New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-16
TIE AnERrcAH INSTITUTE FAN.
The Fair of the American y,s.;t,ts "a. ccses

stil tu.y pu.Nog up machinery, willis the miliirer
Of Dsbion street the hair dresserr, tie dealers in
candy. in YANKEE notions and sew gsws, have nos
nade their appearance. The directors have w,e-
y resolved to make the Fair Of 1867 moro serious
matter than its recent predecessors and have gone
to work upon the night principle, n saying little
ard dong much Crest manufacturers, sucA 40
| Messrs X. Hoe Co. have been indseed to ex-
hibit Their products, which they never Nd bef5rs.
even al NE Worids Fair Of lisa. The show Of
machinery Is smost already complete. and this il
the best time for those who wish TO study fkat de
par ment to visit the Crystal Palace In frv Sav.
the crowd Of idle visitors and the buste ol work,
machines, will be an impeachment to careful exami.
nation.
Three boilers, Of about three feet in d;smeter aaA
thirty feet in length, to farnish the steam used
! in the palace. On these boilers there are already
on exhibition nuAber Of stesmgauges Of various
msker. Three steam-engines with horzcntal cyl
inders are TO transform steam into power. One Of
them which is not yet put up is from Mcssrs Cor
liss 4 Co.; another. which will be ready to-day is
CONSTRUCTED on the plan of Mr. @. H. Reyncais OF
Massachusetts, by Messrs. Hncaley & Gerry Of
Bangor. The cylinder Is twelve inches diameter
and three feet stroke. The third, which hAs been
working the main shaft of the mashirc rcem for
two days. was made by Messrs. J. S. Buncs Of
this city. 1t is fifteen inches diameter and four feet
stroke From each one Of these engines the motion
is transmitted to the shafting BY the purely Amer.
can method OF large belts.
in the center Of the east nave. Just behind q
bronze defamation of Washington, standsa sixcylin-
der rotary press of Gel. r. Hoe, built for German
paper of this city, The Stats Ztitng. Not far
trcm this huge machine is a new hand-press pat
ented by Lowe. 1t is new thing, capable Of doing
as much work as an ordinary hand.press worth .
hundred dollars, and costing from FIVE to fifteen.
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VereIes is yet standing by, where it was thrse
years ago: and it is pity that the inventor 10 not
yet ready to move BY electric power the Hoe press
which stands before il.
Turning toward the north, and going around tho
Palace, We find two rope machines. The ono Of
Mr.. W. L. butcher is very simple and very wei
built; the other is by Mr.. Woodwork, is much
more complex than the FIRST but it takes the hemp
or cotton in less advanced state Of preparation,
and may thus prove in the end the simplest Of tho
two. There are knitting machines BY Messrs.
| Frederick Schott b. Weaver and Borne, al %
different principles, and of different build. One o.
| them is for stockings, the others for drawers or
shirts.
D i he most important MACHINE after the Hoe presx
is Mr. G. Henry's improvement in the manufac ture
of yarn. Ii consists Of cotton-gin, to which IL
attached machine that twists the cotton into one
inch rolls ready for the cards. Usually the cotton
taken from the cOttOn-gin il pressed in bales and
performed in cotton factories. The object Of Mr..
| HenDs invention is to have the operation per-
| termed at the same time with the ginning, thus
saving labor; but above all, il is to have the cotton
| in form under which it is much less injured by
dirt and other causes in transportation. This inven
| ton attracts great deal of attention. Ii must
either produce no result at all or very important
one as il may transfer to the South labor that oc-
| cupies thousands OF hands in the North.
| On the left of the main entrance of the building
| is Messrs. Lawrence < Keeps hand-car for the
| transportation Of wOrkmen on railroads. rail
track fifty feet in length is built, and ladies' may
have a ride to and fro without causing extra labor
t. the gentlemen so easily does the car run. Be-
| hind the circular rooms, in which Th0rwaldsen's
Apostles are placed, is large show Of saws Of all
kinds trowels, hand-press, and other things Of
Messrs. Hoe Il Co.'S manufacture, very tasteiully
arranged for effect. There is also sefregulating
wind mill, and self-weighiDg car for coal. These
two inventions, under an unpretendisg appearance.
contain much that is valuable.
Mr.. Reeves clock and fog bell, and another clock
made at Sag HarbOr, occupy the western nave. On
the right Of the main entrance are q large number
of agricultural implements, such as plows, resping
machines, &C., and their number will be yet in
creased. Moving onward, we find a machine for
kDeadDg bread; it is simple and strongly built OF
iroD We are unable yet to mention the nams Of
the inventor. or the cost Of the machine. but Wa
think it might be- sold for less than 800. II it
does the work well, il will necessarily be adopted
it fulfls the necessary conditions OF cheapness
and durability and has long been desideratum in
bread-making.
A machine for testing car-sprDgs comes neKti il
appears good one and we call especial attention
to it, AZ il il to the neglect Of builders in using that
sort Of machines that the loss of many lives is due
The law should provide for the trying OF railroad
car. spIiLgs railroad axes and railroad wheels, by
officers properly qualified, as it does now for the
testing Of boilers the examining of boats life boats
and lifepreservers; and the sooner the knowledge
becomes general that there exist machines for doing
it., the sooner we shall have law 10 the purpose.
We saw visitors going up and down Robinson's
spring stair with much gustO. Each step being
spring an octcgenaran is enabled to 90 up or down
with the elastic motion that chsracterizes youth Tho
inventor arms that it will enable any one TO climb up
with much less fatigue than on an unyielding stair.
This is a point that practice alone can sottle. a
great proportion Of the machines exhibited being IN
the Palace itself part of the machine gallery il oc
cuped ne store room. In the part remaining Opon
10 The public are the three boilers above mentioned,
two apparatus for making gao. number Of heavy
punching machines and shesrs, with pumps, cen
irilUgal and others. In the galleries above carpets.
silk, linen, silver and earthen-ware, flowers fruits
and vegetables are placed for exhibition. There is
also a comb cutting machine, for the making Of
gutta -percha combs, which would be better placed
down stairs.
In the Gallery Of Paintings, most Of what IL hung
is trash of the worst Sort and seems to be the rem
nant of other exhibitions, that nobody has claimed
for fesr Of being mistaken for the artist Filed ON
the floor are several splendid dsguerreotyPes and
| statuette by M0rer of Down East Yankee whit
Ting seated on his goOds.
The Secretary of The American Institute, Mr.. W.
b. Leonard informed US yesterday that the Direct
ors have resolved TO admit in the Palace new eno
use ful machines during all toe time the Exhibition