Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-12 00:00:00

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the -(rror;s adultorution to white. it is eonstuntlytsubiected,
its tendency to *war the-animal systems, 'have created a
demand for insprovement,-ac they have been frequently
found to thwart the ,efforts,cf the Ifea.e.r. lii has been
proVed by hi en -theirdeal- and other unquestionable
authisrity, that .ft • mixed dirt is absekluteir Nequired, if
interidett to banefrt•Athe- snirseal organis' diem. The food
now:%fiered, vac Juriderstand, -centains that admixture,
mid --is composed •of • various valuable- :ingredients,
uneqUalled in the 'properties • essential for -nutrition, yet
so 'distributed in •their cothioination that "the highest
condition may be ,psodueed 'rby a legitimate process,
which' applies pelf to fetteler tase to digestion and sup-
port to-the systirm. - • ..
TheieTtialg *.-ENtINE.—On S Yaturda last,
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great deal of tinterest, were
ciinded in the nieighbourhood of the Entannia Works,
Ofessrs. Tayl°6 .Bitienhekl by the trial ,of a new
traction engine, 115'horse-pow.v, for the lizay-17Conapany,
which had keen -manufactured at the -..works of
.31cssrs. Taylor. "The •engine, which is of small
by ten .troke' was
attached to a terry, ,cai:;Wtoto were 7.4 Mons of iron,

much exciteme

powvr, with 6

anklom steam I

ylinder

at it waved off if k>tt

utmost

"of AlleAtreets in the neighbourhood,.
ie Oorriew ..'the'-greatest. precision. The
emoine- which is interidOd' exportatiOn,:,is of the
inost.nnique constructiom,iig•destined to become, a great
-powet,iin the hands of etntract4cs in any country where
16honr7 is both espensie aid scarce. The-working
tost-eiPthe engine to wery-oniallfns it is esimblo,ef draw-
ing Your -or five tirnes•aslmichrac that drawit,',hv horses,
Ai one-quarter the expense. ',4t.-!oan be worlittifor 17s.
a day,; and, unlike lacmses,..oolllllNlCS nothing *hen laid
up. Wenave seen Boydell!s, engine ; but we under-
stand Mr:Taylor has ;a snewtdeetziption of engine, one
of which is at present nt,work in Devenport Dockyard,
where it is engaged in the .carl,..ge of timber. Mr.
Taylor's- engine is hungensprings, so as to prevont jolt-
ting to the machinery or .men --when going over bard or
uneven ground, and the toe of' fuel consumed is4d. per
hour for a-'5
-horse engine. It has,vater tanks arid coal
bunkers-Gaps:Me of holdinrwaterand fuel for a mutt 20
mileselthe engine only, at '6 iniles.an hour, or 2 iniles,
with a train, of waggons loaded, ,at 2* to 3 miles an
hour. An,engine of this power,. recgratly made on Mr.
Taylors principle, having wheels .oniy 6 feet diaraeter
by 9 inches broad, passed over -a newly Macadamised
mad withoutd6ing it the siiglitest damage, but rather`
improving it. at -also passed (over :mound of ashes,
which lay abent,lB inches high, andt-rode over a balk
of timber five lushes thick. A heavy log of timber,
which took twelve horses to more it, vas attached to
the engine, and drown up and down turning cor,.
ners, &c., with:the most perfect ease. The engine has
also been used 'for *awing loads of thirteen tons and
upwards along :hilly roads, and generally sOr. drawing
heavy loads of lirither,, &c. One thing isAniite certain.
that Taylor's engine will eventualW a

those henry, et..mlaron4, and uneouthtinbe;:v
which are, at present, :Ada, nger and a nuisant'*