The union Democrat., 1870-09-03
NUMBER 13.
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We have received from Salisbury, New
Hampshire. under date of August Ssh, savs
the Sacramento tasoa, the following interesi-
ing ecmn.unication:
Knowing the interest ycu have always TAX,
en- in the growth and prosperity sf Saera.
mento City, | would respectfully cai your
attention to a new invention now in success
tal operation IN our neighhoring city Of Cen
cord. which bids fair TO cause quite revolu.
tion IN the transmission Of power 10 machine
ry. Bv this means a power NAV be taken
from Mormon Island. Folsom, or Salmon
Falls, or any other place on the American
river, ard transferred TO every part Of Sacra.
meeto City. thereby making the Queen City
OF the Plains the most prosperous manufac-
turing place IN California. / take from the
Concord IN. H. Repatticom and Sascsman.
of July Goth, the following notice OF this in.
ventlon. which yoa may not deem unworthy
y place in your columns
Respectfully. yours,
s. w. GRKKN.
SUCCESS OF A NEW IpEA.
Last October an Invention made bv Horace
Call of this city, was described briefly in the
Statesman. Ii is a contrivance for the trans
mission OF power to great distances, without
belts, shafts, or tnmbling rods, and with yery
little loss by friction. We have watched with
much interest the progress Of experiments
with the invention, and have given space in
| our press-room for n full sized apparatus 10
be put up aad subjected to a practioal test.
We are happy to announce that il is in sue
cesstol operation, and the press that prin,s
this number Of the Statesman is driven bv
means Of it.
| \ description of the invention will be in
place again here. Its object is not 10 create
power, which no machine can do. but simnlv
to transmit it to long distances. taking /,
where unavailable, and carrying il whereyer
wanted. To accomplish this, a cubical tank
is constructed at the place where the mower
Is to be used, and in this tank is placed a
wheel precisely similar TO breast water.
wheel. The tank is filed with water. 40
that the wheel is just submerged, and the
wheel itself is filled with water and headed
up, to keep 1t from rising by its bouyancy
and tearing away its bearings. Atthe source
of the power, which may be miles distant. is
an air-pump to which the power is applied.
pipe leading from the air-pump TO the tank
ADORE described, descends into the tank, and
its open end turns up under the wheel. n liz.
tie to one side of tho perpendicular Main of
the axis When the air is forced throush
the pipe ii escapes from the open end, rises
to tho bucket Immediately over il. crowds
the water out OF the bucket, and takes II.
place. OF course cne side of tho wheel IN
then heavier, by the weight Of one BUCKET.
full OF water, than the other side, and fmme.
diately begins to descend. AS the air-flled
bucket rises, the one next TO il is brought
over to the end of tho air-pipe and likewise
emptied ofits water and filed with air. The
repetition OF this process with each succeed
ing bucket of course causes q steady rotation
OF the wheel and after half of the first rev.
olution has been accomplished, oil the buoh.
cts on one side are emptied, and the upra-
retus works with its full power. The axis
OF the wheel passes through the side Of tha
tank and is attached in the usual manner 10
the machinery to be driven.
An incidental advantage Of this apparatus
Is that the heat and noise of steam engine
are dispensed with, and the escaping mir
forms means of ventilation.
The one now in operation in our office has
wheel four feet four inches in diameter, hy
two feet four inches wide; the air pipe being
two inches in diameter, and two hundred md
fifty feet long. 1t is working satisfactorily.
and is open to the inspection Of any one ints,
rested in such matters.
This idea having proved practicable and VAL
""o's' ""u hs "PPic@tioh peing very simple,
we see no reason why il should not como in
to general use. To place situated like
Concord, it is of special value. We have no
water power within the compact portion of
the city but just above us are Sewalls Falls
and just below us Garvin's Falls, each with
ample water power--sxteen feet and twentv-
four feet. With water wheels at either or
both of these falls, the power could be sent
through pipes laid like ges-mains and PED
died out along Main street, by means Of lat
eral pipes wherever there is machine shon,
q printing press, a jewelers. lathe, or any
thing else with crank to be turned. In
deed, the time may come when this Concord
invention will have transferred Concord into
q manufacturing city.