New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-09
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sIR: In yosr paper Of toe Ath hScA appeared
cnnnuncsiioe under the above caption, asd svsr the
,ion.ure Of Case e. soule Of Amsterdam ansdiag
eet srsy to the efforts which have osen made 70 con-
sume the smoke of furnaces, but more prtcuiIi' to
an Invention lately made by :bem'evss 70 accomplish
such purpose, the concluding pArsIrspa OF ~n COM
mupicston is as follows-tne itshciring' however,
b. ing our own
An Imperfect application o. -. p,'ssp' %sy &c T~ntt
Hnoson Gu, NJ j.. IN tn factory Of MT Aiiil'ee -
Ieess a. IA ,plieaOs las bees sssee-ns oa1s sS
bins To-. .I a '1 Of sssosa %
he says be 10 saving ~ eight per cent Ia his asL
soub, one half the fael no" consumed I'D AHs
Az this paragraph contains an imputshon- snd CON-
pe an inference against u.s. which we are not Wiling
to remain silent under ard which is as incorrect, to
use no hsrsher expression, as it is UNJUST and a. We
beere the object Of that communication was TO oJure
us, OF at any rate to disparsge noks -consun'og
H.t-sir blast Furnace, now being used by us ana
which h wholly our cwn inveotion aud wh,co was
perfected beture we ever had even any knowledge OF
the .1.ter CO Of Mesrs Case & Souie or of their 10
vention ak the insertion of the following 81 ama
ter If justice tn turs, lvee.
Early in 1856, we began to make experiments as 70
some method by which the noke aud ssses escs ing
from furnace could be best consumed and such ex
perments were creed solely for tbs parpos, OF
redu ing expense n the running Of our engine, ana
without any idea or anticipation OF patents or p.ent
privileges Our success, boSever, was such that Se
were sdveed TO protect our invention, VII CD ~e did
BY flipg csvest 10 November, 1856 (sone time De
fore the date of Messrs. Case s. SouIes patent of
which hsy make special mention in their com nu lica
tiop) Since that time, we have been perectn< the
arrangement of the mechanism used by us Tor the paf
pose specified and have pr, duced, and are now on
srsntly using. a combined Sm0ke-consum,ng and to-
ar blast Furnace which has received tne un'oliclted
approved and mmendstou Of very many Of orr best
n,ecbsnics. OF the h,terirg notices OF rs op-ranon
which have appeared in some of the puoiic ptpsrs II
is Sufficient 10 Fay that these nive appeared waoly
without any solicitation or knowledge on our part IS
we have been rather DESTROYS OF preven iug pu 'icy
until foreign patents should be secured which has nov
On OF about the middle Of March lat a stranger
called at our mapusctory in Hudson, N J., ana asked
to look at our ibvsn'ioo conc rDns the coosrdcnon
and operation of which he made particular inqires
After ne had gained ell the inform. on wished ne 10.
formed US ihs. the srraDgemea: used oy Us wss nov
new, but was already pasnt-d and annoupced nims7n
"a Mr. Case of AIMS erdam This was the prst we
kpes or heard OF M. Case or OF his invention. In
further conversation be stated tn II the newspaper pup
locations respecting our nvei ton d reached MS 0ca
ity and bad much seced bis nveonon ond ID 81 IN )se
who hsd pu chased part thereof had advised ni 10
com. down al lay On injunction upon ua. Mr. Case
appeared, however, rather disposed to effect some
coinpronise and offered US, if We would surrender to
them cur claim to what we were uslog we mlgot nave
their invention, for the State of Jarsey, or tAat
Re ho ught the Company having theirs would give US
al5OOO. As we were not Opposed, however to accept
any s.cb MAJ unanimous Offer and were not f1yhteded
by the threatened prosecution or iplancuon, MT Case
dtparted. and the n.rt we heard Of him WAS 10 tne
commune alton referred TO- Such are the facts we
leave to others to Say whether we are Jusnfied In
our belief. 49,
short comparison between the invention of Messrs
Case SouIe snd VIA, we are usog viii show Eaehsr
we nee an imperfect application OF the principles OF
tn. il Invention, or something wholly different.
From the description of their invention as given by
TIN mseyes in their communi, stiOu and as derived
from their specification sno drawnes- certified copy
of which, obtained from the Patent Office, 10 before u.s.
and % OBJ ain which ", have delayed our reply-it ap
pears that their bVer has two sets OF hles, al upper
and lower, toroueh one Of which the smoke &C., are
drawn cm the fire, and through the other of which
they ore forced b,ck again top Of the ,e there to
be consumed. In the end OF the boiler is placed
blower to draw thee from the tire, and then drive
them back sgsn To get rid of the carbOnic acid gas
the dswssa of which,, sc they claim "is the secret
of smoke burning -dlapbr sSms are placed crosswse
the boiler. TO shoot all the hot air to tue bottom Of
bcx" under the blower, so that fhat ges SHALL fAu
mere readily to the bottom and pass cut from 50 ap-
propIists orifce made for that purpose. Outside OF
the boiler one on either side, are placed two other
bowe or fans TO furnish atmospheric aI-0ne SEND
ing under and the other on top OF the hre-to ASSIST
The combustion which, az matter of c0uIse, would be
checked by the smCke constantly confined on top Of the
pre-. :;
q complicated arrangement Of parts; dor can their In
naces but the whole must be specially made for the
purpose
Our in ventiop, and the only we have been
using. coDsists, first, of pipe or tube, which can De
msGe OF brick of suy other material desired one end
of which connects with the chimney smoke stack a.
or near where the smoke end waste gases pass toto the
chimney and the other end Of which enters the urnac,
under The fire. To this we connect bower, which
draws all the smoke &c, from the chimney, aud
drives constantly not Top OF, but undr the fire.
in passing through which everything combasible Is
consumed. Instead also OF seeking to get rd Oh t1e
ssses and in tuch quantities and 10 such manner that
new combustibe gas shall be produced aud thereby
an rcrease of heat be Obtained. This We accomplish
by having an atmospheric air tuoe or conductor
which passes the fire or toe bors so that the air
shall be- well heated before It Is brought into c0nacf
with the fte-enter the smoke-conduotor at or behind
the blower hat the smoke ana afr th al oroughiv
ard completely mixed before they reach the fire The
nitrogen of the ar-wbicn is four fths OF its vol
une-unites 18th twice Its own volume Of carbon, snd
makes a new combustible gas the benefits OF Sh'ch
we secure As the union Of gases is more mechtoic
mixture than chemical combination, we obtain the
greatest quantity Of such combusble gas o. sd
hitting the atmosphere air int, the rmoke-conddc'or
at point behno the blower, that both together are
subjected to the action of the blower and thereby well
mixed
Such, in few words is the smoke consuming In
ventiOn we have made and are using at our factory,
and as will be at glance, It can b. connected to
any ordinary boiler or furnace, and without requiring
any change OF alteration IN their structure.
We submit it to any candid mud whether the inven-
ton of M,sss Case & Soue with Its upper a1d lower
Huer-wth s diaphrsgns to shoot the hot air to tho
bottom of box 10 help get rid of the ca bonic scd
gss-sith its inside bio yer to draw the smoke from
the furnsce end then force it back top Of The IRE
with its outside fans to supply oxygen to hep the com
bus,ion, checked by the pressure Of the smoke and
with Its box and pipe to let escspe the csrbOnic acid
gss, and which cannot be at acbed to any oriinary
boiler furnace, is in any respect-except tn It boa
claim TO consume the smoke-fhe same as our inven.
ton, which has but conductor hue from the
chimney 10 the furnace. which can easily, aGd which
generally will, be placed uithin the foundation aud
under the boiler, thus preventing any ioss of heat OF
Which trey make mention II their communication, and