New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-25
LIGHT AND HEAT FROM WATER.
Patent for certain Improvements i" inc T'"'
ductton of Ltsbt and Hent-

ofMr Paine Of lighting aud warming houses oy gas
made from water, " may as well give our retl'
ets some details of the European plans 'or pro-
ducipg the same effects. la the L0ndoa F6te"1
Journal Of the 9Th June inst w find the following;
Jo,,,u g"nn'a Of Par' ~ ne he1uoc 1T
hSf "a Sene,aL dteJ Noe ler - 'Ienroi ed Ma
~. r-stentee's invention consists in certain ap-
nsra,us a,d processes for producing hydrogen gr,
by the decomposition OF water aud its appl'caton
10 heat aud night. The means aud processes by
which he obtains this gas are: | BY the incd-'s-
cence (lucandescelce) OF iron. ii. BY carbon.
iii. BY magnets
Fist. the means and parDoses FIR obtdiaiag
htd,ogen in d, composing water by tNcqiesccH IRE
Il, reot s pus pOseiy constructed, aud fitted 40 with
iron tubes Enclosed in iron pli'es) or with iron
chsins iron wire, or spirals Oi the same metal rem
dered lLcat scent, the patentee IntrOduces steam
from any generator whatever or he even produces
steam by means Of water Injected into the retort
The oxygen Of the water combines with the ir)n
snd the hydrogen is conducted hrst iDtl reciger.
anr, aud thence into a gssometer, from which 1t is
supplied for When the iron is oxidized, the
patentee dlsOxidizes IT, rst, By means OF the waste
gas Of furnaces the carOOnic acid Of the furnaces
is at first changed into oxide oil carbon within the
furusce which the h. drogen as well as the oxide
Of carbon is produced the last gas Is obtained by
the passal OF steam into the oxide furnace IA kind
OF kiul; the oxide Oi carbon aud hydrogen are aft
idzed ir,n, this latter trausmts the oxygen 70 the
oxide of carbon, and 10 tue hydrogen which has
been geuersttd IN the furnace Tor oxide Of carbon.
secondly, The patentoe disoAidizes iron by
causing 10 TALL on incasscent iron, some puverized
Goa, cObe, charcoal, pit-cOai, hgneoJs substances,
&C. also bJ iguitng with oxide u iron some b, dro
gen, oxide OF carbon, or by throwing on the meal
escent iron some OIL or any q the b. dcO carburets
even tar or ammouiscal waters.
Jhudiy: The patentee dis ixdizes iron by sub
al L.
oxygen like peroxide OF manganese, and returns TO
the state If proOxlde Of iron, by which means tbs
water IL deCUmpOsrd.
Process for producing kydyogeR gas 6y The d.
con position ~ tc0ter cstt fRcaescsnt coa c1ke pr
co0L Hg stOHS SnASf0nceS, c1rbOn,Sed ptf (psP/
or b1 U4eonS IF 0rfde If cSs6IH Zoe ptsehsee
causes steam 10 pass into horzonta retor1s similar
10 those employ 60 IN gas "orAs' hiel up my "
less " ith deep layers OF cOaii te stcah Is u'st4o
Md 10 the whole OF the re,orts, aud over the sur
face of the Goals 10y ans OF one or mJre pipes IN
co.,, cti IN WIKI a ooher, pierced with holes OF
small diameter, hke the spout Oi waterproof tne
o,ttect Of the stt am produces hydfO5cn cito'uic
acid and a small quantity OF oxide oil ceroOn aod
olher gases; these mixed gases pass on through
,bs .duct rpe into an epusatOe, when thc caro- palc
scld is tasen up, and the hydrogen passes oil into
HI, pssouletec The pAtentee observes that this
apparatus for decomposiug water Is similar To that
Il, v hlch coal is distilled, differing, however, rom
H. as reeArCs the steam tub =. the boiler anu the
system Of depOsltng the steam on tue surfaces o tpe
Goals. inste al Of passing it through themi these
poins The pStebtee states 10 be new. Ihe patch'
"a. slso decom JOses " alter 5y means oil m sneis.
waking wnh iuducr bJbbins the move meats Of
each maguet on an axis sets In notion all the DO
bins ard as there is only one resistance OF attrac'
tive action which is resisted by that OF the opposre
pole It follows states the patentee) that 10 CON
d muuicstog such force, put IN action considera
bic number OF magnets BY means OF cJgs, aud traus-
mission OF mechanical movements the magnets de
compose the water; pure hydrogen may be Collect
ed at one pole. aud pure oxy gen at tue OIher, and
Bored 10 separate gasOmetefs ior use
The pateBtees improved process Tor renuerlhg
hS drogen gas Illuminating, Is by csoslog smau
let VI lighted ~ drOgen 10 pass through oarnsr
1.-THE holes very small on a thin strip OF platmu H.
ora wick of platinum wire, the threads oebB eh-
cessvely hue aud o, gra'ua'eo seouon' P9 P-
toned tu the intensity of the pressure Oh the htine
nd the burning BIZ drogen-a very powerful hSn'
4. Tim. nroducsd The platinum threads are iinne
dissely heated 20 such wilderness thtt the ,u'uu
ous refuls ence is extraordinary orulsht' oe''o
platinum other unsltersble ahd unoA'hzaoo uia'
ais may be employ ed. The wcR must be OF nc
shape cessary to agree with that OF the Jet OF
bydr Eeu--it may be that of cone or any otner
hgure according " the size ~hlch the gas taAes
~hsn II 10 allowed egress from the burner tuS
wick must be sIsde more or less strong accro,nS
TO the greater less intensity of the heat 70 "ov
exposed. The burner aud wick may De m az
Geo Ia their shspe-the pateutee does NOT lii's
HIM, elf as regards the strength the enStn OF ''5S
Of The wick provided the principle oil his in'en'on
be retained o
Loeomel,ue Boilers, aud Dis oEldtz'Hg Iron aad
ofker Afetols Ia melting turnsces already con-
strucisd the pseLtee ut,lzes the gas "n'ch - 'os'
through the mouths (o' the iarnsces ana no Scce'r
erstts the melting OF the orc by the conn is'ou ~
hN droe en- oxide o. carbon, aud ar cImouieH '"Se
tr the hy dr gen is produced either 10 tne retO's,
IS before stated, or Ia furnace, rom Twelve 70 III
teen feet Mig h. constructed IKE sllo. an1 nled uP
with cote, charcoal pitcnAi or other hgneods suo-
stances the pstentee causes n powerful drat u
he maintained, at the satue time that ne ~ 'cts
.teau. the ~ drogen and oxide OF ca boa which
~, u. oduced together. are draSn OUT by means oil
.n,ts neChs a. draft Inc melted ore Va tho
s.,,,ce - more or less carburetted by the 20
- 81 thrown upon u, aud TINS process Is employ
81 In budding furnaces IA winch csrOofston 10
,s.,y effected by cementstlon' US "ehior P'g hon
L, I'll Thessn horenbcfDre described pro-
c.. "a ,qoaFy applicable 10 rever atory lnr-
macs and Tor heating boilers ano iooNo'o'es. me
pa,entec be ats boi'egs and locomotives oy ydeo-
20 s,d oxioe OF carbon injected under the o'uers
81 c,rnoiiy,s wiki hot or cold AR, by mesos OF
-, .n,sli holes or divided sud c'nceDtric tubes
49,, .no.r the boilers ard he also ioJecis ~ drosen
and oxice Of carbon into the tubes oi Idoilh Doll
er. b, EMPLOY INK conccntTlc 1does, Va "heh 'uo
.i,srd eases OF the trEd,rs, wnicn are purPoSe'y
to,st,nc,ed a. reconnaissance made 70 enter Toe
taisutee constructs gas burners win double cur
rents OF air tbst - % say. the air acting internally
srd externally on the flame these Burners have
The ,5y.p,age of presenting large quantity OF ar
rof OK, gen to the combustion OF tho gas Toe
pstentee Goes not c,niDe himself % tne precise de-
tsils in the construction Of the apparatus, or TOE
Eecse node OF earn log oGt the processes de-
,e,ibed. provided ih- general estlre OF the me
ch.uicsl arrangements ADD possesses boz carrying
est be inveation b. prrserseci BAT Ala. DC CLANS
ssiis nvest0u IL
ksy,t The pr,.dn 'tl"D - hNfr'Sen As ny ne
dee, n,y,.,,,on oi ~at,r 49, furnaces anf ret'rt
.esvi,, Ia 90, r,st a. h,sri lbclJre dss xibcd