PATENT STAMP BATTERY.
:Tlv?. that " quite a gathering' of practical men- from iMal<l6l.l, Bel idigo, V |ⅈl else■ where,' took place at Thornhill's : reef, the oceasiftii bei>n>4 of the new patent battery-of stamps recently imported' from-England by 'the Thoruhill's reef - goldmining com pany. The battery consists of two stamps, each having a cylinder or jacket worked by a crank .overhead, which causes the stamp shank to be.actedvupon by compressed air, the shank thus becoming a veritable piston rod, and working at speed, and in a .manner somewhat similar to the piston ro I of a loco,mot!ye cylinder, the motive power being - the ■compressed air derived from the-action of the crank overhead. It was very obvious to those present .tfyat very great. advantages would result from the concentration of so-much crushing power (the battery .of two stamps be-.' ing calculated to crush -120 tons per week) within such small space, from the very little motive power required, and'- from the'low. price at which the workmanship can be supplied. A;ll present admired its np.atii^ss.and compactness, but the more cautious arc desirous of seeing it subjected to /months of .real work before commit! inlt themselves. to„&n.Q.piuinn.of, its merit/. [We think it only a questipn pf. wear j and tear, and sho.ukl jt.bear.,the.test of [ time land steady work in this respect, I there is little'doubt- of its superseding the stamp batteries now in use.''
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 189, 11 October 1872, Page 3
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230PATENT STAMP BATTERY. Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 189, 11 October 1872, Page 3
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