596  A  New  Tincture  Press.  { AmbJeT,rXh9?rm>" 
ON  A  NEW  TINCTURE  PRESS. 
By  Joseph  P.  Remington. 
The  Enterprise  Manufacturing  Company  of  Philadelphia  are  about 
perfecting  a  press  for  pharmaceutical  purposes  which  bids  fair  to  sup- 
plant most  of  the  appliances  which  have  been  introduced  from  time  to 
time.  The  particular  advantages  which  are  possessed  by  this  press  are 
that  the  use  of  press  cloths  is  entirely  dispensed  with,  with  all  of  the 
vexations  attending  their  use  ;  from  its  novel  construction,  the  residue 
can  be  delivered  uniformly  dry,  and  thus  the  objection  to  most  of  the 
presses  which  leave  the  residual  cake  comparatively  dry  on  the  surface^ 
but  with  varying  amounts  of  moisture  in  the  interior,  is  avoided.  Its 
great  power,  cheapness,  compact  form  and  adaptability  to  many  wants 
of  the  druggist,  are  some  of  its  principal  recommendations. 
It  consists  of  a  tapering  cylinder,  which  has  a  hopper  or  bowl  with 
an  outlet  and  perforated  plate,  and  a  tapering  screw  which  fits  snugly,, 
but  so  as  to  turn  freely  in  the  above  cylinder,  well  illustrated  by  the 
accompanying  cuts. 
Tincture  Press. 
The  metal  composing  the  principal  parts  of  the  press  is  cast  iron, 
well  galvanized  ;  the  tapering  casing  is  secured  at  its  largest  end  to  a 
stand  which  has  two  legs,  furnished  with  clamps  for  fastening  it  firmly 
to  a  table.  On  the  under  side  of  the  casing  is  a  hollow  rib,  within 
which  is  a  chamber  or  channel  for  holding  in  position  the  perforated, 
