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_ tion of the said instruments; but, for the 
. better understanding their application, we 
do further describe the operation of cut- 
ting or subdividing the sheets of paper, 
as the same is performed by us; that is 
to say—the table and instruments are to 
be placed ator near the end of the 
machine by which the paper is made, 
and as soon as one of the reels or rollers 
becomes charged or filled with paper, we 
_Yemove the said reel or roller from the 
machine, and place it upon the supports 
or posts affixed to the end of the cutting 
table, upon which the steel plates and 
wheels have been previously adjusted to 
their proper distances, &c. ‘Two work- 
men, one stationed on each side of the 
table, draw the paper from the reel, and 
Spread it upon the said table, depositing 
the first end of the paper, which is al- 
Ways rough and uneven, over or beyond 
» the pair of steel plates furthest from the 
reel, taking care at the same time to lay 
the edges of the paper parallel with the 
edge of the table, or rather at right an- 
gles with the edges of the steel plates, in 
) order thatthe angles or corners of the 
sheets of paper, when cut, may be squdre ; 
and these workmen are guided or direct- 
€d in this operation, by having several 
conspicuous lines drawn along the table 
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in the proper direction, parallel to which 
lines they Jay the edges of the sheét, 
The paper being thus deposited or spread 
uniformly upon the table, and over the 
edges of the stecl plates, the man on 
whose side the carriage with the three- 
cutting wheel stands, pushes it across the 
table to the man on the opposite side,’ 
where it-is retained ready for a second 
operation. By thus passing the wheels 
ever for the first time, the rough or un- 
even end of the sheet is separated at the 
plates farthest from the reel, another se- 
paration being made at the same tine by 
the plates nearest to the reel, leaving one 
whole sheet of paper between the two 
pair of steel plates. The paper is again 
drawn from tiie reel, and spread upon 
the table; aud the end of the sheet being 
now square and even, is laid so much 
over or beyond the edges of the steel 
plates irchese from the reel, as will leave 
a sheet of paper’when the next separa- 
tion or cutting is made. ‘Two sheets be- 
ing now separated by each cutting after 
the first, the wheels ave again passed 
over, and the sheets thus separated at 
each cutting are removed, and laid into 
packs by children employed for that pue= 
pose.” 
VARIETIES, Lirerary AND PHILOSOPHICAL. 
Including Notices of Worksin Hand, Domestic and Foreign. 
%_* Authentic Communications for this Article will always be thankfully received. 
Sa 
ROFESSOR DAVY has read a pa- 
per before the Royal Society, con- 
taining an account of his various new and 
important electrical experiments on the 
tapi of the earths (already de-. 
tailed in this’ Magazine), by which this 
| distinguished philosopher has shewn that 
they are all metallic oxides, and has thus 
an era in chemical philosophy. 
likewise must iead to great improvements 
e which sciences has. hitherto wanted ele- 
ments. In the same communication in 
_ which these facts are announced, a most 
_ important experiment of two Swedish 
chemists, Messrs. Benzelius and Pontin, 
is mentioned. These gentlemen bave 
_ gombined the basis of volatile alkali with 
qiicksilver, and in this way bave formed 
in ‘ 
~ inmineralogy and geology, the last of “ 
an amalgam. Here is something metallic 
apparently composed of two gases, a 
ciftcumstance in which the dreams of the 
alchemists seem to be realized. * 
A Life of St. Neot, the elder brother of 
Alfred the Great. by the Rev. Joun 
Wuiraker, B.D. is in the press. 
The British and Foreign Bible Society 
has lately received a contribution from 
several congregations in the connection 
of the late Rev. Jozn WesvLery, amount- 
ing to nearly 1$001. [t appears from the 
annual reports of this Society, that the 
plan of contributing to its support by lo- 
cal and congregational collections origi- 
nated in Wales, was afterwards adopted 
on a large scale in Scotland, and has 
since been acted upon in various parts of 
England, particularly in Birmingham, 
where the several denominations ‘of 
Christians united their exertions, and 
raised on’ its behalf a considerable 
sum, 
Mr. 
