156 OV IRO» "WATtK'PJfTS. 



IX, 



On the Use of Iron Pipes for conveying Water, and Made 

 of securing their Joints. In a Letter from Mr, Jojfph T. 

 Price. 



To W. NICHOLSON, Esq, -^ 



Esteemed Friend, 



F the enclosed facts should appear to thee likely to be 

 of any service to those, who may want a supply of water 

 conveyed from any distant source, thou art \velcome to give 

 them to the public in thy Journal. 

 I am, 



Xhipe very sincerely, 



Neath Abbey, J. T. PRICE. 



lAFeb, 1811. 



Wat«r-pipe #f ]Vfr. H. B, Way, of Bridport, had occasion, jn 1805, to 

 * lay down between eight and nine hundred feet of ii'on f>ipe, 



in lengths about 6 feet each, and 3 inches in the bore. At 

 every 50 feet was a joint with flanches and screws ; the 

 other pieces were put together spigot and faucet fashion. 

 To make these tight, he wrapped round the spi<;ot end 

 8ome caoyas well saturated with white lead mixed with oil 

 to a propel' consistePfCe, and drove it into the faucet etK^ as 

 Kakingat the]] tight as possible. When a length of 120 feet was laid down, 

 jpjints, ^^ gj^^ ^,j^g plu*rged up to try the joints ; and it was found, 



that two thirds of them leaked considerably. Being in- 

 formed by a neighbouring mason, that a linen manufacturer 

 had completely stopped the leaks in his bleaching cisterns, 

 jn which lie both cold and boiling was used, by means of 

 secured with % Parker and W} att's Roman cement, he procured some of 

 luting of Ro- thjg^ and luted every joint with it. In 12 or 14 hours the 

 ■^ pipe vas tried, and found to be perfectly water-tight at the 

 which also joints ; but one of the pipes had a crack in it, which leaked, 

 stopped a cracjc ^^^^ ^.jjjg ^^^ ^g eifectually stopped by the cement, 

 and jn a leaden fhe lead pipe, used in the house, had also a leak in it, 

 ?^^«- which 



