New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-08-16
BAGAssE FURNACE.
RUnN YOUR BAGAssE-TT is PROFIT A

orced and Artificial.
i hs S1SsEEF' JOHNSON,
We have one 4 81; cfEassfs l. OPERATION
Parish Of Plaquernins Planter.
FIN, =, z.u ,,,, $ 52sE \ FS TN. .,,.
No r i SfSs fit TssB Ssz o''.a'
Firm of Brand ...; ts !
No. y & +. o srE1s Eta Ne" Orleans
No. 9 si ~ HsFfi .' ssSs Nj Orleans
Phoenix c ci1ef5E 4 f btssg street n o.
SAMUEL oows sisiIisn parish parish
DAN. C. HoI11 Ss5s.i y. b. Ss.'a'
GEORGE H. ro 5sS e s ss.'.'
-.-.=.-. HID. OGDEN New o Orleans
or ssgss M has sa1 e ne
has ss Of as 5
whence ss in E
od of burning fuel. rs a.
.ssa Es 4 s Il. tn s.
PARISH o. PI4agL.Isrs. slst December. 1856.
sirYou Of ths results q the
sa @
With Of Bagass small quantity Of wood Your
r I'd
ps We in nave
uice eyapoaed the deg q des and finished
ten to twelve hssshssds in the p hours qsn
drift wood the but day Or two before
ss;s
stis SINCE VII.
ssss isasisa tn
fireman, and one boy al the hoppers.
remain respectfully your si4s fsS $a5gE
MYRTLE GROVE November 18th, 1e57
Messrs; ball, Rodd Pnlnap, New Orleans:
rspy your inquiry respecting Thompron Bagaase Furnace
say than that couhrm In every particular
asss " 81, s
your Mr. Hail. and that was in ressfd the hopper..
''i ''''''D' JOHN JON L I; :, WHITE.
ELM HALL, January g. 1859.
have as you Know had one of you. Furnaces u
Opportunity saying YOU performed equal to my san
consider capable of sfee.ing perfec. combustion
the bagasse and consequent production Of heat and steam
sS e e. ground make heat and
IN psoportion- due supply of boiler be gven.o use the
ny present experience clearly Of the opinion
wit, with " you ufe' u 'N'la'' '''
E.E. KITTREDGE.
| NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 2, 1852
| To Moses Thompson, present
on rs Dr. II ysH
M n ye sn g. s s on M
had fair judging The merits
work than either Of he oihsr far,
rs bss, and FURNISH
capable Of and with the Of put
with yor sppsd WE
FROM 20 to Is hhds sugar per twenty hours
Six eight cords q S Sf E0G
hours take espssng ,t
the aasasss into uss f515s. i.,nss,suly,
CHARLES NEAMEs, Engineer.
Dear sr@Hsvne engineer psn.s
on 10 IL Basasse
hsRy
feel confident that youI With proper supply
ts se.s work s1a With I'd cord
recommending your furnace all who may have occasion
use men, A'ui' fHos' H. JONES, Engineer
In 1856 Hsger Alynn obtained patent and in tina
and they erecte ,aany furnace. which nfTinged M
rights notified and cautioned then
IL
testimony BY both parties and submitted that off
snsy
ing extract and closing paragraph He says:
Regardng the invention fully perfected and In
cessfu operation October 1854 at Weeds place, it e
expermentaly earlier period Gossett Johnsons par
aon Thompson had satisfactorily tested his Invention
and found that with the subs tutioH of fire brick for o
CRATE bars capable of performing all That he elaine
for it, believing the that neither Hage Alynn
nor Thompsons claim is limited to the material employed this
each substitution mmaerial to the question at ISSUE
finding that contract entered into for tn
erection Hager Aynns furnaces prior to the latte
part of December priority Of invention is hereby awarde
to Moses Thompson and patent will issue accordingly.
j. HOLT, Commissioner"
Letter from Prof B. sliman Jr., concerning Mr.. NOSE
Thompson's Basgasse Furnace. VIZ c,,,xrr
had K Of @
sSPn ssss hi his s
r, e u s n s5 IT, lad hs
S Rsa 1sii Sser sn
alio sesI las sx
10 IL
" sa
q sss s IN M 3 Of . ]
only a2 a asp but II
i and exuense Compared with anthracite coal wool
country worth 81 cord delivered and
have elsewhere given my views in detail respecting ii
these views here Suffice it to say that am fully Of opin
that MIR " has discovery of great practical mporan
in the arts it is nowhere of great value a In nil
growing countries, where the economical Of bagas
at number experiments and almost literal copi
mode burning wet fuels have appeared since he fir
alone merits the claim Of originality in co
srucng burning wefues both correct in thee
and useful in practice. -. -. .,
and powerful mind who With small advantages Of educatio
has himself great problem chemical and pt
81 steal which has baed other inventors Of far
scientific knowledge, and earnestly trust
be allowed both the honors and the pecunin
which belong 10 those VINO pesoW DS thelr gen
great fAvors OIL mankind
Professor of General and Applied Chemistry Yale Colle
BOSTON, June6; 1859
DR.. A. A. Hayes, Boston
Sr- have ex the following patents for furnaces
= burning bagasse and other wet fuel:
Id letters patent granted Moses Thompson 10th APP
to 1879 and reissued 3ls March, 1851
no I'd. Letters patent granted hoser Ayh, Mas D. 1900
issued May 4th, 1885, .r,
Id Letters patent granted q Shelley. June 18th, 1855
1th Letters patent granted Samuel FL. Gilman, December
~ | 1855 reissued August B, ls5b - 80, I, -.
resned slst March, 1850 antedstts the Others This pat
ceyers method Of drying and consuming wet fu
all These two operations performed simultaneously
feeni noons Of bagasse the and hea
air from the being united in suitable chamber contgut
IN the fire chamber together the assist
the combustion other This also the
series Of fire chambers communicating with fue or mkt
chamber chamber having its own air passages