The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-02

~ ArIE|u cost OF one penny
SDfsNs-< for is work. ms
~ EN2- n chine which VIII
Nv run rs snE a. rs
parts will stay to-
sc.Aor. ana which the longer Il runs the
more powerful & bccomcs-thls Is what
William A. Rohr. OF Portland. Me.
claims 70 have discovered. and what
hundreds Of bright men IN New Eng
land say they know ne can DO.
Rohr came 10 Portland from Mont
real about three years ago. ne brought
with him, besides a wife and child. tho
model OF queer looking machine
which he seemed 10 value more THAI he
iid his better half or his offspring As
1oon a. be had established himself In a
house on a quiet street be went 10 work
on bis machine. The neighhors soon
began 20 tell queer stories about him.
and rumors were soon current about
come mysterious machine which was
located IN bis house. and which kept
ne neighhors awake nights BY Us
clanking and rumbilng.
The result Of ail this was that Rohr
became disgagiei with Portland and his
Inquiaitive noiehbora. ana moved 20
Long Island. a resort near Portland.
where be leased a small cottage and
continued 10 carry on his experiments
That he had some kind OF an engine
that would run along undisiurbsd.
whether he vas In the house OF not
coon became known. Crowds OF curious
people sought out the inventors re-
treat and endeayored 70 ind out some
thing about the machine. the noise Of
which could be- heard al some distance.
But they were kept away BY a huge
iog. which guarded the machine during
Rohr's absence. and. though the in
Fcntor would 80 away from home and
be gone several days az a time. the
mysterious machine would run on and
on untiringly.
Rohr had In fact invented a machine
which In running supplied its own
power and increased Il constantly
About a year ago the inventor inter
csied some Of Portland's business men
In his machine. and. In return for a
partial interest In Il they agreed 10
give him money enough 10 build a iarg-
sr model. These gentlemen thoroughly
Investigated the machine before they
put their money into a. With skilled
mechanics and experts they visited
Rohr's home AZ Long Island. and not
only saw his machine run but took Il
an apart and studied the principles on
which Il dcpeads They kept a man Al
Rohrs house Cor four days and ioul
Nights. and during an Of this time 10
machine continued 10 run without In
Interruption.
In all 5000 has been laid out on hll
machine % Gar. and a BIG engine capa
bic % developing twenty-f7rse power q
now being constructed al a machine
shop In Portland. The wonderful en-
cine Il nov nearing completion. and IA
a ZEN weeks will be given a public trial
Rohr's machine depends on com.
pressed air combined with some slmpl,
mechanical eonirivances for he power
A large iron air tauk about twelve feel
long. four feet high and three feet vld,
Il the most important part OF the ma
chine. In this is placed a cylinder
twenty inches In diameter. the BARRE
Of an ordinary air pump. This pump
forces air. sucked b. from without the
tank. into the tank itself The piston
rod Of this pump Is attached to The
crank shaft Of TIVE ssrge i.2o0-lound ~
wheels above. There IL also a larg,
cog wheel. which Is supported BY a sec
ond shaft directly IN the rear Of th'
hrst one.
A large sprocket. wheel and chain
similar % that seen on an orilnar,
bicycle. connects this second shaft
with It's ny wheels and large cog wheel
to a small compressed air engine. Now
when the big i.2o0-pound ny wheel
connected with the piston rod Of IN
air pump are put In motion BY som
outside force. the air pump forces al
into the big iron tank. and this Il usel
10 run the auxiliary compressed al
engine. The momentum Of the bll
~ wheels on the piston rod crank shat
brings the piston rod up again for an
other impulse. and the auxiliary com
pressed air engine. by the series Q
sprocket wheels. chains and gearing
} gives the i.so0.pound ny wheels a show
around and dom goes the piston int
the air pump again. COMPRISING NOR
air and furnishing more power wit
which 10 run the machine.
The air pump furnishes Jest thre
times more air than g necessary TO ru
the auxiliary compressed air engine
and thus the machine Is CONSTANT
laying up power with whth TO run.