The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-14
Unlike Most of His Country
men, His Device Is an
Up-to-date One.
PATENTS UNIQUE MOTOR
IT NEEDS NO FUEL TO OPERATE
AND " Is SET IN MOTION ~
THE WEIGHT or CARGO OF THE
VEHICLE.
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st. Petersburg, May 14.-Russia
abounds in belated inventions which,
hardly recorded today, would have i'm
mortalized or enriched the authors il
made few years ago. Generally 1t Is
an uneducated peasant, leading a
primitive life, out of touch with the
latter-day world. who, after many
years. hard work, devises some won
derful apparatus and then learns. to
his intense chargrin, that 1t was in
vented several years ago. More lucky
is a peasant named Sagnoff, from the
Province of Tula, where Count Tolstoi
resides. He has just received a pro-
visional patent for an apparatus called
the "auto-motor," the characteristic OF
which Is that it needs no fuel what
ever. being set in motion by the
weight OF the cargo. The force is
transferred by q whole system of lev
ers and may develop any horsepower
desired. All the parts of the auto
motor" are metallic.
Sagnoff has gone to Moscow togeth-
er with companion to build an "auto-
motor" the cost of which will not. he
says. exceed $3.50.
Another invention was actually
shown, explained and discussed re-
Gently in the presence Of specialists,
professors and officers Of the army
and navy by an engineer named Chap
leffsky. 1t Is an aeroplane which COM
bines all the advantages of every
known system, with the authors own
improvements.
Il Rises With Ease.
1t rises into the al" straight from
the starting point with the help Of an
explosion of benzine. From the water
1t rises with still greater ease than
from land. A pair Of horizontal wings
hinder the rocking movement, and
against violent whiffs Of side-wind the
apparatus Is protected by so-called
safety rudder, which automatically
finds the air current. The descent of
the aeroplane is considerably more
difficult than the ascent. but is facil-
itated by rudders which act as buff
fer. Special Importance Is attached to
the part played by the tubes of the
frame which are adjusted as to warn
the aviator of breakage. M. Chapleff-
sky affirms that his apparatus will
carry any weight, besides which guns
for firing mines can be sent up and
employed without difficulty. M. Chap
leffsky will lose no tie in building
his new flying machine.
Twelve months ago a young naval
engineer Juravleff submitted to the
technical department Of the Marine
Ministry designs for a submarine
cruiser of $500 tons displacement and
consequently capable of carrying a
numerous crew and many torpedo
tubes for the latest Fl in. torpedo, and
not restricted in its operations to wat
ers near the shore. At present only
comparatively small boats can be EN-
ployed as submarines. Experts affirm
that the new invention would consti
tute q terrible danger not only to line
of battleships, but likewise to the sub
marines at present in use. Owing te
various octrinsical reasons the technf
cal department of the Marine Minis
try has not yet taken action in the
matter, but measures will shortly bs
adopted to verify the remarkable
statements made by the inventor ant
confirmed by several experts.