, 1870-04-18
THE USE OF PETROLEUM As
FUEL,
L ArSc skssts Remarkable Invention
psol,aahisity cf ~sscct-~-ltr>cTlpttnn
OF Process and Rc>l:lix Thus Far
Achieved.

Correspondence of TIE C1tra5o tribune.
WAsnESar,S. Tht-1sc.r, April II.
The QUESTION of utilizing crude Petroleum
fot the purposes OF fuei, which has attr.c:ed
tho attention OF aaEy se!-::::ti::. eca psl=t.is.
hirds ever eiuca tLc discovery Of that article,
seems at last TO te III q fair Way of solution.
For the lat eight months two citizens of CHI
cAgo, Il. NJ Wlipple and Tl.enas y Di.ke.-
son, have teen ergc csel in r. r:eet;as psoce=s
fcE u1inG petroleum as 4 luei fer a;mos. any
mechanical or industrial purpose. and snch &
degree Of success has attended their efforts
that the full realization OF 1h;s loaE-soaSht
idea seems at laet accomplished The
great lii.c3l:y Which has stood iu The way Of
all previous Efforts III this direction, aud th1t
With caused the Secretary Of the Navy, i'll
1867, to condemn al the elaborate tests made
upc7 the rayal htca.2crs l'l.ctd ct tie dispose!
Of luveAtor., waA castoni1atiou, as that report
remarked:
''The fact came ont in the experiments
made with all kiut!s Of inventions that tie Pc
trc1cnna. when Subjected 10 The fc7nac: ten.
Ecratrtc, th1cw down portion af its c4rbou
in the solid state. and in sufficient quantities
To close tic tnbes il about fo1ty-cisht iIoura.
and o1ten in mnch less time"
Now this new PROCESS does not bring the
petroleum IN eoEtsst Eisl t1,e fire 1t ali D. .
n'eet Ingenious ard exceedingly simple ms
chine, il u Lszt esz}oratea into hydro-c21bon
gas or vs1'or, ami that gas is conducted tn the
hre-1S.s i, ordinary pipcs, and there br7aed
as ,ou would t,un ordinary css under aiet-
tie in vas 6;ave. The process Of eyapora-
tlsn. an'i its product, !. the eetret OF this new
diseoEery. LII lnsi, il il as foliows: Steam
is taken from the boiler. and b. a
psFo r:ssSe into tho iiEe-hox, where it
il forced through snail iron cylin-
der, Thorn as the auper,heater, which
Increases tLs Temperature uf thu steam to 533
ar 1fp degrees, or still higher, II required.
thence ii E@srrs through ripe into cylin-
tr5c2l Gene,attr about four feet high AMI two
md ils!i tt'tt II tia-neter. and wlish c+,n-
tau: .l1 i, tnEdted 'Tp{ssr tubes o; about isalf
thtee tubes, and tue oil Is t-.nts.uel in tho
spaces aronnd the tubes. This intense heat
Eetetas:r the oil ,nto gas"o.s ro.ar with
gltst Eai iIl:S. Ar rs. As Ee1,esa:e3 tns va;or
l'.s=eo Tito reveiver, which cncI Ioses the gea-
sia;df Lis watr lacart; ta1n r liz; s!4rt:4,,il
Lay u d s,n's Ii l.:.' u,1s.4 u tic nlae.iuts
to steady the .l5~. the gas n.sses iaso pipe
~hieil conveys it to the iir.~f,1,, and
t:~ ayr tlr>:.El I f..alac Of i,It.4l-s, ii5e
e.ca.a1y sas, I'D there turus With 4
i"trs that r:otuIeaa . GaE1e and Leat
isr superior :Gl :-aatt- t.i1n E::' ever pTo-
ttI.tru with cG@l. In 1.i.iitl'n to E.1i-.-acd
forming ctr ei &c r.t'st, ii et t.s 1uo1s v.s,-
atl' ie-:..rta or the inr.::1:i3:-i.st at tho
lSS1t IN t.:: t.:ra ~:>2-e t&a ,arur T5s:e7 Elso
tic Fire Will: ce:,r.yz j. tie :.:e-fcs irs
:! :i:ss t':tr-E.ltfa etsS's. il turned into the
s1Ese ! q. a,,d NJ lis l.-sa isM,era:are and
hALcT tic same pressure 1T IS sl;s'a tue brill
q. i rs.s.s fst-.s ~ 1ali:lgtes with tl- cariaa
vsrtr. -: l":t1 I'-ss ito s :.-z-hs-, sc.s-e
| t'p"tf ft:' rrHrt:.r:!. :rc's:ci:c the r17s.
Ia4!e.t.' i'll ,,ist:5l tye7 sc.il.e.; IN ea lag.
s.e'. .'":, lis scilI.!s lhe AZ atsaStion La;
euer1lsi- vii :.nEh, l,Et c-ii j: wha. -au will.
rra II :::'' r-%r't. viz: TIT w.sr E:.l, . no
t:tac! i: Isea r;i:, 49, ca. "a v.Tor. t,s .re
is MI izan:.rse vhl,:ne Of :I-tae. s3tu7:i5,cs
t1.i:,y O. scs;. lest ,;.s. "ith e.aat r..iatia.
L.att sns1 cu:caus;ien i1n.'eHcee-thosgh
| ted tv the t.arcnsur2d carbon rsEsirg OF
in s.ErEc. Pat r .sc1 Liz snr I'll staaca
is .-ir 81 d Iisl tue c4rbaa. Tia caasuraE.si5u
OF oil i .2:gc'y scd.:c-I. lie lire is c.,nrcn-
t.asc1 I'LL: y i. r tie ioicr. the dsHe il An
n;r:c:t: :>fc IT.: i,y!rcr.., i!.,o tie heat il
thrown r: uar:l irs."cl of ou.rarsf, and tic
e"rahtsc,'cc is c@r!lctc-r3 s':aoSe or steam
heirs ,i:i' e fcc1 Ike :1z2,:s stack I. il lis
IEeE~r.t., I ...isL bag srl:: the ";ts Of su:de
O. Tie Hloat reEe~1,ed experts who Lave e1-
aiA'red IT, n "ool-sathcring.' Among the
recent vi-ltors faFe besu men Of auch -et'r.a-
ticn and i'o*tien IS Professor Henry OF :ta
suai:.ees.n l-.ssi.Hte. A1i.a c. s:i:.szz, r. j.,
the Naval E:.icesT s:,l Niii1:..co Ost3u, T. l.,
President Vi th- Western T15ou Tc}e ~ I'll
Company. aEa Gllcl%. 1t il ito opiilion Of
come of these gentlemen. frnm s1eh es .tlaa-
1inn az ther Ease been aflc to gi-c it, that the
frsicn q: The s.-=:a :.s:d zzo S.,.rY rrcssr7e
and 1t sucL high s2zIera:ure, causes the by
drreeE AID eSs s.:4 Ct Ike steam to find new
| aal11;ie- IN the carbon va2or. and
that chemical eha,:se takes r!see WHICH
| results II tii- tes1'::.ll Nd perfect c5ntue-
{ Ion. Heutscr ttie nay b. fhe inventors
can AFFORD to let THE chemists settle thar oure-
tsCn fer the s1ieG,itic world. Tie results .Ley
psoGEce are OF the nost gratifying chsrActer
to the practical world. For the past ei1
mouths this process has driven thi.ty-ti-e
horTe-rover engine At foundry in this city,
At ve:y large saving over Unanimous col.
i il n:sdoIh:et's a'.artcd to trAnF o!a,:r i.ae-
IL al usts. to *Ei:h it will be speedily applied.
Three machines have Eow been Constructed.
aEa one will be put icto operation 4: once IN
ihiiaeelrLla- and another in New York. The
right to t:se tie Ereet-s tcE the New England
ststes> S1w York, Stu Jersey, PENNSYLVANIA.
uGacis. aid hacsas has been so.d to wealthy
capitalists Who a1e lox engaged in deveIov-
ing the invention. It ia altogether likely to be
heatd from sgan yer. sr+edilr, snd, it any
fzlsn can he put in present laliss:ious. i:
promises TO tie one ef meet important, rrac-
tiexl, and ecieuti6c achievements Of the age.