Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-10-05

THE CRYsTAL PALACE In the department of ma
chinery, the United States has no competitor, not
that she has left all other nations far away in the
distance by the brilaney of her inventions and her
mechanical genius, but because their contributions
of articles of this description are very scant Walk
through the whole extent of the Machine Arcade
the eye rests cards inscribed with the
words United States in red letters France Ger
many and England are very far from being house
hold words in this department The delay in the
construction of the additional wing is the probable
cause of this deficiency, and have no doubt that
if it was ready for the reception of contributions at
the same time with the rest of the structure the
United States would not be allowed to walk the
course without any opposition. AT the same time,
we feel no hesitation in saying, that under any cir
cumstances we would bear off the palm in this
respect from competitors that is so far practical
and useful machinery is concerned. Our capabilities
in this respect fully demonstrated at the Crys
tai Palace in Hyde park. AT the upper end of the
machine arcade two magnificent steam engines from
the Winter Iron Works, have been erected They
are occasionally set in motion by steam generated in
the neghborhood and conveyed into the Palace by
of underground pipes The model engine
exhibited is particularly worthy of the attention of
all who take an interest in such works. Among the
other inventions worthy of especial notice, is the
American Flax Fuller. 1t S simple machine, de-
signed to pull flax and lay it on the ground, rap
idly as grain is gathered by the present rcapers.
horse is harnessed to the machine, which he moves
before him. The fax is separated and collected be-
tween long, wedge-shaped projections forming
breast front, near the ground, and is pulled by
of vertical rollers furnished with arms, reach
ing forward underneath the branches seed tops of
the fax which is thus by each revolution bent
nearly at right angles with its growth, bringing the
lower portion ofthe stalks into the bite of the vert
cal rollers ranged just back of the angles formed at
the base of the wedgeshaped projections and deliY
cred on the ground in rows to be bundled. The ne
cessity of suitable machinery for the preparation of
fax and hemp has been felt, and this, together with
the fax and hemp brake and the fax and hemp
dresser will fully meet, it is thought all the wants
in this respect. The Brake is furnished with feed
table, which the material is spread cut and
red into the bite of pair of calendar rollers which
fatten and split the stalks lengthwise, they are
brought forward through pair of iron-uted rollers
into the bite of large pair of breaking cylinders
which form the body ofthe machine from which the
material is delivered receiving apron in sheet
of fiber. We do not think it worth while to enter
into description of the Dresser, which is alsoa very
neat and well contryed machine and which, if it can
perform only one-half of the amount of work which
the inventors claim for it. will be valuable addition
to agricultural machinery. We cannot refrain
from remarking, however, that machinery exhi-
btion generally appears to great advantage the the
DRY upon which they are constructed, when explain
by the inventor appears so very simple, that won
der is Immediately excited that the idea struck
any one before We do not, however mean to dis
parage the machines which we have above described
and we have sort of doubt that they will appear
in practical point of view to great advantage
they now do theoretically. We may possibly recur
to this subject of machinery again.
With regard to the Crystal Palace proper very lit |
tie can be added to what has been already written |
the subject. The departments allotted to the
Iious nations arc all well filled, and twice much
space the Palace at present affords could be speed
lily disposed of to the hundreds of persons both in
this country and elsewhere, who anxious to
exhibit their manufactures and inventions at the
Crystal Palace but cannot procure single STALL 1t
is, perhaps, to be regretted that the New York
Crystal palace not at first constructed large
or even larger than its great original in Hyde Park
Present results show that it would be well filed.
The picture gallery has been VerY we'll arranged
and is the great centre of attraction at present 1t
embraces great variety of works. but very few of
the highest order of merit will be found in the col
lection. Ne,0 YORK. Express.