Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-11-07

The CALoR1c Moron REvIvED-MR. ERICssoN's
LAST ExPER1MENr.-By next FEBRUARY, four years
will have elapsed since the caoric ship Ericsson
went to Washington City, making seven knots an
hour, with head wind. By many the success Of
the new principle seemed be established and
chronicled accordingly; but the expectations then
entertained failed to be realized and the calorc ma
chnery was replaced by the ordinary steam engine
The time which has since elapsed has not been
suffered pass fruitiessly away by Mr. Ericsson for
he has abored ndefatlgaby for the perfection of his
original design, and the development of motor
promising important results to commerce and the
arts The caloric engine has been reproduced in
forms variously modified, and in all cases with great
simplicity of construction ;whe the labor which 1t
pesforms is vastly disproportioned to the consump-
ton of fuel when compared with the results of con-
sumption in other engines.
These remarks are suggested by visit made yes
terday to the office Of John B. Kitching, 81 William
street. where one of Mr.. Ercsson's engines as just
completed, is set up, small scale but Is SUM-
GENTLY large to illustrate the principle. Though &C.
cupyng less than cubic foot Of space, and heated
only BY gas the power developed defes the strength
of a single man. 1t is employed in pumping and
raising three hogsheads per hour to an elevation OF
five feet This pattern is called democratic en-
gine" being adapted to perform great variety of
work ordinarily done by hand, and with surprising
degree of economy.
Still another caioric engine is located Of the
piers of the North river, and is designed for ships
use. In TINS capacity II promises 10 accomplish In'
portant results for our fine large packets and sailing
ships, being unable to carry steam engines are un-
supplied with the Worthington pump, and therefore
have wholly to rely manual labor in Kidding the
ship Of water in case of leak other exgency. The
caloric engine may be placed in the corner of the
cooks galley almost unobseryed, and may be put in
operation in fifteen twenty minutes, saving the la
Dor of entire crew. There being no possibility
of explosion other disaster, the cook is amply
qualified to oftciate as engineer, if desired The
position of the engiue is matter of the least cOnse
quence as it requires little beside air. and will run in
the fore-top upper deck equally well.
In addition to the above beautiful steam yacht
has been plying about the harbor for the last ten
weeks, and is often seen running across from Staten
Island to Long Island &c, propelled solely by Gallo
ric. This boat is fifty feet in length, with an eight
feet padde-wheei, which works about thirty turns
per minute, giving speed equal to eight or nine
knots an hour The engine is controlled by any
who happens to be on board. The fuel is either
coal or wood.--Small oak wood has generally been
used, sawed into eight inch lengths, and incredible
as it may seem, only card has been used during
the last six weeks, though the boat has been
more or less every day Even after the fires are
wholly extingushed sufficient heat is retained in the
metal of the engine Gift has been thoroughly warmed
ard is good working order) to propel the boat at
least two miles. The space occupied by the eng inc
of this boat is not larger than the boiler which the
same boat would require if propelled by steam.
1t is said that the cao,ic engine can be built on
any desired scale of magnitude. Though the prnci-
pie which EricSsons caloric eng originally
built IS wholly preserved the arrangement and mech
| aniSm are entirely dferent-the whole being re-
duced to degree of simplicity before attained
places where /" dry motors only can be employ ed,
as in the gold diggings of CALIFORNIA, this new en-.
| CINE must prove immensely valuable.-Journat Of
CONNIE: &c, Oct q