text: 6 [ The Waves Harnessed | 4ff^ * __^__ j^___^M^_MtMm^,MMMW |, MIMMMMWa^aga |gpgaMg>!BHBIWICBIBIIHB^MHCB3IH •"■^o^ I At Last I I After Years of Labor and Expense Apparatus | I IS at Last Invented That Will Make it | I Possible to Get Power Out of Waves 1 £= The Prather Wave Motor Will Furnish Natural Power to Run the Machinery of the Entire World =«5 ' TWO-THIRDS OF THE EARTH IS COVERED WITH WATER WHICH BEING^CONSTANTLY KEPT^N^O- ' TION BY THE COMBINED INFLUENCE OF THE SUN, MOON AND WIND, REPRESENTS BY FAR THE LARG- . , F 1 EST S rN EC LE D MOA F NEF NlII? Y M Siyg? pSw^rhe HAS CAST longing EYES AT this great waste of 3 gT ' ENERGY AND HAS TRIED TIME AND AGAIN TO HARNESS THE POWER REPRESENTED BY THE WAVES f^| - W ?S*^^Wl^^S»™™ FW AI LU BRE ELIE LV EE T ff tS Bf » ""NO" WFA^R\ i?^gr C AN^^^^^^^ VSiKJS M) • 2T HIM , ACTION OF STORM WAVES THAT HAS STOOD FOR ANY GREAT LENGTH OF TIME? IT HAS EVEN BEEN HJUI ST v FOUND TO BE POSSIBLE TO CONSTRUCT LIGHTHOUSES OUT OF STEEL,OR■MASONRY THAT WOULD X _^ 0^- ■ WITHSTAND THE POUNDING ACTION OF THE SEA. NOW, WOULD IT NOT BE FOOLISH TO ATTEMPT V - 3 m^- • TO BUILD A PIER AND ATTACH ANY FORM OF FLOAT OR VANE WHEN THE PIER ITSELF IS DOOMED P ======= TO OT^RTATN T")FSTRUCTION' ' •*™*^B^ fc ON THE OTHER HAND, FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS MEN HAVE ANCHORED ALL SORTS OF CRAFT, •— FROM A CHINESE JUNK TO A FIRST-CLASS BATTLESHIP, TO THE SEA BOTTOM AND HAVE RIDDEN OUT -^ r2^ II || OF THE WORST STORMS THAT EVER RAGED THE SEAS. t^i/t^o to a •-:;:-»,; -. ^^ ' WHY NOT ANCHOR A WAVE MOTOR, SINCE ALL THAT IS NECESSARY TO GENERATE POWER IS A ... , : « *1«a - life ; li St: D«. A |;#~ FIXED AND A MOVING OBJECT AND A MEANS OF UTILIZING THE RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN AOVailCe '-"ZS rOlltS THEM? THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT MR. PRATHER DID, AND THE GOVERNMENT GAVE HIM A PATENT, # -^ *^T WHICH GIVES HIM THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO UTILIZE THAT RELATIVE MOTION t FOR THE PRODUC- | ft J;. In the construction of power, this constitutes a basic patent, or a patent of a principle, the strong. EST AND BROADEST KIND OF A PATENT EVER ISSUED. I M A «*«, —a WITH CABLES ATTACHED TO THE SEA BOTTOM AND BROUGHT ON BOARD A BARGE AND WOUND $100,000 - investment around drums, it stands to reason that when the barge raises it will cause the drums. WAG TO REVOLVE, THEREBY CREATING POWER. ONCE GIVEN A REVOLVING DRUM, IT IS A SIMPLE PROBLEM. First 25,000 shares will be offered at the MOVEMENTS, PROVISIONS HAS BEEN MADE FOR A GREAT LATITUDE OF MOTION, ALLOWING BEING SOLD AT $1,250,000. Deducting $250,000, LEAST. A WAVE COULD SUDDENLY TOSS THIS BARGE MANY FEET WITHOUT SUBJECTING THE MAIN. An ace leaves $1,000,000 per year, POWER TO BE USED, BEING COMPRESSED ON THE BARGE AND CONVEYED. ASHORE The "nS7*!>" or 100 per cent profit. THROUGH A SUBMARINE HOSE, WHERE IT WILL BE CONVERTED INTO POWER FOR LIGHTING, HEAT- these Prices- ING AND IN FACT ALL OF THE USES FOR WHICH POWER IS AT PRESENT USED, BESIDES MANY OTHERS THAT ARE NOT USED AT PRESENT ON ACCOUNT OF THE HIGH PRICE. ACCORDING TO APPLIED MECHANICS AND MATHEMATICS, A BARGE FORTY BY SIXTY FEET WILL PRODUCE, AT THE LOWEST WAVE ACTION KNOWN ON THIS COAST, THEORETICALLY. 500 HORSEPOWER, WHICH COSTS AT PRESENT IN LOS ANGELES FROM $25 TO $100 PER HORSEPOWER PER YEAR. A BARGE OF THIS SIZE CAN BE A BUILT AND EQUIPPED FOR $5000, WHICH WOULD PRODUCE 500 HORSEPOWER. LET'S ALLOW 50 PER CENT FOR FRICTION AND LOSS (A VERY LIBERAL ALLOWANCE) AND WE STILL HAVE 250 HORSEPOWER OR $6250 PER YEAR, OR WE WILL SAY 100 PER CENT PROFIT—A VERY NICE RATE OF INTEREST. «^ IIMQ ' THE ABOVE BEING COMPUTED LOWER THAN LOWEST WAVE ACTION KNOWN, IT CAN READILY BE I fißi -~"°* m*~ V^^^ SEEN WHAT THE PROFITS WOULD BE. Vlldisl "~^ei •T; \1 1 A CORPORATION HAS BEEN FORMED UNDER THE LAWS OF CALIFORNIA TO BUILD AND OPERATE W M '*"S^ • i^^l THESE WAVE MOTORS AND TO GENERATE AND SELL THE POWER PRODUCED. - jiiiij ' —4* *T" m—m THE COMPANY HAS A CAPITALIZATION OF 1,500,000 SHARES, PAR VALUE OF EACH SHARE $1.00, OF , - ~^ «*X WHICH OVER 1000,000 REMAIN IN THE TREASURY, WHICH WILL BE SOLD FOR THE PURPOSE OF IN- • - Js^l\ STALLING THESE BARGES, THERE BEING NO SALARIED OFFICERS. THIS STOCK WILL RAPIDLY BE AD- -3 VANCED IN PRICE AND THE ONES COMING FIRST WILL BE THE ONES WHO WILL BE IN ON THE GROUND ; . -*» «^~ » FLOOR COME AND EXAMINE THE MODEL, AND BRING AN ENGINEER OR MECHANIC WITH YOU. WE ,  , , S^ WILL BE GLAD TO EXPLAIN ANY DETAILS YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND. . . Z^ FOR DETAILS AND DEMONSTRATION SEE Z^m I Prather Wave Motor Co. | INCORPORATED % Main Office, 525 South Spring Street 3 Branch Office, 247 Douglas Building, Third and Spring jj I Phones: Broadway 2835 J'H 'Z£22t£ 2L-- Los Angeles, Cal. | gT' * llvlaCo* F 1279 Vice-President* and Manager A^\J*& *** **^s^^ A^/.wPJ> l£ f^ml ■ i .•-..- iii inn in h'iumtTmriiiiiiiimiiii i nii» wnniy.iih.il.ii'ii<i<nn hi-ii»ii<iiii■ "i'<• ■ i i tt\\ut\\\+ iiMr\*nwM*^' nv,^n*{\m»mmi\t\M*W\\l*\A»VwlP^m»riFiny AiWV\h LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL 5, 100 S. PAKT H. 