lfc w ?8 th^ % e; Pr°P °fed to divide the premium J
two ,c^ j j a y f c whtclf |^#ofanheV u u d i l fW e d É ^ lfh o
finrred-thr refiftbtionof the Üômmrtte?” jg-7 ^ * a u p ‘
C ï A B ii i .
S ifte r , J W ÿ ' A u N D M l 6 4 / i ,
p%ËE
T “ <*> 1 1 1 of L
, ' th em in th e pre.
“ i ' T 1 ? * t af ° ,® ter who, after ftveral teal's; declarrie df ctlh,°a t™ th*d S'*tmon&e '-iMHill ■ S NH HBLc
r i m ^ f e
to goodnefs of the meal, and e i p e E n m wmJEmg. T l i i ^ g ^ a f i b n f n .
tirely coincided with the fentiments o f th e ' G omftitke ,^wHo^& ^ L .
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r r f f iw f i l l i i WMw
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I * H A N D M I L L , fy Mr. C ^ ^ L l^ u.
f Mechanics read
m r n B ^ m s s s z
I ’ Ç * tlie inventor p„p0r„ t0 fcpp]7 the| g g ^ j 0
B i l e ;
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the -fizé and weight of the femes, fey adding a proportionable quantity of (hot
|n t&er cavity yfcthe horizontal fly*;>by which If# apprehends that the follow-
lowing advantages arife from the application óf the faid hollow fly,( viz. ) Firft,
JBeing firmly fixed round the moveable ftone, it gives an accelerate® motion,
sfthe common effeâfofi all flies.) 'Secondly, It lends its Weight to the ftones,
feeing fixed1 thereto as if ife Wdre part ©f the fame, by which Me fuppofes that
its ’additional' weight makes hdp for the dlmihbtio'tl of its bulk. Thirdly, As
it moves in the fame planej with, thé ftöüe, its weight-and,diameter outreach-
ing that of thé ftone, preferves fo juft ^'balance; that it will not fùffer the
ftoine to be lifted up,‘by any acxadynt^feig^'on^on#'fide than rim Other;
and thereby drained fot throyfin'ónt ofpa truë parallelîfm.
.r^The Committee found by treated trials and i experiments .that the calculations
which Mr. floyd had laid before them Were Very juft and fatisfa&ery;
jt was thérefôre of a
feouijty^f fifty pOûnds; and as it; appeared -t^' them, -that he had been at
ftmdry great çtgirgpt in bringing the,:Millsfrom Wales, anda lojag attendance
in town.; the Committee* iri: çonfidetatiprb of his great merit, .recommended
to ther)|t®.ia^y M allow him the -fum ef twenty, güi-gea.s-for the faid expence,
on condition that hie left with them- .fch#Mîilb and all the different ftones, &$c.
which had béeh; »fed in the faid MilL :,
This réfolütion of the Committee '-^as ctih'firkCld, fey-thy Society, March
25I *-7 61.
. ; Ç H ..A. P. . V.. ;
A Jhort Account iff a H A N D M I L T , Châtie èÿ‘ MA' W illiam Bailey.
* I 'H IS Mill wâS made by dtdèr of tbè S’dçlèty; and cónftméled On the
fSmè principled, kh'3 of the lafoc dimenfictas as the Mills nfed fey the
pêâfànts in Frafiçè. Thé'otigifial frdüî which it wàs inade'was brought from
St. Cas, by his fate R—1 f l—■— fs the B— e'bf Ÿ— k.
^ 'T k e impro^einétits Avkicfi Mr. Éailey1',màctë' td,ft,.arer as foSoWu, föhti)
Firft, A ftöppèr with à 'vVédge, ^p'd- whlèb ià'a^îcalk*1or index, to regulate the
feeding Of the Mill. Sbedfidfy, A l&vfer with afeale and fcrew/'To regulate
the fifienbfs o f meal. Thirds, Tfte faut ® dfritftum l#P a dbne, fixinehès
diameter at th'e baft, àhd foilrp méhes* ■ at the 'vértex ; this nut works on two
centers, by which diearfs it turns more regmaHy and much eafier than the
St. Cas Mik, which turffs Only on bhë, ' Whi’cft is the oCcafion of its making
bad work,’ and being ft%^u.éîîtly'pbt: of ötdër;
I h H H H Thefe