The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-01-13


may be necessary in the application
for patents, while among men whC
have been only indirectly informed a,
to the workings of the machine, there
is wild scramble to get possession o.
stock in the enterprise. But aside from
this stock as was originally issued fol
favors and for ready money, not dol
lar of the stock is for sale, nor will any
of ii be offered until the machine has
been patented in this and other coun-
tries.
hardwood Was Once a Poor Country Boy
Markwood, who was reared as a
country boy, without means and with
only limited education, is apparently
not the least affected by his success,
and seems wholly oblivious to the
question of such fame as now appears
destined to come to him when the plan
of the machine is finally laid before
the scientific world. Already he has
been sought by newspapers, magazines
and scientific journals for his picture
and for story of his invention, but to
all of them ne is said TO have politely
declined any offer of assistance in
bringing himself into prominence And
it was only through cautiously laid
plan that picture of the young invent
or was procured by this correspondent,
success in getting the picture having
been attained only after repeated ef-
forts.
Not from the inventor, but of others,
has this correspondent been successful
in gaining any information whatever
with reference to the principles of the
machine, and even then his posted in
formants were very cautious to with
hold any information in the nature of
a description of the invention, their
reason being the desire of the stock
holders to suppress any and all feat
ures of information that might in any
way operate against them in securing
patents in this or foreign countries. But
those in position to speak with au-
thority are positive that there can be
no question as to the absolute success
of the machine, not only to operate it.
self continuously so long as its parts
remain in perfect condition, but to gen.
crate additional power, which may be
used in operating other machinery and
driving spindles for any purpose for
which power is ordinarily applied,
The mind naturally rebels against
the thought of an invention that might
by any special contrivance overcome
that old law of Newton: "Every parti-
Gle of matter in the universe attracts
every other particle with force direct
ly proportionate to the mass of the at
tracing particle and inversely to the
square of the distance between them"
For centuries no scientist has thought
of doubling the accuracy of this law,
and when one comes to recall that by
mathematical calculation, based upon
such laws, the planet Vulcan was dis
covered before the telescope revealed it
to the eye, he naturally comes to the
point of doubling how Markwood's in
vention may overcome and how it may
carry upward a weight not only equal
to but SURPRISING the weight going
down in obedience TO the law of gravity.
Reputable Men Say Inventor Has Succeeded
And yet in spite of this and in spite
of the thousands of futile attempts to !
overcome this law. Markwood does
not lack for reputable men who declare !,
that seeing is believing, and who insist !
that the inventor has succeeded in run |
ming around this law, so TO speak, by |
giving The world a machine which OPP ,
crates itself, with power to spare for !,
other purposes.
And singularly, too, as it may seem,
and as little as men generally may be-
ieve in dreams, it is related of Mark
wood that his final success came
through dream, which revealed to
lis mind a practical method of solving
he problem, and one which has never
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