Miscellaneous  Implements  Exhibited  at  Gloucester,  1909.  219 
and  Producer,  driving  a set  of  three-throw  pumps  for  the 
new  Water  Works  at  Wotton-under-Edge. — As  this  engine  is 
intended  for  very  long  runs,  special  ring  lubrication  is  fitted, 
together  with  low  tension  magneto  ignition.  The  pump  rams 
are  8 in.  diam.  by  9 in.  stroke,  and  are  designed  to  deliver 
10,000  gallons  per  hour  against  a head  of  300  ft. 
Stand  417. — Shand,  Mason  & Co.,  75  Upper  Ground  Street, 
Blackfriars  Road,  London,  S.E.  An  exhibit  of  various  Fire 
Engines  and  Appliances  by  this  well-known  firm.  A very  neat 
form  of  detachable  hand-driven  fan  is  shown,  fitting  into 
top  of  chimney,  for  use  when  specially  quick  steam  raising  is 
required. 
Fig.  5. — Loqvist  Milking  Machine. 
Stand  437. — The  Loqvist  Milking  Machine.  Price  each 
machine,  5Z.  ; hand-driving  gear  for  five  cows,  5?. — Exhibited 
by  L.  de  Wyttenbach,  20  High  Holborn,  London.  Owing 
to  an  unfortunate  misunderstanding  this  was  not  entered 
as  a “ New  ” implement,  but  it  was  shown  in  actual  work.  A 
large  toothed  wheel  on  the  hand  gear  drove  five  pinions,  which 
could  be  thrown  in  or  out  of  gear  independently.  From  each 
pinion  a fiexible  shaft  led  to  the  cow  to  be  dealt  with.  The 
milking  machine,  weight  5^  lb.,  is  made  entirely  of  magnalium, 
for  the  sake  of  lightness  and  strength.  It  consists  of  two  pair  of 
plates  on  edge,  faced  in  the  inner  side  with  a thick  piece  of  soft 
indiarubber.  One  pair  measures  11  in.  by  3^  in.,  the  other 
in.  by  3^  in.  A screw  adjustment  is  provided  to  regulate 
the  distance  apart  of  these  plates.  One  of  each  pair  is  fixed, 
the  other  is  given  an  irregular,  reciprocating  motion,  by  means 
of  a rotating,  heart-shaped,  cam  wheel,  driven  by  the  flexible 
