The state chronicle., 1893-04-13
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Inventor Sheffield Claims to Have Dis
covered a Marvellous Force.
New York Herald
George Sheffie d, an old man, who
describes. himself as Massachusetts,
Yankee and declares he has seen
better days, claims to have discov-
cred new motive power which, he
says, will revolutionize al existing
methods of transit by land ana sea,
Mr.. She field, however, is especially
Interested in the problem OF swift
ocean trave,, and it is the solution
OF this knotty question that be has
applied himself in the construction
of the model for his new motor.
The model can now be viewed IN
the top loft of No. II Pitt street,
where the inventor has been at
work on it for more than two years.
It is balky enough to be fitted to an
ocean tug, but to
SHEFFIELDS S MOTOR
test its capabilities it is claimed
that a special boat must be con-
structed. AS soon as such craft
can be got ready practical illus
tration will be afforded Of the won
ders possible OF accomplishment by
the machine.
Mr.. Sheffield solem1]y declares
that his invention, when applied to
transatlantic steamers, vii lessen the
time between New York and @ leens-
town by at least two days. he
says the engine is capaoie of pro
pelling a vessel of 5000 tons
through the water at the rate of
thirty five miles an hour, and pos
sibly at even q hi her rate of speed.
: This would knock the record break
, ers Teutonic and Paris 'clesn out
t OF sight"
. HAS FORMED A COMPANY
/ All this appears to be extremely
+ improbable, but the inventor is
sure of himself and his machine,
q and if you VII visit the Pitt street
q loft he will explain bis plans to you
n and demonstrate them by the act
: ual working OF the model on which
: he has spent the last two years of
8 his life. He has procured English
d and American patents for his inven-
!. ton, and a company has been in
@ corporated under the laws OF New
It Jersey to push the scheme under
o the designation of the American
l. Rapid Motor Company. Il is cap
IS italized at 81 100000.
h The machine is very simple, Or g!
r least the inventor says it is. II ap
3. piled to an ocean liner it would os
d cupy little space. Sheffield claims
that all that would be needed to sup
ply it with the necessary force tt
drive steamship Ike the Teu5oni'
across the ocean in three days ant
# d half is barrel OF powdered sugar
At barrel Of chlorate Of potash ant
y. enough sulphuric acid to suppl,
aat the combustion needed to keep tn
N n machinery in motion. There woul'
be no more ed OF mammoth boil
~ ers or capecious coal bunkers. Tn
G space now devoted to these object
3 could be utilized by the steamshi
to companies for passengers or freigh'
at TIE MOTIVE POWER
10 Sheffield says his machine is s
a. simple child could manage it. II
4 obtains his power through the e1
es plosions resulting from the ienitio
~ of the sugar and potash by contae
m with the sulphurio acid. The in
.r- gradients ars introduced into th
liz proper chambers by air pressure
ed and as they ningle rapid series {
as explosions results, which drives th
A. piston rod back and forth at s hig
en rate of speed The chambers a,
constantly cooled by water pumpe
,lv through tubes from a tank at tt
4e lower left side of the machine.
#. Cylindrical chambers on eiths
,;s side Of the vacuum box at the top
elf the machine are reservoirs for IL
es- sugar and potash. The gases whic
np are evolved by the meeting Of II
,ft three elements in what would be IL
i'm Steam chamber in an ordinary {.
CINE are said 10 develop for,
more powerful than steam and mus
lese dangerous.
Sheffield added that q small bo
1t was being built IN which the wo
cn derfal engine will be placed, and
ne trial "trip made in the East River
ID. the latter part Of say.
ON HIS MANY INVENTIONS.
at The inventor Of this alleged re
J a wonder is in many respects a +
led nlarkable man. Mach.Dists alot
ON Centre street say be can turn
da, hand to almost anything. They s
ot- he has invented any number
ok labor saving tools, from which
nm hiss never derived a cent of revsnr
in Where it not for bis conv.vial hsbi
ow it is claimed he would now haze
fortune, As il ia, bis friends say,
the last three years be was squa
dered $4,000 made by the sale
MS patents.