The national whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1847, 1847-08-07
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The Artesian Well Of Grenelle.

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The Artesian Well Of Grenelle.
By M Reg, Member n tAs Royal Society gf Anti
qssaria,ls Of France, 4th edition, Paris, lS45.
CHArrER TX.
Manipulation Of the Rods probable durability
Of the Grenelle Well.
independently of the slowness which appar-
tains 10 the continuous exception OF wells bored
10 a great depth, the repairing oil unexpected
accidents, and the inevitable encounlerIng OF
certain hard strata, there are others incident TO
the process ITSELF We have seen that the Dor
ing rod is bar of iron about twenty five feel
long, that il can be indefinitely elongated by
the admission of similar rods, which are either
screwed or riveted at their adjoining extremes
ties.
When the operation Of boring is commenced,
the rod to which the augur, pick or chisel is
adapted is then twenty FIVE long, without the
borer. Il hangs in the orfice OF the well from
a crane, which eleyates or depresses II; al It's
superior extremely are attached horizontal an
giles for rotation, and the whole is suspended
by a rope, through the medium Of ring on
which the rod bears, and arranged 10 such
manner that rotation eau be impressed upon
the rod by means Of the handles, and the rope
not participate in the act Of rotation.
When the recipient Of the auger is filled with
detached earth, the whole apparatus is drawn
up quickly by the crane, and the contents emp
lied When, after repeating this operation sew
eral times the rod becomes too short, on account
of the increased depth of the well. il becomes
necessary to increase It's length by screwing on
or riveting another rod Of twenty live feet, so
that after this every time that the apparatus is
to be drawn up and empiied, Fifty feel of rod
ere 10 be elevated, and joint to be unscrewed
or unrivcted and in It's descent the same joint
is to be again screwed or riveted, il will be rea-
Oily understood that the decent and elevation Of
The two rods have consumed more lime than
the single one would have done; and so on as
the well is deepened, third, a fourth, and a
fifth rod is added, and it is always in stopping
to screw and unscrew, one by one, the several
bars that compose the whole rod, that the crane
is successfully in action and at rest. This ma
nGuvring is regulated BY the boring and clean
sing, by the tubing and re adjusting; hence il
is incessant. Practised in well one hundred
and seventy feet deep, such as that al Grenelle,
and with all the difficulties increasing as the
apparatus is elongated, is il to be wondered al
that time is consumed in deep excavation
M. de Humboldt speaks of well bored in
Pennsylvania already two thousand feet deep,
and il is contemplated 10 sink il TO six thousand
and five hundred. II will finish, then, by hav-
ing two hundred and fifty rods 10 screw and
unscrew an incalcnlable number Of times. Let
only the fourth Of The accidents which occurred
at Grenelle happen at this, how much time
will be required 10 remedy the difficulties and
finish the work?
II must be observed, that at Grenee, when
M. Mulot used very high crane, he was en-
abled TO work at grea, depths, by dividing his
rods into lengths OF two bars, say fifty feet
Some engineers call manipulation the des>
cent, rotation, and ascent Of the chain OF rods.
Each of these manipulations al Grenelle re
quired from six 10 seven hours, and frequently
brought up an empty auger If the Pennsyl-
vania well is finished, each manipulation will
require several days. The deeper the well the
stou,er should be the rods. When The well at
Grenelle was finished, the SUN total Of the
weight Of rods was sixty eight thousand and
two hundred pounds. What will il be in Penn
sylvania2
The greatest quantity Of water ever Obtained
by boring, and from the greatesl depth, is thai,
furnished by the Grenelle well, which, al the
summit Of a jet Of LIZ feet, moves with We
lociiy of SIXTY inches in the minute. This i'm
mense quantity discharged, creates in the minds
OF some the apprehension that in the course Of
time il will be enfeebled But we have guar.
antee TO the contrary in the well Of Elbuf.
which is supplied by the same sheet of water.
and although bored many years ago, yields
always the same quantity OF water. We also
have the assurance Of the wells of Artois, which
are much older M Lamar,ine cites the three
wells bored by Solomon in the plain Of Tyre,
which now discharge the same quantity that
they did when FIRST constructed, and are still
the principal sources Of The supply OF water 10
this ancient and celebrated city. We can cite
others, in other places, still more ancient. which
furnish undminished quantities. The rain be-
ing, as we have seen, The only sources Of Ar
,esan Jets, we have The gertrude that they will
never cease their action so long as il shall rain.
and so long as rain continues TO form rivers,
which pass over the porous, sandy, and calca
reous soils which constitute the reservoirs Of
Aresian Wells.
General Taylor to the Wyhigs Of Nottingham.
In May last the Wings Of Nottingham District
in Prince Georges County, Maryland, met in
Convention and nominated General Taylor for
the Presidency. The old Hero replies on the
9th of July to VIM. Hall or Aquasco, the Sec
retary If the Convention. After thanking them
for their good opinion the General refers 10 his
nomination in the following admirable para
graph
III the people OF The nation should so great
" honor me with elevation 10 the Chief
MagisIracy. shall, by jealous endeayors and
to the best Of my ability, strive to serve them.
and maintain the hes. and highest interests OF
The whole country; vet, though feel impeled
10 Weld 10 the call Of the people al large!
bo,,Id ha II vui n ,lea sure their dptprnpa tim
10 confer so great gift on some eminent states
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