Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser (NSW : 1876 - 1951), Saturday 26 October 1907, page 3


? IMPORTANT INVENTION.

EE VOLUTION IN STEAM POWER.

In a report sent to the United States Department of Commerce Mr Ridgley, Cartsul-General at Barcelona, alludes to the possibility of a revolution in the use of steam power. He states : .' Senor Pedro ;t Puierjaner. a well

known engineer of Barcelona, has invented and submitted to practical trials a rotative steam engine which it is asseeted will cause a revolution in all countries where steam power is used. It is claimed for this remarkable engine that it may be applied to all purposes for which steam power is required, whether on land or on sea, and that it consumes but one-fifth the coal per horse-power,, that ordinary engines consume. For' example, it is declared that a ship burning 500 tons of coal per day with the ordinary marine engine would burn about 100 tons with the new invention. It is also claimed that the small relative size of the engine is a great advantage, since it occupies but one-fifth the space occupied by. an ordinary marine engine. This also applies to bunker space, but not to the boilers, which are of the usual dimensions. ' The ordinary 100-h.p. engine weighs 15 tons ; this one but 3 tons. The inventor states that the engine, being much smaller, the cost of production will also be much less, and it may, therefore, be sold considerably below the prices of ordinary engines of the same capacity. He has protected his invention by patent in Spain and elsewhere, and has applied for patent rights in the United States.' — ' Daily News.'