CHEAP ELECTRIC LIGHT.
A British electrical engineer, Mr R. H. Simons, of Leeds, has, it is said, discovered a ‘self-generating electric light and power,’ which, without the use of machinery of any kind, can be adapted to domestic as well as public use at one-half the-cost of gas. His light supplied to drawing, dining, or other rooms can, he says, be derived from one scource, or be obtained from separate and distinct scources, and groups of lights ma}’’ be used in number according to the pleasure or requirement of the consumer. Mr Simons estimates the cost of a light equal to twelve-candle power at about twopence per week—a marvellous reduction in the cost of production. This invention would of course settle all doubts as to the future of electricity versus gas. The self-generating principle without the use of machinery would be perfection.
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Patea Mail, 2 August 1882, Page 4
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142CHEAP ELECTRIC LIGHT. Patea Mail, 2 August 1882, Page 4
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