The New York herald., 1921-08-24

PERPETUAL MOTION
TEN CENTS ASHARE
Concern Capitalized at S2o,-
100000 and Promoter Prom
ises Wonder for Future.
HE NEEDS MERCURY NOW
idea for Machine Came in q
Dream From Dead Mother,
Inventor Explains.
HE NEEDS MERCURY NOW

"A!n swindIer? A foolc or your
benefactor and llberator?"
Fair enough questions. asked by Rich
: ard Ulram. president and treasurer OF
! the Perpetual Motion. Power. Heat and
Light Company. capital stock S25,o00,-
! 600. for sale at the laughably low price
+. Of ten cents a share.
Yes, sir, Mr.. ulram has invented a
perpetual motion machine. and he's very
modest about it, yet not a bit secretive
/ Hs sits In shabby room on shabby
/ utroet in Jersey City-107 Railroad ave-
| nno-and will spend whole afternoon.
II need be. explaining his method of har-
| Messing gravity SO that 1t creates useful
energy without the application OF any
other force. He has the riachine TO
show you. Piece by piece, through
many patient years, he has built 1t all
himself. Unfortunately, it is rot wholly
workable yet, for it needs $4,000 worth
of the liquid metal mercury to keep 1t
going forever, or until 1t wears out, and
. at ten cents a share it takes a long time
TO gather $4,000.
To g. reporter for this newspaper 1t
seemed truly wonderful contrivance
bearing points of resemblance to
washing machine, an oscillating churn.
the walking beam Of the Mary Powell. n
pipe organ and British tank. Mr.
Uiram elucidated 1t again and again.
but as he admitted that even an engi-
4 neer could scarcely understand how the
machine operates. it may be enough TO
/ say here that II depends for its constant
y AZ.
to end of series of sealed chambers.
, The motion OF the mercury shifts the
centre of gravity from one part to an
other of the churnlilse body, which is
! suspended on supports by a rolling axis.
:. A sprocket wheel and bicycle chain
transmits the power to a shaft, and
thus, as time rolls on, all the wheels in
the world will be turned and old codgers
who have said that man could never
Z lift himself by his own bootstraps will
be confounded
idea Came From spiritIand.
What happened when the reporter
visited Mr.. Ulram yesterday was that
he gave one end of the machine push
and lift, whereupon 1t swayed against
something. brought UP with q fearful.
crash and returned almost to it's original
position. This much 1t would do with
n 1t were loaded with that needed
$4,000 worth, said Mr.. Ulram. it would
continue to swing back and forth in
J definitely, and the crash wouldn't be
so loud, either.
Jersey City has investigated Mr.. III
: ram and found no harm in HIM. AS hc
seems to be in no immediate danger OF
enriching himself by his manner OF
financing his invention nobody is think
! ing of molesting him.
: He told the visitor that his dead
Z mother came TO him in dream years
ago and told him that ne was to supply
the world with q. perpetual motion ma
! chine. He had never been anything but
h n farmer and he did not sec just how
I he was to do this, so for five years he
made no beginning. thinking that the
picture OF the machine and the direc-
tions for making 1t would come to Elm
by revelation.
But as no revelation came,' he said
'T knew It was intended that I should
find out for myself. 1t took mo three
\ years then to get the main idea, which
I was that first Of all the machine must
, have no centre friction. and that TO har-
nees gravity you must lift the heavier
I with the lighter. After that I worked
\ eight years getting the idea into mathe-
matical shape and three years In build
\ ing the machine. ] had to do carpenter
i Ing to keep myself going. and six years
ago. while working on a scaffold. I fell
. and broke my back This accident was
!. puzzling to me at first. then saw, while
7 lying in the hospital. that 1t had come
\ 10 me as a lesson in being patient
Just before this / got into COM
rnunication with Henry Ford and wen.
10 Detroit to see his secretary. had
then only the patent drawings of the
. machine. I told the secretary I wanted
! to see what Mr.. Ford thought about
them. He said to me. We can't give you
! his opinion you would go out and tell
somebody else So at that we had an
. cutfall a breaEor.
after that the representative of a
corporation offered 10 finance me on a
fifty-fifty basis. / said NO. I must
]. have 81 per cent He wouldn't do It.
I SO I organized my own company-in
Z Arizona. because incorporation is cheap
est herewith capital stock Of s25, ,000
That didn't go very well. so l raised
the capitalization TO SIS, 900, 600 and be-
gan selling at 10 cents a share. This
!. has brought in about $4,000. and with
: that | have perfected and built the ma
chine have $40 week compensation
because OF the accident when 1 was
carpentering. and as i have no family
!, and do my own cooking and live In the
!, room back OF this one ] can live on
y that, In fact. as the rent ~ only Sl6
month, can save a little money 7
have $50 stockholders who believe IN
me. even IL they don't understand the
machine. which Is rather complicated.
Most companies would have advanced
the price Of stock as the machine
!, reached completion. but I am humani-
tartan.
X, No secret About It.
: IF any one comes along and offers
, me 81 share will not take 1t. The
!, price Is 10 cents. l keep 50 per cent.
: OF the stock myself What ] require
now is money for 1000 pounds OF mer-
curry. To any person who subscribes for
: stock for this purpose say: IL you
: think the machine won't work you can
. take your share OF the mercury out Of
: IL; It's yours
Most perpetual motion inventors
win not show you how their machines
{ work because they have nothing 10 show.
but I am only too glad to show mfe
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