Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-03-08
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE FLOATING BALL,
OR
KNUCKIE WASHING MACHINE,

III of the VIRGINIA Mechanics Institute, Virginia
State Agricultural Society, Maryland Institute ana
all other Fairs where it has been exnlDlteo' -
Christmas being near at mana, "nen PetsoeiS u ~
their servants for another year. now is the tme 10
sara e hire of SsroaRt, by purchasing one Oh tneSe
THE BEST INVENTION EVER OFFERED TO
THE PUBLIC.
ADVANTAGES OF THIS MAcHINE.-1. Clothes are
washed far cleaner far thoroughly than by hand
even when pounding is added. At one and the same
instant they are subjected to the threetod operation
of Pounding, Rubbing and Sqaees'Rg; those parts
which are the most soied receiving the most OF 1t;
whilst owing to the limited resistance offered by the
floating balls, injury is sustained from the opera
ton, by the finest textures. 2. The time con,
sumed is but VERY SMALL FRACTION OF that requires
in washing by hand 3. The wear and tear OF CLONES
is far less even when no pounding is added 70 'he
rubbing by hand. Persons have done hnnareus VI
washings with the machine, without ever kno"tuS
button to be torn of or broken. In numOerieSs i
stances the experiment has been tried of putting IN
bank notes. together with shirts, CONSIDERABLY eoiTu
After being washed the time requisite ior maAn 'ne
shirts perfectly clean, the notes nave pTeSenteu ~
perceptible change, save that OF oeIng anu
the ink being little faded. T. The consumption o.
soap is much less s. Less fuel is consumed than IN
washing by hand, when the latterls done with nol
water and the clothes are boiled afterwards. D. Al
necessity for boiling is superseded, excepting only
scb clothes as are in the very foulest state when Ia
ken TO wash. 2. All injury TO the hands is ayolaed
no bleeding or sore fingers; none or the clustering
and chapping and callOus, such as washerwomen
hands so often exhibit. The hands are never I'm
mersed in the water never wet except TO the extent
necessary in putting the clothes into the sash ana Ia
king them out, and in wringing them. s. The ma
chine is easy work. very easy that the whole Ia
Dor Of working it. lin doing the weeks wash OF {
large family is among the ghtes tasks involved II
the daily routine OF household duties. very SINAI
children take part in 1t any girl OF OF
binary strength however little used to labor, can III
the whole without fatigue and with great benefit from
the exercises this being of the best kind tor strength
ening the arms chest and loins. 9. The process o
washing with it is most simple, consisting as II aoe
in the two acts of laying the clothes In the SASH ant
in working this up and down, by giving the like mo
ton to the lever which the sash is attached to. ANY
person of the most ordinary intelligence VIII acquire
sufficient knowledge of il by witnessing IT Tor ter
minutes and without ever having seen it at ALL M
such person can fail TO become conyersant Wltn H. II
halt an hours practice. observing the printed drec
tions. For merely washing clothes clean, and ena
bling any one to do wash in time so short that L
can scarcely be credited by those who have not wit
messed it, all needful directions would be comprised
in a few lines. But for doing wash IN the most per
feet manner possible, and in the briees time possible
number of particulars must be attended 10, whlch
although they could be all learned in few minutes
by seeing, cannot be described so briefly. 10. The
machine cannot get out of order IN any way, e1ceptl
be actually broken and it cannot be broken In uslns
it, If broken the damage, when thegreatest possible
can be repaired by any common carpentern one hour
IL Its durability has no other limit but that OF the
power of wood to resist decay.
would beg leave TO refer to the following gentle
men who have tried the above machine: Rev. W. \
Richardson II. l.. Gallaher, DR.. G. Alexander, j: \
Smith, ]. S. Wallace Peter Hanger, ST., ID. ID. Coy
ner John Coyner jr., and John b. Taylor, at Waynes
boro, where they are manufactured and always or
hand. JAS. Il. IRVINE.
Waynesboro', Dec H. 1S5s.-6m
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