New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-08-10
Ferry truly. rnu,,na,

From my my present experience clearly of the epinion
that other form Of furnace at all compare in efficiency
'' E. E. KITTREDaE.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. ?, 1859.
Dear sir-Havipg been engaged Dr. Kt.redge's pans
ton the M Of where was one Of your
re for n Which the MI @
sa s9s
MAST s5P Z s oSs4
sss1y IA saas5,
ere Is
little clnks feel eonsasn II saying thai bssy lev that
Sufficient supply boilers, win he Bsgssss
nis e e IN
in twenty four hours and make the above number o. hhd IN
my firm conviction that furnace is the bes. have
ss a" VINO
Yours, respectfully,
CHARLES NEAMEs, Engineer.
ELM HALL PLANTATION, Feb. 4, 1859.
MI NsE sees Led as engineer
tons or that # TIN had e
your furnace far sxSss all ohsFs 1 pro
feel confident that your furnace with proper supply Of
and o III hhd IT
furnsce all who may have occasion to
use them Yours H i5S's. H. JONES, Engineer.
1856 Hsgsr Aynn obtained Patent and IN that
ges an show he
rights notified and Saao1sd them
he Commissoner q trial Of conflicting claims
anS
dered in my favor Of which hefoow.
Regarding then invention fully perfected and in
cessfu operation October 1854 at Wseds place. tried
expermenay Gossett Johnson's plan
taon Thompson had satisfactorily tested his invention
and found that with the substitution Of fire brick for iron
That
for IT. that neither Hager Aynns
Thompsons claim is limited to the material employed that
each substitution smmateral to the question at ISSUE
and finding contract entered into for the
erection of one Bager Ann's furnaces prior the latter
part December 1851 priority of invention is hereby awarded
to Moses Thompson, and patent wlissue accordingly.
J.HOLT, Commissioner"
Letter from Prof B. slman, Jr concerning Mr.. Moses
Thompson's Baggssse Furnace.
ory and the actual workings Of Mr. Moses ThompsOns
f' Sp Mr Thonpson ss
question was ~sS The s rs Of before
ao hs e s h
chamber all that was wanting to perfect it, Mr. Thompson
4s s
dug with At least three parts in -four Of weight
not only keep steam in twenty-five horse power steam
sa a a 50 ses SooS
where wood worth 81 per cord delivered and
given ysSs in detail
these views here Suffice it to say that fully opinion
has made discovery Of great practical mpor,snce
erowne COUNTRIES Sere bagass
subject ssd Su xh
mode f burning wet ae hav co since he frs
sucng furnace for burning wetues In theory
and useful in practice. .,.,. ,,...u.,,.
powerful mind who yin small advantages o education
Steal Which has bafsd mary inventors Of far create
pre,ensions scientific knowledge and earnestly trust
reards Which belong who Destow by their gen
| great favors on mankind
Professor of General Applied Chemistry in Yale College
BOSTON, June6 1859.
Sri have ntd the following patents furnaces fs
-. Letters patent granted to Moses Thompson 10th Apri
3D. Letters patent granted Hager Allyn May g. 1856
a. Letters granted ss Samuel H. Gilman December
r. ss st s asEs rhomp.on 10th April 1855
ss March @ Of xns as oss This
operations upon
ss hs d
the s osr TITS ass 5 s
series of fire chambers, communicating with ue mixn
chamber each fire chamber having tR air passages an
iues, with hampers for the regulation of the draught
HThe described in the patent Of Hager Allyn, Ma
9Th 1856 clear and .lpable infringement Of Thompson
The fuel first dried and then consumed the
part which is being consumed and the whole
burned together The passage see Hagar Ayns
with this passage forming the mixing combusto
In the patent of Evan Shelley, June 10 1855 the bagase
thrown heaped up the floor hearth which
burned but denticaly the opeati is carried
Thompson furnace. While the lower portion Of the hea
being the apper portion i being dried and 50 soon
and the hot the burning portions bei
mixing chamber and consumed the or ration
ThompBons furnace being continuous This fur apis Their
fore, clear Infringement of the Thompson patent.
In the furnace described in Gmans patent, December At
1885, the bagasse thrown continuously into single burni
but the drying and burning operations continue smu
taneousy upon different portions Of fuel the cases.
and heated air generated all thrown together into char
t of Gmans drawings) where they mixed and
sumed This furnace therefore undoubted nfringsme
l of ataut