Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-03-14
A steam man.

 that will, standing upright, walk or run, as he is bid, in any direction, and at almost any rate of speed, drawing alter him a load whose weight would tax the strength of three stout draught horses, The history of the curious invention is as follows: Six years ago Mir. DeddIick, the inventor, who is at present but twenty-two years of age, conceived the idea of constructing man that should receive its vitality from a 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 up- right, slightly inclined from a vertical, grayitetion will tend 10 produce horizontal as well as vertical motion The project was not successful. How ever, by observing carefully the cause of the failure, preserving and perfect ing the man-form, and by substituting steam in the 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 proportioncd, making him second Daniel Lambert, by which name he is facetiously spoken of among the workmen He weighs five hundred pounds. Steam is gener- ated in the body or trunk, which is nothing but Q three horse power en- zine like that used in our fire engines. The legs which support it are eompli- cated and wonderful. The steps are taken very naturally and quite easily. As the body is thrown forward 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 en- zine produces four paoes. As the en- zine is capable of making more than a thousand revolutions minute, it would get over the ground, on this
 
 than mile 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 tive-hun- dred revolutions per minute, which would walk the man at the modest speed of half mile minute.
 The invention is attached to com mon Roekaway carriage, the shafts of which serve to support him in Il yerti- cal. Those 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 10 Q circular sustain ing 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 the figure can be thrown backward or forward from q vertical nearly forty-fivc degrees. This is done in order to enable it to as- cend or to dcs eend al grades. To the solcs of tho feet spikes or corks are fixed which ctfectually prevent slip ping. The whole affair is so firmly sustained by the shafts, and has so eX- ccllent foothold that two men are un- able to push it over, or in any way throw il down. In order to enable il to stop quickly, it is provided with two appliances, one of which will, as before stated, throw it backward from the vertical, while the other bends the knees in direction opposite to the natural position.
 An upright pest, which is arranged in front of the dash board, and within easy reach of the front seats, sustain, two minute pilot wheels, by the turn. ing ofWhich these various motions and revolutions arc directed Itis expected that sufficiently large amount of coal can be slowed away under the back seat of the carriage to work the engine for q day, and enough water in tank under the front seat to last half day
 In order to prevent the giant from frightening horses by it's wonderful appearance, MT. Deddriek intends io clothe it and give it nearly as possible likeness to the rest of humanity The boiler and such parts as are neces. sarily heated will be eneased in felt oi wooden under garments. Pantaloons coat and vest of late styles arc provi- ded. Whenever the fires need coaling which is every two of three hours, the driver stops the machine, deseends from the seat, unbuttons "Daniel's vest opens a door, shovels in the fuel, but tons up the vest and drives on. On the back between the shoulders the steam-cocks and guages are placed. As these would cause the coat to set awkwardly, q knapsack has been provi- ded that completely covers them. A blanket neatly rolled up and placed upon the top of the knapsack perfects the delusion. The face is moulded in-
 a cheerful countenanee of white enamel, which contrasts well the dark hair and moustache. A sheet-iron hat with gauge top acts as smoke stack.
 The cost of this first man" is S2,000, though the makers, Dreddick x Grass, expect to manufacture succeeding ones, warranted to run year without re- pairs, $500. The same parties expect 10 construct on the same principle, | horse which will do the duty of ten or twelve ordinary animals of tic same snecips T'hnse if is confidently be-