New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-24
NEW INVENTIONS.


have been brought before the public Indeed II we may
sdge to the progress Of mechanical invention from the
way In which the year has been uzhered H. is des
tined to add greatly the industrial sources Of e country
DANIEL 3. DARLiso Of Brooklyn, Y, has invented N
improved dust concentrator for railroad This nven
ton consists in arranging series of deAecto along the
sides OF the locomotive and entire in such manner
that series Of fanDelshsped chambers will be formed
opening into each other and forming continuous channel
for the dust 70 be confined in while the fanaeshapei
mouths VII create strong drought Of air which will con
eenraie the dust and efeua1y prevent it from escaping
until has passed through the Of the train The de-
fecors also made reversible that they can be accom-
Inodated TO a reverse motion Of the can.
RH COLLIER, Of San Francisco Cal has invented an
improved quartz crusher In this machine two large cyn-
des are employed which united by connecting rods and
partially rotated in curved basins by rod connected with
rock sbsf driven by steam other power The cyn-
dtrs have no fixed e1N bu. roll back and forth the b
aims which contain them thus by their great weight crush
ing The broken peecs of which shOveed in by an at
tendsnt constan; stream Of water is admitted into the
larger basin flowing from this 10 the smaller and thence 70
series Of sInagaors where the powdered rock with the
surfrors particles contains is passed through vessels Of
mercury by means of fued role and the godis eectu.
IN separated We have witnessed the operation Of this
chine ard can speak highly Of its merits
HH MArTIRsoS Of Buffalo y. Y, has invented new
mode Of making eordage that viii not stretch shrink by
use or exposure and that will be nperyous to moisture
This accomplished by forming the of the rope Of
strips Of whaebone, bamboo rattan covered BY water
proof coating and the whole surrounded by plated thread
For purposes cordage constructed in this manner
would be very superior
HALyoR HALvoRsoS Of Hartford, Conn, has invented
another shoe peggng machine which quite complicated
IN rs construction, if may judge from his own des'Tp
ton The boot is placed in frame or holder, which is
moved toward or away from the evils in accordance with
the horizontal curvature Of the soetbe mechanism by
which this action is accomplished being guidebea
point or tracer and return spring Similar mechanism is
employed for producing the vertical deviation The boot
has also q movement from heel to toe. But in addition TO
these movements Of the boot the pegs are cut from slip
of wood The holes made for the insertion of the peg
this is inserted and driven down The whole arrange
ment Of the mechanism is very ingenious
VIC MERRILL Of Auburn n Y, has invented ma
chine for turning ovals which is cOnsructe the prnc
pies of the tramme implement in common use among
mechanics for making ovas The trammel is merely
plate having two Eots in IT, crossing each other at right
angles and having stock with two pns in it fling in the
slots with a pencil attached TO s end BY turning the
stock the pencil will turn in oval the center of motion
in the stock being intermediate between the pins will de-
vae more less from the point Of intersection of the slots
according the motion of the pins in them This machine
IL an application Of this principle to the turning Of oval
forms Upon the upper part Of the frame is placed
rammepaie having in two slots crossing each other at
right angles Above this is circular way and stock,
having pins aaacbed to it and cutters sliding upon the
stock the action Of these pins actuated by pulley
above the way The article to be turned placed beneath
The cutters and is worked into oval of any desired form
1t is an ingenious and beautiful machine
NEW MODE OF STEAM REPITIcIOy
To ne Editor Of The NJ Y. Tribune.
SIR few days since article copied into your pa
per from The Edinburgh Couranl giving account Of
the method Of propeng vessels invented by Ruthven
Sons Of Edinburgh 1t the fortune of the writer in
September last to visit in company with the Hon j. T.
Chandler the shpysrd of the Messrs Ruhven at New
Haven the Firth Of Forth, few miles from Edinburgh,
and nspeetthe vessel called the Enterprise which then
nearly ready for launching and which has
fully proved the advantages Of this method Of propulsion
all others We regard il as the greatest invention of
the age and feel satisfied that by II the paddle wheel and
win entirely be superseded The Enterprise is
vessel Of 100 tuns burden and having engine of 30
horse power. The propolDg power is obtained entirely
by mems of the reactve force of water principle OF
hydraulics equally well established and well known To
Illustrate however Let suppose perpendicular tin pipe
Of say foot in diameter and thirty feet in hight and
open only at the top to be filed with water Now is
wen known that the pressure Of water near the bottom of
the pipe will be the all parts of the pipe at the
same level but il hole be cut in the side of say
inch diameter although the pressure is relieved at that
point II still remains the before at the point di.
recy opposite of the hole cut provided keep the
water at the level and thus the equilibrium being
lost the pipe driven along in direction contrary the
escape Of the water This fact easily be illustrated
by experiment. 1t is this simple principle which
in the hands of science genius and enterprise
rs without doubt destined to create era in naviga-
ton. In the application of this principle to navigation
the power Of the steam engine is substituted for the power
produced by the weight Of the water column In the hold
of the Enterprise there is iron tank of some eight feet
in diameter and about two feet thickness composed of
plates OF iron screwed tightly together and in shape
sembDg two large soup plates placed over the other
This tank lies horizontally and below the water level
that by means of apertuTes communicating with the bot
tom of the vessel II always full of water From the
center of thi tank perpendicular shaft rises connecting
the engines with sort OF wheel of very peculiar
ton and having but two arms which revoyes within the
tank and acting as force pump drives the water through
pipes each side of the tank and through noZzes at
sides of the vessel dschegng with great velocity just
above the water level The nozzles of the Enterprise are
about eight inches in diameter and when the vessel is
going forward lie along and parallel to the Sides being
about Is inches in length and shaped like goose neck
They are movable and worked by wheel on the
deck of the steamer and the speed may be increased
dmlnshed by the position in which they are placed If
placed at right angles to the surface of the water although
the engines be working with full power the vessel
tinues at rect To stop the headwsy il is only necessary
TO The direction of these nozzels without stopping
the engine In the trial trip Of the Enterprise she
brcugh, to dead stop in the space of feet although
running at the rate Of ten miles per hour when the order
80 stop given.
Again by reversing one of the nozzes only the vessel
swings round precisely as IL moving on pivot
The advantages of this methodof propulsion those
OF the wheel and numerous and il is reduced 10
demonstration that with the same power of engines and
the amount of fuel consumed the vessel be pro
PEELED nearly onethrd faster there is nethrd gained
that II the Collins steamers were provided with these
improvements they would cross in six days instead of nine
days saving Of course three days consumption Of coal
&c, while the whole paraphsrnRlia of shafts paddle
wheels ard PADDLE boxes would be entirely dispensed with