Middletown transcript., 1871-08-12
aAosnrIc MOTIVE powss.

Ism as the coming worker for millions q
men. and for purposes innumcrable. Some
will smile at this. II 10 right thcy should.
Tho idea has bcen discouraged BY elee1sig
writer's as visionary and inpracticsble. -
They have asserted the impossibility of
my such economic use Of material lor IL
production of magnetism power, % could
ever justify the hope Of its Substitution b.
steam. They were right SO long % ~
battery was regarded . the source Of psw.
pr instead Of q nero initiative, sssh = ~
suits now scom TO prove II to BE-. Our
theories Of clectro-motivc force may ~
auirc 1t to be rc-examincd. and, perhaps,
changed. The axiom that given mag
peiic force is the exact product Of given
consumption Of zinc or chemicals. must
now bc challenged and put to proof. We
confront now the proposition that. although
tho clecro-motiye force may DO in the bat
terry, yet the magnetic power follows ita
application is capable ofindefinite enlarge
mon. without increasing Of tho initiative
hgent. We are brought face to face also
With the fact tha. when magnet is per-
forming its maximum work, the battery
which started the magnetic power is most
ht rest In other words. that the mag
heiic power is not proportioned to the also
pr consumption Of the clements OF bat
terry. although dependent upon it as an
initial force. We do not pretend to ex-
plain this problem, but we can tell what
We have seen.
y Few days ago we accompanied. on
invitation, several gentlemen to .hs works
pt Mr.. IL. NJ. Payne, Of Newark, N. j.
IN small shelf we found n Daniels bat
Eery Of four cells, the ingredients of which
were the bi'chromate Of potash in the por-
pus cell, and diluted sui phuric acid, Of or
iinary strength in the other vessel Il
was entirely inodorous Beneath it, FIRM
y bo!;el 10 tic floor, was an iron circular
Fame, Of a diameter Of about eighteen
nchcs, the width Of ,he periphery or rim
being abou, i,e inches Five npertures
Fqui-distaut were en-. in,o the edge or
face of This iron efsc, three and a-half
inches in length and of the width of the
|rlWe. Into ihesa were inserted the faces
pt iron ceres, eailel with what seemed to
is NJ II covered copper wire. standing
tnt from the fr4mf mi firmly fastened
thereto. IL the assfiai 4as a N15saI, II
wlt2se rim were 81 SIS additional magnets,
the same rs On tie iron ease. and no set
that ;he faess Of tie magnets in their rev.
pluiions would met each other ut differ
IN yel regular periols, corresponding
Wit the d9able cfaus device in locomo-
tifss l. proven, 4 dead centre BY act
Fng on iaa peril ery, all waste of power
was 1t course. avoided. On the shnft
Which extended from the magnet wheel
there wa place n bel, wheel Of the usual
iiameler, connecting with wheel shaft
~ the ceiling. which. in its turn was
tonneftel hy u belt with circular saw on
bench M power was gained by the
llameter OF the wheels. as they were nj!
lniyalents Of cach other. The wirca
werc then connected, when. on the in.
slant. erent tapility of motion was at
Pnee acquired. the floor # the 70 I'M sbak-
ng violently with the power developed.
Pieces Of wool were sawn rapidly, and
without apparently disturbing the rapidi-
J or eycnncss Of the notion Two gen.
irmen, weighing 10 pounds each. ems
isasorel - stop the motion of the wheel
BY the pressure Of a eencage break, hay-
wing surface six inches by four. bearing
pa The belt wheel, but without visible Of.
feet This rapil and effective action has
been watched nine consecutive hours by
investigating parties. without any percep-
tihlc decline If power. and with con-
sumption Of less th1n hnlf n pound Of zinc
"a cost Of less than half cent per hour.
The power developed was rated at two-
horse. AMI can he maintained for TWENTY
four hours, without iutermssion, Mt q
haximnn cost Of ten cents. Such, at
lrast. is the statement male 10 Us by Mr..
Payne, ani confirmed by a wcll-known
eenteman, who thoroughly examined il.
Bf increase Of diameter aal width or by
multiplication. Of wheels. and tho number
# magnets. the power can be largely in-
,rrasea We were assured, by TIE same
teH'L.r u cf'ls. This was proven by tho
Fset tia. hy the addition Of wire in tho
BRENT of sufficient length u surround an
tiher set of magnets. IN diminuiian Of
lower was apparent. although tho action
ht the battery was necessarily less ; thua
fno,hcr wheel with similar pnwor could
ave been added. Tho four cells po snw
we're stated us capable Of maintaining tho
tfeel aha power ntndneed III our presence
or sixty hours without renewal. Mt til,
eost Of about single stage fare on Broad
say per day.
In this machine, so utterly simple as to
challenge the scrutiny Of the most ordina-
y mind, We see the dawn of new power,
capable Of endless application at mini
mum cost. and destitute of the usual clc.
nent of danger. IL occurs to us very
strange TIM, what is inst being proposed
rs possible status Of far's by learned
liyinc in England, should prove the self
same theory which M American citizen
ans been privately aud pcrsisien,ly deycl-
bping in actual practice for years. To
what il may give rise VIC have no prophetic
ken to tell. II tho premises dcmandetl
trc proven to bo oarrect, its spplication b
lnfEils. We may yet see the AtlsnA1e
brne sod hu hmwn wa...l~ ..~..nl.l -fAl