The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-06
che Caroric Ship Ericsson.

Among the many interesting subjects that attract
occasionally the attention Of the community, there IL
nohns that excitcs at the present time curiosity
among large class both here and abroad than the
OF the calorc ship Ericsson The pswer OF caoric
ejecing sgeHt in air gun, is well understood
but its applicability motive power Is not. 1t Is
sppense of the clements idee in thi, eye Of
wondors-an apparent mpossbility possible of
pishrnent An attempt (whethsr founded on truth or
not, cannot say) is made in the .4ugs5urg Gazette
Austrian journal TO make 1t appear that Mr. Ericsson
idea is mot original magistrate Of LsueRburg, named
Prehn having perfected calorc engine years pre-
yious to Mr. Ericsson constructing his first one He
failed however as the story goes in applying his prne
pie and his want Of success brought him to the grave
This may be true and yet detract nothing from Mr.
Ericssons claim TO originality in the concep on which
might have been born in him years before he was ena
bled to attempt to carry 1t out from variety OF ccum-
stances, against which many OF genius have trug
gled and ultimately sunk under like the unfortunate
Austrian mathematician. These charges however are
easily made, 5ut not easily rcfutsd and until some.
thing authentic than negsparer paragraph
brought forward Mr. Erics need be under apprc-
henicn CT losing his laurels acquired after years OF labor
just as be il about to receive tbs browning wreath
The opinion Of the praccabiliy iuprsctcabiity Of
the application OF caloc TO propeng VESSELS however
ia mooted question, which will in few days doubtless
be settled when the chip Ercsson goes her treI trip
The company engaged in the enterprise very sapgune
Of success although there great many who doubt
End others who unquali1edy condemn It an impracti
cable Idea The elasticity Of sir acknowledged but its
capablity Of propelins large vessel through ar ele
ment much denser THAI Itself az remunarave speed
Is by many most seriously doubted Should the princ
pie however be found to work It will produce nearly as
great a change in mechanics when steam as motive
power was FIRST introduced 10 astonished public om-
ing to the lesseBed expense in making aud working ca
lorc engine and the total absence OF danger by explo
ding Unsuccessful IL will become universal cid ia every
thing where motive power is required. Not only will
ships and railway engines be fitted with t. but factories
mills ssd indeed every building where much hosting is
done could easily be supplied with It, and ultimately by
this way, entirely supersede the use of steam.
The in which IL Is to use csoc 20
propsl the ship Ericsson understand t. by means
Of tEo engines, each engine being composed Of two
oyBHdersa large and smaller one--thc latter placed
the top OK the former, with small furnace unier
all The larger cylinders said TO be thirteen feet
diameter bit as we, In common with other mem
hers Of the press have been denied ocular demon.
STATION, only speak from hesrsay. Each
cylinder is worked by separate piston, the two on
engine, however. working simultaneously. When
the engine IL started the piston Of the upper cylinder in
It's descent opens valves through which the cold
air Immediately enters On its ascent II closes these
valves, and the air l. forced through other valves into
receiver and thence into the large cylinder In going
however from the receiver into the bottom cylinder Il
passes through regcnerator consisting Of heated net
work Of wire, formed by number Of layers the whole
about twelve inches thick from which becomes heated
about 400 500 degrees and when It enters the large
what Is called the working cylinder It receives an
additional heat Of forty degrees which about
doubles It's volume and by It's endeavors TO find room for
tie great expansion. performs the duty Of steam,
Among the enumerated advantages that vessel fitted
with caloric engine possesses that fhe viii conume
only about onctcnth the fuel Of steamers that the cost
Of boilers is entirely savdthe expense Of tho engines
being about cqual the only about the number
ofhsnds win be required TO run II; that The and
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