Science: An Efficient Motor

An electric motor which, by harnessing the " idle " current in an alternating current, gives 30% to 50% more mechanical power and will save over $100,000,000 yearly if put into general use, was announced at the annual meeting of the Technical Section of the National Electric Light Association, at Omaha. It is the invention of Val A. Fynn and Hans Weichsel.

Alternating current was devised to increase the distance to which electrical power could be conveyed, direct current being transmissible only a few miles. Nikola Tesla invented motors to operate on alternating current 35 years ago, but until now there has always been a large fraction of energy wasted in proportion to the " working current." The Fynn-Weichsel motor utilizes the entire current.