The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-26
A GREAT INVETION.
An Automatic Water Raiser that viii Bring
Fortune to Its Inventor.

| On Friday afternoon several gentlemen, among
them number of newspaper representatives,
went out to the waterworks supply gallery,
north of the city, to witness the workings of an
invention that is likely to prove of great benefitto
those who may use it, and profitable TO the lucky
inventor and the gentlemen who are associated
with him in its manufacture and sale. This in
vention has been much talked about here ever
since the first public exhibition of it was made
last September and it is undoubtedly a valuable
! contribution to the worlds useful discoveries.
| The machine is known as Yeagleys Automatic
| Fountain, and its purpose is to raise supply OF
water J. B. Yeagley, the inventor, found that
the second stratum of water gave higher rise
| of water than the first stratum, and it is the
utilization of this knowledge that makes the dis
covery, as it is simply self-acting force pump
attached to an artesian pipe; and, by its use, q
| we'll down to the second layer takes on the capa-
new application of the Bunsen pump. The
latter is simply philosophical toy, from which
Mr. Yeagley has taken a hint and
pushed forward until he has produced
an apparatus which is much less expensive
| than hydraulic ram or wind mill as water
raiser, and with great advantages over both.
The inventor, Mr.. j. B. Yeagley. showed the
visitors the properties of his machine, and it
was submitted to a great number of tests which
| thoroughly showed its practical value This
machine, weighing less than 100 pounds, work
| ing automatically and requiring absolutely no
attention, discharged water at the rate of 50
barrels day-a quantity sufficient for stock
farm hotel or almost any manufacturing pur-
| pose. t- fat
The Yeagley fountain is pump with valves,
which are first acted upon by the water rising
by static pressure through the artesian pipe.
These valves are connected with an air chamber
in which a vacuum is formed with each upward
| motion of the plunger the filling of which
brings the plunger down again. These antago-
niZing natural forces keep the pump in perpetual
motion. The propelling force obtained is pro
portioned to the hydrostatie pressure from be-
| low. The results mentioned in this exhibition
were secured from a six-foot pressure and the
pipe supplying the water is two inches in diam
| eter.
The inventor indicated that the machine should
be set beneath the earth's surface: and so placed
its operation is not affected by freezing, will
| it be affected by being submerged-and its simple
machinery requires no attention, it simply works
on and on giving continual stream of water,
cool and pure from natures fountain, the water
that it supplies, pumping itself The introduc-
ton of the Yeagley machine will be the death
/ knell to the expensive and unSighly windmill.
Mr. Yeagley has been engaged upon the exper-
| iments which resulted in this invention, for
more than fifteen years. He has recently made
of his perfected machine about one hundred, Of
various sizes, and these have been subjected to
| innumerable tests under all manner of condi-
| tons His has been the usual fate of inventors.
| He was held to be an enthusiast, and even after
his machine was perfected he had great difficulty
in getting men of capital to take hold Of it. At
last he was able to make its value appear so
| plainly that capital was satisfied and a company
of $3.50 600 was organized in this city for their
manufacture and sale j. B. Yeagley is president
of the company, DR.. L. Vandenberg, of Detroit,
vice-president; j. L. Leggett, secretary, and
John w. Murphy, of Murphy, Hibben s. Co.,
| treasurer. Other gentlemen in the directory of
the corporation are Albert Baker, W. P Iiams,
superintendent Of the Belt Railroad and Stock
Yards Company, and Daniel F. Whitcomb, su-
pe1intendent of the Union Railway Company.
The machines can be made of any capacity de-
sired from fifty gallons day to 5000 or more
gallons an hour.