The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-07-21 00:00:00

GRAND TRIAL

rilllE manner in which the decisions were
-L made the Growl Trial of Sewing Maehine.,
held at Island Park, New York, in 1866, chatinguishes
It as the only trial imp held in srhkh the relabel
depended, beyood az doubt, solely upoo the espabilities
of the competing machines.
The °dies were peculiarly competent, two of them
being engineers, and one • collar manufacturer, one of
the engineers and the manufacturer being also Dewing
machine expert.. They teeted the eompeting machines
in reined to each of all the items that together con-
stitute the efficiency and utility of • sewing machine,
making immediate award of superiority in respect to each
item, in the presence of • large concourse of spectators
to the trial.

NOM La a fact worthy .1 restark. that during the
entire trial--which continued without intermission
for nearly mean be—riot • stitch wee missed, nor
hr. oottens.eebio.' nor • ntandl• broken or bent,
by the Wilber sma. Gibbs Nackbee. No kind of
work was tried up°, it that was not aceompliahed,
and domain a perfect and workmanlike manner; and
PO trisl was made that was not entieely suceessfuL]
13. The needle lithe *Aorta/.
13. The needle is straigh.t.
14. The 'wadi* is beftUed.
16„ The needle is secured in its piece br • patented
device, whisk renders it aelf-tuOtating, so that
neither skill nor':cerium* is necessary insetting
It. Ills not so with any other.
16. It uses but one thread, and thin avoids the
neoessiq of complicated machinery, which is
required for two threads.
17. It sews directly from the reel, thus making it
unneoessary to rewind the thread.
18. It makes the "Willcox and Orb& teach," a stitch
origislial 16 A this sisciehise. which for general
ptrposes is superior to airy other.
NOTIL —The trial upon thia claim was very thorough,
and the practical testa minute and accurate. Each
machine was required to use cotton from the seine
reel, make the stitch of the same length, and perform
the teat work on the WO. phew of cloth, with the
lines of sewing side by side. The results were all
decisive, and in every test in favour of the Wilber
and Gribbe.]
19. The seam has the peculiar advantage of being
readily teken out when desirable, while it is lees
liable to rip, JO use or wear, than the look.atiteh.

The character of the tests employed is exhibited in
the report from which we quote:

I "In Tigard to the decisions of the judges upon the
several points, it may be remarked that during the
entire trial there wee scarcely an instance of difference
of opinion—as, indevd, it was hardly possible there
oould be, for the plan adopted was itself a surety both
of unanimity sod a just decision ; the latter being, in
such a plan, neither more nor less than the practical
solution of a mathematical problem. For, by separat-
ing the reotive merits of tech machine into element*,
or "point.." and solojiotiog each point separately to
the test of practical work done on each machine in
presence of the judges, their decision upon each point
was reduced to the simple act of recording the facts
developed.

'Far instance : each contestant claims the most
elastic stitch. Then each is required to aew • seam,
side by side, on the bias of a piece of elastic cloth ;
and the judge takes the piece and stretches it length.
ways of the seams, till one seam bricks; he sttll con-
tinues the stretching, but the other seam refuses to
brisk at all. However disappointed his expectations,
the judge will hardly enter on the record that the broken
sewn is the more elastic.

" Snob were the tests, and snob the inevitable de-
cisions."

After • contest of nearly seven boars, the Willcox
and Gibbs was declared to be the best Hewing Machias.
The importance of this trial to the public is due to
the facts that the questions decided were such as admit
of absolute determination, and that the decisions were
approved by • multitude of disinterested witnesses,

The following is a summary of the decisions In favour
of the Witicoi and Cress:-
1. It is the simplest.
2. It is the least liable to get out of order.
3. It is the best made machine.
4. It is the cheapest.
5. It is strictly noiseless.
6. It works the 'asked.
7. It works the fattest.
8. It cannot be turned backward.
9. It requires the least mechanical skill to operate it.
10. It requires the Meat time and instruction to learn
tones it.
11. It is the most redid, and reliable in operation.

NOTICE! PRIZE STEAM ENGINES.
TUX FORD AND SONS,
BOSTON AND SICIRBECK IRONWORKS, LINCOLNSHIRE.

AT the Worcester Trials of Stearn Machinery in 1863, by the R.A.S. of England, TUXFORD
SONR were then again soccussruc over ALL Competitors; their Eight-horse Engine surpassing in
*wormy and effectiveness all other competing Engines of every kind and power.
Last year (1867) at the Royal Society's Trial. at Bury Bt. Edmund; TUX FORD and SONS' Fined Steam
Engine was awaarJed • PRIZE of £10; their Bingle Cylin ter Portable Engine was •warded a PRIZE of £l5, and
their Double-Cylinder Puttable Engine of FOURTEEN Horse Power for Cultivating with, kc., under the
fasces on and Teetinga of the Society's Judges and Consulting Engineer., with 50 per cent. increased load, or
when working at TWENTY-ONE Horse Power, F.CLIPSED the duty of every other Maker's Double-Cylinder
Engine under the same tests, the following being the consumption of pounds' weight of coals per horse power per
hour by the Different Engines :

. 3.17 pounds I Clayton k Shutt'moral
3.35 pounds I Brown k May 4.42 pounds
TUX FORD k SONS FIREIVCLASS COMBINED THRASHING MACHINES. snots., DOCILE, AND
rams sum TUX!. ORD'S NEWLY-PATENTEED STRAW ELEVATORS, STEAM CULTIVATING
APPARATUS, GRINDING MILL, SAWING MACHINERY, CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS, ita,

TUXFORD h SONS
Rumome & Sims

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SEWING MACHINES.

135, REGENT-STREET, LONDON.
16, CROSS-STREET, MANCHESTER.
122, BOLD-STREET, LIVERPOOL.

[Nora —This claim also was may emerely tested in the
lame manner as the last, mad with 'gnat positive
results—all in favour of the Mises and Gibbs.
90. The mans is mere elastic, sad stronger than the
lock-stitch.
21. The seam is more ems and Immatiful.
2t The seam is eefflastated.
23. The tension is more easily adjusted than that o
of any other.
24. It will do a greaUT variety of work than any
other can do in equal perfection.
25. It is more easily and speedily changed from one
kind of work to another.
26. More work can be done with it in • given time
than with any other.
27. It embroiders beautifully.
28. It has • shield to protect the operator's dress from
the wheel.
29. The needle being secured in a vertical bar, it has
important advantage. over machines with curved
nudism attached directly to the needle arm.
30. In consequence of the shorter sweep of the needle,
there is much leas wear of the cotton from its
vibrating through the needle's eye in the act of
sewing.
31. it smaller needle can be used with the nemesis.
of cotton, which adds to the strength and beauty
of the seam, especially on Linen or other hard
materials.
32. It has the best hemmer..
33. It has the best feller.
34. It has the best braider.
35. jibes the best belt.

fILLCOX &a 111313 S
A SEWING MACHINE ." COMPANY.

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