Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-11
The HQskin Letter
BIZ FREDERICK
J. HASKIN
AMERICAN SOLVES PUMP

ates when the wind blows, and the
| wind has q way of being contrary. It
! bloweth not only where it listeth, as
| the Bible says, but when, and expert
ence has demonstrated that the wind
mill pump does not work often when
| water 10 needed most. Mr.. Aliens
| invention, it is claimed, meets and
overcomes the objections to all these
devices.
The hydrautomat is described as
literally a reciprocating engine IN
which the power of water and air
alternately develop the power. 1t
| does not work by shock or impetus as
! in the case Of the water ram. 1t does
not require the machinery necessary to
operate the Archimedian screw. Once
| installed it requires no attention to
keep 1t working smoothly. In other
words, the initial cost Of building and
installing the device is the only ex-
pense involved"
Not Turbine In ANY Sense
The hsdrautomat is not a turbine
in any sense. However, when water
has been raised by it to a desired
height, the water may be permitted
to fall and operate a turbine or
| similar mechanism, thus developing
power which can be utilized as de-
sired to run machinery directly or to
b. converted with electric energy.
But it is not intended to do the work
of a turbine. Great water falls such
as Niagara or Zambesi exert ire
~mendous power which ma be utilized
to operate turbines and develop great
sources of energy. The hydautomat
develops energy from streams which
flow slowly and the power of which
heretofore has not been utilized.
Simplicity is its first characteristic.
The principle involved is that Of water
flowing through a pipe into a metal
cylinder. Now as the water enters
the cylinder it naturally forces out the
air, which escapes through a pipe
opening from the top and leading to
another cylinder, which is filled with
water. AS the air enters the second
cylinder the water which it contains
is forced out through a pipe to a
third cylinder at a higher level. Thus
the pressure of the water flowing into
the first cylinder is utilized to force
the water from the level of the sec
ond to the third. The action is purely
automatic, the compressed air acting
as a piston.
Technical details are given ag to
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mat that are of interest chiefly to the
scientifically inclined. To the aier-
age person, the interesting points are
that once it is started it will run
automatically for years, that it works
with little or no strain on the pipes,
and that it is fool proof.
1t is interesting to know what the
inventor himself thinks of his device.
Mr.. Allen says that q hydrautomat
measuring two feet in diameter and
10 feet in height will pump something
like 10000 gallons of water every
day. and that this mechanism would
serve to pump water to the highest
stories of New York skyscrapers
quickly and cheaply. Present pumps
are expensive and must be run b.
coal or gasoline and help must be en-
ployed to aperate them, A hydrauto.
mat would keep a continuous stream
of water passing from the ground to
the highest story.
There are of course millions of
| acres of land in many parts Of the
world which could be made productive
if properly irrigated. AS a rule water
can be made available il it can be
raised very slightly. But the cost Of
pumping water in quantities often
proves prohibitive. If water can be
made to pump itself the problem is
greatly simplified. Even small
streams, with n slight head, can be
made to raise themselves to any de-
sired level automatically.
Mr.. Allen says he is assured that
his invention can be used to utilize
the power of the tides. That means
tapping a practically unlimited source
Of power and would be such an out
standing accomplishment that specu-
lation as TO its possibilities may we'll
await q thorough demonstration that
the hydrautomat is the marvel it