New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-22


Herr, 6-st proigcei rcciprccatinS notion. by A.
rsa-la- II electro magnet II the manner .. bal
ance beam above the opposite Poles II Two psrms
neat uaaSusts-keeying up oscillation hy alternate
IS breaking and renewing the connection with the
battery.
Rotary motion 5 attained bs 50 arranging two
circles u norton. II circles n magnets, one with
IN the other that the face. OF those which rsvolvs
ray sweep round those that are in1ioveaoe, an
~ near as car be without touching BY a series
q rlt0as the s-ream OF electric aaid Is alternately
- of AID excluded 50 that es III face OF revo.v
ing nA.uet Is pulled IA sleccsssoa tovarf each
of the fixed ones. and rs u passes Is pGshet on 10
ward the next.
While IN some machines peruanen; are employed
IN connection with electro magnets In others the
after only ars used. Change OF polarity Is aban
toucd II some snd with u the repeAant 'orce tie
bars being rapidly msgRetised ami demagnsiized
by openlos sni closing their connection with Tia
battery.
In SIS Jacob propelled small shailop. with
fourteen men. on the Neva. ct tho rate Of four
miles hour. three against the stream. He hal
four fixed electro magnets and the same number OF
revolving ones 10 which the axle that carried the
paddle wheels was attached His battery. consist
iu- OF % pairs OF Platinum plates, each present
ine a surfacs OF 80 square inches was charged
with nitric AMI sipharc acids on Grovess an
since their iruumerabe notifications oi the apQa
ratIs have been devised. isthes have been worked
and articles o. wood, IVORY and metals Turned ?
printing pres. operated snl a locomotive weighing
live tuns. propelled &c e.. But these experi
mcnts. Interesting as they certainly were, haVe
brought ont no marked results, nor afforded any
hish degree Of encouragement 70 proceed IL might
be lmprudent to assert that electro magnetism can
uefor supersede steam still IN the present state
~ electrical science the desIicTatum Is rather b.
be- hoped Tor than expected.
Great however will be his glory who in the face
ol these Disbursements succeeds
The difficulty i not IN the mechanism tor en-
ployne the .orcs but IN the extremely short space
through which II acts This IS az limited th,t the
phenomenon may be considered something Ike the
converse Of cohesion ? : an electro magnet with
rs armsturr IA contact had lifting power of LOO
lbs. bat when the srnaiure was removed one
e.shth OF RI nch the weight supported was barely
Is lbs The nterpos ton OF . him oil tissue paper
has reduced the power one half BY making
soft IRON core play IN the centeT OF helix, like
piston rod minus the piston. playing N It's cy hinder
an apparent increase OF range - obtained q
stroke OF p or more inches realized but this Is
supposed to ba coorabls rather than real
At the present COST Of metallic fuel eloctro mas
netsm cannot become commercially valuable nor
n any Of the ordnsy applications Of steam come
INTO competition with thar agent-not even It the
requisite acids could bs had for nothing. since there
i more virtue in one pound OF coal than IN hve o!
La'
Either tho science is not npe Tor application, OF
expsrnenters have not go, on the night track. II
is not devices for transmitting the force that are
wanted. bat means n extending the range through
which IL acts Should this be attained reader and
cheaper means OF exciting It will probably io.ow.
The talent tor .nventng new modes OF employ.
ng forces /. great but that of discovering new
motors and applying them 70 the general purposes oi
engineering Is lar greater One IS somewhat
common. the other rare. new power is
Nr...Af d a. AL fat .aPfa
prise will its introduction open Every depart
neut OF mental and physical existence will be ben
Gifted by IT, Steam has wrought g'orous.y, and
egual changes tor the better will be wrought by
that agent which displaces II OK which takes
place beside II.
ATMOSPHERIC OR CoNNoN EIEcrRicfrY-
There are indications OF a law by which every
motor must come In its own order. II II appears
before It's time 1t will partake more or less oi the
character OF an abortion II will he Imperiectly
developed its habitudes not understood. aud the
means OF controlling Thorn wanting. This vas the
case with steam, whose mechanical properties the
ancsnts detected yet they were no. prepared tor
L. In their hands It's application was confined a.
trlhes, and even tor them soon lad aside. such
was the case with explosive compounds also, and
10 some extent It Is the case now with electricity
That this piercing and potent energy IS ordained
70 play prominent part IA the arts as Il does IA
nature. IS all but certain perhaps as mHltiiarous
la It's operations too. Already Il separates metals
from their ores and gilds our plate IN tclegrsphs
4 annlhiates time and IN electric clocks measures
II as an element for artificial Illumination It IS now
being courted. and may, at 10 distant day be used
l. light up the atmosphere over cities IN place OF
mvriads Of petty tapers For other purposes also,
tie most sagacous OF spirits are endesyorn5 10
sgbdue IL
But if inorganic motors arc not to come in their
turn that Is according as preparations are made ~
fkarn ia uDt
yious familiarity with their natures has htted US
properly 10 apply them It is hardly 10 be expected
that We should 50 soon realize what seems 70 be
the highest and which. OF oil earthly things, We,
as vet know least about. IL Is the part OF ph.os
ophers to reveal principles-of mechanics to apply
them but philosophers, SIS yet know little more
about electricity than do atlhcers
While some are sangulne OF soon yoking this Ia
visible steed Ia material traces and compelling It
~ work rs do grosser motors-Others incline Ia the
opinion that the chief Of earthly oonquests u not T.
be made so readily Certes when electricity Is
brought into mans service as a common worker
all that may come after must needs be sGborhi-
mates When this ubiquitous, exhaustless, impon
derable, incorruptlbe. something agent, splrlt,
substance or whatever 10 be--beccmes so far sub
dued, men will have progressed, ons would sup
pose beyond terrestrial and entered upon celestial
physics
The pursuit H. however n legitimate One, and
neither repeated nor long oniiHusd failures can be
attended with dshonor. Success - a matter Of
tims-ii no. now To be obtained Il will be-must De-
The difficulty with electro magnetisH-ihe shoFi
distance through which the force is ielt-be.oDgs
lotto the ordinary phases OF the Huid IN Nature
exhibitions. she causes Il % act through greater
spaces than can ever be acquired IN the Arts, and
as further Inducemsut for rs 70 persevere, she
shows It's energy under circumstances when i
nli sht have been least uspected-cucumstances II
were well for inventors 70 study we mus; nfst M
dorstand her operations before we caa successfully
initiate them.
Pervadins AL things, nothing Is and nothing
moves without i. Recently It has been detected
issuins in showers from rushing streams, while
thimbeiul OF water is known to contain enough T.
shake both earth and heaven. It's dynamic effects
are seen IN leagues Of Frustrated iorests-at otnei
times in uirocins and overihrOwIns dwellings lis
expansive power IN rocks and trees II splits mt
s4lvers-s0lae times. to-, ia forcing o1twards ne
sides OF buildings. Three years sgo the stone
s.eeple Of q church vas burst ssnDder Dung
thrrader storm. the walls being dispersed IN ever
direction One hundred turs Of Stone were blown
20 distance Il thirty Yards u three seoonds-e1
hlbitins mechanical force calculated 10 have e1
cee.!ed that u over rxelve thousand horses
A power that does these things, and greater only
wants 10 be understood 70 make Il turn our car
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