Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-05-29
IN THREE DAYS.

The latest design of the many steam
ers that have been deigned in minia.
ture to cross the Atlantic in three days
is now ON exhibition in the shape of "a
working model The inventor is Rich
ard Painton, and he is confident he has
the vessel that will do the business.
The idea of the new model is that of
the tipede-lots of legs on each
side, and the more legs the better, says
the Washington Post.
This is only one idea, however. For
the stern propeller the inventor has
new notion. The wheels are only three
bladed, and one of them is set on each
shaft, about two diameters apart. The
blades are set so that the blades of the
rear propeller cover the space between
the blades Of the one in front of it.
Thus, the inventor claims. with less
friction than is developed by a four
bladed propeller. he gets all the advan-
tage of six blades. and if the ship
pitches sidewise, so that two blades
come out Of the water, there are three
blades still at a working angle under
the surface He also claims that even
should the ship pitch forward. so as to
throw the two propellers on the end of
the shaft out of the water, the extra
propeller on each shaft would still re-
main submerged and prevent the ma
chinery from running away.
The idea of the two three -bladed pro
pellers set ON the same shaft, Mr..
Painton says. can be applied to any
vessel with ordinary machinery. and
he is now negotiating with Chief En-
gineer Melville to try the experiment
ON some Government vessel Mr.. Pain
ton was anxious to get the new double
propellers tried on the Cushing, but.
as that vessel is to be sent south in
short while she could not be spared.
He says, however, that he is prepared
to spend $4,000 if necessary to put the
propellers on one of the larger vessels
as soon as the Navy Department shall
designate the craft they are willing to
have experimental with.
But the vessel whose model is on
exhibition is much more radical de-
parture. In addition to the double
propellers ON the shafts at the stern
there is corresponding pair at the
bows. which, the inventor says, will
not only add to the speed, but will
steady the vessel in rough weather.
Besides these two sets there are four
side sets of propellers, four ON each
side, and connected through the hull
like old-fashioned paddle wheels. In
stead of being the old duck foot tpye
of wheel, however, they are regular
screw propellers, to work under water.
Their shaft is set at right angles to
the keel of the vessel, but by the pecu-
liar cut of the propeller blades and
their peculiar pitch, they drive the
vessel forward.
With steam connections it would be
impossible to opearte all of these COM
plicated sets of propellers, and the in.
ventor uses the main engine merely to
generate electricity, and applies this to
separate motor to operate each of the
eight shafts. The shafts themselves
are wound to form the armatures that
revolve in gigantic magnetic field.
and the inventor says he can, if neces-
sary, develop 10000 horsepower for a
single vessel.
The working model now on exhibit
ton in this city is l. feet 9 inches
long, and is to be taken to Philadelphia
in few days and supplied with elec-
trio motors to give it practical test in
/ the water.
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