The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-20
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Cincinnati COMMERCIAL:
Gas AS MOTIVE PowER.-Edison's electric
light Ia Damoces' sword over the gas inter
est. even for general purposes. therefore
new device for utilizing gas for other purposes
gas az motive power. In this city IA gas motor
has been operating successfully on txhibltlon
Tourth and Plum streets. The engine is two
horse power. and pretty, ana 1t WORKS noise
lessy. The cost of this two-horse power i
said 10 be thirty six feet OF gas per hour. which
at Cincinnati prices is abont ten cents. The
engine requires no boiler, no engineer. no
feed pumps, no pressure gauges. ~ tual bnt
gas. To start 1t, turn on the gas TO st',p II.
turn the gas Off 1t makes no dirt. keeIs clean
and occupies but little space. The reciprocal
motion of the piston is In the cylinder. ana ls
caused by alternate explosions OF gas. mixed
with air on opposite sides OF IL. me overheat-
ing OF the cylinder is prevented by current OF
water kept circulating around 1t; Ii THIS niue
engine stands the test OF practical use It will do
n great service, IL the patentee doesn't put the
price too high.
CArRo. March u Application has been made
ut 81. Louis for the appointment of a receiver
Tor the Northern Line Packet Company. Things
have not worked smoothly with tn il company
since the consolidation Of the Northern Line
Packet Company. the Keokuk Packet Company
and the Northwestern Union Packet Company.
when was e1e,ted several years ago. II Will be
remembered that two years ago thy st. Louis
papers gave considerable spa Q to the state
ment OF movements 81 the stock holders OF this
company TO gain the balance of power after the
death OF Caut MrCuue, who was the leading
result was that Commodore Davidson who was
the leading spirit 81 the Northwestern Union
Company. gained the point, ard he and his
sentatiyes Of the old Northern Line claiming
that the affairs OF the consolidated company
have been mismanaged: pray that receiver be
were r. a. GRAY. of Plttsbury, Adam Jacobs
Of Brownsville, Pa. John aud Thomas Rhoads.
of Savanna. ILL.,. Jos. Ward aud Thomas Grit
nth. az St. Louis T r. Buford. of r lck Island
H. and Darius Hawkins. of Galena ILL., Blu
ford was superiin .ba N and and Hankins was
Iron Line are reshipptng the contents OF the
barge John A. bravo tor tho South on barge
81 Of the MI. v. 4. Company. The cargo Is 1869
rails. $50 splice bars, and sc kegs bolts nuts,
New ORLEANS. March 1.-THE boast Of Capt.
Stein that his boat can beat the Guiding Star
twenty-four hours to Cincinnati Is supported
by the heorias or eminent eXpermentists. The
theory is that q aa chi e y to hs
on their stern The wetted Berimeter. or that
portion of a line wetted. when drawn around
the hull at its widest part, is an index 70 ne
resistance. The parimeter Of the Star will be
about ~ feet. that of the Morgan ABOUT 81 !eet
or as IL 70 10. The ratio OF their boiler power
is as TO g. Comparing these ratios. we y az
that the speed OF the Morgan should De TO MAJ
of the Star as 90 is TO 500 Thus. II the MOI
gan. running 10 miles az hour, makes th h ru9
In 1856 hours. or days. the Star making ABOUT
miles an hour. would be about u hours longer.
AS the dimensions II the cylinders OF the staf
are to those of the Morgan as 40 TO o., the dII-
ference of speed will be probably stu greatesTT
Now, let us compare the Morgan with the y. ~
white. going on the suppnsttton that toe moo
as of each boat are equally good. The peri,
meter of the White light f. about 90 feet 50
the perimeters OF the two boats are. roughly, II
to i5 the ratio Of the boiler power q ths we
boats IL 6 to 10. Comparing these ratios 81 per-
meters and boilers, We ind that If the Morgen,
could run ten miles an hour, the White could
run abo vt fourteen. The ratio OF the cylinders
of the Morgan is to those OF the White as 81 is
to 2OS: therefore it is probable that the White
will run even faster than fourteen miles an
hour 10 the lNorgan's ten. even taking into con-
sideration Il. Q greatly increased FRICTION at
such high rate Of speed STUDENT.
THE theory may be right. but does not al