Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-01-01 | Page 67 | Special Edition, Human Power Greatest

HUMAN POWER GREATEST. Man Gives More Results for Fuel Consumed Con-sumed Than Machines. BOSTON, Dec. 31 Human beings in Competition with mechanical power producers is the subject of interesting experiments being in. oh- by Prof Atv.a-tcr Atv.a-tcr of Wesleyan university. "VN Ith mi n working In a box at one wheel of a bicycle, bi-cycle, which Is attached to two electromagnets electro-magnets connected with a dynamo the professor has developed the fact that the human engine can produce 5 per cent more power for the amount of fuel consumed than the irist economically constructed engine ev er built. The bicycle Is deprived of Its front wheel and fixed rigidly to a stanchion, leaving the rear wheel on the test of motor power. Careful mathematical record is kept of the power produced. The men are fed according to scientific calculations, the ulterior purpose of the experimenter being to determine how mu h of the food consumed by a man goes to supply muscular force. Prof Atwater has found as a result of his experiments that a man can discount dis-count a locomotive, as he produces twice ns much power for a comparative amount of fuel in fact, it has been discovered human power Is superior, In the same respect, to the automobile. Neither tho locomotive nor the automobile, automo-bile, nor any other engine. In fact, will run as long as man without wearing out. and with so little cost for repairs. Everything Is done for the comfort of the man in tho engine box. An Interesting Inter-esting phase of the experiments Is the measurements of mind energy, and It Is" thought to be possible to prove that what is generally called brain work Is the result of the expenditure of another energy that Is not now determinable.