New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-22

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Of The ,prplus bet which would othersise destrpy
frrt The hbrc.tirg material and Bext The metal ITSELF
We consider the gas engine utterly imprsc,icsoe.
A group of phiIiips's fre-snnihiIafor stand de-
ru,ely together in ano Der portion of the building
vivid imagins coDceives their expressive noses
knobs ard osher features continually TO CD snse codn-
teparce-f,st 2enHent as AmiDsdab Seek q, tn ,ught
of the fingers they baIpeo in patent specusdoNs then
chucklrpg hike Punch and Judy at the creiuii'y OF
| cool Yankee brains. Ire FIRE annhia'of c,mpany 10
still in existence and q mixture Of steam and car
bopic acid gas whether made in q fre-annihil4or or
elsewhere, still refuses 10 support combustion; but
tte e1sv. CANT hopes entertained OF this nver
tion Ike the small qusnriries o. water in some oil tue
machines have long since evsporsfed.
The alarm bedsiead, by j f. House, of some place,
why don't they write the labels palmer sesm. de-
SD ned for The especial bensf of sleepy boys ~ the
penalty for not rising when Gated is magical tumble
on the floor. The bedssad has an alarm clock on the
head board which rings the alarm at any appointed
hour and then to drop the bed to an angle OF
about forty FIVE degrees. The only improvement re-
quiz ed is tub of ice water 10 receive the drowsy
victim, and the arrangements for awaking in the
mo, ming may then be considered practically perfect
person Of the old school to read column or So Of
The Commercial Adcertiser sermon as an opiate On
r,tipg might be supposed To complete the list OF in-
| dspensabes for a most apr we'd sleeping apart
ment.
The convertible union chair, by Wn. B. Carpenter
of Brooklyn is an article Of baby fur.itue, snged
10 make bigh seat at table low rocker at plea
sure The facility with which this simple affair
doubles up, stretches out sgain changes into sort
Of crib for the infant purse'iDg affords degree of
al usement nearly equal the beds,ead just described
| - Ito runan ina
with gre at success
The By grometrc regulator by DR.. joel II. HOss, Is
designed to equalze the condition Of the sir with re-
gard to moisture whatever tho temperature. When
cold ar ia warmed i, sbsorbs moisture tries to- and
the effect of ovedy atmosphere is found in cracked
furniture, croes babies, headaches and consumption
A pan of water on the steve heps the matter much,
but Dr. 8 plan il especially designed for buildings
warmed by s,esm pipes. He attaches a cock to blow
a stream of vspor into the room, and makes the cock
sefaojustipg by the aid of q weight and long linen
string The weight continually strives TO open the
cock while the string restraints it; but as the linen
fbers are contracted by every accession OF moisture
and heightened the air becomes too dry, 1t follows
that the cock is alternately opened and closed, &C.
cordDg as the air in the building requhes more or ess
moisture. more simple and beautiful means OF
obtaining tesIsbe condition in this respect cannot
well be conceived so far the theory is concerned
and we zee no resso why it may not succeed 10
practice.
George A. Mea ham of this city exhibits window
washing apparatus well worth q moments attention.
II is perhaps the first attempt TO reduce to an exact
science the principles of this sloppy sposby, and In
trirsicaly hateful operation An OF cJth protection 10
stretched on an extensibe frame across the window
si to catch the drippu &C. and sponge rocking with
clean water is applied by pole TO every portion OF
the viteous surface. The sponge is kept wet bya
small hose-pipe of indisrubber, which leads up to
pail previous suspended at higher level, snd the
operation is completed by removing The sponge and
allowing the water to flow through a nose and rinse
of the last remaining particles.
Augustus Eckert Of Middleton, Ohio, exhibits a
method of ringing FIRE alsIm-bels by magnetic tee-
graph in some respects superior TO that in use In
Boston and other eastern cities. small bell Is sus-
pended in each engDe-house police station, &c., and
provided with suitable apparatus for striking by
means of weight The striking motioo s restrained
BY very delicate stop and this stop 10 held in place
BY the attraction of an electromagnetic. single
wire runs around the city, connecting all these .tons,
and allowing a con inuous flow of the galyanic nfu-
enee from one battery through all the helices SO long
as the current is unbroken peace reig IS in Warssw,
but the moment it is interrupted for instant az any
point all the electro msgneis lose their attractive
power all the stops released and every bell strikes
in tie whole circuit BY providing suitable stops at
all the Offices, little skill is required to ring any
number, by keeping the key pressed down to strike
a brisk and continuous alarm all over the city.
WIN. Sage of this city exhibits an air heating fur
mace most admirably adapted to overcome one great
difficulty in the method Of warming and ventilatiog
dwellings. The metal of the furnace is hot and
radiates heat to the wa Of tie case surrounding it,
but can convey heat to e air by direct radiation.
It is expernentaly proved that air is only warmed BY
convection, l.. {. by rubbing against warm solid.
In rising betweea the furnace and case In the orddary
styles, the current Of air usually becomes very une-
qualy heated. A thin stratum Dext the hot metal
atsins high temperature, and thin stratum next
the bricks outside becomes moderately warm, bat the
great mas rises cold Thus in order to induce
proper mrerature in the entering air after mixing in
the passages, it is necessary 10 heat portion quite
hot, the evils of which are popularity believed to be
very serious arc the system may easily be ssen,
cor ducive to any thing but economy S4ge's furnace
exhibits the application OF principle, continual
bringing Of fresh air in contact with the metal sys
TEN which transfers the heat of the fuel rapidly
and completely to tie air and prevents burning
any porti-n.
Among the mos. massive objects in the whole build
ing may be ranked scale by the Vergenues Scale Go.
for weighing tain of loaded cars at one time. This
scale lSsmpsons patent is ll9 feet long, and will
weigh with toerabe accuracy any quantity from ten
pounds to ole hundred tuns. The scale requires no
pit but sustans ali is parts at Lear he level OF the
til and appears 10 act on principle which