Your  judges  give  all  these  gentlemen  great  credit  for  producing
their  steaih  fire  engines,  and  they  a^e  both  entitled  to  much  praise
for  inventing  so  good  a  practical  machine.
We  would,  therefore,  recommend  Messrs.  Lee  &  Lamed  as  en-
titled to  the  premium  for  the  best  (team  fire  engine,  and  Messrs.
Silsby,  Mynderse  &  Co.  as  entitled  to  the  premium  for  the  second
best  steam  fire  engine.
We  would  further  recommend  that  they  both  receive  a  gold
medal  and  honorable  mention  made  of  the  two.
All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted.
ORISON  BLUNT,
PETER  HOGG,

Judges.
New-York,  October  21st,  1856,


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Steam  Fire  Engine  and  Pumps.
Si1sby,Myn(1erse&  Co.,  Seneca  falls,  N.  T.     This  machine  has  a

horizoBtal  boiler,  seven  feet  long  and  forty  inches  sqnare,  wilh

235  upright  flues  one  and  a  half  inches  in  diameter,and  with  tvo


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Inch  water  space  aroosd  the  case,  makiog  about  350  feet  fire
toriace.
Tliis  engine  is  rotary,  after  B.  Holly's  pateot,  as  also  the  two
pumps.  The  area  of  the  piston  to  the  engine  is  twenty-five  inch-
es, and  ntns  from  1  to  600  revolutions  per  minute,  and  can  be
run  either  high  or  low  pressure,  as  desired.  The  pressure  of
steam  lued  is  from  twenty  to  seventy  lbs.  In  connection  with
the  engine  and  pump  we  use  Mr.  Holly's,  Improved  condenser,
which  is  simply  leading  the  exhausted  steam  direetly  into  the
snctioD  of  the  pump,  thereby  increasing  the  power  of  the  engine
and  preventing  the  hose  from  freezing  in  cold  weather.
