The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-01-06
N l;SV MOTOR.
hlntlD CARBONlC ACID 4 SUBSTI
Ti'rE FOR STEAM.

| i"c Interesting announcement
OF 4 substitute for steam as y mo-
two power has been rccontly mudo
III Germany, from u source cntl.
tied to Il hearing. Tho rapid con-
sumption Of tho oarth's fuel sup
ply and the drain on its forests,
attended hy SO many disastrous
consequences, have stimulated sci
cnlihc inventors to find q succos
sor Tor steam; and it is to be hoped
the present discovery will prove
II success. Tho new motor il car.
bolcum, and its application to ma.
ch'ncry is claimed tor DR.. Brins, of
GronIngcn, who has devoted many
years to its study and utilization.
fNpcrlmcnts first taught him that
when the blcarhOnatr OF sodium is
heated in closed space, at II tom
peratnre eight hundred degrees
Fahrenheit, liquid carbonic acid
IS distilled ont Of it, having the
expansive force oflilLy or sixty at
mosphcrcs. Carboloum i, not
dangerous rs an explosive, and
the tact that thus employed, as
tho German inventor proposes, it
Is possessed Of enormous motive
power, was attcstcd by scientific
men to whom tho experiments
were shown. Thc heat required
to bring out this motive power Of
the carhonic aciI in the new car.
| "o''um engine is apparently worry
small when compared with that
requisite for producing high
| pressure Of steam in the ordinary
engine. In tho former it. is only
three pounds Of coal per hour for
each horse power represented by
| Inc CnTInn---an amOunt 50 small
that it woull be unnecessary in
ships driven hy the new process
TO d"v";c much space for fuel.
The chief value Of the invention,
however, is claimed to be it's prac.
t'cahllity in large factories. The
hrthDr thinks that for the great
industries the carbOicum engine
Can, in nearly every instance, take
the place OF steam.
Tho scientific value of this dis.
covcry is immense, if mechanical
ingenuity can successfully apply 1t
in tho directions indicated by DR..
Bclns. II it is said that tie sup
ply OF carbolcum is not as plcnli-
iul as that element from which
steam is made it may DO answer.
OIL it Is almost AS largo rs that of
coal in Somo parts OF tho world.
Carbolcum is found inoXhaustibly
in tho beds OF common chalk in ali
parts OF the earth. AS common
chalk contains cnrbonic acid to the
amount OF half its weight il viii!
yiold dpublo its volume Of carbo.
loum. And the chalk resources
OF the earth arc vast beyond com
putation.
1t is evident, therefore, thnt tho
proposed successor Of steam, if
mechanically applied, would be
used over tho larger part Of tho
world ~ an invaluable auxiliary
OF steam, with an enormous econo.
my Of coal and wood. The SUCCESS
1ul Introduction Of such motive
power, minimizing the fuel con.
sumption, would be boon of in
calculahlc Importance in the manu-
facturcs and arts. That the prin.
ciplo upon which its introduction
is claimed to be feasible is scienti.
iically correct seems hardly TO bc
doubted. If tho oasurable
chalk beds arc stored with nc.
chanical cnorgy, rs wo know tho
coal beds are, tho anxiety fpbysi.
cists and economists, lost tho
worlds fuel supply may fall short
in tho lapse Of ~ few centuries, is
dissipated. The utilization OF the
now fuel would givo an impetus
to all industries, and might rovolu-
tiOniZo the commerce Of manufnc.
ing nations whose wealth and DO.
litical powor arc mainly due to
thoir coal supplies.
ROMANCE AND REALITy.-A lady
read the following paragraph in a
paper: "A young wife once cured