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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



[March, 



/.T<7AliaveI>c('ii niost succossful. Ilit'ir sinijilicily is such that a boy cati nianagf 

 tlicni. Kvery [n-rsuii conversant with tlie iiistory of naval afcliitpctnre is 

 aware that Captain Shanks. R.N. was the in;;enious inventor, and that he 

 received Iiis first idea of thcin from the Indian navif^alin^ his raft, imt n!- 

 lliougli Captain Shanks. aidc<l hy the f,'overnment of his day, maile several 

 attempts to estaljlish tlieir use in timber-hiiilt ves.scls failed, ehielly in conse- 

 (|nence (if the f^real diliicidly in making the well and aperltire lliroiiKh the 

 keel, through which the sliding keel works, permanently waler-liuhl : tliis 

 in an iron ves.sel can he most perfectly accomplished. Tliey are of the highest 

 utility in the jirevention of lee-way, counteracting rolling motion, and tlie 

 vessel can he steered by them w ithout the help of the rudder ! 



Testhi/: llic xtrvnglJi nf Iron Urmts. — On Monday, February 21th as they 

 were lifting from the wharf a 2.') horse boiler of an iron boat, Ijuilt by Ditch- 

 hurn and ]\fare. the crane wliicli was of cast-iron broke. «hen tlie boiler and 

 crane fell a di-stance of 8 feet into the bottom of the vessel, little or no damage 

 was done, and fortunately no one was hurt. This vessel is named the Ln\ 

 and lias the reefing wheels after Mr. Hall's patent, we believe this to be the 

 first aiiplication of them — we wish them every success. 



The Orjce// iron steamer, plying between London and Ipswich, made during 

 the late gales several passages from London to lps» icli in seven hours, in- 

 cluding the calling off Gravescnd, at Harwich, and other stoppages, a dis- 

 tance of 112 miles, 



Tlir Sons of the Thames, of whicli vessel we made mention in onr January 

 Journal, came from Gravcsend Pier to Black«all in one hour and five minutes, 

 a distance of 20 miles. 



LIST OF MEIV PATENTS. 



GRANTED IN EXGLAND FROM 30tH JANUARY, TO 26th FEBRUARY, 1840. 



Mo.«iES Poole, of Lincoln's Inn, Gentleman, for "improvements hi pumps 

 for raising andforciny water and other fluids." Communicated by a foreigner 

 residing abroad. — Sealed January 30 ; six months for enrolment. 



M'lLi.iAM Brochedon, of Quccu's Square, Middlesex, Esq., for " improve- 

 ments in tlie means of retaining fluids in bottles, decanters, and other vessels." 

 January 31 ; six months. 



Philipi'e Marie Moindron, of Bedford Place, Russell Square, Merchant, 

 for " improrements in the construction of furnaces and in loiters." Commu- 

 nicated by a foreigner residing abroad. — January 31 ; six mouths. 



William Cubitt, of Gray's lun Road, liuilder, for " an improvement or 

 improvements in roofing." — January 31 ; six months. 



Crofton William Mo.vt, of Thistle Grove, Brompton, Esquire, for "o 

 new and improved method of applying steam-power to carriages on ordinary 

 roads." — Februaiy 5 ; six months. 



WiLKiNso.N Steele and P.^trick Sanderson Steele, Manufacturing 

 Ironmongers, of George Street, Edinburgh, for " improvements in kitchen 

 ranges for culinary purposes and apparatus for raising the temperature of 

 water for baths and other iises." — February 5 ; six months. 



William Isaac Cookson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Esquire, for " cer- 

 tain improved processes or operation.^ for obtaining copper and other metals 

 from metallic ores." — Februarys 5; six months. 



Thomas Mverscough, of Little Bolton, and William Sykes, of Man- 

 chester, Machine Maker, for " certain improvements in the construction of 

 looms for weaving or producing a new or improved manufacture of fabrics, 

 and also in the arrangement of machinery to produce other descriptions of 

 woven goods or fabrics." — Kchruaiy 5 ; six months. 



Samuel Carson, of Caroline Street, Colesliill, Eaton Square, Gentleman, 

 for " improvements in apparatus for withdrawing air or vapours." — February 

 5 ; six months. 



Joseph Nekdham Tayler, of Plymouth, Captain in the Royal Navy, for 

 " improvements in steam-boats and vessels making applicable the power of the 

 steam-engine to netv and useful purposes of navigation." — February 8 ; six 

 months. 



John M'ertheimer, of West Street, Finsbury Circus, Printer, for " cer- 

 tain improvements in preserving animal and vegetable substances and liquids." 

 Commuuieatcd by a foreigner residing abroad. — February 8 ; six months. 



Robert Heart, of Godniancliester, Miller, for " improvements in appara- 

 tus for filtering fluids." — February 8 ; six months. 



Amand Deflangue, of Lisle, in the Kingdom of France, but now resid- 

 ing in Leicester Square, Gentleman, for " improvements in looms for weaving." 

 Communicated by a foreigner residing abroad. — February H ; six months. 



Edmund Kudge, Jun., of Tewkesbury, Tanner, for " a new method or 

 methods of obtaining power for locomotive and other purposes, and of apply- 

 ing tlie same." — February 8 ; six mouths. 



James Hancock, of Gloucester Place, Walworth, for " a method of form- 

 ^^y a fabric or fabrics applicable to various xises by combining caoutchouc, or 

 certain compounds thereof, with wood, whalebone, or other fibrous materials, 

 vegetable or animal, manufactured or prepared for that purpose, or with me- 

 tallic stibstances manufactured or prepared." — February 8; six months. 



George Eugene Magnus, of Manchester, Merchant, for " certain im- 

 provements in manufacturing, polishing, and finishing slate, and in the appli- 

 cation of the same to domestic and other useful purposes." — February 8 ; six 

 months. 



Robert Willis, of the University of Cambridge, Clerk, Tonksonian Pro- 

 fessor, for " improvements in apparatus for weighing." — Febraarv 8 ; six 

 months. 



l)Avin Nai'ier, of York Road, Lambeth, Engineer, for " improvements in 

 the manufacture of projectiles." — February 12 ; six months. 



Antoine Blanc, of Paris, Merchant, and Theophile Gervais Bazille, 

 of Rouen, Merchant, now residing at Sablonieres Hotel, Leicester Square, for 

 " certain improvemerits in the manufacturing or producing soda, and other 

 articles obtained by or from the decomposition of commoji salt or chloride of 

 sodium." — February 12 : six months. 



Thomas Robinson Williams, of Cheapside, Gentleman, for "certain 

 improvements in the manufacture of woollen and other fabric or fabrics of 

 which wool or fur form a principal component part, ami in the machinery 

 employed for effecting that object." — February 11 ; six months. 



Joseph Clarke, of Boston, Printer, for " improvements in piano-fortes." 

 — February 14 ; six months. 



Gerard Ralston, of Tokcnhouse Yard, Merchant, for " improvements in 

 rolling puddle balls or other masses ejf ii'on." Communicated by a foreigner 

 residing abroad. — Fehniary 22 ; six months. 



Richard Cuerton, Jun., of Percy Street, Middlesex, Brass Founder, for 

 " improiwments in the manufacture of cornices, mouldings, and windoiv sashes." 

 Communicated by a foreigner residing abroad.— February 22 ; six months. 



Thomas Kerr, of Forecrofts Uuuse, in the county of Berwick, Esquire, 

 for " a new and improved mortar or cement for 'building, also for mouldings, 

 castings, statuary, tiles, pottery, imitation of soft and hard rocks, and other 

 useful purposes, and which mortar or cement is applicable as a manure for 

 promoting vegetation and destroying noxious insects." — February 22 ; six 

 months. 



William Cook, of King Street, Regent Street, Coach Maker, for " im- 

 provements in carriages." — February 22 ; six months. 



John Hanson, of Huddersfield, Engineer, for " certain improvements in 

 meters for measuring volumes of gas, water, and other fluids tvhen passed 

 through them, and in the construction of cocks or valves applicable to such 

 purposes." — Februaiy 22 ; six months. 



William Winsor, of Rathbone Place, Middlesex, Artists' Colourman, for 

 " a certain method or certain methods of preserving and using colours." — 

 February 22 ; six months. 



Job Cutler, of Lady Poole Lane, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, Gentleman, 

 and Thomas Gregory Hancock, of Highgate, in the same Borough, Me- 

 chanist, for " an improved method of cutting corks and constructing the necks 

 of bottles." — February 22 ; six months. 



William Brindley, of Nortliwood Street, Birmingham, for " improve- 

 ments in apparatus employed in pressing cotton, ivool, and goods of various 

 descriptions." — February 25 ; six months. 



Thomas Huckvale, of Over Norton, Oxford, Farmer, for " improvements 

 in ploug/is." — February 25 ; six months. 



Thomas Farmer, of Gunnersbury House, near Acton, Middlesex, Esquire, 

 for " improvements in treating pyrites to obtain sulphur, sulphurous acid and 

 other products." — February 25 ; six months. 



John Wilson, of Liverpool, Lecturer on Chemistry, for " an improvement 

 or improvements in the process or processes of manufacturing the carbonate 

 of soda." — February 25 ; six montlis. 



RicH.\RD KiNGDON, of Gothlc llouse, Stockwell, Surrey, Surgeon, for 

 •' certain improvements in apparatus for the support of the human body, and 

 the correction of curvatures and other distortions of the spine of the human 

 body." — February 25 ; six months. 



Thomas Milnek, of Liverpool, Safety Box Manufacturer, for " certain 

 improvements in boxes, safes, or other depositories for the protection of 

 papers or other materials from fire." — February 2G ; six months. 



William Morrett Williams, of Bedford Place, Commercial Road, 

 Middlesex, late of the Royal Military College, and Professor of Mathematics, 

 for " an improved lock atid key." — February 27 ; six months. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Jn our last Number welinserted a draivinir and description nf the Traversing 

 Screw Jaeh. but we omitted to state that it formed part o/Mr. Cvktis's patent 

 inventions. 



Wf shall be happy to receive from Mr. Armstrong, our vnluuhle contributor, the 

 proffered iUustrntions alluded to at the conchision of his communication in the pre- 

 sent mon/h^s Journal. 



Mr. TlioroJd's new frame for Steam Eneine, we were compelled to postpone, to- 

 gether with several other eommnnicatious for want of ,^paee, W( will endeavour to 

 meet the wishes of our numerous contributors ne.rt month. 



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