New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-08
Steam Power Doubled without Additional
Fuel.

T. t,s Editor Of TIE " T. T,.5sse
Sfr. A. progress n the arts requires 20 advance from
omrircal and partial to rational and extended applca-
lions of science occasional recurrence 10 first principles,
not aways requisite Is often ind cnsable. For lack
% appealing 10 them, errors and oycrsghs equal TO
errors are apt 10 become established till their real char
accr NOT suspected AMI hardly believed when pointed
ont So 30 has over been and vii. be- Referring 10 beet
and cane sugar. writer announces that the juice of the
cane contains double the quantity Of sacchaTinc crystals
extracted from itthat quite as much lost n the pHm
ary marucure as reaches the market Passing by other
examples II thoughcss waste tho may be said
Of a product vastly mo-c important to commerce
end the world az ar,e than the richest Of saccharinc
flsnts-SrrAm PoWER OF it the high-pressure or nom
condcrsag engine is the popular representative, and
strange TO SOY, ne frd p'st7cy contains double he
amount n D5rcr a. Oh ne best ci1ss i such engines drar
or cr can drai- ou cCH II nee, If operatives Of tho
Inst century are rightly considered billiards for wasting
mnterrs what IN the next one may not be SAID OF Us
who after evolving with costly apparatus the most valu
able OF motive agents, discharge II into SINKS and sewers
the air. with half its power IN itosliug out Is worth
loss dross that IN which there - not an atom ~ reuse OF
alloy. Expert and alert a. we are IL many hlhgS, we
slrcr shall not be- thought adopts In ecOnOEl1ng that
which gives value 10 every material.
BIT are there not engineers who deny that anything
Ike sd nuci power IL Lost IN waste steam Yes, think
an with whom have cOufersed emphlticaly dsseni and
vet the fact appears clear 10 other minds as tAG ID
exist furthermore, that the alleged amount 20 if
from being eXaggrmtOn IS largely under the truth
Doubtless the views ol practical men should command T.
spec but crucial tests and natural laws not human opn
IONS are required here. Truth IN too many things rs OBJ
scre because not deemed worth the trouble Of clearing
up but IN matter OF such importance to advancing civil
zaOu as this j; ought not 10 be lcit al hour III uncer
t0iuty. Nor need 1t be.
ne suMoined propositions cover tho whole ground,
and what follows them viii, II is presumed suffice Tor
their demonstration: In al cases there remains as much
power IN the discharged impaired To the piston
iowpVpr that have been. =. III most CIhcr
power, and IN some cases d0HCe ne P0Ae'' may 10
obtained from It,
mon preliminary observation two will not be out of
pnce: for though the subject Is becoming an item OF
college education, fow look INTO II, and general ideas
reach little beyond the external features and movements
OF an engine. IN why this should continue.
nor will since whatever uncertain about steam yanishes
when thoroughly okcd into aud every Of ordinary
cipncity can do that It, properties pipabe aud
plastic those Of other bodies. II is weighed IN the
same scales and its Quantities ascertained by the
measures a. liquids and solids a pound OF IL
l. pouud Of water yaporzod The mode OF using The
measures Is somewhat different ibut not less flgii
correct Oue holding cubic foot OF water has io be-
implied filed aIes till he number is made out whereas
with steam several feet are generally contained IN e pce
one the number being Indicated by the pesrehence pres
and quantity compliments and e1pcatives of each
the quantity remaining the same The smaller volume
comprise the larger thus five cubic feet OF the pressure
tie inch contain feet Of 20 10 or twenty feet Of
10 10. all three equivalents IN cost weight quantity and
Those remarks are introduced enforce the mperfecy
knoweigd truth that the OF steam In Increased only
by increasing us qhahHB just rs more heit - oDa4Heu "
consuming fuel more lg by turning gas, and
the force OF gun l. increased BY adding more powder 70
the charge Hence double treble the power o steam III
boiler double treble The quantity must be IN IL
Tor there Increasing the natural force o the hud -
A. source 81 mechanical power the atmosphere II hte
thought Of and sin less the recipient of al iorcesnatuee
receiving ana acting reservoir perfectly elastic medium,
II s0eu he effects OF the most violent hnd responds 10 the
smallest To say nothing of natural forces OF winch, as
in the Of wind, ucoDceivaDy minute fractions only
been the steam necessarily rising ron human APP
pctOns OF heat 90 water would ncondensed under psto
WELD productive power equal % the musouir energy OF mn
iei millions of men and horses while o the present age
sb Tor eckessy onirbung vast addition t. the
waste DO not aluie 10 what ascends rom domestic habit
ions ana manufacturing processes but 10 the volumes dis
charged engines by those whose profession is
70 apply Orce and tie proof OF whose skl Is to eeono'
uizs IL What inference can hereafter be drawn nom our
employing force that expands volume of water into 7JO
volumes ~ yapOr uelccug that which evolved ny inc
back " the 80 into One What but That Tie fact
was either not known or overlooked that the negative force In
fluids II equal 90 the posityei
Nearly All ths world knows aviindszfal Of