The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-17

For the last twenty years David Jen-
nings, Oneida. has been trying to solve |
perpetual motion. He has had his
model in operation for several days in
the Evans House. The workings Of
the machine have been witnessed by at
least thousand people, representing
points as far distant rs Philadelphia,
New York, Boston. and Chicago. At
the time the Hcrdld's reporter and art
ist visited Mr.. Jennings at his model
room and workshop he said he had
numerous offers of fabulous sums for
M interest in his invention.
In the centre of the room stands tho
mnSty-seventh model that Mr.. Jen-
nings has experimental upon. The in
ventor was not loath TO allow an exam
ination OF the machine. and he proceed.
ed 10 set his motor in motion.
The machine is suspended in wood
en- frame about six feet long. 2 feet
wide. and feet high. andis In the form
of an endless chain. which runs in the
figure of a triangle over three pulleys,
/ leaving three spaces or grades 10 pass
/ over, one going down. another mp, and
a third about on 4 level. The line
trayersed Is nearly like the framework
of harp standing upright The down
/ line of the chain IS nearly as long as
/
two inches in length and are almost in
the shape Of triangle. AT the top OF
the frame is located the main pulley,
over which the chain runs. 1t is at
tached to small shaft, which is geared
TO a fiywheel about three feet in cir
cumferenee. and which, Mr.. Jennings
said, could be made 10 make about 900
revolutions a minute.
The links of the chain are so made
with automatic-wol king hooks that rs
they move over the wheel at the top
and begin TO descend the hooks catch
up every other link and make double
chain OF IL. The links eheld nplace
until each one begins TO turn to go up,
when the hook drops out and the chain
moves by single links. Mr.. Jennings
says that the weight going up is only
about half that when going down. The
J increased weight downward serves to
pull the single link chain up and
|. around the two sides of the triangle,
the inventor saws. The main pulley
wheel on top is composed of two disks,
t upon the outer edge of which rests the
: axles which run through the links oi
The chain, and which 1t supports as the
chain runs over the wheel. The chain
must be properly hooked by hand be
fore il can be started on its first per
petual-motion tour. it is said. IL ID
/ claimed that the machine now on ex
3 hibition is about one-tenth horse power
: To start the motor Mr.. Jennings re
r moved small pin located on an uppei
3 corner of the frame. and apparently th'
\ chain started off on its triangular toul
a without any power. and gradually
? gained momentum. Mr.. Jenning
{ stepped to the opposite side OF th'
a frame and regulated the motion with {
' small brake.
; .'It has been twenty-one years sine
r built my first model to try and solv
e the perpetual motion problem sai'
r MIR. Jennings, ''and since that time
d have spent more than $4,000 in m,
IS experiments. have built ninety-sevel
/ models and experimental on morethal
e sixty different principles"
In reference 10 securing patent o.
4 his invention, Mr.. Jennings said: tTh
n papers are in Washington, and m
. Syracuse attorneys are fastening maj
n tiers as much as possible. - Syraetis
Herald