Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-08-16

pressure Of thirty-fve pounds, and the
second, an exhaust-pipe, through which
the water was carried to q drum after
it had passed through the engine. The
action Of the water propelled piston
through ten-inch cylinder, and this
piston was connected with u four-inch
cylindcr in which the motor was gen
Grated. The ten-inch cylinder merely
supplied the power by the common by
draulic process for the action Of the
piston in the generator. steam pro-
cess that would furnish the same power
would be Of equal value for the pur-
pose, SINCE it has nothing to do with
the generation Of the motor save to
work the piston in the generator The
second cylinder, which does the work
il supplied with water by q branch pine
connecting near the floor with the main
one that supplies the engine. The
second cylinder il air-tight. AT each
stroke Of the piston the water leading
from this branch pipe pours into the
vacuum and is forced through aserics
Of valves in the piston. BY the time
that the piston returns to admit Il fresh
supply 81 water I'LL Of the former sup
ply has disappeared through set Of
valves in the upper part Of the cylinder
in tie form ola gas, which il the motor
itself Its course from the upper part
Of the cylinder lies through u pipe run
along the ceiling to steel tank III one
corner of the room. This tank is capa-
bic Of withstanding u pressure Of one
thousand pounds to the square inch.
Nv. Winters said yesterday, rs lie
turned the water into the cylinder, that
Inc had been suspected Of using u chem
ically-prcparcd mixture il the genera
ton Of the gas. 10 show that such was
not the case, he drew oil u portion Of
the water in the generator INTO tumb-
Ter and passed it around to be tasted
As the piston began to work, y gauge
upon the wall indicated the pressure up
to three hundred pounds. After the
engine had been working about ten
minutes there was Il burst OF MOST VA
Dor from the air-ehambcr over the gen
orator. which indicated that the steel
tank was full of gus. Mr.. Winters ex-
planned that the outburst was occasioned
by II defective alr-chambcr, and that IN
the large machine which has been con
structCd there will lie in automatic ar
rangemcnt to indicate excess Of pres
sure. He explained the moisture by
saying that il film Of water had prohab-
~ forced its way through the valves and
had coated the inner side of the cham
Der. Then lie turned the stop-cOCk IN
the steel tank, and the gus came kissing
Al TAp a nt "a a.
stop-cock was first turned, there was no
moisture, and the gas had neither heat,
odor, Or color. Alteward hc connected
Il pipe leading from the tank with an
ordinary Baxter upright engine, which
hc ran vt pleasuuc. lie then let the
gas run through several tanks contain
my coal lar. After this process the
gas was lighted from M ordinary burn
cr and dark blue body of lame re-
suited.
"The simplicity Of this process makes
il mysterious" MIR. Winters said, after
exhibiting the machine and showing the
asses to which the gas could be put.
" When we say that nothing enters the
generator but water and that it is con-
vcrtcd into this gus, which does not
cundonsc and is without moisture. pe0-
pie laugh at us. Yet such is the fact.
There are eighteen valves in the piston
in tho generator, and four others in the
space above the piston. Probably that
arrangement Of valves consumes the
water and generates the gas. have
n theory MS 10 how it is done. but am
not yot disposed to reveal it. When
Chief Engineer Osborne examined the
generator for the board of underwriters
he told me that when ho was construct
ing the watcr-works for Jersey City he
often noticed that some sach power rs
this was generated in the ordinary ma
chncry nl the work, but never thought
to utilize il. During his examination
Of the generator | drew water from II
tank Oh the roof, which was filled under
his direction, and subsequently | drew
il by suction from II tub on the lloor
ana generated The gas under pressure
Of six hundred pounds TO the square
inch. The experts expressed them
selves satisfied with the fairness Of tile
tcsts, but could not understand how Tie
gas resulted from them. II was on that
account Jn0l inc lclleF requiring tnc
certificates of chemist that the gas
WAS harmless was sent to lis by the
BOARD 81 underwriters. We claim that
il is superior to compressed mir because
there is no heat produced III generating
il, and il will not freeze while exhaust
ing IL Wcpackcd ice around II coil of
pipe filled with il, but twas not vt NIL af-
lcctcd. We also claim that ii could be
forced through fifty miles Of pipe with
scarcely enough friction to be noticed
on u guagc, and that it can be intro
duecd into manufactures nj half the
Nnnnsn NJ sInnm tlhn lnrnnsL OK.