240 Class 5.—MACHINES FOR DIRECT USE, INCLUDING CARRIAGES, [United

North Areas A. B. 10 to 34 ; C. D. E. 1 to 10, & 19 to 33 ; P. 1 to 32 ; G. H. 1 to 13, & 19 to 2(S.

Fig. 2.

Henson’s Covered Waggon. Side Elevation.

534 Kitson, Thompson, & IIewitsoi:, Leeds —Manufacturers.

Locomotive tank engine. Its dimensions are, cylinders,11 inches in diameter, with 22-inch stroke. Is carried onsix solid wrought-iron wheels. The pair of driving-wheelsis 6 feet diameter, and two pairs of carrying wheels, 3 feet

6 inches diameter. Constructed to run light expresstrains; will run without tender; having two water tanksbeneath the boiler, and foot-plate to carry 500 gallons of■water, and sufficient coke space upon the foot-plate torun for a journey of 50 miles.

The figure represents a side elevation of this engine.

AEROLITE

Kitson, Thompson, and Hewitson’s Locomotive Tank Engine.

536 Hawthorn , R. & W., Newcastle-upon-Tyne —Manufacturers.

First-class patent passenger locomotive engine. Theweight of the engine is distributed more uniformly thanusual upon the wheels and axles, by their double com-pensating beam springs lb. The slide-valves are relievedfrom the extreme pressure of steam ; and the link motion,together with the action of the slide-valves, much im-proved ; all of which, with the steam-pipe («), are pa-tented by R. and W. Hawthorn.

The fulcrum of the compensating beams, althoughhere represented in the centre, may be. varied to giveany required weight upon the respective wheels andaxles.

541 IIaddan, John Coope, 29 Bloomsbury Square —Inventor.

Specimens of patent papier maehd for the exterior ofrailway carriages.

Patent railway carriage—the wooden panels groovedor. rebated in the framing, show the ordinary and thepainted part, the improved construction, which consistsof a covering of papier mache in large pieces, laid overand against flush framework. Exhibited for cheapnessand durability; the paper panels will not shrink, and thereare no grooves to retain wet, which rots the framing.

Patent railway wheel, formed with wooden wedges tocheck vibration, and with wrought-iron nave, with tiresnot liable to burst from being in a state of tension.

Railway wheel formed of plain bars and filling-up pieces;the bars are so bent, and the filling-up pieces so shaped,that the heat requisite for welding on the cheeks of thenave does not burn or injure the bars, while at the same

539 McConnell, I. E., Woherton— Inventor.Model of railway passenger carriage.