New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-10
THE HYDROGEN LOCOMOTIVES
nohIHER SATISFACTORY EXPERIMENTS.
-'-' IN TIE ENPERIMENTS-A START
LING COMPARISON.

FURTHER SATISFACTORY FvprprN,1-N-,,
'-" iNAi0 Ahs IN THE EXPERMENTs-A START
LING COMPARISON
70 me Edftor OF The TrfLnae
SIR: Justice TO THE TRIBUNE. It's roo,o,-
and myself demands statement of tho g.,
'e nyurogen-ouiling experiments at Fafbusb. one %
""'oh' at The cruder stage, was introduced into ,,
ner communication, with the promise TO meet any
sAep'cal inquiry by doubling the miracle Tl,se So,
iinens nave served their purpose and have been s,
continued, leaving behind them all necessary dat,
successful competiono Of the frat proper HYDROGEN r,
N 'o'oil"Ne, some months under way now nearly
hnished in ono OF the principal locomotive WORKS n Is
'' 20 DC understood that the operations have heen
secret because neither the pnblic nor the ns.ss ho
e" invited No candid inquiry has been DISTRACTED in
Wy way ana In point Of fact Of the most dis
's-,SHSu engineers, railroad men, ana other
experts in the country have solicited and oiteincl
sno privilege Of examining the process for their
wv" Satisfaction; invariably confirming with fl.,r ov,
- INC moral certainty and accuracy that gne.Tx for
III 'le report already published; and not sell
~, a. VIII presently show, that half had not
o'eh toid without exception, those yisitors b,,e
I'nhy acknowledged novel demonstration In ,biIoso
"a" 'l'u ne" economic fact the most important Of tle
n,ui9, nave yet TO hear % a single disscuiin, or
o-9''u EXPRESSION that was based on a rcsolnta
ignorance Of the facts.
. NJ" FEATURES OF THE EXPERIMENTS
NY record Of March l6 published ia tn. rrr,,,r.- q,
o',n showed consumption Of 5I.Ot c-.lious of
inpn'na IN raising steam from cold water in a forty
I'll
inch; time, hours. 34l2 minutes
My record Of April 20. same locomotive , 80,
pressure raised with exactly tvyeuty-si ,iis IA
: hours, 32 minutes; cost Is cents -
=" po'n these records, the pressure whom n mr.
near 100 pounds, began to rise az ,bo ~, =,
S5a pounds 10 the gallon of oi, eo,s,,,,,, 49,, a.,
pounds per minute. But in my latest record ~, ,,
INA. 'tc OF evaporation began under 80 poul rs -os
"nIe' under 100 pounds and upwards every Gallon or
laphtha developed : 69lO0 pounds and eYer, minnie
showed l-3 pounds gain
IL Is important TO those who would understood a.,
sciehtihc import Of these experiments that shoud
o'sciipc remarkable difference in the phenomena OF
'in'uSOoh between experiments like that heretofore
published ana those Of later date The "hlaci e,r -
Ine workmen cali it, is now thing under no snn IN
n,mi~atio @ even az me date OF my former coni-
ire gives yellow carbon nsme and bnr Ii, 1se OF ne
making steam slowly soon ii become "a ie
nnlet Name Of carbonc oxide showing tlai lie carbon ~
The steam within the re.opfs: oa ay nom
drops onchaif: spaiiv SSo,suhpncn OF on suddenly
ia oni "lus pressure In nay first report fhe next
OF Gallon Of oil with fame mixed charac.er her,
o .,,c iFSnic or mainly SO But since the latest
o'r lrhness while the oil record suddenly iTons
ways that the carbon now taxing to voinms nf c2,a
9crfccv cors, r.li "ltn the rcorts and becoming
lhe comouri hic 10 be emitted the burners hut ir,
every moment rs cyieneei b tp now increases
OF INC successive blasts from the nar-lnive.
70 test the expense OF barely hob M. ,,- ,,.
ninetysix pounds pressure for oc , ION ~
o's WIN lG9 bounds and recording BIOS gallons K
NAN ne rate Of CONSUMPTION in tie black " ip~f he
.oI' wien made steam az rate that would have rsed
iaci me Limit is not yet found TO Tie novel rule he hot
win narrowed feed in RMS experiment i. 3deT.ooa
~, rug mat inc steam feed is also checked.per-
Ah"'hef experiment was made 10 test the supply If
- finders lle engine lie up by the brakes ana lie
sFo,c p9isd VIDE open causing the driving wheels 70
h , ON each side Shipping on the track under their
pressure was found TO be llO pounds ~
RETURNING TO TIE Old FUEL.
give Only one more IL was eSpefinen. with coal
and wood, after the hydrogen apparatus had been re-
moved, and The locomotive restored 20 its normal c, lie
ton as coabnrner ready 20 start on It's return 10 Is
owners This Was jane %. Tie hour was now la.a ana
dispatch was urgent All the cotton-,vasto Of the -li
loose pine boards scaIoilies ana otr i9n,,r IT,,
hand were broken mp and piled into the are-chantsr IN
TOP 81 the saturated set a ire fslf er,i -
hard wood vas bought Tor SO -. and mixed IA io iurf
two tons were purchased for $40 and loaded mo ne
cSe 40 aHs sVs, h"t less than SO Al - .h- u,
6,r , -ll INC 'ne spent was more thaa r.c
Iotii engineer and fireman were experts m IT., fir f,o
an "1 ,els 3e.t 70 reach Their homes before bad,
tli.e after delivering the CINE There gyaS 10
tnough at the tillc OF comparing rrsus. Bui ~ was
now discovered what an unfair ass tie malice of lie
gods had imposed on the infant Hercules ~ over a-
lnS ne boiler had been found encr-ted inside WITH a
So. a
best of non- conductors. undoubtedly eNclu, ~ line
teninS OF "a" heat Of the N drstn process from fts-
tfauon IN ste M and sending IL up Tie saoks~fack In
short the boiler had hecn roashout the experiment.. n
an hstfficca1a condition that Wold hardly hren
considered III FOR sing trip with coal IL Ms n rr-
tlcniIr wonder that II Sl5 lire her un iuf that
inc new hydrogen process could 10 il under such cir-
l"hres Tor = cents, was now wonder - worf rs.
OF Wnch noholy mad Dire; med before. Nothing r.n-e
IMAM tS however had been the regular daily cost ~
RAISING SO an rom lHkewaTIu water bounds
gallons, Tor instance. on April 23: 25fs on Afas 81
ana so ON. farcr comparison uf tie a-..l.f-.
new fuc WI lis old could not have been ir~fif1-l
a. Least the only unfairncSs lay ia the remOta. 81 so
porhols OF scale from the inside Ia. boiler ia rlo
operation ~ restoring thus giving the aud g.I
petceplble advantage the fuel for TINS oc-
caSsn.
The following table, date OF Nav 81 and never bfre
pnhnshed. has some remarkable points. ana NAV Interest,"
readers who overlooked the former who may COM
pare The Two: