New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-06


49,, ~. h..s az rh,sh, ee.koss Of having vel
=, NJ, " ,ui.., was. With degree Of snterpuse ves.
n,.n American attempting the vnheArd OF tssk OF
~, IN. work nsn that dug he'd rescoed
a.rtb ~ % feet through earth vsen almost a. so'd q
~ .,d ron, the temperature q, tAst depth, about
lso Fahrenheit, assuming the warmth 70
aoxrx.rd sn.rdips 10 the rate observed IN otne'
soprtr,s the ,sy.n inferred the thickness OF me o'
~, f,o,.p crust TO be about $40 feet Tnst uste
y,cuti.n CITY must certainly take the premium '0'
Z" cold terms. uf
S,r,-xr.vp AND FILIrR-Mr. Walter Hunt OF
,b;, ctv IA, invented 8 continuation Of devices oy
ubcb buurg fluid il employ ed without ever exposing
. 10 The opep air. The 6ler has tube 80 controlled
bvs susI valve and .prirg that the whole may De
oys,tprned or held in aay position and will only denver
be ,n,,pts when the tube inserted in correspond
no mar. Of the lamp, which Is also provided WITH
I've and .prue TO make it equally safe, snd also
b ,.t.ctinO .,orpers on the inside which stop sny
,ube when its wick is removed. Il spPesrs SIMPLE
ard If metal be used for the lamp, We should es.eeAi
/, very ,afe but glass lamp can never be saie iot
burning fuid with any amount Of precautoosrJ az
t,ebututs. Mr.. Hunt. invention if applied to one OF
the irdi..rubber .sfesy-bsgs which We noticed some
weeks since would produce a combination OF apPsra-
tus about as safe sPto-'uAy -
could well be desired. Flaid hs, become an indspen-
sable luxury M Hunts invention is move. and con-
,dered alone is one Of the best we have yet 'een 20
prcu ote the safety Of those usinsit.
svrrR'. C.R.SrAr-Messrs. Tsulmsn & Lowe,
the euterprsins and active Railroad supply Agents
have On exhibition at No. Isl Broadway, car-sest
,hih deserve. attention az lie not only capable OF
assuming several forms, the most important of which
!. reclining seat wen adapted night travel, butthe
uproy, ment may be sophed to ordinary seats at
m, derste expense. 1t is the invention of Mr.. Albert
NJ Smith Of Rochester this State and consists chiefly
in a ueculiar Arrangement By which the back changes
lie position either with without changing thai Of
seat proper II appears TO be the most promising I'M
movement 10 car-seats nov before the public.
ALLEGED GAs.LIGHT BIscovERr.-Mr. L. L. HUI,
now of Greenport, this State-the same whose means
taking dagueueotypes in coors attracted much st
ten,ion few wears since-s claimed as the dscoverer
| OF a valuable means Of "catslEing, or otherwise
chsneir gthe atmosphere to produce bright light
az little expense The method is by passing Il through
| q fluid. the nature of which Il kept secret.
| WOopwoRTHs PLASIsG M.CHISE.-Hss or has
not quarter century Of monopoly been sufficient 10
repay The inventor of the Woodwork planngmachine,
Who. by the way has long since died. and LEFT the
patent in the hands Of his euds, or, rather in the
bands Of parties who, whatever their relation to VIII
liam Woodwork, will prove anything but friends to the
Industrial interests of the community, II the patent
should be again extended The proposed extension is
opposed to the interests of every class using lumber
II is opposed to precedent, to common sense, and to
abstract Justice. II should be met by unanimous OPP
rositit in beth Houses of Congress.
! Coal OIL Lubricaiing and burning oil from coal
appears likely to become important article Of geo.
! era consumption The chemists of the btuminous
coal region would do well TO devote considerable stten
ton TO this matter which is already the subject of
several patents. The Messn. Cairns OF Cioverport,
Ky have twelve large ret )rts in operation preparing
oil from the very highly bituminous Breckenridge coal
ard have made b for the contract for supplying our
lighthouses. The Lighthouse Board has ordered one
OF the lighthouses in the ncghborhoOd Of this city TO be
lighted with IT, in order to test its quality which 10
CLAIM ed to be superior that Of the Winerstraned
sperm oil now in use. The Company has offered to
supply ii at one dollar per gallon
| MAKING FILES NJ MACHISERY.-Therea are at the
"Dutchess Iron Works in Poughkeepse, three Hle-
cutting machines which avoid ONE OF the difficulties
heretofore expert, need in this class Of machine work
A specimen before US, extremely good looking bas
tard file, raises hope fer the commercial success
] Of the enterprise. The improvements are the inyen
| ton Of Mr.. Isaac Ii. Golfer the proprietor Of the
! works.
sHovI1s-Two hundred dozen shovels and spades
per day about onethird Of the whole quantity made
in the United States, produced at one establish
utu,-that of Messrs. Ames in EastOn, Mass The
business was commenced in 1900 by Mr.. Oliver
Ames, the head Of the present firm, and amounts
10 about eco COO per year No shove or spades have
been imported to any extent since 1929 and our manu-.
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row demands from s. 600 to 40 600 annually. The long
handed pointed shovel is the style universally
preferred in California, and it is claimed by
miners that ore earnest American miner with long
banded shovel and with wife sweetheart awaiting
bis return, il equal to about three stout Irshmen.
WOOD TOR PAPIR-In Switzerland grated wood Is
mixed with rags as material for poper making with
good effect. bite kinds of wood ground up with
water by the aid OF gIiLdstope four feet in d.
smeter and three feet thick the wood being continually
pretsed up against the stone by action of the ma
ehnery The wood pulp thus formed Is strained i've
times separating into FIVE qualities, the coarsest Of
which lie beat. u in the common paper machine before
il is ct for use. wood engine requiring power Of
twenty -four horses produces in twentyfO hours, 40
cording to the notes Of Mr.. Charles SchinS about 400
pounds of dry good pulp which would make it cost,
including fuel labor, ETC., about cent per pound
SALI-hAEIEG.-hesers. Is. L. Hood and +. p.
Monroe Of Albany have invented new method of con-
Quoting the evsporstmg process in the salt manafsc
ture, which The Syraesr Journal iDdorses as one
that viii reyolutionSe the business. 1t consists Of
rotary evaporation, scynder Of thin copper With the
Ere within, rotating moderately and kept constantly
wet BY dipping slightly INTO the BRINE. There are now,
by the came authority 100000 cords Of wood con-
,ued annually in the salt manufacture within the HIM
lie Of SyIacuse alone.