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highly recommended to the notice of the public, both as fire and 
garden-engines." 
The writer can safely give his testimony to (he same facts. The 
fire-engine referred to will pass through any door of a mansion ; 
and Mr. Read has applied so simple a method of increasing the 
number of persons who can act at one time upon the engine, that, 
as he observes, " a whole brigade of fire-men and women can be 
rendered serviceable in a moment of urgency." 
Water-lifting Engines. — A very well arranged and well made 
engine for drawing water out of deep wells, was exhibited by the 
manufacturers, Messrs. Tasker and Fowle, of Andover, Hants, 
to whom the judges awarded the silver medal. The wliole of the 
machinery is of iron : two buckets are used, the one ascending 
whilst the other descends ; and it appeared to the writer to be a 
very safe and effective hydraulic machine. 
Weighing- Machines. — A premium of 5Z. was adjudged to Mr. 
H. G. James, of 44, Fish-street Hill, London, for his weighing- 
machine adapted to all the purposes of a farm. The judges on 
this occasion confirmed the opinion of those at Derby, that " the 
principle on which these machines are made must be correct." 
They cannot be too much extolled for agricultural use, whether 
for weighing oxen, carriage loads, or smaller articles. They have 
already come into extensive emplo} on railways and in warehouses. 
Iron-fencing, Cow-cribs, ^^c. — Under these heads there was not 
such great competition as at Derby. The judges again considered 
Mr. Edward Hill, of the Brierly Hill Iron Works, near Dudley, 
to eclipse all his rivals in the neatness and efficiency of the various 
articles exhibited by him. They particularly cite the " marked 
advantage arising from his method of joining the lengths, giving 
great strength ov^r other methods heretofore practised." They 
awarded to Mr. Hill the silver medal for his sheep-fences, and 21. 
for his wrouorht-iron cow -crib. 
Mr. Crosskill's pig-troughs and dog and sheep troughs were 
commended. 
Harness and Gearing.— these items to which the Society 
had called attention, the judges remark : "The only improvement 
in harness is a back-band and tugs exhibited and manufactured 
by Mr. James Pearce, of Andover, Hants, to whom a silver 
medal was awarded. It will accommodate itself to the size of any 
shaft, is light, neat, and durable, and the back-band is readily de- 
tached in case of accident." 
Stack-stand. — The silver medal was adjudged to Mr. Garrett, 
of Saxmundham, for a stack-stand of wrought iron invented by 
J. Springall of Ipswich. It was considered by the judges to be 
" by far the best article of the kind in the exhibition." 
Screw-spanners. — A silver medal was thought due to Mr. 
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