The native American., 1838-04-21
THE NATIVE AMERICAN.
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This invention must be much greater than t'ie ii-
yentor anticipated. The opposition win winch
bo hos had TO contend and still experiences,
eyinces this truth, that many have been greatly
disapponted in their expected aurels. SO aggra-
vating is the case, that some were determined, II
possible. to decorate themselves, by plucking
every feather from the cap of the inventor, and
fix plume in the head of the man whom they
were not disposed to honor in the days OF his Pc
cuniary embarrassments.
Since this invention has been exhibited, and
its practicability demonstrated by an operative
model, Mr. Purkins is spoken Of as having done
much to accomplish this grand invention; as Il to
show that the principle has been borrowed from
his experiments.
The theory of Mr.. Purkins was treated with
contempt, and his notion Of generating steam
without boiling water, was altogether visionary,
until he reached the shores OF England no pc
cuniary assistance was granted this man OF arts,
to carry into effect his noble designs until sub
mitted to the scientific Europeans; nor was his
name much known in America until 1t sounded
in the Island of Great Britain.
The steam engine declared to be practicable by
Mr.. Purkins in 1917, has at last made its ap-
pearance by an American citizen, although it is
well known that Europeans had the advantage
of all his mechanical ideas. Not single thought
was left on this side of the Atlantic, except the
generation of steam in heated generators, and
using it as fast as it is made
It is well known that every experiment OF Mr.
Purkins failed in England, not for the want Of
power, but for the want of proper method OF
measuring the water to the heated generators; as,
also, its injection. Mr.. Purkins never thought OF
enlarging his generators and filling them with
pieces Of iron create surface, as also an mex
haustible body Of heat; and here he failed. But
the god nature, designed it for American honors;
and the theory has been pursued from line to line,
through sorrows and difficulties, well known by
those who now seek to fix the merit upon ano-
ther or to procrastnae its utility until the inven
tor sinks, and thus reap the reward Of his labors
with ngratitude. But he is not to sink until he
caps the climax, and then live, when his enemies
will have been forgotten.
The inventor never derived single idea from
Mr.. Purkins' mechanical actions; yetthere Is none
more ready to applaud the efforts of this Ameri-
can genius, and none better qualified to write
part of his history; he, in common with all in
ventors, has had to contend with the ignorance
of men better qualified to prevent the progress of
the arts and sciences. than to Judge OF the utility of
machinery. And although Mr.. Purkins was not
permitted to see the beauty Of this invention, his
name shall live in the theory Of the safety steam
engine, to the confusion of his enemies, as the
first protector of generating and using steam with
out boiler, to save the lives of our fellow cit-
zens from horrid death-six thousand of whom
have fallen victims to these monsters in the last
three years.
The inventor is happy to state that many sci
entifc gentlemen examined his engine on Satur-
day last, who listened with attention to his de-
monstrations, and expressed their decided belief
of her success; some of them had the goodness to
state, that there were gentlemen, protesting a
knowledge of steam engines, circulating the opin-
ion and endeavoring to establish an idea, that
there is no power to be obtained in this way Of
generating and using steam.
It was the intention of the inventor to have left
this place for Baltimore, and to have resigned the
subject into the hands of the Congress of the Uni
ted States, to which body, its importance has
been referred; but the advice of gentlemen of high
standing, convinced of its great utility and the
necessity Of the invention, makes IT a duty to re-
main short time longer, to challenge these Sc
cret scientific enemies of the inventor, to public
discussion Of the subject, lest they should, they
did, in 1885, procrastinate the report Of the COM
mittec to late period Of the session, and de-
prive him of that assistance his country is willing
to give upon the conviction of its practcability.
The engine will again be put in motion the
coming week, and every opportunity given to
condemn the theory without the smallest dissatis-
faction to the proprietor, who is ready to listen to
any philosophical argument that be drawn
upon the subject. Gentlemen who are SO dis
posed are particularly requested to make end
of their chapter in the presence of the inventor,
their conduct will be considered cowardly and mean.
Every lover Of humanity will attend to the adj
vancement of this engine, and every phianthro-
pist must be anxious to it succeed and speedi.
" introduced. Life is sweet, and death terrible
in any shape; but to make his appearance in the
explosions Of steam boilers and scalding water is
horrd beyond expression; and he who would
wilfully oppose the introduction of safety steam
engine, deserves to feel the consequences of steam
explosions.
To give some correct idea of the power Of this
engine, well as to govern the judgment of|
gentlemen disposed to think upon the subject, the
following questions are proposed:-
1st. Suppose common boiler to be filled with
pieces Of iron, closely packed together, and heated
to 400 degrees, what would be the result, if the
same quantity of water was injected over the sur
face of this metal that is injected by one action of
the force-pump in the ordinary engines!
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