Smyrna times., 1856-02-13

he will also admit that these nlates contai
latent heat, and if run at a high speed witt
'nelr surfaces in contact, they would not onl,
'hrow oil hre enough to blow up Sebastopol
out VIII also eXpel the frost and become them
selves so heated as to raise their temnerature
as far above zero as it was before below if or
III other words, so hot as to ister the flesh
NOW, 1t Is evident that lateat heat has been
brought out OF the plates by this motion and
friction OF the parts and not by artificial heat
or' as the Hard-Shell said, not by that kind of
Her that we have in our fer-pace." This of
feet, " Miller" has demonstrated every dav 10
Solhe eNteh'' by the operation of the millstones.
tney 10 not come in immediate contact. vet bv
their motion they become so heated that tbev
require rest to cool. Heat in this case is tho
result OF motion. A circular plate of sbeot-
lroh' without teeth, revolving at hiob sno.d
WIN cut asunder bar Of cast-steel almost bv
I the time you could say /" Jack Robson" This
Is the result of active motion. A grindstone
Oh winch water will freeze as soon as if toucbos
"ili' oy active motion, throw off fire enouob r.
destroy city. Thus you see, sir, from thinps
'"ls 'ole' that motion is the cause of heat
IL is thought by scientific men that there s
enough tatent heat in water to furnish fire ofI
lsef TO drive ship across the Atlantic. bnt
the great difficulty has been the discovery of
"loue OF rendering it available. Now. if we
"u''i't tnat water contains latent heat, why NAV
not The motion of wafer bring this Ia emf bpa, |
INTO operation as in the metallic plates TbourL |
II may not be to SO great an extent, yet it NAV
Oe sufficient to retain the temperature at re
degrees.
MILLER" thinks, if had been with Dr.
Nahe' such theory would never have enterad
my mead. Perhaps not. And, perhaps il would
never have entered my head that there was an
open Polar Sea north Of the North Pclc-vet !,
iPpears that there is one somewhere in tbo,
lelghborhood. Now, if he can explain that
mystery to me, perhaps he will also be able 70
Explain why water will not freeze while in ac. I
i've motion. !
And, perhaps he can al lso tell wbv il i v,,r,, |
= INSIDE ot an Iceburg than it is upon the out $
lue' or why man can live inside of snow. |
ahk when he would freeze upon the outside
these things all seem strange to a superfci,I
bserver, yet they are so-and some Of them
re easily accounted for, others not so easily .
The Esquimaux live in huts made of snow and !
hey are so completely air-proof that they re.
ulre very little artificial heat to raise the in
de to thlrty-two degrees, even in the coolest Il
egion. Il
we have now had two chapters about u
leory unlmportant in itself, only so far as bene.
clal from practical results, and presume thew n
ave been sufficiently wearlsome to yourself to C
'sh them to cease. AS for your readers. but a
w, If any, read such prosy articles as those p
ON my pen, and doubt not all wish to see tho
olumns better occupied. | will, therefore. on
y part close the controversy. Miller"
lhers no inconvenience from ice, he has no
luse to apply the jets. If he is troubled with 81
e, aEd doubts the utility of the plan las he b'
ys he does, and does not see proper to try the su
iperiment, the loss will be his own. dc
Respectfully, &C., as