The Columbus weekly courier., 1920-09-10
If Not a Myth; No
Use For Gasoline


tcallIc, Sept 10 Has Alfred "A
Hubbard, 20. boy inventor oi the
'a|mol|herlc power eenerator
solved The power problem of lhe'
afrsq
Wherever | have Travelled ~ uhf
northwest ! heard the snmn ducs-
l|oH by farmers aud business mon
and hoIeultrs Has this hoy
Hubbard what he says he hasf7
Faith In Him.
They have faith ~ him out on
the Pacific coast where. after en-
Fincers and scientists. nll save one.
had derided hls claims and called
hlu iakcr. be put hia machine
through The tesis they said 4
could not meet and conloundfd
llifm all
llubhards invention consists of
series OF claht small coils u wire.
wound on mnRnctircd steel bars and
nrranerd IN q certain manner
uronnh large central bar Of steel.
The whole dryicc r. surrounded hy
lsuli another coil of wire. II con-
llnins several miles Of fine. s'lk
wound wire aud few pounds Of
bross and steel
DRIVES Launch.
That's an. he says. and yet q
coil a. inches by ~ inches produc
cd ib horsepower spinning a
motor al 1dO0 revolutions q min
ute and driving an iS-fooi launch
~ ~ miles an hour through The
wnieri
The launch lcst was in the pres
cnce of witnesses who watched
carefully for any sieu Of irickery
end found none
Attempted perpetual moiionf
scoffrd the engineers. AN bosh o.
Another Ks"ley moio. He a
fakerf
~Not ~ fast" replied the Rev.
Father William smith. professor oi
physics at Jesuit college here. =
ha,r seen the inside uf his ma
chine II doesn't take power from
the air. a. he thinks. and u isn't
perpetual moiiOn. II will supply
power for n long time and think
that a coil ~ feet long aud prep
erly built would furnish 1900
horse power enough 20 driyG the
bnltleship New Mexico
Then ilubbards rise TO fame be-
gan.
Seeks Patent.
That was last November. he ap-
piled for patent three months
aRo and expects to receive proter
tion of his invention Ia another
, two months. In the meantime. IL
laboratory at Everett. 10 milcl
from seattle. he experiments AM
iinkers with his apparatus.
Mindful uf ihc Rreoi fralpls iha
2 Inventors have pefpetfateh will
p similar claims. pcople go slow oi
/ the Endorsement Of this boy
As for Hubbard. he delights II
focling the wise boys" Win ihl
T exception OF Father Smith. no onl
= except myself has ever dismanlle,
n a Hubbard coil. Hubbard says.
/, Aroused by tho charges Of frau'
made after one ted. Hubbard con
sentcd Ia let me "see the works
llc trusted my Ignorance Of Al
i, except the fundamentals Of elec
lririly.
|, Takes II Apart.
n la room several miles from
n Huhhard's workshop. look th
!. crude little black-lapo-and sheet
hracs conirivancc IN my hands. Twl
hits OF wire proiruded from u am
an ordinary ii0-voll electric lam
\ glowed al the cud Of these. Hub
bard sat acrnss the ruom I pull
4 ed the brass end from the coil. Tn
n connection was broken. The lam
= went out saw row Of litil
. coils. like sewing machine bobbin
\ eight Of them.
4 ! took one Of the coils they wor
4 all alike-beiween the Jaws Of M
i pliers and pulled Il out. unraVelin
! the wire and tangling it. II wa
u snld-iust a coil Of wire Ther
WIS not a wheel or drop OF aci
!. that ! could find
= And that's the mystery -wiihou
chemicals or wheels 1t can't run,
a wall the experts.
n IL does run aud there are n
wheels and no fluids" says iuh
bard.