New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-27
. Nevy steamboat Paddle Wheel.
FROM The Detroit Advertiser

We were invited BY Capt. William A. Bury,
Of Crosse Isle on Wednesday, 10 examine inc nosa
new Paddle Wheel which he has in'ented .. N" IT.
which he las entered caveat al the Pafen. Vhx ~.
model was roughly put together, but certainly Iss
a sin.Ile application OF wei known pFinciPe NnkH
carried cut in the construction 81 wheels oil a'A'
NUT work complete alteration in their maze mn.
The wheel which he las inventcd Is formed = snns
pats exactly Ike the paddle wheels OF ',eaoan
The exception of te pDddles or buckets In nc COMMA
rgddle whee the Paddle or bucket Il asold oploiGt
fastened firmly across the two parallel arms -
new wheel paddle Or bucket ID affixed 10 each BTU,
sirong hinge Ia tho inside corner oi the arm ~
iwopaddles being equivalent to one common one ias
paddle itse II III obong piece OF wood, slapd Isst
wedge and hung IN tho arm, - that the heavy end -
between the arms, md the light end IL outside But ne
hgbtsst division G. the puGlc b. the auriace ana
j. UpCn this fact Tie ualiy Of tie invention depens
For Instance, the wheel rev0lges the paddle strss
tie wtter, Tut it II - hupg on the arm at certain sne
that The Cuisldo gradually snks IN, and ne ns
wheel rcvoiyos, the surface Oh the paddle meets 10
gradually, but ss 10 press IL back against ns
srm where il Is hrmy held by the pressure causedy
It's molten through the water as the paddle rises
tho sufaoe the anglo 1t which it out OF The w
permits the heavy end 10 rs back against the inside q
tie arm, and thus comes GU. edgeweys exactly on us
principle OF fcatheing Tne paddle, by the smpe
operation Of the principle Os grsytatiOD, remains wih
cd.e directly IN The ne of the revolution OF the who'd
til the arm passes the pefpendcuar when the pahin
i-ls INTO Its place ready to moet the pressure o. "'
eieT ersin
q cur ordinary STEAMBOATS,, an Immense amount |.
POWER 10 loet BY having 10 lit Leasy weight OF wsr
" al every turn Oi tie crank. Numerous conIr'apes
eEd inventions have b. tried a means vi oyerc0n
iBg and doing away nth th8 useless weight wch u
Dc az il obliged ID cssry but know Of that %
not been found too complicated 10 be useful or aVasDe
We have been told that, 70 each revolution of NC
wheels OF tie May Flower, the lit Of water by The req
lutoLs Of the wheels is esl TO eighf funs, AMI The M
increased in proportion u the speed. II tue eng.s
makes sixteen revolutions IN u minute che has sso
exysnd force enough 10 LIT l2s tuDs In that tine ~
j. so much dead lose We do not know inst TINS
precisely he case but Il illustrates IN some meas9reo9s
OF the difficulties of team navigation which this nfeh
ton Of Captain Bury Il intended b oycroone and ~s
principal one There two others Of minor unpoN
luce The hrst IT, that IN the passage oil the paans
through the wheeh0use Il has ttle or no resistance
rercoIne from the procure Ot the air The Other y
tia. navigator where snsgs are me; win as
Lille or no danger Of the paddles being smashed "
60 ming in contact with them In regard 10 the In Of
wstcr Cspt Bury stated that be trcd this model shs1
about tour ec IN diameter IN the water turning H9
The rate OF Thirty revolutions per minute, md persoa
could remain within TAO feet of where the paddles cams
cut OF the water without being wet
As the working Of this model has shown that the Pm
eples On which III constructed are correct and Ia
hs wheel sctusly gets rid Of the causes Of tne c.s
large amount o, power steam vessss the whoe qus
ton Is reskved into whether large wheels can 10 o9.
IL lcted 10 work equally well the model "oht
ard not be liable TO get 0ut Of order by tie immenr
pressure 10 which they objected. !, 8 ,hoogAy
thcse who use1 20 the making OF such w1sSH uA
edn end during the winter, we believe par oil e.
wheels are 20 be PCT en- the Swan. IL cannot in'uI
any great icss ftkey DO work. for the common pa
dies con be put In the arms any time Bai We til.
this invention. from lis very simplicity must DC
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