The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-02-05
An Extraordinary nyention--steam Ean.
Thcitos.owlnR story ola remarkable
r'"chanieHi nnauiton ais told by the

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Mr.. Iadock Drdd,ick. Newark
machnisi, has invented 4 man; one
mat, moved hv s,cam. will perform
some OF the most important function; OF
humanity; that win, standing upright,
walk or run, ashe is bid in any dircc-
,ion and at almost anc rate of sperd,
drawing 'sfter him 3 load whose weight
would tax the strength ,ot three sto,,,
irang ght hnrses, Che history OF this
curious invention is as lo!luws: Six
wears ago, Mr. Dedar;ck, The inventor
who ls at present hut twenty-five years
OF age, conceived the novel idea of con
s'ructing man tha. should receive i,s
vi,alllY from perpetua! motion ma
chine. The idea was based on the
wr!I-known mechancal principle that if
q heavy weight be placed at the top Of
an upright, slightly inclined for a vrru.
cal, gravi'ation will tend to produce a
horizontal as well as vertical motion.
Tie pr"j"c, was not snccessful How.
ever, BY observing carefully tho cause
"f the failure, preserving and perfcct,ng
the man form, and by substituting
steam in place Of tho perpetual motion
machine, the present success was u.,ain
ed
Tie MN stands seven feet and n;ra
INCHES high, the other dimensions Of the
nohv being correctly propor,iJncd,
making @l", a second Daniel Lambert,
oy which name he is facetiously a,o!:rn
ct among the workmnn. He weighs
500 poands. Steam is generated in the
body or ,ru'E, which Is nothing bu, a
threr.horse power engine like those
used IN onr steam fire engines. The
legs which support At are complicated
and wonderful The steps arc taken
very naturally and quite easily. AS
the body ID ,hrown forward upon the
advanced foot, the other Is lifted from
the ground by spring and thrown for.
ward by the steam. Each step or pace
advances the body two feet, and ever,
revolution of the engine produces lou
PAGES AS The engine iscapablo Of making
more tian 1000 revolutions in minute
1t would get over the ground, on this l!
cnlation, at the rate Of little moro thar
milo minute. As ihis would b,
working the legs faster than would bt
safe on uneTen ground or on Broac
street cobblc-stone', it is proposed te
run the engine at the rate of 500 revo
sntlons per minute, which would wall
the man at the modest speed Of half 4
mile minute
"Ihe lrtow ia attached 10 a comno,
1ncka"ay carr!as", ,hc shafts Of whicl
serve to supror, him in " vertical posi-
ton. These shafs are two bars of IRON
fastened IN the usual manner 20 III,
front OF he carriage, and.arc curvcd,s,
as 70 DC joined to Il circa,ar sus,ainn,
hnr, winch passes around Tie waist i't,
"g'r,h, and N which 'hc man moves Is,
az To ihce IN any direction. Beside
these motions, machinery has been ar
ragged by which The hguro can b
thrown backward and forward from
v"r'ta! nearly torty-Gve degrees. TIL
IL done IN order to enable i. to ascen,
OF descend AL grades. TO the solcs @
The feet spikes or corks are fixed, which
eNtc'u"l'y prevent slipping. The Who'll,
affair IS SO firmly sustained bv the shaft.
"Md 80 exrrenta ioot-hold, that two
men are unable to push it over, or ir
any way throw 1t down. In order tc
enahe 1t to stop qnirItlv, il ia prov,d.
Ell with two arpianrrn, one Of fwhict
will, as before stated, ,hrow i. backward
from the vertical, while the other bend,
knees IN d'r"c'ion opposite to .hc
na'nral p"s',on.
AN upright post, which il arranged
~ front at the dash hoard, aud within
eaey reach ol the front seats, sus,ens
'wo miniature pilo, wheels. By the
tuning at which these various motions
and evnlU'ione are directed. 1t il ex-
pected that a sufficiently largo amour,
O! con! cnn be slowed away under tina,
back seat OF tho carriage 10 work the
engine for n day, and enough water IN
tho tank under tho front seat to last ball
a day.
I'm order prevent the giant from
frightening horses by its wonderful! an.
pearance, Mr.. Dcldrick intends to clothc
IT. and give II, as nearly as possible, a
lk,ne to the rest OF humanity. The
ooilor and such parts as are necessarily
heated, will be cncasod in felt or woo'cn
"nder-garments Pan:aoons, coat aud
vest. OF the latest STYLES. are rrovided
whenever the fires need coalng, which
Is every two or three hours, the driver
stops the machine, dcscends from his
seat, unbottons Daniels vc.t, opens
door, shoves in the fuel, hattons up the
vest, ana drives on. On the back,
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