New-York daily tribune., 1859-09-26
- ipvsntors Of steam blowing engines and appara

.Tof oru complete conception Of this steam pow let The
rornise recall the appearance OF smsllszed tender Of
toonoiss enae. Lev about half tue forward portion Of the
side, ..a bay Fs~ m.bns Ia S mode the
portion Of the platform stands the uphs, so s5 Tan .
p Being below of the psorm snd the FIRE
dor opening forward The boiler contains S Iineh epe'
srisoe Steam may be up In IS minutes although wos
hs, time usually necessary The fae may .lioer oe oi'
diameter and Is stroke placed on each .de Of The
boilers The p.on eommuoe's o."n snS & on wbs
% The sides Of the platform rhsng ~ end comparatively out
~ ns b. rum before 1t depend. the FIRE box .nd
over behind the pk % that when the boiler and ank
m they nearly on the sAes Of the
TSis drum . oompo,sd Of iron heads 'pde's and
SAVES fitting closely are boiled AID form the periphery
s,scb Away. the grain. There slipping the
s Eel. coHsders5s distance on trap.s paved the
.ndt I. 'sht Tbs gosotioa Of the driving roller Tor
vents ,ougns Welding soil while moderate Irregular
Another nest advantage gained By the gearing Of the drum
Instead Of being attached directly 10 crank on the axle Of the
which easily w,bou, shaie the axle menoned
axis impsrts motion 70 the cog boed The
whole being 50 poooned that six strokes OF tie piston cause
Increase and Of coItro the movements Of the
which sat for the fireman and receptacle for le
The bow BY G9 r. SSr S.rss ssS ss0 so
ioches Sro.d The truck moves freely like
sinse 90 tbs, the whole machine turned readily aud
sho farm The engine thirty horse The
and fuel 10 and including donkey engine
sns 's2e ss .nd BY I ae
tank the boiler The tank holds twelve barrels su ent fo
70 one frame Which BY chain. passing gTooved
& n two 6sa es .n5,. SI ne s % C Of ' .s fssR @
man front BY wh.hs gang Of POw; may be r,sed Or lowered
which attached the uudersde Of the frame Of the engine
Waterss pow is entirely dissimilar 10 every respect
ard may be thus described: II is locomotive engine,
with horizontal boiler containing 80 inch tubes.
There are four cylinders Il inches in diameter, with IL
irch stroke mskirg "A revolutions to Of the driv
ers These 10 feet in diameter, with 6inch face,
made of light boiler iron, and with iron spokes Two
steering wheels placed in 'front.' feet in diameter,
J2-inch face turned by worm and chain. The main
axle is Of 4iIch rourd iroD fitted with otght boxes.
The fre.box ia 2x3 feet and made for either wood or
coal. The boiler s bolted to the axle by clamps, and
In front by light iron braces rests upon the axes of the
steering wheels. Motion is given to the drivers by
pinion working in internal gears on the drivers, the
pinon being turned by its wheel gearing into the en-
gre shaft direct To prevent slipping rib ribs ct CT sheet
onaIly A tank beneath the boiler holds D gallons OF
water but further supply Of Is barrels is carried in
two.wbeeled water cart attached to the engine. On
the deck Of this cart his fuel is carried. The pows i3
in nu nber, in gaIgs on two frames, which run on
caster wheels. The gangs are hitched one behind the
other, and both behind the water cart, making an
iIg, bat permanently attached to the frames. They
are rsised and lowered each gang simultaneously,
by a quick threaded screw
The two machines were taken in hand by the Com.
mee on Friday and caused fret to run twice around
the half mile track of he sho grounds the better to
enable the assembled multitude to witness their loco
motive capacity and outward mechanical construction
They were then made to turn single fuIrow each
within the inclosure after which they were removed
to a smooth, level prairie Immediately adjoining the
grounds. Ea,h competitor was left free t, choose the
area of ground in which he could show his machine to
greatest ad vantage az there was an almost unlimited
stretch Of uninoosed land aimaby suited TO the pur-
pose. MIR. Waters from the length of his train OF en-
gne, tender, and two gangs OF plows making 10 al %
feet preferred blowing in circle and on not less than
Elk acre plot while Mr. Fawkes expressed his willing.
ness 20 take any sized field, even to single acre, II
the Committee 30 desired.
A portion OF the Executive Board of the State Ag
ficutua Society wishing test Mr. Fa vkess engine
on half mile furrow your Committee assented TO the
proposition, and rode upon the .chne until ne nau
powed four funows of 2Slo feet in length ana eet
ches in width making in all, 81 6o square ieet, or
a trhe over two acres The furTows were turned to
an average depth of five inches, and we're OF each
tingle plow fourteen inches in width The time con-
suIned in turning the ft through lrow wa mnu es
the copd 81 minutes the third minutes; the fourth
10 min 1tes In passing up the first furrow, once on
the next and the last, the pows were clogsed
by the sois getting crosswse in the gang and the ma
tline stopped TO clean them out, occupying IN al IL
minutes for cleaning out and turning at the end OF far
rowe. On the last home stretch, at dltan "a OF @oV
wards from the end the steam became 30 low that II
require ed some minutes TO get up sufficient to run the
furrow through. This was laid by MIR. Fawkes TO the
fault of an nexperier ced fireman, and TO his wood
being somewhA green, and not cut small enough.
Your Committee however, throughout the trial,
were Of the impression that either the boiler ltse was
not arrsDged to make abundant supplies OF steam or
tbs work Il was put to was than should be ex-
peced from good boiler of this size. we eel sdus-
lied that If cutters had been attached to al the pows,
instead of only the on the Landslide turrow, the
power consumed in drawing the gang OF eght through
q virgin prairie cod would have been materially les
seped As it was the sod actually torn ssunder
a. the plows were forced through it, but with suitable
cutters the furrow slice might have been turned with
but little expenditure Of power. From over anxiety
and inexperience the psrt of Mr.. Fawkes, he did
not really make 70 good show OF the powers OF ms
machine he might and in fact, the same may, with
equal Justice be saii OF his competitor, for both OF
these persons to tris unprepsred for accidents,
serious or tApg they might chance to be, and 80
little experienced in the working Of their own inven-
tons that We oveto many details which contribute
essentially to the success Of public TRIALS. IL Is only
when weaknesses have beer fully shown at such time,
that inventors begin TO appreciate the quaes OF their
lven ions; and your Committee persuaded that 1t
either the Fawkes or Wsters machine was seen al
regular work upon farm better show would be
mace than the utmost paipstasng briggs to the obser
walton Of Committee at a trial exhibition.
Oar Committee divided itself so tha. portion should
q nduct the is Of the Waters plow, ard tine remsn-
der that OF Fswkes
Mr. Waters while awaiting orders to move got his
steam up to lsO pounis in bef time, pressure I'M
safe particularly in the hands of all Inexperienced par
son On starting TO work, the gsuge showed p!ess-
Of lio pounds under which, after suitably ADJUST
ing the depth Of his two gangs of pows by means OF
the prepared for tha, purpose, he moved for
ward distance Of 800 feet in two minutes; when, on
turning his st curve the caster wheel the front OF
his second plow frame, by reason of previous bend.
ing Of its SHAFT turned sdswise, aud broke in pieces,
lsng two three Of the plows 10 the gang into the
ground to great ceptb; one OF them was snapped on
,al, ,rNr.r satfa Er..