Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-02-02
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- tnbfe'B Q0ilfuE new QQueF Lne SUD,
: has been daringly and yet successfully
refuted. Mr.-Zsdoek Deddrick, New
j ark machinist, has invented a man
: one that, moved by steam, will perform
: some Of the most important functions o
. humanity that will, standing upright
3 walk or run, as he Is bid, in any diree
ton and at almost any rate Of speed
drawing after him load whose weigh
tax the strength Of three stout draugh
horses, The history of the curious In
} veotion is as follows:
/, Six years ago Mr.. Dsddriek, the In
ventOf, who Is at present but twenty-five
/. I years Of age, conceived the novel Idea o
congaueting man that should receivt
its vitality from perpetual motion ma
chine. The idea was based on The vel
, known mechanical principle that If g
} heavy weight be placed at the top of an
t upright slightly Inclined from vertlcsl
, gravita;iOn will tend to produce hori'
/, zontal as well as vertical motion.
The project was not successful. How
ever, by observing carefully the cause o.
the failure, preserving aud perfsetiDg the
man-form, and-hy substituting steam In
place of the perpetual motion machine
the present success was attained.
The man stands seven feet and nine
inches high, the other dimensions of the
body being correctly proportioned, max
ing him q second Daniel Lambert, by
which name he Is facetiOnsly spoken ol
among the workmen. He weighs five
hundred pounds. Steam is generated ia
! 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
] liz 4 ffa agil p Ia hN1 =
is thrown forward upon the advanced
foot the other Is lifted from the ground
by spriug 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 a
thousand revolutions minute, IL would
get over the gFoGnd, On this calculation,
4 the rate OF 3 little more than q mile a
minute. AS this would be working he
iegs faster than would be SAFE on uneven
! ground or on. Broad street eobole stones,
is proposed TO run the engine at the
bate of five huRdred revolutions per
minute, which would walk the man at
the modest speed Of half mile min
ute.
Tho fellow Is attached to a common
frocksway carriage, the shafts OF which
serve to support hin in 3 vertical posi-
tiou. These shafts are two bars Of iron
which are made fast-in the usual manner
to the front axle OF the cRrrisge, and are
curved so a. TO be Joined to u circular
sustaining bar, which passes around the
waist, like girth, and in which the
man moves so as to face in any direction.
Besides the motions, machinery has been
arranged by which the figure can be
/ thrown backward or forward from q YER
teal, nearly fortysfive degrees. This is
done in order to enable It TO ascead or
/ descend ali grades. To the sOles Of the
! feet spikes or corks are sbXed which
effec.usliy prevent slipping. The whole
affair is SO firmly sustained by the shafts
] and has ssexeeiient fOothOld that two
men are unable to push it over, or in az
! way throw il down. IN order 10 enable
I II o stop quickly, is Is provided WITH two
| appliances. one Of which will, as before
| stated, throw it backward from the YER
tical, while the other bends tho knees in
q direction opposite to the natural posi-
ton. ....
An upright post, which is arranged in
front Of the dash board, aud within easy
reach OF the front seats, stfstsin5 two
miniature pilot wheels, by the turning
of which these various motions and evo-
Iutions are directed. 1t is expected that
a sufficiently large amount Of coal can be
slowed away under the back seat Of the
carriage TO work the engine for a day,
and enOc4 d water iG tank under the
front sek 20 last half q day.
In order 10 prevent " the giant " from
frightening horses by its wonderful ap.
pearance, Mr.. Deddrick intends TO clothe
it and give It ss nearly as possible like
ness to the rest of humanity. The boiler
and such parts as are necessarily heated
will be incased in felt or wOolleu under
garment Is. Pants, coat aId vest, OF the
, latest styles, are provided. Whenever
the fires reed cOaling, which is every
I two or three hours, the driver stops the
I machine, desesnds from his seat, uBbut-
I tons "Dauiepsn vest, opens a door,
1 shovels in the fuel, buttons up the vest
/ aud drives on. On the back betw cen the
/ shoulders the steam cocks and gauges
are placed. As these would cause the
/ coat to set awkwardly, a knspsaek has
beea provided that completely covers
! them. A blanket neatly rolled up and
| placed on top Of the knapsack perfects
/ the delusion. The face is moulded into
/ a cheerful countensnce of white enamel,
| which contrasts well with the dark hair
and moustache. y sheet iron hat with
7 gauge top acts as smoke stack.
! The cost of this " first man " is $1,000,
! though the makers, MessTs. Deddrick q
/ Grass, expect 70 manufacture succeeding
/ ones, warranted 10 run q yesr without
/ repairs, for $500 The same parties ex-
peet to construct, on the same principle,
! horses which will do the duty Of ten or
twelve ordinary animals of the same
species. These, 1t is confidently believed,
can be used alike before carriages, street
ears and ploUghs. The man now con-
1 l. hon 4
Guilty over any irregular surface whose
ruts and stones are not more than nine
inches below or above the level of the
road.
Messrs. BoIen & Crane, at whose works
this wonderful affair has been built,
have just completed a hardly less mar
veiious though by no means as novel a
machine. is a leather splitter, for the
I Newark Pateat Leather Company. IL Is
so nicely constructed as to split, with
ease and facility, hides to such extreme
tnjuness that a variation in the knives
o. a Fractionsl part OF the thickness Of
o sheet of writing paper, would destroy
TIE work. TAe machine is TO be sent to
I Paris within a few days. ga
THE STEAM MAN-UIs FIRST APPEAR
ANCE ON THE STREET.
When q description of Mr.. Dsddrick's
J steam man was published, not only the
I Newarkers, a goOdly number OF whom,
| like the Athsnisns, eighteen centuries
! ago, "spend their time in nothing but
either TO tell or to hear some new thing"
\ all rushed to the shop where, under the
| hands of skillful mschsnics, he was
| slowly but surely assuming the "human
form divine" and so thronged the door
way and daTkeRed the windows of the
shop that bis completion was at one time
made doubtful, but scores of gentlemen
{ from other cities -Eentured into Jersey,
/ and all, men, women and children who
I could not go wrote, inquirins about this
/ new wonder. An enthusiastic Commit
! tee of Five travelled all the way from
/ Albany, one day last week, to decide
/ bet that the whole thing was R /" news
/ paper stOry.h Many Of the letters ask for
more minute descriptions than have sl-
ready been published; some contain orders
| for men; some writers want travelling
! agencies; some will buy terrjtOrisl rights
] TO manufacture and sell them and Others
wish to hire the man on speculation.
/ A Chicagosn thinks the most profitable
work to which the thing can be put VIII
| be farming on Illinois pTaiFies, and pro-
/ poses that 1t walk to Chicago on q wa
! ger. A Pennsylvania orders pair,
/ proposing to repopulAte bis place. Five
women write, ordering cast iron hus-
4 bands, and one gentleman sends for
I wife. As the machine is speechless, the
I Inventor replies to the last that he was
| doubtful whether tUOBlan could be made
! a success. Many experiments have been
made with the " man" during the past
| fortnight, and, although some accidents,
such as are incident to new machinery,
occurred, he finally works perfect. The
| old spiral springs have been replaced by
stronger ones, so that the steam man is
no longer weak in the knees, and upon
steam being generated on Thursday, he
stumped of like live Trojan. In the
| evening he appeared on Broad street, at
Crumps Garden, where he will exhibit
himself next weeE,
A Remarkable InVeatIon.
II is stated that German glassmaker
has lately made a remarkable discovery.
He has invented q telescope, or magnify
ing glass, by means Of which the most
intricate nerves and vessels inside of the
body may be seen from the outside. In