The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-01-23
A Steam Man.
mine.


The following story of remarkable
mechanical invention is told oy the New
ark (N. J J Advertiser:
"Mr. Zadock Deddrck, Newark ma
chinist, has invented man-one that,
moved by steam, will perform some of the
most important functions of humanity !;
that will, standing upright, walk or run,
as he is bid, in any direction, aud 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. Deddrick,
the inventor, who Is at present but TWEEN
tytwo years OF age, conceived the novel
| idea OF constructing a man that should
receive Its vitality from perpetual action
machine. The idea was based on the we'll
known mechanical principle that, If a
heavy weight be placed at the top OF an
| upright slightly inclined from a vertical,
/ gravitatioD will tend to produce horizon
| tai as we'll as vertical motion. The
project Wa not successful. However, by
/ observing carefully the cause Cf the fail
u.e, preserving and periecting the man
! :crin, aud by substituting steam IN pace
/ ot the perpetual morton machine, the pre-
sent success was attained.
The man stands seven feet and nine
/ inches high, the other Dimensions of the
| body being correctly p-UpoT;looed, making
! him q second Daniel Lambert, by which
name he Is tacetiDus'y spoken OF among
| the wurkmen. He weighs FIVE hundIed
pounds Steam is generated IN The body
or trunk, which Is nothing but three
horse power e.igi"e, like those used Ia cur
| steam fire engines The legs which sup
port it ale complicated and wonderful
! The steps are ;akeu very naturally and
quite easily As the body Is thrown for
ward upon the advanced Ioof, the other 1.
! lifted from the ground by a spring and
thrown forward by the stea n. Each steE
or pace advances the body Two feet, and
every revolution of the eugIne produces
four PAGES As the engine is capable oi
making more than thousand revolutions
a minute, it would get over :he ground
on this calculation. at the rate Of little
more than a mile in a minute. AS thin
would be working the legs faster thsu
would be safe on uneven ground or on
Broad street cobble stones, IL Is proposed
TO run the gine at the rate OF i've hun
dred revolutions per minute, which would
walk the man at the modest speed OF hall
mile a minute.
The fellow is attached to a common
Rockaway carriage, the shafts OF which
serve to support him in a vertical posi-
tion These shafts are two bars of iron
fastened in the usual manuer to the front
of the carriage, aud are curved so as 10 bt
joiued TO "a circular sustaining bar, which
passes around the waist, Ike girth, anC
In which the man moves SO as to face II
any direction. Besides these motions
machinery has been arranged by which
the figure eau be thrown backward or for
ward from a vertical nearly forty-fve de
grees. This is done in order to enable
TO ascend or descend all grades. To th
soles of the feet spikes or eorks are 6xe'
which effectually prevent slipping. Th
whole affair is SO firmly sustained by tn
shafts, aud has so excellent toothold
| that two men arc unabls 20 push It oTe