Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-10-19
Ammonia as a Motive Power for Or
gans and Sewing Machines.

The Scientific American says:
There is great want of simple and
portable power for driving the bellows
of large organs in our churches and
music halls. Water, steam, caloric en-.
gines, heavy weights, and lastly, cleo
tricity, have been tried, and may sue,
ceed on occasions, but practically the
exposure, danger from fire, and un-
wieldy character of the attachment, un-
less it is the, electrical, stands in the
way of universal application. The one
musicians, and the man who blows the
bellows is often a more important char
acter than the musician himself.
Our advice has been frequently asked
in this matter, and in casting about for
answer, we have bethought ourselves OF
ammoniacal gas as motive power wor-
thy of careful experimental trial. 1t
is now good many years since this use
of ammonia was proposed, and ammo
niacal engines were applied to street
cars and to pumps, and still they have
not met with general acceptance, and
few persons have even heard of them.
The trial trip of the omnibus in Paris,
propelled by liquifed ammonia, con-
fined in cylinders under the seat, was
reported as perfectly successful, and a
similar result has been arrived at on
street cars in New Orleans.
Our knowledge of the force exerted
by liquid ammonia at given tempera-
lures is now well fixed, and the cost OF
liquefaction, the proper means to en-
ploy, and all practical questions ought
to have been thoroughly worked out
long before this. AS ammonia attacks
copper and brass, the packing and
mounting of the engines would have to
be made of iron. The saponifcation OF
the ammonia with the lubricating oil is
said to be no detriment, but rather to
diminish friction. The plan of the
company in Paris was to have large
central factory for COMPRISING amm onia
gas into iron cylinders in the same way
as water is charged with carbonic acid
and to deliver these receivers to GUS
toners in all parts of the city. The
cylinder containing the liquid ammonia
would be provided with couplings and
screws ready for the stationary piston
and the company's agents would place
it in position and remove the exhausted
receiver, just as the soda fountain is
kept in running order by large dealers.
1t would only require the opening of g
stop cock to set the piston in motion
and it would run as long as the expan
SlV0 tOTC0 Ol LH0 gas was Suul
cient to propel it. Such an arrange
ment as this ought to be feasible, ano
theoretically there would appear to be
no difficulty in the way of its universe
adoption. It would not only be appli
cable to organs, but to pumps, sewing
machines, and wide range of othel
work. Ez 80
OAT CHAFF FOR FEED.-A year or two
ago we were, by accident, led to feec
some oat chaff to few head of milking
COWS, and were agreeably surprised t.
find that they came up considerably il
| their milk. The chaff was discontinued
for day or two, when the COWS fell of
to their former quantity; but on feed.
ing the chaf again, the flow again in
creased. Since then the value of GA
chaff as milk producer has been salts
factorily proved by us. This would the1
make it advisable when oats ar
threshed the chaff should be saved fo
feed. 1t may be fed in the place of Gu
hay, with the usual wetting, sailing
and mixing of the regular allowance o
meal. In years when hay is as scarce a
in the present, not only the chaff ma,
be fed, but the oat straw should b.
| carefully saved for fodder. 1t is quit,
as nutritious as timothy that has gon
| to seed.
YOUNGER Brother" What's the mat
ter, Mary? Are you unhappy becaus
neither of those fellows who were f1irt
ing with you at croquet yesterday pre-
posed to your" Mary" Both did
Tom Apd--I said yes to the wron