A SYSTEM OF PRODUCTION OF CALORIC WITH OR WITHOUT COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to André Alexandre Beaumont, of Paris, in the
Empire of France, and of 16, Castle Street, Holborn, City,
London, for the Invention of "A SYSTEM OF PRODUCTION OF CALORIC
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said André Alexandre
Beaumont at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
his Petition and Declaration, on the 19th October 1853, pursuant
to the 9th section of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
J, ANDRE ALEXANDRE BEAUMONT, of Paris, in the Empire of France,
and of 16, Castle Street, Holborn (City,) London, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "A SYSTEM OF PRODUCTION OF CALORIC
WITH OR WITHOUT COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL" to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in the application of heat produced by the
friction of bodies against each other. The annexed Drawings repre-
sent a number of arrangements which may be employed to receive and

page_text: use the heat obtained by friction. Figure 1, is a longitudinal section;
Fig. 2, is an end view; and Fig. 3, is a transverse section in the line
1, 2, of Figure 1; the two cylindrical or conical parts a, and b, receiving
a circular motion and rubbing against a substance produce heat. The
part a, is hollow, and b, is solid; each has a wheel c, gearing with a
pinion d,
on the shaft e, on which are pulleys f, and g; one is loose and
the other fixed to the shaft e, which rests at one end on the machine and
near the other end in bearings, of the support, and at its extremity is
a fly wheel which regates the action. The body of the machine to
contain water or other fluid is composed of two parts j and k, which are
afterwards reunited and kept in place by bolts. Each of these parts
has two cavities to receive the cylinders or cones a, and b; between these
parts and b, subject to the circular motion, and the parts j, and k,
which are fixed, certain-substances are..interposed, such as the skins of
animals or other suitable material. The two parts, and k, forming a
boiler, communicate with each other at one end by the pipe 1, and at
the middle by the pipe m. The part a, being hollow and receiving a
constant circular motion, and the water or other fluid it contains being
subject to a like motion, a stuffing box n, is applied at each end, so
that with the assistance of the tivó parts o, leakage is impossible. The
whole being thus arranged the water or other fluid is introduced by the
pipe p, into the part a, and flows into the parts j, and k, by the pipes
p; and 7, so as either to fill them or leave a space at their upper part; a
circular motion being given to the shaft e, by a strap passing over the
pulley g, or by any other means, turns the parts a, and b, by the pinion d.
The friction of the parts a, and b, against the material which surrounds
them transmits to the fluids contained in the vessels, and , a con-
siderable amount of heat in a short time, and consequently steam can
be produced by this means without fuel, and can be made available
for many useful purposes.
The arrangement and details represented by the annexed Drawings
are only given as examples; the system admits of various modifications,
such as the use of several cylinders or cones, hollow or solid, and with
arrangements for stopping at will one or more of such cylinders.

page_text: I claim any mechanical arrangement to concentrate and use the heat
produced by friction of any metallic or other substances, either as herein
described or in conjunction with fuel. .
In witness whereof, I, the said André Alexandre Beaumont,
have hereunto set my hand and seal, the Fifteenth day of
October, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and fifty-three.
A. A. BEAUMONT. (L.s.)