New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-02
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
TIE AMERICAN INSTITUTE.
TIE DAY AFTER THE FAIR.


The transformation made at the Rink is COM
plete chaos now regns where but yesterday all was
order and beauty. The Machinery room has lost the
greater part of its ingenious mechanism. The Wooden
Department with its rich staples and gorgeous c0ors ana
draperes has vanished If by magic. The graceful
paperboats and the veocipedes no longer hang sus'
pended In midar the having been taken by ME-
Waters TO the Virginia State Fair at Richmond Ihe nhe
steam re-engne has been TO It's new owners the
nremen OF Dover, Delaware The Fine Art exhDi
tons OF lockwood, CaryarlhO, redereKs' ana
KurtZ, the sewingmachines, and the long lines OF
potatoes, squashes aud fruits have all been removed
Secretary Chambers is sti busily engaged Win MS
clerks. They have during the Exhibition performed
their and often annoying duties with patience
and intelligence and deserve especial praise AS we
pass on Downing and his restaurant have retreated to
Walst and the department Of the household with all
it's strange abOrsavng devices is no longer IN opera
ton. Master Harry Howe the youngest member OF the
Institute and his choice slate mantes and panels attract
10 more the admiration Of visitors Moores excellent
nickel and siverpated tabe-cutery the only novelty OF
its kind may still be seem beside Smiths Of nickel.
plated gOodsone Of the rarest of the inventions and
without competitor at the Rink Matthew's sodafoun-
tain the group OF farming TOOLS with the Bullock Press
the Lya Positive Motion Loom, have disappeared This
received the great Institute medal for the year. but
before another exhibition 1t Will probably ma lSel CON
been slowly maturing Tor me past - years anu IL tu
ing out cotton, wooden, silk aud other textile fabrics
than that Of the Lya LOOM Every motion OF is rotary
thus avoids the waste Of power involved IN the
recprocatng action Of all other looms It's inventor Is
determined unlnpresslOe man. yet so modest thaI nc
absolutely refuses allow his TO be published and
kept the result Of his labor from the knowledge OF all
but three OF four confidential and prOIesslona
The giant steamengnes which turned hundreds OF me-
Rider upright and horizontal engines. the Harris orss
the BObcock-WicOx, the Novelty, and the LOOMS Fish
part taken away Some dissatisfaction has induced
the managers 70 make more complete test OF the two
laaf he an ~
cOX-which will prevent the awards IN this class from
beng announced Tor several DAYS. AhdIe"ss M
wrccking pump and compact Occildting engine with all
it's companions of lesser volume have all gone 10 disturb
other waters Steam boilers of all constructions have
been loaded carts and carried away. The non
explosive attachment no longer attIacts OF puLIles
the intelligent engineer. The Burleigh rock.dril,
the cluster OF steam hammers, Passs band saws Wood
wOrths improved paner, and other new and ingenious
wood working tools have all shared the common fate
One special novelty which has received less attention
than 1t deserves, is Kroms system Of dressing ores
This remarkable machinery, destined to have an i'm
pOrtant bearing upon the mining interests Of the country
consists of system Of automatic machines TOR crushing
separating aud concentrating ores OF All knds without
the OF There are two machines that for crush
ing have a positive motion aud pulverize rapidly
aud ehcently III Is simple, compact, ana Durable re-
curing but moderate amount Of power to work II,
and be set anywhere Its companion machine, the
separator ana Commentators was on the INST lor cOhpe
tom the Crusher not. Both machines work auOma
ratOT the latter available both in Summer and Winter
one skilled workman manage 20 pairs OF
tested during the exhibition, and It's great
merits recognized by few of the more intelligent
IT, The separator occupies field, aud had its origin
the practical necessity for more efficient substitute
produce the necessary agitation OF the pull
verized This system is 30 arranged that the
crusher delivers the TO the separator
aud COnCeutr8tor uniformly and continuously.
TIE process Of separating and concentrating
tho is produced by short, rapid intermittent
impulses compressed air which Gamble extended TO 400
per minute while il impossible TO get from water more
Than per minute. The effect Of dry air upon the pull
veIibed mass is separate and deposit nearly every
atom Of the effect of water is TO float away the
liner particles which aTeOs The comparative advantage
process water ranges from 20 TO 80
cent and renders il possible, practicable and profitable
the working Of otherwise .Valueless. By
Il; the separation OF zinc-beDde from galena
is for the first time rendered practical
Another remarkable novelty, not hitherto mentioned,
was placed nn gallery during the last two weeks Of
the Fair. This ROckwOod's apparatus for taking
photographs by magnesium light This apparatus en-
ahlrs the operator take admirable and effective like
BeSscs and will be valuable addition 70 the processes
already IN use.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FAIR-TRE PREMIUM LIST.
The list of premiums published IN Mondays
although official contained several The
first medal and diploma for teuriOn awarded TO
Marshal Long No. PA East seyentynnth-st, instead Of
10 the Rev. j. Davis the first medal aud diploma for
turn-table 10 J. b. Kelly, instead Of d. c. Wallng, and
the first medal and diploma for steam brake for rail
ways Thomas B.. Oakley instead Of the Grant Loco
motive Works, while the award Of first medal and
diploma tO Parker Bros Of West Merdeu, Conn., for a
power press was omitted from the list.