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Plate XL represents a sectional view of the Hersey Granulator. 



The sugar is fed iu on end through the spout by a set of rolls placed 

 above the machine ; and, by lifting shelves on the inside of outer cylin- 

 der, is carried up and dropped in a continuous shower upon the heating 

 cylinder, and rolls off by the rotation of the machine, to be again car- 

 ried up, working forward to the opposite end by the inclination of the 

 apparatus, and is then delivered into the screen for separating into the 

 different grades. 



The heater cylinder is put centrally within the iron conveying cyl- 

 inder, Avhich is 23 feet long and 6 feet in diameter, the heater cylinder 

 being 20 feet long aud 36 inches in diameter, and making five revolu- 

 tions per minute ; a striker jarring off any sugar that may adhere to 



