The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-06-01
Marine Affairs,

Tie SrEaMsw ALDaTBosa arrived at this port on sun
day after most successful OF twenty three hours
from Philadelphia This ship attracted much attention
in our hasbor, yesterday by her staunch and like
qualities, trim rig and beautiful proportions She is
stout year old and Of the line Of steamers
between Phiadeph,s and Charleston which line has be
discontinued from the nadequacy OF the business
support between those ports She Is the second ship
that fitted with PRISONS patent conden and
chiefly owing TO that Is her great economy Of running
shc but twelve tons of coal In twenty four
hours Previous to her departure she made trial trip
and the following report made OF her perform
This noble steamer left city Saturday after
noon for New York where she Is intended We learn to
be placed in the California limo Her have bad
one Of Ambrose W. Thompsons patent psribolic pro-
pee,s put on her and Friday trial trip made.
the result OF which shows that this IL the best form Of
propeller wheel that has yet been applied to
propulsion. The ship made the from the Navy
Yard shears to the Fort and back in seventy five
and half minutes, going down against the tide
and strong bead wind in forty six minutes and
returning over the same distance in twenty nine and
ahli minutes This H. equal to thirteen aud thirds
miles an hour In still water The propeller Of the Alba
tros Is sesred 70 make and three fourth turns
the propeller from the shears TO the fort sb
70 The shears was 100 which AZ twenty feet pitch
the propeller Is % 2O feet which the propeller over
he distance which the snip ran in that time
$500 feet leaving for the entire shp only 440 feet
less than Fix per cent This Is better result than
that OF the General Armero recently built by MIR Thomp-
son aud fitted with the description OF propeller
and the result in both has parallel in the history
Of screw propulsion IN Europe America In the
count Of the General Armero descrbed this propeller
a having incrt asng pitch In every way throughout
its blade Tbis incr,ase rmcd by working the curve
Of pssbois in two wsystha Is when the
say which always bears ratio 10 the diameter of the
wheel Il found II IL worked in way into the form Of
tho scr,e, and in the other 10 forms the guile BY
Which thls Gfst is worked downwaris to
wsrds tho hub. In rotation. IL generates action
upon the water similar 20 the reflected rays of light from
laraboc reflector that l. In direct iue W Tia H. axis.
IN We Gaze a the propeller column of water Of ~ III
ametes = thrown directly backwards from u ratating
surfaces in that q the reflector column OF light Of
the diameter o. the base Of tho reflect L. also effected
fl, its entire surfaces II this a. We gge Informed
when nist gave tbe ides3 lr thompson Of arranging
thrtc curves az 20 form acting surface when ia
tion which should produce this eject ID the result Il
triumph IN science The Mba,ross originally had pro-
pcioi OF th princc not quite accurately worked in
ite curyes (t VII, tile frst one was made but by
careless In the handling the shin IL Wa broken off
against the wharf 81 Cheiietton s. q second one of
the same patteT" wa put on but from similar
u sbard the same fate SOME Of the parties interested
in the n<rship OF the vessel but Who knew mt
little Of the principles OF the propeller said that ex-
perineDts were being made at their coat with
4 the patent pop. iors Indignant st ths it, orui-
nsior refused TO i,t II again 90 upon the vessel ana
the ordinary usvsl English screw vas put ON With
this The n-patFoss mad" something two miles an
honr loss az comps:td with the dr,igned for her
The trst run Of this sbp made 10 Charleston from
the ,apts I'D forty nine hours, the second one in fifty
two hours but afterwards with the usual screw her
time varied from sxty-two to eighty hours No better
eyds Therefore can e given q the superiority OF the
paraboc propeller than this and spread il forth
The benefit Of those who interested this
ST am propulsion. We have referred TO the General
Amero and IL mey not 10 without interest 10 state chat
she made the from Charleston TO Havana In Two and
o half days the same time which the fast side wheel
ST. amer label makes her regular trips between those
ports"
The hlbatross hiss unusual capacity for hcr size both
for passengers and freight and the speed for power
Wink h she has-as scrcw steancr-bas been
celied In the port Of Now York where well
understood, her excellent qualities fail to be
nshly appreciated. she now lay at anchor of Castle
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IHt brsAMsfiiv USioSwe inacbted 10 the ofAoers
~ 'nn steamer which arrived bat ght from Charleston
10Y run hes a Southern papers, In advance Of tho mall