The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-25
An Extraordinary Invention-Sscam m
Man.

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An Extraordinary Invention-sscam M
Man.
The following story of a renarka-
bic mechanical invention is told by
the Newark IN. J.) Advertiser:
''Mr. Zadock Deddrick, Newark
machinist, has invented a man; one
that, moved by steam, will perform
some of the most important functions
OF humanity; thut will, standing up
right, walk or run, as he is bid, in
any direction and at almost any rate
of speed, drawing after him u lond
whose weight would tax the strength
OF three stout draught horses. The
history of this cnrions invention Is as
follows: Six years ago, Mr.. Ded-
drick, the inventor, who is at pre-
sent but twenty-five years of age,
conceived the novel idea Of construct
ing a man that should receive its
vitality from a perpetual motion
machine. The idea was based on
the well-known mechanical principle
that il heavy weight be placed Mt
the top OF IN upright. slightly in
clined from a vertical, gravitation will
tend to produce horizontal as well
as vertical motion. The project was
not successful. However, by observ-
ing carefully the cause of the failure,
preserving and perfecting the man
form. and by substituting steam in
place of the perpetual motion ma
chine, the present success was attain
ed.
1.-THE man stands seven feet and
nine inches high, the other dimen-
sions of the body being correctly
proportioned, making him second
Daniel Lambert, by which name he
is facetiously spoken of among the
workmen. He weighs 500 pounds.
Steam Is generated in the body or
trunk, which is nothing but three
horse power engine, like those used
in our steam fire engines. The legs
which support it are complicated and
wonderful. The steps are taken very
naturally and quite easily. AS the
body is thrown forward upon the
advanced foot, the other is lifted
from the ground by spring and
thrown forward by the steam. Each
step or pace advances the body two
feet, and every revolution of the
engine produces four PAGES. AS the
engine is capable of making more than
1000 revolutions in q minute, it
wonld get over the ground, on this
calculation, at the rate of little
more than mile minute. AS this
would be working the legs faster
than would be safe on uneven ground
or on Broad street cobble-stones, it
is proposed to run the engine at the
rate Of 500 revolutions per minute,
which would walk the man at the
modest speed of half mile minute.
"The fellow is attached to a COM
mon rockaway carriage, the shafts of
which serve to support him in q
vertical position. These shafts are
two bars OF iron, fastened in the
usual manner to the front of the
carriage, and are curved 80 as to be
joined to o circular sustaining bar,
which passes around the waist like n
girth, and in which the man moves
80 as to face in any direction. Be-
sides these motions, machinery has
been arranged by which the figure
can be thrown backward or forward
from o vertical nearly forty-fve de-
grees. This is done in order to ena-
BILE it to ascend or descend all grades.
10 the soles of the feet spikes or
corks are fixed, which effeotually
prevent slipping. The whole affair
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