New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-03
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cpDtIdfV, ~ otus ll1ir 10 enter the twentieth
with host of worshippers more numerous
than ever Then, as now, win be found men d
education snd general intelligence, ingenious
artisans and other persons less informed. turn
ing their backs on the gres. realities Of life to
gaze on vacancy for spectre, an airy nothing.
who viii run to snd fro in quest of aphansssm.
Some win indulge in lethargic feelings to en-
tice and retain in their imaginatioas the wished
for apparition and others, as we have seen n
our day, will drug themselves with the opiats
ill their delicious dreamiugs end in mental de-
lirium tremens.
Whenever man can Of few pieces OF earth
make an independent selfmoving automatca
shape is nothing the feat viii rival that Of his
own formation out Of dust Is would BE- .
greater one and q miracle not equalcd on oar
globe There are no movements on earth. ID
air, or under the earth, without an outlay a
something's consuming Of something foreigu
to them All organisms, vegetable. aud ami
mated, are kept alive by means offood. With.
hold this, their energy fails, their movements
cease, they die: but the artificial machine 10
TO have principle Of nourishment within IL
self, or rather 10 need no external source a
support or means Of renewing its strength.
This is to continue uudiminished and at the
same time be continually going out from IL.
Where the supply is to come from who can
tell An unlimited issue Of power out OF mo-
thing The protector is to impart an attribute
higher than he himself possess to the work d
bis hands-to implant in il principle unknown
in nature--ons beyond her power-for had she
possessed il, economist as she is, some II not
all of her machines had been moved by It,
There is no living thing, nor anything else that
can expend physical force without lessening im
supply, and this soon used up when not rcplsu-
ished, no matter how large the original amount;
hence il is in the consumption Of food that d.
vine Wisdom has provided for the waste o.
muscular force, and Divine benetcence 10 not
less obvious in making the using of it source
of qualification TO all creatures.
Thus 70 grow, mature, decay, and finally bs
dissolved, is the fate of all Gods moving meoh-
anisms; but the energy Of perpetual-motlons
is perfected at once. II is neither subject to
growth nor decay feature unlike anything
seen in Creation, and contrary to every law
known in Creation.
Again, all natural machines require rest.
Periodical cessation from labor Is essential to
their continuing to exist; but perpetual
motions are to be freed from this in6rmity also.
They are TO work with undated vigor night
and day for years, If not for ages-to have an
inherent essence of activity within them that
wants no sleep, and never foels hungry. TODD
this. their authors must also do more than the
Creator has done.
But let us suppose perpetual machine actu-
ally invented and put in operation. To keep"
going, the power that moves il must eitherre-
turn or q supply come in from without. Hths
latter, the device Is cheat 10 stands convio-
ted of false pretences. II it have fund or
stock within itself, does il not follow that this
must be diminished and weakened in proper.
ZION 10 tiB ulUUuUtS tuhsu tiom ~ ohu w shhC
be all used up But If it be thought to circu-
late through tho machine, to flow In as last ~
il flows out, the query Is how Is this to BIO dones
Can il be donel Suppose the machine worked
saw could We ever got out Of shingles and
boards the pOwe. expended in cutting them
from their parent logs; or out Of pin.
needle, cent q button, or any other manufac-
tured article the power consumed in fabri-
eating il Let any one try thus To cozou
nature by evadng the prime laws impressed
on this orb snd they will quickly find that power
is like money--it can't DO spent and kept too.
When a machine gives out a portion, be IL
large or small, il las gone from 1t forever; u
cannot be recalled and y consideration Of this
should alone suffice to show the absurdity u
pursuing the popular illusion. When bucket
OF bottle gives forth, after beng once filed,
wine or water ad libiixrs, piece ofmechansm
NAV be made that once set in motion shall never
stop. The cases are analogous one Is 70
keep pouring out liquid, the other power, ane
the equal mystery is where can either come
! from.
We say nothing about the wearing away o.
the materials, as that does not affect the prop
osition, as we understandit,yiz; An Instrument
apparatus or piece ofmechanlsm, so CONSTRUCT
ed as to inclose within itself and keep Ia 40
tive exercise an occult principle OF motion.
and consequently Of power, for motion Is ths
effect Of power Temporary stsPpage OF the
movements, from decay or arrangement Of
parts. affects not the principle If IL exist at
all. IL does so Independently Of them, just a.
atmospheric pressure exists irrespective Of
humps that excite il. or as magnetism exists
without magh
Whenever pow =: can be found where it il nos