Show I I I Out Of Old N Nebraska One of the earliest Inventions ever produced In Nebraska was the road ometer a device developed In 1847 bythe by bythe the Mormons under BrIgham Young I making their long trek from Winter Quarters now Florence a suburb of I Omaha to Utah Those pioneer Mormons who struck out from the Missouri In the spring of Wednesday 1847 April to be ex ex- ex 1 I act act were were sure that they were but the first of a great throng who would cross the plains and mountains to the valley of ot the tho Great Salt Lake Holding these views which proved to be absolutely absolutely I correct they were exceedingly anxious to provide Information as accurate as possible for those who would follow I Particularly concerned was Elder Wiliam Wll- Wll I lIam Ham Clayton who as clerk of at the tho company company cornI com corn pany kept a 0 detailed Journal on the trip Ho Ito believed It especially Important to toI I maintain an accurate record of mileage I and out of ot that belief bellet the was developed At first t t ilder Clayton contented himself himself him him- I self elf with estimating the distance traveled tra tra- traveled each day He lie found this unsatisfactory unsatisfactory factory though because others In the company also estimated distances and almost Invariably believed that his esI es- es I t. t S e. e were too low 1 Being a patient conscientious determined determined deter deter- I mined man Elder Clayton decided that he would remove all doubt by an exact calculation So he measured the circumference circumference circum circum- ference of of ot the nigh hind wheel of one I of Brother Kimballs Kimball's wagons being the theone theone theone one In which he slept t. t and calculated the tho number of revolutions It would mako make in a mile He Be found It to too be exactly which as he wrote In his journal somewhat astonished him Having done that the good Elder Eider proceeded to count every revolution I made by KImballs KImball's nigh hind wheel Imagine If It you can marching alone I the the- g I I day dY after weary day counting the re- re revolutions made mado by a wagon wheel 1 This method silenced Elder Claytons Clayton's critics but It was wearisome almost be beyond beyond beyond be- be yond endurance Consequently he be kept urging that some member of the company company com com- pany rany rig up a device that automatically would count the number of ot revolutions made by the wheel Finally on May the was completed and attached to the wagon It was an Ingenious device consisting consisting con con- of wheel cog made of wood which not only 1 counted the wheels wheel's revolutions but registered the distance traveled It must have been with a great sense of ot relief that Clayton wrote In his We are now prepared to tell accurately the tho distance we travel from day to day which will supersede supercede the idea of ot gue guessing and be a satisfaction satisfaction tion not lot only to this camp but to all who hereafter travel this way i |