Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-12-17
TO FILL 4 RETREATING VACUUM.
HetsctIve WA Has Invented
ship to Cross the Ocean In Three
Days.
New York Star.

1 SIObS khe OCSAA III AhTeC
Days.
New York Star.
Detective Frank B. Taylor, very
successful officer and inventor of some
note, lies Frustrated with brain lever.
It has been supposed by his friends
that his sudden ailment was produced
by overwork on several important
cases, clews within his possession
promising ere long to develop both
the Rose Albler and Phoebe Brush
mysteries. Mr.. Taylor invented the
telephone" and other mechanical
contrivances.
NO" said he to a representative of
The Star. It's not overwork on the
Rose Amber case that has brought this
on, although il I live shall clear that
murder up without shadow of q
doubt. It's not that. It's dissappoint-
meat. [ have been for nearly two
years working on a model of suction
ship, and had nearly completed my
plans, models and application for a
patent, when read in the papers of
the successful launching of the new
electric motor ship. 1t has upset
much of my system of propelling a
boat, although yet / hold a most I'M
lportant invention, and believe that [
shall completely revolutionize steam
or electric navigation, First, we had
ocean tramps; next, ocean grey
hounds, but soon we have ocean
suckers" Not very pleasing sound
ing name, but one that every traveller,
importer and merchant on this globe
viii be both proud of and familiar
with.
"You see, driving ship through
the water is one thing. The higher
the speed the greater is the required
power, My invention requires no ad
ditional power, but removes the tons
of water resisting the ships progress.
That's another thing. I expect to
show over forty miles an hour, or an
ocean passage from shore TO shore in
less than three days. For the sake of
explanation we will say ships dis
placement is nine thousand tons.
When that ship moves rapidly ahead
tons upon tons of water have to
be moved aside for her advancement
Now, in removing this water by arti
fetal means Immediately in advance
of her prov, she will be drawn into
this retreating vacuUm while at the
same time the electric motor is doing
it's work at the stern. The speed Will
be that Of an express train, while an
almost unlimited number of advan-
tages will result from this new de-
vice. There lies model on my work
bench Ia the next room. 1t has work
ed in the harbor most successfully,
"a hundred or more sma tubes
reach out from the bow of the ship
like the arms OF cutie fish. These
tubes project from the keel to the
water line The small tubes are
parallel. and point straight ahead,
their point sharpened SO that very lit
tie resistance is met in their progress
against the water. These tubes are
perforated with innumeraale little
holes. Through these tubes is forced
ing the water. Water being COM
posed of Fl O., by the addition of nit
rogen we are enabled to drive off the
hydrogen. The object is to make the
atoms richer IN 0. and to form czone.
This is produced SO RAPIDLY (the light
er element arising and the water rush
| ing to supply It's place., that vacuum
is formed. Nature acknowledgements,
the vessel is forged ahead or sucked
into the void created by the ascend
ing ozone. In order to facilitate the
escape Of the ozone large fues lead
from the bow, Of the ship into the
Storage. The flow of the@ozone is
regulated by valves controlled by the
ships doctor. The pent up air In the
steerage Is produced by the absence of
o. The ozone replaces the impure air
makes the atmosphere pure and
healthy as that on deck, and at the
same time assists in making place for
the ships advancement.
It is proposed to make these tubes
act as means of steering the vessel
by DETECTING to port Or starboard. The
ship will readily follow the suction
produced. As for storing nitrogen,
the space now occupied for coal will
be more than ample. Some Of the fast
Atlantic steamships now use 800 tons
daily. The suction vessels require 200
tons (of coal space for a days run or
500 for the three days trip. Skeptics
may ridicule the invention as they did
the first locomotive Or steamboat, but
the present age requires more rapid
means of crossing the ocean than we
have today, and I see no reason why
it should not be nay mission on earth
to furnish the necessary invention.
The suction ships will need to be built
on different models than the present
style that is, well and firmly fastened
together from stem to stern. The
power of the suction is so great and
the power of the electric explosions
also so powerful that if, in case Of any
misunderstanding order was issued to
the motor engineer to back water with
out stopping the flow of nitrogen, the
catastrophe of sucking the ship apart
might follow.