The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-02-11
A perpetual Motion and NO
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The N. Y. Journal Of Commerce Of yester-
day, paper not given to credulity. publishes
the following Interesting account Of perpetu-
al motion: ~ .9sf'lf Z" fEt,'i3e as F1''fsi g
"Some Of our readers will remember hn-
morons description Of a perpetual motion ma
chine which was published in our colims
nearly four years since, and went the rounds
Of the papers The machine was invented by
Mr.! James G. Hendricksou. of Freehold,
Mommosth county, N. j. The power was
very slight, being obtained bv the use OF arms
and balls attachedto a cylinder, and so con.
trived asto keep the extra weight always on
one side, and give the cylinder constant in
clination to turn round. Mr.. Hendrickson
was very plain conntyman, who had whit
tied away for 40 years at this machine, amid
the ieers and SCOTS Of neighbors and aequain-
tances. and who was Of course not little
proud Of his success. Onrs was the first pub
lie notice of his invention. bnt it coon attrac-
ted the attention OF the curious, and he was
invited to exhibit it at Rsritan, N. j. The
occasion, if we remember right. was large
gathering Of people during the progress Of an
Agricultural Fair fs fsz 9q '.f.t aslfny
The increduilty OF his own countrymen.
however, was more than match for him. He
was surroinaedhv set Of people who con-
tended that tho motion he claimed, was an i'm
possibility, and that he vas an imroster. Poor
Hendrickson was no orator, and his assailants
were clamorous and lo'fd spoken, bnt he poia-
ted silently to his machine. which was enclos-
ed in glass, and when the philosophers said
that his claim was riaicnIous. ard that ma
chine could not "gc of ITSELF" he could only
reply" ii does go!'' One would have
supposed that the fact should have been suffi-
cient to npsetthe old theory, but the Jersey
Blues were as stubborn as the noted dispntant
whose speech upon such an occasion, ESQ
much the worse for the fact - is now famons
in history, and they clung to their theory. in
the face of the demonstrations They went far
;her. and in aspirit OF persecution as bitter az
that which moved the Jesoits against Galileo,
arrested Mr.. Hendrickson for trickeryl and
juggling, nnder the Act for suppressing vice
and immortality, charging him with moving his
machine by concealed spring He was ao-
tording tried Cor this offence before Justice
Bodle, Of Keyport. y Mechanics, engineers,
sh,pwrights, and all the expert and malcnn-
tent philosophers Of that part oe Jersey, gave
testimany as TO the impossibility OF such an
invention as he claimed, and their belief that
a hidden spring, or some piece Of ingenious
roguery, was contained in the cylinder, At
last the axe was applied, and the ma achine
split in pieces, when 10 I! there was no copceal-
ed spfing-no roguery-and the machine, des-
pit~ the philosophers, had ssgone Of itseif.''---
The men Of science gulped down their disap-'
pointnent, and disappeared from the court
room, and poor hendrickson and the fragments
Of his machine were kindly dischs-ged. with
the verdict "no cause Of action" The scene
when he returned to his home that night with
the broken relics Of his discovery in his hands
aud sat gazihg upon ,hem in sad disappoint-
ment, must have been wo' thy of the canvas
Of master painter. ss's'a q 5ss siaaz
Since that trial we had lost sight Of him;
bnt, two or :hree days ago, he came into the
office withthe same patient, thonghtfal face,
and holding in his hand the old invention in
new Dress He hos made it this time OF brass
ribs, so that there is nothing concealed and no
place for concealment; and in spite OF the
jersey prosecutors, It ,ciH go! He has at
tachee to II "a simple clock, and that machines
furnishes the motive power. How farSthis
power can be extended, it is not for MS to say
but we must believe our eyes, and we once
more assert that the machine will "go OF
ITSELF" 'v W $50 Yi.e' q efst as $3.50
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