New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-30
REFRIGERATION OF THE MlssIsslPPIRIvER

ELECTED two replies, one from MI keastu a ID
o'Hea civil engineer Of Memphis and tRe olher 8
frou Mr.. Albert Stein, gentleman wen NhoWl =
Mobile for his scientific requirements, as M y
Stein has published his criticism in the form OF
,,,r,,11ot a conv Of which he has kindly for
warded to us, We deem it proper to pay our hrst
attention to his arguments and objections And'
~ 40 ,,roceedinr further, we would state that we
stspa nv and reiterate every word that appeared
1; onr fi,st article based as it was on the author
IL IF Gentlemen whose scientific accomplishments
and rractieal experience have made their names |
Known throughout the civilized world, and whose
ouions are certainly entitled to respectful consid
Grafton, When, therefore Mr.. Stein declares that
our article exhibits singular oblivion of the
very simplest principles Of hydrodynamics,n the
accusation falls net upon US, but upon gentlemen
no less distinguished than Gen. p 0. Hebert Gen.
A. A. Humphreys and Gen. Il. L. Abbott. We may
remark too that Mr. Stein does not really touch the
point when he says that ''the principles OF hydro
dynamics are plain and easily understood by all
who chose to study them.n We will go even
further and declare that the statement IS, sclen'
tifically, defective. There is no Branch OF i
dynamics so complex and SO difficult of compre-
hension as that which is known as 'hydrodyna
mics. Fluviatile dynamies, or the laws govern /
ina the motion of river waters, are especially
ZsottIo7 Almost everz river presents a distinct
~ of rl,anornena which enter a. yariables into
+t r,rollan,s nronose5 for solution and which can
- AM osfir,ated oni~ rev long and laborioua
in,,os+;.,,+io, -Ie e. f,ct tin4tf,ara is "a nrob
4iscnsgion ana controversy among distinguished
oTcioors &C u M gfscta IL c7t.ofTs lateral ant
~ "a leveez piybt have snreested ID pr
I'LL, tbot artar Hi tbe DrincinIes of bvdre7v
,o1,;os Ia a varv sirnnle. Al an ius+ration
ae4Io s,fs.rItiss NJ III ancoynterel IN solving the
t. varoIvnaroi,s n IL suggestive fact
TIL ,oorr a. 4iftaen forrn1las-nerhans even n
o-.sato, rnp,bAr- have bean devised by different
a,,,,iraors for ga,,ging rivers and every ane of
n.y. 10 Fo,,rf bv Cans urmnbravs and Ahbott
y, NJ. t,to1li, inannIicatfa 10 tte s,ississinpi
/ pa ~ ,,,o; Mint Oh fssno ba+,rean +t,e csp,,s
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/ ~ ,,,o+ectio,, sc,sinst the ;n,n5s lions
i 1Iissisgi,,,,; ri,-or M sta;r sav7 +ba+ +bo
II i5oo tI,a+ ct.ofs a. n,o5a If river imnrova.
- ~ aitbov n exnIo1ad Il an yngcientifo
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III mae to
.,,,toff 1850 +l,o o,,rf3.o az t6a rgor 81 n
go a. t1,a ~ ,oarl, ,cb &c h davrassos
at,tboI,aoa Mo con,+rv obova t1a.c1t ia tbere
It faro FROM, tbe foods onI u ~ oa,,s,
. "a tba c6nntrv baIoy, tForeover If 4 serias q
i g,aTo II he naila artanding Il III Inonfb j
tbe river tbe nrineiples educed show thai m
heights If tba aaods yyon5 he regnIarIv decraasaf
i from noirt mar ni5qyay Of tbe series r. the m
7 nm snd md yarnlarlv Increased from M sam
noint' ~ +Ie- lo,ver mi The system therefore 4
e1tirplv inannlicabIe h tho Miss;ssinni liver
either IL wbole d IN nart,, fHnmnbrevs, I'M
Abbottis Renort =. 379A
y Strangely enough Mr.. Stein has selected thes,
sar+anea tho basis of l,is accsation sea;net no
6 -, -, =. = = % -
IS 81 an ootlYloh Vi te very sithpless principles
n hydrodynamics." Yet they are the words of Gen
I eral Humphreys of whom it NAV be said that hi
raat ,yorl, nm tba N5iseissinni ia n monument =
q 2 - r -
1heusuStgol ehefgyt ahuot exhaustive scleaull
ii analysis. This decision, coming from eminen
an authority onpht we think ia settle tbe nuas
49, W. - ga II +a43 IL a, CT I; I;
q stoN' " W ~ y 'ssa ~ NJ E'teli y -
\ pamphlet, that the true effect Of cutoff is t
lower the surface Of the rivers below it alnos
4. a. o,cb o. II danressss INA e1,facaA otoe J, IN
i e e. e = = - 80 $500 :"
= reason beng that " the water from the cnt-oh Ell
tering the reach below with an increased velocity
communicates that velocity to the water ther,
4 thereby lowering lie surface by its more rapi
G = 4..