350 Report on the Exhibition and Trial of Implements 



Fixed Steam-Engines — Tabular Statement of Results. 



NAME. 



Price. 



Stand 



Art. 



Nominal Horse-power. 



Time taken in getting 

 up Steam to 45 lbs. 

 Pressure. 



Coals used in getting up 

 Steam. 



Wood used in getting up 

 Steam. 



While wo 

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 Nomina' 



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Powers. 



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£. 









Min. 



Lbs. 



Lbs. 



Lbs. 



Lbs. 



Clayton, Shuttleworth, and Co. 



165 



72 



3 



6 









38-78 



6*46 



Barrett and Co. 



175 



69 



5 



8 











6-61 



Tuxford and Co. . • 



160 



94 



3 



6 









47*62 



7-93 



Dray, W., and Co. 



150 



33 



2 



6 









48-86 



8*14 



Kansomes and Sims 



210 



20 



22 



8 









65-82 



8-22 



Hornsby and Son . 



200 



40 



4 



8 









69-6 



8-7 



Carrett, Marshall, and Co. 



175 



22 



27 



5 



Unable to do work. 







Turner and Co. 



156 



93 



1 





Unable to do the work. 





To Clayton and Co. we awarded the first prize for the same 

 reason as with the portable engines. This engine was fitted with 

 expansion valves, all the parts well arranged, simple, and easy of 

 access. The workmanship was very good. 



To Barrett, Exall, and Co, we awarded the second prize. The 

 workmanship of this engine was good, and generally the parts 

 well arranged and simple. 



That by Tuxford and Sons we highly commended : the con- 

 sumption of fuel was satisfactory ; workmanship very good ; but 

 the general arrangement gives more working parts than are de- 

 sirable. 



That by Dray and Co., Ransomes and Sims, and Hornsby 

 and Son we commended, as being well arranged generally, 

 simple and easy of access, and of good workmanship. 



As we have before stated, in making the foregoing awards we 

 felt that the objects of the Society were not secured, viz. to 

 obtain engines composed of the least possible number of w ork- 

 ing parts sufficient to produce the best practical results as to 

 power and economy, both in consumption of fuel and repairs. 

 As such engines are intended to be placed in the hands of those 

 who hitherto have had little or no experience, either in their 

 management or repairs, it must be of the utmost importance that 

 they should require as little attention as possible. We find that 

 jTianufacturers have given their whole attention to one point only, 

 viz. a low consumption of fuel, which has evidently been encou- 

 raged by the principle upon which the tests have been applied 

 and the prizes awarded ; this has introduced great complication 

 of parts, and entirely set aside the main objects required, i.e. 

 simplicity and utility. This is freely admitted by the manufac- 

 turers themselves, and, in some cases, two classes of engines were 



