The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-27
lanes Halter, of S0mers, Claims to
Have Solved the Problem of
Perpetual Motion.
HAS WORKED THIRTY YEARS AT 1T.
Has Now Sent His Designs to Washington
to Be Patented and Claims That
the Machine Is Success.

"Old Perpetual Motion" Otto, who
has been the sole student of perpetual
motion in Southern Wisconsin for the
last twenty years, has rival, as it is
claimed that James Halter, a resident
of the town of Somers, has discovered
a machine which will run in tune with
the great wheels of the universe and
continue it's course as long as gravity
continues to affect motion.
The new inventor of the 1ong-sought
machine is of Danish birth and resides
on the farm of Hans Sorrenson, just
west of the city limits. He was seen
Yesterday afternoon by representa-
tive of this paper and admitted that ne
thought he had completed a machine
which would solve the problem that
has been puzzle to so many men OF
science and mechanics.
Halter, the inventor, is different
from most inventors and makes no ex-
travagant claims as to the merits OF
the machine. He has worked tor thirty
years in completing the machine which
is now ready for the inspection OF the
public, and yet he does not declare that
it is all that he desires to have it. In
an interview Mr.. Halter stated that he
had patented the design of the machine
and that a new model would be sent to
the patent Office within few days. and
as soon as this model was returned the
matter would be in shape to give to the
public.
Mr.. Halter made the first model of
his machine in Denmark, but VIXEN he
came to this city, some thirty years
ago, he brought it with him, and while
much of his time has been given to
market gardening, he has found time1n
the early morning and by candle
power to white from wood the wheels
and beams composing the wonderful
machine. The machine is very small
and it seems impossible that anyone
could have spent so much time in its
construction. But every piece of the
mechanism is made so true that there
can be no possibility of an error in the
completed machine.
In speaking Of the machine Mr..
Halter said: 81 have not as yet made
any great claims for the mechanism,
but" he continued, eff perpetual
motion means for machine to run on
forever I think I have such a ma
chine. It cannot stop. It is built so
that the rules of mechanics will force
it to move on until the parts are worn
away by time. The model that l have
made is constructed of wood, with
ax1es of metal, but it has run for weeks
and I am certain that there is no meas
ure of it's ability to run. The only
trouble in the present machine is that
it works with the beam motion and not
with the circular motion. | am now
having a few bolts made, and within a
week I think the machine will solve
the circular motion problem.
The machine which has been built by
Mr.. Halter shows that he is deep
student of mathematics and mechanics.
He claims that formerly he was a
plumber, and while working at his
trade he first found the idea on which
his machine is based. For more than
ten years Mr.. Halter worked without
attaining any results, but in the last
twenty years he has found time to
complete the machine. A number of
machinists have seen the machine and
it is said to be a wonder. Mr.. Halter
has had offers for the sale of the idea,
but he has refused them, hoping in
time to sell finished machine.
The inventor is about 90 years of
age and is we'll connected in this city.
He is the father-in-law of Rev. Boor-
gard, pastor of the Danish Lutheran
church.