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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



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altar, superintending a sacrifice. .This exhibition is an extraordinary exam- 

 ple of the practical illustration of a text, and is likely to excite very great 

 interest, from the nature of the subject and the mode in which it is carried 

 out. 



Sewage Pipes. — Glazed-ware pipes for sewers have become a large article 

 of manufacture since the late sanitary agitation. 



Water Works. — In the new sanitary bill, provision is made to enable the 

 new commissioMprs to set up water and gas works. 



Death. — Mr. Charles Dyer, a member of the Institute of British Archi- 

 tects, has died of paralysis. His works are chiefly at Bristol ; and include 

 the Victoria Kooms, with a large Corinthian portico ; the Bishop's College, in 

 the Gothic style ; Christ Church, Clifton ; Bedminster, New Church ; and the 

 Female Orphan Asylum. 



Nexo Theatre. — The Royal Polytechnic Institution has been nearly doubled 

 in size by the erection of a very large tlieatr^, capable of holding a great 

 number of persons. 



Decoration. — Regular courses of lectures are now being given at the 

 School of Design, Somerset House. 



New Gallery, — In consequence of the gift of the Vernon collection, the 

 government have obtained a committee of the House of Commons to inquire 

 into the accommodation at the National Gallery, and what provision ought 

 to be made for the national collections. This will result in a new building. 



Builders' Foremen. — The Institution of Builders* Foremen has reached its 

 third year. Its first investment of ^100, 3^ per cents, has been made. 



Windows. — An agitation is being carried on to get rid of the window tax, 

 and as it is supported on sanitary grounds it is likely to be successful, though 

 the government have refused to do anything this year. 



Death. — The newspapers announce the death of Lieut. Col. Henry Brand- 

 reth, R.E., one of the paid Railway Commissioners. He was a very dis- 

 tinguished member of the Corps to which he belonged. His death was 

 sudden. 



Dividends. — The railway dividends declared at tne half-yearly meetings 

 have been more satisfactory than was expected ; while a conoplete denial 

 has been given to the charge that dividends have been paid out of capital. 



Broad Gauge. — The course of litigation has been latterly in favour of the 

 broad gauge, and it is expected the Great Western will be left masters of the 

 Birmingham and Oxford line. 



Telegraph.—'MT. Wishaw is, it is stated, engaged on an hydraulic tele- 

 graph, of which system, as is well known, he was the inventor. He organised 

 the establishment of the Electric Telegraph Company. 



Colonies. — Colonial railways are quite at a stand-still : the Demerara works 

 are stopped, the new Jamaica lines given over, and the Trinidad and Barbadoes 

 Companies defunct. 



Survey. — The ordnance surveyors have begun the survey of London, for 

 fear they should be stopped. Mr. Wyld gave some opposition in the House 

 of Commons, but the surveyors have been so supine, that the government 

 have been able to carry out their own system. 



Blackburn. — ^nthe 18th ult., a new market-house was opened at Blackburn. 

 It ia by Mr. Terence Flanagan, C.E., and is 181 ft. 6 in, long, and 109 ft. 6 in. 

 wide. The roof is in three spans. The tower is 18 feet square, and rises 

 90 feet high. The material is Longridge stone, and the cost £800. 



Flaxman. — A collection of 150 works of Flaxman has been presented to 

 the University College by Miss Denman, his executrix. 



Saltash Bridge for the Cornwall Railway. — The estuary of the Hamoaze 

 at Saltash Passage, is, at high water, about three-quarters of a mile 

 wide, 10 fathoms more or less deep, and, from its narrowness compared to 

 other parts, the stream runs there with a most powerful force. It is designed 

 to carry over the river, at this passage, a bridge of three arches, 95 feet 

 above the surface of high-water spring tides. To aid in the accomplish- 

 ment of this great object, the Cornwall Railway Company have purchased 

 two 14-gnn packet brigs — the Pigeon and Magnet — of 300 tons each, and 

 have moored them at the passage about midway. By a series of moor- 

 ings, it has been ascertained that the bed of the river is covered with mud to 

 depths varying from 18 inches to 15 feet. On the Cornwall side, a stage 

 being moored 20 feet from the beach at low water, and a 30-bar ladder 

 with weights attached, let down to rest on the ledge of a steep rock, a 

 diver had yet to descend 9 feet before the bottom was obtained. On the 

 Devonshire side th'ere is not so much declivity. The company have just 

 received from Bristol, by Bristol and Exeter and South Devon Railway to 

 Totness, and thence by sea, an immense cylinder, weighing 23 tons, 85 ft. 

 9 in. long, and ft. 3 in. diameter. It is designed to let this cylinder down 

 perpendicularly between the two brigs, when it will be about 25 feet out of 

 the water, and in that position to moor it with hemp cai)les, fastened to four 

 or five anchors, some of which weigh 1 ton each, purchased expressly from 

 her Majesty's dockyard. An effort will then he made to pump the cylinder 

 dry, by steam-engines to be fixed on board the brigs. Should the experi- 

 ment with this cylinder prove successful, it will have to give place to one of 

 much greater magnitude, weighing 130 tons, of the same length, but having 

 a diameter of 30 feet — thus providing an area of sufficient extent to lay 

 foundations for the piers of this formidable work. At the present season 

 there are not more than about 30 men employed at Saltash ; but a far 

 greater number will shortly be employed. They are under the control of 

 the resident engineer, Capt. Donee, who is aided by Mr, Pope, the gentleman 

 who 80 ably assisted in floating the Great Britain steani-packet. 



XiZST OF NE\V PATENTS. 



GRANTED IN ENGLAND FROM JANUARY 22, TO FEBRUARY 23, 1848, 



Six Months allowed/or Enrolment, unless otherwise expressed, 



Htnry Heywood, of Blackburu, Lancashire, for "csrtaia Impromnents in looms for 

 weaving.'*— Sealed January -*2. 



William Hudson, uf Burnley, Lancashire, machine. maker, and John Dodgeon, of 

 Burnley, same county, overlooker, lor " certain Improvements in looms for weaving."— 

 January '2'2. 



Henry Hornblower, late of Dalgleish>place, Commercial- road, Middlesex, hut now of 

 Devon's-lane, Bromley, engineer, for "lertaiu Improvements in machinery for exerting 

 motive power, and for raising and forcing fluids."— January 25. 



Thomas Topham, of Ripley, Derbyshire, manufacturer, for " Improvements in the 

 manufacture of time-tables." — January 25, 



George Fergussou Wilson, of Belmoat, Vauxhall, gentleman, for " Improvements in 

 treating and manufacturing certain (atty or oily matters, and in the manufacture of 

 candles and night-lights." — January 2<k 



Henry Highton, of Rugby, master of arts, and Edward HJghton, of Regent's Park, 

 Middlesex, for '* Improvements in electric telegraphs." — January 25. 



James Barr Mitchell, M.D., and Thomas Best Woolryche, chemist, for *' Improve- 

 meats in the manufacture of soiia, and in treating products obtained in such manufac- 

 ture."— January 25. 



John Collins, of Leominster, in the county of Hereford, architect, for '* certain Im- 

 provements in furnaces, stoves, grates, and tire-places, and in kilns and other apparatus 

 for preparing vegetable and other substances, and the generation and application of beat." 

 January 27. 



Thomas Robinson, of Coventry, ribbon manufacturer, for " Improvements in looms for 

 weaving ribbons and other fabrics " — January 27. 



William Watson Pattinson, of Felling, near Gateshead, Durham, chemical manufac- 

 turer, for " Improvements in the manufacture of soda." — January 27. 



William Henry Barlow, of Derby, civil engineer, for "Improvements in the manufac- 

 ture of railway keys."— January 27. 



William Russell, of Lydbrook, in the county of Gloucester, iron master, for " an Im- 

 provement in the preparation of such bar-iron as is used in the manufacture of certain 

 kinds of rod-iron."- January 29. 



Alfred Vincent Newton, of Chancary-lane, mechanical draughtsman, for " Improved 

 machinery for manufacturing shot and other bails." (A communication.) — January 31. 



James Blackwell, of Winsford, in the county of Chester, salt proprietor, for "certain 

 Improvements in evaporating furnaces."— February 2. 



Robert Fowles, of North Sliielda, Northumberland, gentleman, for "certain Improve- 

 ments In propelling." — February 8. 



James Bird, of the Cwm Avon Works, Taibach, Glamorgan, gentleman, for " certain 

 Improvements in propelling."— February 8. 



Godfrey Anthony Ermen, of Manchester, cotton spinner, for " certain Improvements 

 in machinery or apparatus for twisting cotton and other fibrous substances."— February 8. 



Richard Claike Burleigh, of Featherstone-buildings, Middlesex, gentleman, for " Im- 

 provements in burners for obtaining or producing light and heat, and in apparatus to be 

 used therewith."— February 8. 



Jacob Brett, of Hanover-sqiiare, Middlesex, gentleman, for " Improvements in electric 

 printing and other telegraphs." — ^February 8. 



William Heywood, glover, of Stone Bridge, Chester, chemist, for "Improvements in 

 the manufacture of oil from blubber." — February 8. 



William Sangster, of Regent-street, Middlesex, for " Improvements in umbrellas and 

 parasols." — February 8. 



Jean Napoleon Zermen, of Greenwich, Kent, captain in the French navy, for "Im- 

 provements in ships and other vessels."— February 8. 



Luke Hebert, of Ryde, Isle of Wight, civil engineer, for " Improved mechanism for 

 reducing, grinding, aud sifting bark, sugar, coffee, seeds, and other substances."— 

 February 8. 



William Peter Piggott, of Oxford-street, Middlesex, and Wardrobe-place, Doctors* 

 Commons, city, for "certain Improvements in nautical instruments, and in the manu- 

 facture of cases for containing instruments, goods, or merchandise." — February 3. 



Jean Marie Magnin, of Ville Granche, (Rhone,) France, avocat, for " Improvements in 

 machinery for sewing, embroidering, and for making cords or plaits." — February y. 



Gustav Adolph BuckhoU, of Forston-street, Middlesex, gentleman, for " Improvements 

 in obtaining motive power. "^February 9, 



Felix Douclia, merchant, of Rouen, France, for "certain means, processes, and appa- 

 ratus used for saving aud applying the lost heat in general and sometimes direct heat, to 

 many useful purposes.*' (A communication.) — February 10. 



William Jeary Cannon, of Cambridge, solicitor, for " Improvements in the construction 

 of carriages for the conveyance of sheep and other animals on railways." — February 11. 



The Right Hon. Thomas, Earl of Dundonald, Vice-Admiral of the White squadron of 

 Her Mnjesty's fleet, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Hon. Order of the Bath, for " Im- 

 provements in marine steam boilers and apparatus connected therewith." — February 11. 



Horatio Black, of the town and county of Nottiogham, Ince-maker, for "Improve- 

 ments io evaporation." — February 14. *■ 



John Watson, merchant, and Edward Cart, gentleman, both of Hull, for " Improve- 

 ments in the manufacture of gas." — February 14. 



James Timmins Chance, and Kdward Chance, of Birmingham, for " Improvements In 

 furnaces, and in the manufacture of glass." — February 14. 



William Tottie, of Crosby-square, London, merchant, for " Improvements in distil- 

 ling." {A communication.) — February 14. 



John Weston, of Portland. to\vu, Middlesex, majhinist, for *' certain Improvements in 

 obtaining and applying motive power." — February 1'!. 



Joseph Barber Haxby, of Dewsbury, for " Improvements in making communications 

 between the guards, engineers, and other servants in charge of railway carriages, and also 

 between the passengers and such servants, which improvements are applicable generally 

 where speedy and certain communications are required." — February 16, 



Edward Massey, of Middleton-square, Middlesex, watchmaker, for " Improvements iu 

 logs and sounding apparatus."— February 18. 



Edward Duncnmbe Lines, of Chelsea, and Samuel Luiz Freemont, 'of Love-lane, City 

 gentleman, for " Improvements in the manufacture of colours, oils, and varnishes, and in 

 the manufacture of charcoal, and also in treating vegetable substances for, and in ob- 

 taining extractive matters therefrom." — February 18. 



William living, of THgon-road, Kenniogton, engineer, for " Improved apparatus for 

 cutting or carving ornamental forms in wood, stone, and other materials." — February 23. 



James Nasmyth and Holbrook Gaskell, both of Manchester, engineers, for "certain 

 Improvements in machinery or apparatus for forging, stamping, and cutting iron and 

 other substances." — February 2;{. 



