Mobile register and journal. [volume] (Mobile, Ala.) 1841-1849, 1845-04-03

STEAM POWER SUPERSEDED "A scientific cor
respondent % late London paper gives the following
hint al new diecoyery, which, # hbe proved, will
certainty the cheapest invention Of this
der king age, and Of The result of which il
he hoped we shall hear by The next steamer:
For GENUINE upon centuries, till within own
days, water MS the origin Of motive power, has had
The suprtn ity oversean, For the last 40 80 years
slea'h has H'en making r"pid strides towards the
complete snjugalon Of water; but, like all unnaiu-
raj rcet operations, ITS victory appears its
end, aud the power Of water once more assumes its
wonltd supe iOrity, and eclipse and for
ever The power al steam.
No one can he surprised ~ this who reflects that
While the pOw er laws of matter innate or in.
herenI the p,wer of steam is onl, acquired and MI,
he said bearlicia ~ unnatural, being forced by
The in4enui' Of man into that state upon which i'll
power entIrel\ depends.
We have been led Into these remarks bv the cir
substances If having been favored with the inspec
lion Of an invention for which patent has atel,
been taken cut and if we may he permitted judge
of FROM the opinions Of some of leading scien
tifc men, who have Investigated it. and who declare
that "they cannot, however astounding effects
see an, error or fa'acy in it, any reason why il
should answer,' we must look upon its success
cerain.
But what inspires with even more confidence
is, that while the structure OF the invention is
extremely simple that II child may comprehend il
IL does not violate any one law in natural philoso
ply. Moreover tile inventor IA professional gentle
MANI is a man Of scientific requirements, we'll &C
qiainted with nature s laws. and perfectly aware %
the various inventions and The of their lure
which have of hate years been devised for the pur
lose of supersedng steam. whether by condensed
AR, water power, mechanical conirivance, electr
city, &c. He does not, he says, pretend 10 have
Gated power this, he properly observes imposs
BILE, but has merely awaited himself Of those laws Oh
properties with which The Creator has endowed mat
ter, aud by combination Of The 10 make them
subservIent To the Use OF man.
The fundamental principle which the en-
CINE is founded precisely similar TO that Of lie by
drauc press The power Of which every one knows
only he limited by the strength Of the material.
of which il s made. But what has hitherto render
ed the power Of the hydraulic press inappcable ID
the production of motive power is that, just in pro
portion the power is gained speed is LOST, aud
Iu the present invention, however unlimited
power is gained without the loss OF speed the piston
Of the large cylinder travelling each stroke, will
the power gained just The distance the piston
of the lesser cylinder. This and this speed
which, inverse of each other, appear by THU
most important invention, however paradoxical, ac
tuay combined.
We are not at liberty 10 give the public par
ocular of the of this invention than the
words Of the title oil the patent, viz:-"rhe Hydro
Mechanic Apparatus, which, by combination o
b, draulic and mechanical properties on well know
suit nifc principles is intended supersede the
OF fire and steam in working and pru,elling all kind.
ol machinery and enghes'-'hus efectng an enor
nous saving, andavoding the eminent danger arising
from the explosive nature of steam.
Ii may well be asked, where will human ingenuit,
end?