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tion rollers iu both forward and back movement. The cores for tile are self-center- 

 ing, or doweled, and are placed well back, to give the pplit in the stream good room 

 for thoroughly uniting. An improved table or carriage, in which the lags are cov- 

 ered with wadding, overlaid with flannel, is claimed to be the best yet produced. 



Centennial Brick and Tile Machine, by Frey, Scheckler & Hoover, Bueyrus, Ohio. 

 This is an "anger" machine which, it is claimed, is much improved and has ad- 

 vantages over others. One of these is that the hopper fur receiving the clay is only 

 37 inches high and very convenient for shoveling into. Two augers are used. A 

 large propeller on the mill shaft forces the clay forward to near the dies, where it 

 is received by a smaller one running in the opposite direction, and at higher speed, 

 that has its shaft running through the larger one. It is also claimed that it will 

 make larger tiles with the same clay than other mills. It is also capable of run- 

 ning two or three streams of small tiles at the same time. The machine is well 

 constructed and accessible for repairs, the knives, being connected independently of 

 each other, may all be taken off through the hopper and door, and the propellers 

 are also readily changed. The perfection in tempering the clay is a very prominent 

 characteristic of this mill. 



Eureka Brick and Tile Machine, by Chandler <& Taylor, Indianapolis, Ind. This is 

 their latest improved machine, and is made for either horse or steam power. The 

 gearing for driving by steam is very heavy, and placed underneath. The shaft 

 that carries the tempering knives, and feed and pressure wing, is of four-inch steel. 

 On the top of the pug mill case is a substantial hopper-shaped casting, to which 

 the bridge-tree, that supports the upper end of the .shaft, is fastened. The peculiar 

 manner of lubricating the dies enables them to make very smooth and perfect 

 work. The mill is strong, well made, and well proportioned in all its parts, and, 

 with proper care, will not disappoint the reasonable expectations of those using it. 



One-horse Power, by Eagle Machine Co., Lancaster, Ohio. This is a light and com- 

 pact lever or sweep power, well adapted to use on the farm, or elsewhere, where the 

 power of "a single horse is sufficient for the work. It is light and easily moved. 



Exhaust Fans, Pressure Blowers and Ventilators, by Anyett & Smith Manufacturing 

 Co., Detroit, Mich. These fans and blowers are essentialiy different from the old 

 style of fans that have been in use for a long time, and are believed to be a great 

 improvement on them, both in the work done by them, and in saving a large per- 

 centage of the power usually required to do a given amount of work. The most 

 notable difference between this and other fans is in this having a double discharge, 

 BO that the blades, or wings, discharge their load of condensed air twice iu a revo- 

 lution, instead of carrying it a full revolution against the pressure before it. They 

 are made either double or single for exhausting dust, shavings, or similar material, 

 from all kinds of wood-working machines, and for elevating cotton for ginning, 

 which it is claimed to do in a superior manner, delivering it so loose and free from 

 wads that a gin does much more and better work. The pressure blower, for cupolas 

 and forges, has a polished steel disk in the center to which the wings, or buckets, 

 are securely riveted on each side. This disk also prevents the currents of air that 



