Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-02-15

I An Extraordinary invention Steam Man.
The following story Of a remarkable me-
/ ohanieal invention is told by the Newark IN.
J) "Advcrtiscr:"
y" Mr. Paddock Doddrick, Newark ma
ohinist, has invented man; one that moved
by steam, will perform some Of the most i'm
portant functions of humanity; that will,
standing upright, walk or run, as he is bid,
in any direction and at almost any rate Of
speed, drawing after him a load whose weight
would tax the strength of three stout draught
horses. The history Of this curious invention
is as follows' Six years ago, Mr.. Doddrick,
the inventor, who is at present but twenty
two years of age, conceived the novel idea of
constructing man that should receive its vi
tality from perpetual motion machine. The
idea was based on the well-known mechanical
principle that if a heavy weight be placed at
the top Of an upright, slightly inclined from
q q vertical, grayitation viii tend to produce a
horizontal astwell as vertical motion. The
project Was not successful. However, by OBJ
serving carefully tho cause of tho failure, pre-
serving and perfectihg the man form, and by
{ substituting steam in place of the perpetual
motion. machine, the present success was OBJ
tanned, :,
,is g Tho man stands seven feet and nine inch
es high, the other Dimensions Of the body BE-
Ing oorrectly proportioned, making him sec.
,ond Daniel Lambert, by which name he is fa.
sss!eas!g s sRsken e as gonoratdd IN
M,eI .Sa ,oav 10 o. trunk. which is nothing but
s three. horse engine, like @t'iose< usea 10 our
steam ffe engines. The ~ wn'on ms supp0F'
& ara complicated and 'naer1ul Inc steps
~ s's ~; so' sars notn, and quite easily. AS
@ az, a.o III, D. forward upon the advanced
the boayy Y 8S1ifted from the ground by a
tooo lhs onsthrown forward BY the steam -
sPrW or4pacc advances the body two feet,
4 E1a9SRRery revolution of the engine produces
2dr PAGES AS tho engine is capable Of ma
King more than 1000 revolutions in, minute,
itwould get over the ground, on this oaloua-
tion, at the rate ola little more than q mile
minute. AS this would be working the legs
.fuster than would be safe on uneven ground
or on Broad street cobble-stones, it is proposed
run the engine at the rate Of 500 revolu-
sions per minute, which would walk the man
i lat the modest speed Of half mile minute
Sa3HT The fellow;is attached to common rock.
away carriage, the shafts of which serve to
support him ID d vertical position. These
shafts " ars two bars of iron, fastened Id the
ustal manner to the front Of the carriage, and
81 afs curved so as to be Joined to circular s,ls
taiaing bar, which passes around the waist
ifksta girth, and in which the man moves SO
4 . us. face in. my, direction. Besides these
I 4 motions, machinery has been arranged by
which the figure can be thrown backward or
i,tpr#ard from vertical nearly forty five do.
= This is done in order to enable it to
& loa.o q Or descend all grades. To the soles
!; feet spikes or corks are fixed, which
] sually prevent slipping. The whole affair
!, s'' e i. firmly sustained by the shafts and 10 OK.
NY a foot hold, chat men are unable to
S push lit over, Or in any other way throw it.
sSsloMn, In order to enable it to stop quickly,
id provided with two appliances, one Of
sswhioh viii, as before stated, throw it back.
ward from the vertical, while the other bends
the knees in 4 direction oppositet to the natu.
salspositions
aAn pprigbtpost, which is arranged in
front The dash: Board, and within easy reach
of the front seats ssustains two miniature pi.
ssotwheels,S by the turning Of which these va.
rionps and revolutions are directed
is xpooted that q sufficiently large amount
lsof coal siscana be- stoyed away under The back
ssseat of the cartilage to work tho engine for a
81 Ssday,aand enough water in tank under the
front seat to last half d day. I, -. 81
n order to prevent the giant from fright.
ening horses bs jits aefful ppearance, Mr.,
iptentls to olothe IL. ,5apd give t. as
nearly as possible, ia lisoness TO the rest Of hu-
llsslisanlty The boiler and >uch parts as are
heoossasiiy heated, viii be encased in felt or
wooisn Ihder.g garments. pansaloons, coat and
Tho stylos, pre provided, Wipn.I
need coaling, yhiSh isevery two
ofit three hours tic driver stops tho machine,
dsIsp pehds ffrsm kis scat, inRattons Daniels
Yests tsnpensta door sshoydsjia the fuel buttons