The New York herald., 1863-07-16

yesterday, after each machine had been put through
every conceivable form Of ordeal some Of which were %
severe tnss ooe-sn American ensne-ss We anticipated
His Royal Hghness tho Prinoe Of Wales, accompanied
the ground alter ten O'Clock 10 witness the expert
ments.
worked 80 violently tried by the test Of draw
ing its water from depth Of eighteen feet, and de-
iveriug il up hill through four hundred feet length
cult test which any OF the machines had TO undergo, but
those OF hessrs shand aud Mason and
went through 1t admirably. The American engine Alex
sndra broke ils cylinder cover in its Efforts 10 the
same and OF course was instantly rendered useless Yes
terday the Manhattan which was seriously injured by
turning over when being brought upon the ground on
Tuesday was tedn the presence o. his Royal Hghness
II scarcely air TO try this engine al all but the Anne
rcan gentlemen themselves wished it, and steam was got
up accordingly Before thad pumped long however,
found TO be too much injured TO work with safety
began to spread fast that the machine had TO bs
stopped at once.
The ap cared to take great interest in the work.
The most important experiments afterwards made with
the engines took place just under the north water tower
them to their power In throwing vertical Jet
high he air. For this purpose the n0zzes OF the
hose Of the four competing machines were hxed upright
eide by side about feet high. The diameter
OF the hose pipe used by Mr 20 l6!hs
OF inch more than an inch and half. Messrs.
Shand and Mason used nezze ~ l6ths inch the
American engine Of 81 l6ths of inch and Mr.. Ro
berts engine Of 14I6hs Of inch The latter for
such small engine (oniy 30 cwt) threw steady and
feet into the air. All however, were eclpsed In height
BY the jets thrown by Mr. Merryweathers and Mes RS.
Shand Mnsons, that from the engine OF the latter nrm
being the highest OF ALL reaching ut times close upon 100
feet IT, indeed It did not oyertop even this great alti-
tnde. Mr. Merryweather's engine also threw most mag
niGcent column Of the great diameter have mcntone
and maintained the column steadily at height varying
between l60 and ITO feet. This was the most massi,
jet thrown though Messrs Shand and Mason with their
slightly thinner column, could always overreach II by
twenty feet or moro
The American engine was literally nowhere, ard, OK.
cept during occasional spurt fifty feet was about ts
maximum. AZ the jeIs were kept close up parallel
with the tower, and only distant from IT couple
Of feet, II quite easy, by compa ison
with the stories Of the tower Itself, each
Of which is twenty feet high estimate almost to foot
the height each Jet thrown The united Efforts II all the
nozzles Of course down in perfect cataract OF
water. This last effort, which was excee ngy beautiful
TO witness, brought tho trials to q close
The decision of the committee awarding the prizes
having Of course to be based the careful cosicra
on OF nity Of minute but important details, can
not be made known before Wednesday or Thursday next
1t was however very general opinion on the ground
that Mr.. Merrywcaher had gained the first prize for
large engines eco and Messrs Shand and Mason the
first prize for small (30 cwt) II is tho small engines,
however, which are tho great dcsiderata Just now.