The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-18
NEW ENGLAND MOTIVE POWER co.
A Novel Device for saving Fuel ana
Increasing Power.


No country is the world 10 more prolific 10
inventions than that OF the United States.
That inventive faculty which had Its origin
in necessity In the first settlers In this couu-
try has been perpetuated and Increased In
succeeding generations; and to. day America
stands In the forefront Of nations In the ln.
yentlve faculty OF its people.
In this issue OF the JO-indi we have to record
an invention by one OF the sons OF the Old Bay
State which promises to effect a great revoiu-
tiCn In the economical production OF motive
power for the propelling OF the machinery in
our great manufacturing Industries.
This ie one OF those Inventions which has
como among US with full promise OF staying,
since 1t has been shown by thorough and com.
ploto toste TO have for It's recommendation
great economical and increased power pro-
ducinR properties.
The Invention 10 which we refer is that OF
MIR. Wm. l.. Lowrey, OF Boston, and this has for
iteelt like most other inventions that have
revolutionized old fashioned modus operandi
for producing essential manufactures In our
every day life, or contributing thereto, and
which have proved OF lasting aud incalcuia.
bic value 10 the human race, a simplicity
which Will probably. astonish some Of our
greatest scier,i-is and chemical savants that
they should not have hit upon the discovery
before.
The invention was patented in this country
On the LIST OF Apiil last. Patent rights have
also been taken out for It In England, Ger.
many, France, etc.
The invention in no way disturbs In Its appll.
CbilOu AHb use III our ullls 0nu
workshops OF the ordinary boilers employed
for the generation OF steam. Instead OF using
ordinary water for tho boilers ninety per cont.
only OF this is employed under Mr.. Lowrey's
system. This 10 mixed with ten per cent. of
methyIlated alcohol.
Mr.. Lowrey is himself a chemist OF groat OK.
ner, Colonel r. NJ Williams, who % is PRACTICAL @ t,
engineer, fully tested the properties OF the iu.
vention before making them known to out.
sidere. Their experiments were made at New.
nuryrOIt. where they auccpalad damon.
strating that by the application of this device
not only was q saving OF nfty per cont. In coal
enected, but a greater pressure OF steam was
occurred and a saving mado in the use Of oil on
account Of the lubrlcating quality OF the water
and methyllated alcohol. The satisfactory OK.
periments at Nowburyport led to the organi-
| England Motive Power Company for control
Ing and putting on the market Mr.. Lowrey's
invention.
| Very recently the experiments nave peen
repeated for period covering ak weeks by
the operation OF q 100.horse-power engine at
tho works OF the Hallowell Granite Company
at atOharlestown,and the result has been q saving
| OF fifty per cent. In coal and also In the con-
sumption OF oil, as, owing 70 the lubricating
quality Of the mixture IN the boiler the on
gines during the elk weeks. This saving has
| been erected without any appreciable waste OF
alcohol, not moro than three gallons having
been waeted during the whole six weeks. The
Invention is capable OF application In all works
where steam is employed by the addition of q
surface condenser.
The Hon. J. Il. BodweiI, OF the Hollowell
Granite Co., 10 member OF the board OF di.
rectors controlling the Lowrey patents for New
England, and the other members OF tho d.
reciorate are Messrs. Henry Sawyer, w. A.
| stiles, Henry NJ. Gross, Charles +. Cheney,
| Elmer a. Messenger, @. A. Trumbull, p. W.
French and W. 8. Chamberlin.
The company has taken up Its headquarters
| at co State street. Mr.. ". s. Chamberlin,
| formerly general agent Of the Hartford Steam
| Boiler Insurance Company, has thrown up
| that lucrative position 10 undertake the gen.
| eral management OF the company's Affairs,
| and we doubt not that any application to him
| for information concerning the affairs OF the
| company Will be courteously entertained. The
| other officers OF the company are Mr.. W. A.
| Stiles, president, and Mr.. Elmar A. Messen.
| ger, asurer."-indtStriai and Art Journal
| There Will be test OF the above device at
| the Washington Navy-Yard In the near future
q commissun having peen appointed by the
| Navy Department for that purpose, and II Will
| be witnessed also by officers OF the Iptsss5i
and other Departmental \
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