The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-03

rA.e' sio Hiai fesulted IN coHdplafk xoute
tne Dlnsmore machines leaving it on the pronn
bic at any price; the sale of m y M achin
% tne farmer Tor cutting his CROP and the follow
ing extract from notice o4 the trial in the xeni
r royc"ngM. And refer 10 nembers of Congress
rom ONO In proof Of the fact that there are NOR
o. my Reapers in that State, md that they ar
more approved than all others together
From the above unvarnished statement of facts
a.1s quite evident that the committee at Spring
neid committed gross error in awarding The frs
PREMIUM TO the Self Raker, the ca<aeef,1encess
Wick fne pablo interest require sher,id he co,,.
.efacsed 20 far as possible, by all naAe. Com
Judging and deciding upon rights an ~
important should be admonished by this "a rive
more thorough investigation before nnbl;sh;ne
tneir Judgment to the rest of mankind. In tbg
case, tne ONO Board OF Agriculture have endorsed
In an ofhciai and very public manner nonch;n.
which. as at present constructed, is and can be O
no practical utility. This is HumBuGGIrG >,
The next and only other trial referred To hx
- cey mour and Morgan was the New York trial, a
Gene eva in August laet. about which / have timt
to say but little in addition to what has been sa i
"a notner places First, that the machine intended
LOT the trial did not arrive in time and another ha
70 De 70 Ken, inferior to what it should have been
Tor such trial, which preiudced some Of the con,
mlttee against it, as they afterwards stated =,
sell not being present at the time NEXT. that
whilst 1t was ouch partial trial as the one made IN
UnIo' the most practical member of the COMMITTEES.
a Niaaliory, OF the Gennesee wheat district
was IN favor OF awarding the first premium, to me-
put VINO was prevented by sickness from attendn o
the state lair, where the awards were made ont:
ana another member of the committee had an in
seIese n one OF the premium machines when the
award was madei
sIhe superiority of the cutting appa ratus of INV
machine over all others will be found in the fol
lowing extract from revie,c of the renort If tba
new ORR committee, Gas stated by the commit
Ar ~ puDlsneo IN the December number of the
Albany CuItiDator, to which review | would re.
spectiuiiy refer for further particulars Mann,,,s
machine (below) had the ssscallop sckie:', -
luis report-since published in pamphlet
ne established principlei in machines
IN regard to cutting tools, that an acute anoe Is
sne Ihost elective on substances of woody fibre.
seems 70 mold good in the form of a reaper.knife
nis Is apparent upon comparing the ANGLES of the
McCo. nnives, as Tor instance, the height of Mr.
ncCormcks knife, from itsbase line to the anex IL
nive-elghths of an inch, the base being a. inches
me power required to cut a swath sir feet apide
advancing at the rateof 10I feet per minute. was
pounas - ai-ieo for every inch in width Of the
swath. The height of Mr.. Burrail,e knife. ITIns
sey's IN principle and which received the first
premium as Reaper above the base is 81 inches.
the base being 3 inches. In this case the power
to advance 103 feet in a minute is
pounds 6b-lO0, the swath being fre feet aride
sThis principle is further explained by the com
mittee, as follows: tMcCormicks machine cuts
with knives of a peculiar form, being broad at the
base, short in length, and having Sickle edge,
.uorking betsceen spear-staped teeth or fuoers
per inch of cutting edge required to operate Man
ny's machine in reaping-which received the FIRST
premium for mo,cing, andfo reaping and moving
,ombined-waH found to be 26a per cent. more
cent. more, CAS- and GID And the power reauir-
I'd to operate Mr.. Burrsll's machine was still more
han, that required to operate Mr. Manny's as as |
;ertained by the same test.
ssNow submit whether it would be nossihIe IN |
establish the superiority of the cutting power of
,ne machine over another, moro clearly and con
;lusively than is here decided of mine over Man
ly's and Burralfs, by n test that could not err
patented philosophical principle is introduced into
he cutting apparatus of my machine, by which 81
% 30 per cent. Of the motive power is saved as de.
by practical test and accounted for
the plain reasoning of the report, which is unan-
werable! This proved, and all that can then be
aid of Mannys machine is bat so much more for
nine; and therefore claim the a,Uard made to him
ID one made to me, and thus to have both report
md award in my favor, for with the single excep-
ion OF the particular manner of raising and lower
ng it, to effect which its construction ia material
deteriorated in other respects, it is substantially
ny machine IN principle, tcihont my improvement,
rs explained. p
i was mistaken in saying that the Ohio and New
York trials of reapers the only sshome'' trials
to by Seymour s. Morgan. They say sit
IS also understood that McCormcks Reaper was
beaten by HusseY's in Maryland, last summer
upon fair trial." That statement is untrue Hus-
sey, it will be,recoected, declined being present
with his machine at trial with mine near Waslt-
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.
erred to, Seymour & Morgan omitted to state too
hat the State Agricultural Society of Pennsylvania
reversed the decision made by the majority of the
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 nAnlerican'' trials.
u, GAVIN x Al
scotch machine, by Bell, competed with McCor- |
nick's in England, auhich statement is also untrue
Bells machine has neuer been used in England and /
s just about as valuable for ordinary reaping pur-
,oses as Moore & Hascalls, of Michigan! |
Belps machine had a trial with Hussey'sin Scot
and last year, but he backed out from challenge
o trial with mine advised by his Scotch
riends, as stated in the following article:
From the Sunderland Times of September IS, 1852 |
."REAPING'- MAcHINEs.-Mr. Mccormick has |
,een in this neighborhood during the past fort /
hight awaiting the acceptance of his challenge to
III other machines to come and compete. No |
however, made its appearance At 4
fulwell at the end of last week. and at Washing 1
on on Wednesday, Mr.. Mccormick consequently |
lad the field to himself, and the trials were such
IS to afford additional evidence of the justness of
he conclusion come to by the judges at the recent
Durham County Agricultural Show, as we'll as the
till higher verdict of the jurors at the great exh-
,ition. Though, however, Mr.. Bell was not pre-
ent on these occasions, he was expected to come
outward shortly, and. unless the season were
90 latesor Mr.. Mccormick gone, a contest was an
icipated between the American and his northern
ival. We aee it stated by the Stotsman, however,
hat Mr.. Bells advisers have advised him not to
ccept the challenge of Mr.. Mccormick, so that
Mr.. Mccormick is denied the opportunity in this
the only pa ri Of the king
Iom in which any field for the purpose remains
lncut-of exhibiting on the same held the superb
rity of his reaper that of Mr.. He'll. "
The following letters from Mcssrs Fasey and
Niles M. P, jurors of the great exhibition,
without repeating here tie late great EaglisA trials
ecentty published in the Union, viii farther suIh 4
ientiu show the result of the tras of last gear ia
a plasd W hich were much more thorough ttan any
yer nadein America. Here Will rest the ques- II
ion of present superiority in the lnachnes, which
az properly, however, little to do with the question
f e1teasion Of patent Fl
Letter from the Hon. I'm. Miles, NJ. r.
As one Of the jurors appointed to test the merits
the different reaping machines exhibited last +
ear at the exhibition 1t viii be Impossible for me
, say and write mare than did thea, am truly 1,
lad that our decision has now been aui aied hy d
speated trials. remain. desc Ms, NJ
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