The sun., 1906-02-02
TO EUROPE IN "a HOURS.
TH4TSTHE DREAM OF INVENTOR
RIDER. VINO HAS A NEW MOTOR.
A Tube the Length Of the Boat and Gas
Explosion Forces the water Ont From
This-Scheme To BE Tried on an
~ Foot Boat at the sportsmen's Show.


Three day excursions to London and re-
turn are the dream of an inventor who is
now perfecting motor which he believes
will drive steamships at the rate OF 100 to
$50 miles an hour.
This new motor is a simple affair. II
consists of pipe which runs through the
hold of the vessel below the water
line. This pipe is open at both ends At
tached to this pipe, about one-third from
the after end is cylinder which is just
the diameter Of the pipe and in length about
three times its diameter. At the bottom
of this cylinder the pipe that attaches 1t
to the main pipe curves aft.
The rest of the motor is simply an ap-
plication Of the gas engine. The cylinder
when working is charged with gas, which
has been vaporized from kerosene oil,
An electric sparker explodes this gas and
forces it out through the pipe at the stern
of the boat. This gives the boat kick
which drives it ahead, and at the same time
the gas driving through the pipe at the
stern creates a vacuum at the forward end
into which the water rushes SO that, as the
inventor says, it is drawing the boat ahead
at the same time that it is driving 1t forward
from the kick in the stern.
Herbert E. Rider, who devised the system
Of underground troleys that is in use in
this city, and who has invented other things,
has lately been devoting his time to the
study of dynamics and hydraulics. He had
small model of boat built last summer
and applied the motor with the result that
the small foot boat fairly flew through
the water.
He figured that he had got continuous
cable which would pull his boat across the
North River or, if the boat were large
enough; across the Atlantic Ocean. MIR.
Rider at once had his invention patented
and then Interested ex-Aderman Jacob c.
Wund, ex-Assemblyman Harry c. Honeck,
John j. Goding and few others.
Mr.. Ryder has built an IS foot st. Law
renee skiff in which a small motor is to be
installed and the boat will be exhibited at
the coming Sportsmen's Show at Madison
Square Garden. The motor that is working
is long piece of pipe four inches in dame
ter Yesterday afternoon demonstration
was made Of its kicking abilities. The
cylinder was charged with gas and air
and then exploded. The noise was like
that made by the firing OF three FOUNDER
and the water was driven out of the pipe
with such force that it threatened TO food
the whole floor. In the basement is a res
ta,lrant and when Mr.. Rider began his
e1perimenting the water flooded the restau-
rant Now he has to be careful, and after
one explosion he has to wait for the motor
to settle down.
Mr.. Rider has not been able to go very
much into figures yet. He is satisfied with
the results of his experimenting. He
figures that for boat IS feet long he needs
a pipe Il, inches in diameter. On this he
places three cylinders, two for driving the
boat ahead and one for reversing. This
pipe and the cylinders will develop 35 horse
power. which will be sufficient to drive the
boat at the rate Of at least thirty miles an
hour. By increasing the number of cylin-
ders the power will be increased. This
boat il only an experiment, and one is to be
constructed which will have eight or ten
cylinders. With this he expects to beat all
the motor boats in this summers races.
The explosions in each cylinder can be
regulated Just as the explosions in an auto
mobile or power boat engine can be con-
troled. There can be one explosion or
tiftv "A second. Kerosene is used on the
theory that it is safer than gasolene and
can be vaporiaed more easily. One cubic
foot of oil can be vaporiZed into I 100 cubic
feet of gas and in charging the cylinder
one part Of gas to five parts of air is used. so
it can he seen how cheaply the motor can
be run.
At present the big steamship scheme is
only thought of, but Mr.. Rider is sure that
the motor will be a success in small boats
and also will be 80 economical that 1t can
ba applied to any vessel