Class V: Machines for direct use, including Carriages and Railway and Naval Mechanism
Section A: Steam Engines and Boilers
Section A: Steam Engines and Boilers
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Award
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Sub-section
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Product
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CM
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John Penn and Sons
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1. A pair of 12-hp oscillating cylinder direct-acting engines for river navigation of light construction and good workmanship for river navigation. 2. A pair of 30-hp patent direct-acting engines, called trunk engines, for driving a screw propeller
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CM
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J. Cockerill of Liege
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A pair of 140-hp vibrating cylinder engines
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CM
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Fromont and Son of Chartres
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A double turbine
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CM
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M. Fontaine-Baron
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Turbine
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PM
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James Watt and Co
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A pair of horizontal cylinder direct-acting marine engines, of 700-hp, for driving the screw propeller
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PM
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Charles Atherton of HM Dockyard at Devonport
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Expansion gear
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PM
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C. Collinge and Co
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A new and simple method of reversing the slide of an engine, whereby the direction of its motion can be more easily changed
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PM
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Clayton, Shuttleworth and Co
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A 6-hp oscillating cylinder direct-acting portable steam engine
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PM
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F. P Smith of Greenwich
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A series of models illustrating the development of the screw propeller
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PM
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H. P Flaud of Paris
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A high-pressure direct-acting 5-hp steam engine
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PM
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J. N. Mauzaize of Chartres
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A friction clutch for throwing out of gear a single pair of stones in a flour-mill without stopping the mill
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PM
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Pouyer of Rouen
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Apparatus by which any number of prime movers may be connected or disconnected from the same machine
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PM
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Pope and Son
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A 5-hp oscillating cylinder direct-acting steam engine
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PM
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H. D. Schmidt of Vienna
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A parabolic governor for a steam engine
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PM
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C. W. Siemens
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Working model of a patent chronometric governor
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PM
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J. Nasmyth
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A small portable direct-acting steam engine
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PM
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W. Crosskill
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A portable oscillating cylinder direct-acting steam-engine
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PM
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T. Edwards
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Patent 5-hp direct-acting high-pressure steam engine
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PM
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Simpson and Shipton
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Short-stroke reciprocating high-pressure engine
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PM
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Joseph and George Davies
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Pair of elliptical revolving steam engines and ingenious governor
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Hon
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Stothert, Slaughter and Co
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A direct-acting engine for driving a screw propeller
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Hon
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Lynch and Inglis
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Vertical cylinder direct-acting engine
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Hon
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Ransomes and May
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A 5-hp steam engine on Penn's patent trunk principle
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Hon
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Butterley Co
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An 8-hp oscillating steam engine
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Hon
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J. Evans and Son
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6-hp high-pressure oscillating steam engine
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Hon
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Hawthorn and Co
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High-pressure oscillating engine
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Hon
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E. B. Wilson and Co
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a donkey engine
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Hon
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W. Constable of Brighton
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Model of compensating flywheel
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Hon
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James Hinitt of Vauxhall
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Working model of a locomotive engine and tender
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Hon
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Joseph Henry Tuck
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Patent pneumatic governor for regulating the speed of steam engines
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Hon
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Watkins and Hill
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Sectional models of steam engines
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Hon
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Radcliffe
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Trigger for shutting off steam from locomotives
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Hon
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William Evans
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Working model of a double cylinder engine
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Hon
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R. Taplin
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Model of a telescope chimney for marine boilers
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Hon
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W. and C. Mather
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Spring rings for pistons
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Section B: Separate Parts of Machines, Specimens of Workmanship
Section B: Separate Parts of Machines, Specimens of Workmanship
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Award
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Sub-section
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Product
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PM
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Derwent Iron Co
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Rolled iron plates from 17 to 20 feet long for ship-building. Rolled keel iron, a railway bar measuring 66 feet 9 inches in length
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PM
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Patent Shaft and Axletree Co
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Specimens of iron. Railway carriage axles and others. Links for suspension bridges
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PM
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Coalbrookdale Co
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Specimens of iron. Tire iron for wheels. Engine floor and foot-plate iron.
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PM
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Mersey Iron Co
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Samples of rolled iron for ship-building
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HM
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Jonathan Ashby of Croydon Common
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A screw friction clutch
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Section C: Pneumatic Machines
Section C: Pneumatic Machines
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Award
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Sub-section
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Product
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PM
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G. Lloyd of Southwark
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Inventor and manufacturer of the centrifugal disc blowing machine
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PM
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The Marcinelle and Coillet Smelting Co
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A ventilator for airing mines
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PM
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E. Enfer of Paris
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Various blowing machines
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Section D: Hydraulic Machines, Cranes, Pile Drivers etc.
Section D: Hydraulic Machines, Cranes, Pile Drivers etc.
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Award
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Sub-section
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Product
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PM
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G. Perry and Brothers of Montreal
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A carriage fire-engine to be worked by forty men
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PM
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Letestu of Paris
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A fire-engine without a carriage to be worked by ten men
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PM
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Shand and Mason
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London Brigade carriage fire-engine to be worked by twenty-eight men
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PM
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Moses Merryweather
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London Brigade carriage fire-engine to be worked by thirty men
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PM
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S. Chevin
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A pump for taking the surface water out of a well and at the same time filtering it
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HM
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William Shalders
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Fountain pump
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HM
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Nillus of Graville nr Havre
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A double pump mounted upon a carriage to be used in excavations
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HM
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John Warner and Sons
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Deep well force-pump
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HM
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William Baddeley
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A portable farmer's fire-engine
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HM
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Leclerc, H. Eugene of Paris
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A revolving pump and jets-d'eau
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PM
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Bank Quay Foundry Co
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A large hydraulic press used for raising the tubes of the Britannia Bridge
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PM
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P. R. Jackson
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A model of a powerful hydraulic press which will lift upwards of 3,000 tons
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HM
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E. T. Bellhouse and Co
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Hydraulic press for packing cotton or other material in bales
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PM
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Fox, Henderson and Co
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Derrick crane used in the construction of the Exhibition
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PM
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W. G. Armstrong
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Model hydraulic crane for unshipping coals and for railway stations, docks and quays
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PM
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M'Nicol and Vernon
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Working model of a steam travelling crane that moves on a tram-road
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PM
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E. Enthoven of the Hague
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An iron crane for weighing and lifting
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PM
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James and Co
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A weighing machine for lifting heavy goods and weighing them
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PM
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E. N. Fourdrinier of Sunderland
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Inventor of safety apparatus for when a rope or chain breaks in a mine
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PM
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J. M. F. Mehu
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Model apparatus for the extraction of ores and the free and safe ingress and egress of miners in the mines
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HM
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Daniel Greatorex of Paddington
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Model of an improved hoisting machine
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PM
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George England and Co
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Traversing screw jack useful for railway purposes
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PM
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S. Thornton and Sons
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Hydraulic lifting jack
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PM
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R. Hoskins
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Triple beat valve for large pumps
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HM
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Robert Little of Woolwich Common
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Improved water-cock for connecting pipes without breaking joints
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HM
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Frinault of Orlean
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Hermetic tap
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Section E: Railway
Section E: Railway
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Award
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Sub-section
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Product
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CM
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T. R. Crampton
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For the 'Liverpool' engine
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PM
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George England and Co
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Locomotive engine for railways of light traffic, weighing with coke and water ten tons
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PM
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W. Bridges Adams
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Locomotive engine coupled to a four-wheel carriage which supports the end of the engine in the event of an accident. Also an eight-wheeled double railway carriage for first and second class passengers
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PM
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Great Western Railway
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Locomotive and tender built at the Swindon Works.
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PM
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R. and W. Hawthorn
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Passenger locomotive engine
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PM
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Kitson, Thompson and Hewitson
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Locomotive tank engine
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PM
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Piepenstock and Co of Horde nr Dortmund
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Disc wheel and hollow axles for railways
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PM
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J. Spencer and Co
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Baillie's patent volute springs
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PM
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G. B. Thorneycroft and Co
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Brigg's patent compound axle, tire and rails
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PM
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George Worsdell and Co
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Railway axle and railway wheel-tire forge-hammered
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PM
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Beecroft, Butler and Co
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Railway wheels and axles
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PM
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P. R. Jackson
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Locomotive and carriage tires
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PM
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Ransomes and May
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Water-crane, patent compressed treenails and wedges for railways
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PM
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J. Lee of Longacre
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A sledge break analogous to the drag or shoe on common roads
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PM
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C. C. Williams of Goswell Street
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A railway carriage constructed of Moulmein teak and varnished
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PM
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Henry H. Henson of Pinner
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Covered wagon for railways
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PM
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J. E. McConnell
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Railway passenger carriage using corrugated iron
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PM
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John Coope Hadden
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Railway carriage using paper mache in the construction
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HM
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M. Percival Parsons of Adelphi
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Normanville's patent axle-box
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HM
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Pierre Rodier of Nova Scotia
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Working model of a locomotive engine made by the exhibitor, a 14-year old boy
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HM
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L. C. Higginbotham of Vernon, New york
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Miniature model of a locomotive engine made by the exhibitor, a boy who lived beside the railway
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Section F: Railway Machinery and Permanent Ways
Section F: Railway Machinery and Permanent Ways
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Award
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Sub-section
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Product
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CM
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T. Dunn
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Traversing frame to move carriages from one line of rail to another
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PM
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W. H. Barlow
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Wrought iron permanent way for railways
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PM
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Ebbw Vale Co
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Sections of railway bars of all the forms used in railways
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PM
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Cwm Avon Iron Co
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Railway bars 70 feet in length
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PM
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W. Baines
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Improved railway switch
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PM
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Charles Young and Co
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Simultaneous-acting level-crossing gates for railways
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PM
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C. De Brouge of 9 Dowgate Hill
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Station buffer
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Section G: Weighing, Measuring and Registering Machines for Commercial and not for Philosophical Purposes
Section G: Weighing, Measuring and Registering Machines for Commercial and not for Philosophical Purposes
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Award
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Sub-section
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Product
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P. Claire of Paris
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Poncelet and Morin's rotary dynamometer. Lapointe's constant indicator. Clair's indicator
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J. Beranger and Co of Lyons
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Scales, weighing machines and various other implements for weighing
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Parent of Paris
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Weighing scales, weights, and measures.
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H. D. Schmidt of Vienna
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Model of a patent weighing table
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Jonathan Davidson and Co
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Steelyards and weighing machines
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H. Pooley and Son
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Weighing machines
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Day and Millward
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Weighing machines
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CM - Council Medal
PM- Prize Medal
Hon - Honourable mention
Sources of Information
- Exhibition 1851. Reports of the Juries. Published by William Clowes and Sons. 1852. P167-191