New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-12-30
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The Inventions Discussed by Leading
Mechanical Journals

The last issue of s'Power,'' a New
York scientific and mechanical journal
OF recognized authority, commented on
the Brambel engine as follows: sr
''Considerable of a tlutter has been oc-
cassioned by the announcement in west
ern dailies of the invention by Grant
Brambel, railway telegra pher at slee-
py Eye, of an engine which is so potent
that horse power motor can be carried
in a watch pocket or forty horse pow
er can rest easily in a baby's high chair;
and at the same time of such an efficlen-
cy that it will give at least twice the
power now obtained from one pound of
coal. The inventor is reported to have
closed with an English syndicate for 81,
100000 for the universal patent right.
In the reported interview Mr.. Brambel
says his patent was issued in December,
1892. On the Sd Of that month a Unit
ed States patent was issued to Grant
Brambel for not even steam turbine.
but, as far as the spec; 6cations shows,
for nothing but a very crude and ANA.
teurish form of rotary engine, with no
apparently inherent features whichwould
account for even ordinary potency and
efficiency. Its revolutionary character,
in fact even the probability OF it's find
ing an ordinary place on the market, is
very much in need of corroborative evil
dence.' =.
About the same time the Western
Electrician, standard paper. wrote him
up after this fashion,.
The daily papers have published a
great deal about the invention of a rota-
~ steam engine by Grant Brambe' Of
Sleepy Eye, which he is stated to have
sold to an English syndicate for the. G.
normous sum of s1,600,ooO. Mysterious
references have also been made to a new
dynamo Of Mr.. Brambe,'s invention.
The Minneapolis correspondent of the
Western Electrician writes that this new
star in the inventive armament has. in
fact patented an ':arcodescent'' electric
system which IS said to e'greater than
his engine. It permits of two separate
currents from one armature and commu-
tator. 1t is attracting attention from
electricians all over. the country. it is
claimed, but Mr.. Brambel is refusing all
offers and will introduce the machine
himself. The big figures and large
claims, with much attendant mystery.
which characterize this relation from the
Northwest, are calculated to excite sus-
plcion, and corroboratiye details will be
required before it is admitted that the
Sleepy Eye inventor has performed an
electrical feat that cannot be accom-
plished now by other means j
1t was while Henry Liddeu was head
master of Westminster School that his
fame began to extend as the author Of a
Greek lexicon, published a few years
before. One day he told the boys N his
class that they must write an English
Iepigram. Most of the scholars declared
the task to be impossible. Doctor Lid
dell insisted that they were wrong. 1t
was not impossible. Each scholar might
choose his own subject, but the epigralns
must be written. This was what one
boy produced: Two men wrote i, lcxii-
con, Lldeil and Scott one half was cley-
er, the other was not. Give me the ans.
wer, boys, quick to the. riddle; which
was by Scott, and which was by Liddell?''
81 think you are rather severe. was the
masters only comment.
A woman doesn't resemble a conclu.
sion, but a woman will jump at eltherof
them.
Live today its part Of all the time
you've got.