New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-22
Darius Davison,s New Motive Power

NINETY PER CENT. or FUEL SAVED.
Il The Edler Of IAs y ITrb,ms,
SIR Many efforts have been made during the
past half century 10 economist the use OF fuel Tor
engines or obtain new, safer, and more econom
icAl motive power Most OF the trials have been at
tended with no very great gain apparent 10 the public
since the days of Watt, until the movement of the ship
Ericsson demonstrated tie possibility OF greatly
econemizing the use oil fuel in the production oil a
tive power which should suppsnt the of the heavy,
expensive an dangerous steam engine sand boilers now
IN use.
The agencies employed in the "Caorc Engine are
the best cectng the greatest possible economy
in the OF fuel And the engines required TO apply
the power necessarily, from the low pre- per
square Inch too large, heavy and cumbersome TO be
moved rapidly enough in recprocating action, 70 give
the requisite number OF revolutions per minute 10 the
water wheels tO drive vessel with any very great
lOciySPERD upon the water being ~ important an ob.
ject economy IN the consumption OF fuel Therefore,
upon vessels requiring speed the "CalOrc Engine
constructed and operated the ship Ericsson viii al
any increase OF power will require increase In the
size and weight q the cylinders and In the size and
weight q the heavy pstOn5 and their connections with
the shalt The greater the weight set In motion aud liz
momentum stopped at each stroke OF the piston the
slower the movement OF the piston must necessarily be-
tOpreycu jerking ana strain at the beginning and end
Of each stroke OF the piston. Therefore rspd move
meat OF the water wheels cannot be obtained by Gu
lone Lngne Of sufficient power to drive large ship
10 drive iae Caloric Ship Ericsson 8 miles per hour
calculating from the speed obtained upon her late trI
about I'D miles per hour she would require eight en-
giaes Of the size Of her present four four cnnes of
double the capacity ~ her present four % attain the
above speed and would require double the quantity
OF fuel consumed on her late trial.
About ten years ago, by combination OF peculiar cir.
cunsances, discovered the principle Of producing Il
motive power, By strictly philosophical and scontin;
time agencies aud, by numerous experiments since that
have succeeded ia constructing an Apparatus for prace
ally those hv tyhf mr.
TIE FUEL required % generate any given amount
OF power By steam boilers can be saved. the means
employed In eecting this great saving will be entirely
different from those employed 10 the Galore Engine
Though the result sought 10 be accomplished IN both
precisely the same viz economy in the
consumption of fuel HEAT, Ara STEAM AND A VACUUM,
combined IN their operation will be the principal
employed and the apparatus for applying them VIII he
simple, light economical, durable and compact There
viii he danger from epiostOas, the power, % any
required amount viii be comfortable And, there viii
he no danger from ire a. the consumption OF fuel viii
be small and the required temperature work the APP
paratus low All kinds Il coal wood Or other combug-
be material can be used 10 generate the requisite heat
Tor operating an engine The waite Of fuel viii be only
tina, which passes oil in the draft producing combustion
and that which necessarily Loot by radiation through
the exterior surfaces VI the.Sppar.tus und engine
The heat generated frsm TIC fuel viii be operated
through the apparatus well known principles ofrGd
atm and absorption, expansion and contraction by the
presence or absence Of heat In certain media-and BY
sqaatbriuHs Of temperature The heat caloric, will
IRIS, acc in the apparatus by expansion, then VIII be
irscted and Il soidiGed then VIII again radiate
and act by expansion, and indefinitely. The man
principles Of the apparatus based upon two wen
known laes Of R0rars viz Fts that all bodies solLL
liquid and gaseo1s throughout the Universe tend 70 al
equilibrium Of temperature. Those possessing plus
csorc heat radiate heat and those possessing minus
heat or ealorlc absorb heat until equilibrium essb
hshed Second, that all solids liquids and gases when
heated expended, made lighter, and tend 70 ascend,
and when cooled contracted made heavier aud tend
70 desceni
By the operation Of IEese two simple laws Of nature
The rain ascends and desccnds and the air
the face Of The earth The sun by myrad rays ofsht
and heat calorc warns, rares, expands and makes
Hght the air near the surface OF the eah and ocean.
Zach particle Of ar sucks up particle Of wztsr, and
transports ~ he upper and cooler region Of the
mosphere By millions ofuns. There ts heat u rsdisted
into the cooler stratum Of sr ,ie pstes Of water are
condensed INTO drops aud descend IN rain Tie partial
or nearly compile yac8um thus produced by the rising
Of the rsrHed air nth - immense weight o, water
ca1ses the eireuaeent cool and heavy air 20 rush ia
20 fn the thur produced with force and "a
pdiy propoEonste 20 the 2eteness Of The vacuum
Drodocng hrsr the gentle breeze then the rushing tenn
pest and last the devastating ornado and terrific hurr
cane, which By the repdty ard fire. Of their more.
menis PROSTATE Hn1Dense forests and oversrrn the
hsb.ations man
Here then, are manifested in nsrsre the two Gle
rnents Of motive power, .z; hoTIoS and PoRcE. Is
II TOO much 20 say TIA; these beautiful principles In
nature can be made TO harInl>ssly and economically
work through simple apparstus in imitation Of
lures operations Let the doubling enjoy their doubts
while they can, for they Will have good TO
dspel them
BY the falling Of az apple, Newton discovered the
principle Of grsytation, which weighs and holds lima
mersble worlds in their orbts' By the flying Of kite
Franklin chained the Lightning Of Heaven the Of
Science and dssrued the thurderboit OF its terrors
and, b equally simple mesas toe principle, Of .his