The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-09-28
H, A. BUCKS INVENTION
SUCCESS OF THOMPSONPLLLE MAN
 IN LONDON

System of Generating steam Power" "'
 Little Cost--Plant in Successful Opera
 tion-O Only Twelve Ounces of Coal Ne-
 quired to Produce Horse Power Fer
 Hour.
 Henry Alonzo Buck. the Thompson vile man who some months ago ae- vised a method of generating steanh with coal consumption or apouV twelve ounces per hour per hoiee power. has demonstrated the utlilty power, while under the present fhetilou of steam engineering the coal consulllp- ton is about two pounds per horse of his invention by a Gve-horse power plant which is now in operation III London. MT. Buck did not have the money to bring his ideas into ef1ect and he was assisted financially pY Al bert II. Mathewson ot ThompsonVllie' who has all interest in the lnVentloll. MT. Mathewson returned to Ihonpsoh- vile Thursday after visit to Eng land in the interest of the lnVehtlon' He said yesterday that the plant was in successful operation and that some mechanical engineers Of England con sidered it the greatest invention OF years in the line of mechanical engl- neering.
 The Hartford Courant says; when MT. Buck conceived .he idea he con ferred with the British admiralty ( l,oty yi,,cr tion put in the fighting ships ot that government, because of the immense saving of coal room, machinery ana water supply there would be py US adoption and because of the large num- Der of ships of that class that are owned by the English government The attaches of the navy department of that country and Sir Julian Paun- cefote conferred with MT Buck anu the matter was considered by the ad- miralty board of England Twice the government refused to consider any proposition from MT, Buck, because ot it's belief that his invention would not do what he claimed for it. Captain Alfred w Paget, an attache or the British navy department, who was ln this country in the interest of his gov ernment during the wal more than year ago, at the instance Of the Bllt- ish admiralty board conferred with MT. Buck several times in relation to the invention. MT. Buck told him what he claimed for the invention but as he was not in g position at | that time to explain to Captain Paget 1 the workings of 1t, the latter claimed | that he could not see the practicability | of it. MT. Buck la:er gave Captain | Paget more information about the in ! vention. and at his solicitation MT Buck went to England in January for the purpose of erecting plant to de monstrate the inventions utility. ire expenses are being borne by Captain Paget, who is now convinced of the success of the invention. syndicate has been formed in England to manu- fracture the generator and boiler ac- cording to MT. Bucks ideas, and appli- cation for letters patent have been made in all countries where patents are issued Because of differences in the patent laws in different countries, l MT. Mathewson, when seen yesterday, | said that he was no. willing at this time to tell the principle ot the inven- tion, but he talked enthusiastically of | it's success.
 The advantages claimed by the use of the system which Mir. Buck has in vented are as follows
 By the use of this system, ir place of an ordinary boiler, an allsteel gen orator is used, with which a disastrous explosion is an impossibiity, and in which the stored energy is correspord- ingly less peI horse power ot plant than in any other system. The gene rator consists entirely of heating sur face. in which all parts are small, dur able and easily interchangeable, in | which the expense and time of re- pairs are reduced to a minimum, and in which there is a positive circulation of water, perfectly in contact with the
 interior of all heated surface and which cannot be made to prime from any cause whatever, The water leve
 is absolutely uniform. The generator occupies 30 per cent, las1 space in | height and weighs 30 per cent. less per horse power or plant, and ia capa- ble of withstandng, with safety, a pressure of from 300 to 1000 pounds pei square inch No forced draught ia re- quired and there is no interference with smoke consuming devices
 No large piping is necessary as . connection between boiler and engine no overhead or suspended piping is used, and there is the least loss Of heal energy between boiler and engine, or account of radiation or condensation r pipes The system has a compound condensing, revolving engine, in whicl the pressure is always applied at the point of greatest leverage, and Whict is reversible and runs equally well 1T revolutions per minute or high speeds 300 to 500 revolutions per minute. Tht engine, while solid, strong and durable occupies less space either in height | width or length, than any other engine of The same horse power now in use and has less weight in operating parts | It is of simple construction, with al wearing parts replaceable and mad' interchangeable, and having no cranks piston rods, connecting rods, cross heads thrust pins or dead centers, ant which uses to the greatest extent tn, expansive force of steam in it's opera
 tion, receiving the same at a highe
 initial temperature and eXhausting tn, same to the condenser at a lower ter
 minal temperature, and with the leas
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