New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-25
BAGAsSE FURNACE.
pUhN YOUR BAGAssE-IT IS PROFIT 4

RgKN YOUR sAGAssE-1T IS PROFIT AND
In offering sell nay burning Bagas,s and other
70 III 81 % a I uy
sssse
generating much greater heat than have
III
IN M the s no III M no
~ cane juice and further q opn
s .sT snS q IL
Ugh, and "nd unlike the blower sye which is
i SE aGssETT' JOHNSON,
We have one w # sfac csRssfs Il operation
JOIN Ha1;'1 H 4 Lhil.a'sn'''' Planter
Firm Of Hail. R'dd f T. e. tF " Front Isv'' street.
No r + sisg ;' 'Tssb SsG Orleans
.w.nro fa5i;h 4 Ascension
Firm of Brand r'ajis Sj;S;ji
No. I? slG ~ EsFfs , EFss Mr. Orleans
Phoenix 5 GfTsf5ZE + f bGssG s,ss' o.
SAMUEL cow af{'ff;Gn parish
DAN. c. uoL11 ssasfi n B parish
GEORGE H. Lo 5sfs1sS1 R:F''h'
HID. OGDEN. New ss orl e.ssD''
Thompsons Bagasse submitted the test
% wSc the
ertfcae of those who witnessed it in actual operation
The above certificate which given in December 1854
y norel burning fuels first Uncovered and tro
duced BY myself gepi johnson, Esq., made oath to the facts
he
Gsf 81 q h ss s. Angst 1884, before
' PARISH OF PIAauEsisEs. sist December 1855.
Moses ss, E Of result. If
working Of baysss ETY. ST. - for
with the Of Baease a small quantity Of wood. Your
Furnace has accomplished much In few words
with the Bsgasse and wood With no s sssspng ne
to Is deg IL
about cords of wood during that time mostly green willow
and ba'ure drift wood the latter cut but day before
For hours in sneeessen we rolled sufficient quantity
hours and he Furnace readily ali The Bagasse
ss nns g mill H., years SINCE with
s
one fireman, and ore boy at the hoppers::
they eau'reS no 2s esanps s;necnv von nh, ssv.
s snhf r Il MHiSE
MYRTLE GROVE November 10Th, 1857.
k2aa rop Of NE m ns at hand
reply inquiry respecting Tbompsons Bagasse Furnace
the stationery made il our letter to Mr. Thompson under
your MIR Hail. and that was in regard to the hoppers.
' ','''-' ''' GyySHF r /; Ta1EE'
ELM HALL, January q. 1852
lSsss I'd Of you, pagsss Furnaces
opportunity of saying 10 you, it has performed equal to
consider more capable of eeesi perfec. combustion
Of the bagasse and production of heat and
almost any Of ground and make heat
in proporon-f due supply of boiler be given-to thu
From my present experience am clearly of the opinion
With viii yours ,s' - '''pAi' 'A''snc'
EEK ITTREDGE.
Dear sr-Havng been engaged Dr. Kittredge's panta
il fu and having other plantations
m f es e Mye Fl xes a ss NJ
had fair opporu Of judsg of the
has much work than either If The oiher
wa hn4S s san
Basasse capable Of and with the formation of but
s st sS Fsz hn and
om i i, SRsy of boilers s viii ne M
nish all of the steam qursd with six eight cords Of wood
all my firm conviction tn your furnace is the best have
the Bagasse into us'fnl fuel
Yours, respectfully,
CHARLES NEANEs, Engineer.
Elm HALL PLANTATION, Feb. 4, 1859.
Mr.. Thompson, New Orleans, La:
Dear srHavng been engaged engineer plan.a
sn @ daS seI d
am happy to sa5 your furnace lar excss All others II pro-
feel confident that your furnace, with proper supply Of
s so III H ons oa to III ae d m
recommending urr all who may HAYS occasion
'''-'' THos. H. JONES, Engineer.
In 1856 Messrs Hayer Aynn obtained patent tha
patent desired early moment show the planters
contract with age an and inmedately demanded
Testimony was taken by both parties and submitted to that oil
and Joseph Holt Esq then Comm ssioner of Patents
Jig is an extract and closing paragraph. He says:
Regarding then the invention fully perfected
cesfu operation in October 1854 Weeds place.
expermentally earlier period ossett Johnsons plan
taion where Thompson had satisfactorily tested his Invention
and found that with the substitution Of FIRE brick for iro
CRATE bars capable of performing all that he caie
for it, believing for the that neither Hager Aynn's
Thompsons claim limited the material employed tina
each substitution is immatersl the question Issue
and finding that not even contract was entered into for tn
erection of of Hage Aynn's furnaces prior the
part December 1851 priority of invention hereby awade
Moses Thompson and patent will issue accordingly.
J.HOLT, Commissioner
Letter from Prof B. silliman, Jr concerning Mr.. Mose
Thompsons Baggasse Furnace.
YALE CoLLEGE Z
New Haven, CT, June 4. 1859 :
have had occasion to examine with great both the the
DRY and the actual workings of Mr. Moses Thompson Furnace
for the burning of wet fuels.
In 1857 Mr.. Thompson built for of his furnaces de
signed to PEAT at Bristol copper NINE in this Stte
where was then conducting expoIatioas The furnace
question the first OF its kind Mr. T. had befo
had occasion to furnace for this particular fuel
worked better than had expected and well enough satisfy
that little change in the arrangements OF the openings L
allow the fuel it dried to fall freely into the lowe
prepared to effect changes when the suspension of
mines during The panic of September 1857
operations The result obtained however, satisfied thu
Mr. Thompsnns furnace capable OF burning peat jus
aug with least three parts in four Of its weigh
water This watery fuel suiced in Mr. Thompsons furnace
only keep in twenty-five horse power
boiler, day nil ht but it did so with material economy
fuel aud expense compared with anthracite coal wood ia
country where wood worth 81 per cord delivered and
cost about SSpertun.
have elsewhere given my views in detail respecting thu
mode OF action Mr. Thor pson's furnace need repeu
these views here Suffice to say that am fully OF opio
that T. has made discovery of great practical imporanc
in the that nowhere Of great value in all tn
sugar growing countries where The economical Of baga
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