Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-09-01

tered. 1t may not always be necessary that a
discourse should be highly polished, though
every one should aspire to as much elegance as
possible. Many of the soundest truths have
come forth from unlettcred tongues, and in a
manner, too, that has been most strangely i'm
pressive because of their simple, tender and
pointed Specification. Bnt when a vollcy of
words is poured forth for good three-quarters
of an hour, having lirtle significance, and
above all, when the audience hang, not upon
the lips of the orator, but upon the arms and
backs of the pews, is it very unjust to suspect
the minister of little mistake in his calling?
We returned strongly of the opinion, which, if
plainly and fatty spoken, is that Rye is sadly
in need of churches and ministers.
Thus have been hastily sketchcd few Of the
incidents, unimportant, perhaps, to the casual
reader, which rendered pleasant our sojourn at
the seaside For those who have spent season
at the same place it is not necessary to add the
opinion that it stands among the foremost of our
much-frequented watering places. "Style" is to
be found there, of course, but it is not yet true
that fashion reigns supreme. People can do and
be as they please, and to that sensible class, if
any such may chance to be our readers VIC re-
commend not only to test the place, but when
"comin' through the Rye" to abide ut the de-
lightful cottage of Mr. G. Harrison Jenness.
PETER PRINCE JowEs.
THE UTILIZATION OF THE TIDE AS A Mo-
TIVE POWER at any distance from the sea is at
tempted in the fluX-motOr, an invention recent
Nv exhibited in London, and examined by the
mi Of Rrayil According In 1nsarip-
ton Of the instrument given to the emperor,
the power of the iiuX-motor consists in the ten
sion and rarefaction of the air, produced by the
weight of the sea raised by the tide in a recip-
lent having two divisions or compartments COM
municating with the sea. The compressed air
acts upon an apparatus )tor with the same
degree of power steam does, provided it be at
an equal tension; and the rarehed AIR. by per-
hitting the exterior to exercise pressure pro-
pOrtionate 10 its rarefacton, enables it also, in
its turn, to act on the aforesaid apparatus with
an equal degree of power. The fiuX-motor is
essentially composed: First, of a reservoir, by
which the power is produced, which is to the
HuX-motorS what other boilers and its Access
series are to steam engines. Second, of a mo-
tive apparatus, constructed, with some slight
notifications, on the principle of a stationary
steam engine. Should u company undertake
the expense of installment, and let out to man
ufacurerS the motive force, at as much the cubic
meter, in the same way as is done with gas the
manufacturers would be saved the enormous eX-
penSe of boilers which have TO be renewed
every ten years, the insurance premium, both
against fire and explosion, the wages of the
mechanics and stokers, the cost of coal, which
will necessarily become dearer in proportion
as the mines become exhausted, and they
will have TO pay only for the motive force of
which they have made effective use. The motive
force of the flux-moter may be applied to all
kinds of industry, even to those where on ac-
count Of the inhammable nature of the sub
stance to be worked, tits impossible to use steam.
1t is not affected by atmospheric variations, such
as arise from decrease in water in rivers and
waterfalls, and, moreover, it can never fail in its
effects The inventor was about to apply his
principle at Granville where the tide rises forty
five feet, under the auspices of the French gov
eminent, when the war broke out. He is now
going 10 try the experiment practically at Bris4
toll. 1t seems that, given a tide whose average
rise and fall is thirtysiX feet, the pressure to be
produced in the reservoir would be 0.6 atmOs-
phere. With this pressure it is necessary that
the reservoir should be of the dimensions of 400
cubic yards for every horse power, working
twelve hours Il day. In constructing a reser-
vOir whose diameter is fifteen yards, whose hori-
zontal section is 176 square yards, and whose
height equal TO that of the rise and fall of the
tide) is twelve yards, it would have dimension
of 2119 cubic yards-thPt is TO say, little more
than the equivalent of five horse power. The
total cost Of a reservoir with Il diameter of fiji.
teen yards and height of twelve yards would be
$780, which makes for every horse power f160.