New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-03
One-half of the earth's

up the other half Animals Of draught and
burden would be suffered to die out. There
would be nothing, or next to nothing, Tor men
and women to do, for who would work when
wood and metal laborers could be multiplied III
definitely, and modified for anypurposel h"-
Kind would be in danger Of becoming de'er''
rated, inert and name for lack OF healthy PH''
zeal employment.
srcb are q few of the changes fns' WIN
mredly come to pass whenever a niachihe -
al en- rive ont a single ounce oratom more OF
Bower tia is put into it-no matter 10" I'll"
!, dooe-by varying materials, FORMS proper
.;or. combinations, velocity. or ausht else.
with regard to repated premiums for per-
,et.al motion: Everything about them Is de-
eep.ive. A vague and absurd notion has been
prevalent for q century, if not longer,
that national rewards for the discovery had
been offered and are waiting to be claimed.
There is not Government in Europe but has
been repeatedly pestered ON the subject
and with u.s. letters addressed to the President'
heads Of Departments and bureaus are almost
constantly on their way to Washington, with
interroqatories about the Amount offered ythe
United States and where to applyf for it. Some
anxious expectants had the idea OF greater
bonus than ever was announced by the mana
GERS of the Worlds Fair, and wished for In
formation as TO whom claim should be sent,
az the Fair had closed, they understood, with
out awarding it. Ambassadors, Secretaries,
Consuls, and other officials, are called on to
communicate the discovery to their Govern
ments, with proposals for its adoption in public
works. An intriguing Plenipotentiary sending
of dispatch on the subject weuld net be
altogether out of place, since it requires con-
siderable diplomatic skill to make the PROPOSE
ton credible, and when made so to appear, 1t is
sure to betray the quid nuncs that believe it.
There is probably not an institution for the
advancement Of science and art OF years
standing, either in this country or in Europe,
which has not been applied to on the subject
while the most learned bodies have been and
are annoyed with it. 1t is also curious to OBJ
serve how projectors prefer, or seem to prefer,
submitting their schemes to foreign rather than
70 home judges. Americans send to England
and France; French and British inventors TO
America. Every announcement OF the Kind
helps to keep up the delusion, cnliSts new re-
eruits into the fruitless service, and raises
again for moment WORKOUT veterans INTO
the clouds. The following is, however, an ex-
seption: it cannot be too extensively circu-
lated;
"Pars. Nov. 1850 Al the last meeting Of the
Arsicmy of Sciences letter was read from the Aneri.
can Consv Mr. Goodrich, requesting IN the name OF one
Of his fellow citizens Information relative 20 prIe SAID
have been proposed by the Academy for the discovery
of REORGANIZATION II was unanimously
aOrdered, That Mr. Goodrich be informed thr
Academy has not only proposed no such prize, bat II
has adopted rule tina, no communication relsI'e 70
zach a subject be taken into consideration
Nothing more clearly shows, or can show,
the fascinating and dcusive nature Of the pur-
suit than the fact that Of the hundreds OF
patents ssuedfor perpetual notions not one de-
vice was ever tested by its author before throw
ing away his money aud reputation upon II
and precisely SO of the thousands not patented
which have been publicly and privately offered
for sale. Such was the invariable practice oil
projectors in the 10th, 18th and 18th centuries
how il is with us no one has occasion to in'
quire. One might almost conclude that there
was a settled contest between these men aud
Nature, and that they had combined to make
her yield or perish in the attempt. lAkesome
lower tribes, their ardor is not dsmPed by the
number uf their companions that fall-they
hght on till each adds his own name TO the list
Of the slain.
Seekers AFTER Perpetual Motions would avoid
endless trouble, expense and disappointment
IL two or three facts, or even one, were asten-
cd in their minds;
l. That power arises not from ropes and pull
lies, levers, springs and wheels &c,-that all
machineries, like our hands and feet are mere
instruments TO put it in use-that forms pro-
portions, arrangement, &c, OF materials have
nothing to DO with producing it; and that just
SO much as is brought to bear on any machine
can il give out, not particle more-thst II
would be as easy 70 cause pint OF water co DO
come more than pint By pouring it out OF on'
shaped vesselnto another, as toincrease power
by receiving il into or transmitting il through
any peculiarly formed apparatus
2. That all mechanical forces ara results Of
changing, wearing away, or deeompasing o
something in fact of consuming or burning "
matter This is the price and only price a
which it is to be purchased In the granC
operations of nature the sun is the fire thai
is decomposing and accomplishing matter II
all its ferns. BY his influence rains fall. anC
rivers run, and winds are caused TO blow
Thus in tide-mills and other hydraulic motors
IL is in the running away and fall ofwster tha
We get power. as il we're, at second hand S,