The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-04-19
A New Motive Power.

pn1lOSOpnlC turn OF mlnC ana an unl1m-
tied amount of leisure wasted their lives
in fruitless search after the elixir Of life
or the philosophers stone. The present
time finds people more sensible, and
these desirable butvery unobtainable arti-
cles are not now sought after; the philos-
opher of the nineteenth century prefers
employing his talents to better advantage,
and, when everything else fails him, he
turns his attention to the discovery Of
new motive power, and whenever he an
nounces that he is ready to run train of
cars or q steamboat with a half pint of
water, or condensed air, or pendulums, or
something of that sort, there are hundreds
ready to believe the inventors promises
who would scott at the idea OF transmitting
metals. There is no doubt that new mo-
tive power is urgently needed; any person
who has run against lamp post at mid
night is ready to admit that, and perhaps
this is one of the reasons that makes
people SO anxious for something novel in
this line, as icy pavements and late hours
are very apt to undermine persons con-
fidence in the present style Of locomotion.
Philadelphia had her moment of triumph
in this matter, but now the voice of Keely
is heard no more in the land. Detroit
stepped to the front, but classy has de-
parted forever; SO Brooklyn now stands
up, and ia the person of Isaac Chomel, sol
Fulton street, challenges the admiration
of the world COR her new motive power.
Unlike Keely, Isaac is not satisfied with q
pint of water, he wants oceans of it; in
fact, he intends to utilize the rolling mo-
ton of the ship to propel it. In his ship
is suspended movable platform, hung
so as to yield to the pitching or rolling
motion Of the vessel. This, at its bottom,
gears directly upon the propeller shaft, so
that there is the least possible loss of
power. AS this platform is inclined to an
angle Of thirty degrees, the propeller
makes eight rev olutions, continuing to re-
volye in the same direction when the plat
form is tilted the other way.
Mr.. Chomel says that q ship at sea rolls
about ten times per minute, and that he
will thus secure in brisk sea eighty rev
olutions per minute. OF course, the in
vention is only in its infancy yet. Few
can realize the immense influence this
newly-discovered power is going to have
on the future of the world If the roll
ing of the waves will propel boat it will
run mill, factory, foundry or any other
kind of machinery. Real estate will fall
and water lots will go up. On every
hand will be seen posters announcing the
sale of choice and wavy sections of lake
and ocean at lowest prices. Advertise
ments will appear in tie Free Press of
that time something as follows:
The subscriber has just erected grist mill on
one of the toughest sections of Lake Erie. In
calm weather only custom work done, but dur
ing storms he is prepared to furnish -four for
home or foreign consumption.
On good windy day we may expect to
see all sorts of factories nodding away at
each other on the river, and free and
easiness will be introduced into. our in
dustries never before experienced. Then,
the more shaky mans investments are,
the better it will be, for his prospects; it
is far otherwise now. As NAV be expect
ed, this new system of things will have its
drawbacks. We shall read items like the
following: J ga 5s,,s,.5.
During the gale yesterday, the saw-mill of J.
Smith, near Windsor, was working at its high
est rolling power, when it broke loose and ran
into William Jones soap factory at the middle
of the river. Before the storm subsidized the
saw-mill had most of the soap factory cut into
sx-inch strips IN spite of the efforts Of the new
caF-wcrks and rolling-mill to separate them No
insurance. j2fs.S :. II III
But then there are immense advantages
in connection with the Brooklyn inven-
ton that it is impossible to estimate.
What boon it will be to humanity when
a man comes home at questionable hours,
finding the street all too narrow for
him, to explain to an inquiring po-
liceman or an investigating wife. that he
has not yet got accustomed to the stability
Of dry land after rolling around in his
office at the mill all day. At the Board of
Trade bapquets q regular toast will be
g Our manufactures-long may they
wave" which. will be responded to by
song-ss' Rocked in the Cradle Of the
Deep" or the band will strike up g A
Life on the Ocean Wave, . and our man
interests will indeed have :. A
Home on the Rolling Deep" Thus it is
hat Isaac Chomel has answered the long
conundrnm, I" What are the
Wild Waves Saying ~ and tits to be hoped
that Isaac will soon render serviceable
that vast portion Of the earth's surface
which has hitherto been more useful to
commerce than to manufactures Detroit
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