The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-11
TRIAL TRIP.

- inst the writer in company with several gentlemen
Rotary Her name dessnates her principle PROPULSION
% S OF s1d
inches sk The n s ssSi TO the ,
Water and Blowing tie fire. comprise the good
watch very correct smile o. the engine in It's construc
uniir% S true md SsaStS ss.y
change may produced the pilot WITH the thought that
TIE must Ss most valuable ferry
epo confined to water Observation-Disclosures ensns would
prove most successful to locomotive No Jerks given
nrs unsurpsssed. But to return trip. We left At
ns Po at Inc a. S sod an
hours Here We landed and partook Of good dinner
house: At Is 7. "a, We weighed anchor and home
ward bound We started with forty pounds steam and
steam sradualy increased to sixty, upward We
three minutes being ali we'll satisfied With the trip aud NE
performance Of the beautiful little Rotary. The large
apparently r So seeas The Of her wake
Us must have ben dehtd to see her go through Il
gneer Of the British steamer Cherokee were among thu
ard their confidence of the success of the yenton
Asst storekecpor Atlauti, Dock, Brooklyn.
ATLANTIC Dock, TUESDAY, October 8, 1Sj2.
Dear srAow me to eonss.ulate you on the disc very
leaving the Atlantic Dock excursion that had the
honor Of an on nc,ed The eor Vas
water through the cylinder and discharge ont through
IN nn o
all other engines that have any knowledge Of Had
Of of &. sire would have hydrsuo
sufficient to burst Or strain 4 ID spme shape or
convenience attending the rotary cylinder Furthermore
Sands Point the sound the Novelty Works ia New
York distance of ysix mes, against strong It'd
running from three to FIVE knots an hour in two hours and
from small boat, with kind of engine AVE .
doubt from the economy o. fuel that natural to the ro
the saving Of fuel would be so great as to
ss am inclined to believe that great %
gneers with regard working through the cylinder
having too much the boiler they run oppo
site extreme By having too LILLE water in the boiler paf
often confusion. when fatal consequences fol
saa when tho bolt
becomes deceptive fermentation all the engineer
s d. IN M aeP . .s & Il me %
mel nautical speaking With due respect remain yours
CHARLEs Carly, Captain of Steamship Utah.
To E. BARRows Esq,
ATLANTIC DocK BRooKlvs Tuesday Oct 3. 1859.
Dear srAs have wtaessei with satisfaction, tao ep,
yeuT little Il ssss on FRIDAY the
excursi from this city to sands POINT on The soani
the public nd particularly to those who the
Y Of . we had o. sss g
had every rnny ts es, N, eiro . seanr
among engineers almost every kind the ten
years Of leisure time have been aiming at the sane
thing believing 1t 20 be practicable. am aware thai Il
the opinion Of best engineers In the aat Old
world the rotary take the place %
cprocatng ngnes but 1t only be opinon aud a.
though the immortal did succeed hi' cndsayor
70 complete successfully his rotary engine he must AZ one
time Of his life, believed IL TO be practicable feel CONF
dent that If who has even common kuowletge 81
mechanics win lay aside his preudces and examine thor
oughy the engine In operation, aud also the little model
engine which opened for examination (which had
not been in operation for several month"; and view it, COM
pete and substantial construction and the beautiful manner
In which IL is packed that they will good and
for laying aside their old preudce aud pg their
shoulders to the wheel that destined 70 roll the land
and to tho admiration Of tho world VIVA. would eur
present emier Of England not to reract that sn
In hs speech, when steam CATION hr aat9-
Gated TO the Atlantic viz THAT he would eat tho
boiler Of the frat that crossed the Atlantic You
will infer from this that people in this country we'll IA
Others make langutg that their position Ia society
land not their experer ce has to support them for time
The engine that prepes boat has az piston sur
face Of ty four square inches which 10 only equal TO an
cylinder engine and gives IL thrtvnne uch stroke tW
discharge the amount Of steam each revolution The
rotary But IL wall fall far short Of eving the speed
think IL unnecessary for TO into further dea A.
feel confident your engine will plead ald prove
TO the world 1t the long sought for rotary Nh dch
respect yours truly JAMES NELSON.
Chief Engineer or British steamer cherokee.
To +. BARnows, Eco. No. rs Water street ~ y