New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-01-15

DE- Edhpr Of TAs Tf'e"a
..,~t,l INQUIRY into the circumstsnces attending
-,.rk Of n. Atlantic we are convinced that the
.,,.on which disabled her In the fret instance was
-, NJ the Erroneous construction Of the steam
s,s that This is the real though UNDECIDED causc
= 20. steamboat disasters
~. .,eam pipe OF the Atlantic had the thickness
sh could render il safe under the merely cepansve
-. Al .,e.m with thousand pounds per square inch
-, ..e,y valve lengthwse it was strong enough 20
.,d .zfeIy the boat and the engine TO this ability
strain on the steam ches, should be added the
...,.se equal to the hight of the stesnPpe above the
-, seek ard !, appears impossible that the loss OF the
- r,u,ed from strength OF steam lack OF clip joint
.e,u account for the bursting OF the s.esmchest
-, BY referring 1t TO explosive action different from
,,,.rv expansions and similar the effects OF fred
cnpOsder
,sa eslorc the effects produced by the direct expan
800 OF the vapor easily measured and wholly Insult
s;er, 10 produce the explosive phenomena which we
.,dsr the result in great part Of the action conso-
ossr, on the selocues Of the caloric and vspor.
The nitslselocify othe yspOr oihred spOwderi usu.
~ 700 per second that caloric
$4,000 fl the same time equal 10 electricity The
l.r, Inherent in matter, which determine the Effects
soa,ly with those termed imponderabe. At high tenn
csrsures the combination Of calohc with vspor is the
Eshiest krOwn and we see II simultaneously given of
n syery discharge Of fire but wsd in the muz.
4, cf he gun may prevent the escape Of the caOrc,
vh,eb il not known 10 remain isolated and must re-
A., on The vspor II had quilted. II United States mus
.,t be fred with full charge Of powder and the muz-
ze army closed Il always bursts although II the whole
subs,snce Of the powder was converted into gas, II
would not when raised to white heat and expanded TO
An The barrel OF the gun have onetenth Of the expan
.ye force necessary to burst the piece.
Ills therefore, manifest that these results the con
.,ocsnfe OF An explosive force invariably produced
der he circumstances In which the gun was hxed.-
And that under analogous construction, similar re
ssl.woud be produced in the Steam Engine from the
,cux OF the agents cslOric and vapOr and under
be ssme laws There are other agents Tor the va
Dor Of water has never been decomposed By hest only
nor explosive property pr 20 detected
The vavechambers OF the Atlantic were eignt or nine
CUBIC fee, In capacity each. about o3 OF the cylinder
Al either end OF which they are attached into this
vteui,y the steam and caloric must rush when the
,ssmvalve is raised the caOrc first from ts immense
velocity but as II cannot escape instantly from
ell. II must react on the steam which follows
Tbs, roost violent explosive action cnsues the hiso
~ q he engine completely demonstrates lnnunera-
BE eat iron shafts and cranks OF Immense SIZE and
strength have been broken. and wrought IRON OF enor-
rnoas weight strength aud cost suDSttuteo' certain
pfooi a Inc almost unlimited force exerted
Fr u hours in the open Sound the Atlantic rode by
two iron and henpen cable mol egua 70 tne tension
u
square inch her piston but they sustained LOT mat
the force OF furious tempest superaoded 10 the
enormous weight Of the boat and its consequent oen
,um Comparatively her shafts crsnks and other work
Ing GEAR were eight times stronger and In all steam
vessels they far exceed the requisite strength the ex
psnsive force Of steam only was concerned since un
combined with explosive power II Is the most yielding
and elastic OF s prime Almost on the DAY the
Atlantic lost the tow boat Mississippi blew up two
Of her boilers at the Bsze perhaps the threth similar
instance since the New England burst both of hers at
the mouth OF Connecticut River
The most perfect coming apparatus does not produce
gold coins in every respect exactly alike To make two
boilers without any difference, must be deemed mpos-
nbe But unless Of exactly equal strength II 10 mposs
bio they should burst together from merely expansive
force but two or more mines may be exploded at the
zane instance by means of braDchcd train and an
explosive action In the valve chamber may burst two or
more boilers the same instant When the steam valve
raised the steam and csloric from all the boilers rush
20 the valve chamber action ensues which may take
eject In direction of the boilers and the opposite cur
rents meet in the sesmpi or II there is deficiency
Of water the steam surcharged with excessive heat IN
the boilers near the mouth OF the steam pipe the expo.
.ive action which results is the most violent OF all
others the safety valve complete security against ex
Psnsve force Is in this case utterly useless y. Y.
MoRE LIBEL SUiTs.--We understand inform al.
y, that the publishers Of the Democrat have sued the
publishers Of the Albany Argus for libel We also I'M