Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-05-18
The Ericsson.

The Ericsson.
This vessel was caps:zei during The late gale in
! New York, md sunk in twenty feet water. Prior
10 this disaster she made trial trip. which proved
in every respect satisfactory. Knowing that the
improvement OF steam navigation is matter
which is intimately counectedswitii commerce. we
present The following succinct staementof the
performances of the Ericsson during The Trip the
9th ult. feeling assured thatit will p.ove inter
esting to the majority ofour icrs. Should the
Ericsson comesinto use. millions oftdoilars would
be saved annually in the consumption. Of fuel on
4 our Western rivers. We COPY from the New York
Courier and Enquifef:-Cin. GaS.
..rhepnblic mind has been sol long ami so deep
llyinterestedin the ultimate success of tile Eres-
son. that it seems Desirable, TO crafty a iandalle
curiosity, that more denieii account should be
given than has yet appeared, OF her performances
during the tip of previous 10 the unIor-
tunate disaster " iich befe her at ITS close.
The ship leftthe dock at Thirteenth street at a
little before one o,ciock The Engineer icing uil-
certain how long she might be detained getting
out, after disseminating the king of her engines
lat the dock, allowed the fires TO get very low, so
that when she started she made but seven revolu-
tons per minute. AS her fires frightened, 5hei
Ipo@er increased, SO that III passing the Battery
she made eight turns, aud at a distance of five
miles beyond, her revolutions had reached ten per
minute. Her speed increased as SHE progressed.
making tinally twelve turns, and she reached the
measured dismnce ofieighteen miles from off low
ernor's Island, in one hour andttir y-fye min
utes being alite less thantwe.yes miles per hour:
Going down The tide was favorable, brit tile wind
was strong ahead on. the. quarter, which very
nearly icounteracted the favorable Influence Of
Tide. Returning, although the wind was nnfa-
vorabe. she made twelve miles per hour, passing
measured distance of eight miles i'll precisely for
~ minutes. Her engines. which are simply and
admirably planned and constructed, worked with
extraordinary precision and Tenderness, turning
the centres so strongly aud steadily thai the eye
could not detect the least diminution of power.
In fact, TO use an expression which engineers well
understand, "she turned a beautiful wheel" The
highest working pre- ssire at any time did not ex
coed ten pounds per square inch. Thi; pressure
will be greatly increased by slight alteration,
about beng made in some tie connecting pipes,
which it is confidently expected, will give thirty
or forty pounds pressure CT even more, il neces-
isary. II. F..-5lf 81. 80. 5s : g.. -
And now, TO come to The most important and
distinguishing point involved in the working oil
this ship.-the economy of tnel. The great ques-
ton. how much coal will be required TO propel n
ship other tonnage (2200 tons twenty. four hours
al the rate IT twelve or fifteen miles per hour?
was clearly solved by the experience of Ibis trip
Not over certainly, ten OF twelyeituns will be
needed. requiring only 90 or $50 tons for voy.
age 10 Liverpool, nearly 1910 tons less than the
Arabia or evan Athiatie sometimes consumes, and
iemploying only about nne.lig CT the working
lolce ofth sllipssf No comment on suclt res4iis
IS needed. THAT a. complete reyolution;in steam
bel the consequence, is clearly evil
ldent. fai8tFisF5
II is properforme TO remark, in closing, that |
have ointerest OF any kind in the ship or in the
invention OF Captain ERICSSON. was presen,
simply as an invited guest; butl deem it due that
eminent inventor, AMI to that noble man, Mr..
ions b. kiTchiNc.-whp almost alone and unail-
ed, has, through numberless discoulagements per-
seVered'in successfully developing this grea. in
ventlon OF the age-to give this PLAN unvnrnished
tale OF IT'S Truly wonderful aud gratifying rcsults.s
April. 2S.s aa 7li5 Jsct{3st ,tf5li3 Al 7tseP."
= - h.ta 81. 81 a.
THEt HouRs Mosr FarAt To LrrE.-We have
ascertained tie hour of death in 1850 instances
of all ages and have arrived Undressing conclu.
SONS. Wetbay remark that The population from
winch The data are derived is mixed population IL
evefy respect, and that the deaths occurred during
tatperioa OF several years. If tie deaths of 1856
persons had occurred in,ferenty al any hour .iu
4Ilng ths "a years, 20would have occurred each
honr. But this was by no means the case. There
l@ere two hours in which the proportion was re-
frrarkably below this. two mnima7 in fact---namel,
from midnight to + o'clock, when the deaths were
~ per cent below the average, aud from noon 10
to,clockp whenlt.ey were 20a per ce MT. below
From 8 10 o'clocks A. NJ. inclusive, and from ,o
clock NJ. there is gradual increase, in The
former Of 23k per cent. above tine oyernge, in The
latter ofs5a percent. The maximum Of tientli i.
from 10 6 O'clock A. NJ, when it is 40 per cent
fabove the average; the next, during the htir be.
Ifore midnight, when il is % per cent. in excess;
third hourof excess rs that from 10 10 O'CLOCK III
he morning. being ia per cent. above. From IL
ID
FLEEING per cent below tie avera. e. the hoti
before noon being the most fatal. From O'Clock
r. III 10 Up. Nj the deaths rise 10 81 per CT above
the average, and then fall from that hour to | r.
tM.,averaging "a per cent. below the mean. Du-
ring the hours from 8 to II o. clock inshe evening
there is a minlnum of 81 per cent. below the av-
etase. Thns tue eastsmortaiYss durng thelnid.
lday hours--DamelyI frointil0 TO 3 O'Clock; the
fgreatest during early morning hours fiom 8 to G
osclock. About one third OF the total deaths were
Iehildten under yeais of oge, and they show The
nfnence ofsthe latter still more strikingly. Atal
hoars, from 10 O'Clock intle morning until mid.
might the DEATHS are al or below The mean in The
hours from 0tos11 "A. NJ, from 4 10 5 r NJ, ami
lrum9 10 SOP. M.ibeing mnima, but 4 he hour; al
Ter midnight being tie lowest MAXIMUM; al ailthe
hours from 2tn ~ A. N. the deaths are above The
mean, attaining their maximum al from 8 to 6 A.
NJ, wiien tits 45l per CT aboye.- london 'Qua,.
terty Rtpieio: naGgfbggI fIff5
When the elephant went upthe lake on tile
steamer Lady Eigin, few days since, we remark.
cd fhatthe huge traveller might lie sCnew lat iipi,
customer on board boat. It appeafs thai on the
I'passage the @heelsman suddenly found difficulty
in changing The boatss course. For, ttg and null,
ana oear on as much as he would. Tie wheel ould
lkai Port helmP cried the captain. -tf,sy IS.
III HAye, aye, sr, responded The wlieelsmau.l q
Ut still tue helm was Hhard starboard,'' and
The boat was taking turn into The mid lie OF The
lake. The captailii Swore, 4aIdtIe mate made for
the wheel house. Pushing the man aside, he took
hold hlmself.a II was no uselie was no more sue.
cessluli than the wheelsman. 49,
rtiihelm for Gods sake Can't you see
where the boat sgoing?" shouted the enraged
'Icaptain. y 3 " : q -
The mate dec.aredthat some thing wns The mai.
ter with the wheel, as he could not stir it, Tie
thing was eifectly inexplicable. The engine was