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air-tight vessels, wiiicli will be provided by the Society, in which the iiiicoii- 
suiiied I'uel will at once be weighed. 
" Mcdsitrenunt of Oil and 'J'aUoir. — Previous to the commencement of each 
trial, and after the Exhibitor has tilled all his lubricators, all his oil and tallow 
■will be taken from him. He will then receive a can containing a certain 
■weight of lard-oil, and a box containing a certain weight of tallow for use 
during the trial. At the conclusion he will again fill up his lubricators, and 
then return the oil and tallow unconsumed, which being -weighed again, the 
exact amount used will be ascertained. 
" Bijnaviomefcrs. — Fig. ;i represents the Break Dynamometers to be used in 
ascertaining the power of the Steam Engines, and gives the dimensions neces- 
sary for placing the Engines to be tried witli reference to the rails laid down 
for the break to travel on. ]<]ach Exhibitor will have to provide and key on 
to his crank-shaft a coupling shown in detail in Fig. 4, and bore out the holes 
A A, and face the inner sides of the jaws U 11, to gauges to be supplied by 
the Society. 1'he Engines at the trials must be run so that the breaks shall 
revolve in the direction of the arrow. 
Examination. — Each Engine must be fully provided with screw keys, and 
all tools necessary for taking its working parts to pieces for the jjurpose of 
examination. 
" Eastons, Amos, and Andekson, 
" The Grove, Soutliwark btreet, London, S.E., 
" Consulting Engineers." 
In addition, a plan of the course proposed for the traction-engines, together 
with a section showing all the gradients, was furnished to each exhibitor in 
Class XVII. 
On the morning of Monday, June 2Cth, the opening day of the trials, the 
Stewards, namely, Lieut. -Colonel F. M. Wilson, Mr. W. J. Edmonds, and Mr. 
Thomas C. Booth (Mr. C. Wren Hoskyns, M.P., being absent through sudden 
domestic affliction), and the Honorary Director, Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, pro- 
ceeded to arrange with the Judges and the Consulting Engineers the order of 
the fortnight's yard and field operations. Of ten Judges invited to award the 
Society's prizes, seven answered to the roll-call. Mr. I'ichard Kay, of Forcett 
Valley Farm, Darlington, was prevented by illness, while the two gentlemen 
appointed to the Hojj-machinery and Miscellaneous Department were not due 
till the following week. The duties of adjudication were allotted thus : — Mr. F. 
J . Bramwell, C.E., of 37, Great George Street, London, S.W., and Mr. James 
Easton, jun., C.E., of the Grove, Southwark Street, London, S.E., undertook 
Classes XVII. and XVIII., that is, the Farm Locomotives and Traction- 
engine Waggons, to be assisted in tlie field-experiments by the Agricultural 
Judges. Mr. W. Menelaus, C.E., of Dowlais, Merthyr Tydvil, Major H. V. 
Grantham, of West Keal Hall, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, Mr. John Hemsley, of 
Shelton, Newark, Nottinghamshire, and Mr. F. Sherborn, of Bedfont, Hounslow, 
Middlesex, took the sets of Steam-cultivating Machinery in Classes I., II., III., 
and in the competition for Lord Vernon's cup. Mr. John Hicken, of Dunchurch, 
Ivugby, and Mr. J. W. Kimber, of Tubney Warren, Abingdon, Berkshire, took the 
Implements and parts of Apparatus in Classes IV. to XVI. But this division 
of labour and responsibility was by no means rigidly adhered to throughout 
the trials. The Judges of the four Classes of Hojj-machincry and of the Mis- 
cellaneous Department were Mr. H. B. Caldwell, of Monkton Farleigh, Bradford- 
on-Avon, Wiltshire, and Mr. C. Whitehead, of Barming House, Maidstone, 
Kent. It soon appeared that, by help of the admirable preparations made by 
the Stewards and the active members of the Local Committee, and under the 
skilful organization, untiring superintendence, and zealous assiduity of Mr. 
Anderson as Consulting Engineer in the field, and of Mr. James Easton in the 
trial-yard, aided by Mr. Rich and a staff of assistant-engineers, with Mr 
