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by Rollins ; Greeg's brick-making machine ; a new weighing
apparatus by Fairbanks'• a splendid circular saw of more than
six feet in diameter, after Emerson's system ; Silas Herring's
safe, which bore the palm in the celebrated contest with an
English maker ;* a powerful centrifugal pump by Andrews ;
and a life-raft borne by india-rubber bags, inflated with air,
and strongly bound together. This raft which only weighs
five hundredweight, can carry from forty to fifty persons.

Silas Herring's safe.

A machine by Gay, of Boston, for making paper collars,
attracts some attention. This trade which has taken great
extension, is a good illustration of the ruling passion of
our age, to sacrifice reality to appearance.

The sewing machine is naturally an American invention.

* We merely record here the decree of the judgesj without ottering any per»
sOnal opinion On this much controverted subject.

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