The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-07-11
COMPRESSED
AIR.
Great Invention to Revolu-
tion, is Motive Power,

upon an invention which he / e.
lieves will revolutionize motive
rower to a great extent and after
having his hopes almost dashed to
nothing by sickness of three
months duration, as the result of
his unceasing labors, j. II. Tim
mons, aged 27, and residing at ii
South Startling street, is at last
ready to announce that he has in
vented motor operated by com
pressed air to take the place of
steam. Mr.. Timmons's invention
has attracted considerable atten-
tion and he claims that the Sioux
City Machine Works has had q
representative in Colum bus to look
over the invention and that the
company has offered him 4l10. 900
for the invention and royalty on
sales besides.
While he was employed az chief
engineer of the Hobson shops,
Hobson, O., for the x d. NJ. Rail.
way company, Mr.. Timmons
claims that he first conceived the
idea of the compound air com
pressing motor to take the place
of steam. He experimental and
for the past five years has been
continually at work on the ma-
chine. He has applied for a pat
ent and a search at Washington
has failed to reveal anything like
his nVention, according to word
received from the patent offices.
Mr.. Timmons explains the pro
! cess of the operation of the motor
in this way. The air is com
pounded at the very lowest TEN
perature and then super heated to
q temperature of $50 degrees,
Fahrenheit. He claims that if air
is taken first at temperature of
90 degrees, and at IA 7 to the
square inch and compressed to 40
pounds to the square inch and
then stored in reservoir to be
brought down to a low tempera
ture and compressed to 100 pounds
to the square inch again. Next it
is super heated to temperature
of $50 degrees, Fahrenheit. AT
ter THE complicated operation it
will expand 40 times greater than
its volume, 40 times 100, if need
be. He also makes use of the at
mospheric pressure In the low
pressure cylinder, which only adds
IL. 7 to every square inch of low
pressure piston. This is added to
tie motive end of the engine.
Everything lie arranged to work
automatically and an equal amount
of pressure is maintained at all
times. He has overcome the great
difficulty Of starting without air
and by means of vaporized gaso-
line ignited obtains the required
amount of pressure to operate un-
til air can be had.
The inventor is enthusiastic and
believes that his motor will dis
place steam engines and boilers
and pumps of all kinds. He has
three horse power working
model which can be seen. 1t
weighs 200 pounds.
However, insIead of accepting
the offer of the Sioux City com
pany and several other good OPP
portuuities of sale, which have
been offered him, Mr., Timmons
says that he expects to organize d
company in Columbus to finance
the proposition.
Mr.. Timmons was formerly a
resident of Middleport, He at
tended the public schools at that
place and later graduated from
the Marietta high school, in
1897 He took course after
ward, in steam, electrical and
chemical engineering in the
Boston School of Technology and
graduated in 1901,
Then he became chief en
gineer Of the Hobsou shops on the
X 4 NJ railroad. Later he be
came superintendent of Acme
Dredge boat on the Miami and
Erie canal, He has held other
responsible positions and during
all this time has been working on
his invention,
He beliyes that has motor will be