New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-09-05
BAGAssE FURNACE.
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erthcate of those who witnessed actual operation
evidence f " earliest Lo1san.
stronger than could . emu
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Statement of the results Of til.
working Of Bagasse Furnace sea
You ~ to grind our and csr
Furnscs hs. accomplished much IN few Words
s s,e @ h With no e..
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have made to twelve hesshs.ds hours, using
and batture drift wood the latter but day before
For hours in succession rolled sufficient quantity Of
We have @ s mill put up some years SINCE with
have Two BOILERS attached the Bssssse Furnace IS fee.
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one fireman. and one boy at the hoppers:
We remain respectfully, your oe't sery'ts,---
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MrRrIs GROVE November 10th, 1857.
a hand and
reply your inquiry respecting Thompon Bagasse Furnace
T. made letter Mr. THOMPSON andsl
only suggest is the named by
your Mr.. Hall, and that in regard to the hoppers
very Y isape UasdieSgis servant.
S SSHE r K 1TH5TE,
Elm HALL, January o. 1859.
To Moses Thompson Esq in
he Polling end poy rsd ~
opportunity Of saying to you has performed equal to
consider capable Of eseting perfect combustion
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almost amount Of cane ground and make heat s.
From my present experience am clearly Of the opinion
tina. Of furnace all compare efficiency
with yours.
E.E. KITTREDGE.
NEW ORLEANS Feb o. 1859,
To Noses Thompson, present:
5 Des Hi @ on vs Dr. Il yss
in full operation and having been plantations
sh n FIJI sas1 s
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has done much work than either the other fur
nsnss fire. hsa than soash
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with your applied to the apparatus, and With
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n all o ns s e q %
hours therefore s take pleasure in e
and all who desire to convert
Yours respectfully.
CHARLES NEAMEs Engineer.
ELM HALL PLANTATION, Feb. 4, 1859.
Dear sr-avng engaged engineer sugar pans.
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feel confident that your furnace with proper supply Of
hi %o III
your to all who may have occasion to
use 'As~' lHos. H JONES, Engineer.
1856 Mesrs Hager Aynn obtained patent
1851 they furnaces which nfringed
M az 1asd s s The
to contract with Hagsr Ali Immediately demanded
Testimony By parties submitted that
Joseph HG aa then e
Ing is an extract and closing paragraph He says:
Regarding then the invention fully perfected and
operation October 1884 Weeds place. 1t
expemenay earlier period Gosett Johnsons plan
taion had satisfactorily tested his invention
found that with the substitution Of fire brick for
CRATE It capable of performing all that he claimed
believing for the that neither Hager Aynn
Thompson's claim Is limited the material employed
substitution ismmstesl the question ISSUE
finding that not contract entered Into for
erection Of Hsger Aynn's furnaces prior
part December 1854 priority of invention hereby awarded
Moses Thompson, and patent will issue accordingly.
J.HOLT, Commissioner"
Letter Prof. B. Siman Jr., concerning Mr.. Moses
Yhompson's Baggasse Furnace.
YALE COLLEGE,.
New Haven CT, June L. 1859. :
ssys the
for the burning Of wet fuels.
1857 Thompson built for out of his furnaces.
signed at Bristol mine in this State
where then conducting explorations The furnace in
question the first of Its kind Mr. had before had
prepare furnace for this particular fuel
worked better than had expected and well enough satisfy
that little change In the Of the openings
allow the fuel 1t dried to fall freely into the lower
prepared these changes when the suspension Of
during the panic of September 1851 put end
operations The result tned however, satisfied that
Mr. Thompsons furnace capable burning peat just
dug with at least three parts 10 four Of Its weight
This watery fuel sufced in Mr. Thompsons furnace
only keep steam in twenty five horse power steam
boiler day and night but did with material of
country where wood worth 81 cord delivered and coal
cost about So per tuu.
elsewhere given vewsn detail respecting the mode
of Mr. Thompson's furnace need repeat these
views here Suffice it to that am fully OF opinion that
Mr. T. has made discovery of great practical Importance In
the arts and that nowhere of great value in all Ne
growing countries where the cal use
has always subject great difficulty. Moreover while
great of experiments and almost literal copies
OF of burning fuels have appeared since he first
the field alone merits the claim Of originality IN
srucng for turning wet fuels both correct in theory
and useful il practice. i'd,
Mr.. Thompson modest unassumng man, of original
worked for himself great problem chemical and ply
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