The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-02-08

~ present, any government, or any public
body, would be ashamed even to suppose il
possible. Nearly century ago, the Ac de-
my Of Sciences, at Paris, resolved 20 receive
no communication having reference to il.
The attempt to find a perpetual motion ID
now considered a proof Of ignorance ard
folly rather than sign Of ingenuity; sud
those who fancy they have discovered il. are
invariably Ignorant II, or very little &c
quaInted with, even the elements of sci
ence.
We may with safety condemn any contri-
vance OF this kind, even unseen; and should
not permit ourselves TO be led into vain
hopes, even BY seemingly the best authori-
ties. Apparently respectable testimony as
to the actual solution Of the problem has not
been wanting at any period. The MARQUIS
OF Worcester, in the ffty-sixth OF his "Gen-
tury OF Inventions" says that wheel IA II.
IN diameter, with 40 weights, each Of so lbs.
was exhibited in the Tower before the king
foreign ambas Sadors, members OF the nobiIl.
~, and most Of the court and be appeaIs
to the lieutenant OF the Tower. &C.. N procf
OF bis assertion, that all persons then pres
ent "saw that no sooner had these ereat
weights passed the diameter Iine Of the low
er side, but they hung foot farther from
.ne center, nor no sooner passed the dame
ter line u the upper side, but they hung a
loot nearer. BE pleased says be, ito judge
the consequence" Yet this was contriv-
ance which has been tried thousand times.
and necessarily in vain. In the beginning
OF the last century, O.FeyrcHs'S tcsesE caused
tne greatest excitement throughout Europe
and to put an end to the extraordinary in
iatuation i causeG, Desaguliers read paper
before the Royal Society, which 10 found ia
7s thirty -hrst volume of their ETraBsac-
uons." In 1t be clearly exposes the fallacy
OF what was believed to be the principle or
OrHeyreas's invention 1t Is scarcely 10 Be
wondered that the ignorant were led into
error; for il was asserted by those apparent
ly worthy Of credit, that this wheel would
more In either direction if slight imoulse
were given to 1t that its velocity would be-
come gradually accelerated, Of itself; tbat
this accelerated velocity continued for two
months without diminution, during which
time II was locked up and carefully sealed IL
the chamber Of the Landgrave Of Hesse
aad that at was stopped at the expiration Of
that i;--lnd only that it might not be exposed
70 unnecessary wear. When, however. an
eminent man Of science proposed to cyan.
Inc lt critically, its inventor broke X IN
pieces, in pretended indignation at an m.
Justifiable curiosity. But perhaps ! vet
stronger proof of its not having been ia reality
waat II was represented, is found in the fact
enas eignty thousand crowns were refused
for the secret.
80 recently as the year 1854, the editor
o. tne American Journal Of Commerce de-
ciares that the model OF machine possess.
lnS propelling power, sslfcoataiaed and
sey- dd5siatng, and having sufficient power
10 move clockwork without winding ~. },
was exhibited at his Office. Il was described
rs starting into motion when the blocks nv
which It had been stopped were removed.
Yet Il was only the ordinary arrangement Of
Sarms and balls"
Although the contriyauces which b.va
been suggested at various periods for the
production Of perpetual motion are both ~.
~emely numerous and varied. thev are III
reducible to the same very simple priuciples
which we proceed to illustrate. II has hAan
attempted to render the force of gravity AZ.
rective Dyscontrivances which were exoectea
70 render one side Of a wheel CONSTANTLY
heavier than the opposite; and one Of tbe
ways BY which 1t was sought to accomplish
tfs - represented ia figure 1.
1t consfss u. awheeI, round the circum.
ference Of which is arrdngd series Of rods.
movable in one direction BY mead. OF Joints,
wnacn attach one Of their extremeties to tne
wheel, and loaded with weights ut the other
extremeties. When :ne w'4eel revolyes IN
the direction Of the arrow, tine rods al ora
slde tall out, so al to become continuations
q tne radii; and their Weights, being then
iartness from the center Of motion, produce
heh greatest effect. The rods at the other
sue iAil oownwards; and their weights be-
'ns 1nen nearest TO the center of molten, pro-
uuce tneir least effect Unfortunately for
sn's ana all similar contrivances, 1t can be
shown that the sum Of the effects produced
oy the weights ut one side becomes yerv
soon exactly equal to the sum Of the effects
produced by those nj the other but Il vii
De enough for US to say thar. from what we
have noticed regarding the nature and usss
OF machinery, this contrivauce must soou
come TO rest, and II has alWEys been found
to % 90, 10 the astonIshment no less than
the d'sappointmeut Of It's numerous in-
ventors.
The next apparatus Zig. ~ Is but dif.
ierent application Of the same pnnciple. II
CONSISTS o. wheel having grooves or tuhes
o. -curye6 form, and in each OF thes
grooves or suoes ball OF netaI, o. eisfxl
ufy OF mercury. When the wheel revoIvs
IN tne direction OF the arrow, the balls, o
masses OF mercury, at one side recede frou
tne center of motion, and thus act with thel
greatest effect; while those ut the other std
isPPrcsch the center Of motion, and thus &C
wtn tner least effect One side, tl.srefors
" expesed always to preponderate and prc
duee noticn; bet the objections fatal to ID
last are fatal to this contrivance also.
Many other ingenious expedients hav
neeh used but the general laws which rer
der Perpetual Motion an impossibility. On
be shown 10 be applicable, in one way q
another to them all.
a. EXTINCT RAcz---One Of the most RI
markable races that ever inhabitated Il
earth II now extinct. They were known
y the Gauches, and Che abUrfRines Of Il
Canary Islsnds. In the sixteenth centur.
pestilence, slavery, and the cruelty of q
+ fBpsniards, succeeded i'm totally extermin,
Eting them They are described as havir
been gigantio In stature, but Of singular
mild and gent1e nature. Thsir food co
u sisted o. barley, wheat and goats milk, q
-ftheif egs1cu1tdrs was or the rudest kin
= They had = ssllgion which taught them Of
lfutsre state ofrsxsrds md punishnnent an
death, and, Of good and evil spirits. Th
I Lfregasded the volcano; Of Tenerifie as punis
. 4 ment for the bad. The bodies Of their de
,i were caresnlay embAl1Aed and deposited
cataoombs, EhicL sill sonti1us to bean D
! ljest Of curiosity 70 those who. .ivisit I
I blends. Their marriages we're yery soleu
Z bsnd befofs ssng xging III them the brides WI
. fnttenet sn nilks At'tht present day th,
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