26 HISTORY of the SOCIETY. 



1784. complete and permanent Cure in Afcites ; the other, A Cafe of 

 fevere nervous fymptoms occurring from a flight fuperficial 

 wound. 



i 9 . 

 O n the Europe- 



Auguft 2. 



Dr Anderfon 

 on caft iron. 



el. Mr ALLAN MACONOCHIE, Advocate, read the re- 

 mainderof his Diflertation on the Ancient European Legifla- 

 tures ; which is printed in this volume. [No. I. and No. VII. 

 Lit. C/. ] 



Pbyf. CL Dr JAMES ANDERSON read a paper on fome ceco- 

 nomical ufes to which caft iron may be applied. He obferved, 

 That, in feveral mechanic arts, malTes of great weight, fize 

 and ftrength, are required for bruifiiig or grinding various fub- 

 ftances ; that it is often difficult to procure ftones of fufficient 

 fize and ftrength for thefe purpofes ; that caft iron, though 

 proper in point of ftrength, and eafily made of almoft any 

 fize or Ihape, is fometimes inconvenient from its weight, and is, 

 for many purpofes, too expensive. He propofed, therefore, 

 that, inftead of pure iron, the moulds in which fuch mafles are 

 to be caft fhould be nearly filled with ftones, or what would be 

 ftill better, with bricks, as thefe could be. eafily moulded into 

 the exact (hape required ; a proper fpace being left for an axle 

 where needed, and an interftice between the outermoft of them 

 and the mould ; that then melted iron mould be poured in to 

 fill up every chink. This iron, cooling and confolidating, will 

 unite or cement the ftones or bricks firmly together, and cover 

 them with an uniform furface of metal. Thus, Dr ANDERSON 

 thinks, that mafles of any fize, (hape and weight, and of fuffi- 

 cient ftrength, may be procured at a cheap rate ; as a very 

 fmall quantity of metal would be fufficient for a cement and 

 coating to the ftones or bricks. 



IN the fame way, the Doctor thinks many architectural orna- 

 ments might be made very cheap and very durable ; and he 

 fuggefts the application of this method to the important pur- 



pofe 



