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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



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LIST OF NEW PATENTS. 



GRANTED TX ENGLAND I'ROM 27tII JUNE TO 25Tn Jui.Y, 1839. 



Richard Hodgson, of Salisbiiry-street, Strand, Gentleman, for " fmjinvc- 

 nieit/s in the forms or shnpes of malcriiih and siihx/ances used for buihliuc/ 

 mid pavinri, and their combinnlion for such pnrposen." Comnumicatfil by a 

 foreigner residing abroad, — .Innc 27 ; six niontlis. 



Moses Pooi.e, of Lincolns Iiin, (lent., for " for imjtrovemen/s ajip/ion/jle 

 to vdieeled carriages and in s/irini/s." Ooniniunicated by a foreigner residing 

 .iliroad. — Jnne 29 ; six niontlis. 



Henry Pape, of Little Newport-street, Leieestcr-srinare, nmsieal instrn- 

 meut maker, for " certain iinproocrnents on stringed nmsicat inatrunifnts.'* 

 Jnly 2 ; six niontlis. 



IIenrik Zander, of Nortli-sireet, Sloan-street, Gent,, for " improre- 

 ments in tlie manufacture of paper,^^ — Jnly 2 ; six niontlis. 



Chari.es Osborne, of Hinningliam, cork-screw mannfaeturer, for " a 

 certain improvement, or certain improvements, in the construction of cork- 

 sereu's. — July 2 ; six months. 



Alexander Cochrane, of Arnndel-strcet, Strand, Gent., for " an im- 

 jrrmed tocl-."—3\\\y 3 ; six months. 



Alexander Cruckshanks, of Liverpool-street, New Road, for " certain 

 improved methods of jiroducint/ or mamfactnrinf/ certain infammabte sntj- 

 :itances, and of apptyiny ttte heat and VujtU otjtained from certain infammadte 

 substances to various useful purposes. — Jnly 3 ; six months. 



James Yates, of the Etliiigliani AVorks, Rotlierhain, iron fonnder, for 

 " certain improvements in makimj, forming, or producing raised or projecting 

 tetters, mouldings, figures, or ot/ter ornamentat work for external decoratiuns 

 of buildings and other purposes, — July 3 ; six months. 



Thomas French Berney, of Jlorton Hall, Norfolk, Esq., for " certain 

 improvements in cartridges. — July 6; six months. 



Edward John Jones, of I'anlstone House, Hereford, Gent., and John 

 Ham of the City of Bristol engineer, for " an improved process of manufac- 

 turing cider and perry." — Jnly G ; six months. 



George Philcox, of Soiithwark-square, watch maker, for " certain im- 

 provements in chronometers, watcttes, and other time keepers. — Jnly 6 ; six 

 months. 



John Ericsson of Cambridge Terrace, civil engineer, for " an improved 

 .steam-engine, particularly applicable to locomotive purposes and steam navi- 

 gation. Jnly G; six months. 



John Farrie, of Chiircli-lane WliiteiOiajiel, sugar refiner, for " improve- 

 ments in making and refining sugar. — July G ; six months. 



Peter Uothwell Jackson, of Great Bolton, Lancaster, engineer, for " a 

 new and improved method of mangling, calendering, glazing, and finisliing 

 cotton, linen, wotlen, and other goods and manufactures, and certain machi- 

 nery to effect tlie same." — July 8 ; six months. 



Edward Francois Josei'ii Duclos, of Clyiie Wood Works, Swansea, 

 Gent., for " improvemeats in the manufactnre of sulphnr, sulphuric-acid, 

 and sulphate of soda." — July 11 ; six niontlis. 



William Woodley, of Obsen'atoiy House, Stoke Newington, Captain in 

 the navy, for " improvements in propelling vessels and carriages, and other 

 machinery." — July 13 ; six niontlis. 



Thomas Bell, of St. Anstel Cornwall, hotel keeper, for " improvements 

 in olitaining cojiperfrom copper slag." — July 13 ; six mouths. 



James Yates of the Effigbam Works, Rotherham, iron founder, for 

 " certain improvements in the conatruction of cupola furnaces, fur melting 

 metals." — July 13; six months. 



Daniel Kamee, of Charlotte-street Bloomsbury, for " improvements in 

 paving roads, and such like ways." Conimunicated by a foreigner residing 

 abroad.— July 15; six months. 



John Hidmming, of Edward-street, Cavendisli-sqnare, Gent., for " itn- 

 provemente in gas meters." — July 16 ; six months. 



John Revnold.s, of Bridge-street, Blackfriars, Esq., for " certain improve- 

 ments in the manufacture of salt." — July IC ; six months. 



John George Shuttleworth, of the Monnt, near Slieffield, soap boiler, 

 for " a new mode of obtaining a rotatory motion, from the rectilinear motion 

 of the piston-rod of a steam or other the like engine.'. — July 18; six 

 niontlis. 



Edward Browne of Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire, ironmonger, for " im- 

 provements in apparatus in cooking," — July 20 ; sLx mouths. 



Thomas Nicholas Raper, of Bridge-street, Blackfriars, Gent., for " itn- 

 provements in rendering fabrics and leat/ier waterproof." — Jnly 20 ; six 

 months. 



Moses Poole, of Lincoln's Inn Fields, Gent., fo»' " improvements in cast- 

 ing for printing purposes." Comninnicated by a foreigner residing abroad. — 

 July 20 ; six months. 



Peter Robert Drummond Lord Willoiighby de Eresby, for " im- 

 provements in compressing peat." — July 20 ; six months. 



David Johnston, of Glasgow, manufacturer, for " certitu improvements 



in the manufacture of hinges" Communicated by a foreigner residiu"- 

 abroad. — July 20 ; six months. 



Alexander Soijthwood Stocker, of the Union Rolling Mills, Bir- 

 niingbain, and Thomas Johnsun of Ridgacree Irom M'orks, Staft'ord, for 

 " certain improvements in machinery for manufacturing shoe-heels, and toe- 

 tips." — July 20 ; six months. 



John Charles Schwieso, of Albany-street, Regent's Park, harp maker, 

 for " certain improvements in the construction of locks." — July 20 ; tax 

 months. 



Charles Flude, of Liverpool, chemist, for " certain improvements in the 

 the manufacture of w/rite lead." — July 20; six months. 



John Frederick Myers, of .Vlbeniarle-street, Piccadilly, musical instru- 

 ment make, and Joseph Storer, of Bidborougb-street, New Road, musical 

 instrument maker, for ** certain improvements in tlie construction of certain 

 musical instruments, part of the said improvements being applicuhle to those 

 of the kind commonly called piano fortes, and part of tliose of tlie kind cotn- 

 monly called serajjhines, and to certain descriptions of organ.s." Par/ly com- 

 municated by a foreigner residing aliroad. — July 20 ; six months. 



Joshua Crockkord, of Litebfield-strect, Solio, Gent., for " an improved 

 mode of applying cotton ayid oilier wicks to tallow, and otiier the like sub- 

 stances used for candles, in order to consume the same." — July, 20 ; six 

 months. 



John Hanson, of Rashcliffe, York, patent lead pipe manufacturer, for 

 " certain improved apparatus for measuring and registering the rpiantity of 

 gas, water, or other fluid passed through tlie same." — July 24 ; six months. 



James Kay-, of Pendleton, near Manchester, cotton spinner, of an ex- 

 tension for the term of three years from the 2Gth July, 1839, of an inven- 

 tion for " a new and improved mactiinery for preparing and spinning fla:f, 

 hemp, and other fibrous substances bg power."— hi\y 24 ; six mouths. 



James Templeton, manufacturer in Paisley, and also William Quiglay, 

 weaver in Paisley, for machinery for " a new and improved mode of manu- 

 facturing silk, cotton, woollen, and linen fabrics. — Jidy 25 ; six mouths. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



(t. W. R. — IVe arc fearful' of <i^(iiu trespassing- an our pages on the subjcc 

 of railway curves, having already devoted considerable space and discussion to 

 iiiat purpose, Wf'niust test for a short time, and if hereafter we slioutd be deficieyit 

 of mutter, we will again find room for some more cummunieatinns we have received 

 nil till' siihjfi'l. Iti-sperliiig the other portion of (i. W . R."s letter, we must 

 recommend him, as well as other engineers, to study algebra, at least the rudi- 

 ments ; lie will then find the advantages of it, and see tlie impossibility of ris, 

 or any oilier svientifie work being able to abandon the use of it, and in answer 

 to the taller part of his letter, " which is the best and most simple treatise on the 

 loeomotivr engine,'' we reeumiiiend Mr. Robert Stephenson s scientific treatise and 

 Pambour's work, more purtivuhiily the first, 



Lieut. -Col. T.'s conimmiieation on briek ovens will appear in oar ne.fct number. 



Mr. G.'s drawings of boilers were received too lute for this month ; they will 

 appear in the ue.fl Journal. 



The British Association. — li'e shall feel obliged for copies of any papers that 

 may lie read before the ne.rt meeting at Birminghnin. 



JVe shall feel obliged if our correspondent at Bristol will favour us with his 

 communications early in the month. 



Norris's Loconmtive Knyioe. — Can any of our subscribers favour us with 

 some facts connected with Ike performances of these engines since they have been 

 inhodiiecd in England, stating the distance ran in a given time, the quantity of 

 fuel consumed, and llir gradients of the railway. Also inform us what are the 

 dimensions of the enniues and their peculiar construction, or where they dijfer 

 from our own engines": we do not wish the perfonnances of the engine to be con- 

 fined to one trip, but to s^neral trips, 



The notices of several books ''sent for review are unavoidably postponed until 

 ne,rt month. 



The Editor will feel obliged to country subscribers if they^ will forward any 

 account of works in progress, or any new.ipapers containing articles or paragraphs 

 connected with the objecis of the Journal ; it will also be doing a great service if 

 engineeers and iirrliileels will cause all advertisements connected with contracts 

 to be inserted in the Juurnul, 



Communicatiuns are requested to be addressed to ''The Editor of the Civil 

 Engineer and Architect's Journal." No, 11, Parliament Street, Westminster, 

 or to Mr Groumbridge, Paui/rr /llley. Paternoster Bow ; if by post, to be di- 

 rected to the former "place ; if by panel , please lo direct it to tlw nearest oj the 

 two places wfiere the eoarh arrives ill in London, us we are Jreqiicully put to the 

 r.ipence of one or two sliillings for tlie porterage only, of a very small parcel. 



Books for review must be sent early in the month , cummmiieations on or before 

 the 2(ilh (if with wood-cuts earlier), and advertisements on or before the 25th 

 instant. 



The First Volume mav be hap, bound in cloth and lettered in gold. 

 Price 17s. 



ERRATUM. 



Bq accident pages 2%and 2»T of the pie.mit number have been transposed; it 

 was'nol di.mnirred iinlil the sheet had beeen printed off. The contents i^ page 

 297 should be page 2W, and the contents of page 296 should be page '297. 



