Premiums in Manufactures. 



Blocks. For the best engraving on wood, or 



metal blocks, of a subject or allegorical decora- 

 tion tor a volume of the Society's Transactions, 

 proper to be prefixed to the premiums offered by 

 the Society, and capable of being worked with 

 the h'ttcr press ; the gold modal. The engraved 

 wood or metal block, and two or more impres- 

 sions from it, to be produced to the Society on or 

 before the WCOnd Tuesday in February, 1803, 

 and trie engraved wood or metal block to which 

 the premium is adjudged to remain the property 

 of the Society. The engraving to l>e of a proper 

 si/e to form an octavo page in the volume. 



1*24. For the next in merit; the silver medal 

 on similar conditions. 



125. Statuary Marble. To the per- 

 son who shall discover, within Great Britain or 

 Ireland, a quarry of white marble fit for the 

 purposes of statuary, and equal in all respects 

 to those kinds now imported from Italy ; the 

 gold medal, or one hundred pounds. A block 

 of at least three feet in length, two in height, 

 and two in width, with an account of the si- 

 tuation of the quarry, and certificates of its pos- 

 sessing considerable extent, to be produced to 

 the Society on or before the first Tuesday in 

 February, 1803. 



N. B. In order to prevent useless expense 

 or trouble to the claimant in forwarding so 

 large a block, the Society will be ready to exa- 

 mine any smaller specimen of the marble, and 

 express their opinion of its value to the candi- 

 date before the block required by the above 

 premium is produced. 



126. Bronzes. For the btst drapery-fi- 

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

 not less than twelve inches high; and, if a 

 group, not less than nine inches ; and which 

 will require the least additional labour to repair; 

 the gold medal, or the silver medal and twenty 

 guineas. The cast to be exhibited to the So- 

 ciety before it is begun to be repaired, with the 

 original figure or group, on or before the fiist 

 Tuesday in February, 1802, together with a 

 full explanation of the whole process. 



PREMIUMS FOR ENCOURAGING AND 

 IMPROVING MANUFACTURES. 



1*27. 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 the 

 caidings, on or before the first Tuesday in No- 

 ember, 1802 ; the silver medal, or twenty 

 guineas. 



1'28. Ci.oth from Hop-Stalks, Sec. 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-stalks or bines, 

 or other raw vegetable substances, the produce 

 of Great Britain or Ireland, superior to any hi- 

 therto manufactured from such substances, and 



lot 



which can be generally afforded as cheap a» 

 cloth of equal quality and appearance now" 

 made from hemp, flax, or cotton, and much 

 finer in quality than any hitherto manufactured 

 in England from hop-stalks, &c. the gold medal, 

 or thirty guineas. One pound of the thread 

 of which the cloth is made, and th 



the cloth, together with proper ce 



" r , V 

 t/fi 



yards of 

 atrs that 



the whole is manufactured from hop-stalks or 

 bines, &c. to be produced to the Society on or 

 before the first Tuesday in December, 1802. 



N. B. The Society is already in the posses- 

 sion of cloth made in England from hop-stalks. 

 or bines,which may be inspected by application 

 to the housekeeper. 



129. Wicks for. Candles 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 cotton, for 

 wicks of candles or lamps; twenty guineas. 

 Samples, not less than five pounds weight, of 

 the wicks so prepared to be produced to the So- 

 ciety, with certificates that the whole quantity is 

 equal in quality to the sample, on or before 

 the second Tuesday in Januaiy, 1803. 



130. Paper from raw vecetable Sub- 

 stances. To the person, in Great Britain, 

 who shall, between the first of January, 1802, 

 and the first of January, 1803, make the great- 

 est quantity, and of the best quality, (not les< 

 than ten reams) of good and useful paper, from 

 raw vegetable substances, the produce of Great 

 Britain or Ireland, of which one hundred weight 

 has not been used in manufacturing paper pre- 

 vious to January, 1801, superior to any hitherto 

 manufactured from such substances, and which 

 can be generally afforded as cheap as paper of 

 equal quality and appearance now made from 

 rags ; twenty guineas. 



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

 to the number and quantity of raw materials 

 used in this manufacture, it is their wish to inr 

 clude every useful sort of paper, and to intro- 

 duce such natural products as can be easily and 

 cheaply procured in great quantities. The So- 

 ciety are in possession of two volumes contain- 

 ing a great variety of specimens of paper made 

 from raw vegetable substances, viz. — nettles, 

 potivtoe-hawlm, poplar, hop-bines, &c. which 

 volumes may be inspected by any person on ap- 

 plication to the housekeeper. 



Certificates of the making such paper, and 

 one ream of the paper, to be produced on or 

 before the second Tuesday in January, 1S03. 



131. Transparent Paper. To the per- 

 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 fools-cap, that shall take and 

 bear common writing ink with the same faci- 

 lity and correctness as writing paper generally in 



