Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-01-29
FOR MOTIVE POWER.
KecIy Riyaled by Pennsylvania Inventor.


Kecly Rivaied by Pennsylvania Inventor
An inventor of considerable geniusl
stopping at the Central Hotel in thi
city His name is John T, Dysart. anc
he is from Shippenyille, Clarion Coun
ty, Pa. Within three years past he has
procured patents on fourteen 'nVen-
tions, most of which are for the use Of
natural and artificial gas. Hchas spent
much time in the natural gas regions OF
Pennsylvania. and, making the uses,
resources, and Improvements Of the
wonderful fuel special study he says
the adoption Of the mysterious fluid is
capable of vast possibilities, only being
in It's infancy now.
"There is no reason why it cannot be
used for motive power, he said.
Compare is tremendous force with
that Of steam, and it is wu2derful. In
cities it could be piped into the cylin-
ders of stationary engines. and would
run them Just as well rs steam. Up at
my workshop in Clarion County fire.
quently attach the natural gaspipe to
my steam-pump, and it operates it sue
cessfully.
"Other gases are capable Of use for
motive power" he continued. RE
celtly | constructed a model railroad
in my house, and had built for il lit
tie locomotive generated a certain
kind Of Gas, and, with the laboratory in
the engino-cab, applied the fuel sue
cessfully. That engine ran Ike a top,
OF course, it was only on a small scale,
hut ! could have done the same with
any large locomotive. Had had time
to perfect my work, three months later
! should have had 4 gas laboratory in
the cab Of q freight locomotive, Would
such locomotive haul a train Of cars?
Wen, l should say it would. BY my
process | would have been able to pro-
duce a pressure Of 900 pounds in five
minutes. OF course, You understand,
it wa not a gas to burn that | had, but
a gas generated for hepurposc ofpow-
CIR only. That pressure would be -ulli-
cient to pull the heaviest freight train.
A man Of inventive mind has to con-
, &c d with great difficulty, and that is
when he is at work on one contrivance
or studying out some one idea others
will suggest themselves, and in them he
sees something new to lead him of his
original idea That is now happened
to let my locomotive run down.
"You have no IDEA of inyenting a RI
val to kecly's motor have you? laugh
ingly suggested the reporter.
mot at all. replied Mr.. Dysart
good-naturedly, "but | have paid some
little attention to r theory think
throws Keely's motor far ont into the
shade. Let me tell YOU about it, A
few years ago, when | lived in Ohio,
was visited by Prof. Ticc, the noted
weather prophet lie found much ia
tercst in q collection OF some 5000
mineral specimens which have, and
while talking about them exhibited To-
me a twig OF the Usage orange plant
1t was perfectly white and shriycied.
lie had taken it from hedge in Hi
nois, in region that had been swept
by terrible thunder~torms and torua-
does. asked how the thing mad whit !
ened and shrivelcd up, and his cypana-
ton was that the whole Usage orange |
hedge had been left In tbat condition.
the lightning entering the plants cS-
panding the sap, bursting the branches,
and leaving them sapless The dead
plants We're not injured, there being u1
sap TO affect
"Ihe circumstance started a train of
inquiry in my mind. Investigating the !
subject found that the power of water |
is capable oi being expanded some h. |
3i7 parts bv electricity Now, there is |
my theory I'm nutshell Instead Of |
generating steam i'm locomotive or |