198 List of Prizes. 



45. To Samuel Kenrick, of Handsworth, in the county of Stafford, 

 ironfounder, " certain improvements in preparing or forming moulds for 

 casting metal." — 18th June 1847. 



46. George Taylor, of Holbeck, near Leeds, in the county of York, 

 mechanic, " improvements in the construction of engines and carriages to 

 be used on railways." — 18th June 1847. 



47. To Frederic Theodore Philippi, of Bellfield Hall, in the county 

 of Lancaster, calico-printer, " certain improvements in machinery or ap- 

 paratus for stretching, drying, and finishing woven fabrics." — 18th June 

 1847. 



48. To Francis Preston, of Ardwick, near Manchester, spindle maker, 

 " certain improvements in machinery or apparatus to be used in the pre- 

 paration of cotton ftnd other fibrous substances for spinning," — 2l8t June 

 1847. 



LIST OF PRIZES FOR SESSION 1847-8. 



The ROYAL SCOTTISH SOCIETY of ARTS proposes to 

 award Prizes of different values (none to exceed Thirty Sovereigns), 

 in Gold or Silver Medals, Silver Plate, or Money, for approved Com- 

 munications, relative to Inventions, Discoveries, and Improvements 

 in the Mechanical and Chemical Arts in General, and also to means 

 by which the Natural Productions of the Country may be made 

 available ; and, in particular, to, — 



I. Inventions, Discoveries, or ImprovemexNts in the Useful Arts, 

 including the Mechanical and Chemical ; and in the Mechanical 

 Branch of the Fine Arts ; such as tiie following, viz. : — 



1. Mechanical Arts. 



1. Methods of Economising Fuel, Gas, &c., — of Preparing Su- 

 perior Fuel from Peat, — of Preventing Smoke and Noxious Va- 

 pours from Manufactories, — of Warming and Ventilating Public 

 Edifices, Private Dwellings, &c. — of Conistructing Economical and 

 Salubrious Dwellings for the Working Classes, especially in 

 Towns, — of Filtering Water in large quantities, — of rendering 

 large supplies of Water available for the purpose of extinguishing 

 Fires ; and the best application of Manual or othtr Power to 

 the working of Fire-Engines, — of Constructmg Buildings on the 

 most correct Acoustic principles. 



2. Inventions or Improvements in the Manufacture of Iron, and 

 other Metals, simple or alloyed, — in the Manufacture of Writing 

 and Printing Paper, — in Tuyeres for Bla^>t Furnaces, — in the 

 Making and Tempering of Steel, — in Gilding Brass equal in Colour 

 to the French, — in Artificial Pavement, — in Balance or Pendu- 



