The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-10-18
A NEW TURBINE MOTOR
Discovery That May Revo-
lutionize Marine Trans
portation.

by his discovery OF the national re
versibie turbine motor Thomas East
moore. an inventor Of Jacksonville.
Fla, proposes TO supply a motive pow
cr on water that will revolutionize ex-
lsting transportation facilities. says the
New York World BY actual test Of a
small boat built after an Eastmoore
model the inventor has developed a
speed OF fifty miles an hour on the st.
Johns river, Florida When new models
are completed he expects to show a
maximum speed OF seventy Eve miles
an hour under favorable conditions. In
brief II the Eastmoore turbine motor
with reversible gear comes anywhere
near fulfilling the hopes OF the inventor
transatlantic greyhounds will cross the
ocean in three days and with one half
Of the present fuel supply.
Like ali Inventors. Mr.. Eastmoore
has met with many discouragemeuts
Last winter his boathouse on the St
Johns river was destroyed by FIRE, and
all the models, boats and motors were
consumed, and the inventor and his
family barely escaped with their lives.
Now he is at work upon new models.
and new boat will be Cd ted in
time for a trial demonstratlve Of high
speed of ralm Beach. Fla, during the
motor races next January.
BY his invention Mr. Eastmoore
claims that he can save one-half Of the
present cost OF fuel. one-half 10 three
ffths in space. make cswer revolutions
and double the horsepower with a Civ
en- head of steam. He claims an ability
to do away with all vibration. TO gain
10 per cent IN friction and TO save from
one half 70 three-firths In the present
cost OF manufacture. And, to crown It
all. he declares that he can reach and
maintain a speed OF nifty miles or more
an hour
The turbine engine patents granted
to Eastmoore cover three different
types OF reversible compound Ateam or
gasoline engines There are three prln-
ciples on which they can be construct
ed first, the screr. principle, second,
the old over and undershot water
wheel principle. and. third. the spiral
or windmill principle All three OF
these are comprised in the Eastmoore
inventions, and gasoline is the fuel
used
A seventy-hve foot launch has been
designed by him to he equipped with
twin screws driven by two 100 horse
power reversible engines. The launch
will also be equipped with the East
moore propeller under the bow. a new
departure in engineering. as well as an
ordinary propeller at the stern, and
speed OF over fifty miles an hour by
this craft is expected by the designer
The speed OF the motors will be regu-
lated AT 1000 revolutions minute.
From practical experience 1t has been
found that two and three bladed stern
propellers work better with higher
speed attained than a four bladed pro-
peller shows. tor the reason that the
four baded propeller creates more
vacuum than the two and three blad.
ed propeller The bow propeller used
IN the Eastmoore boat works N a solid
body Of water cQpstantly,
rhe turbine engine Is without center
and takes the steam on the run When
the diameter is doubled the same head
OF steam will be doubly effective. To
I explain; II the piston twelve inches IN
/ diameter develops thirty horsepower
with a two inch steam feed, the twenty
four lpch piston will, with the same
two inch feed. develop sixty horse
I power.
Eastmoore intends TO develop 10000
horsepower from 1900 TO 1000 revolu-
/ tiOns per minute.