New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-09
Evcryhody Dad trayels has experienced the

Everybody that travels has experienced the
nnnoyance of having his ears deafened when board
steamboat 10y tic Of escaping steam Sometimes
accidents have occurred during the racket OF blowing
of" simply because the captain cannot make his orders
heard and every thing 10 be done in dumb SHOW while
the dis ~baucc lasts. Happily invention called The
spiral exhaust nozzle IS destined to choke on the noise.
IL operates by breaking the Of sound the escaping
steam being surrounded with helix and obliged to
pass between the wires. report adopted by the Com
mittee ON Science the Arts OF the Franklin In ute
saws: Ia view of the annoyance, fright and danger
arising from the roar OF escaping steam, and of the
pleteucss with which the nozzle destroys this roar we
are Of the opinion that Mr. Shaw has done great ser
vice 10 the community, and particularly to the trans
portaton interests. in overcoming obnoxious and
dangerous the or steam; aud c-fccom-
mend the award him Of the scott legacy premium and
medal fOi his spiral exhaust uozzie.'
As VI. Jablochkoff and his electric candles
are now becoming famous details OF the construc-
ton Of the latter viii he OF interest There first, the
candle second, more recent invention which may he
called the electric plate Some account given of the
candle in this column hast briefly, its material is
sort of porcelain consisting mostly Of kaOln; its double
wick consists the carbon electrodes OF gayanc
circuit the electricity passing between the car
bons the voltac fuses the kaon aud this fused,
seminuid maternal gives uniformity which solid car
bons alone cannot give TO the electric flow and TO the
llt In the electric plate the carbon points arc dis
pensed with altogether. An induced current is
poycd and It's spark passes through plate OF porcelain
placed between two euds OF the exterior wire OF the
secondary coil on the border of the plate there is
sort Of printing. The line OF this printing serves as a
conductor % considerable rcsisnce II becomes heated
10 wLencss the kaon Is consumed along this line
at about % miliieramme per hour Meanwhile there is
produced luminous band OF SOFT. steady Hight its power
tae number o turls OF the and its diameter Tie
one. caeh viii burn through night without needing
MI "a
Voltac electricity hi,y luminous cenIeis were thus OBJ
iained.
Much discussion has been elected as to the
circumstances under which the Turkish monitor Lufti
Dicu was sunk the Danube, near Brda, after being
struck by a shell from Russian battery, May 6. Espcc-
ally has there great deal said about the efficacy
OF ycrti al fire az irOnc,ads the notion being that
descending shell might thus have penetrated the deck
arnor. These explanations prove Supernuous The
Russian battery opened fire al distance OF 1000 yards
Tie batteries close 10 the waters edge what hap
pened was that shell entered the side or base Of the
smoke funnel and exploded IN the "utake." Thcrcupon
The boilers exploded A. described in me Engineer the
scene was very brief. First pud OF white smoke arose
FROM the iruuclad THEN huge flames assembled from 1t,
apparently 20 hight of 20 feet. After this cloud OF
dark smoke or steam followed ana obscured the vessel
from view. This cloud high in air, and seemed TO
have black objects or fragments scattered about on its
borders dull report was heard. The smoke rose
higher and cleared thc water; tie ironclad was gone
There faut IlN~NlNll} tuit it isr dI NAV nave
picked up other Survivors Of the NOsion, hut IL Is only
known Ihdt there j. one, the cook ci the unfortunate
einu. He was much hurt bat is able 90 give au itc!i-
gent account ~ the occurrence, and u j, from his state
Itns hat Tie way which tie shell found access has
been definitely asceItuneL
When the particulars are given as TO the
naphtha explosion May 2S al the foot Of West Forty
second st-by which three men lost their lives and one
was severely njuCd-tle affair seems less OF mystery
j. viii probably never Doe known a 10 how the spark was
provided which fred the yapor but everything else 10
m Ike the explosion and damage complete seems to nave
been or hand. The ADercda Gas Lqht Jo01n tells the
story and he supposed 10 be uui1endp 10 the
las-is3.t company whose premises the occurrence
tx place The usual method Of the company Is 10 have
the uapaha which 4. brought To their dock by lighters,
transferred TO the tanks o. the works by means OF
Lose ana force pune. Ogd.umy,the naphtha comes III
lqlt and Ills ncti 0d % transfer is attended with little
t,ulI. But fCr some unexplained reason this muoky
H.. 81 fha came IN barrels To enable the pump to be
,,ie1 L. barrels had 10 DE excessively emptied into
O.. u-t,iug Iurccr into which the hose could be
., iutv taese.i. large cask was used and some OF
~ i.rf,> set 10 flowing into IL by means Of an open
,,.rrb Then the hose put into the hogshead At
ID, ~ stroke ~ fhc puinp the whole concern burst INTO
- f. is needless 10 say That the open trough hogs
6.ug y.IIS.s Stc., were sure 10 permit lAe All