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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5094, 21 July 1877, Page 1 (Supplement)

TEA.RO

A NEW MOTIVE POWER. Mr, Chomel is an ingenious person who ] ( as devised a new method of propelling ships. The motive power which he proposes to use is furnished by the waves themselves. Scientific persons agree that there is an immense force developed by the motion of the waves, but they have been entirely unable to utilise it. Now, however, comes Mr. Oliomel, with a beautiful model and quantities of convincing drawings, which clearly demonstrate that the rolling motion communicated to a ship by the swell of the sea can be made to propel the vessel in any desired direction. • (Continued.) THE GREAT SALE The machinery by which Mr. Chomel’s model is to be propelled is of the simplest description. It consists merely of a swinging platform, pivoted at the stem and stem posts of the vessel, and connected by a few simple cog-wheels with the shaft of a screw propeller. Every time the vessel rolls, the : swinging platform, in the ; effort to maintain its level, turns the propeller shaft. The more rapidly the vessel rolls, the more swiftly will the screw revolve, and the greater will be the speed developed. Thus, without the expenditure of* a ton of coal, or' the labor of spreading a yard of canvas, Mr. Chomel’s ship will roll across the Atlantic, and convert to its own profit the fiercest malice of the waves. (Continued.) AT TEARO HOUSE, While no fault can be found with this invention, provided it is used only when the sea is in lively motion, it is obvious that it will be useless in a dead calm. If the vessel does not roll, the swinging platform will not move, and if. the swinging platform does not move, the propeller will not revolve. There is, however, a plan which utilises a force almost as powerful as that of the waves, and hitherto as completely neglected. There is a vast quantity of fat men in the world, and it is painfully evident that they have no clear idea what they are placed here for. The fat man is a mystery to himself, and his vague gropings after his correct solution are shown by his practice of associating himself with other fat men in clubs, and performing herculean feats of public overeating. (Continued.) CUBA-STREET, As has been shown, the vessel is propelled by the movement of its swinging platform. In rough weather, the waves will furnish the requisite motion. In calm weather fat men can be used with the best results. The fat man is so constructed by beneficent Nature that he can roll to an enormous extent without sustaining any injury, or over-heating his bearings by friction. ' (Continued.) IS If six fat men, averaging 3001bs each, •were to be placed on one side of Mr. Chomel’s swing platform, and allowed to roll gradually and regularly to the other side, the shifting of their weight would immediately depress the platform and cause an entire revolution of the screw. By rolling back to the other side, a like result would follow; and thus, even in the calmest weather, the vessel would be regularly and rapidly propelled. It is estimated that six fat men of the specified weight would thus develope the equivalent of no less than 1000 horse-power, and were they to be encouraged with sharp boat-hooks, they would probably work up to 1000 horse-power. (Continued.) NOW Of course, they would only be needed in calm weather, and would be regarded merely as an auxiliary to the power of the waves. They are imperatively needed, however, to make Mr. Chomel’s invention a complete success, and there is no doubt that his “ auxiliary fat men wave motor ” will achieve far greater results than those which will be accomplished by the Kecly motor. The new invention will bo hailed with the utmost joy by the fat men. Henceforth life is no longer for them a fat and foolish mockery. They know now that they were not made in vain. It was ages before men discovered how to loose the imprisoned energy of coal and train it for their service. (Continued.) ON. . Five centuries more were needl'd before the promise and potency of fat men were fully comprehended. The day has at last dawned when the fat man takes his place among the great sources of mechanical energy, and renders it unnecessary for us to dread the future exhaustion of our coal mines.—New York Times.