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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL- 



[January, 



ceetling) 15 per cent., by means of a flux containing sal ammoniac and chlo- 

 ride of zinc without the aid of tallow. In carryinp; out this part of the in- 

 vention the patentees prefer to use a flux composed of 3 parts of sal ammoniac 

 and one part of chloride of zinc, withuut any oil or other fatty matter; the 

 sheets of iron may be dipped in the bath of molten meial in the ordinary 

 manner. 



The last part of these improvements relates to an after coating of lead or 

 alloy of k-ad, that is to say, coating articles which may have received a pre- 

 vious coating of zinc or alloy of zinc. In the case of iron wh'ch has received 

 a previous coating of tin or some other metal, and afterwards to receive a 

 coating of zinc, the inventor proceeds by melting the metal in an iron pot 

 and then covering its surface with a suitable flux, which may be composed of 

 two parts of chloride of zinc and about one part of oil or tallow ; the articles 

 to be coated are then to be immersed in t)ie metal and allowed to remain until 

 they become the same heat as the metal, (care being taken that the metal is 

 not too hot so as to melt the previous coatings,) they are then withdrawn, 

 and shortly afterwards dipped into water, and then brushed with sawdust to 

 remove the flux, 



The Ancient Frescoes in East M^ickham Church.— The churchwardens 

 have entirely deatroyed these interesting remains. Great eftbrts were made by the British 

 ArchEeological Association to preserve them, and letters on their behalf were forwarded, 

 by order of the Assouiation when at Canterhnry, to Archdeacon King and the Bishop of 

 Rochester, but the result has proved the inefficiency of the Association's exertions. It 

 was urged by the churchwardens and the ecclesiastical authorities that the paintings were 

 not worth saving; tut several eminent artists had pronounced thera to be fine examples 

 of church decorations of the 13th century, and it was hoped that least the better pre- 

 served portion would be spared, and that other paintings in the church, from which the 

 whitewash had not been removed, would have been examined. 



The Toposcope. — A curious instrument, the invention of M. Schwil^ue (the 

 mechanist of the far-famed clock of Strasburg cathedral,) is about to hit established on 

 the platform of the same edifice ; its object being to determine, during the night, the true 

 position of lighted objects in the distance, false impressions on the subject being often of 

 disastrous effect, as, for example, in the case of conflagration. The apparatus in question, 

 to which the inventor has given the name of Toposcope, Is composed, according to the 

 description, of two graduated circles, with sub.divisions marked by an infinity of numbers. 

 These circles, by their rotatory movement in inverse directions, furnish a multitude of nu 

 merical combinations. A telescope, moving with the upper circle, is fitted to the appa- 

 ratus ; and on directing this to the place of the disaster, the instrument Itself furnishes, 

 in measured numbers, its distance from Stiasburg cathedral. 



Singular DisrovERY.— On Thursday morning, Dec. 12, as some men were 

 employed digging for the purpose of forming a new sewer in the New North-road, Hox- 

 ton, they discovered, at a depth of about 20 feet below the surface of the ground, a re- 

 markable Roman structure. The first presentiment they had of approaching something 

 wonderful was to find themselves standing upon a hard flat surface, instead of the usual 

 rough earth and stone. The fact was immediately communicated to the siirveyor, vvho, 

 in company with about a dozen men, repaired to the spot. After some little delay, it was 

 detei mined that the tiles, &c., should be taken up, and for that purpose six men were se- 

 lected to descend, who, after some considerable delay, succeeded in raising several large 

 pieces of stone and tile, underneath which was discovered a small cellar or vault, the di. 

 niensions of which were 3 feet in length by 23 feet in width, and ;i feet 7 inches in depth, 

 strongly tiled throughout. Several small vessels of earthenware were found, as also a 

 small urn, supposed to be of gold. The excavation was immediately covered over, and 

 men placed to guard it until this day, when it is expected some determination wilt be 

 come to by the parochial authorities. A more wonderful specimen of ancient Roman 

 architecture has never been discovered, and a view would amply repay the exertion of a 

 journey thither.— 'Times.' 



British Enterprise. — Some curious particulars are given in a Montevideo 

 journal, of a British enterprise, one of whose remarkable features is a ship sailing on a 

 level of 18,000 feet above the sea. In 1826, says the account in question, Messrs. Rundell 

 and Bridge, the London jewellers, purchased the gold mines of Tlpuani, and the emerald 

 mines of Illimani, and sent over Mr. Page as their agent. These mines are situate on the 

 banksof the Lake Chiquito,2-)y English miles long, 150 in breadth, and hitherto unfa- 

 thomed in many parts. In the neighbourhood of Tipuani, are other productive mines, 

 belonging to General O'Brien and an Englishman of the name of Begg. The only vege- 

 table produce of the district is a species of red potato called chusnia, and a few nutritious 

 plants; but to the east of the Lake, at Copacasana and in the vallles of the Bolivia, are 

 cultivated maize, barley, and fruit-bearing trees. The difficulty of feeding, from their own 

 scanty region, the large body of Indians working in the mines suggested the idea of build- 

 ing a vessel for the navigation of the lake; and General O'Brien, and Messrs. Page and 

 Begg determined to make the attempt. Mr. Page purchased an old brig, in the port of 

 Arica, stripped her of her anchors, sails, and rigging ; and succeeded, with extreme diffi- 

 Lulty, in conveying the hull to the mouth of the Apolobambo, whose waters fall into the 

 Chiquito Lake. Thither he brought workmen from Arica, built stocks, and after two 

 years of painful and unceasing labour, succeeded in launching his vessel on the Lake, and 

 opening a regular communication with the produce of the vallies of the Bolivia. The 

 brig is well found In all things— save for her want o( anchors, which it has been impoB- 

 sible to cany to such a height. General O Brien and Mr. Begg are reported to have exe- 

 cuted other works of a boldness not less surprising. They have transported a steam- 

 engine across the Cordilleras— dug, through the metalliferous hilts ot Lacaycota, a canal 

 2,000 feet in length, traversed by nine locks, and laid down a railroad at its extremity, for 

 the conveyance uf their ore. In this Lake Chiquito is the island of Titicaca, assigned by 

 tradition as the eiadle of the earliest Peruvian civilization, and the sacred burial-place of 

 the ancient kings of the country. 



IiIST OF N&MT PATENTS. 



GRANTED IN ENGLAND FROM NOVEMBER 25, TO DECEMBER 21, 1844, 



Six Months allowed for Enrolment^ unless otherwise expressed. 



John Barker Anderson, of Great Suffolk -street, Surrey, for ** Improvements in the 

 manufacture of soap."— Sealed November 25. 



William Clark*, of Nottingham, lace manufacturer, for "Improvements in the manu- 

 facture of ornamental lace or net."— November 2b, 



Benjamin Baillie, of Henry-street, Middlesex, glaxier, for " Improvements in regulating 

 the ventilation of buildings." — November 25. 



Ebenezer May Dorr, of Ludgate-hill, for *' Improvements in the manufacture of horse 

 shoe nails." (Partly a communication.)— November 'lb. 



I 'John William Buckle Reynolds, of Lyniington, engineer, for " Improvements iu obtain- 

 ing motive power for working locomotive carriages and other machinery."— November **6, 



George Mlllichap, of Birmingham, for " Improvements in the construction of Bxle- 

 trees." — November 25. 



William Oxley English, of Kingston-upon-HuII, distiller, for "Improvements in the 

 distilling of turpentine and tar, and rectifying volatile spirits and oils.— November 25. 



William Alsop, of Tahernacle-waJk, weaver, and Thomas Forster, of Streatham, manu- 

 facturer of India-rubber fabrics, for " Improvements iu the manufacture of elastic fabrics, 

 and in making articles from elastic fabrics, and for weaving fabrics for the driving bands 

 of machinery, and for other uses." — November 25. 



Narclsse Leray, of Paris, merchant for " Improvements in covering the tops of bottles 

 jars, and other vessels." (Communication.)— November 28. 



Louis Antoine Rltterbandt, of Gerrard-street, Soho, doctor of medicine, for certain 

 " Improvements in preventing and removing incrustation in steam-boilers and steam- 

 generators."— December 2. 



James Wrigglesworth, of Bedford street. Strand, chemist, for an" Improvement or 

 Improvements in steel pens." — December 2. 



William Henry James, of Clement's-lane civil engineer, for certain "Improvements in 

 carriages for the conveyance of passengers and goods, and in the means of working the 

 same." — December 2. 



James Winter, senior, of Wardour-street, Soho, upholsterer, James Winter, junior, of 

 the same place, upholsterer, and William Lane, of Bedford-place, Kussell-square, Mid- 

 dlesex, gentleman, for an " Improved scaffold or mode of scaffolding, applicable also as a 

 fire-escape for lite and pioperly." — December 2. 



James Nasmyth, of Patricroft, Lancaster, civil engineer, for certain " Improvements in 

 machinery or apparatns for hewing, dressing, splitting, breaking, stamping, crushing, and 

 pressing stone or other materials." — Ueecember 2. 



Rene Joseph le Comte du Colonibier, of Chancery-lane, London for " Improvements in 

 machinery for splitting and cutting skins and hides." — December 2. 



John Jeremiah Rubery, of Birmingham , umbrella manufacturer, for " Improvements In 

 the manufacture of umbrellas and parasols."- December 2, 



Josias Christopher Gamble, of St. Helen's, Lancaster, manufacturing chemiBt for 

 " Improvements in the manufacture of sulphuric acid." — December 4, 



Benjamin Seebohm, of Horton Grange, York, merchant, for an "Improved mode of 

 manufacturin g certain descriptions of chains." — December 4. 



John Ronald, of Glasgow, merchant, for an "Apparatus for boiling sugar-cane juice 

 and other liquids." — December 5. 



John Ryan, of Liverpool-street, surgeon, for certain "Improvements applicable to, or 

 in the construction of, casks, barrels, or other vessels intended to contain wine, beer, 

 fermented liciuors, or other hquids or substances which are liable to fermentation 

 or decomposition, from exposure to the action of the atmosphere." — December 7. 



James Smith, of Cross Keys Hotel, Wood-stroel, engineer, for " Improvements in 

 printing or ornamenting various fabrics."— December 7. 



William Wood, of High Holborn, manufacturer, for "Improvements in printing, 

 dyeing, staining, or producing marks or patterns in or upon woven, felted, or other 

 fabrics." — December 7. 



Alphonse le Dlirede Normandy, of Dalston, gentleman, for " Improvements In purifying 

 lac, and in converting lac into shellac." — December/. 



John Fisher, the younger, of Radford Works, Nottingham, gentleman, and James Gib- 

 bons, of New Radford, merchant, for "certain Improvements in the manufacture of 

 figured or ornamented lace or net and other fabrics." — December 7. 



William Willcocks Heigb, of St. James's. square, M. D., for " his Invention of the 

 hydro-mechanic apparatus, which by a certain combination of hydraulic and mechanical 

 apparatus and well-known philosophical principles, is intended to supersede the use of 

 fire and steam in working and propelling all kinds of machinery and engines." — Dec. 7. 



Charles Louis Felix Franchot, of Paris, Engineer, for " Improvements in engines to be 

 worked by air or gases." — December 12. 



Joseph Welger, of Vienna, Doctor of medicine, for "Improvements in the amalgsma- 

 tion, alloying, and soldering of certain metals."— December 12. 



William Kenworlhy, of Blackburn, Lancaster, cotton spinner, for " Improvements in 

 looms for weaving."— December 12, 



William Malins, of Mansion House-place, ironmaster, for " Improvements In construct- 

 ing roofs and other parts of buildings of iron or other metals, and In the preparation of 

 the materials of which the same are or may be constructed."— December 12. 



Sebastian Mercier of Paris, manufacturer of piano-fortes, for " Improvements In piano- 

 fortes."— December 12. 



Robert Heath, of Kidsgrove, Stafford, coal agent, for " Improvements in heating ovens 

 and kilns used in tbe manufacture of china, bricks, tiles, and other articles of earthen- 

 ware."— December 12. 



for " Improvements in apparatus for prepar- 

 other metal cylinders or rollers as are to be 

 g calico or other fabrics." — December 12. 



combing 



Joseph Lockett, of Bfanthester, engravi 

 ing to be engraved or turned, such copper 

 used for printing or embossing or calende: 



John Perry, of Leicester, wool comb manufacturer, for " Improvements 

 wool." — December 12. 



Moses Poole, of the Patent Office, gentleman, foi- " Improvements in the construction 

 of fids for ship's masts, and in the means of sellwig up ship's rigging." (Being a com- 

 munication.)— December 12. 



George Fergusson Wilson, of Belmont, Vauxhall, gentleman, George Gwynne, of Ca- 

 vendish-square, gentleman, and James Pellans Wilson, of Belmont aforesaid, gentleman, 

 for " Improvements in treating fatty and oily matters, and in the manufacture of candles." 

 — December 12. 



Warren de la R>ie, of Bunhill-row, manufacturer, for "Improvements in covering the 

 surfaces of paper and other materials with colour and other substances."— December 12. 



Robert Walker, of Saint Helens, Lancaster, colliery agent, for " Improvements in appa- 

 ratus for fiddling coals at collieries." — December 18. 



Robert Knowles Waller, of Manchester, candle-wick manfacturer, for " Improvements 

 In the manufacture of platted wicks, and In the manufacture of candles."— December 18. 



John Wheeley, of Stafford, manufacturer of iren, for " Improvements In the manufac- 

 ture of iron spoons." — December IS. 



Nathaniel Fortescue Taylor, of Vauxhall, engineer, for ," Improvements in apparatus 

 for measuring gas." — December 18. 



Arthur Wall, of IJisterne- place. Poplar, surgeon, for " certain Improvements In th« 

 manufacture of steel, copper, and other metals." — December 18. 



Edward Hammond Bentall, of Heybridge, Essex, iron-founder, for "Improvements in 

 Implements or apparatus for sowing or depositing seed or grain." — December 18. 



James Thompson, of Cornwall-road, Lambeth, baker, for "certain Improvements in 

 the preparation and application of various farinaceous products, and for machinery used 

 in manufacturing the same." — December 2it, 



Benjamin Biram, of Wentworth, in the county of York, gentleman, for cei tain Improve- 

 ments in oscillating engines, worked by steam, water, or other fluids, which are also ap- 

 plicable to the raising or propelling of fluids." — December 21. 



Charles Johnstone, of Saint Helen's, Jersey, engineer, for "^certain Improved arrange- 

 ments for raising ships' anchors, and other purposes." — December 'Zi, 



