i[ ;1
tliat is. was new, ingenious, and ufefub :arid 'befervirig ^ “ 0f
t the Society; aiidThat Mr. Stedman wits ffefeiwing -a bcJuntyca^Fifteeftiguinga-s
he leaving a complete Mill with the Society, for the ufe .ofi^elpuMim^hhh
mWl§‘&g5dedrtd bj^thilSocih^y^s^ti^srao^arf^.oJ kn
*n ‘tSmyet:? it 7J§ p ^ % io 3el5dP^gH)yd3aulie Erar^ine TcmltEfirtgi.WHfeer by
• water, V Was produced to the i Society,:.by- thedn-ventor; Mr.i William cWeft-
gai-feh. This Engine came extremely well recommended ■ by the ingenious
• Mi. Smeton,. .who, has- feen-deveral of Mr, Mr,eftgarth’s. 1 ' ■ . otiidt .at large,
•and applied to real ufe ; and is of Iojapi@nr..that 'this invention! jis. the... great eft
"ftyolge -of art in|pt® HydraulicAgay that'iAa^ ^ p^YdifEnpe^be invention of
■' .ffeam engine.;. _ Mr, -gmeton is of opinigM 'gaifo, that ifeemahchin
.• only jadapted' to the raifingj water b y w p tel^ i <diaimf# of , but the
rfaafepfinciplesHcap re.adllyiEe.eiEfeendedr to thsJraifingjofJatemfoi,Supplying
towns, gentleman s gardens, -houfes, ‘& J and,uinvGr.Miy: for -railing:'water
.-frprnran,y 'depth, iwljgijeg^.a f§lljO£,ig51teg.eap}h|!prgg^F^jdn^!9brpftrticu]ariy fo
-5|^rp-itbe £allp|f jyg^^s.a^fkaE, thbty''pgIforfey^#Qgyyg]
' "Mr. .Smeton’s} judicious, obferyatious on this ufeijiif; machine,, :'were rpfettod
, itdmbc>'E6mmitt^-^f i Mhcban^,.eMimexami^drihes5wxiebiJiSddb yw®ked
metbcKT Inr-'cpargmg an i^ fch a rg iB g^ ^ th c^ 'cV , ^ T w,,-ing‘cnihus'’ -and
,«fifeftual forithe^u^pfeiof.raifing ^ a h e r l in r - g rm ^ ^ e ^ f e f t l l iH e iA t s ,
of-jn fmal| quadtities tp.great heights, .-ih
c i#gfpked tpfreppmmepfftrithri Seme% to .gi^M r.. W d ftga fth iabW yfe f
^ r ^ jG -m n e a s i - i e i^ g ^ nm'deHdtbid^ Society for the ufe off the public -
bt® which the. Society-agreed, May'.24, mpiGyup
.p b ln th e y oar a. newlidyentfed Ghaff ©utter, iinvcmt-ed.$>y Ms^-Wil-
;liam Bailey, wall ..examined- and worked againft a common mhaff cutter,'. in
prefenceiof .the Committee of Agriculture,, who-priiceeded to- a comparative
trial between the new Chaff Cutter, and that comm drily in fed.;: in order to
whlch’ a (luaulity <o{ lh*aw .was procure'd 'and weighed, and'bach trufs was
.•allowed to be tthirty-fivc poundsuahff an h fff : The common machine , was '
avprkedrby an experienced chaff ciittcr, and .the new machine by a-common
carpenter, unacquainted in the art of - cutting chaff; the.ridw machme: cSt
forty-three pounds and anbalf in thirty minutes,cwhich meafurddEx bufhels
and two pecks ; the common . machine cut in thirty minutes twenty-nine
pounds, wh(dK rmeafure.d - four bufhels. Trine peck; and a quarter: Theffraw
cut with.the new machine was. fifted,yand tlmre remained, pnh peek unfibfor
ufey (but it wasmpprehendcdJthk thdman wobld have, made TetteU w6iks
' and
' i - ' lm |
arid greater difpatch, if 'he had known how to have laid the ftraw properly
into the machine) the chaff .cut with the' .common machine appeared to require
no lifting ; it appeared alfo that the chaff cut with this ma’chiiie, Was of more
lequal length than that cut <^e ®*en a^ter “ fting. The
feim.imitfccoAwasUbf'.ppinLnn tbat^Mi. ^<ley’^ i^._ebiaie was new, ingenious,
ay ypa 1 lariy heiagfl^ia| in .thod^^untieffwhere chaff^-cutting is not
i|pjv thffil^yftth^rittenf mreftions onl*.,Japyi (>erfon - will be
^immediately q&abjte-,of i^ ||in gfit.j^
ctVThe C^ Trni!rij^t.lo1jfa.dJi±liat Mm RailemWas deferving of a bounty of
’Twenty Guineas* hf^alri^Mg the^Madnine with the Sdciety, at an expence
noL’exfeculiru^biy feumu’ * tm iefoluti®Ti of yhc'Cqubnittee was agreed to
'by&cp^ocmtyiv Mdyj^-. 1,
^ N. B. This.Machine.mdy.be^§lh.in’ half a minute’s fime» to cut the ftraw
ftCTjpn'y degree f ofj lengthy -from a quartgF)pfiancipeh..$pE9^ffijiriqh)2^ j'that, with-
«jput l()J^^hitnc,''the*'ffmw;''is.bfmigiM^§r^^Bfy^dt){|ftrpke*.0f th|rknife, to
ifKesliegEeecthbMaohinei^ jfe!t tob,jan^Wtv:ariyc^i|^j'nhy little prac-
|tice, ma^wpih..it witl^muchigteatetil(flfe6y'|.ahd'jdifpatch^ -than, can betdph®
I theicommon
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