Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-08-26

The great value of the discovery con-
sists, as is represented to us, in economi-
cally generating steam of very great power,
free from all possibility Of accident, and
not liable to the objection of injuring the
machinery TO which it, iseapplied; since
it will not be possible. to surcharge the
steam with heat. 1t is we'll known that
great advantages attend the employment
of high pressure steam, engines construct
ed on that principle being less bulky,
complex, and expensive, than condensing
engines; but hitherto. objections to their
use have existed, in the decreased danger
of explosion and whereas cam of great
power has been proposed, it has been
found impossible SO to regulate its heat as
to avoid the rapid destruction of the pis-
ton and cylinder.
BY means of their invention, the pa
tentees have entirely obviated these OBJ
jections, and are enabled to apply steam
generated at SUCH high slasticities as fully
to embrace all the advantages above stat
ed. The saving of fuel will also be of the
greatest consequence, as by the applica-
ton of this invention, much greater
quantity ofwater can be eyaporated with
a-given weight Of Goals, than by the usual
mode, and the pressure at which the
steam is produced admits of the most ex-
tended application Of the principles of ex-
pansion, the economy of which is too well
known TO need explanation. go
The patentees have successfully appli-
ed their principle to the boiling of sugar,
and the distillation Of spirits, both which
operations it is essentially important to
carry forward with fapidity, and without
risk of burning. These Objects. it app
pears, are unfaillingly attained by thisin-
vention, which removes all possibility of
injury from partial or excessive heating,
SO that the sugar planter will secure a
larger produce and of better quality than
at present.. and the distiller will not be
liable TO- she. evils attendant upon the ope-
ration, as commonly conducted.
From what has been stated, it will be
apparent that discovery may be rendered
available in every process depending on
the agency of high and well regulated de-
grees Of heat. The patenAees, are Messrs.
Beale and. Porter; Of fondon.- Eng. pa.
THE INcoMBusTIBLE. Some time
since, it will be recollected that sort OF
human salamander baked himself several
times in hot oven, for the amusement
and edi6catiOn of the learned Londoners.
These experiments, SO far as they contri.
buted to ascertain the power of the human
frame to withstand the action of heat, may
have somewhat subserved the interests Of
science. With this view, Sir Humphrey
Davy. made similar experiment some
yca Aug UAcited gEeas orets4s
of his intrepidity, and great establishment
at the power Of the human frame to bear
heat. But, these exhibitions considered
as mere amusements, are on level with
the most ordinary juggling tricks. -,.s'
Similar performances have recently
been enacted before the astonished Pa.
risians, by signor Martinez; who an
nounces himself as the possessor of an art
whereby his body may-rssist the. action oil
fire.. to "a degree that must render him to.
tally indifferent to any chance of ever be-
coming the subject of an auto da f.. He
goes into the oven, and remains, it is said
enveloped in an atmosphere hot enough
to roast chicken, which he carries in
with him, and brings out again in about
ten minutes, ready cooked This exploit
is said BY the. French editors to exceed
that performed in London, where the ex.
hibitor only tamied sufficiently long to
cook what the Parisians call ros5if-an
article not at all suited to their taste.
! The individual who undertakes this
feat is smaIl-sized, middle.aged Spaniard
of Andalusia. A cylindrical oven built in
the form of dome was heated for the
experiment on the 22d June, for four
hours, with very fierce fire. In the
presence'of about two hundred spectators.
among whom were several scieaiiiok
personages, the Spaniard entered. the
oven, clad in pantaloons of red swanskin,
wrapped in thick woollen mantle, and
wearing cap of felt ga la pai7asse."
He remained within for several minutes.
as detailed below, sitting on pair of steps,
and singing a Spanish song, while the
fowl was baking beside him, and himself
exposed to the same intensity of heat
the temperature being. aseertained by a
metallick thermometer. The exploit was
performed three times in succession---and
the particulars of the several experiments
are given in the following article from a
Paris paper of June 23d.-Bost. E. BvH