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The Whirlwind Machine [for the Saturday Press]

"The Whirlwind Machine [for the Saturday Press]." New-York Saturday Press. 17 Mar. 1866: 5.
Type: 
newspaper
Genre: 
short fiction
Abstract: 

A young man obsesses over a contraption he invents which propels itself using whirlwinds. Unfortunately, he becomes so engrossed in his invention that he forgets about his wife and kids, and eventually dies while testing his machine.