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Sowing Mfeoblnoaj mot qcitb so ijKOtert® a* n was, but A ItHTItM MOBS OVBBWUJBbMINa, 1 voted for the wport earning (mu | controvert tho (mtewtec statement Out tion body to •g* we cel uyou yon to d «&T*V Chrlstohuwh InteMattona JfcrhlMOon, June UtMßa. BEPOBT O* COMMrrnS* OB XXBXBTH. To b. a r»t» a co. kEAB with yonif reoaest I wo have examined, tos Mow Davis ud tos Mow Singer Sowing Machines. tor tho pnrpceo of eomparing thorn. In otur oomparisou wo hart !. Tho quality of the material need. 8. Tho uogree of workmanshipnxhlhlted, «. The facility tor doing * «<*« nod varied oUm of work. ~ After taking both mnotUnw omuiaw, oarafnlh imminttuf every piece, and folly teotiag their capabillUoa, wo have ao hesitation in saying that we consider tho Dari* far tho superior machine of the two. Our reaaonsare aa followsi— In both uaohltiM tho tuna method la adopted tor actuating tho neodte bor-vla,, a oraak with toiler working la a oam. Thin own to the Davis machine la oat out pf n eplid piece of steel and hardened, white in tho Blager it in not only ▼ary much lighter, but to made of common oart Tho food rppwAtns of tho two machine* are vary dlanimllar. That ol the Singer ia tho uaual aUp feed. The Davie has tho vertical food peculiar to itself. In tote arrangement the Sreeeertoot holds tho material flrmly dowa till ho noodle haa reached. ite towoal point, The pressurein then relieved and transmitted.to the ued bar. Peod bar, needle and material an then, by a very almple contrivance, moved forward simultaneously tho required length of stitch. Morion la given to tho ahattlo in Davie machine an follow*. A* ooooatrio at tho wheel end of the main asindle given motion to a vertical lever. This in turn transmits it through a ball Joint of Ingenion oonstruotlon.to. the only Moving pert nnder the machine, a nlvotted lever having at Ha and an adinetabte ahnttlo oweter. .lathe (Unger Machine a rail of mitre wheola drive a vortical epindlo. haring at Ite lower end > crank. A eon. neoting tod from thie monk movea a eliding neoting shuttle carrier. aswui uv then are between the main wlndlo and thee wuvoj, tour point# of Motion, the pivot earning toe vertb eal lover, the oseontrim too hell Joint, and too pivot of horicoutcl lover. The two principal uovomento. tho eocontrio and ball Jotnib aro adjuatoblo, and the parte moat liable to wear an made of hardened eteoL To compose tho earn* work the Singer employs aa points of Morion too teeth of the mime wheels, fho two Journals Of vertloal epindlo, the two ends of the oonaeottng rod. and the sliding shuttle carrier. Hone of these ptaooe are adjustable. The ■"»» wheels are oemmon oast iron, haring a certain amount of baoklaeh. and consequent tendency to rattle and brook. The connecting rod is a thin bar. of Iren, with oOQAQCIiIIf hole in each end. The end which runs on the snnk pin ie one of the principal Joints In the haring a considerable amount of work to do with bearing surface, making it very liable to wear, while, aa before remarked, there are no means of compensating for any wear. It will be noticed that the shuttle ef the Singer M./.htnn la carried in a slide, to which a lateral strain ia given by the driving rod. causing a certain amount of Motion, while in the Davis it ia curried by the lever quite toe tom friction. With toe exception et the small roller working the needle her, there is not a single piece in the Singer Machine, not even excepting the shuttle, that cannot be out with an ordinary pocket irnifry and there ace no moans of adjusting any wearing part. In too Daria, not only of the pieces made of steel, sad tempered, but at *■ > provided tor taking every eseentialpoint means are provided to< up any wear. Os this point we may my tbs we had any doubt about tbs quality of tho i 1 th&t whom m hsSl anydbubt about the quality of'tho material employed the piece wsa broken and tha fracture toe aeehanteal amsgemeate of tho two machines, w* tested tkofr adaptability tor work, and we noticed the very peculiar feed of the Daria. In this Mepert we have bean forced to the conclusion that tor' all varpaeee, sewing from the thinnest muslin to even through a pietal spoon, the Dario bae no walls! tor grasp, or for avoiding that puckering often the effort of toe prennixe on a tore meriraned. We must la common honesty express our astonishmsDt at the range sad variety of week accomplished hr toe Daria, which we ace ratisfled cannot be done by the Singer. In summarising our report, we repeat that we have no hesttetioa in saying that we regard toe Davis aa very anterior te toe Singer in workmanship, materiS, and toe mechanical principles in volved, and also in performing a greeter range of We found the Daria to work with equal work. esse from the lightest to the beeriest fabric, JOHH LEE scorn eohanioal Engineer, T. QDDTAS PASOOIiL Manager of toe Kaiapol Clothing ffftftfclMV CEO. P, AMTHOSpr. „ M eohanioal Expert, from Kertlefold I Birmingham. 71

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