The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-06

forward short time ago In England. consist.
ing Of removable sole and top lit. which
can be changed when sufficiently worn By the
person wearing It has been received with such
degree OF favor a. 10 lead to the organization
Of . company with largo financial basis fol-
manufacturing the article on nm extensive
scale The ample feature or idea In
se sSs & oo sso. WSsn
lssted-that 70. the, sole. In the shape Q!
sas VIZ EHsasS s SS ss
which slides under the edges o. the plate riyet;
ss SS% sS ss 9s lee IN sa ss
where Il Z fastened ana held ip place 6y W
fastened If By thIce screws shoes arg 70 %
made on this plan. and a extra pair Of so sss
Ssns i .0 or ss pS
The important practical results attending
the new process Of steel making. as tested at
An experimental open. hearth furnace in shef-
field. Eng. have been published In detail
| The process in question IL the outcome Of
Prof Arnold's valuable researches. and con-
sists in removing oil impurities from Swedish
pig iron with the exception Of the exact pro-
portion Of carbon required for . given ppr.
pose. thus obtaining the ideal carbon and iron
steel, homoeene ous in structure and free from
blowholes; these RESULTS as stated. being OBJ
sns aso Ws
sss9sa fSeS i af n s1s e.
elass Of steel yet made viii Do. about three
ton toni q rough Slack. and the very high quality
SssSS S SssS ~
Rs Is tss range se
oithe metal prSdueed viii vary from what
Tho new German procesA already announced
OF coloring porcelain and glass In their manu-
fscture BY means Of peculiar coloring mate
rial capable Of being fixed" without fire. 10
pronounced success. In the details Of this
method ordinary water colors arc used. these
being rubbed down with mixture consist
ing Of two solutions compounded in certain
proportions. One Of these Is composed OF one
hundred parts Of syrup Of potassium water
glass. to which have been added Ten parts Of =
sd n y Rafs
s srssd b. an stream Until ss
Inc; sixty psrts Of the frat soIItlon ate mixed
Tie ooo rsSSsa S While xf Tor t6innns
IS; sSs MIXED xsi sossthsI IN sSSs.i parts xitsI
placed in the bath composed Of one part Of
borax, dissolved In twelve parts, water. and
q hydrofuorio and Ten parts d suiphnrio acid:
On the immersion Of the articles for the brief
%ssSed IN %ss tse sy h
appearance OF having been burned In.
Some experiments recently made in shef-
field. England. show the distinctive character
istics Of oil,hardened and annealed steel
plates. A nine-inch plate OF steel was cut into
two plates. each four feet square; one piece
was left untreated and the other was oil hard
ened and snnealed. and both were fred at BY q
six-inch gun with Firth steel projectiles
Weighing 100 pounds. The striking energy Of
the blow upon the untreated plato is stated as
being 2.369-foot tons. and the energy Of the
blow , ugen that which bad been treated
suit Was that ' In the latter pS case the hs
projecti!e made an indentation, Of ten and
Snh inshesS 90 That tsht
broken into thrse. pleces.and though the
material mats hnslps spliptsIsa OFT either g IL
pts III s e Da sss ssGae &. and nd.
fss Z; x: ::sS + Ss ss a
81 inches across.
Manufacturers OF lace curtains in the Euro
pean workshops are said to be much interested
In the new double-actton Jacquard machine
which has been brought forward. which
overcomes the difficulty hitherto experienced
In making double-action Swiss. or combina-
ton. with either one or two Jacquards-when
working with single one tho speed
and production being considerably less than
IN the making OF ordinary work. the difficulty
f9S: o on r the other hand q kssping two single
eonstr9cted "a such manner % to Overcome
shs ana "a :ss HSsas saPs
ysFS much llks ths JsSSYe.d a ordiRarE Use
being provided with two, lit erids and two
shsSs and with
ductiS9. which is very much greater than with
toSns and sdt SastEo fSs''''''' Tree from all
An ingenious application Of an ordinary
horseshoe magnet has been designed by
which buttons are attached to shoes in most |
s1peditious manner as compared with the
ordinary method. The chief difficulty In this |
case. namely. simple plan for feeding the
buttons from the hopper on top Of the machine |
down tho tube leading to the stamping meoh- |
anism. is here effected by the. magnet, which |
playing sdP up and SS down n the hopper through
= BIOL IN the DOttOLn, AtCrhct8 several OF the
loose buttons at each upward movement. On
the downward stroke the buttons are rubbed |
on into Q little trough adjusted to at the |
magnet ma closely; this trough being 90 srooYsd
magnet by the iron wire forming the eyes. fall |
into the chute IN the proper position. At the |
bottom Of the chute the wire fastening is fed |
Re HER ss the ssSn s %e f Ssn
through tie lea Which, t. o Sousss hsd
h H position q the Tanager 81 the mhchtne;
on the under side. the shoe being then Id. |
iusted for another, button. The machine 10
operated by treadle. one downward tread |
fastening each button.
The long time desideratum among machin-
lists and engineers for good steam motor Of
simple principles. capable Of high speed. and
not requiring management by an expert hand
% believed TO DO realised In . recently devised
r. The s3ds
Fotates In the short arc OF circle % the crank
ports: thus practically dispensing with tie
course, utilized and the bottom OF the CASING |