Tremiums in Manufactures. 



to that the same he rendered capable of com- 

 position with the letter-press', of any allegorical 



<ur other subject suited to the embellishment of 

 letter-piess the gold pallet. 



14.5. Fur the next in merit, the greater 

 silver pallet. Two or more Impressions along 

 ■y\ ith the block to be produced to the Society on 

 or before the first Tuesday in February, 1805. 

 Tjie impressions, but not the block, to remain 

 the. property of the Society. 



1 fri. BroMzes. For the best drapery 

 figure or group cast in bronze ; if a single figure, 

 not less than twelve inches high; and, if a 

 group, not less than jime inches; and which 

 will require the least additional labour to re- 

 pair ; the gold medal; or the sdver medal and 

 twenty guineas. The cast to be exhibited to 

 the Society before it is begun to be repaired, 

 with tiic original figure or group, on or before 

 the first Tuesday in February, 1805, together 

 with a full explanation of the whole process. 



147. Ornamental Drawings for Ar- 

 chit.kctvral Designs. For the best orna- 

 mental drawing for the purpose of embel- 

 lishing architectural designs ; a silver medal- 

 lion with the following engraved inscription: 

 The 1'remium given by the Society for the En- 

 couragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Com- 

 incree, in covformitij to the Will rf John Stock, 

 cf HampsLcad, Esq. The drawing to which 

 the premium is adjudged to remain the pro- 

 perty of the Society ; and to be produced to 

 the Society on or before the second Tuesday hi 

 February, 18Q5. 



PREMIUMS FOR ENCOURAGING AND 

 IMPROVING MAN UFACTURES. 



1 !8. Machine for carding Silk. For 

 the best machine, superior to any now in use, 

 for carding waste silk equally well as by hand ; 

 to be produced, together with a specimen of 

 rhe carding*, on or before the first Tuesday in 

 November, 1801 ; the silver medal, or twenty 

 guineas. 



149. Cloth from Hop-stalks, &c. To 

 the person who shall produce to the Society 

 the greatest quantity, not less than thirty yards 

 of cloth at least twenty-seven inches wide, 

 made in Great-Britain, of hop-stales <;r bines, 

 or other raw vegetable substance?, the produce 

 of Great-Britain or Ireland, superior to any 

 hitherto manufactured from such substances, 

 and Which can be generally afforded as cheap 

 as cloth of equal quality and appearance now 

 made from hemp, flax, or cotton, and much 

 finer in quality than any hitherto manufactured 

 hi England from hop-stalks, &c. the gold 

 medal, or thirty gujueas. One pound of the 

 thread of which the cloth is made, and thirty 

 yards of the cloth, together with proper cerfi- 

 Jicatcs that the whole is manufactured from 

 hop-stalks or bines, ice. to be produced to the 



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Society on or before the first Tuesday in De» 

 cember, 1804. 



A r . B. The Society is already in the posses- 

 sion of doth made in England from hop-stalks 

 or bines, which may be inspected by applica- 

 tion to the Housekeeper. 



150. Wicks tor Candlfs or Lamps. 

 To the person who shall discover to the Society 

 a method of manufacturing hop-stalks or bines, 

 or any other cheap material, the growth of 

 Great-Britain, so as to render them equally fit 

 for the purpose of supplying the place of cot- 

 ton, for wicks of candles or lamps ; twenty 

 guineas. Samples, not less than five pounds 

 weight, of the wick so prepared. to be produce! 

 to the Society, vr'nh certificates that the whole 

 quantity is equal in quality to the sample, ex* 

 or before the second Tuesday in .Tan. 1805. 



151. PAPXB FROM FvAW VLG LIABLE S;'P,- 



stancis. To the person, in Gi cat-Britain, 

 who shall, between the first of January, 1801, 

 and the first of January, 1805, make the 

 greatest quantity, and of the best quality (not 

 less than ten reams), of good and useful paper, 

 from raw vegetable substances, the produce of 

 Great-Britain or Ireland, of which one hun- 

 dred weight has not: been used in manufactu- 

 ring paper previous to January, 1803, superior 

 to any hitherto manufactured from such sub- 

 stances, and which can be generally afforded 

 as cheap as paper of equal quality and .ap- 

 pearance now made from rags; twenty guinea. 



N.B. The object of the Society being to add 

 to the number and quantify of raw materials 

 used in this manufacture, it is then wish to in- 

 clude every useful sort of paper, and to intro- 

 duce such natural products as can he easily and 

 cheaply procured in great quantities. The 

 Society are in possession of two volumes con- 

 taining a great variety of specimens of paper 

 made from raw vegetable substances, viz. — 

 nettles, potaloe-haum, poplar, hop-bines, &c 

 which volumes may be inspected by any 

 person on application to the Housekeeper. 

 Certificates of the making such paper, and 

 one ream of llie paper, to be produced en oi 

 before the last Tuesday in January, 1805. 



159. TrtAN.-pAULN i Papir. Tbtheper; 

 son who shall discover to the Society a method 

 of making paper from the pulp that shall be 

 perfectly transparent, and of a substance and 

 body, equal to foolscap, that shall take and 

 bear common writing ink with the same facility 

 and correctness as writing-paper generally in 

 use ; the silver medal, or twenty guineas. 

 Certificates of the making such paper, . 

 count of the process, and one ream of the 

 paper, to be produced on or before the second^ 

 Tuesday in January, 1805. 



153. Chints Pattehns for C.w.iro- 

 Printers. For the' best original pattern in a 

 new taste, of light or dark-ground chints for 

 garment-work, fit for the purposes of calico- 



