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VALUABLE niPROVEMKNT \^ PRRVENTl^rG THE ErFECTS OF LIGHTNiK-: 



'I'iic nliovo Driiwing \v 1! sr've llip reader a 

 orrect idea of a mfilhini oC liiiiuo- Li<r|-,iniiicr 

 ioi\s to buildinij*, [hitplv invrn'f-ii liy Mfs<rs. J. 

 )R0WN and G. W. Robinson, oI' Pnuidence, i{. 

 -] ivlijch is at once perlecllv sale, cheap, and 

 nay lie leiulured higlilj ornainoiilal. 



This rnelhod consisls ?irn|]lv in ptacina- liincks 

 f wla'-i tirnily l.envcen ihe condDrting rods and 

 lie roof and sides of hnildings. Two inelaliic 

 laples, tviih hnll head-, are inserted al.oni h-ilf 

 ay iiilo (he glass, whde in a slate of fusion, so 

 lal when ;lie glass cools, (he holt heads of (be 

 :aple.« are held last and solid, leaving a thick- 

 ess of two or three inches of solid o-jhcs (ie- 

 .vten the huiidi;ig and rods-. Smairinetallic 

 ars are placed over the rods, and secured by 

 i.itt-;, which hold llieni f;isl in groves, made in 

 le middle of the glass blocks. This block of 

 lass is cast of a wedge shape, and fitted close- 

 ' info a piece of I'lank,' which is nailed or se- 

 iired to the Sides and roof of buildings, the 

 eads of these nails or screws sink into the 

 ood, and are covered with putly, or for bnlKI- 

 igs of brick or stone, the glass blocks are made 

 I' suitable length and shape to lie fitted in at 

 le t.m« of building, or may be filled to hiiild- 

 ,'S now erected, tiy taking" out a brick, with- 

 )l Ihe use of the plank. 



Tiie importance and utility of this iniprove- 

 ent can only lie calculated by informing our- 

 'ves of the surprising number of unforeseen 

 Sses of human life, and of the amount of pi op- 

 ■ly, which is every year destroyed by Lighl- 

 ng, even in Buildings « hich had Conducting 

 uds filled lo lliem ufion the old but unsafe and 

 iperiect plan ol having liie Rods fastened lo 

 uildings by staples ol the same Conducting iMa- 

 riais With the Rous themselves. 

 So great is the destructive power of this swift 

 d fearful element, and so little provision is 

 ere maiie against it in this country, tliat al- 

 i)St every paper in our Union, in the course of 

 p year, records the death of an Human Re- 

 j even within the circle of its Subscribers ; 

 sides the loss of Animals and the inexlinjuish- 

 le conllagralinn of Houses, Biirns and I'aclo- 

 is of c\ery description, and Ships and their 



Cargoes, npon the Ocean. But we are certain, 

 beyond a doubt, that if Ibis l;iie improvement is 

 generally adopted in the United Slates, no in- 

 siaiii-e will ever occur of Lightning striking a 

 Bnibbng at the parts where Ihe It.Kis are fas- 

 tened.— And ihose are very well ascertained lo 

 lie the iilaces where ihe flub! strikes in tliosr. 

 cases where Rods are erected and lasiened vvilh 

 Iron Sla|)les. 



'I'be aliove Article in the dilTerpnt form-, 

 comjdelelv fini^iied, may be had of J. R. Ncw- 

 'ij.r,, No. 108. Stale-street, Boslon, who will Cur 

 l^ishaiiy qnanlily at short notice for this vicini- 

 ty, or U)v other States, 



AiOTION OF WATER-WHEELS. 

 There is a notion [irevaleni among practical 

 operalors, thai water wheels move (aster bv 

 night than by day, and various liieories have 

 been suggested to account for tlie fact. The 

 following letter l>om Professor Ci.icavei.and. 

 published in Ihe last number of Sllhmaifs Jour- 

 nal, proves ihat the fact iloes not exist. 



'Mv Df.ar Sir — In a Cornier letter. I men- 

 tioned the opinion existing in this pari of the 

 country, that saw-mills move faster cbirine Hie 

 iiight than the day. The explanation usually 

 given by Ihe workmen is, that the air becomes 

 heavier after sunset. 



'1 selecled a tine day in Auffost. and request- 

 ed that all the mill-gates might remain slaliona- 

 ry for 12 hours. At 2 o'clock P. M. I su.-pended 

 a liarcmetei in the mill; ihe presMjre of the at- 1 

 inosphere was equal to 30, 10 inches; the tern- 1 

 peratnie of the water just before i( passed llie 

 inill-gaie was 72" Fahrenheit. The log was 

 tlien detached from ihe saw, and tlie number of 

 revolutions ol the \\ heel, being repeatedly count- 

 ed by dirt'erent [lersoiis, was 96 in a minute. — 

 At midnight, I again visiled the same mill. — 

 'J'he barometer slood at 30.36 inches ; the ;)?■£«- 

 sure of the atmosphere having ?MCrco.«(?J seven 

 hundredths of an inch. The lem[ieratnre of the 

 vvriltr was VS"-', the same as the preccdiiig obser- 

 vation, although it had been a lillle higher dur- 

 ing tlie afternoon. The log being detached, as 

 beibre, the wheel was found to revolve precise- 



; iy 96 limes in a m^iuile, sho-.vir.v J •■ s.-.i.,e ve- 

 I locily as at the prec<-dirig lu 1 n. 'il.e depth of 

 I Ihe waler was the same du/.iiig l-dili eyperi- 

 jments. The workmen were satislicd tl;al ihe 

 ' le-i,!' of the es| "rinioni was correct ; < 'it sijlj 

 I lliey seedied to Lei. eve. ihat it would be diiTer- 

 ; enl ill a cloudy nighl." 



AGRiCUL'I'lRAL Soru;-1'IES, 

 'n th s ^'oinnniinvealilt there ar.-i eielif .■^ssO- 

 ieialinns for ihe jiromolion and iirprov ciiient of 

 I Agricullnre, under the following names and offi. 

 cers: The Mass.ichnsclls Society for promoniig 

 Asricnllnro, which wa-: incorporated Maich 7, 

 1792, Hon. John Lowell, President, and which 

 is llio venerable parent of the local insiitiUJons 

 since established in many of our counties; The 

 Essex County Agricultural Society, Hon. Timo- 

 thy Pickering,Prpsidenl— Berk'^liire Agricultu- 

 ral Society, Hon. John Whiting of Great Barring- 

 Ion, Pre«idenl--Worces(er County Agricullnial 

 Society, His Excellency I^pvi Lincoln,' Pre.-ident 

 Hampshire, Franklin and Hamjulen Agricullural 

 Society, Hon. Josejdi Lyman, PresidenI— Plym- 

 otiih County Agricnitur.il Society, Daniel How- 

 ard, Esq. President,— Brislnl County Agricultu- 

 ral S> c ely, Hon. SanMi?! Crocker, President — 

 Society of Middlesex Husbandmen and Manufac- 

 turers, liufus Hosmer Esq. ?iesu\en{. — .Yutional 

 JEiiis. 



CANAD.V. 



iJuring (he paM year about 8,000 emigrants 

 arrived in Canada, transported IVom Irebmd at 

 an expense In the Govcriiment of Great Britain 

 of about ,^130.000. Luring the summer Ibeir 

 tents were .«eeii whitening the shores of the 

 lakes, like (be ^'ncamimienls of armies, and the 

 -team boats and small craft on Ihe Si. Lawrence 

 were crowded with their families. In addition 

 to the price 0/ a conveyance I'rom Europe, they 

 received a gratuity of public land, and agricultu- 

 ral impleinenfs for its .inprovement. Neither 

 gratitude or interest have been strong enough 

 lo retain the emigianls in the [irovinccs. vVe 

 learn I'rom ihe Canadian papers that they have 

 aliandoned ibeir allolled setlleinents by compa- 

 nies, and chosen rather lo he citizens of (he 

 United Stales, and struggle vviih Ihat poverty 

 always ihe olTspring o( improvidence, than re- 

 main siiiijects of the British empire and enjoy 

 Ihe competence it has bestowed. 



Mr. Henry Uhlp, of Gorman Flails, having 

 lost a niindier of sheep by dogs, undertook lo 

 catch the marauilersby means of a fox trap, bat- 

 ed with the carcass of Ihe slain. On Ihe morn- 

 ing after baling the trap he found a brown eagle, 

 the space of whose wings was seven feel. The 

 leg of Ihe nnble bird was fractured, but " surgi- 

 cal aid was called in," they enlerlain hopes of 

 his recovery. 



The kliigf of \\ irteml)urg:li is doing every (liing pos- 

 sible for the improvement of bis kiDgdom and the comli- 

 tion of his subjects. He keeps 150 blood stud horses, 

 and the consequence is, that beautifnl horses are ei fry 

 where seen. He labours to improTe all branches of 

 arts, agriculture, ^c. He has established an experi- 

 mental farm of 8()0 acres— is loaudiiig orphan schools, 

 encouraging talent, &c. 



