The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-07-26
SCREENING THE MAGNET,
PERPETUAL MOTION AND GLORY
FOR THE INVENTOR.
What the Finding of Substance That
Will Prevent the Passage of the
Lines Of Force of MAGNET
Would Mean to the World.

VI VIM VI "dSHCl
Would Mean to the World.
Somebody recently asked the
New York Sun what substance woulu
act as screen for the lines of force
of magnet" said an amateur scien-
tist. Now, II you read the scientific
papers particularly those read large
ly by amateurs, you would be amused
to see how Cften this question bobs
up.
THE inquirers never tell why they
want this information, but everybody
knows-at least lots of us do. The
chances are they are all working on
the same thing. They have invented
a perpetual motion machine, and all
they need to make it go is some sub
stance that will prevent the passage
of the lines of force of a magnet
or. in other words, what substance will
screen magnet just as an Opaque
substance will screen light.
"A magnet will attract a piece OF
iron. But pieces of iron around the
periphery of wheel and a magnet
near the periphery of several magnets
in an outer eccentric circle. The mag
nets attract the iron pieces and the
wheel moves until the iron pieces are
opposite the magnets. But by this
time the motion of the wheel has In
terposed between the magnets and the
pieces Of iron sheet Of.
"Ac punrvhnIu 1.nnuc &c
force of magnet cant penetrate
through a sheet of -, and therefore
the wheel does not stop when the
pieces of iron come opposite the mag
nets, but moves on by its momentum
until the iron pieces are, say. one
inch from the next magnets. By this
time the motion of the wheel has
moved the screens of - from be
tween the iron pieces and the mag
nets, and the magnets attract the
iron, giving a new impulse to the
wheel.
SO, there is perpetual motion. All
you have to do is to find what is the
substance that l have expressed
by.
Consider for an instant what the
finding of this substance would mean.
Alexander, Caesar. Napoleon made
some commotion in their day; but all
they ever did compared to what would
be done by the man who found
screen for the magnet would not be
a ripple on a mill pond compared to
the Atlantic Ocean in tidal wave.
Coal would cease to be mined. Lo-
comotives would consist principally
Of big magnets with iron armatures
on the axles of the driving wheels.
Such locomotives could be run from
New York to San Francisco on moth
ing except oil for the bearings.
Ocean liners would be run by mag.
netic motors. Not a pound of coal
need be carried. The magnetic motors
would not only drive the screws, but
would also generate electric current
for heating. lighting and cooking. A
ship could keep the sea at her highest
speed just as long as the provisions
lasted for the crew.
Everybody would have a magnetic
automobile. You could ride across
the continent II the roads were good,
and there would be nothing to renew
and no expense for motive power.
don't believe there would be any cleo
trio light and power maina running
through the streets. Every house
would have its magnetic motor to
generate electric current for heating,
and cooking.
There would be no expense except
the renewal Of the lamp globes. The
servant girl problem would be largely
solved by electric stoves. Street cars
would require no cables or overhead
or underground trolleys.
"Do you ever forget to wind your
watch? Well. you could forget it
every day. Watches would run by u
tiny magnetic motor instead of a
"Now, as a matter of fact, there is
a substance that will screen a mag
net. That substance is iron. But
that will do us no good. In the per
petual motion machine that l have
outlined, if the screens were made of
iron, the magnets would attract the |
screens and so stop the machine.
with all this prospect of glory be-
fore them it is no wonder that anna
Leur scientists and inventors want to
know what substance will screen a
magnet. 1t is likely the search for a |
screen for the magnet will be kept up
10 the end of time"