Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-05-25
THE ST. LOUIS MACHINE.


BY means Of electric heat steam is gen
Grated and mperheatcd. The steam
passes into the engine to be operated,
from whence il is carried into an electric
dynamo, which supplies the electricity
by heating the water, and thence the cx
haust Is delivered back into the genera
tor SD that there Is no waste. In start
ing the machine some extraneous heat Is
necessary TO put the dynamo in motion.
After that tho machine runs itself. The
dynamo supplies electricity which heats
the water and makes the steam the
steam runs any engine the generator may
be attached to, and passing from thence
into the dynamo, operates it and makes
more electricity, and 80 on, keeping up n
perpetual current and running itself un-
I'll some Of the parts wear out and break
down. The machine is entirely auto
matte in its action, and, after being once
started, absolutely and completely con
trolls all its own functions until the ma
chincry wears out
The dynamo is similar to all othe
dynamos II Is in demonstration Of the
steam generator and its connections that
the ingenuity Of the inventor has dis
played itself. This consists of a series
of comparatively small cylindrical gen
orators. hung on feed pipes in the form
of parallelograin. ns shown in the nc
companying engraving Above these is
circuit of smaller generators. attached
to the first series. and discharging into
reservoir. In the base of each Of these
generators is cup shaped hollow, like
that in wine bottle, and into this il
fitted an incandescent electric light.
This heats tho water and makes the
steam. which passes through the lower
circuit of generators, and thence into the
upper circuit, where IL becomes super
heated. From here it IL discharged into
the engine TO be operated. After serv-
ing tho engine, the steam passes into the
the dynamo, which it also operates, and
the exhaust il then, By means Of very
ingenious and original mechanical de-
vice, forced back into tho generator, SO
that no steam il wasted. Thus there is
no smoke. no exhaust and no noise. Tho
machine Is self operating, self acting and
self regulating. 1t consumes no fuel,
and after once being started in operation
runs itself until its parts wear out.
The machine manufactures water gas
as readily as steam, and the inventor
claims that by means of one OF these
generators of moderate size he can sup
ply large city with water gas and sup
ply system Of machinery besides. by
means of his generator he also claims TO
run the largest ocean steamers on tho
longest trips without consuming pound
of coal.
In Baltimore another plan has been
promulgated by Gottfried Griel, boss
carver Of the Atlantic Furniture com
pany, though Charles Chcrkassy, Of
Philadelphia. n Russian, claims that the
secret has been stolen from him by
carpenter whom he employed to make
model. The following IN the description
OF Griers machine ns given in The Phila-
delphia Press:
II is simple in construction, consisting
mainly of n straight shaft hung between
two upright tRtandardsuIoycdb by weights
Upon this shaft aro hung mt their centers
six peculiar arms out foot long that
carry the weights -Four of them are
shaped like two Hcgarih lines of beauty,
with their ends brought together, but
with space Of two inches between them
at the middle. These arms are hung at
different angles, and within each Is a
gutter in which runs a leaden ball.