No. 133.] 73 



Report oa the Stone-dressing and Polishing Machines. 



We, the undersigned, having been appointed a special commit- 

 tee by the premium committee of the twenty-fifth annual Fair of 

 the American Institute, at the request of Mr. C. T. Shelton, pre- 

 sident of the " Empire Stone-dressing Company of the city of 

 New-York," to visit their works, foot of 28th, 29th and 30th 

 streets, with a view of examining and reporting upon the opera- 

 tion and elficiency of their machinery, consisting of Charles Wil- 

 son's Patent Stone-dressing Machine, and Albert Eames' Patent 

 Polishing Machine, which they offer in competition with any ma- 

 chine designed to produce the same results. 



Your committee beg leave to report, that they have visited the 

 •works, and found the two machines in operation, and do not hesi- 

 tate to pronounce them to be superior to anything of the kind 

 within our knowledge, and in our opinion promise a revolution 

 in the mode and manner of dressing and polishing stone from the 

 rough to the finish, accomplishing the work with incredible expe- 

 dition. 



We therefore consider Charles Wilson, of Springfield, Mass., as 

 entitled to a gold medal for the best Stone-dressing machine ; 

 and that Albert Eames, of Hartford, Conn., is entitled to a gold 

 medal for the best Stone-polishing machine : which we respectful- 

 ly submit. 



^''ew-YorIc, Oct. 28, 1852. 



JOHN A. BUNTING, 

 JOSEPH COWDlN, 



Committee. 



