The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-09-06
THE CENTRIPETAL POWER MA
fHINES

A good deal mas peeD salu auu WIN"
ten concerning the "Centripetal Pow.
er Machines" now on exhibition in THE
city and many citizens aud strangers
have witnessed their operation. The
public interest, however. remains una
hated and every afternoon their room
on Main street is crowded by spectators
and every mail brings letters Of inquiry
aud orders Tor the machines. In COM
pany with number of gentlemen we
witnessed Yesterday afternoon severer
test Of their capacity than has
been heretofore exhibited. 1t
was doubted by come whether
the power of one horse as applied by
these machines would be sufficient to
plane and saw heavy and hard lumber,
the material heretofore used 10 exhibit
ing them being mainly soft pine Ac-
cordipgly the experiment was tried
The horse power by which the ma
chimes are run is Of the style In com"
mon use in the country for utilizing dog
mower. This is connected by belt
with the saving machine, the planning
machine, or any OF the other contrl'
yapces which it is proposed to use.
When attached to the cav the power was
sufficient, as shown Yesterday to cut all
kinds OF lumber as quickly as can be
done bv an ordinary circular saw run"
ming By steam. Alter operating In this
wsva few minutes, the belt h which the
horse power WAS applied WAS thrown OH,
and ,hirtv-four sticks of ordinary oak
cord wood were then sawed through IN
one minute By the momentum that had
been acquired In the sane way, at
another trial, seven strips, each five feet
long, were ripped in one minute rom
two inch oak plank, after the belt had
been thrown of This was equivalent
to ripping plank of the same weight
thirty-fve feet long.
The trial OF the pianer was equal
" successful. An oak plank one foot
wide WAS passed through the machine,
and a shaving OF three sxeeatbs OF
an inch, WAS cut rom it with as much
aprarent ease az If the plank had been
pine, aud there was no percepubIe dlm-
mutton in the rspidtY Of the motion
An ordinary plauer driven by steam
engine OF ten horse power, could not
have done its work better or more
rapidly or with. greater apparent ease
than was shown by this machine inn
PEELED by one horse.
The palentees have nine different
machines which may be quickly aud
conveniently connected with the power
thus enabling farmer 10 do al home
with one horse w1at be mas heretotor e
been compelled 20 have done by steam
There is, in addition to the cross-cnt
sav. the rip saw and the planer already
sooken of; corn shelter; 8 fodder
cutter; a threshing machine; grist
mill; a cider mill; AL a machine Tor
cutting potatoes, bets &c. Tor cattle
Each Of these can be conveniently OPP
Grated by being placed in succession
upon The frame on which the power Is
applied
No person who hiss seen the ma
chine. has failed TO be convinced OF
their utility or surprised by their SIM
plicty and by the wonderful saving O.
power they exhibit. The company
that has been formed here for their
manufacture desire larger ex'
tent of territory tbsn they at frat con-
templated. The more they examined
the matter the better they became sat-
isfed OF the value OF the invention and
they have accordingly made arrange
meuts for the purchase OF a more ex-
,ensise fed than was originally
secured. We understand that
negotiations are in progress for a
site for the new factory and
tina. the work is to be prosecuted at
once with SIS much vigor as may be
expected from the well known energy
OF the gentlemen who have embarked