and on Miscellaneous Inventions at the Birmingham Show. 249 
1. Mechanical construction, workmanship, quality of materials, 
and their adaptation to the purpose 250 
2. Arrangement of gearing-crank and its connections ; form of 
knife and bar, with make and position of fingers, and 
facility of adjusting height of cut 100 
3. Mode of delivery, action, and efiiciency of mechanism em- 
ployed 100 
4. Position of seat with reference to balance, and specially with 
regard to driver's safety, and general command of machine 100 
5. Lightness of draught in and out of work 125 
(This point to be taken in connection with the weight of 
machine, side draught, width of horse-track, weight on 
horses' necks or backs, and width of cut.) 
6. General perfection of work, including evenness of cut, free- 
dom from clogging and waste, efficiency of delivery, and 
capability of dealing with laid or tangled crops .. .. 300 
7. Price 25 
Total 1000 
For Class 3 (Combined Reaping and Mowing Machines) 
e points of perfection were : — 
1. Mechanical construction, workmanship, quality of materials 
and their adaptation to the purpose 250 
2. Simplicity and lightness, combined with strength .. .. 100 
3. Arrangement of gearing-crank and its connections, form of 
knife and bar, with make and position of fingers, and 
facility of adjusting height of cut 100 
4. General arrangement and adaptation of machine for working 
on uneven ground 100 
5. Lightness of draught in and out of work 125 
(This point to be taken in connection with the weight of 
machine, side-draught, width of horse-track, weight on 
horses' necks or backs, and width of cut.) 
<5. General perfection of work, including closeness and evenness 
of cut, freedom from clogging and waste, and mode of 
delivering crop 250 
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Total • •• 10 °0 
For Class 4 (One-horse Reaping Machines) the points were : — 
1. Mechanical construction, workmanship, quality of materials, 
and their adaptation to the purpose 250 
2. Arrangement of gearing-crank and its connections, form of 
knife and bar, with make and position of fingers, and 
facility of adjusting height of cut 100 
•3. Mode of delivery, action, and efficiency of mechanism em- 
ployed (if any) 100 
4. Position of seat (if any), and ease of management .. .. 100 
5. Lightness of draught in and out of work 125 
(This point to be taken in connection with the weight of 
machine, side-draught, width of horse-track, weight on 
horses' necks or backs, and width of cut.) 
6. General perfection of work, including evenness of cut, free- 
dom from clogging and waste, efficiency of delivery, 
and capability of dealing with laid or tangled crops . . 250 
7. Price 75 
Total 1000 
