Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-02
P.ss.,san, a. Fuel.

quantities., so noted O scientist as
Prof. Cunning having even assert
ed It as his belief that the San Fer
nAndo oil belt contains more oil
than Pennsylvania, 1t is matter
Of infinite interest to our people to
learn that conclusive experiments
have been made which show that
is available for manu-
fhoturlng purposes. With the coal
beds of the Santiago cafion to the
south, aud the San Fernando Pc
troleum beds to the north, the fu-
ture of Los Angeles as a manufac-
turing center ought to be guaran-
tssd by this startling discovery.
Considering the overshadowing
Interest Of this subject to our peo-
pie, we give below a New York
dispatch to the Cincinnati EhQuir-
Or, which gives all the features of
the discovery. It is under date OF
the Esd ult., and is as follows:
Mr.. s. @. Salisbury, a mechanic,
has been at work for twenty years
on . plan to utilize petroleum for
fuel In producing steam. He has
hit It, and Is in a fair way to make
. fortune. 1t was tested in the
Brooklyn Navy Yard on Saturday.
aud was found to work to the ut
most satisfaction of the officers who
inspected it. The furnaces were In
fall blast, but no smoke was visi-
BILE. Great volumes of white steam
rolled away from the pipe, but no
coal was thrown upon the fire be-
low. 1t had the look of an effect
without cause.
1.-THE most wonderful sight I
have ever seeD,n the veteran engi-
nesr Isherwood said. "It revolu-
tlOnIzes the iron and steel manu-
facture the world over" one OF the
largest iron men of the country ex-
claimed. ut opens new era in
glass manufacture. We shall soon
have glass roofs on our houses. and
French plate will be as cheap as
common window glass;" said
large glass maker.
The results were so eXtraord mary
fnthe perfect combustion attained,
In the Intensity OF heat quickly
produced, III the enormous pressure
Of the super-heated steam, in the
astonishing evaporation of water,
In the freedom from dust, cinders,
sulphur and all impurities, that
these experts ut ouce realized that
. revolution in all departments
whore steam Is used must occur i'm
mediately.
The fuel 10 made of the residue of
petroleum and coal tar, which is
mixed to about the consistency of
molasses. :: 1t is conducted from the
barrel to the furnace by means of
q small gas pipe. AT the end of
this pipe as 1t enters into the door
OF the furnace ia Il funuel-shaped
apparatus. AS the fuel enters this
funnel 1t comes in contact with a
current of highly super b heated
!. steam, which atomizes the liquid
bothat it leaves the machine. 1t
induces the required amount of OK
ygen to enterand mix at the point
OF ofignition. Thus the atomized
fuel shoots, in fierce, but delicate
spray, into the blazing furnace.
2haa brick arches of the great furn-
acesf we kept at o white heat, and
apt white flame flashes along
the wholeiu :, registering q heat
of 5000 degrees; melting pig iron
in ten minutes, and making liquid
glass in two hours instead of six
teen. All that there is to maintain
this extraordinary heat is the slight
spray darting in from the little
furnace, which comes just within
the door. II can send this intense
white flame from the Battery to
Grace Church if / have furnace
arch that long, said the invent.
or.
The amazing scope of this new
discovery may be estimated from
its effect upon the oil trade alone.
Mr.. Salisbury says he is about to
make q proposition to the producers
and the United Pipe Lines for a
permanent contract to take from
them at Pittsburgh all their sur.
plus and all their distilIate tar nap.
thas at price that will give the
producers fully fifty per cent. profit,
and also pay the pipe lines for pip
ing 1t to Pittsburgh. The ocean
steamship business viii also feel
the effect of this revolution in
steam-producing fuel. Expert
n1ents already made show that in
q single trip across the Atlantic a
saving of about $1,000 will be ef.
fected In freight room alone, as the
space now taken up for 800 tons of
coal will be used for freight.
But the greatest achievements of
the new system will be in iron
making. Said the leading repre-.
sentatlves of this interest: "Ihis
is the grandest achievement Of sell
ence in this age, aud this invent
or's income, even on very small
royalties, will be greater than that
Of any of our living capitalists.
With the mechanism invented by
Mr.. Salisbury, q blast, furnace of
thirty tons per day will convert its
liquid iron into blooms or ingots of
wrought iron or steel, at cost so
trifing that 1t enhances the value
OF pig metal 100 per cent.
sulphur and carbon, the two de-
teriorsflte elenSents that are pres
enE all the wrought iron now
madc, are utterly cast out by this
new process. In the Salisbury fur
naces the pig metal is melted to a
thin liquid in fifteen minutes. 1t is
then drawn off into second fur. |
mace, one foot lower than the first.
The second furnace is immediately
charged with continuous sheet Of
hot air, and superheated steam of
1000 degrees and an immense pres.
sure, which keeps every particle of
liquid metal in agitation, and
burns out the carbon utterly In
from eight to ten minutes, when 1t
u ready for the puddler. At no
tins In this operation can any cold
air come In contact with the liquid,