New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-15

Letter from Prof B. slimsn. Jr concerning Mr.. Mos
Ihompson's Baggasse Furnace.


The Sugar Controversy.
Letter from P,o B. sillman, Jr concerning Mr.. Moses
have had occasion to examine with both the the.
and the actual workings of Mr. Thompsons
ls57 Nj Thompson bat for of his furnaces de-
signed 70 s at Bristol ns this STATE
question the first of its kind Mr. r. had before
Rs xeR f.
that lutte change in the of the openings
chamber Al that wanting perfect it. Mr. Thompson
dnn pn S
operations Abe result obtained however satisfied
as with at ea, three parts IN oa Of s st
water This waery fuel saiced in Mr. Thompsons furnace
sor AID ' Win P9 ssenoy
country where wood worth 81 cord delivered and coal
eoit haSe sssshere given nv views in s,
pson Furnaces need no, rp sa
Mr. 7 has made discovery great prace poranee
in the arts and that it is nowhere value The
has always been subject Of great difficulty Moreover while
Of his Of burning fuels apr cared since he frst
took the Held he alone merits the CLAIM of originality in
and useful in practice. = '''O'
and d d abo & sDsnmng
has worked ont for himself great problem chemical
to scientific and earne s s S
may be allowed receive both the houors the peennary
great favors on mankind.
B. sILLINAN JR
Professor OF General and Applied Chemistry in Yale College,
BOSTON, June 6, 1859
Sr-I have nsd the following patents for furnaces for
burning bagasse and other fuel: "
ls Letters patent granted to Moses Thompson 10th April
1856 and reissued 3lst March, 1857. '
I'd. Letters pien granted Hnger Allyn May G. 1856 re-
issued May 4th, 1855 " 'SNN ~
81. Letters patent g'anted S. Kelley June 18th, 1855
N Letters patent raned SAMUEL H. Gilman December
The first of these Patents oses Thompson 10th April 1858
reissued 3ls March, 1850 antedaes the Others This patent
covers amehod process of drying and consuming wet
Ttee operations performed simultaneously nm df
erent portions Of the baase the vapor gases and
air from the two being united in suitable chamber conpno.
to the IRE chamber and together the one
the combustion of the other This patent covers the use Of
series Of fire chambers communicating with mixing
hues, with hampers for the regulation of the draught
me furnace described In the patent of Hager Allyn MAY
patent The fuel is first dried and then Consumed The
from that portion which is being dried being mye5 win
from he part which is being consumed and the whole are
'ngsl and the space beneath boilers The Dams
connected with this passage forming mixing or eombuso
In the patent of Evans Kelly June is sss the
IN anu heaped up on the floor hesrih on which il
the Thomson as. rnass 'Rs opssati is in
being burned the portion being dried and eap
Is dried gned and consumed vapors from The
united in mixing chamber consumed he
Thompsons furnace, being continuous This furnace is
FORE clear infringement of the Thompson nae,i
III the furnace described In man's patent Ar
iSoo me oasasse thrown continuously into single burning
chamber but the drying and burning continue
aneously different portions of fuel and the pase.
and heated sr all thrown together no
Der ( Of Glnans drawng) where they are ixed and en-
of Thompson's patent. s '
It'll proper that shoald here that am Civil
W and Us sReh have had charge Of Govern.