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Adair Co., KY, perpetual motion machine: Was it a water ram? More information to add to and clarify local legend, family lore, about great Adair County inventor, Lingan Wilson Selby. Thanks now to Vonnie Kolbenschlag, Michael Watson, and especially to Pat Holladay, for initiating a discussion of Selby About: Local History. Holladay family story about Lingan Selby By Vonnie Kolbenschlag A ram pump could be easily called perpetual motion, although it takes water to keep it going. The first self-acting ram pump was invented by the Frenchman Joseph Michel Montgolfier in 1796 according to google history of the pump. It did bring water to a higher level. It was used very early at Homeplace on Green River to bring water up to the house. A new ram pump is partially installed there, and people will be able to see how it works. History identifies France as source the pump History handed down identified the pump from France and confirmed by this history found on google. I've read that there were no more "Native Americans" to worry about an attack in Adair County after 1794. Their main settlements in Tennessee and Ohio had been wiped out - by the pale faces. I've read that the early settlement of the Casey/Butler fort begun in 1789 was plagued by Indians, but that would probably not be the place a ram pump was installed since the pump was not invented until 1796. I've read the settlers at the fort had a deep ditch in which they would run to get water from a water source. Casey's house was built in 1816.-Vonnie Kolbenschlag Thanks for clarifying how the Holladay family lore that Selby was a Frenchman may have derived from his machine's connection to the Frenchman Montgolfier. And thanks to Mr. Watson for clarifying Mr. Selby's status as a Revolutionary War hero. Both facts add to the distinction of the genuine importance of this Adair County historical figure. We're still anxious to see any other information about the stone building, and especially about the possibility of a silver mine on the site. If anyone has photos to share of the Dohoney place which stood on the place years ago, we'd love to have them. It was one of America's most beautiful farm scenes. -Ed Waggener This story was posted on 2010-06-25 18:40:32
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