Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-03-04

fortunate enough tI ut Win VI
for members OF Congress, in visiting the ship There VIZ"
ale,srs Clemens ami rohc OF Virginia, Senator Jones
Ncssrs Stanton Chaimn Of Naval Commi,tce) aud Co!
om 0; Tennessee, Gotman OF Indiana, Wallace and
Woodward Of South Carolina, Gilmore OF Pennsylvania
Davis uf Massachusetts Cartier OF Ohio Cen Felix n
OF Louisiana Ashnun o massachusetts, 4. W. Ihomp
Of Philadelphia, Com. Moore OF Texas, 7. Green oil
Washington Cory of Cncinnaii, &c. We thoroughly e1
uned The solid and beautiful machinery OF this splendid
ship uf 200 lons tie model of which was pronounced ty
naval officer be unrvacd You have already published
full description OF the mechanism .! this extraordinary
application Of principle and slal not therefore a'r"
you with details. Suffice il say perfectly satisfied
Of s several important adyantagcsand among t.i.r i!c
very small amount Of fuel necessary and tho consequently
enlarged space for lrceh wch is excluded from steamers
the pcrier, safety and security agars explosion; hr plea
temperature of air and cuirc tsence OF hea even
around tho cyiindce; tic aconsccraLlc labor requisite
engineer only teng sllcicn; ect The whole Eicrllni7I
and uf tho heat by tic lhiS last
ingenious machine is small box with Nv" discs 81 lT t'
which correspond with the hinge OF the human SYSTEM lie
heated mir discharges duty in moving the pist"ns a2d IN
escaping communicates is calurIc 10 the wires. Then the
air admitted by contrary direction passes lh!ou The
wires ard is heated BY Them BY this simple o 1eiu
fu device all the heat il preserved what j. lost hy ra
diaton There arc lou. a,anc cylinders, fourteen feet j!
much space THE ilrges cyir before cast waa nnr
feet in damctcrbut he be CAST Of any size, ahi
the power Of the Calec ship dsnds upon The SIZE ' hr
cylinder You viii thus thai, although by this hr fr&
and greatly successful experiment. speed OF not n're "
nine miles has been attained, much more ast"nsh
ing will be achieved by enlarged cylinders and "her
improvements suggested b. experience How Imncasuraey
superior is the OF EIicssons first practical caorir
experiment thai o! The early experiments in steam navqa
ton gather Interesting flcrs from Sraikss
Wo,ks OF Franklin y On the l2h of October lIcS John
Fitch in his experiment with i,!e steamboat on HE De
aware made 6 miles per honr with 80 passengers on board
Another account says, Us miles per hour against the cur
rent Fullon turned his The subject Of slcHm
navigation ia 1893 In August 1907 Fulton made hs first
attempt to navigate the Hudson *h seau-nnd INC clr
ment in going ua tn Hudson made four and hTce.iiiih
miles an hour aHd IN ag down, tivc miles PER hour The
passage Abany !eTrfncd in 81 hours and he a'n
in so ded in Sl5 n ia thc construction ~ his II
and last boat for nlvcan1 Il" Hnt4,n towards tf' =. II
mis- lite he sa! hat "hr had. lis u,niun, er' :: he
pouers of navigation. having given i sp"' nine
rn an huar The Engineer. u GrcG h.t'ain l'F u:icr
came 10 s,i!or conc.ueioa in respect the xmD ~
speed
Wien wr contras, ,!so fact. With Ii. splendid acal.yc
men,s &C steam in present day. rail 2,- n!-cc
Steamers e.: how utterly varish !ha objections 10 .n's
first experiment oi Eccspn because has
than ninc miles 81 houri
In intimate connection with the SUBJECT, we publish nc
following e,c5 Fitch si-!y:trec years ago. IL which he
made predictions w!eh have been sSIu22 verified
by ne. We ak attention 70 Two ponIs II u" t'''cr 20
which The genius oi Capt Ericsson nas given 'li.c NC
refer 10 the SIMPLY u fcs water md I" nc "sccw-"
tFrom spars' Works o. rsaeS."J voi. 10, = -.
FROM JOAN FITCH 10 e ERiNkLlN-COECERN
ING NEN STEAMBOAT
EUcxs CDr%Tv Era OcTo5Eg. lT55.
sis:1he subscr'r b,~ 'ca"c;o trao!s y'n ":' nni"-
hing further on Ge sutc. Il steamboat. His saneGrnc
opino: IN IA or II IL hc purpose his
wshs. rmhatrrs him r:,sunc hir lgrr vlI not rive
offence. And bis orni, carries hir 10 xcc-s e doubts
not bat your Excc!lercy wi! make proper allowance.
IL matter. in h!- opinion, U he first fragUGe
only 10 HE Uri,r, States ba: to every aa!c power
the wo-lt and = IS u' IN the oce! hat i VIII an-"e r'
voyages well as for Inland nhvga non IN rari:"n'
achyGs where lherc my great number "l as-ra
gers He il hsJ OF opinion, that I.i Tor short vGyec
wou! exceed the weigh. o! fr lUn-
wuut produce supply o! fresh water. lie ais
believes, ;a the boat would nuSa head HEqln-' N" "fi
violent temprsts, ard h"Ichv cscl@c liz caneer :" 'e
shore; and That III force may ne app@d 10 rn'o
.rlc l.akr ship II he; v la iniirn> hi - ".
thus p,Csuu.ng The good ELECTS OF f,rh, j. tlc
aIlaos onnpocr force BY which il il ectaAsd, a"t IN.
very SIMPLE and a'ura! by winch the
paddles nrc inrnrd 10 au-"rT The purpose II cars.
lcxpec, from Kentucky abou, The l., 4" June
next and nothing would 2ive more pleasure Than -
make Essay under patronage ard nave your end-
" assistance III Introducing another useful art inio tic
world Win The most perfect respect am &c,
JOHN FlFCH
1t appears b. the following certificate, which given
years all. above IcIcr written that Mr. F',h
altaued degce CT in the construction .!
his steamboat
"PHILADELPHlA DEcEHazR l2-M l7S7.--Thesc rcr
fy lha, the sub.cIioer las frequently aeon Mr. Fchs
steamboat which with great labor and perseverance, he us
length completed, and has likewise been board rhcn
the boat worked against hDrli wind and Tide, with
very considerable degree oi velocity by The force Of s;ll
only. Mr. Filchs merit In conducting good steam Ell
gine and applying useful purpose will dIab meet
with the encouragement he justly deserves for the crne
rosy Of his ccunryInen especially taos: whu wish 10 pro
mote every Improvement of ihr nseui ars IN America.
"DAVID RlTrENHOuSE.'
TO JOHN INGERHOUSZ.
pua puI lT-S