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Catalogue of the British Section.
PAVY’S PATENT FELTED FABRIC COMPANY (Limited), 14, Hnmsell Street , Falcon Square London .—Wall Decorations and Window Draperies in Exhibitors’ Room, Corridor, and Jury Room, (large corner Pavilion).
PERKINS, B., & SONS, 141, Cannon Street , London .—Self-heating Gas Bath and Fittings, japanned and marbled, sienna and rouge royal.
PILLISCHER, M., 88, A r ew Bond Street , London .—Two 4-light Silver-plated Table Lamps, two 2-light Silver-plated Table Lamps, two 1-light Silver-plated Re ading and Microscope Lamps, and one Bronzed ; Barometrograph and several Thermometers.
POWIS, Charles, & COMPANY, Cyclops Works , Millwall Pier, and 60, Gracechurcli Street , London. —3-ton Locomotive Steam Crane ; and 20 horse-power Steam Engine.
PRICE’S PATENT CANDLE COMPANY (Limited), Belmont Works , Battersea , London .— Palmi- tine and Paraffine Candles, Toilet Soaps, and Glycerine.
READING IRON WORKS COMPANY (Limited), Reading, Berkshire.— Twenty-five Horse-Tower Class A. High Pressure Condensing Steam Engine. The bed is in the form of a massive moulded girder rounded at one end and square at the other. The crank shaft is of forged scrap iron, with the fly wheel keyed to same, and turned on the face so as to act as a driving w heel if required. The bearings throughout are of gun metal, and adjustable, to compensate for wear. The feed pump is worked by an eccentric on the crank shaft, having double valves, trial and suction taps. The governors are connected with a throttle valve which effectually controls the admission and regularity of the steam supply. The cylinder is 17 inches in diameter, and is steam jacketted so as to keep the working steam in the cylinder quite dry, and consequently free from condensation. The piston is metallic, and the rod of steel, the stroke 30 inches. The Engine is also furnished with an extra expansion valve, which can be set and altered whilst the engine is rmnning, so as to cut off the steam at auy point varying from i-ioth to one-half of the volume necessary to fill the cylinder. The condenser forms an important element in the economical woiking of this Engine, as by its use the back pressure on the piston is relieved, and an increase of powder is gained or a saving of fuel effected equal to 20 per cent.
SHAND, MASON & COMPANY, 75, Upper Ground Street , Blackfriars-road, London .—Patent Equilibrium Steam Fire Engine, capable of delivering 1,000 gallons per minute, throwing to a height of 2CO feet through a jet of i£ incli diameter, fitted with Patent inclined Water Tube Boiler, by which Steam is raised to a pressure of ioolb. to the square inch, in 6 h to 7 minutes from the time of lighting the fire, the Boiler being supplied with cold water, fitted with Giffard Injector, Feed Pump, Suction Pipe and Hose complete, and constructed to be drawn by horses at great speed. Steam Fire Engine of the same description, capable of delivering 670 gallons per minute, and of thi owing to a height of 185 feet through a jet 1 ^ inch diameter. These Engines are fitted with a set of Treble Pumps worked direct by a corresponding set of Treble Steam Cylinders, by use of which, perfect uniformity is obtained in the flow of water through Hose and Suction Pipes. The use of three Steam Cylinders, besides securing the above advantages, enables the fly wheel to be dispensed with. Great economy of steam, and consequently of boiler space and fuel, is thus obtained, and the weight of the whole machine is greatly reduced. A Patent Vertical London Brigade Steam Fire Engine, constructed on the same principle as the above, but fitted with one steam and one water cylinder only, will deliver 350 gallons per minute, and throw to a height of 160 feet, through a jet 1J inch diameter. Patent Horizontal Steam Fire Engine, consisting of a Strong Gun Metal Pump placed horizontally, and worked direct by a Steam Cylinder fitted with patent maintaining motion, so that the fly wheel is not required; it has large waterways, and the valves are removed and replaced with the utmost facility, which renders it also w r ell adapted for irrigation purposes. It is fitted 'with the same description of boilers as the other engine, and is carried on a strong wrought iron frame, and adapted for rapid travelling, and is drawn by a pair of horses. It will deliver 300 gallons per minute, and throw to a height of 150 feet, through a jet 1 inch diameter. Manual Fire Engine of the same construction as those in use by the London Metropolitan Fire Brigade, and also by Municipal and Volunteer Fire Brigades in Great Britain, and all parts of the w orld.
SHARP, STEWART & COMPANY, Atlas Works , Manchester .—Improved Giffard Injector, 12 inch, 01 brass throughout, adapted for feeding a range of boilers and for working with any steam pressure ; the Injector is capable of drawing the feed-water from a depth of six feet, with steam pressure under 50 lbs.; it will work wfith feed-w T ater heated to 130° Fahrenheit.
SILICATED CARBON FILTER COMPANY, Church Row, Battersea , London.—Two Silicated Carbon Main Service Filters ; Two Silicated Carbon Dining-room Filters ; Two Large Silicated Carbon Diningroom Filters ; Tw r o Large Domestic Filters.