Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 15, Number 23, Vincennes, Knox County, 17 July 1824 — Page 4

Poetical.

buted to it: and this opinion is

now fully confirmed by our exop

nments. as well as by a reference

W h ire always been particular admirers n ... . J . . . , ofthesct simplicity of the sons f Hub- to the well established principles en ti.ims as well as of Scottish music. A- 0f chemistry and mechanics. It is

ni'i:r' not tli

c le;t beautiful of these songs, , f iLACP nrnr

'.ve co.i.lcr ins "Lassie wi' the iwi-wuuc ----- - - ,

locks." UaviKK recently laid our hands up- pics that When his engine Was ai-

o i an answer to it. we this day copy both in

to our i'oetical Asylum, under the belief th at they will afford "to many of our readers,

js much deh.;iita5 to ourselves. 6. Iran-.u-u'ir Journal. Lassie u'i' the Lintxvhitc locks. chor s. J,as:e v? t:r lint -white locks t JljKni;' i3, arlfrss lassie, 11'iir (hsi-vi mr trr.t the flocks, WiU :.':ou be nrj dearie O? Ntv Nature deals the flowery lea, A i l a' yoang, and hweet I ke thee; i) wik iluvi siuire its joys wi inc. And s.iy tlioui't be my dearie O? Lassie, 5cc?. Am:! the vrclcomc simmer shower, II i cheerM iik dro.-ping (low'r, We'll to the breathing woodbine bower At sultry noci, my dearie O. Lassie, Ccc. When Cynthia lir.hts, vP silver ray, The weary she avts' homeward way; 1 nroa;;h yellow waving fields w Til stray, An' talk, el" love, my dearie O. Lassie ArA when the howling wint'ry blast, Disturbs my l i-sic's midnight rest; ?2nclape l to my faithful breast, Tli co nfort thee, my uxvrie O. LaSSie, &ZC

ing these views, was presented by Hhcy have all been surmonrtcu Mr Jackson, an ingenious and It is . now conclusively proved, persevering manufacturer at Ni- that steam can be generated with

cbolasville. T ic engine was facility and success, by a capillary placed in bis hands, and applied tube, for any purpose whatever, by him to work his Cotton Fac- ; There may be some particulars, in tory; where it has now been in which its management will bo constant and successful operation : more difficult and troublesome, for several weeks. The factory j than the common boiler; but they was previously worked by three; are not of much importance, or horses at a time on an inclined : the difference will not be very wheel; and the engine is found great. On the other hand, its adcapable of running it faster and vaiatages are great and obvious, with more regularity than it wor- j For all moving engines, by land or ked by the horses. The engine j water, its lightness and compactruns at the rate of 40 double ncss arc a great recommendation.

I strokes in a minute: and steam is The generator and main cylinder

cut off in the middle of the stroke, j with their contents and appenuaAs no safety valve is necessary, ' ges. exclusive of fuel, need not and we havo'adnnted no method, : v 'Uh more than 201bs to the though we might easily have horse power 'The hulk of the done it. to estimate the strength whole establishment, need nut ex-

ed the whole; but. to the failure of! of the steam, we know not the ceetl about tnree times tne hull: an alledged discovery, which was! height to which it is raised; but it i of the furl at one time in '-ombus-vouched by the most distinguish lis probably about 85 or 90 lbs to i tion. The economy of fuel may

the inch over the atmosphere, be carried to the greatest extent, There is no limit on the part of of which the laws of naime adthe generator to the strength to j niit: for by placing a nfii-;!e::t whL'hit may he raided, with per j quantity of tube over the f . e. feet safety. 'and with increasing ' already explained, the h -r nvvy economy: the limit exists in the l he extracted from (! smo;e. till

larv venerator was constructed.! calves and omts. which probably ! it nearly rq: us the tenij.t at ;e oi

ledged to be working with a ten

horse power, and to be saving

eight ninths of the fuel usually consumed, it was in fact exerting

less than a single horse power and

consuming more than the usual

quantity of fuel. I have deemed these remarks necessary, to ac

count to you and to the public for

our having faded to aocuummsu

an tnat i anticipated in mv an

dress on this subject. It is not

owing to any mise.alculation

made by me, and patronised by

vou: that we have not accomplish

cd men of science in Great Bri

tian With the monev and facilities furnished by you, I proceed as early as possible, to put the pro jeet into operation A small canil-

I From the American Magazine. RKPLY TO BURN'S

'Lassie wP the lint white locks."

chorus: T.nd lie wP the auburn hair, 5l inly laddie, f uthiV laddie, Wi' liiec 111 share the shepherd's cutv, And 1 will be thy dearie, O, W'.icn Spring uuf mldshcr kittle green. Aad in iik plant aa emblem's see), O' froiir yoath, wP tlice the scene I'll share, and be thy daiic O, Laddie wi --v When summer cot.c", nn-1 P'noeous in !)urms:Pd tonn a i-a nj the d ty, .Lava's loi cli s!i ill bv)-,a uw frae his ray New sheen to snarkle blithlv O. Laddie wi CVc. Wb.ea Ceres too the sickle wields, T' crown her hum wi' Autu nns yields Tiu aiirthfa' goddess o the lields We'll court at dusky even O. Li i o adi.ie, vi c;c And ih oukl Ciiiihl Winter erindv start o Tv iv hi -gating bowers to chili the heart, Thy k.ad emnrac.e shall foil his ;irt And yield me sweet protection O. Lid lie wP ,c. iiwt : : : o V a : : : nw-

and applied to a small engine be- cannot he m le to resist more 1 the- water e. iteming the generator lonmnnr to Mr. Hruen: to whose ftiian three or four hundred pounds ; T is econorn is furthei exrr-i iiedt

. ... . , ...

oy tte ureal strength, to wi ich tt:o ains a I steam mav be raised with pr-rfecz

scientific knowledge, practical ingenuity. and verv accomtnoda

I ting disposition t take tiiis i occa

sion to a knowledoe m vself grea tly indebted. The tube usedffor tlie genei ator was made of copper.

j and vvasan eight of an inch in dia-

j meter. At dilTerent times, we

to the inch.

The generator now contai

bout 120 feet ot tube, most of which is one quarter of an inch in diameter. Is is arranged in coils, one above another in the forni of a sugar loaf 30 inches

high the bottom coil being 18

put in the fire, from 0 to 80 or .10 'inches in diameter, and the top

fret in length. The cpnatatus one considerably less. The wood was so small, that we eoidd not is piepared as is usual for a stove, arrive at any verv eoneiuve re- and put within the coils, the low suits We satisfied outsel ls cr end resting on a hearth, a lit

however, that the scheme was tic below the generator, which is

practicable, that a copper tube would answer for a generator, and that the supposed discovery ol Perkins was fallacious. V e then made arrangements for constructing an engine on a large scale, calculated for a four

j horse power: and as we till .be

heve. trom the experiments we had made that ir poo11 ln rmnlTtvl

r p,M,o T j successfully to JCrial nan -itioo. r r, -tf lv'Vl i'cd particululv at ligbtJ)il the of Capdlanj n(s in a!1 ;N p;irts the -en"ra Hv im l itine snhnutfrd to the tor v,;ls formed of a copper tube, jntrtw of Ihal invention. one fourth of an inch in (i;.iTn

G v:NTLKMnr;:- tIaviog been tCr. and U0 feet long -and wei-h-

ed about JO Ux. The team ey Under, was formed of bisect cop per, was inebes in diamerer, 27 inches in stroke, and weivhed.

enabled hv vour aid to brin tue

pr.ect ofa Oipil-arv ftteatn I'iU gme. to thetesto exueriment if is proper that f s'i) i!d ive vou ao account ot us success. You will reeoheet toat t lie com p'ete success of the scheme, to the extent a.uicipited in mv public a'ldress was peli a'cd i rh.e al lc lg' l discovery of 1 Terui is. M i 1 long in-fore that time, con Hrei ed tiie deig i of using a ea il larv Uihe for a bviler: in which tube, tue steam might he nrmed, a in the common b uler. or the

inclosed in a brick furnace, built in the fire place of the sale room a fire place ot the common size for a parlor: and the rest of the engine, with its tly wheel and geesing stands beside the chim new in the space usually oeeupi rd by a closet. One cord of wood lasts two davs and a half at the present season, being about 80 hours. The water enters at the top of the generator, and com-v out in steam at the bottom. Uv usitpr a greater quantity of tube and placing more of it over the

tire, in the ascendmrr hot

safety. No harm can b - l ne hy the bursting of boilers. E''cn a safety valve would be useless. la the course of our experiment, we se eral times burst the tube.

So far from doi

jog any

k -ip.rv, e-

n.'isps

with all its

lbs A licV

appeeo.:)'. about 'l.i

t . - .

m- ie oi prouuemg

'h;

and at the sanv titiL raising t lust.am to 2 or 3!) pousv.ls to the ioc'o. and cutting it oiV sooner; ii is manifest, that a much grea'e? ee.ooomv of fuel might he effected

Perhaos the sam" quantity migh

a rotary motion was employe j; ; b( ma le to d double the work

and the wnole engine wlien put together, weighed about 113 lbs. A wheel of sails like that of a vertical windmill was attached to it, to run horizontally above it with a view to try its power to lisein

it does at present In usioii the

common boiler the snike necessarily i;acse3 off at a much higher temperature than that to which, the steam is raised; whil;,j bv the capillai-y generator, the heat can

the air Up hi trial, we found j be extracted from it. till if Js IV

that the generator was coiled up ! docd to the temperature.

at

...1,. maim jriKua to0 e0m,vietly to admit the an w u me water is put into the

tory to the o. m.ition o team in plicatiot of sufti dent fuel a;id " though the steam be dis

rue .nunc y.mier; hut the practi- thaU!u? f;)l,!( )?lmil did not eh red 'not at tile same time

canity a;ul peculiar aov antics. plv sniient water; nor did we! b-.n the b ittom of the generatoi

01 mcp, ut me oi UMUi- tluMube

refinincvlto be ascertained bv experiment The splendid sue cess, said to have attended the

ur m Hie in the hands ef Mi.

V ''rkin iuduc:d me to eome forward Implicit c.ouriieoce was p aced in the testimony r.f the ;?ue,Hfie men and journals of (5 m IV'iiain; but when a draw ii g f his engine u as received wii 1 an explanation of its mode of operating, it aptieared to me jm 'ssib e thai r vh nil I posce--ihc powci and adwintages attii

like I he sueeess of the plan for oroducing a rotattirv motion From these defects, we were una b!e to make it work, with more

than a single horse power; and

Mr.

steam by

J .ikson

condenses the

two old still worms

woiea he cools with water, pum ped by the engine fr m a well

. 1 t

waste, is suppueu dv rain

ven at 500 or 1000 lbs to the i:;ch. it would not alwavs be perceive r by the spectators Vt',i :ci t to the first coast of (he e yi v and the cost of necessary repair-, our experience does not enable me to give 3011 any certain inf :m; iv n. My opinion howewr. is, that t : c;c

will be eonsideiable cconiJrnv in

tins icspect.

Three great objects are ftdfy

accompiis icd by this -enera" r

r j they are liiihtne.-s. safety and e-

eon omy ot fuel- - the two former, 1 trust, to the full extent ot ;i e public, wishes; and the latter, f the extent of nature but not to the extent desired and antiep aleil by public sentiment And I m at ere add that the general expectation rati never be lealized. respecting th 1 economy of fuel T ieehrmisis have a-Mp.ined precision the quantit y of beat 'ischai'ged in combustion, aod ti.e quantity of water which n :e l-eC will eouveit 'nito steam; u hi'e the 11eebanic.il philosophers l ave t Kperimeutully proved thefoice exe. led by that steam in expanding. F'Oin the.-e data, the utmost effect wliieh a given qi.'ant'u v (f fuel ean ever proiluce. may easily be calculated; and it is found to be 'out little greater, than that to which we have already attained. And it is on these grounds that the alleged discovery of Mr Perkins is demonstrably fallacious. We can never "approach cear die

economy, which he was supposed to have accomplished; unless indeed he could extract the heat from the steam, and make it operate again which I belief to be impossible

Toe waste is supplied hy

the elleet of this power, op the ' water. This is indispensable in a 1 With a view to aseerfain. u bat

wheel of sails discouraged us from limestone country; for the lime is may possibly be done towards proceeding fm tb.er in that branch deposited in the tube, and quickly " ial navigation by steam, we ot the project. Our object now fills it. if lime water be used. l;it have made experiments on Uq was. to make the necessary a'fer- lne cl,1TeiU washes out all other power of wings in the air. and on ationsinit. and annlv it to some j'P""!- TJ lime deposited the power necessary to woib

' t .. is as white as snow them 1 nc result is, tliat it re-

We h.ave met with many difii (ll,'rcs a horse power to carry aeulties anrl discouragements in the no,,t 3() P"nds in the air; and w e process of our cxuciimcms; but (Chntinucd on the second page, y

use, where its powers and utility could he efieetually teted. All opportunity of accomplish