The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-01-31

Tho man stands seven feet nino inches
high, the other Dimensions Of the body be.
ing correctly proportioned. making him a
second Daniel Lambert, by which namo he
is facetionsly spoken OF among the work.
men. lie weighs five hundred pounds
Steam is generated in tho body or trunk,
which is nothing but a threo.horse power
engine, like thuso used in our steam fire
engines. The legs which support it are
complicated and wonderful. Tho steps
are taken very naturally and quite easily
AS the body is thrown forward on the ad.
vanced foot, the other is lifted from the
ground by spring aud thrown forward by
the steam. Each stop or pace advances
the body two feet, and every revolution of
the engine produces four PAGES. As the
engine is capable of making moro than a
thousand revolutions u minute, il would
get over the ground, ON his calculation, at
the ratio of little more than mile min.
ute. As this wonld be working the logs
faster than would be safe on uneven ground
or on broad street cobblo stones, il is pro.
posed to run tho eugino at the rate Of fvo
hundred revolutions per minute, which
would walk the man at the modest speed
Of half q mile minute.
The fellow is attached TO q common rock.
away carriage, the shafts of which servo to
support him in vertical position. Those
shafts arc two bars of iron, which are
made fast in the usual manner to the front
axle of the carriage, and are curved so as
to he Joined to n circular sustaining bar,
which passes 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 tho
man figure can he thrown backward or for.
ward from u vertical, nearly forty five de-
grees. This is done in order to enable il
to ascend or descend all grades. To the
soles of the feet spikes or corks aro' fixed
which effcctually prevent slipping The
whole affair is so firmly sustained by tho
shafts aud has so excellent footholl that
two men arc unahlc to push it over or in
any way to throw it down. In order to
enable it to stop quickly, it is provided
with two appliances, one of which will, as
before stated, throw it backward from the
vertical, whilo the other bends the knees
in direction opposite to the natural posi-
ton.
An upright post, which Is arranged in
front of the dashboard and within easy
reach of the front seats, suslaius two miui.
ature pilot wheels, by the turning OF which
these various motions and ovolutons are
directed 1t is expected that a sufficiently
large amount Of coal can be slowed away
uuder the back seat of carriage to work
the engine for day, and enough water in
the tank Cmder the front seat to last half a
day.
In order to prevent d" the giant" from
frightening horses by its wonderful ap.
pearauce, Mrs. Deddrick intends to olothe
it and give it as nearly as possible like
ness to the rest Of humanity. The boiler
and such parts as are necessarily heated
will be encascd in felt or WOODEN under
garments. Pants, coat and vest eff the
latest styles are provided. Whenever the
fires need coaling, which is every two or
three hours, the driver stops the machine,
dcsccnds from his seat, unbuttons Dam
icl's " vest, opens door, shovels in the
fuel, buttons up the vest and drives on.
On the back, between tho shoulders, the
steam cocks aud guages are placed. As
these would cause the coat to set awkardIy,
IA knapSack has been provided which com.
pletely covers them blanket neatly
rolled up and placed on top of the knap.
sack perfects the dclusion. The face is
moulded into cheerful countouance of
white enamel, which contrasts well with
the dark hair and moustache. A sheet
iron hat with guage top acts as smoke
stack.
The cost of the " FIRST man is $4,000,
though the makers, Messrs. Deddrick &
Grass, expect to manufacture succeeding
ones, warranted to run year without re.
pairs, for $500 Tho same parties expect
to construct, on the same principle, horses
which will do tho duty of ten or twelve
ordinary animals of the same species.
These, it is confidently believed, can be
used alike before carriages, street cars and
plows. The man now constructed can
make his way without difficulty over any
irregular surface whose ruls and stones
are not mere than nine inches below or
above the level of the road.
Messrs. Bolen & Crane, at whose works
this wonderful affair has been built, have
Just completed hardly less marvellous,
though by no means as novel machine.
1t is a leather splitter, for the Newark
Patent Leather Company. 1t is so nicely
constructed as to split with ease and IA
cility, hides of such extreme thinness that
variation in the knives Of a fractional
part of the thinness of sheet of writing
paper, would destroy the work. The ma
chine is to be sent to Paris within few
days- NelrdTE AlpeTtiSeT.