The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-05-03
PERPETUAL NOTION

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patch OF this morning says: Perpetual
motion has been discovered at last, w.
L. Harvey, modest, unassuming young
western Pennsylvania, by the utilIEa
ton OF the principle OF pendulum and
levers, has solved beyond question, the
problem which fools and philosophers
alike have went mad about and which
ten times as many fools and phlloso-
pliers have declared 60 be impossible.
II Is not play-thing this time. az
have been all OF the few previous CON
trIvances, which being set IN motion,
continue 10 movC--but nothing else. The
Harvey Invention Is "A simple, hut real
and practical piece OF mechanism which
maintains It's own motion without any
cuntributnrY external power. in addi-
tion 10 being capable OF driving ma
chinery or doing such other external
work as would be required OF ma
chine set In motion by steam. electricity
or other energy.
In the Harvey oscillatlna gravity en-
CINE we have fact and rot theory,
No new law OF physics Is discovered,
nor an old one demolished Inventor
Harvey has simply put into form ana
substance a well-gruunded mechanical
idea. and the resultant machine EN-
bodvIng In every principle the long
sousht.for perpetual motion" rs APP
piled TO mechanics, Is nov working
away Ia room In the city OF PITTS
burgh. and that where anyone suihci-
entity interested may see II.
Practical Men ere Convinced.
l, has been tested thoroughly and
found, even In It's present small form.
20 generate from ak to seven-horse
poWer. Practical men have examined II
and tested IT, and are Thoroughly con-
WINGED OF It's practlcability. In TACT
matters have gone so Tar that Nltnlh
the week Il company has been orsaniE-
ed.representingG capital stock OF Sl,VIO'-
600. for which a charter VIII De asked
The inventor, Mfr. W. l.. Harvey.
while enthusiastic enough In regard 90
his marvellous engine, ~ a more than
ordinary modest and retiring gentle
man. He says OF his invention: II do
NOT claim the discovery OF any hitherto
unknown force. have merely put Into
practice a power which every one
knows. even though they do not exact
Is understand Il My only wonder Is
that some one did not make use OF II
before did. have utilized the I'M
nenSe power well known in the appIl-
CAIOalS VI sbHs -
primarily. the invention consists in
the application OF two oppositely os-
cilIatlng beams or pendulums, the low
or ends OF which are heavily weighted'
their upper ends being connected with
pitmans. through which any suitable
gearing the power generated By the os-
citation Of the long and heavily weight,
ed levers or beams, Is transmitted ana
utilized.
Description Of the Machine.
This is a side elevation OF the en-
CINE" continued Mr.. Harvey, deseFib-
ing II from the drawing, showing, OF
course only one side OF the same, the
other side being a duplicate thereof,eN-
cepting that the beam or pendulum os-
clllates In the same direction alternate
Is with the one shown. that Is TO say,
while one beam or pendulum Is making
the down stroke. II viii be observed
that the beam or pendulum Is shown as
being piyotally secured near It's upper
end to a pitman mounted on ana
adapted TO operate over anh-trlctloh
rollers, secured tn an Inclined piano
suitably secured 10 the frame OF the
machine.
''The extreme upper end Of the beam
has secured 20 It's one side an Impact
block. the curved edges OF which bears
upon a roller mounted In heavy
bracke, secured in the frame immedi-
ately to the rear OF the impact BLOCK.
This enables the beam, when osci!latsd.
TO reciprocate the pitman up ana down
the inclined plane.
"The upper ends OF the pItmans teT-
inmate in, or rather are connected to a
heavy clevls or yoke, which strldulcs
the rim OF the large gear wheel. Ia the
inner sides OF which are secured tho
heavy and powerful pawls which en-
gage the teeth arranged around tht
said wheel on both sides. The periphery
OF this wheel is also provided with
teeth which mesh with and transmit
power 10 the smaller gear wheels.
mounted on n shaft parallel with the
shaft on which the large gear wheel Is
mounted. A chain operates over
surocket wheels m0unter, respectively,
on tho shaft on which the smaller gear
wheels are secured and on the shaft OF
the Ay-wheel.
How Power IL Transmitted.
This chain serves to transmit power
10 the hy-wheel also to a drum or pull
ley mounted on the same shaft, through
which the power is utilized 10 operate
a dyuamo for the purpose OF generating
electrical energy. u certain percentage
Of which. through suitable conductors.
Is utilized Ia operate the motor, which
after the beams previously mentioned,
are started. serve, IN conjunction wlth
the momentum thereof to SWING the
beams on the Up stroke.
referring always TO the drawing OF
the machine, II win be observed that
the ends Of the power shaft are provid-
ed with toOthed wheels which mesh
With a rack. one-holf the teeth OF which
have been removed. The teeth In one
half the periphery OF the wheel are SUI
nclent 10 carry the rack the inil up
swing OF the beam, as shown.
,'rhe continued revolution or the
wheel throws the same out OF engage
fnent with the rack, releasing the same
and permitting the usciilat ting beam to
drop by gravity. at which moment the
pnwIs OF one Of the pltmans, having en-
gagged the larger gear wheel, cause the
same 20 rotate The other beam. hay-
ing completed tho down stroke. the rack
has been meanwhile engaged by the
momentum thereof made the upstroke,
and so on. each beam making alter
nately one Up and one down stroke. and
causing the machinery operated there-
by to work continuously"
A Marvel of EcOnomy.
Have you made any experiments
with view to establishing the power
exerted by this, your experimental en-
gInc?" was asked Mr.. Harvey.
yes. with the assistance OF several
practical engineers we have found that
1t develops from six to seven horse
"yYh9t would be the cost Of such 4