700 The Trials of Oil Engines at Cambridge. 
Class I . — Fixed Oil Engines, of 4 to 8 Bralie Horse-Power. 
No. In 
Catalogue 
Name and Address of Exhibitor 
Description 
of Engine 
Price as 
quoted in 
Catalogue 
5729 
Weyman & Hitchcock, Ltd., 
Guildford. 
“ Trusty ” 
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£125. 
5730 
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£140. 
5759 
Samuelson & Co., Ltd., 
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£167. 
Banbury. 
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5763 
Campbell Gas Engine Co., Ltd., 
Halifax. 
“ Campbell ” 
£110. 
5780 
Britannia Co., 
Colchester. 
“ Britannia” 
£120. 
5796 
Tolch & Co., 
146 Clerkenwell Boad, E C. 
“ Capitaine ” 
£118. 
5800 
Fielding & Platt, 
Gloucester. 
— 
£150. 
6827 
Crossley Bros., Ltd., 
Openshaw, Manchester. 
— 
£110. 
5845 
Wells Bros., 
Sandiacre, Nottingham. 
“ Premier ” 
£112. 
6868 
Clarke, Chapman &; Co., Ltd., 
Gateshead-on-Tyne. 
— 
£150. 
5972 
K. Hornsby & Sons, Ltd., 
Grantham. 
“ Hornsby- 
Akroyd” 
£160. 
Class II. — Portable Oil Engines, of 9 to 16 Bralie Horse- Power. 
5764 
Campbell Gas Engine Co., Ltd., 
Halifax. 
“ Campbell ” 
£180. 
6828 
Crossley Bros., Ltd., 
Openshaw, Manchester. 
— 
£200. 
5869 
Clarke, Chapman & Co., Ltd., 
Gateshead-on-Tyne. 
— 
£255. 
5973 
B. Hornsby & Sons, Ltd , 
Grantham. 
“ Hornsby - 
Akroyd ” 
£235. 
Class I. — Fixed ExVgines. 
The primary object of the trials was to determine how far 
oil engines could now be relied on as safe, efficient, and 
economical motors for farm purposes, where skilled mechanics 
are not available, and where liability to breakdown and the 
need for constant attendance are considerations of prohibitive 
importance. 
It may be said at once that, although the Judges had no 
difficulty in deciding the order of merit from this standpoint, a 
much larger number of the competing engines satisfied these 
conditions than could have been expected. 
Only one engine, that of Messrs. Samuelson, employs an 
air blast and separate sprayer for breaking up the oil. Messrs. 
