Smyrna times., 1856-01-30
Communication.
Correspondence Of The Smyrna Times.

SMYRNA, Jan. u, 1856.
ur, Editor-Sm: see IN your last issue o
the Times, an article from my old friend. MIR
|. b. Coursey, in reply TO my interrogatorie,
WIN regard to the formation of ice upon thf
water-wheels aud the manner of It's re,uovol
which, being little spicy, afforded us pleasure
IN peruSng. The deficiency in his former ar.
tcle, relative to the size of the water-wheel
so successfully experimental upon bv him, is
amply supplied by the latter. The cause Of
wheels freezing fast to the shooting from small
leaks at the watcr-shoot, is given in a clear
light, which is altogether worthy of himself
lie demurs, however, at the course pursued bv
Miller" in Withholding his real name from
the public. But, you know, Mr.. c.. that. when
two antagonists are about to meet with uneoual
strength and weapons, that secretion or ambush
pia? on the part of the weaker party NAV be
considered the better part of valor; which we
offer as a sufficient excuse in the premises -
Butto the question. We do not think so well
OF Mr. c. array of water-iots let upon the
wheel above alluded to. He has already inti-
mated, in speaking of the cause and effect of
wheels freezing fast to the sheetinr. that sprav
is what causes all the trouble: which we. 10
some extent, deny, unless Mr.. C's opinion of
spray differs very much with ours. We con.
tend that ordnary-sized drops of water ca mot.
according to Webster, be construed into spray;
which diops, we think, cause more than half
the ice formed upon our wheels. but who can
devise more efficient method of creating snrav
tlan by making S, ne half dozen Jets in the lore
oay'"nder heavy pressure, and dconsequentlydriv-
ing the water with great force against the
arms, rimb and centre of the wheel. Mr. g.
suggests p We opino that this plan would
prove an entire failure. But, that lets can be-
applied IN certain cases to good advantage we
have no doubt and are willing to conccde to
Mr.. o. all the credit that is due him for his in
gem'ous experiment, hoping that it may prove
advantageous to many. Nor do we DENY that
currents of water freely let upon bodies of ice
VIII dissolve them--not at all---for, as the bows
sometimes say, "wehever knew any thing else. .
But the point in Mr.. C's first darticle which
hu|NNu OuI CIGuulIlA anu caused us 10 make anvil
attempt at n reply, was the theory advanced
that water in active motion would invariably |
retain The same temperature. As to the expe-
riment performed by himself--drawine water
from the race and passing it in an open spout
elevated above grouud--we think there NAV
be cause of deception for the following reason
Aboataimost alinill seats there may be found
certain localities where frost does not seem to
act with the same intensity. Hence the appa-
rent stability Of the temperature of the water,
runriing, no doubt, from an elevated northern
point to a basin south Of the rnoe, as TO produce
no visible change in It's passage, sol short dis.
tance--sonc 400 feet We, therefore, consid-
er the experiment thus made as too meagre to
establish theory or law--Tso frsught, as it is,
with 'confatatiom3 And viii y itis that our much
esteemed friend Should 'havesdfFer ed some, thir.
" years to have elapsed, since his boyRdod.
when as.tlsed .fo'bciso fond yef climbing up TO-
the eaVe-dropawiihs aslsieMsefsucking, idea,ol,
lshffg and dfssolving those balh tifu spttcimens
Of halurb spaa 9ck. ffosf, 'TicaiIed .@lclclestbi
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