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sheer machine wouid produce -y 55 kilos. per day of 10 hours, equal 
to about 120 pounds avoirdupois. The commercial value of thes 
ribbons at 77. per ton would be Ts. 6d. 
The inventor claimed for the Delandtsheer machine that it could 
produce 3 ewt. of dry ribbons per day. -'lhe small out-turn at the trial 
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was attributed by hi r character of the stems supplie 
ere was some cause for complaint on this head, but ir case it 
was diffieult to believe that this machine could föda uce, as wor at 
Paris, ribbons in commercial quantity at a vendent cost. 
Tue BARBIER MACHINE. 
The second machine known as Barbier’s (Décortiqueuse Armand 
pour Ramie et toutes les plantes textiles: Constructeur Paul 
Barbier, Paris) was very similar in construction to io Delandtsheer 
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machine already described. The cost was the same, viz., 407. was 
also fitted with a reverse action. The feed-plate was  erteontat and 
the operator handled about 8 to 10 stems at a time. The fibre was 
somewhat severely bruised in cleaning. In the first ier with dry stems 
it produced 3:6 kilos. per hour of ribbons. With green stems it pro- 
dueed only 7:5 kilos, in 47 minutes. "There was a tite ge amount of 
waste, and owing to the fibre being pushed backwards “and forwards 
between the revolving beaters, the ends were often ig tangled. 
Tt was mS by the inventor that this machine reat 2,5 
kilos. of gr tems per day of 10 hours, pee 125 kilos. uae c 
of dry) ibas worth 50 fraus per 100 kilos 
A machine illustrative of the Systéme Lasalle imer eai by H. 
Chasles, Paris) was on the ground, but it was unable to compete in the 
trials. For the purpose of this report it may be d without further 
notice. 
tine OF cig one FIBRE SST 
No. 18, E why. New Yu under the charge uf Mr. Noble. This 
in use, and d few s of deseripti E 
cu = = 6 in. long and support dards abou ft. hig 
c] a wooden structure designed to receive the 
movable Kaai in which the stems were placed. The feeding was vertical 
a taining about ste laced above n 
poii working hor izontally through the whole length of the machine, 
By means of a movable bottom in the feeding frame, the stems were 
di ee base-end downwards between the rollers which slightly crushed 
th Ee ly held in the machine the stems were pressed 
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length. After this they were bent in such a manner that the woody 
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latter was ultimately delivered in two ribbons, one on each side of the 
machine. In this instance all that was attempted was to separate the 
fibrous bark from the stems and deliver the former in broad ribbons, 
almost intact. No attempt was made to remove the corky e idermis 
or separate in any way the constituent fibres, ‘This machine was worked 
y steam-power and required three men to attend to it. e cost was 
no . It was tried on green stems only, and produced at the first 
trial 7 kilos. of wet ribbous in 18 minutes. At the second trial it pro- 
duced 12-8 kilos. of wet ribbons in 38 minutes. These results would 
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