The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-03
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NO 1885,

~ rnat sue tfiai resulted in c0fnplefe Soufe
fae Dnsmore MISUNDERSTANDING it on the erouu
unsal bic at any price; the sale of INV mach1r
70 me farmer for cutting his CROP and the follow
jng extract from notice Of the trial in the Ken
f Eo,cn n And refer % embcrs of Congre
rom OHIO in proof Of tbe fact that fhers are mo,
o. my Reapers in that State and that they a,
more approved than all others together.
rom the above unvarnished statement of fact
It's quite evident that the committee at Sprino
held committed a gross error in awardfno HE I; s
preninm to the Self Raker, the ces,sef,tien cess :
whitM the public interest require she,,id he
,eiac.ed 20 far as possibe, by all Com
Judging and deciding upon rights and{ -
important should be admonished bv this To g;va &
more thorough investigation before nnhl;sh;n'
Inelr 1odg ment to the rest of mankind In thi
case, the Ohio Board of Agriculture have endorsed
IN an official and very public manner. = mscb;n
Wnlcn, as at present constructed is and can he =
no practical utility. This is HumBuoelre y,
Inc next and only other trial referred to b,
| seymour and Morgan was the New York trial .
zen eva IN August last, about which / have Tim,
70 say but little in addition to what has been sa;s
IN another place: First, that the machine intendeS
lot me trial Old not arrive in time, and another bae
70 De aken, inferior to what it should have beer
Tor such trial, which prejudiced some of the com
mittee against it, as they afterwards stated-mv.
| sell not being present at the time Next. tha
whilss u was such partial trial the one made in
Uulos .ne most practical member of the COMMITTEES
lMr Mallory, of the Gennesee wheat disfy;ct :
was IA Iavor OF awarding the first premium to me.
put who was prevented by sickness from attend;ro
the state lair, where the awards were made uut:
ana another member of the committee ba d an in
terest In one OF the premium machines when the
award was made! 1877 ..AAo
me superiority of the.cutting apparatus of INV
hacnlne over all others will be found in the foI
lowing extract from Teoie,c of the renort of The
New York committee las stated hv the o,, ,;te
tee,) published in the December humber of the
Albany CuttfDator, to which review wouId re-
speohhiuny refer Tor further particulars Ma,.ny's
machine (below) had the "scallop sickIe.,,
This report--since published in namnb,et
!!o'm-say VS.; The established principle in machines
IN regard to cutting tools. that an acute angie is
.ne most effective on substances of woody fibre
70 noid goodln the form of reaper knife
ms Is apparent upon comparing the angles of the
seyeIal KNIVES, as, for instance the heigbt of Mr.
McCormIck's knife, from tsbase line to the anav ;s
nyeeightns OF an inch, the base being a. inches:
.no power required to cut a swath sic feet abide
advancing at the rateof 10l feet ner minnie WAS
pounds 31-le0 for every inch in width nf ibo
swath. The height of MIR. Burrail's knife IHns
sey,s IN principle, and which received the first
the base being 3 inches. In this case the mover
consumed to advance 103 feet in a minnie Is
pounds 66-lOo, the swath being foe feet auide.'
s'This principle is further explained by the com
mittee, as follows: McCormick's machine cuts
with knives of peculiar form, being broad at the
base, short in length, and having sickle edge,
tDorking 6ettceen speGr-shaped teeth or fingers
Again, as tested by the dynamometer the power
ny's machine in rfapimg received the flrst
premium for motcing, and for rea ping and moving
combined-was found to be 26a per cent more
than mine, (5.2 and 6!6) and in nao,oing 81 per
cent. more, (4,8 and Oily And theipower reouir
ed to operate MIR. Burrals machine was still more
than that required to operate Mr. Manny's as as
certained by the same test.
stNow submit whether it would be possible To
establish the superiority of the cutting power of
one machine over another, moro clearly and con
clusively than is here decided, of mine over Man
nys and Burral1's, by a test that could not err A
patented philosophical principle is introduced into
the cutting apparatus OF my machine by which 81
to 30 per cent of the motive power is saved as de.
monstrated by practical test and accounte ed for
in the plain reasoning of the report which is unan-
swerable! This proved, and all that can then be
said of Mdnnys MACHINE is but so much more for
mine; and therefore claim the a,card made to him
as one made to me, and thus to have both report
and award in my favor, for with the single excep
ton o. the particular manner OF raising and lower
ing it,, to effect which its construction ia material
Iy deteriorated in other respects it is substantially
my machine in principle, auithout my improvement,
as expiained.'' a a=ia-s
i was mistaken in saying that the Ohio and New
referred to by Seymour s. Morgan. They say dit
is also understood that McCormick's Reaper was
beaten by Hussey's in Maryland, last summer
upon fair trial. That statement is untrue Hus.
sey, it will berecollected declined being present
with his machine at trial with mine near Wash
;ngton last year; and was not able 10 attend the
trial by the Maryland State Agricultural Society,"
when it was said Hussey had the field to himself
Subsequently to the New York trial, above re.
ferred to- Seymour & Morgan omitted to state too,
that the State Agricultural Society of Pennsylvania
reversed the decision made by the majority of the
New York Committee, and awarded their first |
premium, for my reaper over MGnny's and others /
The Franklin institute, at Philadelphia, also |
awarded recall fret premium to my machine So |
much for the "AmericGn'' trials
But Seymour Morgan further state that the /
SrOfr 1srna Roll pfod
mick's in England, aohich statement is also untrue
Bells machine has neuer been used in England and /
is just about valuable for ordinary reaping pur-
poses as Moore & HaEcali's, of Michigant
= Belts machine had trial with Hussey's in Scot
land last year, but he backed out from challenge
to- trial with mine as advised by his Scotch
friends, as stated in the following article:
From the Sunderland Times of September Is, 1862.
{. essREAPING MACHINES MIR. Mccormick has |
been in this neighborhood during the past fort /
night, awaiting the acceptance of his challenge to
all other machines to come and compete. No |
however, made its appearance At
Fulwell Attn end of last week, and at Washing /
ton on Wednesday, Mr.. Mccormick consequently
had the field to himself, and the trials were such |
as to afford additional evidence of the business of
the conclusion come to by the judges at the recent
Durham County Agricultural Show, as we'll as the /
still higherverdict of the jurors at the great exhi
bition. Though, however, Mr.. Bell was not pre-
sent on these occasions, he was expected to come /
southwark shortly, and. unless the season were
too late4or MIR. Mccormick gone, contestwa an
ticipated between the American and his northern
rival. We see it stated by the Scotsman, however,
that Mr.. Bells advisers have advised him not to
accept the challenge of Mr.. Mccormick, go that
MIR. Mccormick is denied the opportunity in this
probably the only part ofthe king
dom in which any field for the purpose remains
exhibiting on the same field the superb
ority of his reaper over that of Mr. Bell,
& The following letters from Messrs. Puaey and
Miles, NJ. p, jurors of the great exhibition,
without repeating here the late great EngisA trials
recently published in the Union will further sufh
GENTLY show the result of the trials of last gear IN
Ehgland W hich were much more thorough than any
sver made in America. Here / will rest the sques-
ion of present superiority in the machines, which
1as properly, however. little to do with the question
If extension Of a patent rs
Letter from the Hon. I'm. Miles, M p
AS one of the jurors appointed to test the merits
If the different reaping machines exhibited last i
year at the exhibition it will be impossible for me
o say and write more than did then. / am truly
,lad that our decision has now been sustained by
epeated trials. | remain, dear sir, faithfully
yours, S- .slssls isss.5s w. MILES l.
LEIGH CouRT, October 4, 1852
Letter Of Hon. PHI Pussy, M. p, Chairman of 1.e
Committee on Implements of the Great Exhibition
) at London. 80 ssalssi afat - ifs5fs
Pussy, FARIsGroE. November 90. 1885,
My DEAR SIR: Il was sorry to receive letter
rom YOU this morning, ae had been in hopes of IS