New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-07-04
BAGAsSE FURNACE.
URN YOUR BAaAssE-1r IS PROFIT AND

BENJxMiE' JOHNSON,
have one q l sfa ssHsSts operation
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SAMUEL oows sssffisn parish
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GEORGE H. Io 5s3slssa R$'sn'
HID OGDEN. New se orl e.1ssH''
Thompson's Bagase Furnace has been
a Of The l.
eeese of those who witnessed it in actual operation is
The above certificate, which given in December 1884,
esiynossl burning wei fuels
b Ss to !. fs s
Sassd T. 9ss Of Il s II ASgg 1851 before j.
rAEIsa o. PLAayEMIsEs sist December. 1856
working Of your bagsss eons pcsd for this sea-
vim the Of Bagas,e and small quantity q wood Your
wod ri @ @ 5 snd
with the Of Bagasse and wood with fire excepting the
uice eyapoated the Is deg deg finished In
We hogsheads in the "a hours using
anSu ten eopd q Woo 1 s UT willow
using.
C as #
hours and the Furnace readily consumed all The Bagasse
rollers Is Il sR years since with
obtained yss5 100 pounds The Furnace required but
ciinkes upon CRATES Furnace therefore
We remain respectfully your HH fhgasH
v u Ds, h Mrn1as saoys November 18th, 1851
dsnemen favor # ths IN Inst at hand and in
.s # sa %ad il our letter to Mr. under
only suggest is the named by
Your obeiisnt servant,
s s2Hf r 1: TaaIETE
Elm HALL, January %, 1859.
have you Know had one of your Bagasse Furnaces in
operation during the present and am now glad Of the
consider capable of ehecng perfec. combustion
than furnace have known i will burn the bagasse from
in proporion due supply Of boiler be given-to the
my present experience, ana clearly of the opinion
that other form of furnace at all in efficiency
with yours.
New ORLEANS, Feb 2, 1885,
Dear sr-Having been engaged Dr. Kttredge's panta
ton for the fall of 1903 where there your furnaces
pa o1 On q Mr. s
had ara an thu
each Of the furnaces have hesitation saying your fur
r. quantity
aa 5
sufficient supply boilers viii consume the Bagssse
n al Y s Pss hal o
in twenty four hours and make the above number of hhd in
ny Conviction III your asst have
Yours, respectfully
CHARLES NEAMEs Engineer.
ELM HALL PLANTATION, Feb. 4, 1859.
Dear sHaving engaged as engineer on sugar plana-
ons for en- or eight and during that tine had
s@ hspp IRE "1 mob SS s1se1 I
feel confident your furnace with proper supply Of
9s wor With sg aad to M make F all IF
recommending furnce all who have occasion
'-,'' THos. H. JONES, Engineer.
In 1856 Messrs Hager Aynn obtained patent and, tina.
and 1851 they furnaces which nfnged my
unquestionabe rights therefore notified cautioned not
to contract with Hage ALL and Immediately demanded Of
taken o By both parties and submitted that off,
eed lengthy and full decsonn my favor which follow
ing is an extract and closing paragraph. He says:
Regarding then the invention fully perfected
cessul operation October 1854 at Weeds place. 1t tried
expermenay earlier period Gossett Johnsons
ation where Thompson had satisfactorily tested his invention
and found that with the substitution of fire brick
crate bars capable of performing all that he claimed
for it, believing for the that neither Hager Aynns
Thompson's claim Is limited to the material employed
each actual substitution mmaeral the question ISSUE
and finding that contract entered
of Hager Alynns furnaces prior
part of December 1854 priority Of invention hereby
to Moses Thompson, and patent will issue accordingly
j. HOLT, Commissioner"
Letter from Prof. B. sliman, Jr concerning Mr. Noses
Thompson's Baggasse Furnace.
heye had occasion to with both the.
so hasnaE fss ' '''s' thompson ''n4ss
where was then conducting expoTa.ions The furnace
had to pgspars r9aes for this Rartisusr fne
me- that little Change IN the @ the OPENINGS s y
allow the fuel dried to fall freely into the lower
M Se
sns
Mr. Thompsons furnace capable of burning just
ss n fuel ee p,s + na5
Keep did s
fuel and expense compared With anthracite coal or woo III
cost about sper un
have elsewhere given my views in detail respecting
mode of action of Mr. Ihon pscns furnace need repeat
that T has made discovery great practical importance
in the and that it is nowhere of great all
growing countries where the economical
has always been subject OF great difficulty Moreover while
great number of experiments and almost literal copies
of his ode Of burning fuels have he first
took the field he alone merits the claim of originality
strncng furnace for burning fuels both correct in theory
and useful in practice
Mr.. THOMPSON is modest unassuming man. original
powerful mind who with small education
has worked out for himself problem chemical and ply
sica which has laed many other inventors greater
pretensions scientific knowledge and
be allowed receive both the hopors pecunary
rewards which belong to those who bestow their genius
great fRvors mankind.
Professor of General and Applied Chemistry Yale College,
BOSTON, June 6, 1859
DR. A. A. Hayes, Boston
SI have ned the following patents for
burning bagasse and other wet fuel
lst Letters patent granted Moses Thompson 10th April
1855, and ressued 3lst March, 1857.
3D. Letters patent granted Hager Allyn May G. 1856 re-
issued May 4th, 1853 =
ga Letters patent granted Shelley, June l5th 1855
4th Letters patent grant ed SaEuel H. Gilman December
1855 reissued August 5, 1856.
The first of these Patents Moses Thompson 10th April 1855
ressued 3st March, 1850 sntedatss the others This patent
method OF drying and consuming
erent portions Of the hagnsse the
air from the being united in suitable chamber contiguous
the fire chamber and consumed together the assisting
the other This Of
series of fire chambers, communicating with ue mixing
chamber each fire chamber having its air passages
ues, with hampers for the regulation Of the draught.
9th, 1856 is clear and psbe Infringement of Thompsons
The fuel Is first dried and then consumed the
from that portion which being dried being mixed with those
from the which being consumed, the whole
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