Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-09-05
From The Baltimore american
PERKINS, NEW STEAM ENGINE

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PERKINS NEW STEAM ENGINE.
III glancng over the last addition of periodical
publications to Ruhinsons Library our.at,eniion was
inrG,hly arrested hy article 10 the Edinbrgh
Pht0SOph ,cat JoFrnHi for July 1923, headed Drs-
criWioI # Mr.. Perkins ne,C Steam Engine and Of
me apple diOn Of has Iarentioa 10 Eng ines of lie ola
tsnStTRcti0R The reputation which This Journal
enjoys in the estimation of the European public was
sufficient assurance hat great confidence might be
place IN the contents Of lis pages and we there fore
proceeded with little anxiey To ascertain the onn
I,n ni us editors on The invention of country
GEkKlNs 10 tell our readers that the Article in the
Journal conf; ms the statements which have been
hrreo!uIe made respecting the value and importance
OF t> Invention, although II would he received with
Inc greatest SrltincaOn, woUld not, our view be
doug justice TO The great genius of the immortal in
Nenio', nor 10 the caHlid and very interesting re-
marks al The editors OF the Journal. We proceed,
therefore, copy the article omitnr only such nar,s
rs relate To description OF the machinc-whicb
containing references 10 accompanying drawing of
i, coNd not be satisfactorily compreheudcd without
'hc drawing itself. We hope, however TO publish
the description and drawing hereafter
After stating thai every diligence had been used 10
obtain authentic i'yOrnIdtioH respecting Mr. PEI kin,
new Steam Engine, in'oIdcr to CRAFTY The curiosity
which the previous no,ices in the journal had ex-
c1ieG, the editors remark
There never has been in our day an invention
WHICH has created s1ch sensation in the scientific
Ani IA The manufacturing world. The steam engine
-ol MIR Wait had been 50 long consider ed as the
Sre1tcsi triumph OF at and scencp, that was deem
I'd sort .! heesy TO rogaF, as capable of improve
menl Ind, Notwithstanding al that has heea done by
MI. NOoid and other eminent engineers. the nm
doubted merit of their cTeinc has scarcely vet been
admitted by the public. Under such circumstances
M' Perkins clhims we've likely 10 meet with various
kinds OF opposition Instead of hailing il us AN nven-
lon whch was 10 do honor 10 the age in which we
we, aud to add new aud powerful arm 10 British
industry, imperfect experiments and confined views
were urgeG against The principle of it's construction
The Je pusIes OF rival traders arrayed ganst it,
imaginary aprrehrnsons Of danger were excited.
nTd shor-sightcd politicians sounded The alarm thai
snGh an invention would eciptale our country from
It's lofty rre-enipence among the manufacturing ma
inHs of The world,
Most Of these grounds Of opposition have beeu
nov removed 10y drec; experiment. Mr. Perkins
ensIuois actually al work lis operations laye been
witnessed, aud minucly examined by engineers and
philosophers Of AL kinds and Je most am reasonable
Steplics have been compelled 10 acknowledge rhe
business of IFS principles, as well as The energy of
Us operations. The active and inventive mind Of MIR
Perkins, however, did NOT remain satisfied with This
experiment. lie has discovered 4 method which we
consider equal IN value TO his engine by which
ne can c"nNe, The benefit ot his original principle To
stehu-Cugtncs of HE old Construction and tIis has
been recently succeeded, told, by a most ex-
Traoidinafy discovery, that the same heat mpy be
made to perform ts part more than once. in the ac-
tive operations of he eneiur.
Here follows Il description Of the machine refer
ri"g To an accompanying drawing Of il. The article
u,en proceeds
The engine which we have now described is a,
pres. perform n ua work IN Mr. Perk ins :
maDuiaciOty Il is calculated ny eqna 10 n ten horse
power, though Toe cylinder IS no more Than inches
~ diameter, and lE inches long, with stroke of only
j inches. Although The space occupied by t.
t1giue is not greater than feet by g. vel Mrs Per-
kins considers that the apparatus (wrh the excep-
iion ol The working cylinder aud psiogj is perfectly
Sufficient for Il 9O-horso engine. Nhrn the engine
performs full work, il consumes only two bushels OF
coal IN the day.
On me apptcuim If M Perkins s p~iqciois 10 Steam.
Engi9es Ofths otl Construction.
Great as tic invention IL which wt have now Ir
scihed, yet we are disposed 10 ihrk ilnt the arpli-
cation u the principle 10 o seam-rugnes - NOT less
Important. when we consider VIC enormous c.pil1l
which is at present embodied ~ Great B,ir7in IN ,e
Substantial iurm Of steAm-engDes and lhe admire
elegance and SILL ~iih which these noble me hines
nUpel aud regute tie vast population Of wheels and
pinions over which they TrcH, we feel as if some
9Ist innovation we're proposed upon our esiabli,!ri
usagcs, 10y ihe inu OducuOn uf NJ. Prrkile's enpne
The very des dat these pOleuiaics oftile lam.
cal world should be displaced from their throne .
that their s'Iurgholds should be d-niani,pd tbrit
palaces demolished, dnd, their wbuln trs ;l,cpd
under more economical management, IS somewhat
satilug 10 Those who dread change. and admire IN
sttufiurs tid both work and wear well Af Per-
kin, how ever, has saved rhem rom such dsp,.i-
bOr. ~ has 'HoW ed them 10 re'fip ~ heir hon
and privileges aud proposes Only 10 nyigoraie
hiem idI fresh influence and power.
iH hs Be'v system, he oi sngiqsg ri'r their boii
t'S, are refsined nDrtsred The furnaces slone art
removed. No Perkins constructs generator con.
ss,ing Of three horizontal tuhes OF gnn-mefai, rou-
neried Together. filed with water. and supued win
water lron 10 cug-pumr, - iu his own engine 49,
This generator ~ eXpnsed 20 hear 90 m aualoaous
manner ~ thai hy means NJ loaded valve which
W ems aud shuts the red hot nuI mdy be constrained
300 fOrcS oui Of the generator INTO The water in the
brcrs uf Bolton and Wu. ~ This means ~ tnuch
low pressure steam ri four pDrns on the SQUARE inch
mas be generated by one bu-hr oi GOALS - could hf
produced ~ the old engine by niuc bushels Til.
must iDpoitani result vas obtained by actual expert
nenf
Since these great improvements have been efccf.
FL, ID. Perkins has made discovery rhat seems, ia
us practical Importance, 10 sUrpass them all. 10,
now entirely dispensers wHb the use Of Inc conden.
ser, and works he engine against the atmosphere
sune and by meihods with which we are not nc.
gu"in'fd and which indeed n would not he pfudcn
fn5 hin 10 disclose ut rrosen, bc - en1cd 10 ares
he hgd afcr hrs psrormsd rs Jaeri micd Gtaciigps
a'd 'c'DGiy pump u 67lk 10 me gsperror, 10 INIT.
VHh fresh portion " uafer cHd rcnew is useful kr-
t0iTs. Wv operatvn Ike ihie, considerable por-
fou Of The heat must sti be lN, hul The wonder o,
ihH -hopid l'e saved aud W. venture to say, TIA
rtf 10, -. s'rr.' ,'"r .ft-r %, r'--. d. o.