Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-10-14
WAS IT A STEAM ENGINE ,

Some remarkably ingenious expermenalists fourished
about the middle Of the seventeenth century, whose
have pershed and Of their nbors nothing known except
enumeration Of the which Of their inventions
could be applied An example of this is furnished by an
anonymous pamphlet, published in 1851 from which the fol-
lowing extract is TAKEN The device referred have
possessed every attribute of modern high pressure engine
and the various applications of the appears have
anticipated "Wheress by the blessing Of God who only is
the give of every good and perfect gift while search
ing after that which many far before all humane learn
ing have sought butnot yet found, viz perpetual notion
esscning the distance between strength and time though
say not that have fully obtained the thing ITSELF yet have
advanced il that already can, with the strength
hepe Of -four men, do any work which done in England
whether by winde water horses the grinding OF wheae
rape, raising Of water by any power wsdome Of
mine own, but by Gods assistance and humby hope after
sorte immediate direction. have been guided in that
search trade another pabe than any other man.
hear reade Of did trade before vet, with good
success, that hare already erected f engine great
mode at lambeth able to give sufficient demonstration
either artist other person that my invention is useful and
beneficial e others say upon proof how much moe any
other way OF working hitherto known used" And he
proceeds to give list Of the applications for which
these engines h for is very difficult il not impossible
to them all the time To grind malt, hard
cone to grind seed Tor the making Of oye grind colours
for poes paincrs gassehouses TO grind barke for
grind woods for lyers grind specs, snue
tobacco TO grnde BRICK tile, earh stones for plaster
grind sugar to draw up coses stones, ure, the
like materials for great and high buildings 10 dra ,ce
10 draw water from mines mecrs fens TO draw
cities townes castles and TO draw water food dry
grounds 10 water grounds TO dra,o hale ships, boats
DC up rires against The stream 10 drd,o cnrt pogons
de- fast ,cio catfei 10 drGtc the plough uittouf cat
tel 10 the despatch II need be- to brake hempe fax
&C.; 10 neigh anchors U less trouble and sooner spin
cordage cables bolt meae faster and fine stone
aud timber to polish any stones metals 10 tyne any
great Uors in cood stone, mtak DC that could hardly be
done before 10 file much cheaper IN u great wors to bore
tcoOd stone metals to hrashe come If needle be 10 win
all times, better, cheaper, &c. For paper mills,
thread mills, iron mills plate mills; nitths GLs" If
this extraordinary engine Of motion, observes Mr.. Stuart
whom indebted for the extract, kind Of
seamengine, the knowledge Of equally plastic and pow
erful motive agent has been utterly lost
Steam not here indicated but il is difficult conceive
any other agent unless explosive compound be suppos-
ed by which the pressure Of the atmosphere excited
That the engine consisted Of working cynder and piston
and the latter moved by steam, we think be admitted
for, although most Of the operations mentioned might have
been performed by forcing up water oyersho wheel by
apparatus similar TO Papns Savery's seam-engines,
there others 10 which such mode quite nappcabl,
asng OF anchors propclng carts, wagons and poughs
The inventor whoever he has given proofs Of an
ordinary sagaciy, for every operation named by him
effected by the eamengne except raising the anchors of
sesmvesses and ploughing The latter is at present the
subject OF experiment. and the former will in all probability
I've adopted The authors sbors likely
appreciated by his contemporaries and the world is always
too apt to think the worst in such the whole will poba
bly, be down by persons the dream Of
gune proccto-he judgment commonly passed upon those
who are in advance Of the age they live in.
[E,cbanks Hydraulics.