Year: 1870

a REMARKABLE AND USEFUL INVENTION


A feat which is proverbially impracticable
is To lift oneself by She suspenders But King Croton is
now made to do what is equivalent 10 this BY re-
markable invention, which has Just been perfected
Croon water Is made TO rise from the force Of its
pressure to twice the hight to which IL naturally rises
above the level Of the street That's to say while CrotOn
water rises in the pipes in the vicinity Of the Cooper In
stute to hight of about IS feet, at present 1t may be
made to rise by simple apparatus which does not In
clude the application OF any external pressure TO the
hight OF so feet above the level Of the curbing This
incredible performance may be witnessed at house on
Thrdave where the inventor has just set the first work


ing model in operation. For the purposes of this article
a general description OF this Invention, without accu-
ratey giving dimensions is all that will be necessary


The inventor OF great genius, the products OF
which have been exhibited at the American Institute Is
the originator of this apparatus for the sehostng OF
Croton water 1t is quite simple in construction, and
evidently neither expensive liable to get out OF re-
pair Of the device is the application of anos-
pheric pressure, in connection with valves The model
now in daily operation about full size. AT the water
sink in the kitchen placea cylinder of copper about
one foot in diameter and two feet high Above this, at
the hight to which the Croton naturally rises viz: about
25 feet Is placed a second cylinder Of the same size.
These made Of ordinary c0ppersheeting The lower
cylinder stands on end; the upper rests on its
side. The water pipe connects with he tower part OF
each cylinder. The junction of the branches OF the pipe
lew Inches from tlc lower c1 y lcdu
half an inch in diameter passes from the lower TO the
upper cylinder, entering He top of each. When the
water is IL congresses the air within the lower
cylinders the compression is carried upward through
the arppe TO the second cylinder When the lower Is
full atmospheric pressure is operating to dispace the
equivalent body of water which had previously risen
the upper The only apparent loss of force must be
from friction within the pes, which must he inconsder-
able Up the third pipe therefore, which rises from the
second cylinder to hight equal to that to whlch the
Croton naturally rises above the lower the water s
forced The successive emptying and filling Of the lower
cylinder causes the upper To empty and fill i'll the
same manner. The arrangement of the valves Is such
that the water of Itself shuts eff and turns on
the pressure by action on the floats In aetsal M
operation. when the lower cylinder IL receiving the
upper dschargng, and rice Cersd lhere are ony No
valves to each cynder and ut the Junction OF tRe
branches of tie pine tank being placed IN the upper
part the house at twice the hlgt TO when Tue IIoto
rises naturally it win receive from the upper pipe an
aount water equivalent to all drawn IRON tnc lower
CYLINDER In practice, when the lower cylinder oi he
model which holds about two bucketsfu OF water mas
been emptied he drawn until the waves
turn ait the upper cylinder has been emptied the
MINER cmpied and the lower nllci ana
tLe valves turn OF themselves. The time necessarily
allowed is not than the Intervals tat occur III OF
diuary household operations OF COOKS WShcrWOe etc'


By The of this simple and altogether novel aPpi-
auce, fOrce-Dumps may he entirely dspchseu WIN
wherever lifting of crOtOn water TO Ouy tNle he
hight TO which it naturally rises Is required Not ess
use ths apparatus with advantage. Expensive force.
pumps may be dispensed with n great adNdht.lgg OF
The apparal is the fact that 10 wastes mo- water Tue
saving in expense 70 hOusehOdtrs ana the cl VIII ne
working OF The apparatus. But it docs now work admir-
ably and without Iduil.