PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF 

 THE USEFUL ARTS IN SCOTLAND. 



The following articles and communications were laid before 

 the Society during the months of February and March 183^ : — 



Feb. 6. — 1. Model and description of the lower part of a Lime 

 Kiln with Double Grates and Doors. By C. G. S. JMenteath, Esq. 

 of Closeburn. 



2. Model of a Railroad, or_ Wheel Track, for all sorts of Carriages. 

 By the same. 



3. Model of a Carriage or Waggon Drag, used in France, and 

 applied with great advantage to loaded waggons, in the south of Scot- 

 land. By the same. 



4. On the advantages of a Short Arc of Vibration for Clock Pen- 

 dulums. By Mr Edward Sang, teacher of Mathematics, Edinburgh. 



Feb. 20. — 1. Model, Drawing, and description of a Chimney Top 

 or Can for Curing Smoke. By Mr Alexander Grant, surgeon and 

 druggist, 11 Broughton Street, Edinburgh. 



2. Donation. — Model of a Cast-iron Chimney Top, which effec- 

 tually cured a smoky vent in the Castle of Edinburgh. Invented by 

 the late IMajor Straton, Royal Engineers. Presented by General Sir 

 William Maxwell, 125 George Street, Edinburgh. 



3. Models and Description of improvement in the Construction of 

 Joiners' Moulding Planes, calculated to supersede the use of so great 

 a number of Planes as are now in use. By Mr John Smart (son qf 

 Mrs John Smart), High Street, Brechin. 



4. Model, Description, and Drawings of an Improved Safety 

 Lock for Bankejs' Safes, &c. By William Crawfurd, Esq. of Carts- 

 burn. "^ 



5. Notice of a Prize given by the Board of Trustees, " of L. 2f5 

 for the best and most useful invention of Machinery, applicable to 

 Manufactures, to be judged of, in the first instance, by the Society 

 of Arts, and afterwards by them submitted to the Board of Trustees 

 for its approval or rejection." 



The following Candidates were balloted for and duly admitted Or- 

 dinary Members, viz : — , , 



' ' Air David Bryce, architect, Edinburgh. 



. Mr Wilkinson Steele, merchant, Edinburgh. 

 Wilfiam Brown, Esq. M. D. Eclinburght 



