Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-20
j. o. Scott, an Evanston Black
smith, Completes Successful
Device
I'LL APPLY FOR A PATENT
Has Spent Two Years Time and $500
in Pertectins Mechanism = Applies
Principles Of Falling Weights - In
ventor Not Crank, But Well Bal
anced Man.
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Fort Dodge, June 20.-J. o. Scott, a
blacksmith. at Evanston, near here
] aged 45, has under lock and key an in
vention with two years constant
thought and $500 represented in the
iron framework, weights and levers
which constitute a perpetual motion
machine, bidding fair to be the real
thing"
Mr. Scott expects to make the final
test of his work in about a weeks
/ time when the machine will be set
up for the last time, and he said when
interviewed:
Il am sure that it will work. I
have tested it at every stage and with
every change that make in simplify
| ing it, and it still works. had it run
| ming last fall and it moved for three
minutes. At that time levers on the
I,machine became mixed and the result
was that the thing stopped. While
1
and because it wasn't constructed per-
manently, it finally shattered itself to
pieces by its own motion. Yes, am
sure I have discovered perpetual mo-
| tion," finished the inventor with con-
fdence,
And Mr.. Scott has such confidence
in his own invention and discoveries
along the line of this one thing which
battles all science, that he actually
imparts his sense Of surety to those
few whom he permits to question him
about his machine. To any who are
skeptical, 1t very soon develops that
Mr.. Scott is perfectly rational in every
way and far from being unbalanced
by his long and constant toll in maxi
ling his idea real and making it a
suspected Of mania that he is loath
to discuss the subject.
involves Falling Weights.
Even when prevailed upon to talk
Of his invention, Mr.. Scott will ex-
plain only the general plan of the
machine. It Is a system of falling
weights on wheel and has been so
perfected that altho it is only neces-
cary for one down-going weight to
raise one up-going weight, test has
been made successful in making one
down going weight raise three going
lup.
This is possible by automatic adj
justment of the levers holding the
weights. These levers are hinged
and fall from the top center of the
wheel, fully extended until they be-
gin to cross the bottom of the wheel.
At this juncture they begin to fold
up automa tically and this brings the
near the middle Of the wheel and they
follow this until they have almost
reached the top of the wheel on the
other side, when they are forced to
extend to their full length for the
downward trip again.
The additional force gained by the
levers at full length going down, has
been proved sufficient to raise those
nearer the center Of the wheel on
the other side and for that reason less
difficult to raise
The wheel Of the machine is five
feet eight inches across and there are
twelve weights of five pounds each.
When extended to the full length
allowed by the levers, these weights
are eighteen inches outside Of the
! wheel. They gradually fold up when
falling until as they pass up on the
other side, they are but sixteen inches
from the center Of the wheel. These
twelve weights are fourteen inches
apart.