The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-03-31

The Invention of = MinnssOtisn-H0w II
VIII Get Up Bill.
cRG Psui Pfonear Prase1

VIII Get Up Eli.
st. Paul Pioneer Press.l
During the winter months Professor 5srcni
has been busy in perfectiDg his steam wagon,
and he Will this week forward his model of
the machiCery TO Washington, ID. c., for the
purpose OF g, securing letters patent upon il,
he having so far been operating under q sim
ple csveat. Since the appearance of the
apparatus upon the streets last fall Ii has
been vastly improved By double system
of clutches and pulleys, one az each end of
the driving shaft, the power can be applied
for speed or for slow work with heavy
draught. But the greatest novelty that has
been introduced into toe machinery is a
systs Of propulsion for use in case of rs
cending steep hull. Taking an idea from
the fact that horse can draw much
heavier load than its own weight, the
inventor has introduced two sets OF levers
that correspond exactly In movement and in
the application Cf power with the two hind
legs of horse, the one alternating with the
other, precisely es do the limbs of the ami
NAL. 1t is difficult, without diagrams, to
illustrate how this Is accom- plished, but is
effect. can be understood with sufficient
clearness from the foreg ping comparison.
The second important advance made is 10
device for the rapid generation of steam,
which is marvel of ingenuity as we'll as
marvel of success. As formerly, gasoline is
the fuel employed, and the fame is made to
play upon pumice stone, which heats to q
whiteness, and thus not only creates q
reservoir of cons sut heat, but should the
fame be temporarily extinguished by q
sudden jerk of the machinery, as it is apt
TO be, IL is Instantly rskirdled. The pumice-
stone occupies the fire box, above which are
arranged coils Of pipe containing the water,
which are so arranged as to give the water
both lateral and longitudinal motion, and to
permit tbs sediment 20 settle IN the lower
pipes on the side of the fire box, where it
can be readily taken out. A second and
smaller boiler is used to generate steam first,
and this superheated steam is conducted to
q nozzle, at the end of which and below 1T
is placed closely a second nOZZ e. This pOr-
ton of the apparatus is similar 20 the etom-
izers which are so Familiarity known and
used in procuring fine spray from bottles Oi
perfume, and the action Of the steam atom
| izer invented by Professor Saroni is precisely
similar to that of a perfume bottle. The
| Jet of supsrheatsd Steam, as il emerges
| from its nozzle meets Jet of gasoline vapor
| from the nozzle Immediately below the
steam nozzle, and steam and gas are together
| projected into the fre-bOx IN that Infinitely
] divided condition so favorable to chemical
| combination, resulting in intense combus-
| ton and the rapid production of heat. AS
| soon as the punnice stone has thus been suf-
| ficiently heated, the stomizsrs are shut OF
| and the ordinary service jets are turned on.
| By this means steam can De generated from
| cold water TO pressure of 100 pounds in
| four minutes. Il may be added that the
| leg propulsion" II it may be so termed
can be- used with or without the slow motion
| pulley, or the locomotive apparatus may be
entirely uncOupled, and the power applied
| 10 driving a threshif g-machine, with the
/ wagon remaining stationary.