The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1872-12-26
New and Economical Fuel,

NcW anu ECOuOUiCdi IuGuS
On Monday and Tuesday afternoon
large number of citizens, by invitation,
visited the brass foundry of Mr.. W. T.
Garnett, on Fremont street, for the pur-
pose OF witnessing some experiments with
a new fuel recently invented and patented
by DR.. Ireland, of jacksonville, in this
State. They were shown into that portion
OF the establishment occupied by the fur
naces, and in one corner found brick
furnace some eight feet long and six feet
high. On the top Of this was an iron tank
holding about ten gallons, which was
filled with crude petroleum. From this
tank a pipe about an inch and half in
diameter led into the side of the furnace.
A small jet of oil. not larger than goose
quill, was permitted to flow out of this
tube a light is placed beneath this jet and
it immediately ignites. Another pipe
about an inch in diameter leads from a
steam boiler some fifteen feet away. This
pipe leads a small Jet of steam upon the
burning oil, and the moment the steam
strikes the oil the oxygen in the water is
set free and ignites with a tremendous
roar, generating in few moments most
intense white heat. From this small
source the entire chamber of the furnace,
which is some two feet by five feet, is
filled with flame so brilliant and dazzling
that one cannot gaze on it for more than
a moment at time. This flame possesses
all the heat of an oxy-hydrogen flame,
and beneath its fierce power the hardest
metals melt in a few moments. The in
ventor of the apparatus by which the ele-
ments of heat, which nature so generously
provides, can be utilized, is very modest
man, saying that he did not want to bring
his discovery before the public until he
had fully demonstrated that it would do
all he claimed for it. He says that the
cost of his furnace will be only a nominal
sum-that they will be within the reach
of every one who owns Il quartz ledge,
while the amount of oil consumed in
twenty-four hours will not exceed ten gal
Ions, at u cost of 81. The doctor has
clarcs confidence in his discovery, and de-
every his ability to furnish fuel for voy-
age of one Of the Panama steamers to and
from Panama for the insignificant sum of
5000, while the entire quantity will not
weigh to exceed twenty-five tons. He
further says that at an expense of s. per
day he can run furnaces that will smelt
one ton OF ore every thirty minutes If
only one-half of what is claimed can be
accomplished, the discovery will prove of
ncalculable advantage to the mining in
terests of the Pacific coast, and will create
a revolution in steam travel throughout
the world. IAlp- California.
My life hSsseen busy and anxious, but
not joyless. Whether it shall be prolong-
cd few or moH years, | am grateful that
it has enauyh 81 long. and that it has
abounded j opportunities for good not
wholly Almproved. and in experiences
of the nobler as well as the baser impulses
of human nature. have been spared to
see the end ok<gfant wrongs, which |
once deemed 4lvncibe in this century,
and to note the silent unspringing and
growth of principles and influences which
hail as destined toToot out some OF the
most fragrant and pervadingevils that yet
remain. realize that eafh generation Is
destined to contrprt new and peculiar
peris-to wrestle with temptations and
seductions unknown to its predecessors;
yet | trust that progress is general law
of our being, and that the ills and woes of
the future shall be less crushing than
those of the bloody and hateful past. So,
looking camly, yet hgmbly, for that close
Of my mortal career which connot be far
distant, [ reyerently Thank God for the
blessings vouchsated me in the past; and
with an awe that is not fear, and a con-
seriousness of demerit which does not ex-
clude hope, await the opening before my
steps of the gates of the Eternal World
Horace Greeley.