The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1886-09-09
is IT PERPETUAL MOTION?
The Invention of an Ohio Man
Who Expects to Revolu-
tionize the World.
An Electrical Machine Which He Claims
Will Run Until It Wears
Itself Out.
Mystery of Force.

For half = century, writes a Mans.
field, o., correspondent of The Cincin-
matt Commercial Gazette, d. NJ. Cook
has been a familiar figure in Richland
county, and has been marked for his
singular inventive genius. In 1850,
when a young man, he became i'm.
pressed with the wonders of electrical
science, and then became enamored OF
its study. He began to delve into the
unknown of this hidden force, and for
thirty-six years in alternately brilliant
and adverse circumstances has trodden
over this field till there is no nook OF
corner with which he is unacquainted.
He commenced his studies at a time
when little was known of electricity.
and by a pursuit of knowledge in that
direction with unbounded zeal, he has
not only kept apace with the wizards of
the day, but has so far gotten in adj
vance Of them that his assertions are
almost accepted as altogether incredu-
lous.
But no matter whether his claims
seem wonderful and almost beyond
belief, they are worthy of credence, for
he must be placed in the list of sue
cessful inventors. In 1852 he conceived
and constructed a device that revolu-
tlonized the manufacture of sorghum
Slrup. The device was called an eyap-
orator, and was used to make sirup
from sorghum. His principle was to
run the juice across a heated surface
in zig-zag rows till the juice would run
out as a pure sirup ready for the table,
she water being ev~aporated in its pas
sage, and the impurities being thrown
to one side. On this he received let
tiers patent in 1858, and in 1859 a COM
pany began the manufacture of the
same. Thousands and thousand were
disposed of, varying in price from $25
to $50, over 81, 600, 600 being realized,
on which the inventor got a handsome
royalty. Through this he derived
quite a fortune, although a portion of
it he spent in improving and introduce
ing the device. Even to this day a
trim in Cincinnati is engaged in the
manufacture of this same evaporation,
from which the members of the firm
made themselves rich. Cook, how
ever, several years ago lost his right
to the royalty by some means or other,
and has not been drawing anything
from that source since.
Save for this slight diversion. Mr..
Cook has not experimental in any field
outside of electricity since thirty-eight
years ago to any considerable extent,
but in this direction he can be SAID to
have spent the greater part of his life.
For a while he sought 10 solve the
question of cheap power, Light, ETC.,
by producing the proper current by
means of a battery. He invented a
battery of peculiar value for telegraph
purposes, which was in use for a long
time at Crestline, on the Western I'm
bon, and until the discovery of the
cheap gravity battery that is now in
use. But Mr.. Cook long ago conclud-
ed in his W mind that in dynamic
electricity lay future success. Accord
ingly he cast aside the battery as a sec
ondary affair. and set about to expert
ment with dynamos of novel and pecu-
liza construction.
NS01o PdoS LIN Will w
casioaaliy meet me and speak of his
discoveries in the electrical field, but
would say that he had not yet secured
she results he was after. He would
tell me-: when l get my experiments
completed [ want to show you what
will revolutionize the world. 1 pro-
pose to make a perpetual electric gen.
orator or motor which will propel it.
self by its W current, the resistance
of the generator proper being only
about 10 per cent. of the rotary power
of the electric engine upon which the
current of the generator acts"
This assertion was sufficient to shock
an ordinary persons nerves, but l ac-
c However,, l became interested
and kept watching results.
Last November Mr.. Cook came to me
and said: Il have at last met with
success 1 have found the principle
that | have been hunting for so long.
/ can now start adynamo to going, and
it will eve stop except by the wearing
away of its W parts. Not only will
1t run itself by its own current, but
also produce power enough, according
to the size of the engine, to run any
machine in the world"
Perpetual notion" I suggested.
'.More than that" he replied. cit
is perpetual motion with only 10 per
cent of the force used, leaving 80 per
cent for power to be utilized as is de-
sired. Not only that, but more; one
helix of my dynamo will produce light
IN proportion to its size while the other
Is making the current that rum the
1t will serve to heat your house,
that instead of having stoves and
CRATES, little wires will run through
your rooms. and on your parlor table
viii be a highly FURNISHED apparatus
wires, ETC., which will keep
she temperature of the house at what
ever point you wish"
What will be the cost to run it?"
Nothing. As | said, start it. and it
will go. Heat, power, and light pro-
duced by one machine, for absolutely
nothing"
looked at him to see if he was there
vet, and if 80, whether he was mad, in
earnest, or joking. He laughed at my
sstonishment. and said: Il am now
Doak;nr q model and when far enOuph