In the " New York Tribune " of Saturday last, Darius Davison publishes a long advertisement about some new motive power which he has discovered, that is to save 90 per cent, of fuel. One such Power is enough at once; we hope he will bring it out soon, so as to give the public a view of it. We are prepared for the "Wooly Horse" whenever he makes his debut. Those sea captains who trust to good sails save 100 per cent, of fuel': Mr. Davison is therelore ten per cent, behind the old sea marks yet. The next discovery may be a power to make two pounds of coal for one used.
This article was originally published with the title "Another New Motive Power" in Scientific American 8, 20, 157 (January 1853)
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01291853-157e