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CLASS X. 



Philosophical and Surgical Instruments 

 and the like. 



Council Medal. William Bond & Son, 

 for the invention of a new mode of observing 

 astronomical phenomena, &c. 



Prize Medals. A. D. Bache, balance ; 

 M. B. Brady, daguerreotypes ; W. A. Burt, 

 solar compass, surveying instruments ; J. 

 Ericsson, sea lead, pyrometer, &c. ; M. M. 

 Lawrence, daguerreotype ; John R. St. John, 

 detector compass ; J. A. Whipple, daguer- 

 reotype of the moon ; B. F. Palmer, artificial 

 leg. 



Honorable Mention. J. E. Mayall, pho- 

 tographs. 



CLASS X. (A.) 

 Musical Instruments. 



Prize Medals. J. Checkering for a square 

 pianoforte, and the jury think highly of his 

 grand pianoforte ; C. H. Eisenbrant, for clar- 

 ionets and flutes ; G. Gemunder, for a 

 Joseph Guarnerius violin, (chiefly,) and for 

 three other violins, and a viola ; C. Meyer, 

 for two pianofortes ; N. Nunns & Clark, for a 

 7-octave square pianoforte. 



Honorable Mention. Gilbert & Co., for 

 a pianoforte, with ^Eolian attachment ; C. 

 Goodyear, for the successful application of a 

 new material (India rubber) for the manufac- 

 ture of a flute ; G. Hews, for a square piano- 

 forte ; J. Pirrson, for a patent square piano- 

 forte. 



Money Award. S. S. "Wood, for the ex- 

 pense incurred in constructing his piano 

 violin, 50. 



CLASS XI. 

 Cotton. 



Prize Medals. Amoskeag Manufacturing 

 Co., an assortment of drillings, tickings, 

 sheetings, and cotton flannel. Willimantic 

 Duck Manufacturing Co., cotton sailcloth. 



CLASS XH. 

 Woollens and Worsted. 



Prize Medal. Gilbert & Stevens, (Mass.,) 

 flannels exhibited by Johnson, Lowell & 

 Co. 



Honorable Mention. B. T. & D. Holden, 

 blankets. 



CLASS xni. 

 Silk and Velvet. 



No medals awarded for contributions from 

 the United States in this department. 



CLASS XIV. 



Manufactures from Flax and Hemp. 

 No medals awarded to the United States. 



CLASS XV. 



Mixed Fabrics, including Shatvls, but ex- 

 clusive of Woollen Goods. 



Prize Medal. Lawrence, Stone & Co., 

 Tartans made from native wool. 



CLASS XVI. 

 Leather, Skins, Fur and Hair. 



Prize Medals. B. Baker, light harness of 

 superior workmanship ; H. M. Crawford, 

 calf-skins tanned in oak bark ; Hickey & 

 Tull, two portmanteaus ; Lacey & Phillips, a 

 case of harness ; Wisdom, Russell & Whit- 

 man, specimens of curled hair for furniture. 



Honorable Mention. H. Adams, a porta- 

 ble saddle. 



CLASS XVII. 

 Paper, Printing and Book-binding. 



Prize Medals. J. K. Kenrick, superior 

 ruling of account books ; S. G. Howe, a sys- 

 tem of characters, slightly angular in form, 

 without capitals, for the blind. 



Honorable Mention. Bradley, Band & 

 Co., book cloth binding and block gilding ; 

 H. Gassett, superior ruling of account books; 

 J. & W. McAdams, ruled account books and 

 circular ruling ; Sibell & Mott, specimens of 

 account books ; C. Starr, binding works for 

 the blind, with thickened margins to prevent 

 the embossing from being pressed out ; E. 

 Walker & Co., a Bible elaborately bound and 

 ornamented, with a recess for a family regis- 

 ter inside the cover. 



CLASS XVin. 



Fabrics shown as Specimens of Printing 

 or Dyeing. 



No medals awarded to the United States. 



CLASS XIX. 

 Carpets, Lace and Embroidery. 



Prize Medal. Albro & Hoyt, floor cloths. 

 Honorable Mention. A. & A. Lawrence, 

 carpets. 



CLASS XX. 

 Articles of Clothing. 



Prize Medals. "W. H. Aldington, shoes 

 for mining purposes ; Mrs. W. Haight, shirt. 



CLASS XXI. 

 Cutlery and Edge Tools. 



Prize Medals. Brown & Wells, tools ; 

 North Wayne Scythe Company, scythes ; D. 

 Simmons & Co., edge tools. 



CLASS XXII. 



Iron and General Hardware. 

 Prize Medals. Adams & Co., bank locks ; 



