The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-15
SOUTHERN PRESS.
Fom me Seitnti6e .au,,ica,,

| II" "a Atohaeo A~o'Oupois,oi Saitouufyy VI
State, the man who constructed the first Electro
Magnetic Engine in the world. He first quotes
the articles which appeared in our columns about
Prof Pages experiments, and then goes on to
say. . rs .,...,,, - IA
As am confident that the results of tha ex-
pcrments OF this enterpising and scientifcgen.
tleman will open the eyes of the people and the
purses of capitalists sufficiently to soon place
upon our rivers, lakes, and railroads, a safer,
more convenient and cheaper power than steam.
| hope | may not regret so much in future rs |
have for ten years past that the paralyzipg hand
Of poverty has forbidden any attempt in myself
| to prove to the world, what, rs early MS 1888,
believed could be done in the space Of five years
AT that time galvanism appeared to me to have
the same relation to the power of an electro.
magnet that water does to the power of steam
engine, and | had no doubt but could convince
the whole sensible world of the fact, by Fairly
| applying the power Of Il small electro-magnet to
moving the lightest machinery But was dis
appointed. found the power more comfortable
than the minds of men, and compliments more
plenty than money" ..... S.. 49,.
| lie then states that he spent II years in ap-
plying electro magnetism to useful purposes and
| in 1888 ascertained that bolt of iron could be
drawn with great force into helix of wire when
ever the battery current was suffered to pass
through the coil, and he then made an engine on
this principle with two cylinders, very much like
steam cylinders for this invention he filed II
caveat in our Patent Office, and sent several
models to Europe, and obtained patent in Eng
land, and number of other European Kingdoms.
/ We would state here, that Mr.. Davenport
clnims have been honorably mentioned in the
Glasgow Mechanic and Engineers Magazine.
In 1889 he experimental on q large scale
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II bolt of iron two feet long aud "a inches in di
ameter was forced into the helix with power
equal to 6 pounds on the square inch. In
January, 1910, he made an engine with two mag
netic cylinders, weighing so pounds each. The
engine had one foot stroke: his battery
weighed 200 pounds. In that month he com
menced publishing n newspaper which was
printed on press propelled by his engine it
made 100 strokes per minute, but worked off 10
| papers in that time, or 600 in one hour: it was
about one horse power. The price of zinc and
acid did not lie says, exceed twenty cents per
day-a very low estimate, we think. He has
construed more than hundred electromagnetic
engines of different dimensions, and his expert
ments with helices, using long and short, large
aud SMALL hollow and solid bars Of iron, were
very numerous. He concludes rs follows:
"My press was first moved by horizontal
helix engine, next by rotary, and lastly by
perpendicular double helix engine. Now, as
Prof. Pages experiment with his 100 pounds Of
iron dancing like a feather in the air, seems to
be precisely like the experiment made in 1899,
when the % pounds Of iron jumped through IL
helix two feet in lcngh, by magnetic action, and,
as the Professors engine is constructed on the
same plan and principle with my own, above
de cribed, | presume the scientific gentleman
lays no claim to having presented any new route
in his application of the power, or to have made
any important Improvement whatever in my in
vention. If Prof. Page by the completion Of his
engine, has finally come to the point at which
arrived ten years ago, in testing electro imagine
tism as a prime mover in the arts, and has ex-
pended as much money in series of expert,
ments which he, Of course, would be obliged to
make, think | could have saved him the need
less expenditure of several thousand dollars, by
giving him the results of some of my expert
ments in l838-9-40, which | should have been
happy to do, if l had been consulted in due
time"
the fact that 100000 was appropriated to Prof
Pa for his experments-that they did not
cost him one cent--and after all, here is poor
man who attained as greut results ten years
ago.
Will MIR. Davenport give US q sketch of his
probable expenditure i'll his experiments 1t is
nothing more than lust that the original inventor
should have his rights acknowledged publicly.
" Honor to whom honor is due" and the laborer
is worthy of his reward.
A Doc Day Observation-Disclosures the CO. G.
dim, was wont TO take sisters and self down
to the seaside for summer relaxation. On one
of the hottest days Of IN August month"; he had
MI. in - l,;,,ltn, f,n ;nu,I
COACH" and being seated, the little family party
were rejoicing that their trio. had ssed Ken
sington without being converted into quar-
tette; but alas j.! their joy was short-lived; for,
at Croydon sweet, rural Croydon AN attor
y, nick named "the Surrey elephant" a man of
eighteen stone weight, made his appearance for
an inside seat. O, mort de ma rie gross
feeding, garlic-eating, cigar-smoking, loZenge-
swallowing, eighteen-stone attorney, inside OF n
small coach in the middle of August! there is
suiocation in the very thought. But in he must
come and upon his corning in, behold the
vehicle bows at the first step Of the marl-moun-
tain.
Harley, perceiving the discomfort of his sis.
ters, gave u sly hint that he would soon put ali
10 rights. The Croydon Falstaff had entered,
was seated, and the vehicle moves on. Harley
now PLAYS the part of a stranger, and asks one
OF TIC III pCsiouiC 10 uSt ooio ooJCSe w
visiting Brighton.
80, no sir" is the reply; II am ordered sea-
bathing for a nervous complaint"
The other confessed to muscular rheumatism
and was proceeding in the language Of deep
lamentation as to the part in which it had fixed
when Harley cried out
"Ah, ladies', what are your maladies to mine !!
yours may be remeded, but alas !! for me there
is no reiief!"
"Your malady, sir!' said one of the ladies'
with simpering, sympathetic voice -"your
malady why, sir, you look the very picture Of
health!'
aAh, my dear madam" was the reply, "you
know little about my disease; looks often de-
ceive-the rirus is working in me even now.
wish, for your sakes, that the journey was accom-
plished; but greatly fear We shall not be able
to keep our places till then there is Fremont.
ton in my pirus." ..aH eE
"Your pirus, sir! what do you mean !" said
one Of the ladies'; "you mske me uneasy--and
surely you are getting worse. But what do you
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