The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-10-04
MAKES A NEW
 INVENTION
Captain Smith of Seattle Pat
 entS Speed Recorder
Tho Little lnstrument Is moch- anIsm For Determining Aoourat- Iy tho Speed of An Vessels At ssa Prize For First Co Use It

cant c J smith or s.oft'c. hle just completed au instrument th.t Nu un- I..tt.IIt provo boon tn transportation mon II. hls patented and thr work. .r- model HIs bs.H UnHHe1. of l sHrud r.eurI.r r.r ..r.rH.n- N.ss.ie fn. speed r...-I.r does rVay entirely wth th. uIl st,Ie Ior and the lslp.u.ntmU cone ..ulent upon rr.mItv. methol o, ascrr- tl.nInr the ane.,I uf U t..ei I1l t1c cone .tlut loss.s from folUns vIth 1o1tnE debris ctc.
 clrt,in smith Is w,u known on thc Sound far h.s lorr association with uutNsu N Co'e Oriental une lrd for hIf .su us northern ri,ut. Hnl latrr 'ur b.e ..rt.ee with the Thompson Steamboat Company The importance of thr sHtrI r,carIer ls shown l1 Che 1ct th1t thr Nlvr Department has written Captain smith to tr kept posted or 1N do,.."n- mauts Captain smiths object now H fa ..t hIs recarier placed beforo the nIn- ming public. have lt Installed on 70 se1- going vessel and hlvo t rHt tn a fn.raueh test whom 10 ia Che Arm belief af tho Inventor that t UIl take thc place ur au speed recorders on ships u' 1u kinds Tho captain .s Inclined to m1ie tr. recorder % present Co Che vosse. that uu Install t and sivc it Che ui1l
 Tn. recorder is known under tho n1mo .f HriIec speed recorder. from Che .'ct tp,t th. dIll sets on Che bridge or pilot house ur wherever desired. and not on tre uu no the stern of che ship. a' in tnr ..I kind
 Tn. principle Involved is uthcr sIm- r.. or. Tho power or speed motion i-con- y.r.I from tre f1n nr motor wheel hiF- ine numerous spiral billes somewhat 'H Ono fashion of propeller hlades. up through a corneeuHe roI to Ono jial on Che hr.ise In conveying Oh. power corwhcels arc sn r.erei chat .-. breath of wind' f1n- u.nE the Wh... below win set Che eniirr machinery In motion urd to recording che enesd Tho fact uIt thr upright shalt of brass. which s shown 1ctu1I s.re iu trr working model. r.sf.. ur works on h1u bearings in the upper ulrt of Che ves- -.l clears away WhIt mI-ht otherwise be considered most diH.rHt .l.tlcI.s. This roI .s surrounded to che h..rht of the wac for level with another brass tube ia which the water s allowed t1 rl'sc to I,s own upright rod to no1t
 rho wheel is located iu che ships hot tom. on tho Reel or I1 thc run or any cone varIert pilce whore it would he fr.o from ,u J,rrer of contact with 1oau1e oh- s,,crss 10 Ia fastened ou Che ship low f,-s .nd aft contact. or in fact may s'' lo e -erass i1 Che vessels hull The ,Jyart1ee Is readily seen .n this. in th'' u is f-ee from contlct with floating 'o' st,cies and has the som further ad'on' t,es of being low i1 watcr and VIII not follow the uneven s1rfoce of a mountnin' or- s.t. 1s ln towing lnc and is thl' ,ctuated only hy Che forward movement of Che vessel
 Tho blades of the motor wheel rise oi turr with Che convex sides in odv1uc' anl th.. tendency i4 to clear oll ohstocle' tb1t might come along To could not tberef1rc. become closeed by any unusual Incident. 8s striking Into dirt or mud
 A simple and Ingenious means of stand ariizlnr or adjusting che recorder is pro viied and If by wear its rate is atcre' t can at once bc regulated back Co stan dard Captain Smith believes the appor atus for regulating is as simple and ye