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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



[March, 



or intended to be used, either occasionally or constantly, for the assemblage 

 of persons in large numbers, whether for public worship, business, instruction, 

 debate, diversion, or resort — then it is to be deemed to belong to the third 

 or public building class. 



Rates of Buildings. — And the buildings included in the said classes 

 are to be deemed to belong to the rates of those classes, according to the 

 conditions of height, area, and number of stories set forth in the following 

 tables ; which conditions are to be determined according to the following 

 rules : 



The Prince of Wales Steamer. — This fine vessel made a trip down the 

 river on Tuesday, the 26th March, previously to going on her station between 

 London and Margate, for the ensuing season. She is an iron vessel built last 

 year by Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill & Co., the well known engineers, who also 

 constructed the engines, which were originally a pair of side lever engines, 

 taken out of another Margate steamer. During the experimental trip 

 the Prince made several trials in Long Reach, to test her capabilities as to 

 speed, which maybe calculated at not less than \2\ knots through the water. 

 She ran down below the Nore and could find no competitor with whom to 

 try her comparative speed ; on her return she again tried her speed at the 

 mile distance in Long Reach, when she met i\\trenojrned Princess Alice, with 

 the tricoloured flag flying at her mast-head, notifying the presence of Belgian 

 royalty on board. The Princess had been announced to have outstripped all 

 vessels she came near. This was a fine opportunity to test the capa- 

 bilities of the annular engines of the Princess and the beam engines of the 

 Prince. The helm of the Prince was ordered to be brought about, but be- 

 fore the vessel was fairly turned, her sister, the Princess, had got a-head 

 full a mile; nothing daunted, the Prince moved on, when it was very soon 

 discovered that he was making way fast upon the Princess, and in about 30 

 minutes he went right a-head of her (not very gallant to her highness). 

 All on board of the Prince pronounced it a decided victory of at least one- 

 and-a-half to two miles per hour faster than the Princess ; we may, there- 

 fore, pronounce, without fear of contradiction, that the Prince is the cham- 

 pion of the river, until any other vessel is found that will eclipse her. This 

 we must own was to us a fine trial : here we had the skill of one of the first 

 builders of iron vessels, Messrs. Ditchburn and Mair, with the annular en- 

 gines, of the celebrated firm of Messrs. Maudslays and Field, against the 

 iron steam vessel and engines of the Prince of Wales, both constructed by 

 Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill, and Co., another firm equally celebrated for the 

 excellency of their workmanship and the success of all their vessels. 



LIST OF NEW FATBNTS. 



(From Messrs. Robertson^s List.) 



GRANTED IN ENGLAND FROM FEBRUARY 26, TO MARCH 28, 1844. 



Six Months allowed for Enrolment, unless otherwise expressed. 



Isabella Larbalestier, of Noble Street, Falcon Square, furrier, for " Improvements in 

 making certain skins resemble the sable fur." — Sealed, February 26. 



Richard Kitson, of Cleckheaton, card manufacturer, and John Garthwaite, of Lee(!s, 

 flax spinner, for "Improvements in wire cards for cardinR cotton, wool, silk, flax, and 

 other fibrous substances, and for producing tow and yams from line and taw-yarn waste, 

 which comes from the spinning frames commonly called hard waste." — February 27. 



Charles Newington, of Ticehurst, Sussex, esq., for "Improvements in apparatus for 

 ascertaining and indicating the time at which a person is present at a particular place." 

 —February 27. 



Thomas Harbottle, of Manchester, gentleman, for "« machine designed for manufac- 

 turing boot soles, taps, and also for riveting leather hose, traces, and for other purposes, 

 to which the same may be usefully applied."— February 27. 



William Clegg Cover, of Chester Square, Middlesex, gentleman, for *' A method of 

 casting off the sash lines and weights from the window sashes, and of taking out the win- 

 dow sashes from their frames without removing the beads." — March 1 ; two months. 



Joseph Crawhall, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, rope manufacturer, for "Improvements in 

 machinery for manufacturing ropes and cordage."— March 2. 



John Stevelly, of Belfast, professor of natural philosophy, for " Improvements in steam 

 engines." — March 2. 



Henry Dunnington, of Nottingham, manufacturer, for "Improvements in the manu- 

 facture of fabrics produced in warp and lace machinery." — fllarch 4. 



Peter Ward, of West Bromwich, Stafford, practical chemist, for " An improvement in 

 ■combining matters for washing and cleansing." — March 4. 



Samuel Atkinson, of Manchester Street, Gray's Inn Road, Middlesex, turner, for *' Im_ 

 ■provemenLs in the construction of wheels for carriages." — March 4. 



Bernard Peard Walker, of Noith Street, Wolverhampton, clerk, for *' Improvements hi 

 machinery for making nails." — March 6. 



Thomas Foster, of Streatham, Surrey, manufacturer, for *' Improvements in preparing 

 composition of India rubber, and other matters for forming articles therefrom, and for the 

 coating of surfaces of leather, and woven, and other fabrics." — March 6. 



William Henry Barlow, of Leicester, civil engineer, for "Improvements in the cod- 

 Btruction of keys, wedges or fastenings, for engineering purposes." — March 6. 



William Fairbairn, of Manchester, engineer, for certain "Improvements in machinery 

 used for propelling vessels by steam." — fllarch 7. 



Charles Townend, of ^Manchester, fustian manufacturer, for "An improved process, or 

 manufacture, whereby cotton fabrics are aided and made repellant to water and mildew, 

 and any unpleasant smell is prevented in such fabrics." — March 7 ; two months. 



Alexander Angus Croll, of Brick Lane, Middlesex, superintendent of the gas works, and 

 William Richards of the same place, mechanical inspector, tor " Improvements in the 

 manufacture of gas for the purpose of illumination, aud in apparatus used when trans- 

 mitting and measuring gas." — March 7. 



Wilton George Turner, of Gateshead, Durham, doctor in phiUsophy, for the " Manu- 

 (acturing of salts of ammonia and compounds of cyanogent from a substance never before 

 applied to that purpose."— March U. 



Charles Harrison, manager of the Coed Talon and Leeswood Iron Works, Flintshire, 

 for *' Certiiin improvements in the manufacture of cast iron pipes and other iron castings." 

 — fliarch 14. 



Charles Roberts, of High Holborn, Middlesex, boot maker, for "Improvements in the 

 manufacture of boot and shoe trees, lasts, and stretchers." — March 14.* 



William Godfrey Kiieller, of Wimbledon, Surrey, chemist, fur "Improvements in the 

 preparation of zink, and in combinations of zink with other metallic bodies."— March 14. 



Henry Pershouse Parkes, of Dudley, Worcester, manufacturer of chain cables, for " Im- 

 provements in the manufacture of flat pit chains."— March 14. 



Samuel Cunlilf Lister, and James Ambler, of Bradford, York, manufacturers, for " Im- 

 provements in machinery for applying fringes to shawls and other articles."— March 14. 



Frederick Stephenson, of High Street, Birmingham, comb manufacturer, for "Im- 

 provements in bookbinding, snd apparatus for cutting books or other folded paper, part 

 of which improvements is applicable to pen holders." — March 11. 



John Browne, of New Bond Street, Middlesex, esq., for " Impjppvements In urinary 

 utensils."- March 14. 



MHlliam Bovvn, of Leicester, glove and mit manufacturer, for " Improvements in weav- 

 ing elastic fabrics." — March 14. 



John Tatham, of Rochdale, machine maker, and David Cbeetbam, of the same place, 

 cotton spinner, for " Certain improvements in machinery or apparatus to be employed in 

 the preparation and spinning of cotton wool and other fibrous substances." — fllarch 14. 



Moses Poole, of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, gentleman, for " Improvemenis in steam- 

 engines, steam-boilers, and furnaces or fireplaces." (A communication.)— March 14. 



Emanuel Wharton, of Birmingham, engineer, for " Improvements in steam-engines, 

 which are in whole or in part applic-ble to other motive engines, and to machines for 

 raising or impelling fluids."— March 14. 



Thomas Se>mour, of Riding House Lane, Great Portland Street, Middlesex, gun-maker 

 and John Seymour, of Wellington Street, Gray's Inn Lane, lock-filer, for "An improved 

 safety-bolt and tumbler for the locks of certain kinds of fire-arms."— March 14. 



William Henry Burke, of Tottenham, Middlesex, manufacturer, for " Improved ma- 

 chinery for cutting Indian rubber aud other elastic substances into balls and other solid 

 figures." — March 19. 



William Saunders, of Bush Lane, London, chemist, for "An improved apparatus for 

 modifying temperature in the condensation of vapours, and in the cooling or heating of 

 liquids and fluids." — March 19, 



Hugh Inglis, of Kilmarnock, Scotland, mechanic, for " Improvements upon locomotive 

 steam-engines, whereby a safing of fuel will be effected, which improvements are ap- 

 plicable to steam vessels and other purposes, and to the increasing the adhesion of the 

 wheels of railway engines, carriages, and tenders upon the lines of rail, when tUe same 

 are in a moist state." — March 19. 



William Bates, of Leicester, fuller and dresser, for "Improvements In the dressing and 

 getting up of hosiery goods manufactured from lamb's wool and other yarns, and in ma- 

 chinery for raising the nap on the same, and in the construction of legs and other forms 

 or shapes for stockings and other articles of hosiery." — March 19. 



Jules Thiebeauld de la Croupe, of Pinner's Court, London, merchant, for "An im- 

 proved apparatus for, or method of purifying, clarifying, and refining, vegetable extracts." 

 (A communication.) — March 19. 



Andr^ Drouet de Charlien, of Sabloni^re Hotel, Leicester Square, gentleman, for '* Im- 

 provements in rails for railways, and in wheels for locomotive carriages." (A communi- 

 cation.) — March 29. 



William Isaac Cookson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne esquire, for *' Improvements in ap- 

 paratus for burning sulphur in the manufacture of sulphuric acid." — March 20. 



John Holland Butterworth, of Rochdale, Lancaster, cotton spinner, for " An apparatug 

 applicable to preparation machines used in the spinning of cotton and other fibrous ma- 

 terials." — March 2U. 



Moses Poole, of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, gentleman, for " Improvements in dyeing." 

 (A communication.)— March 21. 



John Butt, of ftfaldon, Essex, draper, for " Improvements in candlesticks." — March 22, 



John Harcourt Quincey, of Old Street, City Road, gentleman, and John Johnson, of 

 Cursilor Street, lamp raakur, for "Improvements in the manufacture of lamps, and 

 shades for lamps and other lights." (Partly a communicdtion.j — March 'lb. 



William Pollard, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gentleman, for "Improvements in the 

 manufacture of ammonia." — March 28. 



James Hardy, of Birmingham, Warwick, gentleman, for "Improvements in the pro- 

 cess of welding tubes, pipes, or hollow rods of malleable iron by machinery." — March 28. 



Joseph Maudslay, of the firm of Messrs. Jlaudslay, Son, & Field, of Lambeth, Surrey, 

 engineer, for " Improvements in steam engines." — March 28. 



Alfred Richard Johnson, of the firms of Messrs. Johnson & Co., Regent Street, and 

 Messrs. Griffiths & Johnson, Old Bond Street, Middlesex, hatters, for " Improvements in 

 hats." — March 2tf. 



Joseph Cooper, of Hoxtoo, Middlesex, gentleman, for " Improvements in the purifi- 

 cation and clarification of sugar, which improvements are also applicable to the purifying 

 and clarifying of other articles of commerce." — March 28. 



Robert Davison, of Brick Lane, Middlesex, civil engineer, and William Symington, of 

 East Smithfield, Middlesex, civil engineer, for "A method or methods of drying, sea- 

 soning, and hardening wood and other articles, parts of which are applicable to the de- 

 siccation of vegetable substances generally." — fliarch 28. 



Robert Mollstt, of Shatklewell, Middlesex, gentleman, and Jesse Bridgman, of Hack- 

 ney, Middlesex, gentleman, for " Improvements in separating the fatty and oily from the 

 membraneous portions of animal and vegetable substances." — March '^8. 



Charles William Spicer, of 28, Portman Square, Middlesex, esquire, for " An invention 

 called the nautilus, or portable life preserver and swimming belt." (A communication.) 

 —March 28.; 



Charles Hector Francois Dumontier, of Rouen, France, engineer, for " Improvements 

 in the construction of Uthographic and autographic presses." (A communication.) — 

 MarcE 28. 



A New Propeller.— An invention has been made by an ingenious mechanic 

 of Edinburgh, of a new mode of giving motion to vessels, doing away with paddle-wheels 

 and boxes, as well as the Archimedian screw. It is a simple revolving cylii.rier, placed 

 midships, which acts as a windlass, and makes a rope of the sea; in fact, the velocity 

 acquired is in proportion to the quantity of water discharged by the agency of the cylinder, 

 through a discharging nozzle at ejch side of the vessel, and what is curious, the discharg- 

 ing nozzle can be turned by a simple operation on deck, so as to stop the vessel, make her 

 move backward or round as on a pivot, within her own length, without even the know- 

 Icdf^e of the engineer, or the assistance of the rudder, as no stoppage of the engine is 

 necessary for the purpose. The convenience ii a smaller consumption of fuel, and the 

 capability of the broadside carrying au entire armament. — Scotsman. 



CovHER Balloon.— A balloon composed of copper is so far completed, that 

 it is now exhibited to the public: this immense globe is formed of sheets of copper, 

 united and soldered. The object proposed by this experiment is to resolve the problem 

 of the practicability of the employment of metals in the constraction of balloOKS.— 

 Paris Paper. 



