Sunny South. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1856-18??, 1857-07-23
A New Motive Power 10 SupCrsede
Steam.

We have been aware for some time past that
Prof Salomon was engaged in our city cOnstruc-
ting his patent ''Sulph. Oil Carbonc Acid Engine"
and that his prospects Of success were highly en-
couraging. More than ten years has the Profess or
laborcd upon this iavOritc theme of his mechanical
and scientific genius, occasionally encountering
difficulties, but by close application and unbending
enterprise he finally found his eilTts crowned with
abur dant success.
We called yesterday afternoon, much to our
qualification, and saw The engine in full, successful
operation, where it had been working, without in
terruption, several days in the Cypress alley, be-
tween Pratt and Lombard streets. This engine
being merely model, orcXperimenta one, has, Of
course some impcrlectons, and may be greatly
improved, but it is calculated for four-horse power,
being common rccilineal or reel procating steam
engine differing in no material feature from those
in general use The patent novelty consists in the
motive power and its application, which wholly
superscdes steam. This motor is Produced by a
compound of de. sulphiatcd hi. suphuret of car
bon, coal tar and volatile, or fixed oil, which, under
certain influences Of heat, becomes powerfully eX-
pansiyc, and thus gives momentum. Though only
four horse engine, was performing the estimated
duty of ten horses, and has been 50 doing since
put into operation nearly Il fortnight ago.
The fluid, or gas, constituting the motive power,
is used over and over again with scarcely any
dmnuton or wasc-bcng thrown, after perior-
ming its work, from the heater to the condenser,
and from the condenser to the heater again, with
thorough renovation. The heater where the gas
or fluid is introduced is submerged in n cistern Of
heated oil, kept hot by gentle fire. In this con
dition the gas expands, gaining its power, and
passing through pipes and valves, acts upon the
piston, giving motion TO the engine. The appIian-
ces are simple, easy of comprehension, free from
complication and not subject to accident or disar-
rangemcnt. Thus steady, active force is at oil
times kept up
The cost of this fluid is estimated at ten cents
per gallon, and it is demonstrated that eighteen
gallons, by careful attention. will run an engine OF
the capacity berc noticed for one year. Its compo-
ncnts are such as not to freeze, even at ninety de-
grces below zero. The amount of fuel is in a
proportion of fifteen pounds Of coal TO one hundred
pounds, compared with a steam engine Of the
same dimensions, whilst more than double the force
can be brought into rcqusition. The engine which
we saw in operation, has piston Of twelve inches
stroke crank inches. 1t was doing the service
of ten horse power under the break of wheel 3
feet in diameter feet II > inches in crcumfer-
cncc. pressed between two orS, one on each side,
and friction block on each bar of ~ inches in
length and , inches in width, on an iron rim of
2 inches, under a weight of ll2 pounds, making
so revolutions per minute.
To those vcrsed in mechanics this will Indicate
the engines capacity, or the power applied thereto
by this wonderful agency. The heat causing the
result here noticed was only $50 Fahrenheit or 60
pounds working power under exhaustion, and an
atmospheric pressure of > pounds adverse, which
adds that much to active agent. BY trial with
steam in the same proportions under a similar
condition, with 267 degrees Of heat, the amount of
pressure was only % pounds to the square inch,
and when tested the engine moved but slightly and
stopped. Thus there is clearly demonstrated an
almost incredible superiority, or advantage, of this
new motor, in its application over steam. Besides
the advantages above noticed, we are tod-and,
indeed, it becomes apparent to practical or scen-
tiic Obscrvcrs-that explosion is impossible, and
thus mom-ntous point is gained in obviating all
danger
Professor Solomon was born in Prussia and has
been citizen of the United States over twenty
seven years baltimore Patriot