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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. 



[September, 



ylnjiiirntns for rrgtitnt'niii fl<<- ^^uppltj of wtifrr to .sh^nin /tni!,-rs : patfi.ted Ijy 

 James Knoulcs, Lillle Bolton. Lanc'-isliire. July 10.— C lainis tlie use of a .selt- 

 acling apparatus, llic working parts of which are within the holier, anil com- 

 municate to the siiiiply-valvc from without. A lever or roil i.^ placed longi- 

 tudinally on a fulcrum within the boiler, the longer end of whiciris an up 

 right roil, with a Hoat tittachetl thereon, passing to the outside of the hoiler ; 

 at the shorter end of the lever Is another upright rod connciteJ with the 

 supply vahe, working in a tube. As long as there is plenty of water in he 

 boiler, the do t will cijntiiuie to press up the long end of the lever, and, con- 

 sc'juently, cause the valve on the upright rod of the short end of the lever 

 to press (lown on its bearing, pnd prevent the admissiun of water from the 

 tank. But when the height of the water in the boiler diminishes, the lloat 

 lowers with it. and thereby forces up the rod wi;h the valve, thus admitting 

 a further supply of water until the Hoat again rises to close down the valve. 

 ^Invcnior^s Advocate. 



Preserving Wood from dtcajf ; patented by Arthur Howe Holdsnorth. 

 Brookill, Devonshire, July 21. — The object of this invention is to preserve 

 Wood or timber from dec.iy by inimer»ing it in certtiin liiiuids, having the 

 properties of receiving a temperature capable of charring or searing the .sur- 

 face of wood that hjs been e.\posed to their action, and of concreting or har- 

 dening more or less by subsequent cooling, so as to remain in those pores 

 into «liich they have pre\inusly entered, as well as to cover the surface of 

 the wood, and thus \iievent it from the injurious i fti?cts of uir and moisture. 

 The liquid employed is compesed of tar, pilch, resin, or tallow, or that of its 

 products, where it has been subsequently inspissated. This liquid, which 

 can be brought to a higher degree of temperature than water, is placed into a 

 suitable receiver, into which the wood is immersed, and allowed to remain 

 until all bubbling ceases, occasioned by the air passing from the wood. 

 VTien the wr^od is required for (IcNible purposes, sucli as the decks of vessels, 

 &c., then it is only allowed to remain in the liquid while at a temperature 

 ranging from 212° to 120' — but fur charring or searing the wood, the liquid 

 must be brought to the boiling point. The receiver has a cover with ascend- 

 ing pipes, to take oif the intiammable vapour rising from the tallow, tar, 

 pitcn or resin. Wlien the wood is removcci from the liquid, it must be dried 

 iu suitable ovens. — Ibid. 



I.IST OF NEW PATENTS. 



GRANTED IN ENGLAND KROM 30tH JULV TO 27tH AUGUST, 1840. 



John Louis Bachklard, of Saint Martin's Laue, Gentleman, for '• im- 

 provements in the mamifacture of beds, tiialtresses, chairs, sofas, cushions, 

 pads, and other articles of a similar nature." Communicated by a foreigner 

 residing abroad. — Sealed July 30 ; six months for eurolment. 



Felix Troub,\t, of Mark Lane, London, Merchant, for "improvements in 

 the manufacture of vinegar." — August 1 ; six months. 



ViLLiAM Uauunev Holmes, of Lanibcth Square, Surrey, Civil Engineer, 

 for " certain improrements in steam engines, and in generating and applying 

 steam as motive pou-er." — August 1 ; six months. 



Thomas Barnabas Dakt, of Birmingham, Gentleman, for "improve- 

 ments in itiistands or inkholders." — August 1 ; six months. 



James Taaffe, of Shaw Street, UubUn, Slater and Builder, for " im- 

 provements in roofing and slating houses and other buildings." — August 1 ; 

 SLX months. 



James Hodgson, of Liverpool, Engineer, for " a new mode of combining 

 and applying machinery for the purjiose of exit ting and planing wood, so as to 

 produce plane or moulded surfaces." — August 3 j six months. 



John Sanders and William Williams, of Bedford, Iron Founders, 

 and Samuel Laurence Taylor, of Old Marden, in Bedford, aforesaid. 

 Machine Maker, for " improvements in ploughs." — August 3; six months. 



George Edward Noon, of High Holliorn, Engineer, for "improvements 

 in pumps and in engines for drawing beer, cyder, and other fluids." — August 

 3 ; six months. 



William Saunders, of China Terrace, Lambeth, Chemist, for " certain 

 improvements in paring streets, roads, and trays." — August 3 ; sLx months. 



William Beetson, of Brick Lane, Old Street, Brass Founder, for " im- 

 provements in voter closets and stuffing bo.ies, applicable to pumps and cods." 

 —August 5 ; six months. 



Colin Macrae, of Cornliill, Perthshire, Gentleman, for " improvements 

 in rotary engines, worked by steam, smoke, gasscs, or heated air, and in the 

 mode of applying such engines to ireful purposes." Communicated by a 

 foreigner residing abroad. — August 5 ; six months. 



Theophilus Richards, of Birmingham, Merchant, for " improvements 

 in cutting or salving wood." Communicated by a foreigner residing abroad. 

 —August 5 ; six months. 



Henry Trewhitt, of Nevvcastle-on-Tyne, Esquire, for " improvements in 

 applying the power of steam engines to paddle-shafts used in propelling vessels. 

 Communicated by a foreigner residing abroad. — August 7 ; six mouths. 



Robert Stirling Kevvall, of Dundee, Gentleman, for " imjirorernents 

 in wire ropes, and in machinery for making such ropes. Partly communicated 

 liy a foreigner residing abroad. — August 7 ; six months. 



Andrew Smith, of Princes Street, Leicester Square, Engineer, for " cer- 

 tain improvcmrmts in carriage wheels, rails, and chairs, for railways." — 

 August 7 ; six months. 



Thomas John Davis, of 5, Bloomsbnry Square, Esquire, for " certain 

 improvements in the form and combination of blocks of such materials as are 

 notvtised,or hereafter maybe used, in building, on for paving public and 



private roads, and court yards, or public and jirivate causeu-ays and su'nrays, 

 or any other purposes to which the said form and combination of blocks may 

 be ajijilied." — August 8 ; six months. 



DowNEs Edwards, of Surbiton Hill, Kingston, Farmer, for "improve- 

 ments in preserving potatoes and other vegetable substances." — August 8; 

 six months. 



JoH.N IsA.\c Hawkins, of College Place, Camden Town, Civil Engineer, 

 for " an improvement or improvements in buttons, and in the modes of affixing 

 them to clothes." Communicated by a foreigner residing abroad. — August 

 8 ; six mouths. 



Francis William Gerish, of East Road, Ironmonger, for " improve- 

 ments in apparatus to be used as a fire escape, also applicable to other pur- 

 poses where ladders are used." — August 8 : six months. 



Samuel Howard, of Manchester, Eugiaeer, for " certain improvements 

 in boilers and furnaces," — August 8 ; two mouths. 



Baron Charles Wetterstedt, of Limeliouse, for " improvements in 

 preserving vegetable, animal, and other substances, from ignition and decay. " 

 August 11 ; six months. 



John Peter Isaie Poncv, of Well Street, O.xford Street, Watch Dealer, 

 for " improvexnents in clocks and chronometers." Commimicated by a fo- 

 reigner residing abroad. — .\ugust 13; six months. 



KliLES Berry, of Chancery Lane, Patent Agent, for " certain improve- 

 ments in the arrangement, construction, and mode of applying certain appa- 

 ratus fur propelling ships and other vessels." Communicated by a foreigner 

 residing abroad. — August 14 ; six months. 



Pierre Armand Le Comte de Fontainemoreau, of Skinners Place, 

 Size Lane, Gentleman, '• certain improvements in covering and coating metals, 

 and alloys of metals," — August 1.^ ; six months. 



John Young, of Wolverhampton, Ironmaster, for "improvements in the 

 manufacture or construction of knobs, handles, frames, tablets, bo.ies, and 

 other ornamental articles, applicable to tlie decoration of houses and domestic 

 furniture." — August 17; six mouths. 



Luke Hebert, of Birmingham, Civil Engineer, for " improvements in the 

 manufacture of needles." — -August 17; six months. 



Joseph Lockett, of Manchester, Engineer, for " certain improvements in 

 manufacturing, jyreparing, and engraving cylinders, rollers, or ottter surfaces, 

 for printing or embossing calicoes, or other fabrics." — August 27 ; six 

 months. 



Ch.vrles Smith, of Exeter, Builder, for " improvements in the manufac- 

 ture of lime and cements, or compositions." — August 27 ; six mouths. 



William Church, of Birmingham, Civil Engineer, for " improvements in 

 fastenings applicable to wearing apparel, and in apparatus for making the 

 same aiid like articles, and also in the method or methods of preparing the 

 said articles for sale." — August 27 ; six months. 



Hugh Unsworth, of Blackood, Lancaster, Bleacher, for "certain im- 

 provements in ?nachiuery or apparatus for mangling, drying, damping, and 

 finishing woven goods or fabrics." — August 27 ; six months. 



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

 improrements in measuring the velocities with wtiich ships or other vessels or 

 bodies move in fluids, and also for ascertaining the velocities of fluids in mo- 

 tion." — August 2"; six months. 



Benjamin Hick, Junior, of Bolton-le-Moors, Lancaster, Engineer, for 

 *' certain improvements in regulators or governors for regulating or adjusting 

 the speed or rotary motion of steam-engines, water-wheels, and other ma- 

 chinery." — August 27 ; sLx months. 



Henry Waterton, of Fulmer Place, Gerards Cross, Buckingham, Esquire, 

 for " improvements in the manufacture of sal ammoniac." — August 27 ; six 

 mouths. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Communications jereivedfrovi Mr. Francis ; J. H. on Felling of Timber ■ and 

 *' A Lover of the Beautiful," will appear ue.i't month. 



AVrc Town Hall at Ashton-nnder-Lyne wilt appear in a future number. 



Tin' Reform Club 7ie.it month. 



Reports for the Improvement of Lough Erne ; ■'ileam Navigation in France : 

 Authrncite Pig Iron, and some others ; also The Architecture of Liverpool; will 

 appear in the luwf Journal. 



Air. Pinkus' rommnnieation was received too late for insertion in this month's 

 Journal ; it shall appear, if he wi.shes it, with some slight modification ne.xt month. 



" A Lover of Machinery." IVe hare before alluded to the ingenious^ Travers- 

 ing Crane adopted by Messrs. Grissel l^- Peto at their works at the Refonn Club, 

 and since introilneed nt the building of the Setv Houses of Parliantent. 



" Robortus " could not hare seen our lieo Inst numbers when he sent his coni- 

 munieation respecting the " Atmospheric Railway." it- ^ 



'■ Anagnostes" 0)1 /fni/n'ny f'Hn'fs, 7)ii(.5/ stand over with others on the same 

 subject. 



4lr. 'Wightwick's new work, " Palace of Architecture," will be noticed Jn 

 the ne.xt Journal. 



Comninnications are requested to be addressed to ''The Kditor of the Civil 

 Kugineer and Architect's Journal." A'o. il, Parliament Street, JVeslminster. 



Books for review must be sent early in the month, communications on or befurc 

 the 20th' (if with drawings, earlier), and advertisements on or befort the 25!h 

 instant. 



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