Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-01-21
THE CALORIC SHIP.
Wonderful Progress OF the Age.

of new motive power, the invention
of Capt. Ericsson, whereby the air we breathe
was brought to act as propelling force of
machinery, in the same manner as steam is
now employed. 1t was also stated that a
vessel was built and that the experiment was
being tested. We We're slow however to at
tach any great importance to the high wrought
expectations which some had formed of this
new and novel invention. Paine's water cas
light, and sundry other prctentions were vet
fresh in our Recollection. But it seems now
to be next to a fixed fact" that the Caloric
Ship will prove reality-an invention that
will work revolutions of incalculable impor-
lance to the world. We give below conden-
sed extracts of the latest intelligence.
THE Ericsson BREATHING Survive
have just returned from an excursion on
board the Ericsson and hasten to chroni-
! Gle the entire success of the trip.
The party consisted of some hundred gen
tlemen, mostly editors and men of science
The ship made about nine miles an hour.
against the tide; and the working of her en-
glnes gave entire satisfaction to all Oh board.
Mr. Ericsson's explanations were perfectly lu-
cid and CONFERENCE.-The very best lecture
upon mechanical science we ever listeued
| to.
There is no doubt but the sage of steam"
Is numbered, and that an entire revolution in
motive power has been achieved by Capt.
| Ericsson.
We stop the press to day merely to an
nounce the entire success Of the ship; to-
morrow we will give our readers full details
of this great invention n. Y. Mirror Tnes-
day.
NEW YORK, Jan. IL.
The second trial of the Caloric Ship Erics-
son came off to day in the presence Of an i'm
, mense crowd, which had assembled to wit
ness the working of her wonderful machine
! ry.
| About 8 o'clock she started from her moor
lngs, and run down the bay at the rate of
| eight knots an hour, against strong flood
tide and a stiff head wind. This result has
created perfect astonishment as it far exceed
ed the hopes of even those who entertained
the most sangulnc expectations.
The days of steam power are ended
The brief articles we copy to day from the
New York Tribune and the New York Mir
ror bear like testimony to the complete sue
cess of this trial trip.
| 1t is difficult to fix limits to the extent or
importance of the change which this success
full substitution of heated air for steam, as
power, ensures. Indeed, time alone can de-
velope all the advantages of the Caloric En-
CINE. Its inventor claims, and those conncc-
! ted with him, believe that
lst. The Caloric engine requires only one
tenth as much fuel as the Steam Engine
! End. That the cost of the Caloric Engine
is no greater than that of the Steam En-
| CINE without the boilers
3rd That the Calorc Engine requires on
! " one fourth as many men to manage it as
the Steam Engine.
! 4th. That no smoke issues from the Gallo
ric Engine, where anthracite coal is used,
and therefore no smoke pipes are necessary,
and the rigging does not get BACKED up.
9Th. That the caloric engine is vastly sa-
fer than the steam engine, there being no
danger Of bursting boilers, as there are no
boilers to burst.
9th. That the wear and tear of machinery
Is much less, the duration of the Engine grca-
ter, and the capacity for storage $50 much less
room being required for fucD largely increas-
ed.
Assuming that these claims are but par
TALLY sustained, it seems evident that the Ca
loric must rapidly supcrscde the Steam En-
| gne both on sea and shore.
! CALoRIC (AIR SuP) ENTERrRIsE.-Thc
n. y. Journal of Commerce understands
that the gentlemen through whose instru-
mentality the caloric ship Ericsson has been
built, are fully satisfied with the success of
that vessel, that it is their intention to shortly
lay the kcels Of other and still larger ships
Of the capacity say Of 1000 tons, in which
engines of sufficient power will be placed, to
give them much higher maximum speed.
We understand, during the present year at
least six vessels of this description will be
built for the same parties.
We record one of the most stupcndous
triumphs in science and mechanics which has
ever claimed the admiration of the world
Cour. IL. Eng.
The unbeieving world will hardly be pre-
pared for the record of the trial of the Erics-
son ship; a vessel which has twice moved at
the rate of nine and ten miles an hour with
out the use Of sails or stcam.- Express.
Her performances fully realized the antic-
ipations of the most sanguine ard elected
from those witnessing them, an unqualified
testimonial, as to the triumph Of the princi-
pie Jour. of Com.
We feel proud that such triumph has
been realized in New York, and that Amer
lean money has enabled the Inventor to ac-
complish his grand idea Herald.
That immense ship was driven against
wind and tide, by machinery far from being
complete or perfect in its construction, at a
|, steady rate of ten miles an hour; and with
out referring to anything farther in that fact
alone the principle finds its complete and
triumphant vindication. The use of Caloric
as propelling power is no longer an OK
pertinent it is fixed fact Times.