New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-20

feel confident that your furnace with proper s1ppy Of
the work. eoN T be hh s aFe % AL
hn your tnFnse 10 all who have
~ ' ''D iha5s H. JONES, Engineer.
In 1856 Messr Hager Ayun obtained patent and In TINT
year and Is5 they erecte furnaces which nrnged my
uuqnesonable rights therefore and cautioned them moi
The Commissioner Of trial Of our concae esis
Testimony was taken by both parties submitted to that of
Which fsi hs follow sR
Ing Is an extract and closing paragraph. He says:
Regarding then the invention fully perfected and In suc
cesul operation in October 1854 Weeds place it was tried
expermenaly at an earlier peroi johnson plan
aon where Thompson had satisfactorily tested his invention
ana found that with the sub tuon of ERE brick for iron
CRATE nars it WAS capable Of performing all that he claimed
for it, believing for the neither Hager Avpn,s
nor fhompsons claim is limited to the employed tina,
each actual substitution mmaeria the question at issue
and finding that not contract entered into for the
erection one OF Hsger Aynns furnaces prior to the latter
part of December 1854 noriy invention is hereby awarded
to Moses Thompson, and patent will issue accordingly.
j. HOLT, Commissioner
Letter from Prof B. sillmau Jr concerning Mr. Moses
lhomnson's Baggasse Furnace.
1..,o nod .....,... New Haven, Ct, June 4 1850 5
cry and the actual workings of Mr. Moses Thompson Furnee
signed to consume FEAT at Bristol copper mine this State
is fns T. Ind dns rnhe eor s
for and h we snsR a
me that little change the arrangements of the Openings to
was Al that was wanting to perfect it, Mr. Thompson
during M pant he @ nb Of The
to operations he result obtained however, satisfied me that
water This waery fuel sGced ii Mr. Tho 51 81 Wesh,
boiler day ard nht but did III material economy Of
where wood was worth 81 per cord delivered and coal
have elsewhere given my views in detail respecting the
oe Of acton .. NJ Thop pso furnace reed repeat
that Mr. has made discovery great practical poree
IN he arts and that II nowhere Of great value
mas always been subject Of difficulty Moreover while
fuels have apr she sfa he e0Pss
LOOK the field he alone merits the claim originality in con-
neg furnace for burning wet fuels both in theory
and powerful mind Who With sm alvnas s Of M
~. WORKED ont for himself great problem chemical and bly,
rs o to scientific k,owleage and earnestly trust he
which belong to those Who bfso% a s h pseanay
great fAvoss on mankind. e''"
Professor of General Applied Chemistry in Yae COLLEGE
,r.A u,vss pos,on BOSTON, June6, 1850
basa sS and oa me vet 9S s patents for furnaces for
49, and hes Rsys s ash to Moses Thompson 10th April
70, Ls . 'en granted Hager Allyn May 1856 re-
"a Letters patent granted p Shelley. June lstl 1855
letter. patent gan ,ss sAae H. Gilman December
hss s st r n Pa ,s oses THOMPSON April 1855
S'n"eu
overs method or process of drying consuming W ri
eSe Two operations are performed muaneony nnnn df
fre Of the bagasse the vpos gases and beaea
rom me Two being united in suitable chamber
ne and consumed together the one assisi;r
ne oil me other This patent also covers NJ e II
" lre chhnpefs, communicating with ue or myip
ench nre chamber having air passnres anI
Titn hampers !or the regulation the drsught ~
- ne described in the ager Ailvn Nav
VI, ieS II clear and ppebe Infringement of TbSn,,sn,
me iuei Il FIRST dried then consumed no $500
t portion which is being being MIXED win boa
ne part which is being consumed and the whole arc
oselher the ingar and tlyn,s frar,
a,u ne space beneath the boilers mans
WIN ms passage forming king or combus,iay
1nnn,'t, N which The gases consumed - '''o"
~ me patent OF Evan Shelley, June
row" N ana heared thu floor he4rth on which II 10
r o denteally the opera is carried on rs in
y inomIson furnace While the lover portion OF The hean
% 5tnea me UPPER portion is being dried and so soon Ms
eu u is iSi'ed and consumed vnpos from HE lrys
ana me gases and hot airfom the burning on being
nu u mixing chamber aud consumed. the operation AS ia
furnace being continuous. This furnace IS ibe,e
re- a clear infringement Of the Thompson patent ' /
n me furnace described in 9ilmau,s
~ ~ pasase j. thrown continuously single blrnnr
but the drying and bunirg continus simn
e1nsly upon different portions of fuel gases yors
~ heated ar generated all thrown together into cba,
" Of iilmsn's dawings) where they mike, and r
mod This u is therefore undoubted ntrinpam"n
lhompsons patent
u proper that shosd here state that Civil Enrrar
profession and surh had charge Of ynrons
gnnIN rr.rks sursn