Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-10
A Power ReVOlutiOnizer
Results of Twenty-Five Years
of Experiments.
A SIMPLE AIR COMPRESSOR.
A Pneumatic Generator of Motive Power
that Promises to Dispense with
Fuei-The Most Important
Invention OF the Age.

fitted up little workshop near Dallas
street, this city, an unpretentious,
brown faced English mechanic has Just
perfected, after twenty years of
patient and unremitting investigation,
| experiment and, last but not least, ex-
| penditure and toll, machine which, it
is claimed, will revolutionize not only
land, but ocean travel, and will enable
all users of power in any shape to dis
| pense with fuel. Mounted on a rude
wooden block, the working model CON
yeys no adequate idea to the unskilled
eye, but when William Timmis,
The inventor, explains that it
is possible with this combination
of valves, pistons, levers and shafts to
exert an air pressure of 1000 pounds to
the square inch. which is more than suf-
ticient to propel the largest ocean steam
ers, and that this power can be procured
without the expenditure of a single
pound of fuel, the eyes of spectators are
opened. The pneumatic generator of
motive power can be utilized for loco
motives and stationary engines as an air
brake as well as a motive power, and it.
is claimed will supersede the air brakes
now In use. One of these motors will
move from fifty to seventy-five loaded
freight cars ana do the braking at the
same time, as the engine will keep up a
pressure of 800 pounds of air, which is
superior to Steam, as it does not con-
dense.
Briefly, IL may be said that il is an air
compressor of the simplest construction,
combining with its simplicity a power
which, In experiments, has bent and
twisted:out of all shape iron pipes half
an incattin diameter. The generator can
be operated at its highest pressure for
tweney- four hours with one-half pint of
oil tof' the journals, without endanger--
ing the safety of the pipes conveying the
air to the tank. These cast are made of
swedish iron, imported from England.
as the local material burst like paper un-
DER the tremendous pressure e0erted by
the working model. The machine con-
sists OF one small cylinder of six horse
power, 81 feet in length, and a balance
weight of about rs pounds weight, which
runs the entire apparatus. It also has
twenty eight adjuncts, one small cylin-
der box about inches in diameter with
7-1nch stroke, which congresses the
air to the tank, where the power is util-
lied by two small plungers. The en-
gines contain two layers of bars, consist
Ing OF eleven different kinds Of mineral,
under the piston plate, and these exert a
magnetic influence on the piston and ex-
plain the secret of the possibility of dis
pensing with fuel.
The working principle OF the generator
may be briefly summed up by saying that
the engine works lever which pumps
the air into the six horse power cylinder,
where 1t is compressed, and from whence
1t passes into the second cylinder, which.
In turn, passes it on to the piston, which
| conveys the compressed air to the tank,
where the men in charge can utilize it or
allow the power to remain stored until
required, as he may elect The advan-
| tages claimed for the apparatus are dur
ability, economy and simplicity Ex-
perts have examined the machine and
1t has been pronounced a success The
governments of England and Russia
have sent representatives to this
country to report on the discovery
and are in correspondence with the
inventor &t the present time, the
only question being the amount OF COM
pensatiom to be paid for what promises
fair to he, the most important invention
of the present century. Mr.. Timmis
submSsted designs to the foreign powers
mentioned, as well as to the authorities
at Washington, showed how the pneu-
raaatic generator could be applied to war
vessels, not only as a motive power but
as defense against hostile attacks, by
means OF air chambers placed behind the
arlnor plating.