PRACTICAL FARMER. 



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An ADMtiiABLE INVENTION. — We ypsterclay ex- 

 amined Mr Edward's Forcing Pump, now being 

 exhibited at Riley & Kinney's, 68 and 70 Corn- 

 hill. VV^e never have seen an invention which we 

 are able to recommend to the public with more 

 decision and satisfaction. We conceive it to be a 

 public benefit — and as soon as its superiority is 

 made known it must supersede most of the pumps 

 now in use for many purposes. It is very com- 

 pact, and occupies but little room — with simple 

 and strong machinery. It stands upright like a 

 common pump, and while it draws the water from 

 a well with the requirement of but moderate pow- 

 er, it will force it in a steady stream at the rate of 

 over 60 gallons a minute to the roof of a four story 

 house. fVe have seen the operation, and therefore 

 state this with confidence. A reservoir can thus 

 be filled at the top of a house for use in the cham- 

 bers, cr for bathing, in a few moments. After af- 

 fixing a hose, the roof and outside of the house 

 may be washed ; or in case of a room catching 

 fire, it may be flooded with water in the same time 

 required to obtain one bucket. A garden may be 

 watered by it — and as a convenience and pro- 

 tection, being in reality a minature fire engine, it 

 will become in great requisition. Colonel Amory 

 and Mr Barnicoat give it their decided approba- 

 tion. We advise gentlemen who are building to 

 •call and examine it before they affix other pumps 

 to their houses, when this, which centres in itself 

 so many advantages, costs but about the same 

 amount. — Galaxy, 



Seamens' Lamp. — This is the name given to an 

 improved lamp, constructed particularly for use 

 on ship-board ; but may be advantageously em- 

 ployed in mechanics' shop and elsewhere on shore. 

 It is so contrived, that when hung beneath a ves- 

 sel's deck at sea, it will constantly maintain a per- 

 pendicular position — the bottotn or stand being 

 loaded, and the body connected by a chain with a 

 guard above, which answers the doul)le purpose 

 of reflecting the light, and protecting from heat 

 the wood work from which it may be suspended. 

 It is a simple, but evidently a very economical af- 

 fair ; as it probably costs but a trifle more than the 

 ordinary tin or japan lamp ; while it cannot but 

 insure a great saving of oil — being free from lia- 

 bility to overturn, and when properly trimmed 

 emitting less smoke and consuming less oil than 

 most others which afford the same quantity of 

 light. For the cabin, the steerage, or the forecas- 

 tle, no article of the kind can be better adapted. 

 They are manufactured by Mr William Howe of 

 Boston, and may be purchased in that city of A. 

 Fearing, & Co. No. 1 City Wharf. A sjjecimen 

 may be examined at the Inquirer Counting Room. 

 ■ — JVantucket Inq. 



Mr Abe] Williams of Ashfield, has invented a 



machine which he calls the Potato Cutter, by 

 which, in three minutes time, a bushel of Potatoes 

 — Turnips — Apples — Pumpkins and other fruit, 

 may be cut sufficiently fine for sheep — cows — 

 and other cattle. The price of the machine is 

 from $2 to 2 50. It may be seen at the Cattle 

 Show Oct. 12th, 1836, in this town. We hope 

 some of our mechanics will invent a simple cheap 

 viachine forrasping Beets, applicable to family use, 

 as we are satisfied it can be done. — JSTorthampton 

 Courier. 



A discovery has been made, which has created 

 some sensation among the manufacturers. It is a 

 process for breaking flax. The flax has the ap- 

 pearance of silk, and is capable of being made into 

 the finest thread, for the construction of veils, lace, 

 cambric, &c. The texture is {)ronounced more 

 beautiful than anything of the kind before manu- 

 factured. — English paper. 



Useful Inventions. — Mr Rufus Porter of this 

 city, the inventor of a large number of labor-sav- 

 ing machines, proposes to put ten of his useful im- 

 provements into a joint stock company of $20,000 

 (consisting of 20 shares of $100 each,) for the pur- 

 pose of proceeding immediately to manufacture 

 the articles. Not more than five dollars per share 

 will be required until at least three of the said in- 

 ventions shall have been patented, and the busi- 

 ness of building or manufacturing the same shall 

 have been established. The profits arising from 

 these will be applied to introducing the others in 

 the same way, so that it is believed the whole may 

 be brought into use without any farther instalments 

 being required, and none at any rate will be re- 

 quired except by a vote of two thirds of the stock- 

 holders, After the business is fully established, 

 the profits will of course be divided among the 

 holders of the stock. 



Most of these inventions and improvements 

 have been tested and found to operate in the most 

 satisfactory manner. One of the most important, 

 as we think, is the Curved Float Water Wheel, 

 which by frequently repeated experiments evinces 

 a superiority of nearly fifiy per cent over the ordi- 

 nary water wheel, yet is in fact one of the cheap- 

 est construction. 



The |)lan adopted by Mr Porter for bringing his 

 improvements into use is certainly a rather novel 

 one, yet we do not perceive that it is open to any 

 objections. A bare examination of the mode's of 

 these inventions is sufficient to satisfy any one of 

 their practical utility, and we have no doubt the 

 stock will soon be taken up. — Daily Times. 



Newspapers. — The safety-valves to the politi- 

 cal world, through which escape, the suj)erfluous 

 steam that is generated by the undue heat of party 

 warfare. 



