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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



[July, 



i of an hour, as is now the case; and, lastly, the interest of the outlay re- 

 quisite to introduce this system would exceed the annual cost of repairing 

 and replacing the rope. 



REVIETVS. 



Crosby Place Illiiflraled. By Henry J. Hammon, Architect. Lon- 

 don: Weale, 1844. 



We look upon tills work as valuable in a double point of view, as 

 illustrating an interesting monument, and as giving a stimulant to the 

 restoration of our ancient edifices. We are jfraid that we can say 

 but little with regard to this book, for its merits can be briefly ;ind fa- 

 vourably canvassed, while to give any account of the edifice itself is 

 impossible, as it is now so well known. Mr. Hammon has performed 

 his duty with ability and care, while he has given a neat and accurate 

 account of the building, he has not suffered himself to be deluded into 

 fine writing or swelling out his brief narration. The plates are justly 

 made the principal and prominent parts of the work, and are well 

 executed, illustrating every part of the ancient mansion. Mr. Hammon, 

 therefore, has well responded to the exertions of the patrons of the 

 restoration, the public spirited lady Miss Hackett, its cliief promoter, 

 and the architects, and we can award him no higher praise. We 

 almost fear it is useless to recommend this work to th.» profession, for 

 we see by the subscription list that nearly every architect of eminence 

 has possessed himself of it. However, to those who have not done so, 

 or to those in the provinces we earnestly recommend it. By the bye 

 the history of restorations iu the metropolis would make an intere^st- 

 ing work of itself. Showing what we have done of late years to the 

 honour of the works of other days, thereby securing to posterity 

 more respect for our own. Crosby Hall, St. Saviour's, the Temple, 

 the Savoy, and St. Bartholomew's would make a good commencement. 



Collec/ion of Architectural Oniamenis of the Miihlle Aijes, in the Byzan- 

 tine and Gothic Sli/le. By Charles Heidei.off, Architect and Professor 

 of the Polytechnic School, Nureiuburg. Vol. I. witli 64 Plates. London : 

 Hering and Remington. 



Messrs. Hering and Remington seem disposed, in virtue of their connec- 

 nection with the continent, to render the same service to the arts which M. 

 Didot does to literature. The present volume will be most acceptable to 

 architects and antiquaries here, as it is by a man of eminence and reputation, 

 and records examples, most of which are new even in Germany and are inac- 

 cessible here. An additional merit is that many details of the Ijyzantine 

 style are given, which is attracting great attention in Germany, and which 

 affords new resources to our ecclesiastical architects here. The work was 

 originally published in parts, and contains above four hundred examples of 

 every kind of ornament, many of which are novel, and all sanctioned by good 

 authority. Nuremburg is a treasury of middle age art, having been the 

 Florence of Germany, and abounds with the finest work by native artists. 

 Indeed, the history of the arts in Nuremburg has copiously employed the 

 pens of Von Murr and others. From this city Professor lleideloff has been 

 able to obtain much material, bnt he has also profiled by other places 

 in Bavaria, V/urtemburg and elsewhere, as the Cathedral of Bamberg, the 

 Holyrood monastery at Neissen, Nossen, Kloister Heilbraun, Hersbruck, 

 Ellwangen Cathedral, Hirschau Abbey, Erlbach, Murrhard Abbey, Forth, 

 Cohurg Castle, Tubingen, Stuttgart, Bobenhausen, Reuilingen Cathedral, 

 OflTenhausen, Lilienfeld, Lorch Abbey, Vienna, Urach, Anhausen, Schwabisch- 

 hall, Freiburg Castle, Salzburg Castle, Robweil, &c. 



We feel confident that our readers engaged in the pointed styles will find 

 this an admirable and useful work of reference. We sincerely hope that 

 Professor Heidelotf will continue his laudable undertaking. 



Polygraphia Curiosa. — The Book of Initial Letters and Ancient Alpha- 

 bets for Ornamental purposes. London : David Bogue, Fleet Street, 



This is what is rare, a magnificent book and a cheap one, most useful to 

 all engaged in design. The compiler has here presented a copious volume of 

 initials from sources of the greatest authenticty, most of which can only with 

 difficulty be referred to by the ordinary student. We wish iu some plates, 

 however, more attention had been shown to discriminating the exact date of 

 the letters, nevertheless this does not detract from their intrinsic value. 



In fact, the work may vie with many of the illuminated missals ; some of 

 the plates are gorgeously coloured and show to what perfection Mr. Jobbins, 

 the proprietor and compiler of the work, has brought lithography in con- 

 junction with polychromy. We are happy to see that he has announced his 



intention of publishing a second volume to embrace a variety of ornamental 

 designs, some of a heraldic nature. 



A Manual of Electro-Metallurgy. By George Shaw. Second Bdition, 

 considerably enlarged. London : Simpkin, Marshall and Co. 



It is pleasing to see a second edition in a department of science so new as 

 electio-metallurgy, and more pleasing to consider that such edition has been 

 rendered necessary by the progress of discovery. Now that electro-metal- 

 lurgy is becoming a practical process, a manual like Mr. Shaw's is requisite, 

 which gives the principles and manipulations in a clear and comprehensive 

 manner, so as to be available both to the student and practical man. 



Appendix G. to the Netc Edition of Tredqoldjm the Steam Engine and on 

 Steam Navigation. London : John Weale. 



This concludes Weale's Edition of Tredgold on the Steam Engine, one of 

 the most magnificent and useful works which has ever been published for the 

 engineering profession in any country. The work is of such a character, so 

 extensive in its bearings, so copious in its illustrations, tliat we have been 

 indeed surprised at the enterprise of the puhlislier, and the cordial support 

 of the public. On both it confers honour, on the publisher for his spirited 

 undertaking, on the public, and the engineering profession in particular, for 

 responding to such an appeal. No part of the steam engine, in its numerous 

 applications and varied improvements, has been left unillustrated, but whether 

 as regards the railway, the mine, or the ship, the steam engine is seen here 

 delineated from the best models, with a degree of sumptuousness more 

 usually looked for in a national work than in the publication of a private in- 

 dividual. To have conceived such an expensive undertaking, one requiring 

 so much labour, so much energy and such an outlay of capital, and to have 

 prosecuted it successfully entitles the publisher to the sincere thanks of all 

 those who desire to encourage practical and valuable works. 



The concluding part contains an able Treatise on the Cornish Pumping 

 Engine, by William Pole, who, for his high scientific attainments, was lately 

 appointed by the Hon. East India Company, Professor of Elphinstone College 

 at Bombay. This treatise is divided into two parts. 



" The first part is devoted to a historical notice of the application of the 

 steam engine to the purpose of draining the mines of Cornwall, and of the 

 progressive improvement it has received in that district. Beginning with the 

 projects of Sa-very, we pass on to the actual use of the atmospheric engine, 

 and notice the peculiar circumstances connected with its general introduction 

 into the south-western mining districts. Smeaton and Watt come next in 

 order, and the subsequent improvements by the Cornish engineers are the 

 more prominently dwelt on, because their nature and history are compara- 

 tively so little known. The account of the introduction of the Duty Reports 

 cannot fail to be interesting, as showing not only the means by which the 

 progress of improvement is so easily traced, but also the great stimulus which 

 has acted to encourage the efforts of the engineers. 



" The second part contains a minute and detailed description of the 

 Cornish single-acting pumping engine, according to its most modern con- 

 struction ; particularly noticing its various peculiarities as contrasted with 

 the ordinary Boulton and Watt single-acting engine generally used in other 

 parts of the country." 



This part, illustrated with nine splendid plates, shows minutely every part 

 of a Cornish Pumping Engine, manufactured by Messrs. Sandys, Carne and 

 Vivian, of Copper House Foundry and Engine Works, Hayle, Cornwall ; the 

 engine has been erected at the mines of the Langnin Coal and Iron Com- 

 pany, near Nantes, for the purpose of draining the collieries. 



We have not been able to peruse the paper viith that attention it deserves 

 we must, therefore, reserve till a future opportunity the remarks which we 

 are desirous of making. 



Original Geometrical Diaper Designs. By D, R. Hay. London : Bogue. 

 Parts 3 and 4. 



Mr. Hay is proceeding vigorously with his work, and in the present num- 

 bers he has commenced his dissertation on the elements of design. From 

 some of his views we dissent, but it would be premature to discuss the whole 

 question. At any rate we can give our testimony to the utility of the work, 

 and to the earnest desire of the author to perform his duty. 



A Treatise on the Steam Engine. By the Artizan Club. Part I. 

 London : Longmans. 



This may be considered as an introductory part to the intended work. 

 We are, therefore, precluded from offering any remarks until the work is 

 more advanced. 



