New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-21

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SAMUEL oowe Sf5ffiGa parish
DAM c. Holrb 5sas's II B Bss''A'
GEORGE H lo 5s5si,sH REs'''A'
-, HID OGDEN New se osl essAn''
ThGmpsons baGae Furnace has been submitted the ties!
has been practically which the above
ferIed 70. ''''''''' - 10
The above certificate which given in December 1854,
eg nosea mods Of burning wet fuels first
~ f sss Clerk & f 6ps f before
pATisa OF PLaSgEslsEs 3lst December, 1856
s US Of til. results Of the
Y 81 bs p an 1 for us
With the use of Bagasss and small quantity wood
with the Of Bagasse and wood with no rs excepting the
uice evapoated the rs deg deg finished ii
twelve hosshesds in the "a hours using
about ten cords Of wood during that time mostly
using
"a hours and the Furnace 'eay the Bagasse
rollers Rn up some years SINCE with
sns with double Tues 90 n.
steam obansd yas to 100 pounds The Furnace required but
No cnke formed upon CRATES the Furnace therefore
We remain respectfully, your ont ssrv'.s,
sf@n i " MaI yE,
ys,sr, Hal. Roaa P MTnan Noyember 10TH 1851
Gen. enen--Your favor of the 18th at hand and in
y ws siSS 81
ass # sa Dec we sdi our letter Mr. under
Ths only We can suggest j. the named by
Your obetient servant
5 5$TE r L: TzE1E'
,,-a, ELM HALL, January 90 1859.
operation during the rolling and glad the
opportunity Of saving has performed equal my
sep,as. j. sn% capable e ssg perfect combustion
than furnace have known 1t will bagasss from
in proportion-f due supply of boiler be giyento the
From my present experience am clearly of the opinion
that no other torn OF furnace ut all compare in efficiency
Very truly
f. E. KITTREDGE.
New ORLEANS, Feb q 1859.
Dear sir-Having been engaged Dr. Ktredge's panta
to9 for the M Of 5s where taere of furnaces
Whit al y p..t iq1T yssts s
had fair oppor unity Of judging Of the compsave mrs ss Of
each Of he furnaces hnye no hea,i9o in saying fur
nHess With the he, same quantity Of Baeasse p9ducs
little enker feel confident IN saying that believe that
sucisn supply boilers, viii consume Tie ' Bag s
n 2 e ss, sugar per went hours and will fur
in twenty -four hours and make the above Of hhd in
all my firm conviction tn your furnace is tie bss have
seen and can recommend all who desire
Yours, respectfully.
CHARLES NEAMEs, Engineer.
Elm HALL PLANTATION, Feb. 4, 1889.
hea enssa as engineer on sugar pa.
tons or seven or eight years and during that time had
happy say furnace far xcels all others It pro.
FEEL snse g Ss fire az" %seh quantity steam
boiler and The Renx VII make steam do all Of
recommending urn,cs all who may have to
''' 'I'D'' '''' r iaS,s' H. JONES, Engineer
In 1856 Mssr Hage Allypn obtained patent and in tina.
and 1851 they furnaces which nv
patent desired At an early momes to show the planters my
with age- and mmediaey demanded e 81
DE Commissioner Of Patents trial conflicting Claims
and Joseph Holt ESQ Commssonsr Of Patents rem.
ing is an extract and closing paragraph. He says
Regarding then the invention fully perfected suc
cessu operation in October 1851 at Weeds place. 1t tried
expermentally earlier period ohnsons plan.
tation where Thompson had satisfactorily tested his invention
and found tkat with the sub tituon of for iron
CRATE bars capable of performing all that claimed
Tor IT. believing for the that neither Hager Aynns
Thompsons claim limited to the employed that
each actual substitution smmateria to the question issue
and finding that not entered into for the
erection of of Hager furnaces prior the latter
part of December 1854 priority hereby awarded
10 Moses thompson ana patent Will issue accordingly
j. HOLT, Commissioner
Letter from Prof b. sliman Jr, concerning Mr. Moses
Thompson's Baggasse Furnace
New Haven, Y &, ,, Gosl Z iE;o
have had occasion examine with boh the
FOL .hs ~ bu, ri 81, q wet f@els;
signed to consume PEAT at Bristol mines in this State
where was then conducting expo,aons The furnace in
had occasion PREF furnace for This particular fuel Il
ms s s e ehanr had and well enough
allow the fuel as dried to fs freely into The lower
prepared effect changes when the suspension o the
dns h Paris Of s
M Ihompsons furnace was capable Of burning wet Just
w @ @ ii M Tbo 515 is tnses
RSi a Essp id o
ao pp @ M no GG In
ay n r. views detail respecting the
these views here Suffice Il thai am fully Of oraon
in The arts and that nowhere great as IN ali The
Smg@ gowng where ,he economical use Of bsgas;e
rsa nmheT OF and almost literal copies
o the zee eS o. be- nons ase , e nss he first
for bnni wefues both correct in theory
NJ T1om7ssn i modest unassnming Of original
great prosm Chemical iia "nd pSg
sca which has haied other inventors of far greater
sy allowed to both tie hono and the eeuI5 ne
rewards which belong those who by their gepius
great fhvors on mankind.
B. SILLIMAN JR
Professor OF General and Applied Chemistry i'll Yale College,
BOSTON, June6 1859.
Sill have i'm the following furnaces for
burning bagasse and other fuel:
Isl Letters paten, granted to Moses Thompson 10th April
1855 and reissued 3lst March, 1851. ''
I'd. Letters granted Hager Allyn NAV g. 1885 ra
issued May Ith, 1858. - = >' -
81. Letters patent granted Shelley June 18th, 1858
9Th Letters patent granted Samuel II. Gilman December A.
1858 reissued August 3, 1856. y
The first of these Patents THOMPSON 10Th Anri1 1ess
reissned 3lst March, l5T) the others Ths raen
covers method or process OF drying and wet ur
Eese Two operations are performed simultaneously upon DIFF
eret portions Of the bagasse the gases and heated
air from the two being united suitable chamber
70 the IRE and Consumed together ASSISTING
the OF the other This patent covers Ire use n
chamber each fire chamber having own air and
i,e, win campers tor the regulation of draught
ne furnace described in the patent of Hager Il ALVIN Nav
olh, 1886, clear pHbe infringement Of Thnmnsonis
patent The fuel is first dried and then cous,med The ysses
from that portion which being dried being mxei win bos
from the part which is being consumed aud the whole are
lose,her INC pa sage Gee Hagar and Alyn's draw
ns and he space beneath the boilers mans
connected with this forming mixing or communion
cihin per, in which he gas consumed,
IN me patent OF Evan Shelley IS 1855 the bagasse Is
tto". ~ ana hthped III floor on which it is
mt ldentcay the operati on Us in
ne thompson furnace While portion OF the heap
neiHg burned the portion being dried and
utiu u gned and consumed the vapors from The drying
and the gases and hot air from burning portions being
eu u mixing chamber and operation ms ia
ihTnace, 0eihg continuous This furnace is,
lore, 4 clear infringement Of The Thompson patent.
n the furnace described in mans patent December 4h
io The bSasse is thrown continuously burning
Chamber but The drying and ope continue m-
upon different portions Of fuel and TIE vapors