The Red Cloud chief., 1879-09-04
The steam Eagine Of ihe futsre.

Supposiog a good aud cheap small
engine "a b. available al opS os ihst
VIII be ,.roFy, simple. sale. J gh nose
less, a"d economical y igs lot oaly
would NIL it, iadus,''sl Fpplioa zoos bc
exceeded. nut 1t would bud n new and
vide sphere of u.c,CiHes, IA mir,stetirs
10 domct &C wants. {. Ft the NOS wide
Is ~peryadiug Ablch j. The want of =
motive power. Ia ABsiicAl hotel.
eam eng,pes nave long zen employed
for brrshiag boots and ~clea"ing sp'ye-
Thev n e dpcile and ipo pens'ye Beio'.
o' the aye, ard he jJnc.,ic pIuiur on
~ the electric l4ht = n new ADD impn BE-
Art spbcre for their energies Bri, be-
: dies these iuuc IONS, n aoIes ,c crg,re
may be employed n rO1s'ng mcu.
driS.Dg waSh'1k -mssb'ncs a~d m~angirs.
diving sewing ma)cuioos, IA 10 Hsu'ug
hair. IN p]repsripg aCraiod va ers. ana
IN the country for pumping. for sss ug
wood, and for pc. corning many
Olher l,borious opera, ions. A
scam engine msy be- made
To- cool houses in suDmer and Ia warm
them IN winter, to maintain f0rutains
in conse'yAtoTies, IN ~o.k pupfss, To
produce ice. aud % creae and maiutaiu
a II In safes for lhe prescI vaiiou
90 meat. For such purposes the engines
mus. obviously be 81 the simplest, most
compact, snd most ntSpeusive charse-
er, and should lie attached 20 the boil
er. - ihs, the whole nay be lifted in =
piece. like = hall sove The boiler
should be provided ~,.h n self acting
feed Of Wa CT, aTi the fuel should be
gas, which b ~ only to be lighted - ca
able the engine To be put into opcr alton.
Gas companies will hnd ample compen.
sat,on for the los. Of their lighting funC
iiou IN the Cr.a ION 81 n new heat'nR
function which sill become larger and
more Temuneraiive than the lighting
has ever been. Instead 81 extracting
from the c-al only the illunina ing
gases. the whole fuel shoUid b@ turned
mo cDmbns;ible ga. by the AID 0f su-
perheaiei steam. and ali the fires ~
hYu.es could ne maintained by this
cheap gn bVrninZ in Jets amid pumice,
which II would keep red hot. There
would then be neither dust from crates
nor smoke from chinney.. and the gas
works would supply the fuel that 10
necessary for the generation oi the cleo
trio light. The applica'iono ~ the steam
engine 20 the propulsion II carriages.
omnibu~cs AID cabs IL now only hin
dered by its too heavy weight and too
high cost. Asphalt pavement. which
are Objectionable for horses, asJrd for
steam. carriages = surface as eligible for
easy traction a. q railway. and without
any couutervailing fault. All wheeled
vehicles, whether required To travel II a
high or 3 low speed. viii be propelled
By stsam ips;esd OF horses As son AZ
the stes n-engine 10 made sufficiently
ligh; .nd sufficiently chesp u warrant
the substitution. Life boats, instead u
beisg open boats propelled by = num-
Der Of men, should be decked
boats propelled by = steam engine
and managed bY only two men. q N
steer the boat and the other - s.,snd
10 the en- zine. Such boat. should 10
propelled By . ws,er-iss which will al
ways set, uhs;ever may be the ROACH
ness Of the .ea and whether the sssrn Of
the boa, il in or out Of the water. The
use Of the steam engine for irrixation Ia
connection With the centrifugal pumpis
M 1PphS1sSDa W N1h-1 AoS sPh-fS -
limited only BY the cos. nd the deficient
portability Of the appna,us. To reoder
the class 0f small engine. 90 much NOR.
portable. 70 much more simple and 90
much less costly Is 70 remove the eI-
stIng iUpe6iments 20 their use mar
certainly be accounted one of the most
important problems u the prsseni time,
and trus, il IL no. presumptuoos 10
hope tbs, the curiosity hiats here given
may accelerate the desired solution -
John Brocn, IN EaSiish Paper.