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

The Artesian Well OF Grenelle.
By M Rey, Member Of the Royal Society Of Anti
qssaria,ls Of France, 4th edition, Fairs, 1913
CHAPTER TX.
Manipulation of the Rods probable durability
of the Grenelle Vel.
independently of the slowness which appar-
tains to the continuous execution OF wells bored
TO great depth, the repairing oil unexpected
accidents, and the inevitable encoun,ering OF
certain hard strata, there are others incident 10
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 chsel is
adapted is then twenty five long, without the
borer. Il hangs in the oriice OF The well from
crane, which eleyates or depresses it al its
superior extremely are attached horizontal an
giles for rotation, and the whole is suspended
BY rope, through the medium of ring on
which the rod bears, and arranged 10 such a
manner that rotation can 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 quicklyby the crane, and the contents emp
Ilied When, after repeating this operation sew
i eral times the rod becomes too short, on account
1 Of the increased depth Of the well, il becomes
necessary to increase It's length by screwing on
or riveting another rod Of twenty five feel, so
that after this every time that the apparatus is
to be drawn up and empied. 6fly feel Of rod
ere 10 be elevated, and a joint TO be unscrewed
or unriveted, 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 time than
the single one would have done; and so on as
the well is deepened, a third, a fourth, and a
fifth rod is added, and il is always in stopping
to screw and unscrew, one by one, the several
bars that compose the whole rod, that the crane
is successfully il action and at rest. This ma
nGuvrng is regulated by the boring and clean
sing, by the tubing and re -adjusiing hence il
is incessant. Practised in well one hundred
and seventy feet deep, such as that al Grenele,
and with all the difficulties increasing as the
apparatus is elongated, is il to be wondered al
that time is consumed in deep excavation 2
M. de Humboldt speaks Of well bored in
Pennsylvania already two thousand feet deep,
and il is contemplated TO 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 incalculable 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 work2
1t must be observed, that at Grenelle, when
M. Mulot used very high crane, he was en-
abled 10 work at grea, depths, by dividing his
rods into lengths of two bars, say fifty feet
| Same onnineare caIl a ma N Iafinp tho dos,
cent, rotation, and ascent Of the chain Of rods.
Each of these manipuations at Grenelle re
quired from six 10 seven hours, and frequently
brought up an empty auger. II the Pennsyl-
vania well is finished, each manipulation will
require several days. The deeper the well the
stouter should be the rods. When The well At
Grenelle was finished, the sum total Of the
weight Of rods was sixty eight thousand and
two hundred pounds. What will it be in Penn
sylvania2
The greatest quantity, OF water ever obtained
1 by boring, and from the greatesy depth. is thai,
furnished by the Grenelle well, which, al the
summit Of jet Of liz feet, moves with We.
locity 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 it will be enfeebled. But we have guar.
antee TO the contrary in the well OF Elbuf.
u,
and although bored many years ago, Yields
always the same quantity Of water. We also
have the assurance Of The wells of Artos, which
are much older. M. Lamar,ine cites the three
4 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 supplyof water 10
| this ancient and celebrated city We can cite
| others, in other places, still more ancient, which
! furnish undiminished quantities. The rain be
ing, as we have seen, the only sources Of Ar
tesian 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
Arlesan wells.
General Taylor to tie H'ligs 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
rotary IF the Convention. After thanking them
for their good opinion the General refers 10 his
nomination in the following admirable para
graph;
"Il the people Of The nation should so great
| " honor me with elevation TO the Chiel
Magislracy. shall. by jealous endeayors and
to the best of my ability, strive to serve them.
and maintain the hest and highest interests OF
the whole country; yet, though feel impeled
TO yield 10 the call Of the people al large,
should hail with pleasure their determination
10 confer so great gift on some eminent states
man."
Aygesk Two men by the name Of Gray and Stew.
art, were arrested yesterday at the DePo, by Capt.
Goddard on charge Of purloinins watch from ].
q. Clarke, Of Alexandria, at Beltsuille. They have
been committed 10 await the requsiiion Of Governor