New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-08-17
MkCHINERY NOTES.

fPRoa rnP xrGULAR CORRESPONDENT of ThS IRibuNf'J
PuJADyIPHIA, Aug. 15.--Ihe exhibit OF sew
ingmschin IL gch the largest ever made ut "oricT
fair and includes al recent Inventions taat nave gone
into practical use - the beginning 81 The present
year. Canada, England Germany, Belgium France ana
Russia are .eG. and tho part taken by United
States manufacturers in the display IS "a brilliant IA I
is prominent Tao sharp competition existing between
rivsl companies leads each rin 10 make zee most o iS
space with drapces pictures, bright omhDidfIcs pne
needlegor. oostuued figures, designed to "reSt' he
attention of visitors stSolng along the aseS 2Tea
deal of money is spent carved and inaid RACES Their"
is Also lavish expense for pamphlets with illuminated
covers circulars, cards and other Ta11ttl oi pi+d
mater. The scwmgmaohin; was perfected ears ago.
as far as it's main features concerned Dut new IN
ventionS constantly appear, some amos iAs GfpNloh
OF simplicity OF structure, and often in tina; of attach
,nents FOR special kud5 OF WORK. Tho most I'M
porant recent improvements exhibited are Tor lne
PURPOSES of eIn bruidory rather than sewing proper
II French machine has IL universal reed wEch en'''''
TIE operator to give the cioth any direction desired
without touching ia useful device Ter emhfoideT
ing on stamped patterns. stiH more Ingenious / an
American invention for cbroeTing set figure, aut"n"t'
cay Ey curious under the table ID" feed
Is set so that the machine goes on OF sc reproducing
the pattern. About dozen dhcTen; siTrie pattern
can embroidered by changing the apparatus Another
noticeable invention IS machine which sows Fiih
either one or two needles. may be desired II ce
ciaIy u5cl for embroidery hrcsds OF two c0l's can
ha used md double work performed. Three KINDS Of
machines are sboBn that from tho pools ana thus
asrc,c with thc troublesome shuttle or Dobbn Among
the foreign machines there are no new inventions OF
value except tie universal feed above montloned ana
there s not neatly as high finish as rule ~ The mo
cbanicsl parts in the OF The machines a. in those
.adsiu this coy.Gy. Cheapncss appears to be their
Ri ci,r-l ncrii. ana american makers could come, n
that rcsnpct IL they choSe indeed, many them q"
80 compete in foreign countries. American m"'"nrs
Nh h BE- naaed that retail ia this codnilJ at so ad IN
ENGLAND at $50 or ~35.
Russian inventor. u. Aliss1f OF ST. Pet'rsNuIS
shows a typewriter glh for excellence o. mechanical
str Cure cleanness OF impression. and ability toto
printing in JifcIcnt characters. leaves ua American
typewriter faI behind. ~ cannot be made u |oK
nearly a. fIstshOwevcr, n it, American rival ana o.
snted h VIA. most people seek In HC'b Nachne u 20
dolbtfd II It viii come into extensive use 5ir'
Aii,o says that ho r-t turned his attention 10 maxim;
sInaclne FOR speed but finding by observation that f."
lrcn can think faster than they can write With rn or
pencil. liz concluded that such an Invention was
what wa needed, but aomethirg bat would make %
accurate and ralble coIy"a printed page. In me
undertaking mas fully -uCc,eded. His machIn" V'
in the Russian and Erssh characters, makes capital
small capitals Igurrs. 81 EG punctuation points ana O."
tire Frch ,ccis. 40 TIE types are movable c-n -"
arranged 20 pr1t Greek, Hebrew. OF arg other wltt'l
LANGUAGE Tho oi wO siag II - I" mo- lever
on dial 10 NE oter desired and make the IinpF' -'oh
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primary writing. Mr. Alisso1 also cAb.Dts al r .n'on
for to,thoggaphiug music. The saT.s notes, AMI
signs printed tk.D paper arc kept Ia small OoAt'
from which they taken and pasted G,on large p'''
Of glass; regularity being secured by limos on Cardboard
at the back OF tie pane. Thus the coMSil"h rs hnii
up ouch more rapidly .hln could be done with types
negative q, then taken o. any size Gcsi'i-the light
passing through TIE g!ass-aId when transferred to
stone ibe printing l. doLe by the u-aal process.
On the grounds at he western md OF I"cn"ry Han
Albert BiisDau" EXHIBITS small working section OF a
puet matte I.sead Of Dox-lke ear, or cylintr
cal vehicle Snat as f. used ~ tho ordinary methods OF
pneumatic transportation, Mr.. BRISBANE ciuliOys a
sober, which rolls through ;ubo!at nigh speed when
the mir Is Exhausted IN front OF IT, The articles to he car
RED are packed In the hal and secured III plarc by
screws There it, however, no tendency IN tnr motion to
shake the contents ofthc sphere about "a 'he oenirn
- force generated by lie rapid revolutions holds hep
firmly TIE idea involved in this invention Is that large
tNes can De constructed at small fraction OF the cost
OF building railroads and mails. express MATTER grain
and otc- produce transported with great velocity anGat
small expense.
Admirable for it, completeness and its picturesque ar
rangcmeut - the tAhipt II the Massachusetts marine,
collected by H. " Hunt for the state Commission Ihe
sailing crafts Of The prcacy tIho are ccntrascd In mod
els With those Of o. 90 and 100 years ago. The clipper
.h and ocean steamer NAV be beside the oldash-
toned t,rclecRci Inv ofDatte ship and the vessels Of
the earliest colonial t'pes are dcpiccd In engraving
OF smaller craft there models Of everything IRON
yachts and dorip bircbarkcsnocs. Oars, compaascS
cables ancbors sIiloTs' ocloh suits, divers armor-.n
short everything belonging 10 tGe tdc OF the men That
70 down 10 the in ships displayed.
a shrowd photographer is doing thriving business
furnishing memorial certificates" For 30 cents tile
purchaser obtains handsomely engraved document
suitable FOR raining in which, with iornalty border
ing upon solcmnity President Grant, Coy iartant'
and Inyor -tOklcy Set forth oyer their rcSpt rtyc sgd-
cure, On fac smile ~ coGtr thc noincioht i' ,'t ne
attended tho Centennial Exhibition OF 1870, rae h"he
Of ihe visitor IS med "a on bank leit iOf the pp'
and is Imagination T'}Cls IA pleasing ahuclao"n Z"
the pride dis postety w feel N tesnE 10 na'n u
coupled with those OF the rulers OF city, state ana IaoA
IN The Centennial year.
traeuvo icanes o. the hall and u mot Nsllnrs aso
among the novel. IL IL exceedingly interesting 10
them to the oGt Of the great iron drurs
where tLsy are chlfned and ground, 10 Tue FORM OF =
Tsy uid % witch tho deposit OF the snowy pulp and
W se3 tts pnp carried forW ard broad belts ans DO
tween hdcccshiNG refers uhh growing always hlhhf
and DTicr 1t finally IA rolled drum as n. white
The purpose made.
The only foreign locomotive exhibited comes from
for boiler aud 1rebp2 proportion its size. and i d.
signed % afford great power ulon nalOw-iauge road
~ NC distance between he s1 ALL m
Las put H. radis axebOxe5 Of ms own inyen0n which
act IN sucn that the aLles In which ncy ru-t
take the exact direction Of tho radius OF any curve s
by the engine, aud produce side motion that gre
Among the many Interesting manufacturing processes
carried in the Hall IL tae making of mdig-rubbor !
shoes, which half dozen women arc engaged. Tho
operation Is simple enough, "a consists in stretching
the HAT patterns upon lasts joining them together at the
heels, and posting the soies The shoes Left upon
upon the lasts unll they take shape. Machi1CTy
purify the rubber, by passing IL again and again
bet"a toohed rolless under stream OF sao. and for
rolling the mateI1a nto sheets SHOWN In operation.
A wen known shipbu.ldng firm OF New-Y6lk GHd
Chester Penn. makes instructive exhibit OF models
OF tcssels, Sections VI arOr plate, &C. and show Oui
tor about two feet long and ~ nearly the
With working engines Ia operation turning tho ecIew
propcllcIs. TIE steam is not generated IN the lito
vessels but IL other respects sir machinery perfect