The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-04-02
An EXTRAORDINARY lNvENTlON-
&& A STEAM MAN.

bic mechanical invention is told by the
Newark ca. J. Advertiser.
"Mr. paddock Deddriok, u Newark
maohihist, has invented a man one |
that, moved BY steam, will perform
some OF the most important functions
Of humanity; that will, standing up
right, walk or run, as he is bid, in any
direction and at almost any rate Of
speed, drawing after him load whose
weight would tax the strength Of three
stout drausht horses. Ths history Of
this cuIols invention is as follows
Six Yeas ago Mr.. Deddrick, the inven.
tor, who ia ut present but twenty-five
years Of aga, conceived tho novel i'd =
Of constructing man that should re-
ceive its vital ty from perpetual motion
machine. TIE idea was based on the
well-known mechanical principle that
if heavy weight be placed at the top
Of IN upright Slightly inclined from: "a
vertical, gravitatlon will tend to pro
duce horizontal as we'll as vertical
motion. The project was not success
fpl. However, by observing carefully
the cause Of the failure, preserving and
pcrfecting the man form, and by SUB.
shutting steam in place Of the perpetual
motion machine the present success was
attained
t.The man stands seven feet and nine
inches high, the other dimensions 0.
the body being correctly proportioned,
making him second Daniel Lambert,
by which name he is face:lously spoken
Of among the workmen. He weighes
Eve hundred pounds. Steam is gene.
rated in the body or trunk, which is
nothing but three. horse power engine,
like those used in our steam Gre eusin,s
The legs which support it are compile
Gated and wonderful. The steps are
taken very naturally and quite easily.
As the body is throwa forward upon
the advanced foot the other is litteu
from the ground by spring and
thrown forward by the steam. Each
step OF pace advances the body two lcct,
and every revolution of engine produces
four PAGES. As the engine is capable Of
making more than thousand revolutions
a minute i: would get over the ground,
on this calculation, at the rate Of little
moro than mile a minute. As this
would be working the legs faster than
would be safe on uneven ground or GU
Broad street cobble stones, it is pro-
posed to run the engine at the rate OF
Eve hundred revolutions per minute,
which would walk the man at the mod
est speed Of half mile minute.
1.-THE fellow is attached to a common
Rookaway carriage, the shafts Of which
serve to support him in vertical posi-.
ton. These shafts arc two bars Of iron,
fastened in the usual manner to the
front Of the carriage and are curved SC
IS to be joined to circular sustaining
bar, which passes around the waist, like
girth, and in which the man moves SC
as to face in any direction. Besides
these motions machinery has been ar.
ranged by which the figure can be
thrown backward or forward from c
vertical nearly forty. FIVE degrees. Thi
is done in order to enable it to acccnc
or descend all grades. 10 the soles o;
the feet spikes or cvrks are fixed, which
efeetually prevent slipping. The
Who'll. ? flair is So firmly sustained by
the >h=!ts, and has so excellent tool,
hold, that two men are unable to push
it over, or in any way throw it down
In order to enable it to stop quickly, il
is provided with two appliances, ono o
which will, as before stated, throw i
backward from the vertical, while tn
other bends the knees in direction op
posite to the natural position.
"An upright post, which is arranged
in front Of tho dashboard, and within
easy reach Of the seats, sustains tw'
. miniature pilot wheels, by the turning
Of which these various motions and ey
buttons are directed. It is expectc,
that sufficiently large amount of. Goa
can be slowed away under the back sea
Of the carriage TO work the engine fo
a day, and enough water in tank I'm
der the front seat to last half day.
In order to prevent the giant from
frightening horses by its wonderful
appearance, Mr.. Deddrick intends tt
clothe it and give it as nearly as posi-
BILE likeness to the rest of humanity
The boiler and such parts as are neces
sarily heated will he encascd in felt O
WOODEN undergarments. Pantaloor rs
coat and Eez., 0: the latest styles, ar
provided. Whenever the fires nee,
coaIiDg, which is every two or thrc
hours, the driver stops the machine
1escends from his scat, unbuttcn
'Daaieps' vest, open door, sbovel7 il
the fuel, buttons up the coat and drive
on. On the back betw cen the houlder
the steam. cocks and gauges ere placed
As these would cause the coat to Sc
awkwardly, kparsack has been pro
vided that completely covers them.
blanket neatly rolled up and placed Of
the top OF the kuapsack pertects tn
delusioD. The face is moulded into
cheerful continuance Of white enamel
which contrast we'll with the dark bal
and mcustache. A sheet-iron hat will
a gauge acts as a somke-stack.
''The cost Of this first man il $4,000
though the makers Messrs. Deddrick /
Grass, expect to manufacture succeed
ing ones, warranted to run a year with
out repaiars for $500. he same parties
expect to construct, on the same princi
pie, horses which will do the duty O.
ten or twelve ordinary animals of thu
sane species. These, it is c,n6dentI,
believed, can be used alike before car
riages, street cars and ploughs. The
man now constructed can make his wa,
without difficulty over any irregular
surface whose Ints and stones are moi
more than nine inches below or abov.
the level of the road"
The Hon. James ]. Babccck, o.