Show MEL FUEL experiments A company has been formed in london lon ion for the hc z manufacture of a new fuei fuel from coal waste wast eTho ethe the tho refuse coal is mixed with common farms farius alkali and hot water in the proportion of eight pounds pound s of off arins three pounds of british alkali and twenty five gallons of water to the ton and a n d the composition eom bom position is kneaded by tw two 0 broad rollers in a revolving mill the mixture is then turned out by a hinged shovel into a shoot whence it drops into aserlee of small buckets attached to a strap the buckets dropping their contents down the shoots into into machines where the mixture I 1 is is compres compressed sed into bricks As these fuel brai bricks s are shaped they are laid on open iron straps trays traya in small trucks which when full are run on rails into tunnels clo sedat koth both both ends by iron shutters and dud there they are dried rapidly by hot air driven in by revolving fans the quality of this fuel is said to be equal to that of the coal in ordinary use and it is excellent for gas purpose the company get a good profit by selling it fox for 17 shillings a ton about cheaper than eoal coal the tile use ot 0 petroleum as a substitute for coal is the subject of a parliamentary paper just issued in england E ex expert ments were recently made at a t th the en woolwich tr ool dockyard forthe for the purpose of testing ite lie the value of petroleum for raisa raising bleam n m in marine boilers with theao iii lil ii i ws ing lug results A mixture of american oil and coal oil once run only evaporated I 1 ay iy 7 07 pounds of water per pound weight of oil while one pound af of welch coal evaporated 9 pounds to ai 9 1 pounds of water the experiments with coal oil onee once run alone gave a better result the evaporation being M 10 pounds of water but the rate of combustion of the oil and the aate of evaporation of the water per squa aqua square re foot of grate were low and tile the smoke tubes became very foul the best results remits were obtained from the use of burslem oil which evaporated 1838 18 38 pounds of water shale oil 1790 1792 17 92 90 pounds and Tor braine hill mineral dlf did oil which evaporated 1838 18 38 pounds the smoke from each kind of oil was very moderate and the tubes at the conclusion on of each experiment was vas tolerably clean the report concludes that if results as favorable as the three last mentioned can be obtained under ordinary circumstances it will appear that one pound u na of bf oil will evaporate about double E 1 e t the I 1 IQ II weight lit of water which one aund elf eif burnt in the ordinary way would evaporate but at the same sarae time the greater cost of oil from elo eio 10 to 23 per ton fon must be taken into consideration jr if however a great reduction were to take place in the price of the oils probably under some circumstances they might be advantageously used instead of AT coal the experiments therefore he so far jar as they have gone gon goneway emay my a be re regarded added as of considerable v value ue in in showing the great leat icat evaporative power of hese these oils oils r duro dubo DURING burg et a violent thu thunder lider rider storm which prevailed reval iid lid at st louis louls recently reee rece til h e bells and gongs of the hoogand hoo kand ladder adder houses and all the houses louses were violently tung lung by the elec nhe ric trie fluid which passed along the telegraph wires the bell of the first hesby Nesby presbyterian terian terlan church corner of fourteenth and locust streets gave out leveral several peals from the same cause |