, 1875-03-27

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~ 1ne nbo' ~" no.t'a illustrative u tao n'auy
improvements anu c'anGos mado aIt,ce tho ofi5l-
mi inyontton Of tho platform scale by ThadIeHs
Fairbankg tnay not bo amfss, lis invention was
trn,r rront nm ora anon auncraedcd tto old
N"'y s..'s o1o' "uo noo'' "uPe'e'oe. wv o'u
method Which waa open to many BorIous objcc-
tlons, chiotly on account Of inaccuracy, lue
Fajrbnnks. under pooa nusujcna. rtnrtel to man-
T,ctvra H. 49,. fnr.,, ao.tos -.,,iat. ,r..a 1aa
~, u'Aes'e t"' l'"'io4'' hea.ea' ""'s'' "s4o ue"'
tined aoon TO occnPy tl'o Told exc'uslvely.
ThcAo soon established for themselves
q firm ro,utatiou and, na tic batter
hnow1c1po or mnrufoctur;no af,5cd n
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s"o '''.oa7 4"'p'ofo'no"ta ''aoo ofcE 'he
ntes ofado aoalg'l oa circumstances or experience
seemed to HugeeRt, became bettor Known, the
popular demand for them BECAME immense, and.
being tl,o bcst scalo mado. tLoy were. Of courac'
s ue .'"s a.o i"uu' sno, VIZ ~ souino'
lnmou,'so!s adoptoa Ds sho saiaoos corporations
throughout tho country III ncad OF Weighing ma
cl,lneB. Getting soon adopted luto Tho Goyefu-
ment tlnpnrtmeute thoy TINA. ns II WIRE hccamo
t,,n ..stan.,n,1n s,a,s ,r,a,, - .ons.n ~"s a,s
n'osu n.'l.'s e7'apnHuca tne'' eloas a'u growing
reputation.
thus thoy went on in tho even tenor Of their
way. With tho increased reputation followed in
e@ssu po.a'ton t,. ana "oa'Lu o'o4 'o""tueu
ING lnsen'ot' step ny stop tney ctept on, still
Increasing thoir reputation, attll Increasing tho
protlucton, until tllo popular mind became thor
What satisfying thing is tho knowledge OF
great reputation. 10 supply, Or manufacture,
anything that is appreciated by tho world, to
rase tho people truly rea1ize thu worth Of Al it-
reconpense. is iudced. Pieasing. ilonor 70
whom honor ta due. Tho Fair5anaB invention
Inns 1eon OF as much oenesit to tho commercial
wn.ld , ~ Tas s;q invention OF the sewtn.a-
ton What improvements have bcon made, aud
tint 10 also tho case with thu present platforms
scale. The Hcalo OF to-lny IL no mora like tic
nrst ono rnalo than IL tho nlodorn screw.Hteam-
ship lilto tue old Fulton paddlo-bont.
Dnt THIS H. m age Of prosrcsB and improve
tnont, mud, while aii due credit is to bo glYen to
tile oiiynR! inventors OF MclEhlnK machines, it
Ia among those who layn improved upon tho
original productions thnt must look for lilo
most perfect niHcliitIeB, md wo will therefore
speak moro explicitly Of tho mechanism OF
TIE IMPROVED HOWE BcALEs,
which nre the product OF moro iao1orn. times.
These eca}eH arc manufactured by tho brandon
alanutasturing Company, Of Brandon, VIA
very riels corporation W tho way, md which IL
cotnposed of promlnsnt capitalists Of both YER
1nout anh Now iorlt,-wl,o. wisll unfinl-
ited means and ju1icio!,s lioeralisy, I1ave
secured from tue different tnsontors all
!I 1scn made i'll weiglng lnachInes Of lato yoarH.
Ihcy 1ro tho H"lo au4 exclusive posHcaaota Q!
tto ce!1bratod Howe Il Sampson patonta, nilln-
boring somo twenty-five III all. Thu ownership
81 all these p"sented improvements Eiyos to
them tho tacllitios for producing exclusively the
most improved kcato III Lilo world.
Tao main iradomislatfng feature OF theBo I'M
pro'enlenth Wh'ch cxseuu through all the dlilcr-
CIT sIxcH' III the Ebdouto protection OF tho full
cri1n fur, M commonly tor,ncd tho "knife-
edEca } from ny woar. In oil tho boHildoring
number ailfl yations makes Of Hcales tho I3inci
plo o. we1%atag ls tho sonact Ito principle belng
There has bceu no entirely new principle Of
Weighing established or l.sroyetod, consequently
all improvements made aim towards shs produc-
lton OF moro simple. durable, and accurate ma-
Chine mac!'uo 80 simp!ciuita conar'sction TINT
ts en, re sha 10
aud to make 1t most durable thcao doiIrato cdgos
1nist 10 protected.
E1rorleneo has thoroughly demonstrated tho
lact tllat ho ecale' no nAttcr ny Whom lnadc, OF
how perlectly balanced when naw. can romiain
long in n perfectly accusate condition while
tEeto III any aeSfcc Ok friction upon the knfe-
edges.
~ IL woIl kno"n tho accuracy Of scale do
without u"ir boing at nll tlmos sharp tao seals
loses ith senritlvcn9ss, and H. requires = honvier
.t,an ~ tho legal wolgl!t to turn tho scale. III,
PLATFORM OF ao ordinary ttn WHICH CLAUS wo must
directly upon tl,csc dc(ica,e elses. This plat
tultn IL perfectly rigid, mud wllou tho goods aro
dumped OIL 1t. thero u AZ once d SHOCK which ts
received Immediately upou tho knite-edgeB,
O.: causing grlnunas upon tho9'. much tho same
III Z heavy tile were passed. over tllcu,
Now. wien scales arc III constant uso, and ns
tita opelatiou is repeated oyoty timo goods arc
Weighed, THIS friction tols foarfnlly upon these
dc!!cato cdgoa, they booomo blunted and worn,
mud tho scale becomes Incorrect. To the NOR
cltant selling gouds thia cAuses serious loss as
u alwafs requires IN scaleH OF this class moro
thhn the legal woIEht To register Tho amount
chilled for.
Therefore,, 1t theso kuife.edgos Gun DO pro-
tectodt tho difficulty vauishea aud tbs scale ro
tnaiua trala ind perfect. To get at ta protecton
ia QUO OF tho mast important Of the Uovo
aud It docs It offectualfy. Tho
old motllol taa dlroct bearing frnm liz niat.
form upon tic kutEo-edges, TLo 1mproyod
Howe ,ntorpoao between tho platform aid tho |
'cliilIed iron balls :" aud sof.mi.
iuatablo boariugs. TheYo recoIya ali t1,o ainrl.