SYDNEY UNIVERSITY MACHINE. 



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capacity, and also that the jockey weight is transversed by 

 hand entirely. In this case the strain is taken up not by 

 hydraulic ram, but by a simple screw and gearing worked 

 by hand. 



Fie. 2o. BucKtou o-ton Vertical Testing Machine. 



36. loo-ton Machine at Sydney University.* The illus- 

 tration, Fig. 27, represents a 100-ton Buckton-Wicksteed 

 single-lever testing machine, which possesses several novel 

 features which are worth recording. 



This machine, which was built several years ago (1893) 

 for Professor Warren, of the University of Sydney, has a 

 maximum power of 100 tons, and can be used to test bars 

 10 ft. in length in tension or compression, and is able to 

 test a beam 3 ft. deep, 20 in. wide between supports 15 ft. 

 apart. It is fitted with Wicksteed's alternative fulcra, 



* Engineer, September 8th, 1893. 



