Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-04-11
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Tie American h.Y',J notes the
hct tina, rroro.i,ion has been
made 20 rc,,al tue patent laws, and
thus remove tho slimuluus which
has placed our patton far IA the lead
II mechanical nnl scientific d>cov-
ely. As the patent system ~ The
source ~ conHloral H. revenue 20
the Goy,innsnt. aud inventors gen
orally reap rich harvest from the
protection - their hhuI-. 1t - DIN
cult to discover any lu-t I'A-,n why
thi. groni nd should 10" removed
nii'r having 80 amply Aom"ne'nt"l
Iln u~,fu,h,-s IT, moral fuicc ~
such nni Inducements 60 toil and
study so rtsisiless, that 10y saving
labor aud yet multiplying Industries
aud quadrupling proiuc,lycness. its
constant addition to the public wealth
il estimated at not less than five
hundred millions Of dollars per an
mum. Under these circumstances,
IL IL hardly probable that d.ma-
gogues will DO allowed 10 destroy it,.
But the present object is TO alludc
briefly 10 several wonderful discov-
cries and inventions, which indicate
that We are on tho eve Of quito ~
great revolution IN old-timc meth
od- as that which attended the lnau-
guraiion Of the Telegraph and lis
varied notifications
INV touncE ~ ruwrK ANp HEAT
A Mr. Calyor. after many years of
patient research. has. II ~ claimed
by tho use Of simple machinery, de
monstrated tho practicabiity OF
making the suns heat perform all
the offices Of coal. Lifo energy. force
in all its forms, and motion, were
entombed ages ago IN coal measures,
and man has peedlessly wasted his
energies. through time, in uneaith-
ing u. lie seems 10 mover have re-
Aocied that II wero wiser TO go be-
yond the coal-pit, oven to tho sun it.
self. for its living light and life and
heat. Mr.. Calver proposes. il nj
lowed 10y Congress. TO fuse the raven
percbed upon the head Of the God
dess OF Liberiy browning the dome
Of tho Capitol at q distance Of half a
mile. He can make hydrogen gas
most cbeaply from water. tho best
fuel known. and this fuel may be
stored aud thus solar heat il stored.
A pencil Of light and heat may lie
made 90 intense that II carvos stones
In twain. and thus may 10 used in
mining and by do Lssseps in carv-
Ing out his path across tho isthmus.
II may be utilized in smelling. either
directly or a. wafer gas Is now used
with petroleum for this purpose.
The suns heat may be gathered and
concentrated until II 10 q thousand
times more intense than that gained
from combustion in any form or OF
any substance. Mr.. Calvsr has pat.
ented many methods Of storing
light, heat and power for oil uses OF
houses and for the illumination oil
cities. Very soon there will DO nc
practical difference between day and
night In Washington. and the detec.
uvss and thieves must migrate.
Gardening will DO prosecuted
through winter and summer alike,
by means Of stored sunshine, and 10.
comotivss will DO propelled by its
sxhaustlsss and restless energies.
NEW STEAMER.
Another inventor has constructed
. steamer. tho operation Of whose
paddle wheels may DO understood il
We take nm umbrella by the lower
end and pull II through the water
and then shove IL backward. The
water then resists like n brick wall
and boat driven by single iron
umbrella on each side, il was OBJ.
served by the inventor. leaped out
Of the water and jumped forward
like . frog. To secure . steady for.
ward movement II Was necessary "a
duplicate these drivers on either
side Of the stern OF the vessel. The
Inventor then found that q vessel
propelled by this great forco must
DO differently shaped from those in
common use. Since he uses ducks
method OF propulsion he was com.
PEELED TO shape his boat like duck,
DO that tho greater its speed the
higher II would rise out Of tho wa.
or. and the greater this velocity the
less the resistance Of tho water.
Then the inventor found that there
was practical Significance in the old
saying. pour oil on the troubled
waters"
He found that fish emit oil from
their skins; that ducks carry oil
bags; that whales carry tons Of oil
aud smooth with II their pathway
through the sea. Therefore was IN
oil tank constructed in the bow OF
this boat from which oil can DO made
10 flow over the bows and bottom nj