New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-11-18
Heat N. n source of Power.


Heat 10 be used in propellins Machinery II we
include Steamboats, and Locomotives this amount
might certainly be increased and probably doubled
IT. therefore il is practicable 10 improve the insru
men,ali,ics used for generating and applying Hea'
as an element OF Propulsion as 10 reduce by one
third the amount OF Fuel required TO produce Inc
present aggregate of Power, the saving thereby
effected within sight OF Trinity steepe could hardly
full shor, Of Half Million Dollars per anhuiii ahe'
in view OF the rapid advance OF Machinery the III
crease OF Manufactures &c. would very soon largely
exceed that sum The substance OF TINS remark
applies equally 10 other localities throughout The
country and TO many more cmphatcaHf than 20
this on account OF their more thorough devotion 10
Manufactures and greater distance from the coai
region.
This saving may with perfect facility be made
We have JUS, returned from examination, and are
convinced Every man who ever rejected on the
subiec, must have observed that large portion OF
the heat generated in connexion with Steam Boilers
in the usual fashion is not made available, but passes
away through the chimney into the atmosphere.
Whoever has ridden into Pittsburgh during the
night from whatever point OF the compass and noted
las he could not fail 10 do the red fame pouring out
OF the tops of hundreds Of furnace chmneys, VIII
need no farther argument on this head. W hcreyer
Il steamboat is seen blowing her way through the
waters by night vomiting fakes il not sheets OF hire
from her tall chimneys the truth must also be pal
pablo The heat thus escaping Is utterly wasted
lust as it. in our common crst-mills, the machinery
was so badly contrvcd that one-third OF the hour
inevitably fell into The raging current beneath aud
was swep; away to the ocean. II Is even worse
than this, for the escaping flakes and sparks borne
upward on an impctuoUs current OF heated ar are
distributed over the adjacent grounds and buildings
often causing extensive coniiagratons. We once
saw the commercial part OF Hudson laid in ashes by
fire originating in a steamboat spark While the
burning of costly bird ges valuable forests buildings
&c by sparks from Railroad Locomotives Is a dis
aster of frequent occurrence. Those who manage
Railroads own Steamboats, run Manufactures
arc not merely required by sefn,eres, but by con-
sidera,ons of public duty and safety which it would
be absolutely criminal 10 disregard, 10 embrace
promptly and heartily any means Of averting the
dangers as well obviating the waste OF the present
clumsy mode of generating Heat for Steam Power
We yesterday visited the extensive establishments
of Boch Son q Co. Reclers. and Cook X EnSle,
Turpentinc Disers both in Brooklyn, near the
Fulton Ferry, in both which the apparatus known
as "Cutc Il Seaburys Improved Patent Heat
Generator is in operation No man who carefully
observes this can doubt that 1t effects saving OF
twenty-five to fifty per cent in the amount OF fuel
required which to many establishments in our City
will net $1,000 up 10 $4,000 per annum. But this
is not all the cost of erecting Works with this i'm
10 hlIl fhan ,b,rfO
as the necessity OF high chimncys, towers. &c. is
wholly superseded by it. The heat Is enttrety re-
tanned around or absorbed into the boiler that you
may put your hand into the chimney just above the
boiler at any time and experience no sensation but
that of pleasant, genial warmth in a current of air
The heat is entirely retained that the fire being
stopped and all operations suspended at early even
ing the workmcn come back next morning and at
once start the machinery again, without particle OF
fire under the boiler The saving of time thus
realized is no slight additional advantage.
The process by which this effected is very simple,
and can be effected when works are being put up
or remodcled. a, an expense (o,her than the paten
tees charge) Of but few dollars if any thing 10 ap
ply to works already in operation may cost some
sa5 to $50 for materials and labor The active
agent is common blower. acting on coal fire in
the common boiler.gratc, from which the heat and
flame pass over bar which brings them into close
contact with the boiler, which they follow to the
farther end. Here instead of passing up into the
fiue the unconsumed gases pass dorm into lower
reservoir or outlet from which they escape into the
chimney into which a strong current of atmospheric
air is admitted perhaps two feet above the reservoir
,l,o Tho
them down; and in fact all the gases usually escap-
ing from fuel and forming moke, heated air, &c. are
retained in the fire chamber end consumed. except
the carbonc acid gas, (incombustiblc which alone
passes OIL hardly warm through the chimney. All
beside is retained and consumed in the formation Of
steam Any offensive gases which may be genera
ted BY the manufacture carried by the he p of the
engine to which this apparatus is attached, may be
conveyed into the fire chamber and made not mere
" harmless bu, useful. We canno, see how any
steamboat or mandatory can afford 10 do without
this Improvement, and we trust il will soon be made
applicable TO Locomotives il it is moi already
We hear that the Lowell Manufactures, well
many others, contemplate lis adoption nj an early
dav while i, is fast making its way in the steam
mills OF our City and vicinity. The Office OF the pro-
where model may be seen. but the convincing
spectacle is that of the machinery at work al the
heavy establishments already named in Brooklyn
The following certificates are signed by men whose
integrity and capacity 10 Judge in the premises will
commend them 10 our business community:
We tine subscribers, hereby certify that have Tor seye
PAST used steam engine in our foundry al Troy
n Y what considered the most improved and eco
nomica construction. By this daily consumption OF i
700 pounds OF Anthracite coal and quarter OF cord
OF melting of four ofron We certify that since
the first OF May last have lad operation Messrs Glue
and Seaburys Improved Patent Hest Generator, and md
nv actual experiments that produce The results
more satisfactory manner and with much less labor the
engineer pounds OF the quality OF coal. with
quarter cord Of wood, will accomplish thus producing
saving of +SS pounds Of cca in melting four tons OF iron
JOHNSON, GEER / COX.
Signed Troy y. T. Sept II, 1915
The subscriber has for three years past been using
CINE his factory, with boiler sci in the ordinary
wav and has found that the daily coal
about 400 pounds do certify that have for The past year
been using Cue and Sesbury Paien; Hea Generator ard
hnd the average daily consumption is sooat 200
pounds-he engine performing the average WORK
pounds he old and ma u full