The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-04-18
Saving of Fuel.
From the New York Tribune, we copy this ex
ssameIy interesting article:

From the New York Tribune we COW this ex
Hamely Interesting article:
The cost OF the fuel annually required in the
United States for mechanical and manufacturinp
pufposes-Imainly for the generation of steam
cannot fall short of fifty millions of dollars Fs,i
mating Il at forty millions, an invention or discov.
ely which would save one fourth of this amount,
would increase the national wealth by len millions
u dollars per anDum. Hence every plan or jnven.
uoh iof iuei-savlng Is an object of Individual MOI
merely, put OF national and universal concern.
we visited on Saturday the Chemical Works nj
Alderman d. F. Iemann & Son, Misunderstanding
10 witness the operation of Bakers improved Fur
mace, IN company with the Trustees Agent I
Amory, Esq, of Boston, Messrs. Tiemann a. Son
nave apphen TINS invention to several different
ooliefs SO ihat ~ was burning anthracite, bitumi
nous lLiverpooD and semi htuminous Daunhin,
coal IN the same establishment at once. In M
case could particle of smoke be seen 10 ss,,e from
the chimney--all was consumed-and only trans
parent, lncomiustible gases given off through the
eh,mhey' whether high or low. By this consump-
$3.50, VI VIC slioke, IL is calculated that saving of
sA,een per cent. is effected, and as much more nv
te.aihing The heat longer under the boiler and
bringing the great body of it more direc,v in con
tact herewith This is effected nv msans az r..
,pui pecuhafiy constructed curved bridges or
h.nsa at certain Intervals across the space
peuea't 'he common cylindrical, or anv Other
ooher' between the fire and the further and go
oriuge OF arch reaching up to within ,bres ~ e..
inches OF the boiler, and forcing all The hsat ;p,n
immediate contact herewith Bv The in,sns n'',o
thus concentrated, the smoke, ETC. Obliged IN NO
through these narrow aperiures, are eonsn,psJ
leaving nothing but ncombustble gases 10 mass Of
and up the chimney. ''9 vi
The Chief recommendations Of this invention a r.
Its simplicity and cheapness. II may be applied e
any boiler, however old or imperfect. and I'M
poorer the boiler is, the greater the margin "a
saving. No resetiing is needed, aud the time re-
quired for making the application is very short
A number Of certificates were handed us by MI
Amory, showing a saving of fuel, under differer
circumstances, Of en fifteen, twenty five, thirty
OF Bakers Furnace. Wv w.
Messrs' riemann & Co. speak warmly ia il
taso., aha estimate their saving by it at twenty
i se 70 thir'y per cent, though we do not remembe
tnat any precise tests of its value have haan a n
plied by Them during the brief time thew ha "a bin
II IN operation. But We do moi nronoss ,o Sa,sr
mine The exact amount Of saving efac,ss h, N;
invention, nor ioinstitute comparisons bstwssn II
merits and those of others with which j, NAV h
brought In competition. Though The savna /, y !,
out ten pei cent, 1t would be richly worth "A, .,
ing, especially since SO little trouble or cost i ~
yolved in its application. Messrs. StilIman All a ~
L. Co., at the Novelty Works, are the sasn, an" e
this city, and we advise those interested in in,
saving TO examine this furnace COMPARE If WV
others, and judge whether they can afford IN \
without 1t. :"