The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-27
THE r%nERMACHIoS.
An Illinois Man Invents q Machine for
Producing Unlimited Heat With
out Fuel.

MT. y. 0nelleW, Oh GlaSlOTu, 1tOTli
county, is at work on a machine for
producing heat by mechanical means
Mr.. Chellew said: "ThaJ it is well
known that heat was a kind of vibra-
tion or motion of the molecules of mat
ter, and that, therefore it was possible
to produce it by mechanical means.
Iron, for instance, a be made hot by
hammering it; heat can be produced by
rubbing two sticks together, and many
other illustrations of similar nature
may be given, all showing that heat
was a mechanical effect" Starting
with idea, he went to work to construct
a machine which would produce heat.
His first attempt vas a success; the
machine produced a low degree of heat.
The motive power being the works Of
an old Seth Thomas clock, the trouble
with the machine was that the vibra-
tions were not regular, hence the low
degree of heat; but felt encouraged;
that heat could be produced by a ma
chine was evident; with better machin-
cry more heat could be produced. He
then purchased as good a Seth Thomas
clock as he could find, having u COM
pensating pendulum and other i'm
provements, and went to work on u
new machine, which he calls a therma-
chion, it being the one the writer dis
covered him to work upon on a previ-
Gus occasion. He was very reticent in
showing his thermachion, as he wishes
to secure a patent on it; but 1 can say
that it is q wonderful machine. 1t con-
sists of o plain wooden box about two
feet square and three feet high, and
attached to one side, like an addition,
was n box made out thin of thin boiler
plate, being the same heighth and
width rs the wooden box, and about a
foot deep; in the wooden box was the
motive power, in the iron box the heat
is generated. The essential part of the
heat-producing apparatus was n plate
which Mr.. Chellew calls a ''model-
plate" Mr.. Chellew requested me to
insert a small wire through u small
hole in the box, after previously start
ing the works. In a few seconds L
withdrew the wire, and it was too hot
to touch with the hands; he then took
a small tin cup Of cold water and put it
in the iron box; in two or three minutes
he withdrew it boiling hot. OF course
it is as yet very imperfect, being def
Gent in many details. The highest de-
gree of heat yet attained with it is
about $50 degrees. But Mr.. Chellew
expects, when certain improvements he
is now experimenting on are attached,
to show 500 degrees of heat, or perhaps
higher, and with other improvements
and discoveries, to generate heat to any
required degree. The same instrument
will produce a high or low degree of
heat as may be required, which will be
controlled by a regulator"
1t is extremely probable, and, as
there is no smoke or gas emitted from
it, it car be placed in any room. The
expense of running is nothing, except
the ordinary wear of the machinery. 1t
a be adapted to any purpose for
which heat is required. 1t may be
used for cooking and heating; being so
portable it may be taken from one room
to another. 1t may also be used for
generating steam for any engine, and
who can say the amount of saving it
will effect?