The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-01-23
Az Extraordinary Inyentlon--A Steam


8 The following story of a remarkably mes
ehanieal invention IS told BY the Newark
MIR. Zadoch Deddrick, Newark ma
chinist, has invented man one that,
moved by steam, viii perform some of the
most important functions Of humanity;
that will. standing upright, walk o.. rum
as he is bid, in any direction, and at al
most any rate of speed, drawing after
him a load whose weight would tax the
strength of, three stout draught7 horses.
The history Of, this curious inyention is
as follows: Six years ago Mr., Deddriok,
the inventor, who is at present but TWEEN !,
ty-two years OF age, conceived the noyel
Idea OF constructing man that should
reeeiye its vitality from a, perpetual no
ton machine, The. idea was based on
the well7known mechanical principle that
if heavy weight be placed at the top Of
an upright slightly inclined from a verti
cal, : gravitation will tend to produce
horizontal as well as vertical motion. The
project was not successful. However, by
observing carefully the cause of the fail
ure. preserving ana perfecting the man
form, and by su 3stituting steam in the
place OF; the perpetual motion machine
the present success vas attained.
r, 'fIhe man stands seven feet and nine
inches high; the other dimensions Of the
body being correctly proportional. max
ing him second Daniel Lambert, by
which he is facetiously spoken of among
the work men. He weighs Eve HUNDRED
pounds. Steam is generated in the body
or trunk which is nothing but a three
horse power engine, like that used in
our fire engines The legs which sup
port it are complicated and wonderful.
The steps are taken very naturally and
quite, easily As the body is thrown for
ward 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 pro-
dtices four PAGES As the engine is capa-
bic of making more than thousand rev.
olutions minute, it would get over the
ground, on this calculation, at the rate of
a little more than mile a 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 frc hun
dred revolutions per minute, which would
walk the man at the modest speed OF
half a mile minute.
The fellow is attached to common
Rockaway carriage, the shafts Of which
serve to support him in yerticle posi-
ton. These shafts are two bars of iron
fastened in the usual manner to the front
OF the carriage and are curved So as to
be joined to Il circular sustaining bar
'whiehIpasses around the waist like girth
and IN which the man moves so as to face
IN any direction Besides these motions
machinery has been arranged by which
the figure can be thrown backward or for
ward from a vertical nearly fortytive de-
grees. 1hls IS done in order to enable it
to ascend or descend all grades TO the
soles of the feet spikes Or corks are fixed
which etfectually prevent slipping. The
whole affair is so firmly sustained by the
shafts and has so excellent a foothold
that two men are unable 70 push it over
or in any way throw it down. In order
to enable 1t to stop quickly, it is provided
with two appliances, one of wi..ch will,
as before stated, thrown it backy ard from
the vertical, while the other bends the
knees in direction opposite to the natu-
raj position.
An upright post, which is arranged
in front Of the dash board, and within
easy reach of the front seats. sustains two
miniature pilot wheels, by the turning of
which these various motions and evolu:
tons are directed. 1t is expected that. Il
sufficiently large amount Of coal can be
carriage to work the engine for a day,
and enough water in a tank under the
front seat to last half day.
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frightening horses by its wonderful APP
it and give it us nearly as possible like
ness to the rest Of humanity. The boiler
and such parts as are unnecessarily heat
ed will be encaSed in felt or wooden under
garments. Pantaloons, coat and vest, of
the latest styles, are provided. Whenever
the fires need coalng, which is every two
or three hours, the driver stops the ma
chine, descends from his seat, unbuttons
Daniel 5 vest opens a door, shovels in
the fuel, buttons up the vest and drives
on. On the back between the shoulders
the steam cocks and gauges are placed.
As these would cause the coat to set awk-
wardly, a knap-sack has been provided
that completely covers them, \ blanket
neatly rolled up and placed on top
of the knapsack pertects the delusion
The face is moulded into cheerful coun-
tenahce Of white enamel, which contrasts
well with the dark hair and moustaehe.
A sheet iron hat with gauge top acts as
Il smoke stack.
ai''The cost of this first man is $1,000
though the makers. MesSrs. Deddrick &
Grass, expect to manufacture succeeding
ones, warranted to run year without re-
pairs, Tor $500 The same parties ex-
pect to construct, on the same principle,
horses witch will do the duty Of ten or
twelve ordinary animals of the same spe-
cies-, These, it is conidentially believed,
can be used alike before carriages, street
ears and plows. The man now construct
ed can make his way without difficulty
over any irregular surface whose ruts and
stones are not more than nine inches be-
low Or above the level of the road
AN EXPERIENCE WITH A GIFT ENTER
PBTsE.-A correspondent of the Chicago
Republican writes from New York:
4 want to tell you about Kelly
Gift Enterprise and Kelly Weekly, a
journal for the times, and then | shall