Board of Agriculture: S6f 



;feoAKD OF Agriculture. 

 Premiums offered by this Board. 



[Concluded fiom p. 275-] 



Hydraidic Machine* 

 A foreign gentleman 'offers to give a premium of fifty 

 guineas for the plan of a machine, adjudged to be the best 

 by the Board of Agriculture, for a supply of water. It is 

 proposed to raise water continually from a rivulet, and effect 

 its elevation to a hill. 



1. The rivulet is sixteen feet wide and one foot deep, and 



continually flowing a rapid course. 



2. The fall of the rivulet is from a height of twelve feet. 



3. The ascent to which the water must be raised, is 280 

 feet. 



4. The distance of the fall of the rivulet, from the spot 

 where the water is intended to be raised, is 1 300 feet. 



5. The drawings exhibited to gain the premium must 

 be as accurate as possible, with the dimensions set forth, 

 in order that the machinery may be constructed therefrom. 

 Such a drawing of this machine must further have annexed 

 to it a statement of its mechanic powers, expense of con- 

 struction, and such other explanations necessary for the 

 •lear comprehension of the whole. 



6. The drawing that gains the premium will be that which 

 will prove that its model will, 1st, supply the most water j 

 2dly, be of the most simple construction, and not subject 

 to frequent repairs. 



To be produced on or before the first Tuesday in Febru- 

 ary, 1805. 



N. B. Thejirst of the general conditions applies to thi^ 

 premium. 



N. B. In all cases where money is offered, the succe.'s- 

 ful candidate may have the value in plate, with a suitable 

 inscription. 



General Conditions, 



All candidates are desired to observe that, 



1. The board reserves to itself the power of withholding 

 any premium, when the communication or comnujnica- 

 tions, implement or implements, &c. is, or are, not deemed 

 sufficiently important to merit the reward. 



2. The MSS. Uc. sent in claim of premiums, to remam 

 the property of the board. 



3. All memcjirs, &c. sent in claim of prcminnis, to be 

 >vithout the name of the author, or any intimation to wliom 



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