The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-01-25
THE NEW MOTOR.
DeIatOrre Discovers
Perpetual Motion.
A Feather Spring is the Thing That
Keeps the Machine Running
Continuously.

Antonio Delatorre. a man short of stature,
dark of complexion, hailing from south
ern Europe, and who now spends a great
deal OF his time in a small room adjOn-
ing a shoemakeT's shop on Green street, be-
tween Montgomery avenue and Dupont street.
is IN happy frame Of mind He has invented
mechanical coutrivance which he believes Is
The true solution OF the great problem that has
occupied the attention OF great minds for ages,
and that is the problem of perpetual motion.
For three years be has planned and worked,
making models only TO lay them aside or de-
stroy them in order to discover the principle.
that once set in motion would, like the brook,
go on forever. He firmly believes that he has
discovered that principle. and working model
he has just finished goes Tar toward supporting
that belief.
While ii is true that he has not constructed a
machine that will work on until the Angel
Gabriel blows the last trump, for tie is endowed
with SUFFICIENT good sense 10 know that no ma
chine VIII last forever. ana that parts as they
wear must be replaced still he has produced a
simple machine that does not require water
power, steam or engineer 10 keep II moving
when once set in motion.
This machine. which is only model" said
DelatorTe while explaining his invention TO a
re por er for THE CALL, "has lifting power of
three ounces, but by increasing It in equal
proportions it Will be equal TO a five horse
power engine. My idea is that it shall be used
to run light machinery where the matter Of
expense becomes a serious question:
The model which he exhibited rested on a
marble slab set on a pedestal. There fs an
outer ring and within that brass circle on
which cogs are cut with great deal OF nicely
to ensure trueDess. In the center rises steel
shaft on the top of which there is cap At the
bottom OF the shaft Is an iron collar from which
branches four horizon al rods that hold the
cog circle from the underneath part, SO as not
10 interfere with the cog wheels that operate
this circle. From .ihe cap on the top Of the
shaft there is rod that runs horizontally from
1t and Is connected with winged governor;
then there Is also horizontal rod 10 one side
from the cap that transmits power TO pump or
pulley. On one side OF the machine, from a
band encircling the cap to the one described as
the "outer ring" there is a brass Tod securely
as IL is possible 10 set 1t; short distance
from this there is another brass rod
of like size, but this one is set at a
slight angle. Inside of and alongside OF each
of these rods there is and Arcbmedian screw
OF brass with deep grooves. These are con-
nected by small slanting cogwheels with the
large inner circle and The two horizontal shafts
under the cap al the top OF the perpendicular
shaft. At The bottom of the screw, which Is on
the left when facing the machine and against
the slanted rod there is small feather spring,
which is the power that keeps the machine in
motion.
After Delatorre had explained all the parts
of bis machine be produced three little iron
balls. CHI weighing sixty-tour grammes. aud
set them in the grooves Of the screws. Then he
touched spring that held the governor, and in
d moment the balls ran down the screw along
side of the slanted rod and assembled the one on
The other side to return and 20 down and up
again and again, the balls in their movements
being always at equal distances from one an
other. Watching the movements OF the balls 1t
was discovered that he feather spring throws
each ball as il reaches the bottom OF the screw
10 the other screw, and that the weight OF two
balls always descending one screw forces the
other to the top Of the other screw, from which.
OF It's own momentum, 1t crosses over 10 The
descending screw, to go on It's endless journey.
The force that these balls produce moves tile
machinery In all ITS parts and carries the re-
YOlVlng shafts at regular rate OF speed.
The inventor declared that 10 increase the
force OF bis machine all he will have TO do will
be TO place eight screws on It, and that he feels
beyond all possibility OF disappointment that
tne nelght of bis ambition has been realized.