228 Class 5.— MACHINES FOE DIRECT USE, INCLUDING CARRIAGES, [United

Nobth Areas A. B. 10 to 34 ; C. D. E. 1 to 10, & 19 to 33 ; F. 1 to 32 ; G. H. 1 to 13, & 19 to 26.

Hall fire-engine, for the interior of public buildingsand mansions.

Galvanised iron garden-engine, ■with improved lever.

Improved portable fire-pump, introduced by the LondonFire Brigade, and found of great utility at the commence-ment of a fire, The same with pail, into which it can beinstantly fixed.

Hose-reel, with implements complete. Hose and suc-tion-pipes of various sorts, also various descriptions offire-cocks. A series of experimental jet-pipes, used indetermining the best form. Fire-buckets, fire-axes, Lon-don Brigade firemen’s helmet, &c. Branch and jet-pipes,as used in floating fire-engines, for 120 men.

The improved brigade fire-engine, several hose-reels,and 18 portable fire-pumps, have, at the request of theExecutive Committee, been placed at their disposal, to beused in the event of fire. They will be found in variousparts of the Building, under the care of firemen of theLondon Establishment.

411 James, John, & Co., 24 LeadenhaU Street—Manufacturers.

A patent weighing crane (fig. 1). This crane isadapted for raising heavy goods, and, at the same time,obtaining their weight by an adaptation of the principleof the steelyard.

James & Co.’s Patent Weighing Crane.

A small weighing machine for warehouse purposes(fig. 2). This machine is intended to Weigh any descrip-tion of merchandize from 1 lb. up to 21 cwt., and theprinciple upon which it is constructed is applied toweighing machines of all sizes. Its novelty is comprisedin the absence of all loose weights, in the counterpoisebeing so arranged as to admit of the free oscillation of thebeam, and in the weights by which the goods are weighedbeing attached to, and forming part of, the machine itself.The large weight moves on a circular scale, and the smallweight along a straight scale, the one indicating cwts., theother lbs.—Patented.

412 The Bank Quay Foundry Company, Warrington —Manufacturer and Proprietor.

Large hydraulic press, used for raising the BritanniaTubular Bridge.

Explanation of the engravings (19, 20) of the hydraulicpress used for raising the tubes of the Britannia Bridge;executed by the Bank Quay Foundry Company, War-rington.

A—Wrought-iron Sandwich girders, weighing 12 tonseach.

BB—Cast-ii'on beams, 5 tons each.

C—Jacket of cast and wrought iron, weight 8 tons.

DD—Cylinder, cast-iron, weight 15 tons.

E—Ram, 3 tons 13 cwt.

F—Crosshead, cast-iron, 13 tons.

Fig. 2.

James & Co.’s Small Patent Weighing Machine.