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

Forces ARTIFICiALLY EICITED-SrEAN-Na
urs provides n every thing ;1r tai ne 10 able 70
depend upon himself Her al Is designed gradu
ais - uaiod BIS resources and lead him % re,
upca them Preceding motors he found ready %
h,s hands 5Ht the e1 genciss Of advancing g.
clety made demands which they o0u.d ~ meet:
Progress was 20 be arrested. or hs must discover
aId render available e new one. In what direction
should he turn bat 10 the forces winch Jay sleeping
~ inert matter OF the existence Of some be wa
well aware OF their adaptation to his purposes be
had received many limitations. while experience
in rendering available the grosser fluids, prepared
him successfully 10 excite and control some Of them
HIS Efforts were rewarded beyond the widest q
ms hopes steam the most potent and p!lab.e Of
motors has worked and IS working miracles in his
behalf
Whatever may be thought Of other amsiioratinz
influences inorganic forces srtihcialy awakened
viii ever be the foremost Of the civilizors,-the
steeds 10 draw sCciety's car onward. and OF them
relays arc sssuredly provided 50 that Whenever
one becomes fully used up. the most made %. y.
another viii be ready for the harness We see
what the first 0f this class has done advanced rs
farther ia an age than was ever before accomplish
Il 10 q hundred We have run where or fore
fathers creVt BIT unparalleled as are the physica'
effects OF steam. IT'S mora Influence IL stIu more
precious Ia ropsing mankind from the listlessne-,
IT oldon times. i has opened sources Of endless sc
JuisiiIpns has given Us a standard more elevated
Do 2
IDEAS and expectations Of the future raised the
screen from before pros pect exceeding IL bulliance
aught that had been reflected on the mental reiIna
ami established the great truth on which human
progress depends. rhea man nils, matter iRpst
obc1.
Tins It is that though few. as yet. and m1kia-
their appearance after long intervals. the motors
are the real sources and true registers OF cvilzs
ton. Marking regular progression. each elevates
man higher 10 the scale than It's predecessor. II
their noraSe bis knowledge is little more than IN
s'inc DE- the subsection of animals 70 labor bis inte
lcct swakcus becomes iuquistive as inorganic
forces are realised and since aqueous vapor has
become popular motor the mental torpldlty o.
previous epOchs is IN n great degree cast OIL and
enquiry on the alert in every department Of re
search That the'next which comes in vii be at
tended with results equally marked. there Is ~
room 20 question.
Every motors known 10 add 10 the value Of those
that preceded H. either by leading 10 new proper
ties in them or by furnishing additional means Of
economzing and transmitting them, and thereby
charging the area Of their operations
With steam change iull Of promise has come
over the world such as philosopher and statesman
o. former times could neither anticipate nor appre
cate Henceiorth. nations aware Of their true
policy, will strive with each other IN oonquests
over Nature. Her uneIporod realms will be
invaded, and priority of discovery rewarded with
n ght covet
ATMOSPHERIC PREsURE-lt ~ obvious that no
motor less valuable than steam can be allowed to
dlsplacc 1t still. several may excel II IN certain
Qualities though less efficient on the whole, and
these viii assuredly be admitted aids If not
principals In looking around for such as are not
confined TO places. "a water nor 10 times and sea
sons winds. there IS one which costs moth
Ing TO carry about with VS., and requires not the re
mOva OF machinery or materials 70 meetit Where
man IA. 10 is so whittier II will he cannot leave n
behind him More faithful than his dog IL is ever
a; his side an eternal source OF mechanical power
omHipreseni, limtable. constant free 10 all people
common 10 sea and land. easily excited and OF end
less application
And what is this but the bland and silent frma.
ment which pressing with the weight OF tun
on every foot Of surface exposed to 1t. offers q
power adapted apparently to every eXlgence one
whose intensity be modified indefinitely
pushing # We wish u, imperceptby as the falling
dew sud at our nod. desce Dding. Teslstless as al
avalanche. The breath OF living mechani,ms why
should !, not become the animating spirit of srtl-
fetal ones What IS there to hinder Atmosphere
Pressure from being adopted as common, # not
a general motor Little is wanted TO make It
"A cheap and quick process o. exciting H. being
alone required.
The sea is the receptacle Of the worlds waters,
the armament of its gases. All substances are
worn aud washed into one, and all e1hsle into the
other. We detect the last in what arc called oder
Gus bodies, and we might do So in every body were
. not for the obtuseness OF our senses. Had human
organs been fitted for micographIc observation, the
color and taste of air had not eluded them. This
ccaseiess streaming upwards o: every variety o.
vnlOr makes the stmOs phere one OF the most com
p.ex Of compounds yet the mixture is found 20 be
made up OF two ingredients chisiiy-Oxygen and
nitrogen with a very slight dash OF water and
much silghter OF carbonic acid-a result. however,
Of approximate analysis Further researches wal
lessen or enlarge the number Of constituents.
tain their qualities as well as quantities. and most
likely disclose the means OF producing among them
instantaneous cOllspsion ?. will enable US 10 cal
uto instant action the airs pressure one side Of
piston by destroying II al the other
Could We by decomposition annlhllate tho air N
gwen space, or by some quick process dlsplace H.
should have q power adapted to Of the
purposes TO which steam is applied and TO others
10 which It is inspplicable power as ready 10
act in paror as IN a workshop, above the earth as
beneath II or upon IT, and one which can be invoked
TO any degree OF intensity from the suspension OF
hy to the over'hrowing Of a mountain Difficulties
m the way present 10 formidable aspects but rather
court attempts 70 remove them
We already know the capabilities Of atmosphsr
ic pressure since to il the first steam engines owed
all their efficacy and 70 II not a few are stu IL
dcbted Ii is scarcely possible 10 conceive more
glorious source OF mechanical force than the set.
invisible aud quiet huid III which We live and
move attending us ever where and ready to obey
the slightest invocation II would seem designed
Tor a universal motor. An object Of more legi,i
mate and high ambition chemist can desire u
achieve than that Of economically and rapidly dis
placing all from a cylinder without introducing az
other substance tor tho purpose Accomplish this
and human drudgery Is at an end Ignorance and
crime our race goalers loosen their hold on then
victims threats and sink into outer darkness
THE OcKAN-Not only the aerial ocean which
encompasses, but the deDser one that trms
large portion Of our globe is destined to become
a lstOrer aT man Nothing IS more fitful IN its
habtudcS and variable IN its intensties than wind
Il is the symbol Of capriciousness and hence the
more reliable and manageable forces OF running
waters have Justly had the preference. and hence
i.lwri-hts and manufacturers roam the interior
or ohutes under which TO place the buck cts Of one
class OF wheels and husband brooks sor whIrllng
round the floats Of others
There are streams which throughout ther length
drive labor saving machinery but they sad their sc
ccsso-es are tributaries to ONE IN whose presence
they shrink into insIcuiscAnce. Nature in her
teschlngs leads inquiries from little u larger thinss
rom particulars 10 generals IL IS With hydraulic
motors. In every branch Of philosophy ami art one
acquisition clears toe way tor and hss.ens the al
vent q another Having turned MYERS and rvuleis
upon our motive wheels, the restless ocean iiset