New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-09-09

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with the Bagsse and wood With no fire excepting the
nice eysporaed deg q deg and finished il
We have made ten twelve hossheads hours using
about cords Of wood during thu. time mostly willow
and baure drift wood the latter cut but day or two before
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hours and the Furnace readily consumed al the Bsgasse
100 pounds. The Furnace required but
formed upon the CRATES the Furnace therefore
respectfully your sfHH fsS9asH
M1a1lr GROW; November 18th, 1857
favor # The 4t inst T. at hand aud in
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made our letter to Mr. Thompson under
III only can suggest l. the named BY
your Mr. very ff.a
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Elm HALL, January q, 1852
as yon know had one of your Basasse Furnaces In
operation during the rolling and glad Of the
opportunity Of saying to you has performed equal my san
Consider more capable of eecsns perfec. combustion
than any furnace have known It will bagasse
IN
that of furnace all compare In efficiency
with yours.
E.E. KITTREDGE.
NEW ORLEANS. Feb 2, 1859.
for fall 1853 where one your furnaces
Wtba n? Which
had judging
each ef The furnaces have hesitation ii saying
quantity q
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% i. ol boilers will tie M
in -four The h ID Of n
all firm conviction tbs your furnace Is the best have
the Bagasss Into USE fnl fuel. = '' -
Yours, respectfully.
CHARLES NEAMEs, Engineer
ELM HALL PLANTATION Feb. 4, 1852
Nj .an s as as engineer
tons for en- or and during that lime had Gcsa
far szSs all L
boiler and the Rllisu. VII make steam to DO al Of
recommending furnace all who have occasion to
use them yours r iia5s H. JONES, Engineer
In 1855 Messr Hagsr ynn obtained patent and tina.
patent desired early moment show ne planters
To s
he Commissioner Of Patents trial Of conflicting claims
joseph CONN fasa!s
ing is an extract and closing paragraph. He says:
Regarding then invention fully perfected
cesul operation October 1854 Weeds place. tried
expemenay earlier period Gosse Johnson's plan
aion where Thompson had satisfactorily tested his invention
and found that with the substitution of FIRE brick for Iron
CRATE bars It capable of performing all that he claimed
for IT. believing for the that neither Hager Aynn
claim is limited the material employed that
each actual substitution simmatea the question ISSUE
and finding that not contract entered into for the
erection Of Of HRger Aynns furnaces prior the
part December 1854 priority Of invention hereby
to Moses Thompson, and patent will issue accordingly
]. HOLT, Commissioner
Letter Prof. B. siman Jr., concerning Mr.. Moses
Thompson's Baggssse Furnace.
New Haven, e g., J eSsi + is;s.
have had occasion to examine with great care both the
mace f Ell hs burning Of WEI u ,Ss =.
s n ss 1 s Mr. ss gRs
0ecason to prepare for This Psrena1 ue L
s n had a sna w % satisfy
allow the fuel il dried to fall freely lower
prepared changes SUSPENSION the
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Mr. Thompsons furnace capable burning peat
It f's S Il IT. -four % is
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fuel and pared VIII e1s or wood in
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here Suffice ii say that fully of opinion that
The arts a and that It so as
great number of and some almost literal copies
TOOK he alens he claim q
stracng furnace for burning wet fuels both correct theory
~ THOMPSON modest unAssHm1ug Of original
has himself probsn chemical and ply
be allowed receive both the honor and the pecunipy
ssSs5ss s1sn ssnS 4ess genus
BOSTON, June 6, 1859.
Sri have Examined The following patents for furnaces for
Moses Thompson 10th April
Letters psss granted Haser Allyn May 9th, 1856;
Letters saasa = @
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air from the being united Suitable chamber contiguous
series Of as chambers. with mixing
dues with hampers for the regulation of the draught
The furnace described in the patent of Hager Allyn May
9th 1885, Is clear and palpsbe innp
patent The fuel first dried then consumed gases
that portion which being dried being mixed with those
from the part which is being consumed and the whole
burned together The passags es Hagsr and Ayns draw
connected with this passage forming the mixing combustion
chamber In which the gasses consumed.
In the patent Of Shelley 1883 the bagasse IL
IN and heaped up the floor hesrh on which Is
the Thompson furnace While the lower portion Of the heap
being burned the portion being and so as
dried and the yapors from the dsyng
portion and the and the burning being
Thompsons furnace being continuous This furnace is there
fore, clear Infringement Of the Th0mpson patent
In the furnace described in Gmans patent December Atn
1856 the basasse thrown into single burning
aneousy upon portions Of fuel and the vRper
and heated air generated all egetne INTO snam
sumed This furnace ia undouhed infringement
Of Thompsoa's patent.