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Machine for Picking and Opening Cotton^ and other Fibrous 



Materials. 



Richard Kitson, Lowell, Mass. This machine thoroughly opens 

 the fibre without injuring the staple, and can be kept in repair at 

 a mere nominal expense. The main cylinder is both self-sharp- 

 ening and self-cleaning. [Ji bronze medal awarded. 



Empire Tower Loom. 



Empire Power Loom.. 



W. Benjamin & Co., 36 Broadway, N. Y. The combined advan- 

 tages of this loom, constructed for running at a high rate of speed, 

 is claimed by the exhibiter as follows : 



A large saving in driving power; positive motion in all its 

 parts; economy in operating; security and certainty of the shut- 

 tle; increased production of cloth; saving in oil and reduction in 

 the quantity of cop waste; uniform quality of cloth and equality 

 in the tension ot the web; and may be changed to plain or twilled 

 cloth in a few minutes. 



