New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-04
SCIENCE, INTENTION AND INDUSTRY
EUROPE.

PARIS Thursday, Jan IL, 1904.
Tho first meeting of the Commissioners of the Uni
versal Exhibition took place few days ago at the
Palais Royal The President, Prince Napoleon, ad-
dressed the members in q very patriotic speech re-
king that this would be the first Exhibition OF In
dustry connected with universal exhibition OF
the Fine Arts and that it would be their duty to receive
all foreigners who visit the Exhibition with the greatest
hospitality and kind feeling The Vice Presidents were
chosen, and the Committee appointed to prepare the
rules and plans for the general management. The
Vice-Presdents Mons. TRoPLoNG, for the General
Commission Mons BAROCHE for the section OF the Fine
Arts Mons. BILLAULT for the section OF Agriculture
and Industry. The Committee for Arrangement con-
sists of Bessrs. NORM, LEGENTIL, SCHNEIDER
Emile PEREIhE, LEPLAY, DE LEssEPs, Due de
MoUCHY, VIsCONII and HENRIQUEL DUPONT. The
section of Fine Arts has lost already two members
both eminent architects and members of the Institute
refer TO Mons. Leclerc and Mons Visconti. The lat
terdied few hours after the first meeting Of the Com
missioners; he had charge of the building of the
Louvre.
Professor DEIABARRE we'll known for his various
improvements in sugar apparatus and steam engines
has lately perfected an apparatus for increasing the
draft infurnaces without mechanical means lie has ex
perimented before number OF Engineers, when II fell 10
my lot TO witness the experiments. lie used common
cylindrical steam boiler set in the ordinary manner,
provided with high chimney, which produced good
draft this draft suddenly much increased by turn
ing single stop-cock, which admitted small jet OF
steam into a cy Under, which connected at the
bottom with the furnace and provided with pipe for
the smoke to pass off The draft continued steadily
long the steam admitted into the cylinder and
tie smoke driven in any direction horizontally or
otherwise, without the aid of chimney The draft is
produced BY suction, which elOngates the flame and
draws along the whole surface OF the boiler prcduc
ing a rapid generation Of steam. The CRATE was
scarcely heated the fire being more on the top than at
tie bottom Of the coal. Every present was con-
WINGED of the perfect and steady draft and of the ac
y OF ejectng the smoke at any point 1t is an impor-
tant improvement for war steamers; but the question
arose il il would not be more economical to use srd
nary blowers which would perhaps, requireless steam
10 drive them To this the Professor answered positive
" that rot only requires much less steam than the
blowers but that bis apparatus affords many other i'm
portant advantages which cannot be obtained by
blowers In order to prove the practcabllity OF his
NODE of producing draft in furnaces he showed letter
to his visitors, the writer Of which was the owner OF
steamboat End who has had this apparatus in for
some time. This writer stated that he continued to
be satisfied with the practcabity and usefulness of
tie apparatus, that he enabled thereby 10 burn
any kiLd OF coal, good or bad, and even refuse coal
and that the savBg of fuel was considerable. Prof
DelabarTe also produced contract which he had just
closed with the French Government, in which he binds
himself 10 Place his apparatus in the Imperial yacht
"La RtRe HOrnse, for small sum- and another iii enc
Of The Government workshops shall watch the ex.
pertinent the yacht and if it is favOraby received
there slal not fail to bring it TO the notice of your
readers Tie apparatus, so far as we were allowed TO
examine IT, appeared very simple, and required little
space tie Fl oessor showed destined for loco
motive, which is 10 be placed in the chimney
Mons. AYNAR BRLSSION lately read paper before
tie Academic Rationale in which he endeayorod TO show
that Baron lluart de NotlOHb was the original III
yentor Of the atmospheric telegraph. which IS
now claimed by an American. The Prose- says that
tie invention in question belongs 10 Mons Ambrose
Ador, who exhibited an atmospheric letter carrier as
eaIly as le;6. We say, that the invention to carry
hollow piston containing letters through tube, by
means of suction or otherwise, belongs neither TO
Baron Nohomb nor the American the other French
inventor because it is Old idea which no doubt has
occurred TO all those who have but slight scquaint-
ance with pneumatics, ard we sure our American
inventor does not and can not csimit What be claims
is 10 doubt the practical application and peculiar ap-
paIatus and that he is the first to apply tie idea Oh an
extensive scale.
AT the end Of the month of November 1888, there
were 3C3 beet sugar manufactures in operation IN
France, "a less than in the year 80
With the close OF the year 1883, the Break
water AZ Cherbourg considered as entirely
finished Vauban, who was tie protector OF this
stupeudous work, convinced the French Government
Of tie necessity Of having IN the channel SAFE
hsTbor for It's navy, and his plans were adopted
ard carried out The entire length OF the structure
llCUO feet more tlan twice the length Of that at fl
mouth; 1t measures 90 feet from the bottom OF the
sea II IL built OF 1900 artificial blocks, each one con-
taibrg about $4,000 cubic feet. The last twenty
yeeTs were exclusively chi loycd 10 build tue wall
which DcasuTes about 80 Of in hight above low tide
Tie oniIe work cost, since the year 1853 up 10 LIST
January, l-54, o. 10000 francs, about $i3501O00
- Tie proposition Of the Imperial Council OF Com
ucrce to take oil the prohibitive duty from cotton
yarn and TO levy on It duty Of 81 per cent mentioned
IN our lsst, has been submitted to tie Emperor wiro
modified il 10y admitting Eaw cotton coming from Great
Bnisin ard ts provinces IN Europe, free OF the duty
established BY tho act Of Feb 2, l-26
According TO the official stati.iics the price Of
brad and meat in france haa increased gradually since
he year 100 10 tie present tine shown b the fol
loving tables:
Pom no a. r-l1 ~ arsuss re esa1fs sois
Pun tg g. 1872 hs stsfsir tf'oTt "a 300 sH.s snef
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