Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 218, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1920 — Miracle of Ingenuity. [ARTICLE]

Miracle of Ingenuity.

The air turbine of L T. Nedland, a North Dakota artisan. Is less than onetwentieth of an Inch In diameter and weighs only one-fifth of a grain troy. It has eight parts, the casing being of gold and the motor of steel. The motor, which has six slots, has a diameter of 0,032 the shaft 0.007 inch. Mounted cm a hollow pedestal the turbine Is driven at a high rate of speed by a Jet of compressed air entering at the bottom. This seems to be the tiniest ot all motors, being smaller than the same maker’s electric motor an<L steam engine, each of which is reputed to be the smallest maobine of me kind In the world.