Teal Newspaper

l&g r* #l.d @im.d Sun" rlt 30, 1976 .Port I 7 'lmpossible' Engin Invented o r Real - MADISON, a. ruPl)-Writing a scjenc€ iction novet ror ni!'- oi|n anussnent aight yearE agD, Bob Teal., dreamed p ar ,,trhpo6sible rnaihind.' : Todey t's wo*lng in a shed n bi6 yard. 'Ihe $-year-ok ;tiffd ei€cfiruatngr.reer la" inomt- erl,a motor un by.el€ctromagneb, e calk t a.mrgne- pulsion en8jne', nd believe8 t coujd set he world of ro_ Pulsion n t! eer. ) _ 'The flrst re&ctior of everyone s: ,Hey, it can'! work tr i Tealsald. But her€ t i!, and t wort!. you've got o see t i to believe L' ri"t'm"iu ttt" *itA. put""hrl8 diEct current electdci- : ry trom a smeU motorcycle sttery traveb throufh hiB €e- (ret tlmin8 del.tce o sjx etectGula8nets, nly a; incl in . The-ma8rets. n tum, start a ?tpound fllrrh€el whi!- rin8. Thesorking model f Teal'B mame.Dul's|ton ndno.. can spin the flywh€el at a maxinu; of-800 evolutloE lA! mrnute. .,i He doesn't hale tlle aquipnent to lneaBu! its hor!tr 1 pow€? ut say! ,,if you tly !o hold the crankhali iul t.r't up ),oul hand.r To demonstrate b uEeIulnBs, eal ha,s 's lt0pourd: macnme Dooked p to run a bble saw. Tealt inventlon equbes no fu€I. emits no gas6e! nd t lery qljet in_op€ration. r ha€ few movin-g parts erd nee(a ftte mamlenance , Teal's model 6 a crude piece of €quipment eld ogeth€! by _a_ ooden rame of twcbyJourt and wo-by-sixes, _'lou anould av e aeen my fiNt hodei which worked,, Tcal chortled, 'It bad wood€n shafls,wooden ods and wooden €aringE.I owered r wilh a ftashLishr atrefy.. ne maKes "wal out guess. is engine could b€marrr. om.luced o popel_autorrobiles t a cosL f about $300 o ,i{ru per ulnl..lt ello c!t!d be aalapted o run airylan€s, noal-., ower ptaDis, nd many olher devices, e sard,

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