Year: 1871

RATORs.


Scientific circles have lately been amused and
interested by IAN exposure" OF an nyentioniby Mr H.
Paine OF "waergas notoriety," of an electric engine
which attracted some attention year ago. An enthu-
siastio editorial in The Journal Of Tee0raphy on the
'new electromotor," created much excitement during
last Spring. and the article was extensively copied IL
predicted the dawn of new era in the mechanical
world Mr. Paine asserted that his engine, whicD was
put in operation Newark, N. j. developed two-horse
power by the Of his peculiar electromagnetic bat
terry and further, that any desired degree OF power
could be obtained simply by multiplying the number OF
the magnets.


Mr.. PaiDes claims and propositions admitted ana
he obtained financial aid from gentlemen familiar with
practical inventions OF this class patents were as
signed to joint stock company, with capital OF three
millions OF dollars, called the "Paine Electro Magnetic
Engine Company" lie is now busy at Newark building


horsepower machine. As yet The Journal Of Tete
grdphys the only scientific periodcathat gives their en-
terprise any Endorsement The Scientific American treats
the whole matter joke.


general impression among scientific men is that this
machine is really by belt from steam engine in
daily use in building, OF the skeptcs
has published letter In The Scientific American making
This charge directly The writer says that he visited the
curiosity about three months Entering the once
about u o'clock he told that the machine would not
he running until O'Clock. Calling at that hour he found
Mr. Paine, who began'showng the small model machines



apparently with no power, as they could be stopped
without effort The visitor becoming critical, Mr.. Paine
undertook to convert him by showing me machine itself
The wheel TO which the magnets were attached was
unlike the models, ncosed in castiron case, which en-
veloped it closely above, but spread out into recangu-
lar base below. The laher rested directly on the Goor
belt connected the machine with small circular saw
"As soon as the connection made with the bat
terry" the says, 1.-The whole apparatus began 10
move, and soon the attained great velocity When
well in notion boards applied and sawed with the
greatest To show the excess of power they were
sometimes placed on edge and passed over the saw
30 as wholly to enveop It, and the cut made from end TO
end without the velocity being at all diminished. On
throwing off the belt from the saw, the machine still
proceeded the same velocity with entire indifference
to external resistance On mentioning this to MI Paine
he informed me that when the saw was attached and
the resistance greater the increased pull on the magnets
brought them together, by bending the heavy
iron frame and, magnetic attraction varies inversey
as the square Of the distance, 1t only required small
change of distance account for the increased power


The visitor canddly told the inventor that he be-
leved that the steam engine which he heard moving in
the building the real cause of this great power
whereupon Mr. Paine threatened TO throw him out of the
window. He up as follows;


NY visits there following facts: First That
nv friend and we're u oelocs invited to
Ths the shaft in the below does not reyove
Ss"R SeE wa e % Sy MI Paine hut that e lep cary locked and
9 an S Dnsees n cng esse well sda 70 The
another source Of power fS Tia. art the ,PgHSs & !, aSGe s


sixth That the models have not power poportouqse to
whether producing horsepower fraction Of horsepower and
! this without governor.


There docs not appear TO have been any attempt TO
reply TO this very positive statements and the public
infer that the electro magnetic engine" Is not
success


application of electricity to other machines has,
however, succeeded in other directions but the work
| mad 10
electricity can be seen daily at No. 4s6 Broadway This
"eectromotor is the invention Of Mr. solomon Jones
of wOreans consists of electro magnets acting on
armatures causing oscillatng motion between dit
ferent of magnets 1t is proposed to adapt II TO
other machinery but thus r IL mas Deen
| applied only to sewing g-machines.


| sewng-machine Is placed upon platform raised
about ten inches the floor in the showwindow Of
No Broadway. The conducting wires run from the
machine the battery which in the cellarfour
being used. Two pairs Of eleetrO-magnets are so ar
ranged as to cause an oscillang motion between the
pair having action armatures placed upon the end OF
the main lever of the machine The current is broken
by the motion of the oscating lever The motion can
regulated to any speed, stopped instantly by the
pressure of the foot the treade which connects wha
wire brake.


To the ordinary observer this apparatus appears az
very simple attachment Of a magnetic battery beside
the treadle of any sewingmachne The turning OF a
small crank and gentle push on the fy.wheel is all
that needed to start the motor Electric sparks are
given of from the points of the keys of the current
breakers at every oscillation The power Of the motor
is soon recognized by any who attempts To stop II
by pressure the wheel or TO arrest Its motion at
Prof Tllman at the American Institute rooms,
pressed opinion lately that this machine is likely 70
on account of the cost OF zine " pound OF zine sad
he costs six cents, which Is about the price OF bnshe
OF coal hut 25 times much power can be got from
the busbel Of coal as from the pound OF znc" lie
Thought such power would be extensively used ny
| ha ae pTactlcdly
only used by the poorer classes and win
whom cost is the chief consideration, this objection II
good one must be before the electro motor
can bc called The inventor. Mr jones' dHtfs
decidedly from the Professor, and has said that the
Of insurance in ordinary factories by steam
will furnish this motor and Keep IL running az Where
large number OF machines used and shaftng and
belts employed the cost Of applying it would mott over
SO apiece for the machines.


It's decomposition by strong acids an absurd idea Just
enough acid to have minimum eLect upon tne enc -
all that is required in this process gwen amount oi
zinc that could be destroyed IN this WORK III ~ h0nrs
thoHgh not much stronger than lemonade will produce
All necessary power" Mr. Jones further Chains that


sewng-nachine be run at an expense oi % cents
The motor Of DR.. VIM D. W. Chapman Of this city,
ate aRReg poweF 20 in aywRee This invention
abes the operator rest The being applied by
"The Sewing Machine Accelerated Motor" Is con-
tanned in cubic foot Of space d There mo ea aa
The driving power is obtained by the movement OF


crank which may be b the Sand H The
motor will run hour for every five minutes labor az
the crank The time spent in turning the crank can be
equally distributed throughout the hour, and two or
three turns being all that is needed to run
the machine fully long as II is ordinarily
reGujred to run without stopping A fywheel about
nine inches in diameter aud weighing about pounds r.
set i'm melton by the crank thus turned, and runs at
abot the rate of 800 stitches per minute As soon
as IN begins to run too slowly the operator without
stopping the work applies the crank again ana renews
the noWer once more With the ordinary treade power
is LOST i'm stopping. the fywhee checking IL at the
end of a seam or in turning the work. closing other
but in using this motor the motion OF the needle
is reduced or stopped and the fly wheel continues to rum
ready TO start the needle Instantly The motion oi the
crank is heatful exercise, and really takes but little
more time than usually given at starting and stopping
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