Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-01-29
The Ericsson CaIOrIc NJ


The great interest felt in this ps,t -
try in Ericssons invention iustifes us = NE eOaa.
the details which come to hand of HE sVngsl
iments. We have already published tha eIPer.
the second trial Of his ship proved Aet that
cessful. We now give the details az ~ sue
from the Commercial Advertiser of The i iIst Ea
THE DAYS OF sTEAM ARE SURELY xux..~
We have just returned from trial tim.
coloris ship Ericsson-the ''brethrenipp " as
the Mirror very properly called it the other +.
and have been witness of the most nerfa..!!-->
umph of its proves AS a motive power f. u.
legitimate purposes OF commerce-domestie !. ~
ternational--it will straightway superseds ~. u
Any thing more experimentally succeSsfv, ''saa
particularly simple, cannot be conceived ~Oe
At this late hour, and with the pressr,.
our columns, which has excluded much sd;' uP@
matter, we cannot enter into particulars ~
working of the engine and ship, and the $50. 9s
of the trial trip, but will give them to-mor-'- Sua
Suffice it to say that the Ericsson made TIL -.
not to give proof of her capacity of speed In
but simply as satisfaction to parties nte,0' ~'r
and the press, that Captain Ericsson has y
what he claimed to do, and substituted atmo,,INs
c air for steam in the propulsion of large yesa.
1t was obvious to every one on board tb.t "a
packing of the cylinders is not perfected. and ,N
there was considerable escape of atmosnLs. .Na'
motive power, the air-tight packing of evEslO'
of fourteen feet diameter being neeessar;sn. NJ
work of time, and Capt. Ericsson making ebs,s
thus early to dispel the doubt that a ship can i
thus propelled, rather than to show of what sn.sS
she can be made capable.
The valves too allowed of some escane V.
with those drawbacks the Ericsson made nine mil
an hour, and gave proof that with her machine,
perfectly prepared she can do at least one .tb;,i
more The original intention was to make .vr'
ders of sixteen feet diameter, but no engine eonId
execute the work. The cylinders are to tn. e.Io
ric ship what the boilers are to steam ship
The only thing necessary to increase the vovs,
or speed is to enlarge these cylinders, and Ne.,r.
Hogg and Delamater now guarantee to bore them
of even twenty feet diameter, which with an sn.
CINE in every respect similar to the one used IN
the Ericsson, would it is morally certain, DIV.
greater speed than yet reached by any steamer.
! We must defer explanations, simply observing
that the principle is simple and bears much ATM.
ty to human respiration, the inhalation and e1uu.
sion of air being the key to the whole The sun.
ply cylinders inhale about 20 tons of air per hour.
that air when expanded by heat forces up the Dis.
ton, it is expelled by chimneys on deck, but Ii,
heat is retained in awire gauze frame work, called
4 generator, ana the colo air entering passes thro
the same regeneration. taking up the heat the wire
have retained, and thus expanded is ready for use
1t will be obvious that the engine is therefore
thorough ventilator of the ship. We stood upOr
the top of the cylinder while it made twenty "a
cents and descents. 1t was cooler than the room
IN which we write.
So was the engine room generally. As to econ
omy the Ericsson uses six tons of coal in "a hours
and could not consume more than seven which
point of cost is six to fifty.
Only one fireman is on duty at one time, an
all he has to do is to supply coal about every hOu
only one engineer. and he has nothinging to d
but to grease the journals &c. There can be u
explosion.
Capt Ericsson very lucidly explained by al
agram the whole machinery and answered ever
question that any chose TO put him. All this an
other incidental matters We will notice to monuS
All on board, and there were those among the
who entertained very serious doubts of the su
cess of the enterprise, and were, we Judge, int
estcd in steam ships, acknowledged that every o.
lection was proved to be groundless, and that Il
/ thing was done. Indeed, there was no taking al
other ground, seeing that we were airing it
nine miles an hour.