Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1853-12-03
Perpetual Motion.

Perpetual Motion.
Louis NJ. Lombard, of Paris, patentee.-Thi
inventor is barrister at law, and his invention
consist in the effects obtained from equal weight
acting upon one another, being obtained princi
pally by means of one of the weights losing al
or part of its force by dividing its action, caus
ing it to balance itself, in consequence Of which
it can easily be raised by another opposite weight
which possesses all it's force. t'The excess OF
the force of one of the weights says the pat
ent, ''above that of the other, is then suscepti'
BILE of becoming motive power" The inventor
describes method of applying the system te
| an alternate and continuous motion by connec-
ting three equal weights IN such manner that
two of them together shall cause the third te
oscillate continually with double their own velo-
city, at the same time, producing surplus pow
err This invention is based upon fallacy, no
man acquainted with the laws of mechanics
would have troubled himself to produce such a
self-deceptive, but at the same time easily-de-
tected mechanical vagary.
ANOTHER OF THE sAME.--Lot Faulkner, oil
Cheadle, Chester Eng, patentee.- inven-
tor is machnist, and he should not have dis
graced his profession by such piece of me
chancal nonsense. 1t consists in obtaining mo-
tive power by means of weighted levers mounted
upon q beam, and made to revolve in such q
manner that they shall cause each end of the
said beam to become alternately the heavier, and
thus obtain vibratory and osciating motion
thereto. .sAll the fools are not dead vet" for
here are two patents taken out recently in En-
gland, the one by Frenchman, and the other
by an Englishman, for producing perpetual mo-
ton by mechanical contryances, upon the prin-
ciple that there is inherent power in lever.
How necessary it is for inventors to be acquaint-
ed with mechanical philosophy; had these men
been readers of the Scientific American" their
time, study, labor, and money would not thus
have been thrown away.
IMPROVEMENTS IN STEAM ENGINEs.-Messrs.
J. Scott and W. Jaffrey, both of Greenock,
Scotland, have patented some peculiar arrange
ments in the parts of engines, more especially
those employed for screw propulsion. The con-
denser is made the basis of the frame, and the
twocyinders are placed on it; they are inverted
and set at an angle of 45o, their pistons having
ing in guides bolted to the cylinder covers.
From each end of this cross head connecting
rod passes to an overhead tirst-motion shaft,
carrying two spur wheels at some distance apart,
on the outside of which is a crank pin, to which
the two opposite rods on each side of the en-
gine are jointed. This spur-wheels gear into
pinions on the shaft Of the propeller, which runs
along the keel line under the condenser. The
air pumps are both on one side the engine, work
ed from one of the crank pins by single large
eccentric. Each plunger has radius bar as
guide, which also works the feed and bilge pumps
beneath. american.
ANOTHER "G1NEvRA."-Almost everybody
has listened with sadness to the plaintive
strains and sadderlng words of the old song,
&, h H., h.
is told of a young bride, who in playful
humor on her wedding day, ran to hide from
her spouse, and was found years afterward,
mouldered 10 ashes in a chest with spring
lock. Ii is a sorrowful. romantic tale, and
has often brought tears to the eyes of ro-
mantle lovers. A sadder tale, however, and
one which adds to its own horror by its re-
ality. has been developed in this city. A few
days since we called attention to an adver-
tisement Of the loss of little Spanish girl,
answering to the name of Ventura, whose
agoniZed mother was searching throughout
the city for her.
After looking for her in vain for several
days, and coming TO the conclusion that the
child was dead, she went to large trunk in
her house on Thursday, for the purpose OF
procuring some mourning apparel, when,
upon opening it, what was the mothers
horror TO see lying there the decaying rem
nant of her once beautiful little child. The
trunk had been left open on the day the
child was lost, and it is supposed that the in
quisilive little one, having seen the dresses
inside had taken fancy 10 them, and upon
attempting to procure them, had fallen into
the trunk. The lid closed with a spring,
and the little child died with suffoca,ion
The tales of romance fall far short in de-
picting the agony which the poor mother
felt upon this sad discovery-and the whole
story is one which tends to prove the oft-re-
peated saying that "truth is stranger than
Gction."-San. Fran. Alta Calf Oct. Is.
A SCENE IN THE Observation-Disclosures Rumor
tells funny stories sometimes. She gives the
following account of an interview between Prince
John Van Buren,, on his recent visit to Washing
ton, and Colonel Beverly Tucker, the Sentinel of
the Hards. The scene was at the National
Hotel, where the Prince stopped, and where the
gallant Colonel met him, and thus accosted