The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-30
-. ....,,,. Enrinc i'm the Future.

.,nn,,ose . GOOD and cheap small engine TO
,snsiah Ie-oan engine that will be stroDs:,
a;mnIe. safe, light, noiseless, and eSone s,a
SaI In fnel-pot only would all IT'S NOUS,
s~ta, annlications be extended, but u Wouiu
tsnd a new and wide sphere oil usefulness
In minister,ng to domestic wants, one Va
sha most widely-pervadiDg OF WHICH ~ tne
want Of a simple motive power. IN Am ,ea :,
cam hotels steam-engines have long pee1.
on6Ioyed for brushing boots ana clean.us'
Entyes They are the docile ana iheAp s. =
.;vo HeJofs of the age. and Inc aones'.. ~.
a,oa,,cf,on Of the electric light IS seW
apn6 ;mnor,ant sphere for their eheteies.
Wnt besides these functions, oonest,o
enoine may be employed IN roastins .nI'
driving Washing.macbines anu mae !.
driving sewing-machines, IN Orusn,n ns .ho
In preparing aerated waters, anu "a o I'D
country for pumping, for saving "oou, a an"
for performing many other iapoItoss Vp GO,
aions. A steam.engine may oe lhauo .o M.
houses In summer aud 10 warm tuen, . ~ va
ter, to maintain fountains IN copsea d ~ crs,
- wnrk punkas, to produce ice, ana 10 gre.
70 ond maintain q vacuum in safes Ior tue
observation OF meat. For such purposes
,he enrine must obviously be Oh the s!lu-
niast most compact, and most IneSpehsite
character. and should be attacheu ~ tne
heller. 90 that the whole may iiit IN plece'
,;,,a . hall stove. The boiler should De pro,
u;Snd with self-acting feed OF water, ana
.ha incl shouId be gas, which has only 10 ne
iichted TO enable The engine to be put INTO
alteration, Gas companies would nnu aln-
Me compensation for the loss OF their hght'
ing function In the creation OF ne" heatlus
function which will become larger ana more
remunerative than the lighting mas ever
been. Instead OF EXTRACTING from tpe coa ,
only the Illuminating gases, the Whoie Iuel
should be turned into combustlbie gas ny
the aid OF superbeated steam, ana all Tue
fires OF houses could be maintained ny
this cheap gas burning IN lets aniia
pumace. which it wouid keep Ieu-
hot. There would then be neither
dust from CRATES, nor smoke IRON Gn,ni-
news. and the gas-works would supply the
incl that is necessary for the generation OF
the electric light. The application OF the
stean,-engin to the propulsion OF carriages.
omnibuses, and cabs is now only hindered
by its too heavy weight and too high cost.
Asphalt pavemcnts, which are oDlec-
tionable for horses, afford for steam"
carriages a surface as eligible Tor
easy traction as railway, and wltDout
any countervailing fault. All wheeled We
hicies. whether required to travel at high
or a low speed, will be propelled by steam
instead OF horses as soon as the steam'en-
CINE is made sufficiently light and sufl-
GENTLY cheap to warrant the substitution.
Iiie-boats, instead Of being open boats pro-
peled by anumber OF men, should be deck
ed boats propelled by steam-engine and
managed by only two men-one to steer
The boat and the other to attend to the
engine. Such boats should be propell'
ed by water.iet, which will always
act, whatever may be the rougbness Of
the sea, and whether the stern OF the boat
is in or out of the water. The use OF
the steam-engine for irrigation in connec'
ton with the centrifugal pump isan appli'
cation OF which the sphere is limited only
by the cost and the deficient portability Of
the apparatus. To render the class OF small
engines so much more portable, so muct
more simple, and so much less costly a.
to remove the existing impedlments to thei
use may certainly be accounted one OF TIT
most important problems OF the presen
time, and I trust it is not presumption
to hope that the cursory hints here sivel
may accelerate the desired solution.-Joh'
Bourne, in English Paper.