The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-15
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TIE Fair a, IN. American Institute

Garden ie still nereasi z; and coeval with this rush
Of people there have beer additional applications on
the port Of inventors mspuftcturers, and others,
for permission 10 show their articles; bat the com.
,nittee hss been able tain the u sposss
for want Of room. The rnwber Of such applications
has been 80 great thst, II calculated, not all
j the Garden would contain the articles. Suilay
dissppoinim ents will probably be experienced by
exhibitors al the great fair, for notifications have
| been received that Immense number OF cattle
! will b. sent. Nesnsb,ie, every arrangement 10
being made to increase the attractions, for the sake
of the public Al eleven o'clock to-day, very
pleasing sight is be afforded Mt the Garden gates.
At that hour extraordinary looking omnibus Gin
tended for oAe or the Brooklyn aes) is to be driven.
up, eight in hond and containing thirty Of the
| Ellie ladies of Brooklyn It's large size will not
permit Of its passing the gates, but, doubtless ma
ny OF the vsiters in the exhibition will hurry
out to look at it, 1T is said to be of very curious
and novel shape and richly ornaniented, outside and
in, with gilsiDgs and paintings
Yesterday n great crowd assembled outside Of the
vest end Of the building, in order to witness the
promised descent Of NJ Alexandra and friends, in
the newly invented submarine boat. They were ma.
turany anxious to u machine of which 50 much
has been said, and this anxiety was likewise mani
river, for they came off TO the in boats Tho
machine lay about Ten yards from the Garden, and
q appearance was soneshAs like large tank, of
an elongated elhpse shape, and dotted with bulls
eyes, for giving light TO persons inside. ln length it
was about thirty feet, ana len feet in diameter at
its greatest transverse section aud wore told that
its weight was about twenty Thousand pounds. As
tho appointed hour Grew nigh the gentlemen selected
TO descend in the vessel got down the hatchway.
The party Included 81 ALEXANDRA (the inventory.
All
Peitier and N Jose (seataring genslemen), Mr..
Abram Bassford manufacturer, Centre strest), and
n Uiimsn (storekeeper, Bowery). Everything
was mace water tight, rhe boats cleared of, and al
anxiety was exhibited ny the spectators to zee the
machine desceud Time wore away, however, and
still the curious looking taDk lay the water.
The audience began 10 manifest impatience, and
very mspy uttered upooTplimentary saroasms.
At length the macons disappeared under the waters
and after the lapse OF fv. minutes reappeacsds
Again it desoeEded, and manned submerged thirty
minutes When 1t cane up. there was general
rejoicing, for great many persons had limited their
| Suspicious that IL had suck in the mud. A cheer
taiu'ed The adventurous party; bat vhen the enthu-
siasm bad little shae1, opinions were given forth
that the experiment wOnid have been satisfac-
tory if Alexandra had given practical iustra-
tiop Of The benefits which bis machine is said to
der in the way OF finding sunken articles, for as it
wac there bad only been demonstration Of the
possibility Of remaining under the water thirty
minutes We bope Alexandra will take this
hint in his next experiment In answer to the
quettions which were addressed to him, he said the
machine had descended forty.fvs feet and then
sloped down an eDbankment fcrty-two feet MORE
After the people had satified their curiosity in that
respect, they spread themselves over the building to
observe articles of another description.
We hsve already given hssty sketches Of the
rious articles exhibited but We now propose to enter
into detailed descriptions OF Of the principal
objects.
Before entering the buildings great many articles
are seen scattered up ard down the Garden, for
want of room inside. and among them will be-
observed an autcmaton reapiDg and raking ma
chine, from Chicago, the working Of which is
calculated as first TO excite Laughter from the
novelty and extraordinary nature of its movements:
but when the spectator to understand it, the
ingenuity of the whole thing excites his admiration
By the turning OF . wheel the cutters are SGT in
notion and the corn bay is cut, q meveable rake
gathers tine she ats up presses them against another
rake, lifts them off tho machine and lays them on
the ground, expanding again. ana returning, by q
lateral movement. TO 90 through the same process
Amidst the articles on view in the corridor are q
puInber OF Doors and shoes, illustrative of new
method 1t manufacturing these useful commodities.
recently carried into effect by an association in thio
city. Machines hsve been Invented for making the
different portions Of boots and shoes az to require
only the putting OF them together to complete the
perfect article facilitating the carrying out Of the
system of division Of labor, saving OF time, and
cheapness. The association has already had COM
p'eted over 1900 brogans. and in this work have
employed between twelve and fifteen men and boys.
1t is cslculated that if the system be fully carried
out. the association will be able to afford to sell
shoes ut sixty.ve cents, and mons brogans ut from
seventy I'VE cents to one dollar
SELF-RAKIsG AND REAPINa MACHINE, which
ays the grain in sheaves by the eide Of the machine
The process of cutting is effected by the double
edged shears. which geered 10 . simple manner.
and cut swasth six feet wide; tho reel is also used
IN this machine, when cutting grain; when worked
ssa mower the platform ia removed and the grass il
left on the ground, spread for drying. The whole
OF the machine, without the tongue, occupies only
about ten feet square, 1t is easy of motion, and
seems designed successfully for tho object requiring
only two horses and one man
ACoEcRNTRATED HOssE POWER MACHINE, ADAPT
ED TO TIE VARIOUS WANTS OF THE PLAINTIFF AND
FARMER : The machine il very compact, and can be
readily set up for requiring dwelling, and is
band wheel or pulley being revolvsd
on crane--thnt the power oan be transferred from
one point to another without being compelled to
disturb the position Of the machine after the same
has been set and once prepared for use. The crane
which supports the pulley. is also so constructed
that the belt connecting the main driver with the
driving pulley may at any tine be heightened or
shortened, without resorting 70 the usual method
Ct unity ing and tying at the joints. The maker
OF this machine alsc exhibits
A COMPOUND CAR AxLE.-He declares that
by this arrangement Of the axle an indepen-
dent motion to opposite wheels, without Affect
ing their relative lateral action, is secured. By
the uss of this axle the entire danger Of bre akage
is obviated With the ordinary axle this liability
arises principally from the Of the iron,
caused by the constant twisting and untvisting OF
the IN stai in turning curves II is well known that
one OF the chief sources Of danger in railroad
tTnvel is in the breaking Of axles. Large num-
bers Of lives have been lost, ard an Immense
amount of property destroyed by this cause
alone. In turning curves Of average radius, and
with ordinary trains. large portion Of the motive
power may be saved. With the common axle,
owing to the greater disacce to be travelled over in
the same time By tho wheel on the outer rail- all the
wheels rail must slds. to compensate for tho
natural tendency 70 = difference ia velocity With
this axle, each vheel moves with velocity duo TO
the lsrgth Of rail TO be traversed In the applica-
ton OF The brakes the torson Of the axle IL also OBJ
viaeS-each wheel turning With the velocity due to
the pressure Of the brake on itsef and not Afesting
or bcirg affected by the other. Theso axlss have
been four years 10 use on tho Aloeay aud Buffalo
rpiiroad aud no case Of breatage has yet bscn 70.
ported Two hundsed have already boen made, and
srrppgcments bavs been entered into with the pro-