Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-09-22

The DrOnOSitiOnS we have here adyan
/ esd were. K annears. more than tyvestv.
: five wears since. familiar to the scientific
mind of Cants;n Er;esson He ,vss atth.i
r earIv neriod deanlv innrressed viii tbs;,
imnortsnes. @ and ,se,a-d;ng heat 80 a. ''tI.. an
sole sonrSs of rHot;vs novel, vas anx;ors
h. d;scovsr go slsr,.t = .-h;.LS !.
: co,id =. ~ a"..IousJ .L.t e.. =
-. a - ~ % InHs, S,tet Snhs
ed to A.. o~ar 80 oxa- Sno "ns;n Ecu t, ~.
same nurnoss Rnt I;,,Ia rsfa.,;on M a.s -
necessarx 10 cor1;ns. h;n, 81 - go, s,as as
not this elemsnt Ttn,nst .oD.;st ~ .oraa
permanent gas. and .tmosnb eric air
seemed admirably adanted 10 the nnr.
pose. Accordingly Il Was emnIovad hv
him.
4 In work entitled .. A Diot;onarv Of
the Arts of Life and Ciyilization. !" nub-
liished in London in 1883. the author. Sir
4 Richard Phillips. mentions an engine
which Captain Ericsson then had in one
ration in that CITY, as "his application of
excited or rarefed air to the performapce
of those powers of machinery. which
hitherto haye been made to depend ON
the Intervention of BOILING water and its
steam" The author further states that
he "has. with inexpressible deEgbt
seen the first model machine Olive horse
power, at work. With a handful of fuel
applied to the yery sensible medium of
atmospheric air, and most ingenious dis
position of its difFerential powers. he be-
held resulting action, in narrow com
compass, capable of extension to as great
forces as ever can be welded or used by
man."
The author adds: "The principle of
this new engine consists in this that the
heat which is required to give motion to
the engine at the commencement. is re-.
turned by a peculiar process of transfer.
and thereby made to act over and over
again, instead of being, as in the steam
engine. thrown into a condenser. or into
the atmosphere, as so much waste fuel. :"
During the last nineteen years. Can't.
Ericsson has employed much of his time
and expended large amounts of money.
in overcoming those practical difficulties
which are ever stumbling blocks in the
way LEADING to the successful develonment
of a great principle in new machinery
This he has now achieved. The princi-
ple of hi. invention. as stated bv Sir
Richard Phillins is still retained embodi.
ed in that practical and oomnlete form.
which renders thi. ENGINE economical,
absolutely safe. durable simple in con-
structiou' and in action effective
Let us now attempt 10 describe the re-
generator. to which we have referred.-
i Without this the machine wa examined
would possess in point of economy no ad :
vantage over the best consirrntei steam.
engine. With Il. the advantages are in.
calculable. We have already fully illus
trated the leadinr ;dea conceiyed hv
Cantair Er;cssor of emnIoviro Leot ovcr
and over again To attain his ia fne oh.
iect Of the perenerator
For the puTnose of furJer.tardipo this
the construction and operation of the ma.
chine. We have before stated that at,
mospheric air is first drawn into the sun.
ply cylinder. from whence IL is forced in
to a receiver. and that from this It pro.
ceeds towards the working cylinder. be-
fore reaching which il passes through the
regenerator' This structure is composed
of wire net. somewhat like that used nv
the manufacture of selves. placed side in.
side, until the. series attain a thickness
say of twelve inches. Through the al
most innumerable cells. formed by the
intersection of these wires. the air must
pass, on its way to the working cylinder.
In passing through these, it is SO minute.
" subdivided that the particles composing
it are brought into close contact with the
metal which forms the wires. Now let us
suppose what actually takes place, that
the side of the regenerator nearest the
+ working cylinder is heated to high tenn
perature. Through this heated substance
the air must pass before entering the cyl
inder, and in affecting this passage, it