Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-09-22
IMPORTANT TRIAL AT THE CRYsTALpA1Acr

ihfohFANT TRIAL AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE
he Following account Of trial of scales at the Fair o
ne American Institute, held in the Crystal Palace in New
ioFk Is from the "Pennsylvansn We take pleasure in
transferring to columns rejecting as 1t does great
efedit upon well known and successful New ENGLAND
manufacturing firm. We could add that the scales exbb
ed oy the Aessrs Fairbanks taken from their usual
'oek IN New York; and since the of the trial was
published have been adudged the best and gold medal
mas oeen awarded for the larger one and silver medsI
Tor the smaller onel
I'VE had the please OF Witnessing few dsvs since .,
interesting test trial Of various weighing machines on
hloton at the Fair OF the American Institute in the Crvs
tai Palace The trial was confined to the relative merits
Oh Tue Celebrated Fairbanks Scales the scales manusc
'ured hy Duryee Forsyth, OF Rochester n Y and a
new" patented scale manufactured Vergennes VI To
yes. 'he rea merit o the scales the committee placed up
on the platform CT scale having the capacity Of six tons
weight OF S,Sss pounds aud then removed the weight
To various parts OF the PLATFORM With this weight on one
corner oi the Nergennes Scale the beam indicated 1890
pouhds Wnen placed on the opposite corner the beam in
dicAted only S,S1f pounds, showing difference of IL
pounds; and when removed the centre of the
'he beam showed 1857 pounds. request was then
made that the weight be again placed the corner first
ied which was DONE and the weight the beam now nd
Gated was S3s2 pounds, showing difference of pounds
tom the 6rst trial
This variation Is attributable in part 10 the arrange
nent Of the platform upon the bearings which forbiIs
he possibility OF its giving weight or agreeing
win ITSELF The test was then applied to a Fairbanks
placed n one of
the platform the beam Indicated true iceight sS9s
pounds on the second and third corners the result
the same on the fourth slight variation was per
ceptblc. So extremely decate was the oueraton of F,
banks Seal" capacity six TONS that quarter OF pound
weight placed on the platform raised tue beam
"A Duryec Forsyth Scale, of 40 600 pounds capacity
was next tested and like the Vergennes Scale It failed
10 give correct weight or to agree with ITSELF il showed
variation OF ten pounds when the weight was from
one corner TO another One of Fairbanks small p,tfrm
scales was then tested with United States standard weights
had haau in
H exhibited unerring accuracy. The sealed weights
we're then placed similar Scale manufactured by
Duryee Forsyth but the result far from satsfacto-
~ one corner was half pound TO light the centre halt
pound too heavy, and another corner two pounds too
hesvy.-BosfoH Journal
As an additional evidence of the great superiority of
Fairbanks scale state the fact that first Plat
form Scale brought south Of Mason Dixons line
= nov in daily use by the well known firm Of Campbell
Coye IN Washington city, who have owned nearly hir
" years, and u - still as accurate the day on which
they receivedit. Since that time Messrs Fairbanks 4
20 have manufactured nearly 100000 Scales each one
OF which susiains the reputation OF the house
There u Track Scale, thrtythree feet long at the
tonnage Office of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad AT
Mount Clare station in this city which has been in use
over eight years. aud has done weighing than any
other Scale cih ercepton ~ the trorid and il per
ccty accurate and likely continue 90 for wears 10 come
ohr instances may be cited Of Scales that have been in
use from twenty TO thirty years. but the reputation of
Fairbanks Scales is well established as to fully en-
title them 20 their acknowledged position Of The Stan.
dard Scale These Scales in at one hundred a-d
muVsi< railroads IN the United States and are used q.
efusireig on al the railroads IN Great Brifain
heesrs. Fairbanks Co. now employ In their factory
over four hundred men, Who out nearly twenty thou
sand scales per anngn varying in capacity from the most
delicate Apoisedrys Scale the Hegh LoeE scale of
re hundred tons These scales are adopted TO the stan
dsrd OF any nation and large are exported 70 v
cry civilized country the globe The various provinces
Of Turkey aloue require twenty different standards
Messrs. Clarkson Anderson No lO6 Main street are
sole agents n this city for these Scales Who furnish them
here Tor The same price they be had the manuaco
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