Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-02-14
AN EXTRAORDINARY ISgENrIoy.

A Steam Man.
The following story of a remarkable me
( chanical invention is told by the Newark
/ On. } 4icertiser
Nh. Zadock Leddricb, Newark ma
chinist, has invented a man; one that
moved by steam, viii perform some Of the
! most important functions oi humanity, that
I VIII, standing upright. walk OF run, as he is
bid 10 any direction, and al almost any rate
! Of speed, drawing after BIN a load whose
/ weight would tax the strength OF three
I stout draught horses. The history Of tins
/ curious invention is as follows Six years
+ ago Mr Deddriek, the inventor who is at
{ present but twenty-five years IF age, con
ceived the novel idea of aonstraeIiHg a man
4 that should receive its yifaaty from per-
/ petual motion machine. The idea was sas-
! ed on the wellknown mechanical principle
! that If heavy weight be placed at the top
of an upright slightly inclined from a yeFtl-
! cal grayIiation gill tend 70 produce a hori-
zontal as well as q vertical motion. The
I project was not successful. However, by
4 observing carefully the cause of the failure,
/ preserving and pertecting the man-form,
/ and by substituting steam in place OF per
petual motion machine the present success
4 was attained
The man stands seven feet nine inches
1 high the other dimensions Of the body be-
| ing correctly pToportioned, making him a
/ second Daniel Lambert, By which name be
/ is facetiously spoken Of among the work
men. He weighs FIVE hundred pounds.
! Steam is generated in the body or trunk,
| which Is nothing but three horse power
/ engine, like those used In our steam hre
( engines The legs which support it are
complicated and wonderful The steps are
taken very naturally and quite easily. A
1 the body Is thrown forward upon the ad-
yanced foot, the other is lifted from the
ground by q spring and thrown forward by
a spring and thrown forward by & he steam.
Zach step or pace advances the ho1y TWO
( feet. and every revolution of The engine Is
capable Of making more than thousand
revolutions a minute As this wouia be
working the legs faster than would be safe
on uneven ground. or on Broad ggelt cob
bic stsues, il is proposed TO run the engine
&C the rate Of five hundred revolutions per
minute which would walk the man Of the
modest speed Of halfa mile a minute.
The teiow is attached 10 "a common Rock
away carriage, the shafts of which serve TO
support him in a vertical position. These
shafts are two bars Of iron, fastened lu the
usual manner 20 the front Of the carriage,
and are curved 50 rs TO be joined 10 Q circu-
( lar sustaining bar. which passes around the
waist, and in which the man moves 30 as 20
face In auv direction Besides hese mo
tons machinery has been arranged hy
which the figure can be thrown backward OF
forward from a vertlcle nearly tortE-hve de-
eTaes. This is done in order 20 enable II to
ascend or descend al grades. To the sales
OF the feet spikes or corks are liked whlch
etIeciUaly prevent slipping The whole
affair Is 80 firmly sustained b the shafts
ard has 80 ey-etlant q taBt heia that two
men are unable to push al over, or 10 any
way throw itdoWu. In order % enable 1t
90 st0p quickly, Il Is pr0vIved With two APP
pliauces, one of which viii as before stated,
throw il backward from the vertical, while
the other bends the knees 10 2 direction op-
Z posite 20 the natural position.
An upright post, which Is arranged in
1 front Of the dashboard. and within easy
1 reach of the front seats, sustaius two NINA
: ture plot wheels. bv the turning ct which
these various motions and svoiUtI0ns are
directed Ii is expected that q sufficiently
4 large amount Of coal can be slowed swar
under the back seat Of the carriage o. work
4 the engine for day, and enough water in a
( sank under the front seat 20 last half day.
In order 20 prevent the giant from
/ frightening horses by MS wonderful appear
/ ance Mr Deddric6 iutea adS 70 elothe IL, and
/ give 1t, as nearly rs possible, a likeness 20
4 the rest Of humanity The boiler and such
! parts as are necessarily heated viii be encas-
4 ed in felt or WOODEN under garments. Pant
! looms. coat and vest Of the latest styles, are
! provided. Whenever the fires need coal
+ ing. which Is every two or three hours, the
{ driver stops the machine deseeuds from his
seat, unbutt0us Daniels 5 vest, opens the
Z door. shoveis In the fuel, buttons up the
( vest and drives on. On the back between
I the shoulders the steam cocks and qua ges
are placed As these would cause the coat
! to set awkwardly knapsack has been pro
/ vided that completely covers them. A
/ blanket neatly rolled up and placed upon
top Of the bnapsack peTlects the delusion.
The face Is moulded into q cheerful c0unte-
( nance of white enamel, which contrasts
vel with the dark bair and mOustache j
sheet iron bat with a guage TOP acts as q
smoke stack.
The cost of this first man Is 5000.
though the makers, Messrs. Deddrick 4
/ Ggasze, expect 10 manufacture succeeding
ones, warranted 20 run year without re-
pair fOr $500 The same parties expect
to construct. on the same principle, horses
phich viii DO the duty Of ten 0g twelve or
binary animals of the same species These
itis eon6dantially believed. can be used
alike before carriages, street ears and pl0ws.
The man now constructed can make his way
without difficulty over any irregular surface
whose rUts and stones are net more than
nine inches below OF above the level Of the
road