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WILL GENERATE
ELECTRICITY BY
OCEAN WAVES
Utilize Old Neptune's
Energy
Reynolds 9rothert* Invention Prom.
Itea to Revolutionize Production
of World's Heat, Light
and Power
t -vOOMINO and thundering and
r"S pounding the sands of the sea
1-J1 -J shore, the mighty waves of the
ocean have puzzled and fascinated the
ir.lnd of man since he first gazed won
derlngly at their dark waters. To the
uncouth Ravage, the dire might em
bodied In their all potent onrush seemed
to speak of a powerful god whom It WM
necessary to propitiate; find he wor
shiped th« strange power.
. Later on civilization denuded the
ogre of his supernatural surroundings,
j^ but the inanimate power that lurked
« In his bosom, ever ready to leap forth
-and devour the unsuspecting, filled the
7 mind of the mariner with mingled dread
and awe.
it. The theologian saw In the ceaseless,
I crashing, roaring, resistless power of
'.the wave the omnipotent might of
I Deity itself, and its never-sleeping bil
lows that crunched the swirling Bands
tin their teeth breathed of his great
Strength.
What the Inventor Saw
- ■■ The inventor, sitting at the seaside,
■watched with a vague sense of dissatis
faction the rolling rise and fall of the
booming waters. The resistless advance
of the waves as they ebbed and flowed
seemed to speak to him of mighty pow
ers as yet unharnessed, and of strength
sufficient to move a world. In the dark
Shadows of the billows he gazed and
long sought to wrest from their um
-. bered waves the secret of harnessing
that power. Th« gently rolling waters
told i him of a power which, bridled,
would perform for the world all the
labor at which man was tolling away
- the brief years of his existence. Small
' .-wonder that the inventor passed his
days by the side of the Incomprehensi
ble sea, struggling with the mystery
that seemed to baffle solution.
a The rolling motion of the waves
' seemed to show him in what direction
his ■ search must be prosecuted, and
many years ago the first wave motor
■was devised. The Instrument was
floated on the surface of the water, and
each successive undulation of the water
added its quota to the power generated.
But the first storm sufficed to show that
this system was unsatisfactory. The
floating machine was crunched to pieces
by the force it was trying to harness,
and a mass of shapeless wreckage float
ed to shore to warn the Inventor that
the problem was not yet solved.
Brothers Seek Secret
Among the inventors who sought the
secret of reining in the mighty waters
were Alva and George Reynolds ot
Huntington Beach. Born and bred with
in hearing of the ocean's ceaseiess
throb, they were early attracted by its
wonders. Long years of association
with the king- of waters gave them an
lntimate knowledge of its ways; they
learned to know Its moods, in short, to
love its gray, blue, green, changing
bosom.
Possibly because of this love the
ocean that had turned an Impassive
face to other searchers rewarded these
children of Its care vith the secret
that had baffled hundreds, nay, thous
ands, before them. Suffice to say, it
■was given to these two brothers to
. learn from old ocean's own waves how
they could be harnessed; "and the Rey
nolds brothers" wave motor is the re
sult
!»»•■" Was Inventor of Man Angel
i' The life of the two Inventors is
scarcely less interesting than their in
vention itself. Born In Michigan, the
family moved to California in 1875.
They have lived on the coast ever
since.
■ Alva Reynolds Is a scientific in
ventor by inclination. Prior to the
lnvention of the wave motor his most
■ Important achievement was the con
struction of an aerial boat, known
throughout Los Angeles and vicinity—
I and, in fact, the entire country— as the
"Man Angel." For many weeks the
machine made ascensions in this city,
and few Angelenos who were here two
years ago are ignorant of the "Man
Angel" and its inventor. This machine
was taken all over the country and ex
hibited at fairs and large gatherings.
lts best flight was on such a trip, when
Captain Follett drove it from Augusta
to Macon, Georgia, without coming to
the earth.
Oeorge Rpynolds, while he is almost
a celebrity in his home town, Hunting
ton Beach — in which he has lived ever
since the place was first settled — Ik not
so widely known outside the confines
of the beach town.
Saves Many Lives
' ! But there he Is a hero. For the past
. ! four years ho has been connected with
B the bath house and life saving corps,
and during this time not a single per
son has lost his life on the beach.
Eternally vigilant, one of the best
swimmers on the coast, and of inde
fatigable nerve and endurance, Rey
nolds has at eight different times pulled
from the surf venturesome swimmers
who were being carried out to certain
death by the waves.
Oeorge Reynolds is a mechanical en
1 glneer by trade, but this is the first
time he and his inventive brother have
collaborated to produce a new machine.
Alva Reynolds said last night: "How
'did we discover the secret? Well, wo
used to go out on the wharf at night
and sit by the hour watching the |
waves come in, and discuss ways of
harnessing them. The Idea simply
floated In with the waves; but it took
a lot of work to bring it out. After
we had the first crude plan, we came
out on the wharf and at night, when
no one was around to disturb us, we
would conduct our experiments and
I make alterations. That's all there is
to it."
Utilizes Ebb and Flow
Unlike past efforts, the Reynolds mo
' tor does not float on the surface of th«
I waves. The old style motor took only
I the ebb of the wave and the How was
- lost altogether. In the Reynolds motor
V both. ebb and How are utilized. The
' float has beta abandoned for a. vane
which projects into the water and re
ceives the Impact of each wave as it
rushes in to the shore. The roiling
water turns the wooden vane partly
i and In so doing turns a crank
at tbe top which is attached to th« vane
and to the arm of a pump. The water
, from the ocean Is pumped up by each
REYNOLDS WAVE MOTOR AND THE INVENTORS
motion of the waves and Is emptied into
a large pipe which receives It and car
ries it to a water mill on the bank.
The rest of the operation is too Blmple
to need explanation. The turning of the
wheel generates electricity, which is
collected and put to any one of a thous
and or more different uses.
Simplicity Attracts All
The extreme simplicity of the Rey
nolds brothers' Invention is at once suf
ficient to commend it to the attention
of even the layman. The working parts
of the machine are a pump arrange
ment, a submerged valve and a water
mill. The result is electricity that will
continue to generate as long as the
waves of the sea ebb and flow.
To a long "ertical or upright shaft
is attached longitudinally a broad vane
projecting down into the water like a
great key. The upper end of the shaft
la provided with a crank and attached
to a suction or lift pump. The slightest
motion of a wave will turn the valve
at least a little; this turns with it the
shaft, which works the pump. A stream
of water, varing In capacity with the
force of the wave, is thus pumped up
to the level of the wharf to which the
motor is attached, and is emptied into
a large pipe that conveys the never
oeasing stream to a water mill. From
then on the process is the same as that
of any other plant that utilizes water to
create power.
Perfect in Detail
In addition to the wonderful discov
ery underlying the invention there are
many smaller points, each of merit suf
ficient to call for special mention were
not the mind staggered by the magni
tude of the w..01e. Each shaft, vane
and pump carries a separate unit, hav
ing no connection whatever with the
others except that all empty into the
same pipe. In case come extraordinary
accident should break one of the units
and so put it out of commission the
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others would continue In operation
without being affected in the least. Tho
broken one could be repaired or re
placed without interfering with the
others.
The wave moves onward reslstless
ly and whole acres can be covered with
the motors, thus generating power, un
limited. Of the millions of miles of
coast line In the world not an Infini
tesimal part would be needed to supply
the world with electricity.
The important question of expense is
also deserving of consideration. No
elaborate and costly mechanism is there
to place the cost of the motor at an
exorbitant figure. The entiro motor is
Blmply an ingenious connection of
wooden vanes nnd pipes, costing llttlo
more than the raw material. The elec
trical apparatus alone coats.
Motor Will Not Break
Then, too, the danger of breakage is
almost nil. In the wave motors of the
old type every violent storm that swept
the coast on the waves of which the
motors were floating would rend and
tear and ruin the machines and leave
them a total loss to their owners. In
the Reynolds motor, no matter how vio
lent the wave that strikes It, the valve
will swing around on Its pivot and the
flow will wash it back into place. The
violence of the tempest will increase
its working power, but strike the motor
where it will, the wave cannot break
It; the motor simply swings around to
the direction of least resistance and the
wave retreats baffled.
For fear that the wheel might not be
able to take care of all the water
pumped up during a storm the inven
tors have arranged an ingenious stor
age system that will take care of the
surplus water and keep the pressure
constant. When the waves run high
and the discharging pipe is full of wa
ter the surplus is forced up an open
pipe to a storage reservoir on a hill or
bluff. When the sea is particularly
ALVA L. REYNOLDS
quiet and wave action falls below nor
mal the reservoir discharges Its water
back into the pipe and keeps the pres
sure constant.
May Revolutionize Labor
A superficial inspeatlon of tho new
motor is scarcely sufficient to fully Im
press one with the tremendous signifi
cance of the new discovery. The enor
mous value of such a motor to the
world Is almost beyond the grasp of
the mortal mind. While the public may
at first be skeptical of the working suc
cess of the untried motor, it cannot
but be nwed by the limitless realms of
power such a machine if successful
wll lopen up.
Every telegraph line that apiderwebs
the broad Americas, every railroad
whose steel tracks girdle the wide
prairies, every steamship that threads
its cautious way across the lakes or
bays of the western hemisphere could
bo run by the electricity generated on
the Pacific coast between this city and
Santa Barbara. With the power remain
ing the farmers of the great plains
could drive their plows, the harrows
could be run by electricity: the rnkers
would gather in the crops by the same
magic power. Ihc blacksmith's forge
would glow with electric fire, the great
iron and textile mills would throb and
tremble under the strength of the mys
terious power. More, the street cars
would be propelled by the deadly Juice,
the streets would glow with its light,
the homes would be warm with its
heat. With toe power of the waves
from Los Angeles to San Francisco
harnessed the inventors would have
more power than the world could use;
nd electricity would become such a
glut upon the market they could not
give it away.
Must Prove to the World
The Reynolds wave motor has not yet
had an opportunity of proving its merits
to a skeptical world, but the working
GEORGE A. REYNOLDS
plans and drawings have Impressed ex
perts with a sense of the wonderful
Importance of the discovery. N. O.
Harmon, civil engineer for the Hunt
ington Beach company, said last night:
"The main thing In an invention Is
correct principles and sound philosophy,
«nd it would appear to me that this
.notor is perfectly practical for the fol
lowing reasons: First, it is simple and
economical In construction and would
be reasonably free from breakage and
destruction from heavy seas or violent
storms.
"Second— Being built on the unit sys
tem would make Its operation continu
ous and I see no reason why a plant
Installed on this plan would necessarily
stop working for one minute In a life
time except, of course, In a case of total
destruction of a wharf or construction
to which It is attached.
"Third— The fact that the vane does
not have to resist any of the wave force
except that which it transnr..s Is a point
in Its favor which would be impossible
tc obtain In any other way. It would
appear to me therefore that this motor
will solve the wave power problem."
Engineer Passes Judgment
Amos A. Fries, United States engi
neer in this city, is equally impressed
with the importance of the new dis
covery. He said:
"The development of power from the
ocean wavos Is a subject that has al
ways appealed to me on account of
the inexhaustlve stipply and world-wide
distribution. As the world growß older
fuel ani power for heating purposes
will get scarcer and more expensive
unless some unforeseen source of
energy Is discovered. We must har
ness the waves or give up many of
our present day industries.
Present day fuel is coal and oil and
similar products and woo.. I oal and
oil and similar products, coming as they
do from material deposited in past ages,
must sooner or later become exhausted,
while even now our forest* are being
denuded at » rate that la alarming.
Light find heat am only different mnn
tfostntlnns of power and If we can only
get the pow«r otherwise we will need
no fuel for steam or gas to run engines.
Freeh Water Power Scarce
"Water power from fall*, rivers and
creeks Is excellent when available, but
nil inch power is being rapidly put in
r»e and In many ca"s«s being carried
lnn*I Inn* distances at great cost and with
considerable loss.
"Where sea and land meet there are
our groat cities, and there In where
most of our manufacturing is don«.
"The power derived from waves will
bcb be used close to where It Is produced,
and consequently at a minimum cost for
transmission lines, etc. if any wave
n.otor of which I have knowledge will
bcb be a success the neynolds Is the one.
"By utilizing the horizontal compon
cente ent of the wave Instead of the vertical
they avoid the use of any sort of float,
which Is always liable to destruction
from the very horizontal component that
is utilized. On the other hand, the very
nature of this motor almost precludes
the possibility of Injury by the vertical
component of the wave. In fact, where
any sort of wharf or pier will stand
there will this motor stand.
Unit System Is Advantage
"Another excellent and desirable fea
ture Is that every power plant will be
made up of a number of these simple
motors, thereby making It a unit sys
tem with all tho advantages which that
lmplies.I Implies. Thus, one or more units may
fall or wear out and the plant run con*
tinuously while they are being repaired
or replaced.
"Indsstruetlbllity is one of the chief
factors In any wave motor and by doing
away with the float and substituting
therefor a vano the inventors have re
duced.the breakage to a minimum. Ino
water may chase the vane to all points
of the compass, but it can hardly catch
ltI It where It can be broken.
"The proposed storage system, while
no part of the patent, Is nevertheless
on Important part of the plant, as it
will equalize the wave energy and
thereby produce a steady output of
power from the waves' Intermittent ac
tion. With a large number of units
properly placed a reservoir may not be
necessary or at most only a compara
tively small one.' '
Form Stock Company
A largo number of Los Angeles and
Huntington Beach buslnes srnen have
formed the California Wave Motor
company to exploit the new invention,
and they will at once begin demon
strating what their motor can do. The
officers of the company are: President,
Alva L. Reynolds; vice president, Amos
Raymer; secretary, H. E. Bennett;
treasurer, S. L. Blodget; directors,
Amos A. Fries, room 637, Citizens Na
tional Bank building; Amos Raymer,
room 430, Citizens National Bank build
ing; Alva L. Reynolds, Huntington
Beach; J. E. Schweng, room 604, Union
Trust building; J. L,. Cobb, room 604,
Union Trust building; George A. Rey
nolds, Huntington Beach; S. L. Blod
get, Huntington Beach; H. E. Bennett,
Huntington Beach; James Kerr, room
435, Citizens National Bank building.
GOOD SAMARITAN SUFFERS
FROM FRACTURED ARM
G. Graig, 2427 Houston street, suffered
a broken right arm in a peculiar man
ner yesterday afternoon. A wagon .was
stuck In a mud hole on East First
street and Graig attempted to aid the
driver in drawing the wagon out.
The man grasped the spokes of one of
the rear wheels and the driver gave,
the word to the horses to go. Graig's
hand caught between the spokes and
his arm was broken In three places.
Graig was removed to the German hos
pital.
POLITE BURGLAR
LEAVES SUITCASE
ROBBER IS A CHESTERFIELD
IN MANNERS
Compelled to Btop Work of Rifling
House When Women Cnll
and Forgets His
Plunder
"T, Inn, ntn looking for the womnn
of the houne." said a nice lonklrip, wHI
dressed young follow who smlMenly
•I from tho rear of till
at 1409 Wright street.
Two women who had gone to cnll
on Mrs. X T. Ha »™n. and wero
lllgontly ringing the bell, looked up
lnI In surprise and saw a smiling stranger
standing by tho edge of the porch. his
hat in Ma hand. "I guess there Is no
one at home, as I went to the back
door and could not attract the atten
tion of any one." With this the man
bowed like a Chesterfield and walked
off. <
The women, deciding Mrs. Haggeman
was not at home, nlso left the place.
Mrs. Hn.ggo.man returning Boon after
found the house had been ransacked
She first missed a quantity of silver
ware valued at $100 and looked further
but missed nothing else.
Going Into tho bedroom, she noticed
a suit case which hnd been placed
under the bed. Wondering why it had
been left there she stooped to pick It
up. The suit case wan heavy. Mrs.
Haggeman finally succeeded In opening
the case nnd found it contained all her
mlsßlng silverware. Unable to account
for the mystery, she notified tho police
Neighbors Saw Man
Investigation showed entranoo hnd
been effected through a side, window,
and the thief had evidently left the
same way.
Inquiry In the neighborhood brought
out tho fact that a nicely dressed younsr
man had been seen climbing through
the window with a suitcase In his
hand. Later he had been seen com
ing out without the case. His cool
ness and apparent familiarity with tho
place disarmed all suspicion, and the
woman who saw him thought nothing
of the circumstances.
Mrs. Haggeman Is not worrying about:
the affair. She lost nothing and has
a handsome suit case as a souvenir of
the burglar's visit.
It Is thought the man was interrupted
In his work by the two women ringing
the bell, and jumped out of the window
after placing the suitcase under the
bed.
It is said he probably Intended to
return for it on the departure of tho
women who interrupted him, but the
arrival of Mrs. Haggeman soon after
kept him from completing the job.
Miners Caught in Tunnel
By Associated Press.
TACOMA. Wash, March 16.— 8y a
cave-in at the Fairfax coal mine, thirty
miles from Tacoma, two miners were
caught in a tunnel yesterday and it
is feared they met death. Relays of
men are working in the hope they
may be rescued. The men are brothers,
Tony and Fred Cela, both unmarried.