The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-04-25
new MO-
TIVE POWER.
TWO WONDERFUL EXHIBI-
TONS AT THE WASH
INGTON CITY
PLANT.
TINE MAGIC OF LIQUID AIR.

Au tomubIles and Engine. Run by q New
Powor-A L UnIon OF two Hitherto Rival
CompanIe. The TripIer and General
Liquid Air Company.
Washington Star.
1t IL not generally known, but
nevertheless fact, that the two
hitherto rival and combating liquid
air companies of the L. :. have
practically combined and in few
days will have been legally consti
tuted one company, to be known as
the Tripler and General Liquid Air
Company, operating under the pat
ents of Charles r.. Tripler and
Ostergren q Burger.
The combined companies have a
Washington plant, just installed,
and are now doing their preliminary
work in the building OF the Capital
Traction Company at the foot of
Seventh Street.
Exhibitions were given yesterday
afternoon and on Wednesday after
noon at the plant by the company,
under the auspices of Prof. G.. A.
Bobrick, +. t., its chief engineer.
They were exhibitions of magic,
spectacular and vivid, that would
have put To shame the performances
of the elder Hermann in his palmiest
days, but they were combine d with
a most convincing ocular demonstra-
tiOn of tremendous and hitherto al
most unthOught-of power under
perfect control. The exp riments
were watched at both lectures by
distinguished groups of scientists
and business men.
From the freezing of q beefsteak
to the consistency Of a pane of glass,
to the running of an automobile, a
lighting plant, and a refrigeration
plant, every step Of the wonderful
progress that has been made with
the development of this new energy
was exhibited In a manner quite
startling even to the scientific men
present-for 1t is only during the
last few months that many Of the
most remarkable developments have
been reached by Prof. Bobrick, and
the learned world is only now be-
ginning to near of them.
Prof. Bobrick is twentieth CEN
tury magician, dealing not with
mumbled words, sleight OF hand,
and artful mirrors, but with the
paraphernalia of a combined chemi-
cal laboratory and engine shop. He
works not in charms and hOOdpos
for the destruction of his enemies
and the production of love philters,
but in sober earnest for the genera
tion of energy in a new way to turn
wheels and produce actual, tangible,
valuable results. His mysteries ar.
mysteries no longer when he ex
plains them, but they are none the
less bewildering for all that.
lie Is a dark, quiet man, rather
under the ordinary size, remarkable
in appearance only for pair of vivid
black eyes that show the fire of a
fine Imagination. He is . Russ ian
by birth, ana received a thorough
education In the st. Petersburg In
stitute Of Technology, one Of the
leading technical schools of the
world. He has been experimenting
with liquid air for some years, and
during the past two years has beer
doing practical work in Harvesting
its energies so clearly demonstrated
by Prof. Tripler and others. 1t Il
by his efforts, however, almost en-
tireiy, that these practical working
machines using liquid air have Deel
devised and constructed, and it Il
on these machines that the Triple
and General Liquid Air Compan.
has been allowed large number o
patents.
Prof. Bobrick began his exhibi
tion yesterday with the new liqui
air automobile. He explained it
mechanism and then gave practices
demons tration of it's running caps
city, so far as this could be done o
the floor Of the company's plant
which only gives "track" of abOu
200 feet in length. The autOmobil
s particularly noticeable because c
its extreme lightness and graceful
ness, with an entire absence of bi
and heavy machinery. Further e.
animation shows q number Of az
vantages which it seems to hay
over machines run by other mott,
powers, but this point is first
attract attention. The reason fl
this is shown when the framewOI
of the vehicle is removed and tt
mechanism is revealed. There Is I
electric battery and no steam engil
and no gas Dline tank.
Explained In the fewest word
which do not really explain,
course, the machinery Of this aut
mobile consists of q reservoir CO
tainiug liquid air and series
pipes, carrying the air as 1t expan
to "a little poston, which turns L
wheels of the vehicle. The elaboI
tion of the machine is all in furnis
ing means by which the air may
made to expand more rapidly q
hence develop its latent power me
quickly.
As Prof. Bobrick explained t
nearest analogy to this engine
mechanics Is the steam engiI
Liquid air is at temperature Of 8
degrees below zero Fahrenhe
When IL Is encased in q reserv
properly constructed it evapora
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