The Globe-republican., 1904-08-18
Desired to Test tho Sun, Motor
in Western Kansas
FORD COUNTY IS DESIRED
INV
As Place to Test Invention as
Power for Pumping
undsraow.

M automatic engine running by the
haat Of the sun Il to be tested In Kansss,
and 10 Ford county II arrangements can
be made to utilize the water pumped
from the underfow according to letter
received At this office today. The motor
10 one which has been described at length
In tho Scientific American. In appear.
ancs It rssemblssa I hugh disk Of glass,
and At distance might well be taken for
4 windmill OF some kind: but the disk Ia
4 reflector THIRTY. three feet ok Inches In
diameter on top, and fifteen feet on the
bottom. The Inner surface 10 made up
Of seventeen hundred and sighty.elgat
small mirrors, all arranged soBthat they
concentrate the sun upon the central or
focal point. Here, Ia suspended the
boiler, which 10 thirteen feet six inches
IN length, and holds one hundred gallons
Of water, leaving eight cubic feet for
steam, The amount Of heat concentrated
In the boiler by the seventeen hundred
and odd mirrors cannot be realized, as
nothing can be seen but a small cloud Of
escaping steam; but should a man climb
upon the disk and cross It be would be
literally burned to a crisp In a few Sec
onds. Copper Is melted ln a short time
here, and a pole Of wood thrust Into the
magic circle flames up like a match.
From the suspended boiler the steam Is
conducted to the engine below through
flexible bronze tubes. After being used
1t passes Into the condenser and back
agalh into the boiler, thus automatically
feeding II. Everything about the motor
Is automotlc, even to the olIng, and It is
made to run all day without the iuter.
ysntl0n Of man. It acts In this respect
as automatically and independently as a
wind mill. The boiler can be brought
to such heat within an hour after the
suns rays arc directed upon It that the
steam registers l5O pounds pressure In
the steam gauge. So powerful ls tbi,
heat that copper has been melted within
. few minutes after being placed across
the focal point, This motor Is capable
Of producing from 5 to 10 horse power.
Its use 10 extending and 1t is claimed
that Il will not be many years before
most Of the Irrigation plants will DO oper.
ated by this method.
II the machine 10 to be tested IL might
be operated with the government inves-
tlgatlon Of the underAow In this terri.
tory.
The following 10 the letter received
here and 1t Is given for what 1t may be
worth, as nothing further Is known re.
gardlng the plans for testing the sun
motor In Western Kansas:
Gentlemen;-The Solar Motor Com.
pany have one Of their solar motors IN
successful operation at Tempe, Arizona,
and are going to erect one some place In
Western Kansas sometime this fall Or
early winter, providing they can secure
desirable location, and they have re.
9Nested US to assist them to secure such
locftlon. We deem this matter Of In.
portance to Western Kansas, and have
consented to aid them to locate their first
meteor;
While this will beln the nature Of a
demonstration to the people Of Western
Kansas, the company claim to have
demonstrated the ability Of tho motor to
do exactly what's claimed for 1t, and
they desire 10 locate II on tract Of land
whore the owner will agree to use the
water on about 100 acres Of land. What
they propose to do 10 to locate The motor
without expense 10 the owner Of the
land; all they ask 10 that they use the
water, and give the motor such care as 1t
may need. They desire a location close
to some railroad point. In order to de.
termlne the beat place to locate 1t they
ask propositions from different localities
for a location. II your locality would be
interested In securing this location we
would be pleased to receive from some
responsible party description Of de-
.sirable location; depth to water, lay Of
land, whether easily irrigated, what kind
Di crop Is to be irrigated, and II possible
how much water will be needed. II 10
desired II possible to secure a location
where the depth to water Is not over 10
feet and say six foot llft into a reser-
voIr making 10 foot llft In all. This
company II under contract to erect two
or these motors IN Egypt for the English