The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-08
A GREAT INVENTION.
Lewiston, Me-, Mans Remarkable
Rotary Engine.
Great Power Developed by q surprfs-
ingly Small Machine.

Lewiston, Me-, March S.-franE a.
Reynolds of Lewiston has invented "a
rotary engine, which the experts say Is
superior to the one built by Grant Bran
bel Of Sleepy Eye, Mimi, and which last
January he sold the patents on for an
enormous sum.
Mr.. Reynolds, although yet a young
man, Is not unknown to the world OF
invention. He recently invented a wonder
full folding bicycle, which has been
patented In all the leading countries Of
the world.
When the announcement was made that
Grant Brainbel had sold the patents OF his
engines for millions, Mr.. Reynolds was
startled. He had been working n long
time on his idaa, and while he was read
ing the account of the Brambcl invention
he trembled like "a leaf, and cold sweat
stood out on him like beads Then no
breathed easier. Brambel's was not his
idea He yet had his scheme to himself
and IL was better, he claimed, than IA
dozen like that of Brambcl
Reynolds kept quietly at work, and
now his machine is patented i'm this coun-
try, and is about to be patented in Eng
land, France, Germany and Norway
Until these patents are secured, no de-
tailed account of the wonderful engine
can be printed, but what are called
claims are told freely.
Side by side with any Of the other rotary
engines which have been invented, this
one of Reynolds shows superiority at
glance. 1t is as simple as the alphabet,
but has power of herculean proportions
The model which Mr.. Reynolds shows is
so small that it can be put into an ordi-
nary coat pocket. 1t is about as large
around as a common saucer and less than
two inches thick. The piston Is three
inches in diameter, and one inch thick,
and yet this model attached to n boiler,
with 100 pounds of steam to the square
inch, at 5000 revolutions to the minute
produces 13-horse power.
Something of the power of the engine
may be imagined from the fact that there
are four expansions TO the revolution, and
40 600 TO the minute, while the ordinary
engine does well with 800 per minute.
Another new idea about the engine Is
bliuu JHc tIlBllcer Iltht ~ Illsibhe
i'm piping it up; it matters not which way
the piston turns or which end the steam
comes in If it enters the exhaust the ma
chine will move with the same power as
though the steam entered by the inlet.
The valves are built upon an entirely
new plan, but at this time they cannot be
described.
A test of the model of this engine,
which a child can hold i'm its hands, de-
veloped, with 1900 revolutions per min
ute, OIL horse power; with 5000 revo-
lutions, the power is 10 7-l0 horse power;
with 5000 revolutions the power is 27
horse power, and with 10,0OO revolutions
per minute, the power Of this liliputian
engine will equal AZ horse-powe
Wonderful claims are made for this en-
gine, and it is said it will revolutionize
the steamship business of the world. The
Allen syndicate purchased the Brambel
engine, with the hope that 1t would
largely decrease the expense of running its
steamship lines; but while Brambel
machine which is being tested in Tren-
ton, n. j., has ESQ horsepower, the as
sertion is made that a machine of the
same size, built on the Reynolds plan,
would have 5000 horse power or 4750
greater than that of the western inven-
ton.