New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-08-17

boilers attached AZ B.sssss Eu,nscs IS sse.
oad posnds The required but
one fireman. and one boy a. The hoppers ,.,
they required no cleaning ,g.cfx,,, vonr o, ..,v
sfTH F II MalNsE'
Mrs7lE GsorK. November 18th, 1857.
ns and
reply to your inquiry Bagasse
he made sL L our letter to Mr. Thompson under
The only suggest: Is the named By
your Ne HAIL. and that in regard to the hoppers.
very Y sespe es.ssisss:: servant.
.-- ~ S SSHE 1 I: TzIEE'
Elx EAII. January o. 1850.
To Moses Thompson, Esq ::
g t had ore yos Bsg.sss ss o
opportunity Of saying has performed equal TO
consider capable of edeeng perfect combustion
ct the and e I OF s"t and
almost amount Of sronsd and make heat and steam
From ny present experience, clearly of she epn.or
with yours.
EE. KITTREDGE.
NEW oRlEAss Feb. 2, 1859.
To Hoses Thompsan present:
Dssr sir-Hsvpg been engaged on Dr. Kkredges plsnts
In m and having been , on ether Ant
had r opportunity Of Judging the comparative merits o.
sass 5 MUCH work thsn either ohsr
s a The sss III
Bagasse capable and with the formation Of but
x furnace applied 70 the Rsx ppaIau aud Win
% ty 9 s dsr twenty als sna G iii
nsh all Of the CURED with six eight cords Of wood
twenty hours; therefore take pleasure il expressing to
all my firm conviction that furnace is the best have
seen in and recommend 10 all who desire to convert
Yours, respectfully,
CHARLES NEAMEs, Engineer.
ELM HALL PLANTATION, Feb. T. 1859.
srHayng been engaged as engineer on sugar panta
sion Baase
am happy to say your furnace far exees all others It pro-
feel eonaden. that your furnace with proper supply Of
SSs HI s s 10 IL %9s' Hs
your urr es 10 all who may hava occasion tic
-'' A'''' rn ,,,a. H. JONES, Engineer.
In 1855 Mesrs Hager Aynn obtained patent and that
s at az earl, show The my
W a o
the Commissioner of Patents trial of conflicting claims
and Joseph Holt then Commissioner Of Patents
ing is an extract and closing paragraph, He says:
Regarding then the invention fully perfected and in sue
cessfu operation in October 1854 Weeds place. 1t
eSperimenay earlier period Gosett Jonson plan
taon where Thompson had satisfactorily tested his Invention
and found that with the substitution of FIRE brick for iron
CRATE bars capable of performing all that he claimed
for IT. believing for the that neither Heger Aynn
Thopsons claim is limited to the material employed that
each actual substitution simmatera the question ISSUE
finding that contract into the
erection Of Of Hager Aynn furnaces prior the latter
part of December 1854 priority of invention hereby awarded
Noses Thompson, and patent will issue accordingly
ro.D J.aOLT, Commissioner"
Thompson's Baggasse Furnace.
Dry and actual workings Of Mr. Moses Thompsons
In ISL Mr. Thompson built his furnaces
question the first its Kind M. 7. had before
To-
s he ss s ed TIC to M
chamber all wanting perfect it. MI Thompson
sn p ns
Dug with at least three Pss IL four Of its weigh.
not only to keep steam in twenty-five horse power steam
M as Sh sss
where wood was worth "a per cord delivered and coal
have elsewhere given views in detail respecting the
ssw Ssrs MI s Ssd not
nsi Ra ncaes sae ri
laaways been subject Of great difficulty Moreover while
mode Of burning wet fuels have SINCE he first
structng for burning wefues both in theory
and useful in practice
and powerful mind who With small advantages Of education
which has 81
pretensions scientific knowiedge and earnestly trust he
rewards which belong to those who bestow by their genius
great favors on mankind.
Professor of General and Applied Chemistry in Yale College,
Bosros, JuneG, 1859.
s have ned the following patents for furnaces
burning bagasse and other wet fuel
g. sfs s Esp srs Thompson 10Th April
"a Letters p4sst granted Hoger Allyn May g. 1856 re-
Sd Letters patent granted F. stelley June 1914 1855
1851 rssSed &aens stSqss saAus' 'a'
The s PsH 1ss e oe AP
method Of driving and wet
ieren poons Of baeas and heated
being united in suitable bs asssn
the combustion other This patent a9 eoyes the use o.
shsSs 81 ens ie and
s sssr asa
s sff
ns and ss Space s
S ~ combustion
patent of Evan Shelley June 10 1855 the bagasse is
in and heaped the floor hearth which is
burned but dentcay the OPERATE il carried In
the Thompson furnace. While the lower portion of the heap
being burned upper portion is being dried and
is dried gned and the yapors from the drying
portion and hot arfrom the burning portions being
united in mixing chamber and consumed the operation in
Thomps9ns furnace being continuous This furnace is there
the furnace described in Gmans patent December 4h
1855 the bagasse thrown continuously into single burning
chamber the drying and burning operations continue stimuli
tane9usy different portions Of fuel and the vpo
R Of Gilar's dawing) where they mixed aud con
sumed This furnace is therefore undoubted infringement
Thompson's patent