New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-21

/ = i BE- our part % presclt characteristic media
lions o. those whose labors tend Dot 70 depress aad
destroy. bat 20 bless snd exat the race.
Ia Europe those that excel in the Fine Arts are
complfnented With caste and medals o. Raphael
RnbeDs CanO"a, &c. and with us kindred ones ~
similar purposes have been struck bearing the
portraits Of stewart Ai.ston and others Why not
ADOPT the same plan for The promotion Of the IL
dIst'la. and Productive Arts ! respectfully pro
pose that three sets OF dies be prepared FOR pro
dIciDg ln Bronze or other metals, MEOALLIOSs u
FRASEL1S, FULTON and WHIrSEr. to serve az
prizes and accomplishments Of prizes. Tor valuable
contributions b mechanical science.
Two, three, Or more prJf.es might If deemed
proper, be impressed On each medal. tins White
'nores might De associated with Whitney and
Fitch and Oliver Evans with Fulton. GOdrcys
might be added b Franklin. and were It deemed
proper to Introduce profles Of the living. one still
more appropriate might be named
4 series Of mcde0ns Of eminent American Ia
,cntOrs or Mechanics thus commenced would be
continued, and eventually form r new chapter ~
mefaiurgy, as instructive and Interesting as any
Of which that science can boast.
IL may be question with some. whether those
who patent their inventions shOH be permitted 10
enter them for premiums In the opinion Of the
UNDERMINED, no restrictions Of the kind should be
imposed the object sought tO be accomplished Is
10 hasten the advent Of discoveries advantageous
% the general GOOD. not 70 hml; benefits which
their authors may legally and righteously derive
from them.
PRgMIUNs-Fon WHAT OFFERED Instead o.
Publishing schedule Of prizes and devices. u
wonld perhaps be expcicnt b. cave The field en-
rel, open 50 that any remarkable invention o.
contribution % the arts Oi sufficient importance.
might receive an appropriate acknowledgement
There can, however be no improperly m s9gccs'
ny few Of the subjects 10 which the attention Of
inventors might with most advantage be directed
An invention by which land can be worked with
equal facility cifhOT aHta0is with them. Is one
la attempting the solution Of this problem, It might
be well II inventors would avoid copying too close
IS the action OF the pow and turn their attention 20
equivalent though not ANALOGOUS processes Tor Dig
cing into. raising, turning and breaking the soil re-
memberine also what looks very Ike slHc Yna
non IN locomotive blowing 20 bring the
points Of resistance rather under the power than IN
the rear OF it, IN cattle blowing. or so far m al
vance OF - some projectors would have them.
Ifthe thrustinc action had not been 50 complete
ly identified in idea with the plow, had long ago
been modified at least for some kinds Of earth
But the implement has become so sanctioned by
time is rendered 50 venerable by antiquity and re
vered as the symbol oftho frs, and las, Of arts that
reforming spirits have kept away from H. beslta
ting 10 propose any radical change in so universally
cherished iavDrite The fact may be assumed
that N It's stereuyped forms md features the plow
belongs exclusively 10 the cycle OF animal motors
II cannot 20 beyond them " ,thout undergoing more
or less Of 2 meta morphOs" When inorganic prime
movers take it in hand the rectilinear will most
likely g,ve place To rotary and parlng or sem
pairing action.
There is no difficult IN combining tina eject ~
the plough, harrow, pulverizcr or cod breaker ~
the same machine, for soils the most tenacious \
suele series of cutters or proncs nj the ends o.
vertica revolving shafts, on the principle Of obong
boring machines or such MS are used Tor removlue
d
mi sht he carried over field with very little resist
anoc q Us progress while each cutter, equivalent
B. plough. would work away the most adhesive
sod-parins 1t oil IN shavnss OF any determined
thickness IN front. and leaving them well broken
and Commneled behind cutting away roots IN It's
path by piecemeal and opening the sod thoroughly
tor the airs pcrcoaon, most essential part OF al
intelligent plouehman's treatment OF Inns land,l IN
stead of successive rows Of solid slab, winch the
present Implement by its wedge like operation
congresses and turns up.
BY obvious devices, implements OF this kind could
readily DO made adjustable 70 surface or - the
deepest subsull plouchins while the power 10
CURED even Ia the latter operations, would hardly
ever equal that consumed in ordinary applications
OF current plows
Tn, earth hitherto tortured boy ignorance and then
denounced for barennesS is about TO receive better
USAGE new epoch ~ Agriculture Is clearly al
hand brought near bv the labOrs of chemists and
inventors. 10 NNNm the ktoilte bi 'Nit'lh'Nt -
tending over the planet and repleto with unaloyed
blessings to the entire human race will belong
Husbandmen acquiring a knowledge of chemical
and mechanical laws viii cease 10 violate them
aud with q 1.-THE OF their present tOll reap abun
dant and certain harvests-certaln because blight
mlldew and every other disease incident 10 plant
will become eradicsted and famine be unknown
1t viii not be long this and other terrible nau
raj scourges will be acknowledged as the unavolda
bic penalties of neclecliug % employ the powers
gwen us 10 ascertain and remove the causes OF
them
A premium for $4,000 for an economical Loco
MOTIVE PLow. or even higher sum, would IN
national view be money well land out.
1.-THE device be not realized by steam, 1t wild be
essy corollary Of the next motor
lNcREAsIXG Inn SIZED OF OCEAN STEAMERS
Is another deSlderstum. These vessels constitute
marked feature in modern navigation, but RAPID
as naval travelling has come TO be by them. It VIII
unquestionablv be carried TO much higher stand
ard The first locomotives did not average miles
an hour-m 1925 European writer placed the
maximum velocity al g. and rIdiculcd the promul-
cation of such nonsense as that we shall see To-
comotive engines travelling at the rate of -. lt.
Is and 20 miles ali hour In 1929 IS miles was
a,tancd-soon after, that speed was on one occa
sion nearly doubled Within the last seven years
20 miles was deemed the highest consistent with
safety subsequently 80 was reached-then 80 was
supposed 10 DC thC extreme UNIT DuN recently
mile minute has been attained and is kept up IN
some English Express trains. Even 20 miles an
hour has been reached The average speed Of
Railroad travelling will certainly come up to 90. 80
with oceanic locomotors they have been gradual
IN growing faster, and admitting IN their case to
greater extent than air opposes 70 Locomotlves All
increased resistance with increased speed there is
no reason TO SUPPOSE anything like the limits has
been attained They have run up from 10 o, :,
1919 to about 5, their present average and must
continue 10 run up.
propose that premium Of $4,000 be offered
for improvements BY which vessel shall make
three consecutive trips across the Atlantic at al
average speed OF 20 miles an hour and another OF
$4,000 for those by which - miles shall be done
Sach premiums will tend to put the enterprise and
ingenuity of our citizens still more on the stretch
and urge them 20 shoot ahesd Of the present craft
either by decided improvements IN propellmg ap
psrstus or by the introduction Of new principles OF
propulsion
PRIZE EoR NEW MoToE-Steam the only
torce artifcally evolved 1t is admitted, has sur
passed the brightest foreshadowincs. The heart OF
modern sor4cty il has quickened, and snimstes the
most distant members In political and moral reno
yations lis pusations are not less percepube than
in scientific and mechanical
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