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Chill Irons or Moulds. 



Ezra Ripley, Troy, N. Y. lutended for casting Rasps, Mill 

 plates for grinding corn, coffee, &c. A very useful invention. 



Water Metre and Water Wheel. 



Samuel Huse, Boston Mass. A good article and well made, 

 exhibiting in the inventor a good share of knowledge and skill, 

 our judges tested its correctness. 



Ice Cream Freezer. 



S. C. Seaman, Philadelphia. Our judges pronounced this the 

 best machine for the purpose they had ever seen. 



Iron Planing Machine. 

 Aldrich Tyng, & Co., Lowell, Mass. This machine has a 

 heavy cast iron bed 14 feet long, and will plain 11 feet long, and 

 3 feet wide. The cross beam is raised with two screws geared 

 together by a cross shaft on the top of the posts. Tlie table is 

 moved by a rack and gear, the movement strong with quick re- 

 turn motion of the table. It has both horizontal and vertical 

 feed motion arranged so as to vary at pleasure and both put in 

 motion together will plain any desired angle. The weight of 

 this lathe is 12,500 lbs. It came in too late for competition, 

 consequently our judges did not express an opinion upon it. 

 The machine to our view appeared an adctirable piece of Me- 

 chanism. A. C. 



COMPOUND CAPSTAN AND VERTICAL WINDLASS, INVEiNTED 

 BY CHARLES PERLEY. 



The base of this windlass is formed by a short metal cylinder, 

 having a wide foot flanch fitted to receive bolts by which the 

 capstan may be secured to the deck in almost any position in the 

 ship ; the upper face of this cylinder is fitted as an annular 

 rachet bed. 



Within the base, and cast with it, are arms that connect the 

 exterior with a strong hub, in the centre of which the main 

 spindle is secured. Between the arms, within the cylinder, are 



