Dutch Youth Invents New Type of Motor

Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 100, 1 May 1935, Page 11

Dutch Youth Invents New Type of Motor

' A motor suitable .for omnibuses and vans, as well as for lighter cars and other machinery purposes, which requires no petrol, oil, or water is claimed to have been invented by Jan Wardenier, au engineer, 22 years of age, living in flic. Friesian village of AVolvega, states tho “ Daily Telegraph.” It is stated to have won tho approval of leading engineers and Government and municipal authorities., The motor is worked by compressed air. Those who have witnessed tests are so enthusiastic over its possibilities that they declare that it may revolutionise tlie motor industry. It is said that the motor will' only require to bo thoroughly oiled every three months. Including this, however, the cost of running is expected to be not more than between £H and £-l a year, even if tho motor is run the whole year round. if. AVardonicr already has the financial backing of a syndicate with a capital of £1,500,000, and the local town halt has been placed at his disposal for meetings.

Next year a factory which is expected to provide work for .11,000 people will bo erected at AVolvega, where motors suitable for cars and omnibuses will be made. Later another factory will' be erected near Amsterdam for the construction of heavy stationary motors for factories, as well as others for aeroplanes, trains, and vessels.