Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-04-05

science ana invention.
Christopher D. Seropyan Of Ncwlhycn, c..
n native oC Constantinopc. has patented a
process for the prevention Of countcIleting Of
bank notes The two professors Silimau and
professor Dana, of Yale College, say Of this
invention.
"Iho method is pcrl,~, proicctjoH against
counterIciting by photography and the auas-
tntic process, and also against dlicrdtj,u by
erdtUrc or otherwise. The process is exceed
ingly simple and yet completely eIlrctual. and
must be Of immense Importance TO all banking
institutions" "
The process is thus described The face Of
the bill is first covered with chemical rrepar-
alton Of light yellow tint, leaving the de-
nomination Of the bill in letters of the ori gin
al color Of the paper. The plate printing is
then done with BLUSH black ink, which has
the popularity Of penetrating the paper, and
Of being translucent when held between tho
eye and the light. The composition Of this
ink is known only to the inventor, and pre-
vents the possibility of counterleitiug by
means Of new plate. The chemical contrast
between the ink and the surface Of tie bill is
50 destroyed as to render ph9togrlp pAing i'm
possible, and no chemical agents can altgr the
denomination without disfgurinc the BILL
Neither can the ingenious plsting proc be
made available. a. the denomination is yisill
on the back as well as on the face Of the bill.
Some may be increlulous Of the statement
that steam can be heated 50 hot as to char
pine wood The Railroad Advocate saws that
tho patentec of the Irving Steam Boiler de-
monstrated this remarkable property. lie
also showed the interesting fact that while Il
chip held quarter of an inch from the nozzle
Of n try-cock, would be forced away by the
issuing steam, held within an eighth Of an inch
tt ln / ho liza, Il
and fOrcihly retained against the opening. as
il by magnetism. The property Of super
heated steam to absorb water is also rcmarA-
a'le. \ boiler with II sclt-arting discharge
lor excessive steam, the machinery VI which
was heavily weighted, being neglected under
brisk firing one day, got oyerhcated. When
the discharge acted, it was through nozzle
turned downwards into a pal, Of cold water.
The steam suddenly shot into it, did not, as
would be supposed, blow the water about the
engine room-but it converted every drop Of
it into steam, filling the whole building with
Il dense cloud OF yapor. Not Il sprinkle Of
water was discoyerable upon the walls or the
floor.
\ new coal grate has been invented and
tried in Boston with satisfactory rr>ul ia
several instances, by which the coal is .ldol
to the fire from beneath, instead of luiug
gases from the igniting coal are thus saved
and consumed and considerable economy Of
fuel SECURED
The patent right for a new process OF max
inG gts from roSin and saw dust. at AN o,ti-
mated cost Of 80 cents per thousand feet, has
been sold ih Greene. lister, nuchHs, and
Orange counties, y. Y. for %2O.0d0. The
arparntu. is simple and takes up about thr
space Ola -four barrel, and it is claimed that
hy 1t every man can economically make his
own gas.-Hpbert Griiliths of Alcgouy. Pa,
has invented u machine which s'ilas lar %.
red hot iron and turns out ten perfect horse
shoes per minute, all wcdged and punched
and really to put on.
PRoGRESs or ASTRONOMICAL SClENCE.-Hey-
enty-lye year, since. the only planets known
to men Of science were the same which were
known to the Chnldcdn shepherds thousands
Of years ago. Between the orbit Of Mars ami
that Of Jupiter, there occurs an interval Oruo
less than three hundred and fifty millions Of
miles Ia which no planet was known to exist he
fore the commencement of the present century.
Nearly three centuries ago. the immortal
hHpler had pointed out something like a r'5-
ular progression in the distance Of the planets
as far as Mars which was broken in the ease
OF Jupiter. Being unable t. reconcile the
actual state OF the planetary system with any
theory he could form respecting il, he haz ,rd-
ed the conjecture that a planet really cxi'trd
between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter and
that its smallneos alone prevented it from be-
inE visible to astronomers. But kcpler soon
rejected this idea as improbable
\ New Moron In the city Of Selma
(Ala.) the stream Of water from an arte ian
well has been turned upon large wheel at
the Central warehouse, to draw up tire
irpirlt cars from the river a he rpt Cd -