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NOT QUITE SO DECISIVE AS IT WAB BUT A I/ITTLE MORE OVERWHELMING. Wjtf CHALLENGE the representative of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, or any of the jurors on Sewing Machines at the Exhibition who voted for the report coming from that body to oontro-1 vert the following statement of faots. J Messrs Meddings, Cunciiigton, Dale, and I Kirk, we call upon you to defend your report. H. C. FIBKE & CO. Chrlstohuroh International Exhibition, June 15th, 1882. REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS. To H. C. Fiskb & Co. BEAR SIR, —In accordance with your request, we have examined the New Davis and the New Singer Sewing Machines, for the purpose of comparing them. In our comparison we have takea into consideration— 1. The meohanical principle involved 2. The quality of the material used 3. The degree of workmanship exhibited 4. The facility for doing a good and varied o ass of work. After taking both maohlnes asunder, carefully examining every piece, and fully testing their capabilities, we have no hesitation in saying that we consider the Davis far the superior machine of the two. Oar reasons are as follows : In both machines the same method is adopted for actuating the needle bar, viz., a crank with roller working in a earn. This cam In the Davis Machine is oat out of a solid piece of steel and hardened, while in the Singer it is not only very mnoh lighter, but is made of oommon cast iron.

Tlio feed apparatus of the two machines are very dissimilar. That of the Singer la the usual slip feed. The Davis has the vertical feed peculiar to lt«elf. In this arrangement the pressor foot holds the material firmly down till the needle has reached Its lowest point. The pressure Is then relieved and transmitted to the feed bar. Feed bsr, needle, and material are then, by a very simple contrivance, moved forward simultaneously the required length of stitch. Motion Is glv< n to the shuttle in the Davis machine as follows. An eccentric at the wheel end of the main spindle gives motion to a vertical lever. This in turn transmits it through a ball joint of Ingenious oonstruo tlon to the only moving part under the machine, a plvotted lever having at Its end an adjustable shuttle carrier. In the Singer Machine a pair of mitre wheels drive a vertical spindle, having at its lower end a orank. A connecting rod from this orank moves a sliding shuttle carrier. It will be seen that In the Davis there are between the main spindle and the shuttle four points of friction, the pivot carrying the vertical lever, the eccentric, the ball joint, and the pivot of horizontal lever. The two principal movements, the ecoentrlo and the ball joint, are adjustable, and the parts most liable to wear are made of hardened steel. To compass the same work the Singer employs as points of friction the teeth of the mitre wheels, the two journals of vertical spindle, the two ends of the oonneotlng rod, and the sliding shuttlo carrier. None of these places are adjustable. The small wheels are common oast iron, having a certain amount of backlash, and consequent tendenoy to rattle and and break. The oonneotlng rod 1b a thin bar of iron, with a hole In each end. The end whioh runs on the crank pin is one of the principal joints in the machine, having a considerable amount of work to do with small 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 of the Singer Machine is carried in a slide, to whioh a lateral strain Is given by the driving rod, causing a certain amount of friction, while In the Davis it is otrried by the lever quite free from Motion. With the exception of the small roller working the needle bar, there is not a single piece in the Singer Machine, not even excepting the shuttle, that ca- not be cut with an ordinary pooket knife, and there are no means of adjusting any wearing part. In the Davis not only are most of the pieces made of steel, and tempered, but at every essential point means are provided for taking up any wear. On this point we may say that where we had any doubt about the quality of the material employed the ti»o piom wai broken ana mo rracture oarefully examined. Having examined the mechanical arrangements of the two machines, we tested their adaptability for work, and we noticed the very peculiar feed of the Davis. In this respect we have been forced to the conclusion that for all pnrposes, sewing from the thinnest muslin to even through a metal spoon, the Davis has no parallel for grasp, or for avoiding that puckering often the effect of the pressure on a fore motion feed. We must in common honesty express our astonishment at the range and variety of work accomplished by the Davis, whioh we are satisfied cannot be done by the Singer.

la sammarieing oar report we repeat that we have no hesitation In saying that we regard the Davis as very superior to the Singer in workmanship, material, and the mechanical principles involved, and also in performing a greater range of work. We fonnd the Davis to work with equal ease from the lightest to the heaviest fabric. JOHN LEE SOOTT (Scott Bros.), Mechanical Engineer. T. GLUYA3 PABCOE, Manager of the Kaiapol Clothing Faotory. GEO. P. ANTHONY, Mechanical Expert, from Nettle fold's, Birmingham. 8300 BEETS

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