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s machine in its present state possesses no merit whatever. It is 
eu to realise under what circumstances it could have been entered 
for trial. 
DE LANDTSHEER MAcHINEs. 
M. de Landtsheer exhibited two machines. The small machine was 
It was driven by steam-power and required two men to attend to it. It 
had a horizontal feed plate, ui consisted of a series of rollers and beaters 
which received eight or ten stems at a ee These were cleaned for 
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stems, under this arrangement, had to be presented twice to the machine 
before they were cleaned. This involved a naman loss of time and 
reduced the daily out-turn of ribbons. In the Favier machine, as also in 
the De Landtsheer large machine, this difficulty has in a great measure 
been overcome. The De Landtsheer small machine was used for green 
stems in the second trials only. In these 24:400 kilos. of stems, with 
leaves, were passed through the machine in 10 obe The yield was 
6*500 kilos. of wet ribbons of good quality. This would be at the rate 
of 390 kilos. of wet ribbons per T da d of 10 hours ; or "286 pounds (avoir.) 
passed through the machine in 63 minutes. The yield was 10:500 kilos, 
of excellent fibre worth, according to the opinion of experts, about 70 to 
80 ^et per 
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other end ready for drying. Thisis an iocur point Pind. Indeed, 
ooves altern m Beyond these are two sets of beaters (batteurs à 
ailettes) which break and get ed of the wood and pith and deliver the 
ribbons on a revolving stage p beneath, whence they are quickly 
picked up by orkman tg laid on one side. The particulars of 
weight and Fi e this new machine were not obtainable. It was 
driven by a two-horse power engine and required two men to feed it 
and remove the ribbons. 
the machine in or min ey yielded 10 8, 
but these ribbons had a considerable o quantity of pith aad Mod light 
dhering to them, and in e the amount of wo nd pith 
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probably reached 20 to 25 ues aren of the gross weight. Taking the 
yield of wet ribbons as they left the machine, the 10 kilos. above 
kkn would be at the rate of 2,400 kilos. of ribbons per day of 
hours ; or of 1,763 3 pounds (avoir.) of dry ribbons for the same 
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