The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-26

he was taking to a reporter, I'VE save 10
per cent. OF the power of the fueL Y on
see we have two cylinders on each side of
the frame. This Is a 100-horse power en-
CINE, and the cylinders are 10x12 inches.
The pair of cylinders on one side take the
steam direct from the boiler. There is no
cut or, and the steam Is taken the fuIl
length of the stroke The pist0ns connect
with either end of a stout rock shaft, so that
when the stroke is over and the fy-wheel
has made half revolution the shaft on
that side separates for the return stroke,
aud the motion is kept up by the PAIR OF
cylinders on the other side of the frame"
But what of the steam supply in the
first pair of cylinders~
by, don't you see that as one works
forward aud the other backward in making
the stroke, when the rock-shaft breaks the
pressure In one cylinder exactly neutrallzes
the pressure in the other and with the little
finger they can be moved, so that but very
small effort on the part Of the live cylin-
ders on the other side of the frame throws
the first pair Of pistons into position for
their second strokeP'
ATTRACTING wOULD-BE STOCKHOLDERS.
Such lucid explanations as this have been
given out by Mr.. Speer until he seems to
believe them himself, and he certainly re-
peats them with glibness born of much re-
petition Over in corner is the only work
ing model OF the invention. 1t is almost q
toy, but it has a record of one complete
revolution. This fact was accomplished be-
fore an interested and, at the finish, de-
lighted company of investor spectators.
Steam was not used, but instead a tank
somewhat like domestic hot water kitchen
boiler filled with compressed air. There
was gauge Indicating IS pounds pressure
to the square inch. Two pipes led from the
tank to the engine, one to either set of
cylinders. One stOp-cock was opened and
the pistons on one side pushed over the
miniature fy-wheel; quick motion cut Oft
the air from this side, and the opening of
another stop cook allo we'd it to flow in on
the opposite cylinder, and the hy-wheel
completed its revolution. There was drop
in the pressure gauge from As to pounds.
TIE wheel had turned once, tue demonstra-
ton was complete, and there was clamor Tor
more stock. Had any Of those present been
able to see wind, they would have seen that
the air merely pushed over the crank and
then ran into the atmosphere without In
stead of being nOn-exnaust. it was pretty
much all exhaust. At first it YVES thought
possible to start the company in Cincinnati,
but that town was too small or capital too
wary, and SO the shift was made to New
York, and from the stock sold and the air
OF prosperity in the preparations the change
has 50 far been profitable one.
men and quarters, and carries out the orders
of the voluble inventor without expressing
any very decided opinion of his own as to
the possibility of the machine doing what is
claimed for it. There was a German
draughtsman, Bergh by name, who made
drawings of the various parts of the ma
chine, under the directions of the inventor,
and so long as his duty was to work on
paper only he was content but when he
VI "a cd In hIc ctoy, in,
planning the working OF the machine to the
ladies and gentlemen WHO came to purchase
stock he reDelled, and resigned rather than
make wordy claims for a machine which as
mechanical expert he was convinced
would never do what was asserted of it.
WHAT'S THE USE OF A PATENT2
Now and then some cautious would-be in
vestor has taken a mechanical expert along
to see what there was of the machine as
far as complete, to look at the drawings
submitted and liStel to the explanations Of
Inventor Speer. In such cases the invest
ment was not made. Said one well-Quali-
fed expert, who had given the device a
thOrouf u examination: "When it is all
complete the stockholders will have the old
iron and brass in the machine to sell for old
metal as an asset, and they will have moth
ing else. 1t is nonsense to talk of having
tae steam drawn from boiler, doing the
work in the engine and then going back
into the same boiler. What becomes of the
power of the steam? How does the inventor
propose to get it back into the boiler? The
drawings show nothing, and there is no in
vention yet for any such chimerical scheme.
In fact, it is doubtful whether there is any
patent wanted. 1t is much easier to ex-
plain matters and tack on Patent Pending
or Patent Applied For to the circulars sent
out to the lambs. If the United States
patent office will issue a patent on this,
then it might as well at once send out pa
pers for perpetual motion machine. 1t is
possible that some device about this queer
mechanical anomaly may be patented, but
as for getting patent on non-exhaus6 en-
CINE, that Is simply rank bit Of nonsense. "
In the shop, beside the slowly rising first
copy of the non-exhaust engine, is a device
which to many of those who )me on spec
ulatiOn bent to the shop is more fascinating
even than the engine itself This IS a com
bination of three wheels, which the same
inventor calls the "Power Multiplier" Not
content with setting the laws of mechanics
at defiance in the big engine, he has flown
directly in the face Of every axiom of me-
chanical science by making something from
nothing. 1t is not merely getting speed at
the expense Of power, or power at the ex-
pense Of speed, which is done in a thoUsa d
ways in all manner of mechanical contriv-
dilC6St Oub bio CAtAAAI bildO IA4e VI
wheel of the series Of three has more power
than the first one. "Make the third wheel
the first Of new series, and so on, and you
would soon be able to run great steam
ship with dollar toy-engne," said the ex-
pert, who had gone over the whole won
drous property of the company and had
been taken in neither by the non-exhaust
engine nor the wheei-power creator.
EASY TO GET MONEY FROM FOOLS.
sit is surprising" be- went on, ito find
how easy it is to cajole money out of people
by some tumble of machinery explained by
fluent tongue. A dealer in feathers came
down to toe shop and he lost no time IN get
| ting stock at way down first chance prices.
A prominent lawyer who was frst-class at
law work, but imagined he knew all
about mechanics, took a slice of stock, and
so on all through the list You don't fad
such big power users as the electric light
companies or the machine shops trying TO
get stock. No; they are content with their
present engines, or at any rate want 70 IN
derstand the contrvance they are buying
stock into. IL this affair ever comes to a
head it will prove a second Keely motor
concern. There will be secret rooms aud
renowned experiments until the patience Of
the stockholders gives out and then there
will be- big row. / must admire the SUI
preme confidence of the man, however,
who came out with two such-self-evide mt
bits OF mechanical imposslbilitY as nom
exhaust engine and power-creating trio
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