at the Lewes Meeting, 18j2. 



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Gorse- Crushers. — Two of these machines were tested, but the jrorse was too 

 roug^h and dry for the experiment. The prize was awarded to Barrett, Exall, 

 and Andrews', which did its work well. 



Name. 



Stand, 



Article. 



Time in 

 Minutes. 



Horse- 

 power. 



Quantity 

 Crushed. 















lbs. 









1 



2 



3 







Barrett and Co. 



72 



29 



2 



3 



11 



Made the best sample. 



Weighing Machines. — After a close inspection of these useful articles, it 

 was decided that Hill and Co.'s was, from its simplicity, slightly the best. 

 Several other makers possess good machines either for light or heavy weights, 

 but particularly the latter. We wish to notice favourably those of James 

 and Co., H. A. Tompson, and Mapplebeck and Lowe. 



Tile Machines. — Four machines were started for this prize, each of which 

 possesses considerable merit. They began by screening the clay which they 

 were to use, and then made pipes as near tvv'o inches in diameter of bore as 

 they could ; but as the makers did not possess dies of the same size, the 

 judges recommend that in future the required diameter of pipe and width of 

 bore should be stated in the prize list, which would allow a much more accurate 

 comparison to be made. Mr. Scraggs exhibited a novel plan of superseding a 

 collar in many instances, at the small extra expense of 2$. per 1000. The 

 prongs of the horse have a conical collar, which is forced into the tiles when 

 they are taken from the machine ; one end of the pipes is thus funnel-shaped : 



the pipe is then removed and stands a few 

 ~ ^ hours, when it has the other end cut round 



. 7 on the outer side to enable it to fit the wide 



end of another tile. This idea seemed to the 

 judges to deserve a medal ; but experience must decide whether the plan can 

 be advantageously adopted in practice. The diagram below will show the 

 data from which the judges decided that Mr. Scragg^s' machine was the best :— 



Name. 



Scraggs . 

 Williams . 

 Armitage . 

 Keai'sley . 



In. 



Pipes. In. 



102 13^ 



6 lOf 



56 13i 



4 29t 

 45 13 



5 24t 

 56 141 



8 59t 



o — 



108 



155 



133 



155 



107 



155 



111 



155 



13 



o 2 



1 



Price. 



£. s. d. 



16 0 0 



15 16 0 



2 j 14 0 0^ 



2 j 29 0 0 



* The top tier of tiles crushed the bottom. 



Jhese figures show the number and length of the streams of clay which had 

 passed through the machine, but had not been cut into lengths when the given 

 number of revolutions was completed. 



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