The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-01-20
From The Carolina Farmer.
Thomp3on's Roa | Steamer.

| lhr r"au l"c"motTt Is attracting 4
So"'l 'lral "i attention III Great Britain,
anil wns the Sn' "ct OF n paper read ny
Professor .\lcItr brlur he British 4 $
"n;aI'op ~ its recent mrrlinE, We
give as iotlows he Hi,St nl,rc>, .n&, por.
lions Of Prof. !Archrr's paper:
This roa,l steamer has wh.rls made
Of 4 material winch at FIRST sip, I, Ijr,
not look y vcrf likely substance to
,slan'llhe heavy work they ARE affected
10. Tie tires are made 'i bands of
vulcan'zed india-rubbrr, about ~ inches
wide and 5 inches thick. Incr,,liblc rs
this may appear, his sol' and ell. SIC
substance not Only carries the Great
weight oftlIc road steamer without IN
jury, but they pass over newly broken
road metal, broken llnis, and all kinds
of sharp things without leaving mark
on the mdia-ruBbrr. They do not sink
Into The road in the least degree. They
pass over stones lying on the surface
without crushing Them. These soft aud
elastic tires resemble in some degree the
feet of an elephant. Both the camel
and stephan, have very large soft .cqsh.
ions in harI Loofs and u, o,hcr ,,im., !
can stand so much walking over hard
roads as they can accomplish.
"Thc power required to proprl the
road steamer is very much leas than
whaL would be required if the tires
wcrr hard and riuid. Thrv do NO,
crush !in- Hir- sill, illlo the road. .wav, Tho
ma, lime. as it. were, Goa,s alonn om,he
india-rubhrr, and alI tho pow.r ns,!I ~
crushing AMI grinding tho stones nnJrr
ilgd ,fi's Is entirely saved. II muLt
nL Nr&t sifh; he, Supposed tina, it wonlJ
take great deal O" nowe, to propcl :,
heavy Gnrragt Oh solf tires bit If the
, tires are elastic as well rs soft the pow-
er Vspd in, COMPRISING the tire III from,
OF hn Wheel IS neatly al! piycn back
as ,he elastic ti.o expands behind the
wheel.
.Tr;ols h,nvvo ,o,n nn,n,,;, >, i-.:.,
lr,,n;+ IN. r,nl ] az ''''''' .!
or.y I;.ll !, ,vl,;oh =. % ,,..,;'' w. u.s. sou
c,rr;, 90 won,d c.r,:,,i;;,nf;n, am "" ~
IN. w,v !, r,n II ,,.E !, '"'n '''''N. ..,
ont evan i.ov;nr ;r.,.h ,". ,. 80 "',h-
markable bn, wi;cn i m.a,, E.
of ,he G.ll yh;.h h,l ;,., h,,,; r''',
with loose car,h ,o ,he ionL IS ,,,' Wv" ~
Two feet and .h.n r,, rI, WV W
and then bn.t ,i;rnn,,l liz H. o1, '1,
soil IN. surnr;so ri ,Ln~So .r .m'
GREAT indeed Tho wn;olt nf M ,ha WV, WI
steamer is between C,ur ana 40. ,;tn; n
and vet rho whec,s ~ h,ss;na .'' -
hose rar,h c,mnross.1 = I;H,I -,
w.lliino-,t,ck rould n,S;lv ha 49, r','i,u'' ''",s
down in The track Of the wberls wi,kn,,
nnv cxer,;on !, " - d';, i "Ira,S ,lar Htno'.'
oCibe difficulties C,rn.r. ~ ,a.o w.. I.S I''' =,
contend w,I, in usny s,.,m a,,,;n", ~ g., :,
plowine is now rnm5v.I c,r T'S +" Sa ~,
steamer will rnn ,hron,h onv Gn,l n,", ""v
when newly nlowcd w;,hov, .,n, [Ho;
l cultv. Sri,r vur;ous ovoln,;,,na ,"
mo the abilitv oFtbe roaJ s,"nn,' n"o" y,
run ubout wbcre ,Lcrc wrrn No NO rn.,l. y !,
n,sscd on, ;n,o IL" .,r"a, nnl ~ ,1,.:' 'I.;"s' u
iarn, omn,,us f,ll nr n,ss'un,,r, w ,"M'"s e
it Proceeded IL ,he pnnn;ng,,n r,,I -, ~" y,
Mrssrs, Gibson g. Wo,son,,, w m;,l, !,
where it took large waaon' wci"h;no
with its load of .flonr abo,t Irn ,ors ~
n stecp lane Cnll of bolrs nm, r,ns a ~
rising with ot,,l;.ni;, =, nns ~ ,,,..",, "". :.
It was obvious int Tho r,a' s,oon,a, a
was able to do arrat J.,, " m"ro s,I""'t' ,I, =
had to do IN lis ,ri,l Thn h;,, ~" "", ,ha -
road j. something m,rr,l,,s ~ .nl W i l.,
easy way in Which l. 0o,t.i ,lnno '"n nr
lis soGt md t,las,io ii,cs wns vs,.v cnr',' ~
When riding on ,he road s,.,mcr % ,hs
feeling is ike wh,t womb i. a~mar; Wv
ed in lrivina ovor srnn,,h so[, o,". "s
l..wn. There Is Absolutely NJ, ;arr;nm a'
all. Thus The machinery i snaroa ,,'.
severe trials arising from ,bo hInws amI I
iolts to which il Is snI ;rc,.J .L"u ",
mounted on common wl,osls TLn,"
i, incredible as i nav anMnrar ;M ~ an,
pearnnce of wear on tho india. rnhi,pr M hp
tirr.. The original Surface IN wh;ch HJ,
/ .hc rubber had When i lcflhn ma,;,' v'
| lntio,rry is s,ll visible """
sTic tractive movers Of Tho mach;n.
have surpassed oll cxncc,at;ons !,
was constructed 20 drao an omn;h,s
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