Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-09-28
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l:ieetro- Magnetic Engine.

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We were present q few days nge 70 wit.
resH Tie running Of hi eitgine. propelled ny
Acknowledgements ,n, the invention OF Mr, D.
II '%'sttlt1,. az this city, and which I've las
,,r,tr,te,i tty n - vchi III The Patent Oftier,
Ire ~rt,sgtf5 wl,tel, Nh snw vas tti eR.
rtHdllttiy 10TH ono. and iiiconrlete III
,unny Of ite lsarisfi but 81 far IA we are abie
to tiuatr, tile experiments with IT were
very satisfactory. proving cotclnsisely TIE
fact that q motion rnn l,e rl'tnin"J Wy the
,iss If r1petro.mauirtistn The ajg,arato@,
OF enrjoa, wl,irl, Mr. Tattm has t;a,strttt.
tod, %ronaietz simply IF n wheel, Eo't feet
IN diameter, aud weighing about five nun
,lrnd pounds. II differs u, iiz construction
from 40 ordinary AytW lirel III esetl, OF its
ufula, being provided ct the Otter elld WIN
- heRvv wedge like block Of irot'; siSteel'
&c which. placed 81 tie regular distances,
occupy the periphery Of Tire wheel. IL -
to these af,nattift=, ps they hfe styled, that
Mr.. 'Tntuin applies the electromagnetic
current, and hy attraction md rfpulslon
obtains n power which propels tllI, wheel
With The current FROM Il small 'i,d very
complete battery applied ~ tlie9e ariha'
lures. The wheel was Stated and kept IN
slow but regular nI9tlon This battery.
Mr., T'ntutn informed us, furnished but one
sixteenth Of the power estimated as ne
rseeary for the wheel, mud yet ny Vt the
wheel was started and maintained ~ mo-
ton. n result which we believe llns never
been attained ly steam. With tie power
from another small lattety, the: two TO-
petllpr containing less than two feet oi
l,nttSa. the motion If the wheel was no.
tolerated until It niade thirty retolhtionsh
minute Though, ma we have; already
stated. the engine was very incomplete
and crude, aud not ut ull what il il the de
tign of Mr. Tatun to make it, mil though
the breaks IN the magnetic circuit were Oh
the whole most defective. yet the molloi,
Of the wheel was steady aud UNIFORM and
without tie slightest prrenrtlbte lsSs Inc
rlnri ui Mr.. Tatntn, we may stntr.S ltbon'
rutrfinp into any heightened description
Of it, differs from all a%.lerR' First, III tie
rropeIIirg power. 1pelit eleetro-inasA
uptis,tt Second, il, TINT power t'ri,ig az
.rliod TO the afnatufes On the periphery or
~ outer circumference of the wheel: (and not
to n lia,on or crank working Oh the AXIS
Of the wheel whereby il is elS''ned M I'M
r1enae amount cf power a,iS leverage ~
obtained and, thirdly, in the important
fact that north aud south lnar'ty Of The
wheel Ia always maintained Without
" pretending TO pronounce, 81 edthffid, n
!, Judgment on Mr., Tatnm's invention. we
yet werc greatly pleased with the results
which We saw he had obtained, aud tlink
his plan highly worthy Of the examination
1T the scicniiHe aud Of those who take an
interest il such matters. We live III an
ego of PROCESS, and there ia no knowing
how soon the mighty power ri steam, now
apparently 40 u~l.ronunerat! Il III its strength,
aud 40 universal Nv its adnptioth may br
forced to eucctmb to what science may
prove to be n more mighty and more sub
tie power.-BultiRto,e american.