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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



Xfiv French 0>}>l/ri'jhl liilf.— The author of a ilrawniK, picture, a work of 

 sculpture, architecture, or any other work of the same Jeseription, shall alone have 

 the right of reproducing or authorisiu{j; the reproihiciug of it, by engraving, or iu auy 

 other way. This right shall last during the author's whole life. After hi» death, his 

 widow, heirs, or representatives shall enj<iy it, conformably to the pro^ inions esta- 

 blished in the tirst paragraph of this present law. The authors of the works just 

 mentioned, or their representatives, may cede the right secured to them, retaining, 

 nevertheless, the property of tin* W(»rk; hut, in case the original work be sold, the 

 exclusive right of authorising the reproducing of it ,hy engi-aving or any other means 

 shall be transferred Xo the purchaser, if no stipulation to the contrary exists. 



Immense wooden galleries are now being erected in the srpiare of the Champs 

 Elysees, for the impending exhibition of the produce of I'Vench manufacture. 



A\tplcs. — According to letters from Palermo of the 24th Dec, referred to in Le 

 Cnmmercf, the King of Naples, previous to his departure from Sicily, publislied a 

 variety of decrees relative to the *'stab!i«hmeut of cemeteries, without the precincts of 

 towns, the opening of a mnnber of road^, ^tc, 



Napoleim Column. — The Junrnal de la Corse slates, that the works on the column 

 wliich is to be erected iu honour of Napoleon, near the house in which he was horn 

 at Ajdccio, are going on with rapidity. The column will be formed of a single block 

 of the granite of the country 50 feet long, and will be surmounted by a statue of the 

 Kmperor. 



Dutch liilf't:. — In the island of Beverland, which is only fifteen miles iu length by 

 seven in breadth, there aie 200 miles of dikes or artiticial embankments. — Chambers' 

 Edinburgh Jourmd. 



Steam Ih^ck-yard in Ilnllund. — About a mile above Rottenlam, on our right, we 

 noticed I'injord, a considerable steam building station, where at present a large 

 number of men are employed, many of them upon an iron steam-boat of great magni- 

 tude. — Chamber^ Kdinhurgh Juurnal. 



Bnigcfi Koad. — A new road is in the process of construction betwixt Bruges and 

 Calais. It will be much -shorter than any other now existing, and direct, except in 

 one part, where, on account of the mobile nature of the gravelly soil, a circuit of three 

 miles is rendered unavoidable. 



Haarkm Lake. — It seems that there is a very great diversity of opinion in the sec- 

 tions of the two chauibers respecting the project for draining the Lake of Haarlem. 



Ilamhurgh. — A private letter states that during the late tremendous gale, the 

 harbour of this place had been almost entirely destroyed, nearly every pile having 

 been torn away ; the whole town had been iiumdated. 



In the dominions of the King of Wjrtemberg a royal theatre is to be built at 

 Stiitgard, and a smaller theatre, to be completed next year, at Kanstadt, within a few 

 miles of the tbnner town. Professer Zaiiht, who lately visited England, is the archi- 

 tect of the new theatres. 



A grand theatre is about to be built at Dressden, at the public expense, for the per- 

 formance of German and Italian operas. 



The Statue »/ Goethe, executed at Milan, arrived a few days since at Frankfort. 



The celebrated Bavarian painter, M. Cornelius, wlio has lately visited Paris, has 

 been made a Knight of the Legion of Honour, and since elected Foreign Associate of 

 the Royal Academy of the FineArts, iu lieu of the late distinguished composer, 

 Zingarelli. 



Copenhagen, Jan. 5. — The King has removed the principal obstacles to the erection 

 of the Thorwaldsen museum, by alloting to that purpose a building consisting of two 

 wings, and another portion of the palace of Christianburg. 



^/rfetv.— Anadvanlageousdiacovery for the state has been lately made iu the mines 

 of Kunn, a better sort of coal than that as yet worked having been found. 



Rotid to the Bed Sea — We learn by letters from Alexandria, that 800 Europeans 

 crossed the isthmus of Suez last year, on their passage to and from India ; and that a 

 regular coach conveyance will be soon established between the shores of the Levant 

 and the nearest point for euibarkation on the borders of the Red Sea. 



Pe}in»i/lvania Public lf'o)-?cs.^rhe amount expended in 1837, by the state of 

 Pennsylvania, in public works, i\as, for canals and railways, 1,733,442 dollars, and 

 for turnpikes, 118,160 dd,, being about 400,000/. The receipts were, canal lotts, 

 415,631 dols.. railway lotts, 33.5,827. 



NEW PATENTS. 



LIST OF ENGLISH PATENTS GRANTED BETWEEN THE SIth OF 

 DECEMBER, 1838, AND THE 21>th OF JANUARY,i 1830. 



Samuel Cle(jg, of Sidmouth-street, Gray's Inn-road, Engineer, for " A new Im- 

 provement in Valves and the combination of them with Machinery." — 3rd January ; 

 months to specify. 



Henry Robert Arr.^ham, of Keppel-street Russell-square, Architect, for ** Im- 

 provements in Apjiaratus applicable to Steam-boilers." — 3rd Jannui-y ; months. 



Thomas Nicholas Raper, of Greek-streRt, Soho, Gentleman, for " Improvements 

 iu rendering Fabrics and Leather Waterproof." — 3rd January ; ti months. 



Abel Mohrall, of Studley, Needle Maker, for " Certain Iniprovemcuts iu the 

 AT aking or Manufacturing of Needles, and in the Machinery or Apparatus employed 

 therein." — 3rd January ; 6 months. 



Loi'is Matiu'rin BrssoN nu MAiiRiER,of Lombard-street, Gentleman, for *' Im- 

 provements in the construction of Springs for Carriages."' — 3rd January ; 6 months. 



Miles Beru^, of Chancery lane, for" Certain Improvements in Rotatory Engines 

 to be worked by Steam or other Fluids. — 4tb January; months. 



William Hkkling Burn LTT^'ofWharton-street.Bagnigge Wells-road, Gentlemen, 

 for '' New and Improved Machinery for Sawing, Planing, Groving, and other pre- 

 paring and working Wood for certain purposes." — 8th .Tanuary: 6 months. 



Joserii Cltsild Daniell, of Limphey Stoke, Wilts, for " An Improved Method 

 of weaving Woollen Cloths and C'loths made of Wool together with other materials. ' 

 — Hth January ; 6 months. 



Moses Poole, of Lincoln's Inn, Gentleman, for" Certain Improvements in Clogs." 

 — 11 th January: 6 months. 



John Howarth, of Aldermanbury, Manufacturer, for " Certain Improvements in 

 Machinery in Spinning, Roving, Doubling, and Twisting Cotton, and other librous 

 materials. — Uth January; 6 months. 



John Ashton. of Manchester, Silk Manufacturer, for " An Improvement or Im- 

 provements iu Mttuufacturiug Plush of Silkor other fibrou3inaterial6,"—lltU January ; 

 6 months. 



.ToiiN SwAiN WoRTir,of Manchester, Merchant, for " An Improved Machine for 

 PreparingandCleaning Wool for Manufacturing Purposes." — 1 1th January ; Cmonths, 



William Newton, of Chancerj'-lane, for "Certain Improvements in Machines 

 fur Drilling Land or Sowing Grain and Seeds of ditFerent descriptions." — 11th January ; 

 6 months, 



FjtANris Brewin, of the Old Kent-road, Tanner, for " Certain Improvements in 

 using Materials employed in Tanning, and preparing the same for other useful pur- 

 puses." — 11th January ; ti months. 



Robert Logan, nf Trafalgar-square, for " Anew Cloth or Cloths constructed from 

 Cocoa Nut Fibre, and for certain Improvements in preparing such fibrous materials 

 for the same and other'purposes." — Uth January ; 6 months. 



William Ponsford, of Wang}-e-house, Essex, gentleman, fur " Improvements in 

 the Manufacture of Hals, and an Improved Description of Felt suitable for Hats and 

 various other useful pni-poses, and Improvements in preparing the Material or 

 Mateiials chielly used iu the Manufacture of such felt." — Jan. 12 ; six months. 



Edwix Marten, of the village of Brasted, Kent, plumber, for "An Improved 

 .Method of Laj-ing covering composed of Lead or other Metal on the Roofs of Houses 

 ur olJiL-r IJuildings, with Drains, whereb}' the part of the Water falling on such roof 

 which would otlierwise penetrate, is carried off, and rolls and seams are rendered 

 unnecessary." — Jan. 12 ; six months. 



Joseph Buucii, of Bankside, Blackfriars, calico printer, for " Certain Improve- 

 ments in printing Cotton, Woollen, Paper and other Fabrics and Materials." — Jan. 

 lo ; six months. 



William Witiiaai, of Hudderslield, machinist, for " ImprovemenU in Engines to 

 be worked by Steam-water or other fluids." — Jan. 15 ; six luonths. 



HiiiH Ford Bacon, of Fen Drayton, Camliridge, for " Improvement or Improve- 

 ments in Apparatus for regulating the I'low or Supply of Gas through Pipes to Gas 

 Burners, A\ith a view to uniformity of supply." — Jan. 17 ; six months. 



AVilliam Holsie Heginbotuam, of Stockport, gentleman, for " Certain Improve- 

 ments in Machinei*y or Apparatus for propelling Boats or otlier Vessels, to be 

 employed either for Marine or Inland Navigation, and to be worked by steam or 

 other power." — Jan. 17 ; six months. 



Wii.i.iAM Newton, of Chancery -lane, Civil Engineer, for " Certain Improvements 

 in Engines, to he worked by Air or other Gases." — Jan. 17 ; six months. 



OcLETnoRTE Waki'lin Bauratt, of Birmingham, Metal Gilder, for " Certain 

 Improvements in the ]trocess of decomposing Muriate of Soda, for the Manufacture 

 of Mineral Alkali and other valuable products." — .Tan. 19; six months. 



JosEi'ii Gaknett, of Hasliugden, Dyer, for " Certain Improvements in Machinery 

 or Apparatus for carding Cotton, Flax, Wool, or any other tibrous substances."' — Jan. 

 19 ; six months. 



Richard Ducdale, of Paris, now residing at Manchester-street, Middlesex, 

 Engineer, for " >Iethod or Methods of increasing the secHrity, tenacity and strength 

 of Beams, Axles, Rods and other articles made of Iron and Steel."— Jan. I'J; sis 

 months. 



Caleb Bedells, of Leicester, Manufacturer, for *' Improvements in Gloves, 

 Stockings and other Articles of Hosiery." — Jan. 21 , two months. 



John Cooi'e Haddan, of Baring-place, Waterloo-road, Surrey, Civil Engineer, for 

 " Improvemenls in Machinery or apparatus for propelling Vessels and Boats by Steam 

 or other power." — Jan. 22; six months. 



George Stevens, of Stowmarket, Brewer, for " Certain Improvements in Stoves." — 

 Jan. 22 ; six months. 



TnoJiAS DowLiNfj, of Chapel-place, Oxford-street, gentleman, for '* Improvements 

 in preparing Metals for the prtvention of Oxidation." — Jan. 24 ; six months. 



John Hakrocks Ainsworth, of Halliwell, Lancaster, Bleacher, for " Certain 

 Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Stretching, Drying and Finishing 

 Woven Fabrics." — Jan. 24 ; six months. 



Robert Copland, of Courland, Wantlsworth-road, Surrey, Esquire, for " Im. 

 provements in AVater-wheels." — 24th January; 6 months. 



Pierre Jean Isidore Verdure, of the Sabloniere Hotel, Leicester-square, 

 Gentleman, for " Improvemenls in the Manufacture of Starch, and in the Machinery 

 for preparing and in employing of the refuse matters obtained in such manufacture." 

 — 2-jth January; 6 mouths. 



John Howard Kvan, of Cheltenham, Esquire, and William Hvatt, of Lower 

 Fountain-place, City-road, Engineer, for " Improvements iu Steam Engines." — 29th 

 January ; 6 months. 



John Hillard, of Bread-street, Cheapside, Merchant, for '" Certain Improvements 

 in Macliiuery and Ajqiaratus for Making and JVIanufacturing Screws," — 29th Januar}' ; 

 Q months. 



William Lukyn, of Lower Cowley House, Oxford, Dentist, for " Certain Im 

 provements in applying and attaching Artiticial and Natural Teeth." — 29th January ; 

 months. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Wc have received several communications on tlie subject of engineering education. 

 We had conceived that we had gone into the subject at sufficient length, but as theso 

 communications call for a reopening of the question we intend to go into it at greater 

 extent next mouth. We had commenced a reply this month, but on account of the 

 pressure of matter we are obliged to defer it until the next number. 



M'e regret that we arc obliged to postpone Mr. Tail's counnunication on Improve- 

 ments in Railways. Likewise several other communications. We ^^^ll endeavour to 

 make up the arrears in our next journal. 



In reply to the inquiry of the Country Subscriber respecting the Oxford-street 

 pavement, we must obsen-e that each party has laid down his specimen at his own 

 expense, and that the present experiiuent is not to try the expense but the durability 

 and working of the different systems. 



Subscribers are particularly requested to complete their sets of numbers for the 

 first volume immediately. 



We shall feel obliged' to the profession if thoy will forward us accounts of works 

 in progress, new inventions and discoveries : and particularly if our country sub- 

 scribers will send us any newspaper containing any matter relative to the objects of 

 our Journal. 



Books for review must be sent early in the mouth ; communications prior to the 

 20th ; and advertisements before the 26th instant. 



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