CONTENTS. Hard Ware, Iron and Brass Castings, Cutlery, &c., Carriages, Chaises, Saddlery, Harnesses, Coach Lamps, &c. Ready-made Clothing, Shirts, Collars, India-Rubber Goods, &c. Pumps, Blocks, and Naval Work, Ship-Models, Boats, Cordage, Steering-Wheels, &c. Page. REPORTS OF THE JUDGES. REPORTS OF THE JUDGES ON THE VARIOUS ARTICLES EXHIBITED AT FANEUIL AND QUINCY HALLS, CLASSIFIED UNDER THEIR PROPER HEADS, WITH AWARDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON PREMIUMS. MACHINERY AND NEW INVENTIONS. THE Committee of the Board of Judges charged with the subject of Machinery and New Inventions, respectfully report, That in examining the numerous inventions and machines which have claimed their attention, they have been led to appreciate the importance and arduous character of the duties intrusted to them. In a progressive age like the present, mind is constantly achieving new conquests over matter, in all the departments of art; and the improvements of one year are but the basis of further improvements for the ensuing. This constant advance, is not only ameliorating the condition of our race, diffusing the comforts of life through all classes, and affording leisure for mental culture, which again stimulates the advancement of art and science, but it is gradually enriching our active manufacturing community, by the profits which spring from new and improved processes of manufacture, competing at home and abroad with those of inferior order. The capital, thus created, while it awakens competition and emulation, in its growth often flows again into manufactures and mechanism, and gives a new stimulus to the creative powers of man. Surgical and Dental Instruments, and Teeth, 97 100 101 102 103 104 Worsted-Work, Embroidery, Millinery, and other Needle-Work, 108 Musical Instruments, Printing, Printing Materials, &c. Book-Binding, Morocco-Work, &c. School Apparatus, Miscellaneous, Errata, 125 REPORTS OF THE THE JUDGES. REPORTS OF THE JUDGES ON THE VARIOUS ARTICLES EXHIBITED AT FANEUIL AND QUINCY HALLS, CLASSIFIED UNDER THEIR PROPER HEADS, WITH AWARDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON PREMIUMS. MACHINERY AND NEW INVENTIONS. THE Committee of the Board of Judges charged with the subject of Machinery and New Inventions, respectfully report, That in examining the numerous inventions and machines which have claimed their attention, they have been led to appreciate the importance and arduous character of the duties intrusted to them. In a progressive age like the present, mind is constantly achieving new conquests over matter, in all the departments of art; and the improvements of one year are but the basis of further improvements for the ensuing. This constant advance, is not only ameliorating the condition of our race, diffusing the comforts of life through all classes, and affording leisure for mental culture, which again stimulates the advancement of art and science, but it is gradually enriching our active manufacturing community, by the profits which spring from new and improved processes of manufacture, competing at home and abroad with those of inferior order. The capital, thus created, while it awakens competition and emulation, in its growth often flows again into manufactures and mechanism, and gives a new stimulus to the creative powers of man. |