El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-14
PERPETUAL MOTION


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A few years ago popular method
Of extracting money from the pockets
Of gullible persons was that of exploit
ing stock in a fake power multiplying
engine" 1t was claimed that by GER
tain piece of mechanism the power at
the cylinder of an engine could be null
tiplied three times at the driving shaft
A shop was rugged up in New York and
an ostensibIy practical demonstration
made OF it.
This consisted in having two cylin-
ders OF equal size, one driving an ordi-
| nary engine mechanism and the other
the power multiplier-" 1t was appar-
emily shown that the '-multiplier'' would
lift q weight three times as large as
the other engine 1t was reasoned by
engineers that if one horse power at
the cylinder would develop three at the
crank end, it was obvious that 1t would
mean perpetual motion
If this reasoning had been logical
they could have hitched the engine to
a motor and got two horse power for
| nothing, but ii proved to be merely
a scheme to multiply dollars in the
pockets OF the promoters
Momentum Engine.
Another interesting perpetual motion
! machine was produced in Philadelphia,
after the expenditure Of $4,000 and 10
years of labor 1t consisted of a long
shaft mounting four fly wheels loose.
These wheels were so arranged that
three Of them were being speeded to
q high momentum while the fourth was
driving the shaft through one9rarter of
a revolution, with the supply of mo-
mentum that had been given IL by the
same process
They reasoned out its success in the
following way: Imagine a fly wheel
such as is used on an ordinary 1000
horse power engine mounted freely upon
shaft. A 100 horse power would
make it spin around at high speed,
wouldn't it? And its momentum would
carry the shaft over the center through
a quarter of its revolution, without seri-
Gus loss of speed, wouldn't it? Yes, If
IT is heavy enough and the speed high
enough.
We'll, then, we will take four such
wheels and keep them spinning around
by the use of four 100 horse power
engines By an automatic arrangement
we will hitch up each wheel for a quar-
ter revolution and will be getting 1000
horse power with 400
That as the reasoning, but il was as
fallacious as it seemed plausible. and
the momentum engine went to the junk
heap along with all similar perpetual
The Shot Wheel.
One of the most common principles
used by wouldbe protectors Of perpet-
ual motion machinery is the shot wheel.
1t has buckets on its periphery, each
large enough to hold a wooden or iron
bail. The buckets on the descending
side OF the wheel are fed with balls
from an incline. while those on the as
cending side are empty. the difference
of the weight being sufficient 10 cause
the rotation of the wheel
As the balls reach the lower end
of their journey they are spilled out
Of the bucket at the bottom and are
lifted back 10 the top of the incline by
means Of an endless belt on a pulley
driven by the rotating motion Of the
machinery. No means having been pro-
vided for the loss OF power by friction.
of course the machine is bound TO come
to a rest.
In another machine the balls are al
lowed TO fall upon an endless belt
mounted on two wheels Their weight
rotates the wheels and the belt, and
theoretically furnishes enough power to
turn a screw that will lift them TO IL
top again.
In still another machine of this class
the balls that have descended roll down
an inclined plane into q tube filled with
quicksilver. They naturally rise to
the top of this and are ready TO begin
a second downward journey. In an
other oft repeated idea there are dozen
of little hammers 80 placed on the
wheel that their heavy ends are close
TO the center when ascending, ard close
to the rim when descending, the de-
scending hammers producing rotation
by their added leverage
Unique Invention.
One of the most unique inventions
ever brought out utiIizes the buoyant
force of water. 1t consists of an end
less belt mounted on two puiIeys. To
this belt are attached a number of little |
collapsible floats. They are loaded so |
that they collapse when descending into !
water. and open to their full size when !
ascending. 1t was figured by the inven-
tor that the increased buoyuancy of |
tho expanded floats would serve to pro- |
duce endless motion.
Many perpetual motion inventors have !
sought to use the water wheel in their |
in a big reservoir some distance above /
an overshot wheel. The water pours over
this wheel and causes it TO rotate After
driving the wheel the water is carried /
into n trough below from whence it |
is carried back to the reservoir by a
bucket elevator driven by the overshot
wheel.
In another water wheel combination
the wheel drives a pump which forces
the water into the reservoir above.