Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1853-01-27
From the NeV York Daily Tribune.
The New Motive Power.

crnd trial tip vi the Caloric ship Erics.
son. and are prepared 10 say wIthOu,
hesitation or reserve. and not merely on
Ou' own Judgment, but on that Of every
gentleman in the company. that it pEo-
we'd beyond the pos ihility Of dOubl
she existence Of Il new motive Power as
SURE aud efficient as steam, while ii il
free from all danger # accident, and is
vastly cheaper and more manageable -
Tie demonstration is perfect. The age
Of Steam is closed: the "ge of CaloIic
opens. Fulton and Watt belong to the
Past ; Ericsson is the great mechanicaI
genius OF the Present and the Futuse.
The Calosic Engine is no hasty pro-
duct. Twenty five years ago E lesson
conceived the idea. For twenty Ave
years he has been engaged in elabola
eng and perfecting it. Ia ls33 be pro-
pounded it 10 the scientific wo. Id ut
London. Men Of the highest susLorhy
such men as Faraday and Brunei. pro
n"unced it good, aud predicted is tri,
amph.. Bot there were practical diff
c'Ilues. Tie principle was clear not su
its application. Those dlAi:uItles have
had 10 b. overcome gradually, one By
one. Since the 6rst model engine OF
1--WE horse power was. :onsl, uc.ea, the
inventor has built some twelve or lhir>
Teen others. in each making some i'm
provement, removing some obstacle
Two years since his invention was CON.
plete. No hindrance remained to be
vanquished. He was ready to submit,
the New Motive Power 10 the test Of
Trial on the largest scale. Fortunate bt,
yOnd other great inventors at every step
he had found means TO go forward. Aud
now came the final demonstration. For
that means were also found. Enlight-
ened capitalists came f,r*a d, and ex.
sminud, and were convinced. The funds
were furnished. L was determined 10
bring Out the machine ON a. scale uu>
p eceden'ed 10 the history Of inventions.
The Ericsson. q splendid ship Of 1900
tuns. was Constructed. the machinery
built and put on board. The public
u'M has taktn place 1T the, earliest posi-
sible moment, il anything, too soon for
perfect justice to the Invention. Though
the engine was unfinished and unable to
perform. all Tho wo.k for which il is de-
signed, yeLas many unfavTa5le rumors
had been put iD circulation. such AS that
1t could not, move the ship from the
dock, THAI the. wheels had. TO ts turned
by hand, that it was vast kumbug,
with othe's Of the same sort,-in order
20 Ailcnce these assertions ana relieve
the owners from the sneers and inputa.
lions to which they were subjected as
having thrown away their money on
it WAS determined 10 antici pale
the time Of bringing out the ship and To
submit the Caloric Engine TO public in
swciion. even. in. its present lmperftc.
stale and with the certainly that il
could not exhibit its whole power. ~.
This was FIRST done in the i,ial tip Of
last week. when, only the inventor, own.
e's andrew Of the snip, were present.
Her perfo' nance on, that occasios we
have recorded. Yesterday a second .r,>
al was made. This was fer the spe.
cial satisfaction Of the members Of
the Press. Representatives we're pres
eni from all. or nearly all, The Journals OF
the City. including several Of the editors
IN chief Of the sspec,ivs papers. The
party WAS taken from. Viii shalbat about
half past 0 in a small steamer. Il vas
nearly 10 when the Ericsson was put in
motion. With the tide and Fight breeze
against her, shs ran down beyond the
Narrows, ~ Distance Of some ten miles
the tide was aIso against her in return
Ing;. Ihe Eun each way Was sccompIish-
cd IN about an hour and . quarter,
making her average speed about eight
miles an hour against the tlds.