New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-09-16

sr~ine n rotation il created nv the backward p-cssur
of steam issuing from bent pipe Finding diiheu'tic
in the wav IL testing tho invention In England and
nvailng himself OF certain circumstances INTO which 1t
Is ROT necessary 90 enter, he applied to the Emperor Of
the French who instantly placed The resources of the
arsenal al Vncenncs at his disposal and Afforded him
every facility for his experiments The balls were
found to rotate ms cxpected-a Mct which was
proved bv causing Ill projection - spring out Of
The side Of the ball the moment il len the mouth of the
cannon and observing the position in which This cut
targets of thin board placed at intervals IN the flight OF
the hall but IL was also found that the could
not safely carry the increased wei ht Of metal rendered
necessary by the clcnge'ion of the ball. Hence, Mr.
Bessemer was led 10 make experiments on the produc-
ton Of tougher metal for cannon He tired numerous
mixtures of various kinds Of fusbe metal until at last
he began Ia consider whether might not be practical
be to produce malleable iron in state in which 1t
would be easier TO mold il to the required form than
by the expensive process If forging The result OF hls
experiments has been the discovery of process app-
cable TO the arts Of peace less than TO those Of war;
It's difficult to assign any limits 10 the importance of
an invention whose influence will be felt throughout
the civilized world in an improved quality and dlmin
shed cost Of of the great staples of modern indus
trv The first axiom of the iron trade is demonstrated
10 he fallacy; and, 10 mind familiar With the sub
ject the magnitude Of the change cannot be more EN-
phatcay expressed than in the simple proposition that
the ancient and fundamental antagonism between the
terms cast iron and maeabe iron has ceased to exist
for macable iron will always be cast. 1t Is I'M
possible 10 doubt the truth of the opinion modestly ex-
pressed by Mr.. Be-semcr, that Others will improve on
his invention and that his process will not receive ts
full development for many years TO come. There no
country in which its influence will be ~ extended as
our own, in which large portion of the COM
munity is engaged, directly or indirectly, in arts
| connected with the manufacture of iron
| and steel; but there are others where its
| effects within narrow sphere will be vet more
striking and yet welcome. In some countries,
where maleable iron produced droct from the ore,
the consumption Of charcoal has become matter for
serious alarm In Sardinia it has long been, to many
rejecting minds subject of grave doubt whether the
benefits to be derived from the development of this
branch Of industry were not than ortweighed by
the Wholesale destruction of the forests for fuel We
arc glad to learn that Mr. Bcssemer has not only Sc
cured the legitimate reward of his industry and in
ccnuy by the grant of patent rights in almost every
dart Of Europe but that alive to the greatness of his
invention he has resolved to adopt wire aud liberal
policy in the grant of licenses and to place the
of his process within the reach of all persons who may
be DESTROYS of awaiting themselves of its important adj
Xantapes.