The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-12
DoWN EAST HEELY.
How Mr.. Hoyt Proposes 20 Drive stenHs-
ship, aRd Ruu Sewing Machines some
thing TO surprise Visitors TO the Centennial.

How Mr.. Hoyt Proposes cs Drive stenH'-
shin. and Ruu Sewing Machines some
thing to surprise visitors to the Centennial
There is a man i'm Lewiston. Me-, who as
firmly believes that he has discovered the prin-
cple Of perpetu motion and self-creatlng
power IA he believes that the name he has in
hcrited from bis father is Hoyt. Ills
friends entertain a singular confidence In
the discovery. None Of them has ever
soen the mrchine running, and their con
ndence Ia based partly upon the fact that Mr.
IIovt has devoted ntteon years To the elnbora-
ton OF his plin and partly on their inability to
discover "A nav In the theory. The beauty OF
this sclf-creating power 10 that 1t requires no
fuel. neither blows up nor bursts through dams,
may be operated by o three-ye'r-old child Of
limited intelligence, and never takes occasion to
run away like the cnslaved horse, or to Kick out
behind like the impatient mule. The machine
Ia a constant and untlrlrg generator OF power.
" NAV be added that upon all other topics Mr.
HONt IL perfectly SINE. . .
The notivo power lies In cannon balls. Mr.
Uoyt describes his motor "a follows: In r. Ia a
hollow iron wheel, Ike railway wne' but
much larger and without nlnge. Inside the
wheel are four larce iron tubes, beginning At
the IKE and running to the Dcrime or. The
tubes tc no. ttraiurt tnev curve 20 that each
fnrms an rc NJ seventy or eighty degrees. The
inside OF tho curve ices the Ill ectlun In whtoh
tue wheel IA to revoIve. In each tube arc two
circumfcr snco ~ from circumference To axle.
INC curvature Of the tubes ~ such hat
on ono side Of the wheel the cannon oalis are
always at tho circumference, ana on the other
edo ALWAYS at tho axle. IN" side where they
are at the uunfercnce. and where their weight
cNprts tho greater lever gc, will - course tie
weighted down, and the wheel Will turn until
the heavy point reaches tho bottom; hut tht8
pUrti. revolution hrtnps th canno. balls IN he
next tube to tho circumference. and That, be-
coming In It's turn the he West point, causes an
other quarter revolution Of tho wheel. his
operation being constantly repeated bv he g
ccs-iOn ~ cannon bPlls In the succession OF
curved tubes, tao wheel constantly fcvulves.
THIS IL the broad principle ~ toe machine,
I which, a viii To- observed. draws upon the law
OF gravita'ion for its motive power. One sue
Of q wheel ~ coustantlv heavier than the other
side, thereto the heavier side keeps continually
going down aud tho iightcr side going up; heuce
tho wheel continually turns Itself, Its shaft, and
! Whatever betting may ne attached TO the shaft.
There IA also an ina NOUS arrangement ot
! levers, so complicated that " would be dtMcult
| to oxul In IL without III gram, bat which
utilz's the moment I'M 81 the cannon balls as
they II to the 81 tcuWfercnce, and tr nsferS thc
| force thus acquired To the thbo coming next
behind, sing H. to star too next pair Of cannon
Mr. Iovt thinks that II would only be neces-
| sary to have very heavy wheel and very heavy
| construction. lie u re DIV to contract with the
| Cunard or any other line OF steamships To sup
plv them with hts wheels, and argues That the
| ADVANTAGE Of ms motor u ocean sttamers would
| be not only the saving OF fuel bat tine gain Ton
| cargo of the Largo space now occupied Oy the
co buns lie also SAWS that he has nov SIN III
| wheel In Opcr ton, AMI mat his wifes sewing
| machine has been run by " for the last clint
| mon.ns lie IL cons, ructing lDrler macnin
for the Philadelphia Exposition, anu has applied
| Mr. Hoyt declines To exhibit his wheel, or "a
give any more lucid explain ton u IT. principle
tnan that already siH -ested t0r. ne very
| reasonably argues, 81 snonld tell all | know
sotnc dishonest mccAalr might seal the ided
and anticipate me 1t TIE Centenhid.