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 1869.] 2 he ^Sutherland Steam JPump. 581 .1 JF 1 I ill Bill fllili. THE SUTHERLAND STEAM PUMP. SOME skilful mechanics, and some able machinists, are in the habit of regarding novelties, in their special de- partments, with distrust ; and, without much examination, treat them with in- difference ; or even, utter disparage- ment. So man}' changes, claiming to be improvements in machines, already per- forming efficient service, are presented for acceptance, with the sole purpose of making money, that we are not to be blamed for standing upon guard, and keenly scrutinizing all new-comers. But the air, which plainly says, " You can show me nothing, you can tell me no- thing, that I have not seen and heard," will ever be avoided by the man, who remembers that we all work from the common stock ; that we have " entered into other men's labors ;" that the powers of nature are full of good-will, always impartially seeking and using the instruments offered by human in- genuity. May we not believe, that the Benig- nant Power who built and main- tains the Universe, at the same time, prompts the living thought to its con- trivance, and meets it with the living force, that man may not onkv cooperate in lightening toil, and increasing human DO? o facilities, but also have the delight of invention and discovery. Novelties in machinery should be looked at with both an approving and an improving eye, gladty noticing any ex- cellence ; and desiring to remedy any defect, or imperfect action. We heartily sympathize with the sat- isfaction felt by every true mechanic, or machinist, in possessing a machine, that does its work according to hope and wish : And, consequently, we had a special pleasure in a late visit to the