Class XL] MANUFACTURE OF SUGAR, BREWING APPARATUS, Ac.—AWARDS.
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termed “ Critcherson’s cracker machine,” was placed inthe American Department after the Jury had concludedtheir labours.
Other machines, for similar purposes with the above,are placed in the class of Agricultural Implements , andhave therefore not been submitted to our inspection. In-deed, it may fairly be questioned whether the greaterpart of those already enumerated might not have beenalso placed in Class IX. with advantage.
(G). Manufacture of Sugar.
The sugar-cuue mill of Messrs. Robinsons and Russell(418, p. 301), a magnificent specimen of mill-work on thelargest scale, with horizontal cylinders, is shown inpartial action. Messrs. Collinge and Co. (432, p. 302)also exhibit a horizontal sugar mill, and Messrs. Graham,West and Co. (445, p. 303) several beautifully con-structed models of different forms of sugar mills, &c,
Three superb sets of vacuum apparatus, for the manu-facture of sugar, are exhibited; each from a differentcountry, and each remarkable for magnitude, perfectionof workmanship, and excellence of arrangement, aswell as for peculiarities characteristic of the nationsthat have produced them. The English machine ofMessrs. Pontifex and Wood (602, p. 305) is of greatmanufacturing power; and its enormous dome, formedfrom a single piece of copper, is a very wonderful speci-men of the coppersmith’s art. The French machine, byMessrs. Cail and Co. (1557, p. 1251), is similar in itsgeneral form and magnitude, of admirable workmanship,and considered by French practical chemists to be evensuperior in its arrangements to that of Messrs. Pontifex.The machine of M.Heckmann (Prussia, 52,p. 1050,andsee‘Illustrated’ 1051), although not equal in magnitude,norperhaps in workmanship, to the two already mentioned,must be regarded as a contribution of first-rate merit.
The hydro-extractor or revolving machine, by whichwater is driven out of goods by centrifugal force, was in-vented by Mr. Sf.yrig many years since, and its greatmerit, utility, and economy, have been the means of ex-tending it throughout the manufacturing world. Itsapplication to the separation of sugar from molasses wasthe subsequent suggestion of another party. Severalspecimens of this engine are exhibited, of various degrees
of merit, of which we may mention those of the originalinventors and proprietors, Messrs. Maxlove, Alliott,and Seyrig (454, pp. 303, 304); a well-made machine byMr. Bessemer (4U0, pp. 297, 298) ; and one by Messrs.Rotcii and Finzel (405, p. 299). In the French Depart-ment, one by Messrs. Bkzault and Co. (425, p. 1199) ;and in the Belgian , one by Mr. Vaxgoethem(124,p. 1155).
(II). Apparatus for Brewing, Distilling , and Manu-facturing Chemistry.
Mr. Lawrence’s distributor (604, p. 305) has the ad-vantage of an equal distribution of heat throughout thewash, either by steam or water, and facility of cleansingthe false bottom. He also exhibits a good refrigeratorand a store cask, for preserving beer in store, and pre-venting accidents in bursting. Mr. Tizzard (630, p.307) has a model of a brewery, exhibiting several noveland useful arrangements of the backs, mash tun, refrige-rator, fermenting and cleansing tuns, and employingsteam for heating the liquor back, &c. Mr. Wheeler’srefrigerator, exhibited by Mr. Hulls (618, p. 307), issaid to be very rapid in its action. Refrigerators arealso sent by Messrs. Askew (611, p. 307), Coffey (615,p. 307), and Thomson, Younger and Co. (623, p. 307).
Carbonating or aerating machines, for making sodawater, Seltzer water, &c., are exhibited by Messrs. Coxe(608, p. 307), in which pumps may be employed to ex-haust the atmospheric air from the water, previously tocarbonizing it, or to force the carbonic gas into the water,when so deprived of the common air. Other machinesare exhibited by Messrs. Tyler and Co. (605, p. 306),and by Messrs. Cooper and IIursill (624, p. 307).
Of apparatus for other chemical manufactures we maydirect particular attention to Bourra’s colour extractor,(610, p. 307); Dawson's new distillers’ and rectifiers’recording close safe (612, p. 307), for the Excise ; Hal-liday’s apparatus for the manufacture of pyroligneousacid (617, p. 307); and Hill, Evan, and Co’s, patentvinegar apparatus (619, p. 307).
As partly connected with the above subjects may bementioned J. and T. Masterman’s apparatus for corkingbottles (621, p. 307); and in the French Department(651, p. 1209), a machine for the same purpose, by theMarquis Alfred de Montebello.
AWARDS, CLASS VI.
THE COUNCIL MEDAL.
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Barlow, A. — — -
Cail and Co. — - —
Donisthorpe, G. E. —Donkin, B., and Co. —
Dick, D. - - - -
Fairbairn, W., and SonsHermann, G. — — —Hick, B., and Son - —
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Hcckmann, C. — -
llibbcrt, Platt, and SonsKrupp, F. - - -
Lawson, S., and Sons -Mason, J.- - - -
Maudslay, Sons, and FieldMercier, A. and Co. —Nasmyth, J. - - —
Parker, C. E., and Co. —Pontifex and Wood —Reed, T. S., and Co. -Risler, G. A. — — —
Sharp Brothers and Co.Uhlhorn, H. - - -
Whitworth, J., and Co.
Double-action Jacquard Loom.
Vacuum Sugar Apparatus.
Paper-making Machinery.
Antifriction Engineers’ Tools and Pressesllivetting Machine and Corn Mill .
Chocolate-making Machinery.
Mill Gearing, Radial Drill Mandrils, and PortableForges.
Vacuum Sugar Apparatus.
Flatting Rollers (Awarded also by Class I.)
Cotton and Woollen Machinery'.
Coining Press.
Woollen Machinery.
Sailcloth Power Loom.
Vacuum Sugar Apparatus.
Fringe Power Loom.
Epurateur for Cotton.
Engineers’ Machine Tools, and Throstle.
Coining Press.
Engineers’ MachincTools, Measuring Machine, KnittingMachine, &c.