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work. Its independent feed (not by the awl), enabling it to drive 

 a larger peg than the hole pierced by the awl, producing firmer 

 work. Its adjustable feed and margin, allowing the variety of 

 production desirable for different classes of work. As a highly 

 ingenious device, we recommend it to your consideration. 



No. 648. Fire Brick. (B. Kreischer.) From every external 

 appearance, and its structure when broken, it seems to be composed 

 of the best materials known for this purpose. Its freedom from 

 quartz in coarse pieces, is an important feature, because it renders 

 a fire brick much less liable to crumble. under long continued and 

 high heat. As a good article of an important class iu manufacture, 

 it is recommended to your high consideration. It may be stated 

 that two of the committee have used these fiire brick and speak 

 from experience as well as inspection. 



No. 677. Brick Machines. (D. W. Seeley.) Its merits arc, 

 simplicity and strength, bringing it within moderate first cost, and 

 low charges for repairs; the perfect preparation of material, and 

 the delivery of the brick under pressure, securing uniformity of 

 structure, well defined corners and true sides; its. portability and 

 facility of working at the locality of the material. This machine 

 is therefore recommended to receive the honors of the Institute. 



WM. PRATT, 



LOUIS GUILLANDEU, }- Judges. 

 J. CLEMENT, 



Department YI. 



FIRST GROUP. 



The judges of Department VI, Group 1 of the fair of the Ameri 

 can Institute, respectfully report that there w^ere twenty-five articles 

 to be examined, and that these articles have been exfimined as 

 carefully as the limited time given to the jury would allow. 



The jur}' in some cases do not find sufiScient merit to justify them 

 in recommending them to the notice of the managers of the fair, 

 and in some cases the exhibitors have failed to anake a sufBcient 

 statement of their uses and merits to enable the jury to form a 

 correct judgment. 



The following ;irticles deserve special mention as being the best 

 of the kind in the fair, and the jury do not know of others that 

 are better: 



