at the Shracsburi/ Meeting, 1845. 
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tion-roUcrs. The momentum of such a fly-wheel serves to store 
up, rcjrulate, and equalize the force of the man or men when 
applied to give motion to machinery like chaff-cutters, threshinfr- 
machines, and the like; the resistance of which is perpetually 
varying^. In giving this premium the judges desire it to be dis- 
tinctly understood that it applies to the power only, and not to 
the machines moved by it, as neither the threshing-machine nor 
the chaff- cutter produced by the same exhibitor, and tried with it, 
were considered to possess merit. 
Stcam-E)iqiiics. — Two steam-engines were exhibited and tried, 
both of which gave much more satisfaction than those which 
appeared at Southampton. The one produced by Mr. Dean, of 
Birmingham, nominally of four-horse power, was certainly 
equivalent to the effective delivery of a much higher power than 
that cited by the maker, and Vi hen using a safe pressure of steam. 
The arrangement of the boiler for generating steam quickly, and 
arresting the passage of sparks, also appeared to the writer 
efficient and suitable for farm use. The engine, mounted on four 
wheels, was finished in a workmanlike manner, and obtained from 
the judges a well-deserved premium of 10/. 
Air. Cambridge's engine was improved since its previous exhi- 
bition, and though not equal in point of power to the foregoing, 
it was deemed worthy of encouragement, and received an award 
of 5/. 
Harness. — The makers of agricultural harness and gear do not 
appear to have felt that necessity for its improvement which has 
often been indicated as an object of importance by the Council. 
The only article worthy of note in the exhibition was a saddle 
with a moveable pannel, and a bit for bridles, by Air. Thomas 
Taylor, of Banbury, which were much commended by several of 
the judges. 
JOSIAH PaRKES. 
J udges. 
William Bennett, Lewsey, Bedfordshire. 
Charles Burness, Woburn, Bedfordshire. 
Albert Edmonds, Longworth, near Faringdon, Beikshire. 
"William Heseltine, Worlaby House, Barton. Lincolnshire. 
Thomas P. Oltiiwaite, Bainesse, Cattcrick, Yorkshire. 
JosiAH Parkes, C.E., II, Great College Street, Westminster. 
William Shaw, jun.. Far Cotton, Northampton. 
