Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-27
EXPERTS TO VIEW MOTOR.
Tanphier Sees Nothing Phoney" About
New Engine.


NEW YORK. February II LPp.-Thc
HanGcrshot "tuelleSS motor was IN
New York today To be- put under the
critical eyes OF electrical experts as soon
as patent can be obtained.
II has already mystiiied several men
familiar with electricity. said Maj
Thomas y Lamphicr flight commander
OF Scltridee Field. Mich, and leader Of
the list Pursuit Group at the Hotel
Bltmorc. where nc and Col Charles A.
Lindbcrgh and I. party OF friends are
staying
Difficulty IN obtaining patent was
found he said. as the Patent Once
could find no classification Tor the
motor Attorneys have taken the mat
ter IN hand and rs soon ms patent Is
obtained the motor probably VIII be
tested under supervision of experts 81
the GlIRgcnhcim Foundation Tor the
Promotion OF Acronautics.
Nal ianphicr denied that COM
pany had been formed To produce the
motor or that its practicabilty Tor use
IN airplancS had been proven.
I.indy Not In Group.
He also denied that Col Iindbcreh
MAS in any way connected with the
group which was backing thr inventor,
IfNtcI u, hcllutl huot vi WIN Fi1"7~
beth, Pa.
There ARE only Henderson,. D. Barr
Peat. his friend Col. Henry Breckiu-
ridge and myself" Mai Lanphicr said
II put little money into It and when
We dcCidcd We ought tn see some one
about pntrnting Il | thought Of Bteck-
fnridgr, whom | kne% through Slim
Slim ,Col Iindberghl was my guest
and ! showed him the motor. That Is
NIL he has To do with It,"
Col Breckinridgc In New York law
yer and was Assistant Secretary OF
War during President Wilson's FIRST nd
niulStrutiun,
THE tact that Col. breckenridge Is
alau Col IIndbrIth's attorney gave rise
To Il lot al false i,nofa that lindbrfgh
WAS Interested In this motor thing. "
Mai, l.anphicr said
The Army officer who anid his only
| knowledge az electricity wns What liz
learned III his firsl year al West Point,
| described The "fuellrss motor" MS gen
| orator He said the invention. which
| ne called an energy collector gathered
ont ~ the air "a power which liender-
| shot saws he helicyrs r. energy gener
aied by the rotation ot The earth on It's
axis and around the SIM
Tesla IT, Skepticai
| Dr hikoh Tesla, inventor of the In
| dnrtinn mninr. who recently patented
| plans for "helCuptrt nifplpne," views
| Tie Invention with Aketichu, Dr. Trhm
| Who has spent many ot his n yrnfS fA~
| lmrmenIinp IN taking energy from the
| heat ht the sun. earth md mir, said
| power obtained from these sources by ~
| fmali motor can only Dc mraatied In
| inDiiArpuWtt.
There Is apart from lightning, h0
| natural electrical aolitTr which could Ia
eAploitrd with the practical object Of
Developing lnNtf IN lie amount re
| uiiitd Ion the OPERATION az mas hlneiy "
Mai ianphlrr said however. tile
Whole thing In 40 mysterious ahd hiai
| Ting that II h possihle II has The ap~
peaianre Of being fake
| II nah extremely hkeplical when
saw HE INST model. he continued hut
| | helped Ia build np The second one and
witnessed The winding of The magnet
am sufe there IL nothing phoncy about
| H."
! He said the electrical men to whom
thsy had shawn Tho molnr y laughed N