Abstract

Some of the old students will probably remember visiting the landa of M. R. Ry. R. Sivaranma Ayyar, Avergal, B. A., B. L., of Ravanasamudram, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tinnevelly District. He has an oil engine (7) B. H. P.) and pamp by means of which water is pumped on to a stretch of land which had previously been often left waste. Sugarcane in cultivated by tenants on part of this land. The cane is crashed in an iron three roller mill driven by the 7 B. H. P. engine, the jaice is then pamped by means of a small centrifugal pump into the boiling pans. These have been built according to one of the earliest of Mr. Chatterton's plans. There are two sets of 3 pans, those in each set adjoining each other but each with a separate grate. Two fires in each set are maintained, and the smoke therefrom drawn under the third pan. The heat from this hardly suffices to boil down the juice in the third pan. Those who were at the exhibition will notice that this differs from Mr. Chatterton'e latest furnaco in the arrange. sont of the pau and fire grates. Mir. Sivarama Ayyar has kindly

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