The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1871-11-29
NEW INVENTORS

bplete success. This locomotive carries
D liters. or about 800 gallons of oil in the
der, a hand pump forcing the oil into a
Ill reservoir, near the boiler. The pro-
of lighting the oil is said TO be neither
cult nor dangerous, owing to the oil
~ kept in compartments, a small quaint
only being lighted at one time, then an
er division, and SO on, until the whole
lace is alight. This engine consumes its
4 smoke perfectly, and 1t is said to be
Femely easy to drive, on account of the
plicity of the apparatus. y large loco
i've, with slight improvements, has since
n built, and successful trials made OF its
king qualities, The consumption OF Oil
35 per cent. less by weight, than that
kood patent compressed coal.
machine for grading railroad tracks,
pixies and other entertainments has been
nted by a Californian, which will reduce
labor cost at least 80 per cent. 1t con-
of a common plow. with a somewhat
Fnded mold-bOard which may be raised
bwered at pleasure. \ circular table or
eel, twelve feet in diameter, inclines at
ngle of about twenty-five degrees, to-
the pillow. Within the outer edge OF
wheel is arranged a series of scraper-
(ed buckets, with adjustable bottoms.
void friction, the wheel or table is gear
D q center shaft, at the top of which is
q attachment, with rods leading to each
let for the purpose of discharging the
;. This circular table derives its mo-
by means of 4 driving-wheel similar to
used in the reaping machine. There is
(ering apparatus at the rear. To do
tugh work it takes sixteen horses
abreast-or what would be better, it
id be propelled by steam. Its claimed
his machine that it will do the work OF
nen with shovels, or % % common
-scrapers drawn by - horses. and re-
ng two men to each Scrapcr. One man
fandle this machine, and two men are
at are required to manage the team.
RovED LOON According to the
ntif1c Review" a new invention and
pvement in looms recently patented by
IS. Young Il Thomson. OF Radchiifs,
pre- particularly applicable 10 the ap-
US OF those looms in which the pat
70 be woven is formed through the
lm OF jacquard apparatus, or through
u endless tappets previously arranged
a barrel or other equivalent: the dis
on of the cards of the Jacquard appar.
r other previously arranged pattern
hed TO act upon, and place in position
lum hooks, each of which is sus-
q from a vertical bar connecting the
d bottom jacks, giving motion to the
; each hook having an inGependent
/, and being actuated so as to rise and
e medium of rising and falling knives.
eng placed behind and the other in
OF the suspended pendulum hooks.
and down motion of which, and also
ption transmitted to the upper levers
sing the jacks are obtained by Q
fo0Ted coin, receiving a second mo.
ON the crank shaft. The hooks, wi IN
r nominal position, and not acted
y the pattern cards or tappets. are
outwards by springs. into a position
over the rising knife actuatinp the
giving motion to the bottom shed /:
eViously TO the using of this knife.
Tersing pattern cards or tappets have
ought into position and forced. &C.
TO the shed required, such CT the
ied pendulum hooks out from their
position into a position that will
II their being taken or carried down
descending knife on the opposite
he upward and downward motion
TWO knives at this lime acts upon
Spectlve hooks. and gives, through
lufn OF the Jacks, the necessary rise
10 the healis for shedding, accord
ne pattern under manufacture. 81
fously with which the patterl cards
s elect their change for the next
lie suspended hooks being again
mt their nominal position, and the
sed by means of the top-closing lev
IRE mentioned, acting upon the cnds
(cks.
rRo-NAGNETiC EEGINFS.-It los
e since generally considered as SET
pugh the contrary is still s~anpuirr-
AIMED by 4 tew-that motive power
De obtained by means OF oiectrU-
combinations. at an expense
prbids the employment of such a
pom a large scale; but for MANY
rposes. in which the consideration
unimportant. the convenience of
Fcatlon of this power has secured
acceptance which is becoming
more general. The extensive in
N into families Ct the sewing ma
IS created 4 special demand for
yer. and it is here that the electro
engine finds a peculiar field of
S. \ machine of this kind has
ented by NJ. Cazal OF Paris. 1t is
a thick disk OF soft iron cut into
of a gear wheel, a deep groove
onward cut down in the middle of
difference, which is wound with in
wire. The ends of the wires are
10 insulated thimbles, which, by
tangent-springs, introduce the
current in the usual way. Sur
this magnetic wheel is a heavy
insulated on its interior surface
GER to present elevations CORES
p the teeth of salient points of the
his ring is liked, and the whole
Is more or less concealed by q
ar metallic envelope. When the
ne wheel pass before the PROM
softhe surrounding ring, there,is
roach TO contact, and the attrac-
ing. When these teeth are half
zen those points, the opposite at
are balanced. AT the moment of
pprOach the current is arrested:
ed again at the intermediate DO
the interval, while the current is
+. tne magnetic wheel maintains
In the manner Of Il flywhecl.
z COsT OF STEAN-PovER SAVED.
l. Ellis writes rs follows to the
imcr!ean A series of expert
lch have been recently tried.
nan the luel nO,v consumed in
OF steam-poH II can be saw
lle ] lnat escapes, in the
am from an engine, to produce
lal power. In the experiments
exhaust from the twenty-horse
drove the shafting in the shop
rial was made) was used, and
hIch this exhaust steam con-
sufficient TO drive another TWEEN
zine, with the mill to which it
d, developing as much power as
whose exhaust was used. The
18th which these surprising re.
Eoduced is very simple. and can
to any engine now in use. IL
plain tubular boiler, ten feet
wslty-six inches in diameter.
ny. one-and-threc -quarter-inch
This boiler was filled with the
carbon and set in an upright
e exhaust steam passed through
tering at the top end and pass.
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