The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-03
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tne pinsmore MISUNDERSTANDING it on the rrour
unsaiea bic at any price; the sale of nv m achi,
70 ine farmer for cutting his CROP and the follow
ng extract from notice os The trial in the Ken
from Ohio in proof Of the fact that there are mo
OF my Reapers in that State, md that they al
more approved than all others together.
i rom the above unvarnished statement of fact
!. IS quite evident that the committee at Sprinf
held committed a gross error in awarding The fir
prepaLpm to the Self Raker, the .cosIsersie noes.
whfeM The pnblic interest require shsNld he rn,r
1efacsed 90 far as possibe, by all 1sa4e, Cor
Judging and deciding upon rights and ~
important should be admonished by this to rive
more thorough investigation before nubl;sh;n
tnelr Judgment to the rest of mankind In III;
imam official and very public manner . rnacb;S,
which, as at present constructed is and can he :
no practical utility. This is HumpUoGINe y,
Inc next and only other trial referred to b.
| icy seymour and Morgan was the New York trial, d
GENEVA In August last, about which / have tim
10 say but little in addition to what has been 90 i
IA another place: First, that the machine intenra
ior the trial did not arrive in time and another hat
70 De "a Ken, Inferior to what it should have beer
Tor such a trial, which preiudiced some of The com
mlttee against it, as they afterwards stated-mv
sell not beng present at the time NEXT. tha
whist 1t was such partial trial as the one made If
o ms the most practical member ofthe committee
Ill OF the Gennesee wheat district
put who was prevented by sickness from attendino
tne state fair, where the awards were made ouf.
ana another member of the committee had am in.
award was madei Es1s- e'-t> '..'A''
The superiority of the cutting apnaratrs IF M,
machine over all others will. be found in the foI
lowing extract from revieac of the report of the
view ORR COMMITTEES, (as stated by the commit
Az ~ pupnsnea IN the December number of the
Albany Cuttirator, to which review would re
spectiuiiy refer for further particulars Mannu,s
machine (helow) had the s.scallop sickle:''
MIS- report-since published in pamnbIet
~, ne established princplei in machines
~ regard to cutting tools. that an acute anole Is
.le host eIleetiYe- on substances of woody fibre
seems to hold good in the form of reaper. knife
70 apparent upon comparing the angles of the
nntyes, as, Tor instance the height of Mr.
knife, from tsbase line to the anex. Is
nVe-eghths OF an inch, the base being a. inches:
tne power required to cut a swatb sir feet ,,;de
advancing at the rateof 10l feet per minute, was
POUNDS 3l-le6 for every inch in width of the
swath. The height of Mr.. Burrail,s knife. IHnss
sey's in principle, and which received the first
premium as Reaper above the base is 3Iinches
the base being 3 inches. In this case the power
consumed TO advance lob feet in minute is S
pounds 66-l00, the swath being fre feet apide
ssThis principle is further explained by the com
mittee, as follows: sMcCorrnick's machine cuts
with knives of peculiar form, being broad at the
base. short in length, and having a sickle edge,
tporking betaceen speGr-shaped teeth or fnoers
Again, as tested by the dynamometer, the power
per inch of cutting edge required to operate Man.
ny's machine in reGping (which received the first
premium for motcing, and for reaping and moving
cornbined-was found to be 26l per cent more
than mine, (5.2 and 6l6) and in nolcing. 81 ner
cent. more, (4.S and OIL. y And the power reouir.
ed to operate Mr.. BurralPs machine was still more
than.that required to operate Mr.. Manny's, as as.
by the same test.
CHOW 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
ny's and Burrali's, by n test that could not err
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-
by practical test and accounted for
in the plain reasoning of the report which is unan-
swerablei This preped, and all that can then be
said of Mannys machine is but so much more for
mine; and therefore claim the a,Dard made to him
as one made to me, and thus to have both report
and award in my favor, TOR with the single excep-
ton o. the particular manner OF raising and lower
ing it, to effect which its construction is material
ly deteriorated in other respects it is substantially
my machine an principle, fuithont my improvement
as explained.
! i was mistaken in saying that the Ohio and New
York trials of reapers were the only shome trials
referred to by Seymour & Morgan. They say cit
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
ington 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 Manny's and others
The Franklin Institute, at Philadelphia also
awarded recall first premium to my machine. So
much for the "AmericGn'' trials.
p,1fC oyp e It, Al
Scotch machine, by Bell, competed with McCor-
mick's in England, auhich statement is also untrue
Bells machine has never been used in England, and
is just about as valuable for ordinary reaping pur-
poses Moore Hascalts, of Michigan!
L Bells 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, 1852.
."REApINa MAcHINEs--Mr. Mccormick has
been in this neighborhood during the pact fort
night, awaiting the acceptance of his challenge to
all other machines to come and compete. No
however, made its appearance. At
POWELL atthe 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 higher verdict of the jurors at the great exh-
bition. Though, however, Mr.. Bell was not pre-
sent on these occasions, he was expected to come
shortly, and, unless the season were |
too late<or Mr.. Mccormick gone, contest was an
ticipated between the American and his northern
rival. We see it stated by the Scotsman, however
that MIR. Bells advisers have advised him not to /
accept the challenge of Mr.. Mccormick, so that
Mr.. Mccormick is denied the opportunity In this
the only pa 1T of the 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 Pusey and