New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-12
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We have lately laid before our rcaaer,l
the substance of the report made 10y SIR Rooer
name m which he gives an account OF his exam.
ination of the results produced by Claus.en IN the
conversion O; fax n;o lax. cotton and lakewood.
We find in late number Of Tie Load'oa Tim,
a letter from Dr.. Ryan which gives 4 ciscreat
Impression, and which we copy as follows.
"Sir-hIsy be- permitted 20 make enc OF .ro a
marks upon Sir kocert hines repOr, Of he Ci-u.s,o
experiments o. Ad'EaD, eAtIs.s from which appeared
la The Times Of Nrdn-,d-y i+sti
In the ir-t place. ~Orc remind you tsat ,he q.
port 81 Sir Robert Cane ;elors sn Aiisl. which oe
CURED twelve mOaas ago The truthfuoess ard sa.e
Of process are p,t o be tested oy It's esry l.Fas,
bur ny s recent nito-y.
The momap: tse Csoya.ier Ciaus.en besri Of TIA
fau'e Of the Experiment., 1t kldiosn, ne ~ his own
ss sud cost took i-gs works pney Tor TIE yur
pose OF puotcly proving .he ys!,ti.y OF bis CLAIMS AZ
these works lie process xas carried with p-riact
success, and commercial scale for up parcs OF srst
months during wbich time The ftrtory was visited ~
thoustn's Interest IN tn proceedings Oa- the
suits OF the public yostioos S-pney the for.
ma'on 81 81 English company, whose &c Is ,ee
eA~c, Impractical Investigator.
"Sir Robert Kane sc,ms % be dlssup0lntei becsu,s
ne found thar the C"U'sehi/ed fan, under the micro.
scope, did not show precisely the same feature az rat
rsl cotttn Claussen, however, never p.et. Ted To
convert fax into cotton he cOutensd himself with 90
altering lis physca charac 10 Nc Tor innns ON
- enabled IL
replace cotton has proved Ia thoasaai ins,.n-
ces; anc at ihi moment ClsusseLil ed laX Il belns
spun small scale cotton machinery at the mills
OF Mr. Charles Hindley, NJ z "a Ashton unae. the ca.
perintepcence or Clalssen himself
81 would also rcm.rk Ihat nelsher Ciauss~o nor my.
self hav. ever asserted Ib-t by this proc tha unas
ihrous tubes of lax were .pit ur burst. Csusgen in
his specification, uses ndferen,ly tho words split,
separate or divide snd the pOnao Of hs process
have slssys stated in my public Lectures we'll IN
IN. work on fax published by some tine ago. that
The eject OF ClausseL2.rg was the saparsun al dss
fibre into rs finer hleuents exactly sir koceY,
Name hns' VI pronour c-s ITO b.
sir Robert Kane also G.ntes that tie e.oct
be attained by over .retng This Cisus.ru snO~s %
well that In eXplsiolng the circumstances which led 10
his discovery he tells that the ides ssggesied
by witnessing the effect oi over rettUl terneatns
hcao Of fax. Ia his specification OF hs patent No also
actually mentions 'over-re'trg among the means by
which TEX cotton may bs obtained, although he con.
dtnns tina, process on account OF s INJURIOUS action on
egetable FIBRE
had the pleasure of an interview with Sir Robert
Kane fortnight ago. ard heard MIN regTe, hs had
been compelled 10 give any report at oil o experiments
so Incomplete az made under such dssd yantages 20
those performed twelve months ago a, kidlnsr In Tia
retsiled Par'isu en,ary report you will md, smosg
other ttoss 4 a. the machinery at kdiu-D, owing
the insecurity OF the building. qui,e wet tho rain
pouring in In torrents, IN iact the opera, cartins,
necessary in the manufacture vi natural cotton,
was found to Ee perfectly impossible.
"IrenlsiD Sir. your. faithfully
"JoHN RYAN, u y.
"Lopdop July o.
"P 81 may mention that the object Of Sir Robert
kanes interview with fortuight ago q ascer.
tain At what lime the comp ny vor1s a. Bromley
would be- far ready admit further ya OF In
yesteatoD from the Royal Commissionsrs who yet
look with anxiety for opportunity o, testing fairly its
commercial and scientific value"