New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-11
Nrw-Y0RK DAILY TRIBUNE SEPTEMBER Ii.

THE RoCHEsTgR WEIGH LOCK - GeBsfa- Dufyee
snd Forsyth, whose manufacture Of Car, Hay, Pias
form ard Center Scales, Sugar Mills, &c IL one o.
the most extensive in the country, and who nays
received premiums on their workmanship es s|o
successive State Fairs Of New York, one OF aiohr
gan, and one IN this City, have completed Weigh
Lock which is pronounced By judges one OF the oeis
in the world. tbs foiosing are among many sea-
limonials it has elected:
TRIAL OF THE WEIGH Lock sCALE.-The
esormous scale OF the Weigh Lock was put
10 severe AND thorough test yesterday, under
direction the pt.nt ard Efficient hmasef n gl9rt n
Howell ESQ. tie largest class OF cat coats oAds1 VIA
500 bush Of wheat placed open tie scale IN the moa.E ana
upon the scale ua precisely the II The morn
m When the weight Of cargo had been accurately As
eeaued fiy poud sealed egh placed upon the deeA one
snother ery tie acresse IN at was aGcur
ufbe OF e1sors no had As experiments got
upon Geek the whole weight upon the scale os
When the git accurately asce' he men I
the OF the and upon he bow ana Sts
could satisfactory and no scale could nave Indicated
the true weight wi'b greater precision 'D''
From, the BgGai9 Commercial 4dpatier.
THE ROCHESTER WEIGH Lock SCALE, CON.
,4suc41p nj puaY1E FoasrrH Rocu,srsAA recent ys
City Rochester sie .dy far .ed T. the extent o ~
oc scse but lately onstruced DuRrEs FoasIrH Co.
Intended the OF the proposed Enc 0aAa a
had much great work. and from the known char
oF Roc
tbs exhibition OF thu ast great specimen her hsndwork Nor
s We sc than .urprised we had no conception
that m the manufacture ma hinery high altitude
snas @ ~ ,, GO much antS toward final re-
wafa pero ] % s 1en,sJ nnoabut when we saw the
s s CT. and Heard t declared we gb pronounced BY
OF such houed confidence we found that
20 Pa bt IN ,n.ct hat same precision accuracy from
Ge1gm lor IN scrup draehns dse
he and hungry spothecsry While capacity equals 400 tun,,
go ] ave- rsaiy dster;ned and ia all
Just authenticated established Its adaptation to the
or which was designed greatly enhanced from the
1y ion and maess super ory workmanship ard
fnb No ef II or expense have omitted from
cipeucyts shape entire and final completion
~ ae.d nph OF mind over naiIcr while the 1ehoIier,
@ ~ bv nrat6o p naturally called upon TO express he aimrA
e colossal strength and proportions, he
iS sent to it, oader powers and uaerrug
sy reratoDs Competed with great egh;
fpoderous ard massive rcon weighing about 500
] cb supported By wrought braces OF great strength So
uTe b rou III IRON Immediately attached to thu svsf
IT, CONNECTING levers running ansyetseh with those
sov named Ching pounds each, similarly So nrea al sup
norted There twenty connecting rods oil about twenty
ers.h made OF inch roundiron which appended the
length twenty feet IN dt heavily oo!ed ana aei oy mans
Of wrought bolts The nan barring are OF refined cast steel
eny carefully tcmnere5 some thirteen nhes IN lens ana
cast ron cha rs great weight land which regarded rautbe
Enproyemsut firmly seated upon each particular column anu 70
which ,cyeaeye suspended by means OF heaYy YOKE ana
csyce The plan entire new feature "a applied
weighing macbnerby means Of an 3Tougn
or principal bearing which moved or graduated at pleasure
each dlS.Ect lever u 80 arranged
y the CONNECTING rod or separately may please
the The suspension the connecting
49, and Of about feet IN length very ingeniouy ap
% az sde in or ont pon the CONNECTING leyers
The .eht Of he scale may be partially adjusted
[ and ri ITSELF calculated TO overcome the ne
@ f he method of balancing the cradle below. There
are mul,9de Of yoSes cJeyces Inks s@vels in
which will proper enumeration
Length Hight OF scae 81 feet
Width Of scae 20 ieetl unheIs 49, .teVLns
Tc We gather from records open to public inspection
the Engineers Department EQUALS % tuns *sht exceeding BY
go tbs an, s;1b, NJ l,e entre &, e fconnrisn, both