The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-17

f0 yess future s~sieynsat, and tender you our con
esasuiatisss for your safe return to your family an
frieDds after . voyage Of peril and danger.
. 10 which Capt. hummond modestly replied hke
o. The occAsop, and that should b. again pAosd IN
sasnar situation he woa not DO wanting In exeroo To
the property and lives Of tho-s u Ms care
" Was quite evident hat Capt d. vas lto0rins under
tso strong emotions TO give uersnoe 10 his feeags and
so expressed himself.
On each piecr Of plate the following inscription
"Fresvntea to Captain Ezekiel Drummoni OF tn snio
Continent by the Atlantic hercantils aud Nov York
Nuual c. E. m Mes Of Nav York IN considers
Of usrirorous ices rendered by him her pas
sage from New York to liz erpoo in October, 1885,"
Tho ship referred to above q. having suei by the
Cont inent when almost snking ntitinn wss the
snip Ibilabthronist, Captain wilson, Of Liverpool to
whom Meesrs Tapscott Co prss~u some short time
since very elegant silver tea service for his noble and
Bsniy conduct ON that occasion
1H1 Collins srkAnRs-GREAr SAVING IN THE CONSULT
TON OF FUM.-The Gamer Arctic Is lergoing
rslars OF very important nature Her engines are DO.
ing veIhaued With view 10 effect changes, which, IL
ssfa all reduce the expense Of navigating that
vessel to Dsayy one hall the present These repairs
have been in progress for nearly nth, during which
time the Arctic has ben lying AZ Der dock foot Of Canal
street. the public being totally Of the i'm ant
ehsscter Of the attentions she ID undergoing Al eroas
whco, IL BuccessfuI, will do than any proyement
Of the last ten years to sailing AZ this
mai er VI great inportance TO the steam marine OF
ss country We have been at some pains In preparing
ascount Of what the repairs are and what Mr. Collins is
trying tn .hect
II is we'll known that the great reason Why steam nsyi.
cation has not bsiors this time superseded al
modes OF transportation account Of the excessive
sost II fuel and The great dsieratuu d Z, In .rsae
tie powsr diminsa the coat Of steam. Now, is
th be done. kirsson by using hot air Instead of
seam. But then the difficulties insaperapie In
h PLAN that understand he giveo up this idea
and adopted the change Mr. Collins ABOUT to try on
haard the Arctic. The secret Of the whole matter Is,
By back through the and Submitted anew
70 the action OF heat This converts It into what
technicaIy called STAN 1t has been found snat ths
power than WHEN in the form of al leaves the
boiler. This increased force Is, OF course, clear
saving II propo,tionate amount Of fuel, anl the
effect viii be 10 reDder such Largo supplies
Of fuel II will also effect great saving In store rom
The saving Of 40 per cent Of fuel is by tribe
One Of the Collins steamers eighty tons Of coal day
This would make from 500 to 900 tons for every tri,
asroes the Atlantic Es imasing the value Of oa at .
per this would make the cost Of fuel per day $40
and for trip, counting lis average length ten days.
5000. each steamer the Atlantic thirteen
anuy run sh oa SeaL ea
ihEse steamers $l5b000 If the improved machinery Is
sue sssfal and they succeed in saving 40 cent it will
amount 10 the snug Of s62 600, all clear gallo.
The arising from the successful result of
tbk sxp+r mept not estimated It viii have
most important bearing the extension Of the
marine Of the country. Longer voyages can be under
theD the fear Of lack Of fuel being done
away with. Nor win stopping places be essential
coast Of asia and the western coast Of America.
Tbe production Of steam by the process described is
most experienced engineers There was patent taken
In England for something very similar called Frosts
patent" and there i an engine nov at 5tillman AL
kns foot Of Twelfth street, that Is supplied with motive
power by this Mr. Kerstead employed on
tie Arctic in experimenting he changes in her machi
merry was engineer board boat called the Joseph
johnson the engines Of which constr this
principle This beat has made several trips down the
bay, and the results have been very satisfactory
dergoss, during Its conversion into stam may not be
untnteresting
Water converted into steam increases seventeen
hundred times in volume Thus if cubic n;h Of water
was placed in tube with bore an inch square, We
wouli it rise, under tho influence Of heat, to the
height OF LOO inches Chang.d into stam It would
become 1850 inches high making the expanslblity Of
Tsm $50 times greater than that Of steam
il may be asked why CO Id not the same amount OF
beat he applied to the boiler is afterwards applied tn
the steam 10 its through the furnaceY One Of
the to this that the intense heat Of the boiler
form What IL termed scaleo This scale is the salt
and other substances found in water which attaches it.
self to the sides of the boiler forming very corrodng
composition.
Another and the principal reason is, that metas when
subjected tn high tsmparstnre, wall not vaporize
water. Thus you throw few drops Of water on an in
tnsey heated ece of patDa iron, it will not be
,erted into steam, but viii remain 10 spheroidL form
until the Declines when 1t will evaoorate
in the form Of steam. T.is Ia the great
why the temperature cannot be raised ab,ve
certain point in boilers, tor II it is the water on
tho nsde forms into rounooi globulcs and will
not <vspmae. AL there diff ;ulties obvated by sub
hitting the steam directly 10 the so=,. Of heat. Tn
S0snee " uhcerEoes curing prOcers oeen ue-
tcribed in this wsy;-Steam IL composed Of minute go
bules Of watery ,apor each of which oses certain
quopsity Of calIic. The heat bursts these sobules
sets free the caloric and the much expan
sible gas Known STAN. The truth of this solution
not prepared to ,ouch for.
At time IL thought that an insupcrable diff
Guilty had presented itself 1t that the STAN, bcin
much drier than the steam would not utfcient
lucubrat. the pstone hut would cut and them
This cculy has been obviaiei by ingenious device,
Y ereby portion Of the STAN Is remised With the
steam, when il 10 found necessary to lucubrate the
engine.
1e Arctics expected to be ready for by the 10th
instant when trial trip, in to test the new ma
ehincry, will b. The public, especially CONNER.
ca men, viii look with great anxiety for the result Of
Mr.. Collins experiments.