THE NEWBERRY HERALD — FEBRUARY 12, 1868
An Extraordinary Invention—Steam Man.
The following story of a remarkable mechanical invention is told by the Newark (N.J.) Advertiser :
Zadock Deddrick, a Newark machinist, has invented a man ; one that, moved by, steam, will perform some of, the most important functions of humanity ; that will standing upright, walk or run as he is bid, in any direction and at almost any rate of speed, drawing after him a load whose weight would tax the strength of three stout draught horses.
The history of this curious invention is as follows : Six years ago, Mr. Deddrick, the inventer, who is at at present but twenty-two years of age, conceived the novel idea of constructing a man that should receive its vitality from a perpetual motion machine. The idea was based on the well-known mechanical principle that if a heavy weight be placed at top of an upright, slightly, inclined from a vertical, gravitation will tend to produced a horizontal as well as vertical motion. The project was not successful. However, by observing carefully the cause of the failure, perserving and perfecting the man form, and by substituting steam in place of the perpetual motion machine, the present success was obtained.
“The man stands seven feet and nine inches high, the other dimensions of the body being correctly proportioned, making him a second Daniel Lambert, by which name he is facetiously spoken of among the workmen. He weighs 500 pounds. Steam is generated in the body or trunk, which is
