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erected at its Chantenay chemical works near Nantes an important 

 installation of this natm-e. The photographs (Figs. 65-66) show as 

 a whole similar installations in chemical factories and superphos- 

 phate factories. The first is the Pommersdorf chemical factory 

 and the second the Emmerich chemical manm^e factory. These 

 automatic conveying installations in factories where quantities of 

 material arfe treated are of capital importance for go-ahead manu- 

 facturers desirous of lowering their wages bill and to place them- 

 selves as far as possible beyond the risk of strikes. It would lead 

 us too far to develop all the applications which can be made of 



Fig. 6G.— General Arrangement of Electrical Conveying Machinery in 

 Emmerich Chemical Manure Factory. 



this system, the more so as each new problem leads to a new 

 solution. It is to be hoped that enough has been said for readers 

 to have at their linger- ends all the advantages of these new systems 

 which not OQly are already spread throughout France, but have 

 more especially a considerable development abroad. We cannot 

 terminate this slight review of these automatic conveyors without 

 bringing to mind that the question of the automatic conveyance of 

 raw materials from the ships or wagons in which they arrive is 

 likewise an important question, especially for large factories. Fig. 

 67 shows the view of an automatic conveyor installed by the Com- 

 imgnie St. Gobain at its Boucau chemical factory. Fig. 68 shows 



