New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-09-21
p.u,efenIIe. nuyGhep., Hook and Moreiand

Tov,rds the latter part ~ Worcesfer's he,
voung Freuchmsn was fact rising into notice ms
wa. John Hauteieuille the son OF baker ~ cream
nd ore ~ the inusf Hl liant mernanioiaus n IT." r-
He was Co biz tweutioth year when Wo'cester ni'p-
The device or regulating the vibration OF me na''
in watches by spring whence arose tn8 nai-- II
punduun watches. was invented py n.,n anp ~ '-o
ssoueufly improved ny Huygncn- MAJ '-'Iil- I'd
tered The church and became an aohe he "fo.e ''
ra tracts on suhects connected "iih iN'eIah'-- }"
l6l- b. proposed steam az source OF PpN'i aAu p
Piled % 10 give motion 10 piston ihs'.al "
vayOr be- also proposed the alternate e'oloh ana co
denssfon oSfe vsp0r Of alcohol IN sucE manner that
none should b. wasted and both be and huysnens
gave motion o. pst0ns, by exploding email charges OF
gunoosgd-r in cy linders 10 81 DR. HOoke proposed
4 stssrn engine on the atmospheric principle but the
only information respecting u j. 10 memorandum %
that effect found among he papers OF Dr. honson me
author of the treatise on Mechanical Philosophy
These examples Of inpartng motion o. o DIs0H by
serform fluids interesting inasmuch ~ Trey show
that the device not very novel u me middle o me
l1th century and that mechanics 10 different countries
were familiar with t.
We must now refer 10 another member o. the Eng
lsh Court a contemporary OF Worcester and Ike him
actively engaged n the politics Of the times. but VINO
the other hand adhered o. the Common~eafn unul
the latter part Of Cr0mWelis administration. u are
told that one evening near midnight interview took
place between Cromwell and Inuf4Oe bis secretary,
the house Of the latter some state business tnat
required the utmost secrecy. IL Wa not tai the maer
had been opened that The Protector became aware OF
third person being 10 the room when be s said = have
drawn BIZ dagger and would have dspatched the sup
posed Intruder had Mt Ihurl1e guaranteed silence On
part Of his sleeping attendant This was samuel
Mortland the ing enfor Of the puneef pump. he vas
then employed by and 10 the confidence Of the -ecrem
r. and ssleep affected 70 be TO- during toe M
ervew On this or some other occasion, he overheard
the discussion Of plan % take Oh the ez.ed KING 70
whom he disclosed the whole and was rewarded with
a title - tl- restoration.
lite not known when Norelsnd hrst turned his a.
,ertion 70 mechanic probably not I'd the restoration
A favorife of Charles IT, and -room o. me pnFy
chamber he must often have met Worcester AZ Court
while IRON their congenal habits and pursuts as me-
chanicans they were most likely on familiar terms
with each other A. master Of mechanics 10 the king
Morslsnd Was no doubt u fho-e who visited ard
examined the machine erected by Worcester ~ aux
nal and A. o matter of course be often perused the
Century Of Inventions he has not however nad the
ngenousness mention any Of these things but not
withstandn. this believe so FAR A. MS ap
p.caii0us oil sresn concerned that be was not 10
debted either 10 the machine itself 10 the Century or
% personal intercourse with Worcester and probably
% th,rn all The first invention OF MOrcland that We
hear OF the pump that he patented 10 40 ana on
which according o writer. be- had previously
spent twelve years This carries the date back 20 about
1903 the year n which the Century was published. u
not s al unlikely that this famous pamphlet hrst n-
duced Moresnd (fs well many others) % turn bis
atffniOn mechanical discoveries. and furnished him
with materials ~ work upon Evhauks Hydraulics