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Proceedings of the Society for the Encouragement of the Useful 

 Arts in Scotland. 



. The Society for the Encouragement of the Useful Arts met 

 in the Royal Institution, on Wednesday the 9th Marcli 1836, 

 at 8 o'clock P.M. Mr Professor Forbes, Vice-President, in 

 the Chair. 



The following Communications were laid before tlie Society : — 



1. Suggestions as to the probable good effects of employing 

 Caoutchouc in solution in the manufacture of Ropes ; and for brush- 

 ing over the standing rigging, sails, &c., of ships. By Mr Thomas 

 Johnston, 137 George Street, Glasgow. 



2. Letter from the Secretary of the Manchester Mechanics' In- 

 stitution regarding copy of the Society's Proceedings ; and sending 

 a copy of Lord Brougham's Address to the members of that Insti- 

 tution on 21st July 1835. 



3. Suggestion of a new experiment whereby the Rotation of the 

 Earth may 1n) demonstrated. By Edward Sang, Esq. Vice-Pres. 

 Soc. of Arts. 



4. Embossed Maps for the Blind ; and specimens of Printed 

 Music for their use, upon a new principle of Notation, applicable 

 to Music in general ; with Observations. By Mr James Gall jun. 

 24 Niddry Street, Edhiburgh. 



5. Observations on the Dublin and Kingston Railway. By 

 David Stevenson, Esq. 1 Baxter's Place, resident engineer for 

 Granton Harbour. 



6. Report by Mr Patterson of the Fire-engine Establishment on 

 Mr Adam Hope's new Nose-pipe for Fire-engines, was read and ap- 

 proved of. 



^ 7. The committee on Mr Macpherson's bath-heater gave in their 

 report, which was read and approved of. 



8. The Report of the Prize Committee, containing the List of 

 Prizes offered by the Society for Session 1836-7, was read, and 

 printed lists of the prizes distributed. 



9. The Report of the Prize Committee awarding the Prizes for 

 Session 1834-5 was read, and the prizes were delivered to the 

 successful candidates by the Vice-President, with appropriate ad- 

 dresses, in the order of that Report, which is as follows : — 



(1.) To Mr D. Landale mining-engineer, Wemyss, Fifeshire — 

 for his Method of carrying Low-pressure Steam to the distance of 

 193 yards, to work a steam-engine for draining a coal-mine ; read 

 22d April 1 835. Tiie Society's Gold Medal, value Fifteen Sovereigns. 



(2.) To Mr William Meikle, Townend, Strathaven, Lanarkshire 

 — for his New Reed Instrument, called the " Caledonica," and for 

 his improved Oboe and Bassoon ; exhibited and described 28th Ja- 

 nuary 1835,— The prize " for the best set of experiments on any 



