New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-08-12

during the presen. rolling and now glad OF the
Opportunity saying has performed equal to my san
ss1s s1d
furnace have known i vii nnn ne hsa saea a IRON
proporonf due supply OF boiler be given-o use the
From my present experience clearly Of the opinion
form Of furnace can at all compare in efficiency
with yours
E.E. KITTREDGE.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. O. 1859.
ton for Tie g.
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each ead # FL he have hesitation
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a su sSde supply & boilers viii Bgsse
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twenty four hour. and make the above q aaa
al ny s Conviction that your oest havs
.s ss into all 0n' 's
'-N - Yours, respectfully,
CHARLES NEAAEs, Engineer.
Elm HALL PLANTATION, Feb. 4, 1859.
MI Ns S ossn .s as engineer
and during that TIM hd ke,
happy your n far sS alser hfs Of sa
WI nal make do al If
your all who may havs occasion to
use them Yours fi i5s's. H. JONES, Engineer.
In 1886 Ness.s Hager Aypn obtained patent and that
patent early moment to show The planters my
The COMMISSIONS of Patents trial of conflicting elams
joseph ssoasI
| yartan nd LOST
Regading then the fully perfected and in
cefu operation October 1854 at Weeds place. 1t tried
espermenRy earlier period Gosset Johnsons plan
ta.ion Thompson mad satisfactorily tested his hyenon
and found that with the subuos Of fire brick for iron
crate bars 1t was capable performing all that he claimed
for ii; believing the that neither Hager ynns
nor Thompons claim limited to the material employed that
each actual substitution immatera to the question at issue
and finding contract entered into for the
erection Of one Hage Aynn furnaces prior to the latter
part of December 1854 priority invention hereby awarded
to Moses Thompson and patent will issue accordingly
| J.HOLT, Commissioner
Letter from Prof B. silman, Jr., concerning Mr. Moses
| Thouapsons Baggasse Furnace.
ss%9 es
ISL Mr. Thompson built for Of his furnaces de
n @ %1 . The
Sa fSe
worked had expected and we'll enough to satisfy
allow lie fuel dried 70 s freely into Az lowe
plsparsd 70 aS changes
.s eSs o paf s
hompsons furnace WINS capable Ct burning ling wet
was T dh h 15
only to keep steam II M So VIA Powsr ssa
With osa sSa or wood IN
given yiess in detail respecting tn
these views Vi here suee fully Of opiao
ne M Arts a nss that value
growing the use OF
mas rs saw nynss1 #
In @ he
srncng furnace burning fuels both in heor
'n Mr. modest unasspmng # origin,
I'D s%a chemical
seal which tahd many other inventors of far greats
bs to 10
rewards which belong to those who bsstow bytheir gent
!; great 'AS0'S 0A DAAA' B. sILL1MAE. JR.,,,
BG is io following patents for furnaces
burning bsgasse and other wet fuel . r,,n ,o, .nr
psfs 81; Ss Mess' i0h apr
Issued May ap pa,e emf granted E Shelley june ls
Letters ps.en, granted ted Samuel Gilman December
~ sIst of these Patents Moses Thompson 10th April 1855
ressned 3st March, 1850 antedates the others This pate
method of drying and consuming wet fu
Tbess two operaons performed simultaneously upon
arent portions bagsse the and heat
air from te two being in suitable chamber conguo
To- the Are chamber consumed together the assist
e combustion Of the This patent also the
series Of Chambers communicating with hue or mix
Chamber each fire chamber having Its air
~ ues with hampers for the regulation Of the draught
IiThe furnace described in the patent Of Hager Allyn
6h 1856 Ia clear and ppabe Infringement Of Thompson
na,snt The dried and then consumed the gass
from portion which is being dried being mixed with The
burned together The passage Gee HagaI and Ayn's ORA
Connected with this passage forming the mixing Or combus
i chamber. in which the gases are consumed
In The patent Selley june l5 1855 the bagasse
thrown 10 heaped the floor hearth on which it
burned but dentcaily the operation carried on as
the Thonlpson furnace. While the lower portion Of the hf
being burned upper portion being dried and
II dried and consumed the yapos from the
norton and the burning portions
united mixing chsais Saud consumed the operation q
furnace eontiuuous. This furnace is the
fore 4 clear infring Of the Thompson patent
IN the furnace described in Gilman's patent December
1885 the bagasse thrown continuously into single burn
chamber the drying and burning operations continue sim
aneousy upon different portions Of fuel and the gases yap
generated, all thrown together into ems
B of Gnsn's drawings) where they are mixed and
sued. This furnace is therefore an undoubed inirnge
Of Thonpsons patent.