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1 L5 D’Haese, Benoit, Zele, Fast Flanders.
Specimens of flax steeped in stagnant water, crop1850 ; and of the same dried with linseed.
116 Deman, Pierre, St.-Josse-ten-Noode , Brabant.Specimen of carriage, called a “ Cab-phaeton.”
118 Jones Brothers, Brussels .
Specimens of carriages—a double calash; cab phaeton,
with steel before and behind; brack for ponies$ buggy,manufactured for Bombay, Calcutta , and Batavia.
119 Cockerell, John, Seraing , Liege .
Specimens of grey pig-iron, grey bar-iron, and white
bar-iron.
Specimens of puddled iron prepared for various pur-poses, hammered, hardened, and made into steel. Piece ofan axle-tree for waggons. Bar of iron for the tires ofrailway carriage wheels, &c.
An expansive and condensing steam-engine of 140-horse power, adapted for vessels having moveable paddle-wheels for the navigation of a river with strong and shal-low currents.
A locomotive engine, with jointed carriage, for heavytrains to run on railway curves of small radius. Diameterof cylinder 16 ins., stroke of piston 24 ins.
A high-pressure steam-engine of 16-horse power, withvertical cylinder, adapted for manufacturing purposes.
A small high-pressure engine, 3-horse power, withtubular boiler, for watering gardens and conservatories.Diameter of cylinder 4f ins., stroke of piston 12 ins.
Model, one-fourth of the real size, of a machine forfacilitating, without danger or trouble, the ascent anddescent of miners. Diameter of cylinder 18 ins., strokein ascent and descent 13£ feet.
120 Societe hes Hauts Fourneaux , Usines etCharbonnages he Marcinelle et Couillet,Couillet , Hainault.
A railway locomotive engine and tender. Diameter ofthe cylinders 16 ins., stroke of piston 24 ins ; diameter ofthe six coupled wheels each 3 feet 9 ins.
Ventilator for mines, workshops, theatres, &c., con-structed on the system of Pabry.
A pair of cylinders for locomotive engines, in therough cast state as they came from the foundry.
Specimens of semi-bituminous coal, used for domesticpurposes, engine-boilers, forges, &c.
Specimens of rails, tires for locomotive wheels, bars ofiron sheet-iron, iron sleepers for railways, round bar-ironfor fluted cylinders, and nails of ten different countries.
122 Van Aken, P., & Son, Antwerp .
A carriage, called “ Cabriolet chaise.”
123 Joute, Lons, MolenbeeTc-St.-Jean , Brabant.Patent double fire and safety ladder.
Patent circular frame, for knitting articles in wool, flax,cotton, and silk.
Patent forcing and suction pump.
124 Van Goethem, Victor, Lembecq , Brabant.
(Agent, M. Cuylits, 55 Gracechurch Street.)
. Latent centrifugal apparatus, for purifying and whiten-ln g lump sugar.
Patent centrifugal apparatus, with two alternate drums,lor purifying raw sugar, &c. Similar machine with onedrum.
125 IIouyet, Auguste, Brussels .
Models of machines for cleansing and purifying riceand barley ; of an aerating mill; of a machine for peelingraw coffee ; and of a steam chimney, with interior tube toapply the heat of the discharged steam to warming theinjection water of the boilers.
Preserved articles of food for exportation, viz., rice,Italian pastes, semola, ground and pearl barley, starch,sea biscuits, &c.
126 Vandevin, Fere., Brussels . (Agent, M. Cuylits,
55 Gracechurch Street.)
Patent weaving machine.
127 Kessels, Herman, Brussels .
Patent machine for moulding 20,000 bricks per day.Model of safety-machine.
128 Troupin Brothers, Verviers .
A shearing finishing-macliine.
Specimens of cards for spinning wool and cotton.
130 Houttiiaeve-Stragiers, —, Haulers.Specimens of metallic combs and plates, for weaving.
131 Debeaune, UlriCj Antwerp. (Agents, Poole &
Carpmael, 4 Old Square, Lincoln’s Inn.)
Patent moistening machine, for all kinds of corn andseeds.
Patent cooling accelerator, for the grinding of corn.Patent atmospheric regulator, for purifying the air ofrooms, and assisting the draught of chimneys and venti-lators, &c.
132 Merten, Charles, Gheel , Antwerp .
Patent parallel iron vice, in various sizes.
133 Van Mierlo, Adrien, sen., Antwerp .
Machines, invented by the exhibitor, for making combs,
for grinding cocoa, for weaving fringes, and for weavinglaces.
134 Societe du Phenix, Ghent . (M. Bruggeman,
Engineer and Inventor.)
Knitting-frame, with new motion by the exhibitor; andhelicoid thrashing-machine.
Apparatus, invented by the exhibitor, designed to replace
the present method of fixing the yarn, and of weaving bythe treddles. This apparatus is constructed for plain andfigured fabrics, diaper and damasked linen, with smallharness for making satin.
136 Zaman & Co., St.-Josse-ten-Noode , Brabant.Specimens of pavement from Quenast, and of polished
porphyry. __
137 Van Esschen, Kapoleon-Guillaume, Molenbeelc- -
St.-Lean, Brabant.
Model of a patent iron bridge, size 40 feet long andfeet wide; designed to support a load of 17,000 lbs.Specimens of tubes made of sheet-iron, for bridges andtunnels. _
Specimens of laths, made of the brown oak of Belgium for ceilings.
Specimen of a trunk of an oak tree, divided into laths.
139 Jansen, Adolphe, Brussels .
Specimens of double-barrelled guns. Guns of various
calibres, with barrels by Bernard and Leclerc.Double-barrelled carbines, with barrels of cast-steel, and