Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-09-09


casiou before described This is a height
within about twenty feet of that to which
the column of water rises in the perpendi-
cular Jets of the fountain on Boston Com
mon, but 10y power of propulsion Of an
entirely different kind the latter being de-
rived from the elevation of the reservoir, four
and half miles distant, from which the
water is taken by a pipe of thirty inches
diameter. The column, as 1t comes from
the pipe. is compact, and of a circumfer-
ence of fifteen inches, it having been en-
larged since the first experiment ct
soon, however, splits into thousand per-
pendlcular branches gently curyiuz out
wardly, as they ascend, like graceful palm
ylesses; and. by the time 1t has reached its
highest point, It has formed a spreading
head, like weeping willow, as white as
driven snow, and sparkling with diamond
lustre"
! Such IS the description Of Dr. Granville
The quantity discharged is computed at 90
io lUO cubic feet per minute; there beng
discharged at the same time ITO cubic feet
oi gas. The temperature of the water is
co. Fahrenheit The water thus dis
charged is found a, a depth 1900 feet from
the surface aud II contains over three per
cent. of salt. 1t is forced up, by subla-
cent stratum of gas of 4i0 feet in depth, to
a height of 20 feet above the surface,
whence 1t is conducted by tubes to the ey-
aporating works Ii is anticipated that
much more ample supply of sal, will be OBJ
tanned from another process. " If this wa
ter" DR.. Granville remarks, after con-
densauon, could be brought into contact
with the rock-sat stratum below the gas,
aud then raised again to the surface, we
might obtain water charged with nearly ten
times the original quantity of salt, and thus
add half a million of norlus to the saline
revenue of the Crown. Aud this problem
Inspector kuorr has most successfully re-
solved, as the vlsilers at kissngen will have
an opportunity Of Witnessing before the
close of the season."
The following facts, in regard to the OPP
GRAFTON OF boring, are obtained from DR..
Granvilies description Fiiiy-elshi rods,
part of which are of iron. aud part of
wood, have been used, each thirty -four feet
IN length; those OF wood having the adj
vantage of being of less weight" DR..
Granyllle's account concludes with the fol-
lowing description of the mechanical struc.
lure of the works:
Three series of conceniric tubes are
sunk at various lengths 10 the bore, cores
poudlng with the depths OF salt water strata
10 be dealt with The largest, five inches
ia diameter, descends not lower than $50
feet, aud serves to keep out all superficial
waters of slender saline preienilons, as well
as to mants'n the sides OF the bore walls
intact. The next conceniric tube descends
1 u. 4
lies over the rock-salt, and is three inches
IA diameter; while the third or lnnermost
tube, two inches IA diameter, descends IL
the depth of 1900 f., immersed actually into
the stratum of rock salt The united length
of these tubes IS 1910 feet. They are made
OF wrought plates of brass, one eighth of an
inch thick. turned up, dovetalled at their
edges, aud soldered aud having been sub
Jected to pressure OF fifty atmospheres per.
pendicuIarly, aud to that of 10000 lbs
weight longtudnally, they have resisted
both forces without giving way. These
tubes were manufactured 10y keu, Of M
remberg; and are very credrtable to the
stale of industrial art ia Germany They
haze cost - ,0J0 forins, or $1,000
If we designate the largest tube by the
letter A, the next by b, aud the central by
G., We shall be able 10 follow the practical
operation by which Mr. knorr has resolved
his problem simply remarklng that the
area ct and Is co-equal, while that OF
4 Is larger. 1t IS through the latter that the
water, upheayed by the carbonIc gas, il
elected and received at It's fall ia a suitable
square basin or reservoir around The bore
Thence /, Is pumped by water wheel pumps
to the top of the sTadiren hOuseH. which
stand much higher, and extend 10 consld.
cradle distance, as described at length IN
my volume on RIsslngen. By being made
To fail lronLthe top of these housen severa
times through many series of thorn bushes
the waller not only becomes concentrated Il
nine per cent. of salt, but is likewise freet
from all impurities. Ia this new condition
the water has acquired the highest solyen
power for acting on the rock-salt and &C
cOrdingly, by means of powerful horizon
tai hydraulic press II is forced down tn
tube b, tll 1t reaches the region of III,
rock-sat, which It dissolyes, charging lisel
with - per cent. of salt Chat Is, with p
lh of salt IN every hundred p,nts of water,
aud ihen asceuds through the lnnernosl tub
&. IA vlrtuc OF The sane pressure cXertel
continuously over the said tube and no
only aseends to the surface, but even a
high az 30 feet from the surface into a re
seryom whence. by a natural fall, II goe
TO feed The sai-pans IA the building -houses
) for immediate Capitalization, and the resu
Is an exqulsllely pure, white aud crystalin
salt.
In conclusion, have to observe tha
tube A, through which the water, with three
per cent. of salt, is upheaved by the gas
wall be IN continuous sciion, by day aud b!
night, to supply the requisite quantity q
water Tor sali-maklng M the manner de
scribed; but that the jet d'eaH, winch forms
the admiration of all btholders, wlll only
be allowed to take place now aud then dur
ing the season, for the qualification OF the
numerous vlsIlers; among whom, tins year
Kisslngen has the honor of reckoning sew
eral crowned heads, and ministers, or dlplo
) matte noiahllliies, enough to Constitute
, political congress; not forgetting tie fare
parl of the Ragozi worshlppers, at who's
head stands pre-emlnenIly the truly anna
Bile, highly popular aud gracious Queen c
the county"