, of his Pa agon system by the United Stat< navy; although, in discussing the ma ter with me, he rather diffidently crii cized one remark which Mr. Danie is reported to have made to the * feet that the New Mexico is a mui more "powerful" ship than any oth< in the world. Naval Science Advanced . - "What Mr. Daniels undoubted meant," said Captain Durtnall, "wa of course, that he had built a *rau< stronger' ship, one which will star heavier gunfire and under-water n tack than any other afloat, as by ta ine full advantage of the facilities < elasticity and the flexibility of pow< plant placing, which electrical drivii offers, full advantage can and has bet taken of the efficicait merits of tl strength of the 'cellular' system of hi construction, and armor, points whi< the world has yet to learn in conne tion with the splendid high powe high speed electrical battle cruise under construction for the progress^ United States navy, of which evei true American should be highly prou not only in those facts, but aiso thi iim/ DHIilunA Ntss DUUIVLW t rk ' 0ANZI STETTIN BERUK Under the new terms of the ai where the Germans have been oppi efforts to establish their claim to th< of Posen/ The provisional boundary fixed b East of Grosser Neudorf (soutl south Of Schodziesen, north of E: Sann (?), North of Czarnikau (e: Bentechen (west of Posen), Wolistc thence along the frontier between Sil This takes in the greater part of along the border that have been tho) The heavy shaded portions of t the allies have backed up Polish so1 ch | they have such advanced thinking men vy among: their naval engineers, and adin ministerial officers so well represented in Mr. Daniels, who has rightly given ,b_ I fine support to the art oi? thermo-eleci trieal warship construction. n. j "I>e that as it may, however," add[>4 ! ed Captain DurtnaU, "the facts are tois i and as an engineer of 30 years' lf] I experience I liave no hesitation in jS_ | stating that in my opinion the Amer; lean naval engineers have advanced a_ ; the world's naval engineering con* ke ' structlonal art by at least 25 years, n. I by adopting this modern advanced eni gineering system for their consequent0p j ly efficient warships, as apart from er | its unique engineering value, it opens j up a vista of vast commercial and po* pn j litical significance, which has yet to . be felt the world over." ct | ______________ as j WROTE HER OWN OBITUARY rt.' Aged Spinster Prepared AH but Date it-1 four Years Ago and Left It With id i Undertakers. a| j New York,?Miss Anna M. Haley >c*1 who died at 31 Roseville avenue, Newf>.v j ark, wrote her own obituary four years at; ago and left It in care of a firm of in ' undertakers. to-! She asked that it be used just as on | she wrote it, with the date of her e- j death filled in. Here is part of her iv: | vunuaij . le- i "Miss Haley has been a great sufin | fcrer from spinal trouble for many n-' years, and with her brother traveled eh extensively for health. In the year rt- 1870-1880 they traveled around the ch world via California, visiting the Sandrt> : wich islands, Australia, southern laic. ! din. E<rvnt and Europe. LO~ | ' * y. | "Miss Haley was born in the city of jl-1 New York, as were her ancestors for ts' j many generations. Slie was educated ] in Miss Haines' school, Gramercy u)jPark-" . I ACE DESIGNS STATUE lc.j to (| I Bd S. m BBrnt' * 1V 1:; :^'f ^18^ ir- M i|MB|p| r w 'W o a?n v Revelations in London Show Hitherto Undisclosed Part of America in War. > OPENS EYES 6F NAVY MEN I In the New Mexico Give6 World a Successful Revolution in the Pro v ~ w x ?Jj |<D_Wgtfrn Nqwptper Uni'on^^^^^i-'v'!^^^^ gr Lieut. Walter Clialaire, who recently returned from the front, and I Is an ace, having brought down nine " Hun machines, designed this statue Y of General Pershing and an Ameri" can doughboy, which will be made 1 in bronze by Miss Belle Kinney, a. . ~ young sculptress of New York, and presented to General Pershing. Lieu0 tenant Chalaire is a former newspaBr , per man, and while in France was admitted to the bar as a full-fledged lawyer. le ili ;h Destroy Spoiled Salmon. c Seattle, Wash. ? Canned salmon ir, worth $100,000 was destroyed here by rs the federal pure food department bere cause of its'alleged decomposed conry dition. The salmon?11,000 cases? d. was the property of Uncle Sam, purat chased for the war department. ) ...... iRIES FOR POLAND ' ^WARSAW^V LODZ ( ||J POLAND *4% >&?? ^n?&...... J&Mm*; l$k. ^mrf tap**^ rmistice hostilities must cease in Posen. j >sing the advance of the Poles in their 5 entire territory of the German province i y the allied armistice commission follows: - ^ ? n- - * r least or JtsromDer?j, souui or .uuui:?cuiu, cin (southwest of B-omberg), south of ! list of Kreuz), west of Birnbaum and iin, Lissa, and north of Wiernszow, and esia and Poland. 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