New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-05
TIE NEW MOTOR.


great steam-sngins works Of Soho, made uss OF the
memorable expression 10 Boswell, II sell here, Sir,
q WHIST all the world desires 10 have-PowER." The
mechanical world has been occupied from that time 70
the present with this problem Of power, and mechan-
cal ingenuity has talked and exhausted isek with
efforts IN construct machine that should prove an
.fhsicut suxilary or rival Of the stsam-sngine And
\ lie moot extraordinary that, notwithstanding tho
amount Of inventive genius and science that has been
expended in this special field Of labor literally nothing
had been accomplished Of any practical importance t
Ericsson produced tho Caore Engine, in the particular
form and with the peculiar devices which Distinguish
Il nom I'll the engines scusted by heat, that have
been built at such An enormous sxpsnss ef time and
money.
Motive engines Of o moderate Or sven Of . mall
power play very important part in tho economy Of
human he The fghtful horrors Of the slavetrsde, the
scarcely lefs fiebtful horrors of the traffic n Coolies
nay the hsggsrd festures and aded limbs that in our
great cities moro especially speak distinctly Of over
wrought human labor and cry out emphasicaly for
cisf-all these deuonssra,e that compact manage
able safe, and economical motor adequate TO the work
Of singLe slave, or cody, or evertasked white man
OF woits womsn, would do to mitigate the suffer-
ing and dwinish the drudgep Of mankind than any
o,hm conceivable invention Alter all the enormous
secemulahons Of steam. power, watsr-po~ yer, wind
powsr and horsepower, and their vast achievements
BY lcw much the larger amount Of power exercised in
the world s the aggregated result Of individual force
applied to the thousands Of little things that occupy the
hnmap family in the daily routine Of living Combine
these forces, and what ssupendous whole they eI.
bbt Make an available motor that shall be Of one
man power and what resu,. 10 obtained Make q
motor perfectly SAFE easily kept in order requiring no
water, and consuming but little fuel Of the power Of
single horse to what extent the aggregate result is
augmented, and what an importance in human affairs
such machine assumes
If Eries.on's Caoric Engine, then, claimed TO be
nothing but such motor, it would be subject well
deserving the most earnest and serious investigation;
but the proof Is accumulated Of nature that compels
belief and de6es contradictAp, which demonstrates
the existence in this engine Of power entirely sof
cspt for all but very few Of the thousand usss for
which power Is required.
1t Ia not material to purpose TO indulge in any
Retrospective review of Ericesons labors 1t is web
known that this grand invention has occupied thirty
years of bis lfe duriug which he has built many en-
gnes Of the aIges size, and uncounted experimental
engines Of smaller power. Two or three engines of
sixty and seventyneh cylinders were standing in the
iron works of his iend Dir. Cornelius ii. Delema.er
from whom Capt. Ericsson has received the material
aid that bas enabled him 10 perfect his invention, at
the time that Mr.. John B. Kitchng laid the foundation
Of Bis pIesent extensive traffic. by advertising to fur
nsh engines of six, eight and twelve-inch cylinders
for pumping purposes and small mechanical usee. The
6rst engine sold for specific use was put up BY hr
Krcbirg in the banking house Of Messrs. Duncan,
Sherman Co., for the purpose OF supplying the upper
stores Of that fine sdice with Io success led
70 the introduction Of the engine into ober banks and
into stores and private dwslingi, where 1t is noW ex
tensvely usod. The frs: engine applied 10 pumping
water q. railroad station was erected at Wa!tham
on the Fitchburgh Railroad, In Massachusetts THIS
spsiDe was put in operation In October, 1858. The
wsier at this station il drawn from the river through
three.inch iron pipe, 500 feet in length, TO hight OF
about 81 feet and Ia then forced up about 20 feet over
the top Of the tank. After eight months the Su-
perntenden reported that bad proved perfectly suc-
&c ssful that II was readily worked by ordinary la
borer required no more time or attention than COM
mon ecal stove, and burned bat comparatively little
fusl. This engine was one Of l8ineh cylinder, fur
pshed by Mr. John B. KitchiDg
We have seen an official statement In relation to an
engine put up about year since to supply the locomo-
tiyes at the South Groton Station tbs same railroad.
From April, 1859, to April, 1860 this engine pumped
$50 900 gallons Of water, at an expense 10 the COM
pspy for fuel and oil of $25, and for an engineer"
sos; and has not cost ono cent for alteration or
pairs.
A result more important in view Of the number of
engines employed is exhibited on the New-York
Central Railroad, on the line of which there are now
~ . a in daily Mr. Ehauu-
cey vbbad the Superintendent Of that road, reports,
over his official signature after several months sxpe-
reuce with number Of these engines that they per-
form an incredible amour. of labor "for the small
quantity Of fuel consumed One of them he says for
96OO of cent per hour does the work formerly done
by four men, at an expense Of $25 each per month.
Another of the same size at the Savannah station, at
az expense Of eleven cents day. does the work OF i've
men, who received $l25 month. Other yiAes have
been erected several other railroads for pumping
purposes with the same favorable rssuh-
The second application Of the ealoric engine was 10
the driving of printing presses The rrt trial Of the
engine for this purpose was made in the Office Of The
Hartford Tmes-the fire. tbst entirely successful
was made In the Office of T. w. Stropg No. 80 Nassau
street. in this CT y The next engine built was se up
in the Office of Messrs. French e. Wheat, No. Is Ann
street, and the third in the office Of ar. c. c. Shell
ley job printer in Barclay st. The result has been
the adopti,n of the engine in numerous job-ofces in
every part of tho country. Thore are how no lesA
than forty daily papers in the United States printed by
Ercssons engines. most Of them Of 2neh, but three
or four Of II and lsnch cylinders. One Of the most
recent Testimonials to its value from the proprietor OF
The Saransah Erening Expre's, who states that be
regards it the most perfect and economical motive
power ever applied.
The increasing demand for The engines for miecel-