New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-24

which are placed in heavy cast iron jsckss s'e' ~e
Ths steam when III. racoioe Is in n't'oa cnoaia'o'
..,,,,l, the se.m e,l.sder tue heseng Quo
d.r ara back. going on, from the bottom OF 'a'
"a 4, :, an. ,on the a otiou OF the steam oeios
r,gu,,.d nv the ooe.ieg ADD ci,siDg oil m'er"euAe
,.iv.s Tha,s Il, in ADDITION bet Sesn tue tNo appi
rs,ns ro.,,o,eS a email copper condeosef OF ratner
i''u' .,..mi. :, ever condensed. bat used
:. .'.r;ous t.ps.,ns. II has nesa asoertaoed
l.. o-..,.n,b If the steam is lost at every
'.a, ~. % he replaced in the usual way.
=. ron F.RneRs - In ooe Of his letters
xnN,~,..,.tb that a b.rouer should be considered
"ss.s.ry On farm % a plsw; but farmers gener-
1p..,,,sfs, 20 TUT 10 the and other exploded
-, a. rather than Dvest thirty dollars cash 10
,es.bIe instrumert that would rrpay them tent Id
substitute called Lcohis Pogtoticstor is sold for ten
dollars II cor sisfs OF vial full OF clear hqdid in
which svims a snowy sunsabce; 10 foe weather thst
substance lies on TIE b-at m but before storm it
rses to tic surface, with tendency TO the side opoo
site The quarter from which tn storm is coming Inc
subsinncec used are kept secret An ordinary BARON
eser il dictates the otnsity of tue atmosphere Leoos
instrument evidently Indie 4tes s electric state and
for that reason we are Of oooOn that 10 oeoer IN
strumeut 70 proguosticate the weather The fono~ng
IA eubs.tu,e tbst will not cost more than snlllios,
and for sueht we know il may be the Identical thing
itsen Dissolve some camphor in alcohol and throw
into the soIuion come SODA; the csmphor will be pre-
cpated in snowy fakes; collect these by passing the
mixture through filter and put them in vial with
clear ,Icopol in which as much caDphor as II wodd
take has been dissolved. Cork it, place It where 1t
vii mot be disturbed, examine it every morning and
SSht.
tPRr~Iso Press We find the folio wing description
of mech atical feeder for printing presses in TIL
Scientific American.
"In lite opelato there is no check ne or reversin
TIE oioinsTy movements OF the press double
twin set Of ns ere which shut against esc1 other ar
80 srrar eed to grasp the back or tail end Of III
sbeet before il leaves tos print ne cylinder and ate
the fra Impressions taxed. The sheet thus held as
while the cylinder continues TO revoee Is drawn 10
again for toe second inpr sion and thus the feeding
the sheet By hand the md time or fifty per cent OF
thr labor low required is saved and a'ay, tae
she ct is pr nted both sides st forms instead
of orc b. ing paced upon tne PRESS Nor, seems 10
us does the Improvement cod here Toe dth Guilty OF
fleeing The snets the fret place by machinery is oot
insurmountsble 1t Gao DO me ny cuttiog mem ron
oil il in no other wsS, and tntn the feediog would
necessarily be more accurate ihsn u can oe oy d1na
Spo,td sheets nom irregular feeding, as well as
"paok It's " would ne almost unknogn ths fdii speed
which The pres cspsbe Of coad be mslntsloed ana
unit, run register and nni"rn work would Dc tue
are nos comparatively useless, might be brought into
service .
The invention is incoatesti5ly very good, and does
great credit to the inventor
REWARDS OTYE aED FOR ISvESrIoSs.-On the I'D
Of February, 1852 ibe French Government offered the
reward 80 900 francs 10 tae man who, before the
23d Of February, 1857, should mske the electric bat
terry indusrialy us .ful and economical. Committee
was appointed last month to decide uponthe subject
Several Agricultural ceries have offered yards for
a ploy TO make particular kind of furrow, for tue
purpose Of draining whea. lands 10 Vrg MIA and Mary.
land We read that the whole amount offered is $780,
but we think it mi. PRINT for $500 This would not
pay for more than one expe'imeOt.
WATER ME1Hks -rbis sUbject was discussed at
one of the ss IN. citing, Of the society OF Civil Eog
neer, London There ere eleven distinct classes OF
water meters aud about ten varieties in each class
nakitg 10 different Inventions. These instruments
are extensively used 10 Lpndon and Bristol as well az
in other cities We be eve it is high time that they
should be Introduced among us.
w. w. BsDney has established his patented pipes
for trapstting oideH from deck to deck in several
vessel, of the EoeSh navy aud they have been found
q great cor vrnieDce.
FLOATING BArTERIEs-When the mysterious con-
cein now building at Hoboken comes to light, we think
shat ii will be prudent TO test it. as the Eogish have
lately done at Wowich the batteries built for the late
war. They prepared an immense target of timber
lined with cur.iDch Icn the whole similar to the sides
of the baeres the weight Of the target was thirty
tups. Twenty.four rounds were fred with to POI
der The 6r.t fourteen OF 600 yards the last ten at
400 wards dietance The structure was shattered into
small pieces. LIS On svowed fact, that wood lined
with iron ressts better than wood or iron alone but in
the present case there was not enough of either.