The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-10-30
REVOLUTION IN
STEAM POWER.

auction OF steen Dy buo AJ1iSRcA
fame-that is utilizing water fer
heat. While the results reached in
these trials were said to be wonder
full. il Was claimed at the time by
peEsons interested that their Efforts
we're very much hampered by the
want OF appropriate apparstus. They
believed ID TO be possible, with loco.
motive constructed according to their
ideas 10 effect still further saving In
fuel, and accomplish still more ihsn
they had been able TO do With cesl-
burning engine. It will be seen from
o letter from Prof. Consnt that . To-
connective supposed 10 be exactly
suited to exhibit the principle of the
hydrogen flame 10 now being built ct
the Grant Locomotive Works in Pat
erson, N. j., aBd is SO nearly COM
ple,ed that Is will probably Dc dis.
patched on . trial trip between New
York and Chicago during next
month.
The hydrogen locomotive will differ
from the COMMON ceal-barners IN
having Two fire-boxes. The prelim-
mary process of COM bustion will take
place IN lower compartment.
Thence the flame will be conducted
through 8 great number CT f1ues to
an inner chamber where the peculiar
process of separating the constituent
elements OF water aud burning the
hydrogen will take place. Another
novel feature of this locomotive will
be that its hoes will be made of cop.
per and have di8meter considerably
smaller than the iron hues now COM
monty employed. The great conduc-
tivity of copper az compared With
iron is fact well known to practical
INTERCHANGEABLE difference is SO two
to one-but the.use OF that material
in the hues of coal-burDing locomo.
tives has not been possible, because
the eiuders thrown of by the fire in |
the strong draft speedily cutthe soft
metal in pieces. The same objection
will not apply in the hydrogen loco
motive. No cinders are thrown Of,
and there can consequently be no pro-
cess of attEi.ion going 90. Copper |
has the further advantage O. possess
ing q chemical aItAgonism for the
salts contained in water that ordina-
rily produce scales, and there will be
no clogging of the fues from this
source and no loss of heat resulting
therefrom in the improved apparatus.
There are two sets of hues in the
new locomotive. The first get, 1862
ia number, have g calibIe oi FIVE
sighths OF an inch, and are short and |
leading from the lower to the
upper combustion chamber. These
1ues ard both. chambers DO not
occupy q greater space than the
present fire. box of coal-burDer, so
great is the economy OF the room in
he use of the nsptha fame. The
second set of fues, 512 in number,
.re laid horizontally from the upper
ire'chamber through surrounding
vater to the final outlet. They are
eleven feet long and three-quarteTs Of
IN inch in diameter. The long Aues
Ilone, not counting the 1862 short
mes, are sbont three times as many
q can be got into q coal burner.
The principle of the process by
Fhich the hydrogen fame is pro-
luced is. in brief, that the chemical
OF water, hydrogen and
xygen, are separated at compare
lively low heat in the presence Of the
arbon contained in burning Rsptha
as, that the oxygen unites with the
arbon TO form csrbonic oxide CT carl
'onic acid gas, according TO the Gem
bitterness OF the combustion, while
be Liberated hydrogen takes mp
xygen from the atmosphere and
urpS Rercely in colorless and l.
intense flame.
The inventors o. HE hydrogen fire.
hsmber claim thattheir experimen
ave passed beyond the doubtful
tage; that the tuccess of the apDars
as is assured, and tbat j. will snortly
% demonstIzsed beyond q Vil by TIE
peration OF ihs locomotive low
The results that they ex.
ect TO flow irCm thia improvement
lmost stagger beilef The least of (
hem will be a complete revolution in
locomotive bHlding With the lm-
'erfect coal-burners they we're able to
fleet saving CT fourteen-6iteenths
i the fuei; with the improved cop
er-hue they can dc much more.
he consumption o; nsp;ha, they
ssert, will not exceed ope-halfa pin.
'er pound Of steam press re. q TIE
ccomotiyes. il toe expectations Of the
nilders are realized, will be smoke-
esq, hameless, and noieeless. There
1ill be no mere cinders; go pulling.
r wheeling. or snoring when tie
ngine stops. The preduct given of
t the fRal escape will be not only
rec from dirt, but actually cleansing,
o that ifa bit of soiled linen could be +
cid in + without scorching it would I
Q made clean.
These are big promises. The T1i-
une does not make them. It merely
scords them. But the sincerity Of
ne managers can not be susstioned.
hey are showing their faith By their
'eEks, as are also k.the locomotive
ompany at Paterson. II the loco. q
active will nat work the neonla ,sad