1851 Great Exhibition: Reports of the Juries: Class V.

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
Award	Sub-section	Product
CM	John Penn and Sons	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
CM	J. Cockerill of Liege	A pair of 140-hp vibrating cylinder engines
CM	Fromont and Son of Chartres	A double turbine
CM	M. Fontaine-Baron	Turbine
PM	James Watt and Co	A pair of horizontal cylinder direct-acting marine engines, of 700-hp, for driving the screw propeller
PM	Charles Atherton of HM Dockyard at Devonport	Expansion gear
PM	C. Collinge and Co	A new and simple method of reversing the slide of an engine, whereby the direction of its motion can be more easily changed
PM	Clayton, Shuttleworth and Co	A 6-hp oscillating cylinder direct-acting portable steam engine
PM	F. P Smith of Greenwich	A series of models illustrating the development of the screw propeller
PM	H. P Flaud of Paris	A high-pressure direct-acting 5-hp steam engine
PM	J. N. Mauzaize of Chartres	A friction clutch for throwing out of gear a single pair of stones in a flour-mill without stopping the mill
PM	Pouyer of Rouen	Apparatus by which any number of prime movers may be connected or disconnected from the same machine
PM	Pope and Son	A 5-hp oscillating cylinder direct-acting steam engine
PM	H. D. Schmidt of Vienna	A parabolic governor for a steam engine
PM	C. W. Siemens	Working model of a patent chronometric governor
PM	J. Nasmyth	A small portable direct-acting steam engine
PM	W. Crosskill	A portable oscillating cylinder direct-acting steam-engine
PM	T. Edwards	Patent 5-hp direct-acting high-pressure steam engine
PM	Simpson and Shipton	Short-stroke reciprocating high-pressure engine
PM	Joseph and George Davies	Pair of elliptical revolving steam engines and ingenious governor
Hon	Stothert, Slaughter and Co	A direct-acting engine for driving a screw propeller
Hon	Lynch and Inglis	Vertical cylinder direct-acting engine
Hon	Ransomes and May	A 5-hp steam engine on Penn's patent trunk principle
Hon	Butterley Co	An 8-hp oscillating steam engine
Hon	J. Evans and Son	6-hp high-pressure oscillating steam engine
Hon	Hawthorn and Co	High-pressure oscillating engine
Hon	E. B. Wilson and Co	a donkey engine
Hon	W. Constable of Brighton	Model of compensating flywheel
Hon	James Hinitt of Vauxhall	Working model of a locomotive engine and tender
Hon	Joseph Henry Tuck	Patent pneumatic governor for regulating the speed of steam engines
Hon	Watkins and Hill	Sectional models of steam engines
Hon	Radcliffe	Trigger for shutting off steam from locomotives
Hon	William Evans	Working model of a double cylinder engine
Hon	R. Taplin	Model of a telescope chimney for marine boilers
Hon	W. and C. Mather	Spring rings for pistons

Section B: Separate Parts of Machines, Specimens of Workmanship

Section B: Separate Parts of Machines, Specimens of Workmanship
Award	Sub-section	Product
PM	Derwent Iron Co	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
PM	Patent Shaft and Axletree Co	Specimens of iron. Railway carriage axles and others. Links for suspension bridges
PM	Coalbrookdale Co	Specimens of iron. Tire iron for wheels. Engine floor and foot-plate iron.
PM	Mersey Iron Co	Samples of rolled iron for ship-building
HM	Jonathan Ashby of Croydon Common	A screw friction clutch

Section C: Pneumatic Machines

Section C: Pneumatic Machines
Award	Sub-section	Product
PM	G. Lloyd of Southwark	Inventor and manufacturer of the centrifugal disc blowing machine
PM	The Marcinelle and Coillet Smelting Co	A ventilator for airing mines
PM	E. Enfer of Paris	Various blowing machines

Section D: Hydraulic Machines, Cranes, Pile Drivers etc.

Section D: Hydraulic Machines, Cranes, Pile Drivers etc.
Award	Sub-section	Product
PM	G. Perry and Brothers of Montreal	A carriage fire-engine to be worked by forty men
PM	Letestu of Paris	A fire-engine without a carriage to be worked by ten men
PM	Shand and Mason	London Brigade carriage fire-engine to be worked by twenty-eight men
PM	Moses Merryweather	London Brigade carriage fire-engine to be worked by thirty men
PM	S. Chevin	A pump for taking the surface water out of a well and at the same time filtering it
HM	William Shalders	Fountain pump
HM	Nillus of Graville nr Havre	A double pump mounted upon a carriage to be used in excavations
HM	John Warner and Sons	Deep well force-pump
HM	William Baddeley	A portable farmer's fire-engine
HM	Leclerc, H. Eugene of Paris	A revolving pump and jets-d'eau
PM	Bank Quay Foundry Co	A large hydraulic press used for raising the tubes of the Britannia Bridge
PM	P. R. Jackson	A model of a powerful hydraulic press which will lift upwards of 3,000 tons
HM	E. T. Bellhouse and Co	Hydraulic press for packing cotton or other material in bales
PM	Fox, Henderson and Co	Derrick crane used in the construction of the Exhibition
PM	W. G. Armstrong	Model hydraulic crane for unshipping coals and for railway stations, docks and quays
PM	M'Nicol and Vernon	Working model of a steam travelling crane that moves on a tram-road
PM	E. Enthoven of the Hague	An iron crane for weighing and lifting
PM	James and Co	A weighing machine for lifting heavy goods and weighing them
PM	E. N. Fourdrinier of Sunderland	Inventor of safety apparatus for when a rope or chain breaks in a mine
PM	J. M. F. Mehu	Model apparatus for the extraction of ores and the free and safe ingress and egress of miners in the mines
HM	Daniel Greatorex of Paddington	Model of an improved hoisting machine
PM	George England and Co	Traversing screw jack useful for railway purposes
PM	S. Thornton and Sons	Hydraulic lifting jack
PM	R. Hoskins	Triple beat valve for large pumps
HM	Robert Little of Woolwich Common	Improved water-cock for connecting pipes without breaking joints
HM	Frinault of Orlean	Hermetic tap

Section E: Railway

Section E: Railway
Award	Sub-section	Product
CM	T. R. Crampton	For the 'Liverpool' engine
PM	George England and Co	Locomotive engine for railways of light traffic, weighing with coke and water ten tons
PM	W. Bridges Adams	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
PM	Great Western Railway	Locomotive and tender built at the Swindon Works.
PM	R. and W. Hawthorn	Passenger locomotive engine
PM	Kitson, Thompson and Hewitson	Locomotive tank engine
PM	Piepenstock and Co of Horde nr Dortmund	Disc wheel and hollow axles for railways
PM	J. Spencer and Co	Baillie's patent volute springs
PM	G. B. Thorneycroft and Co	Brigg's patent compound axle, tire and rails
PM	George Worsdell and Co	Railway axle and railway wheel-tire forge-hammered
PM	Beecroft, Butler and Co	Railway wheels and axles
PM	P. R. Jackson	Locomotive and carriage tires
PM	Ransomes and May	Water-crane, patent compressed treenails and wedges for railways
PM	J. Lee of Longacre	A sledge break analogous to the drag or shoe on common roads
PM	C. C. Williams of Goswell Street	A railway carriage constructed of Moulmein teak and varnished
PM	Henry H. Henson of Pinner	Covered wagon for railways
PM	J. E. McConnell	Railway passenger carriage using corrugated iron
PM	John Coope Hadden	Railway carriage using paper mache in the construction
HM	M. Percival Parsons of Adelphi	Normanville's patent axle-box
HM	Pierre Rodier of Nova Scotia	Working model of a locomotive engine made by the exhibitor, a 14-year old boy
HM	L. C. Higginbotham of Vernon, New york	Miniature model of a locomotive engine made by the exhibitor, a boy who lived beside the railway

Section F: Railway Machinery and Permanent Ways

Section F: Railway Machinery and Permanent Ways
Award	Sub-section	Product
CM	T. Dunn	Traversing frame to move carriages from one line of rail to another
PM	W. H. Barlow	Wrought iron permanent way for railways
PM	Ebbw Vale Co	Sections of railway bars of all the forms used in railways
PM	Cwm Avon Iron Co	Railway bars 70 feet in length
PM	W. Baines	Improved railway switch
PM	Charles Young and Co	Simultaneous-acting level-crossing gates for railways
PM	C. De Brouge of 9 Dowgate Hill	Station buffer

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
Award	Sub-section	Product
	P. Claire of Paris	Poncelet and Morin's rotary dynamometer. Lapointe's constant indicator. Clair's indicator
	J. Beranger and Co of Lyons	Scales, weighing machines and various other implements for weighing
	Parent of Paris	Weighing scales, weights, and measures.
	H. D. Schmidt of Vienna	Model of a patent weighing table
	Jonathan Davidson and Co	Steelyards and weighing machines
	H. Pooley and Son	Weighing machines
	Day and Millward	Weighing machines

CM - Council Medal

PM- Prize Medal

Hon - Honourable mention

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Sources of Information

• Exhibition 1851. Reports of the Juries. Published by William Clowes and Sons. 1852. P167-191