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DERIVED FROM ATMOSPHERE. II UN G ARLAN' S INVENTI ON. (Australian and-N.Z. Cab's Assn.) BUDAPEST. March 7. A young- Hungarian engineer named Dezsoffy has invented an apparatus for extracting electric current from file air at small expense. The chief feature of the device is a mast similar to those used in wireless telegraphy. The electric energy gained from the air varies according to the height of the mast. DezsofTy claims to-be able to reach 40,000 volts 0L a height of 900 f- Several houses have been fitted with the apparatus. It has been observed that the current is strongest at noon and weakest at midnight. The Government is placing a workshop at tiie disposal of the inventor.
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Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15185, 10 March 1923, Page 7
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