Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-25
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accident. A different type of man would
be in the bug house' out on Congress
Heights if he suffered as Mr.. Paiuton has.
But the chunky, oue-armed and softly talk
ing Englishman is not even irritated nor
does he permit his habitual placidity to be
disturbed. He bides his time. And his
time is coming. The naval committee Of
the House has taken up his claims and in
ventions and those who have made an in
telligent investigation of the same are not
only favorably disposed but amazed at the
revolution the Paiuton application of cleo
uical motive power viii create in naval and
marine ship building The days of the
steamship are numbered as surely as that
the steamship succeeded the sailing vessel.
Any one looking at the street car Of to-day
as It moves on the avenue and recalls the
horse car can form SOME idea of the coming
revolution in ocean going craft naval and
mercantile.
The Painton model, which is here illus.
trated, is but the simple evolution of a great
principle-the substitution of electricity for
steam as a motive power But the applica-
tiou Of electricity in itself is not after all
the marvellous part of the Paiuton invention.
Electricity as a motive power was being ap-
piled before Mr. Painton conceived the idea
of his additional screws and their arrange
ment on a ship II is true nobody applied
electricity to ships or even attempted ex-
periments until the English admiralty built
the Cobra and Viper and used a portion
only Ia vital part) of the Painton invention
Heretofore twin screws have been the limit
to the fastest steamships ahoat. The terri
bic shaft and the cumbersome machinery of
twin. screw battleship or merchant vessel
precluded all idea of advancing further with
steam as the motive power. The reasons
are obvious to constructors and builders.
while the general public need be only in
formed that besides the space occup pied, the
vibrations from greater shafts and machin-
cry would make a ship driven by steam i'm
possible Of service either as a peaceabIe
merchant vessel OF a fighting machine. Nor
could the addition of more screws help SO
long as the motive power is steam
By PaintOn's system of dynamos, turbine
wheels and multiple Dropellers with cleo
tricity as the applied power a ship can De
equipped with six, eight, ten, twelve or
any number of screws TO correspond to the
size of the craft, and what is of incalculable
importance they can all be utilized to drive
the ship through the water at the speed of
an express train without ar or vibration
These screws extend from stem to stern
and there is neither shaft nor steam pipes,
but simply a switchboard, which can be
manipulated to move all these screws or
any less number as may be desired
The Holland submarine boat uses Mr.
PaintoR's electric invention as the motive
power, but, Of course, surface boats, as will
be readily seen, can be much better driven
through the water than a submarine craft
submerged And speaking Of the Holland
boat reminds us to state that il is a combi-
att on Of many inventions filed or owned
by different inventors, but the Holland
Company has guaranteed the government
of the United States to quit or obtain all
patents it does not own ITSELF among the
rest, of course, aud the most important is
Mr. Painton S electric motive power a-d his
compound wall. That is a passageway, the
full length of the ship, which is packed with
cellilose or cocOanut fibre next to the water
hne'as a bulwark and protection The water
tight compartments which in the present
ships are next to this water line are in the
Painton designed aud electric craft next to
the compound wall The advantage l. OBJ.
vious. Thus for safety and protection to
the electric motors-the machinery Of the
Paintou craft-the compound wall is per.
fection itself
The Holland Company acknowledge and
have promised Mr.. Painton to make good
their infringement or rather their use of his
electric invention and compound wall,
and Mr.. Painton with that Characteristic
placidity, Of which we have spoken, accepts
this promise in good faith. Indeed he Is
in no hurry collecting it, for he regards the
Holland people a. useful agents in pulling
his chesgnuts out Of the hre. In other
words, when The great United States Gov.
eminent cOndescends to use a portion Of
his invention IN the Holland boats, It can
hardly and consistently refuse TO make the /
full application. At all events il is liable ]