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AN EXPERIMENT WITH A STEAM DRILL 



changes and removals to longer distances when necessary. 

 Therefore, a detailed history of the experiment will apply as 

 evidence to both of the above questions. 



After consultation with various parties using drills, the 

 writer, having had no practical experience with them, decided 

 to place himself in the hands of some reputable party, handling 

 a reliable article, and follow his advice. Such a party was 

 found in the person of M. S. Harlow, M. E., New England 

 agent for the Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Co., with headquarters 

 in Boston. After learning the nature of the experiment to be 

 tried, Mr. Harlow loaned the college an Ingersoll B. drill that 

 had been used a few times and yet was practically as good as 

 new, so that the results obtained by its use were perfectly satis- 

 factory. A man was sent from Boston to run the drill for such 

 time as was necessary to teach those on the ground how to 

 handle it, the college paying for this expense. With the 

 exception of the loan of the drill, any other party would have 

 been treated in the same manner by the drill company, and 

 any machine sold would have been fully warranted. 



EQUIPMENT 



The following list of articles was found necessar 

 equipment : 



i Ingersoll B. drill and tripod 



25 feet steam hose ...... 



1 set special blacksmith tools .... 



Duplicate set octagon drill steel 



Battery, leading wires, etc. .... 



Extra fittings, bushings, sand pump, etc. 

 Portable 9-horse power boiler, with fittings com 

 plete ........ 



50 feet of i-inch pipe in variable lengths with fit 



tings 



1 large and 1 medium Stillson wrench and 1 large 

 monkev wrench ....... 



2 water barrels, pails, etc. ..... 



1 portable forge and anvil ..... 



Total cost ....... 



y for full 



$220.00 

 15.00 



8.00 

 16.00 

 25.00 



3.00 



210.00 

 5.00 



5.00 



1. 00 

 24. CO 



$532.00 



