The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-04
CAN Run OF ITSELF.
MAINE YANKEE HAS A MACHINE THAT
APPROACHES PERPETUAL MOTION.


Compressed Air 1t Furnishes Of Itself.
An engine which supplies its own
power, which will turn the wheels Of
industry without the burning of an
ounce of fuel or the cost Of penny for
its work, u machine which will run a.
long us its parts will stay together, and
which the longer it runs the more pow.
>erful it becomes-that is what William
A. Rohr of Portland, Me-, claims to
have discovered and what hundreds Of
bright men in New England say they
know he can make.
Rohr came to Portland from Montreal
about three years ago. He brought with
him. besides wife and child, the model
OF queer looking machine, which he
seemed to value more than he did his
better half or his offspring. As soon "a
he had established himself in a house
on quiet street he went to work on his
machine. The neighbors soon began to
tell queer stories about him, and rumors
were soon current about some mysteri-
GUS machine which was located in his
house and which kept the neighbors
awake nights by its olanking and rum
bling.
The result Of all this was that Rohr
became disgusted with Portland and his
lnquisitive neighbors and moved to
Long Island, resort near Portland,
where he leased small cottage and
continued to carry on his experiments.
hnf hn haI l.. -
that would run along undisturbed
whether he was in the house or not soon
became known. Crowds Of curious peo-
pie sought ont the inventor 8 retreat and
endeavored to find out something about
the machine, the noise of which could
be heard at some distance But they
were kept away by huge dog, which
guarded the machine during Rohr's alb.
sence, and, though the inventor would
60 away from home and be gone several
days at time, the mysterious machine
would run on and on untiringly.
Rohr had, in fact, invented q machine
which in running supplied its own power
and increased it constantly. About a
year ago the inventor interested some ot
Portland's business men in his machine,
and, in return for partial interest in
It, they agreed to give him money
enough TO build larger model. These
gentlemen thoroughly investigated the
machine before they put their money
into it. With skilled mechanics and ex.
perts they visited Rohr's home at Long
Island and not only saw his machine
run, but took it all apart and studied
the principles on which it depends.
They kept man at Rohr's house fol
four days and four nights, and during
all Of this time the machine continued
to run without interruption.
In all IS, 900 has been laid ont on this
machine so far, and big engine, capa.
BILE of developing 30 horsepower, is now
being constructed at a machine shop in
Portland. The wonderful engine is now
nearing completion, and in q few weeks
will be given q public trial
Rohr's machine depends ON compressed
air. combined with some simple mechan'
ical contrivances, for its power. A large
iron air tank. about IL feet long, 4 feet
high and feet wide, is the most i'm
portant part of the machine. In this il
placed cylinder 30 inches in diameter
the barrel of all ordinary air pump. Thn
pump forces air, sucked in from WITH
out the tank. into the tank itself. The
piston rod of this pump is attached tt
the crank shaft Of two large !, 400 pount
fywheels above. There ia also Iarg,
cogwheel Oh this shaft geared into
larger cogwheel. which is supported by
q second shaft directly in the rear Of thu
first one.
A large sprocket wheel and chain
similar to that seen Oh All ordinary bi
cycle, connect this second shaft, witt
its flywheels and large cogwheel, to
small compressed air engine. Now
when the big 1900 pound hywheel
connected with the piston rod OF the al
pump are put in motion by some ontsid
force, the air pump forces air into th
big iron tank, and this air is used t
run the auxiliary compressed air Ell
gine. The momentum of the big fly
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 O
sprocket wheels, chains and gearing
gives the l,2O0 pound fiywheels shov
around, and down goes the piston int
the air pump again. compressing NOR
air and furnishing more power wit
which to run the machine.
The air pump furnishes just thre
times more air than ia necessary to ru
the auxiliary compressed air engine, an
thus the machine is constantly layin
up power with which to run Ne,
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