Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-08-17

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NEW MOTIVE PowER-Tne New York cou.
rier contains the following description Of a newly
invented engine now e1hi billing in that city We
have long SINCE heard the opinion expressed that
me steam engine was yo, ia its infancy and ina,
ihe a'e would yet cO,8c Nheu sunpJ,, peg, or some
Uiher powerfully expansive substance. would bo u.
sed wnh greater effect and less cost than steam
The machine spoken Of below is the invention Of
Or Drake Of that city aud is said To BE- the Iesgll
Of practical philosophical research:"
The engine in operation is not merely phioso.
optical toy, as may be imagined by lhcse who have
not seen -ii is Of noI less Than three horse power.
aud tuRsisiS OF an ordinary high pressure sieam
eyiinder OF SIX inches Ia dismeler. Iraversed by
piston having eight inches length sHoke; ccnnecl.
ed with craLk axle on which there Is a heavy ay
wheel Ii Is without furnace, boiler or chimney
and has simply an atmospheric air. and n gas and
exhaust pipe COnhecIcd win the cylinder. OF limos
pheric AR combined with certain gyOportiun Of
gas, which Is Iguned by process known only To
The inventor. BY this combustion. which is insIan.
iaueous, the air within the cylinder Is expended
vIlh great power add the pIsiun forced To receae
and the notion is communicated 10 the machinery
After the machine IL put ia moIIou Tie successive
IgntlOns are sell caused and produced as far
the mechanical operation Is concerned, by the same
eXaciness The -Ieam IS made Ia act 10 al orIIna
~ sieam engine; the atmospheric ar and gas beng
supplied by ihelr appropriate pipes. aud an exhaust
pipe being connected with The cylinder ia the usual
way. BY means of a small cock m the supply pipe,
the operator with his thumb and finger controls The
mach 70
ne experiment now being male, gas is used
simply because II moro conveniently obtained
than any other conbus'hie. but the IN senIor states
that the engine will, with equal facility aud certain
~. burn camphiue aud other preparations such As
lard oil combined with whisky. &c. Its ability Ia
luess last products fuel, makes this invention
OF Immense importance 10 the great est, AZ should
the Transportation the Mississippi aud IT'S measure
less tributaries be effected by this power II will lnr.
nish home market 10 the grower OF these articles
enurely new aud 10 extent far greuler than all
| others now ~ existence. Without pursuing TIN.
suhes further, We viii slate what appear To he the
obvIous advantages Of tAIs invention over tho steam
engine.
The first and most I'm porlant is security; there /,
NJ danger from explosion. nor from Ere sIther occ,.
dehail communicated ur from the spun tancous com
busuOn Of the fuel % The weight Of an engine
VI given power. must be greatly less as tnere "a,
furnace. no boiler with rs water, no chImuey. ana
no condenslng apparJius, aud comparatively bot d
irihns amount Oi fuel either 90 weghl Or bulk 81
The space occupied hy the machine aud lis fuel Il
% much less as 90 give great additional roym n,
freight and passengers. 4h Tue ability uC makrns
long continuous voyages as ships supplied with I,l,
Invention can carry ice enough 20 propel Them 0,
China, without rs materially interfering with tbeu
available capacriy for freight 5th Economy ir
workings as there Is 400 expenditure of power e1cep
ID produce motion, as IS The case with the steam en-
gine 900 irregular work, where the steam has 10 b,
generated aud preserved at 40 proper temperature
"Hle The engine may be temporarily stopped. Thr
4 ~ s'ea' consideration on The Western waisrs
"hefe he trade demands frequent siuppagos ellie
D 'o receive Or 10 deliver passengers Or freight or q
wool which lIst ca Use OF detouuou WILL be altoreih
e. "o'ialed' as well The expense aud anuoyonc.
% fremsn
!, we do not mean 10 s1y that the erperimenf a.,
been sufficiently tested tu make these tb,,,s -,
certain on large srals. bui thot they arc pr,vs,
70 ne 90 in an engine of az least three horso e,gs,
ana ual np well grounded objection has been yrgs,
'nd none appslrsg,o orrs oislfcsnl f5ros a. go,
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