New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-22
NETWORK TUESDAY MORNING. JANUARY %. 1850.

vain. u cannot however. be .zlS neglected The
searching. ht.a- and daring spirt Of philosophical
enterprise will not rest Until the ohle'est ant
mirhties, Of VS. bic motors which God IA, pacei
s. our disposal be brought INTO the sezvice OF ne
49,,
There = no hazard IN asserting that none Of the
ordinary modes oi employing water as n motor ar
perfected Al interesting Illustration OF this Il
furnished IN tie rsacting Taier whee.. which tall
recently. has beer Lite else than tor N the lec
turs room * eXemplied IN the turbine the
same principle has Welded 20 per cent Of ils pow
. EMPLOYED and II some cases Is sad % have run
u NJ - near 90-a result almost incredible and he
hat strongly slnonshes us critically 70 inves.-a.e
every source u mechanical force with = IS
reorganization. Prime movers are too precious
giits 70 be bat halt used up. under the constantly
increasing requirements OF civilization.
The turbine el1cGs;es truth which inventors
above all other men. shoad cherish 1t j, This -
There u no natural force. no matter how sooursE
lng or forbdd.ng the circumstances uDicr which II
Is exhibited but what msy. by Appropriate mschan
ism lie turned " account. And 50 far frora regret
ting the supposed ficulties IN the vsv they ought
rather to be welcomed. since hey invariably serve
IS KEYS ~ open new doctrines in science ami at
Ia nouutain0u, districts falls Of water far TOO
h,ga .or overshot wheels. and "A low lands sg-ced
streams glide on too inert ior undorshots bu; tar
b.nos have been lmpeled by falls less than twelve
inches while others are worked under c'umns va
rying from 50 TO 400 ieet.
EXPLOSIVE Repeated attempts 10 IL
rve a useful motor from explosive compounds were
made during tho last century No devices were
mafured not because Of insuperahie difficulties 20
Doe overcome. hn' principally on account ~ the IN
Craasmc popularity OF steam IL was doubtful that
any competing energy could stand before ths'
agent. bat now things are different. Steam O..
riues have been greatly improved and eNtenied,
ami the arts have reached point where a more
OH Lez De- .
II Is only the requirements OF advancing society
present new gencics. and surh ~ current forces
cannot meet tia, we begin 70 iook seriously for
others
Though few have been developed, explosive
forces are beyond question muitituiinous aud IN
cude every imaginable quality and intensity NJ
systematic inquiry into their various natures and
numbers has been unierraken-iti IS not time yet
for that,-nor into thu means Of drilling them 10
useful labor Many persons have supposed them
untamesble that their haul violence incspacitnted
them for working steadily rs other inorganic ser
wants do an error, certainly. There is no active
energy revealed or 20 be revealed. no matter how
refractory IN its habits or psroxysmal IN is mani
;cstatiOus. but viii be subdued by man II is hrs
sson 70 make them oil subseryIsnfs Give him
time CrumbIng ChcOps was not raised IN a day
nor are the lasting edhccs nj civIz anon and science
to be finished IN 4 century. Some imagine their
sores are already penetrating tho clouds while, 10
reality 1t Is ih,r foundation courses only that are
laid
GUNTownTR-At periods too remote % be a,
certaIuei with precision. explosive m Ntures ware
used Ofthese gunpoyyder IS best known. Others
have passed away while demands for It have boon
swelling at fearful rate-ieariu since 1t has long
been dedicated to destructive purposes tor which
It is held Of paramount necessity. The scourEe Of
race our u might have been a chief good precious
gift OF science It has been prostItuted n purpose
~. ai..1t 81.
rits suggest
so common and caesp rs powder u.s. It is difficult
to alize the value Of device that locks up the
strength Of giants III few quiescent grains, and
releases 1t ut pleasure; apever that lnstantanc
oIsy dilotes into a space two thousand time great
er than i slept IN. Instead ei projecting missiles
o, death it mshi If properly employed extend and
refine every enjoyment OF life. Had 1.-THE Of the
treasure and thought expended during the asttCrce
or four centuries on extending the rage and effect
OF fire arms, been devoted 10 the application Of
powder a mover OF machinery society wOai
probably have been equally advanced as Il u.s. /!
even steam had not been subdued. strange as
the oportion may appear gunPowdcr and It's atiid
tves have IN their elements calculated u contribute
as great good to man. as they have heretofore Ell.
genlered evil
Gun Tow o. Cotton. the first of new class OF ex
plosves. seems more pressing than Gunpowder
Neat, clean light and leaving scarcely any resda
Is more virtue in few bales than be extracted
from cargoes Of coal and tuns Of water As with
guHpOwder II requires no ponderous Or complex
machinery TO disclose and transmit H. Like It's
predecessor too II has been seized By those WIN
destroy without computation, human beings as
vcrmin, and from It's applicability to niernicme
work has received It's prenomen. Cotton now
clothes large portion OF the human family Tor
which purpose It is held ia importance second only
to food II 10 this 1t be made To work TOR rs, 10
relieve from debs,ng toI the millions that pass
through life tuggns with brute force stralning their
heart strings and gaspIng from exhaustion, halo
viii gather round the head OF nm whose inventive
skill oompels II 70 DO this, that viii never vanish
MANS OF EXPLODING EIrLOsIvSs.-STnem may
AK how are forces which present no transition be
tween qRiescence and flashes Of rage to be applied
How deduce uniform movements from hts Of con
vaisiOn OF By what reins these startling impul
slye steeds u he managed, aud by hat traces
yoked AU.-Proseut tO engineers more econ0
mica force than any they have, and they Will not
be long in finding out means Of tuning It T. sdyan
tage. W iihdrGw Ill they have except hat they
could mako cut of powder and cotton and few years
would pass away ere these were numerous as those
IN use. 4 little reflection will show that there IS
serious obstacle to the practical solutIoo q NE
problem. For exsmplc What material dihsr-
euce IS there between driving BAL out OF gun
and piston through a cylnde The apparatus 10
hNtn ere very C0srlN s.a' 500
Fasten two bullets 70 a couple OF rSmItsis aud
charge two guns with them connect the upper
elds of the rods with the exgemiiles ct vibrating
beam. tire of the balls alternately. without Allow
lug them 10y the play OF the beam 10 Pass beyond
tie muzzes and You have an engine differing but
liite ium high pressure stssm one, save IN the
moving force a gunbsrel IS a working oyhDder
the bullet a piston, and the ranmer a p.ston-Fod
In what manner neutrslize tse violence OF sacn
motions By adopting the charge to the resist
snce 81 that no more iogce be excited than can be
turned 10 account. How bring the rushing bal or
piston gradually to res. for unless that done 10
machine could long withstand the shocks oi pistons
shot thrsash cylinders By making the upper
parts OF piston rods themselves into plstOns VI air
o1ndensing pumps. that when forced into Their
cylinders the increasing resistance from The cUm-
pressed air NAV bring them By degrees 20 rest the
subssquent cxpausiOn serving to drive them back
10 receive fresh charge. In this way uprO
eating movement Of one OF more pistous may be-
safely kept up, and continuous rotary ono derived
from Il bv any Il the numerous methods ct con
version
such examples nav suffice 10 explain the prao
t.-ability q; explosive meters There are few 10
lemons men bat could devise several modes Of
employing the force OF ball. or Of powder or cot
ton without Il Difficulties OF construction and ar
r,ngenent are nothing Il the way Of securing 8
- -. r,ovsr Whenever attention q faiYly