18-15.] 



THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



In fig. 10, A B is just on the rise, and C D commencing il3 second 

 rRvolution. 



Fig. 9. Fig. 10. Fig. 11. 



In fig. 11, A B has risen a little more, and C D has gone through 

 a quarter of its course. 



It is not necessarv to trace tlie motion further; the course of A B 

 in its ascent is exao'tlv tlie same ;is in its descent, except that it pulls 

 instead of pn^^hiiig CD. When A B has arrived again at its highest 

 point, C D will have passed through two revolutions. 



This is perhaps the most convenient of thpsp ujethods of multiply- 

 iu" motion ; the axis of the second crank C D might be made to 

 ca7ry another of the same size as A B by which a fresh multiplica- 

 tion might be produced exactly similir to the first; a third multipli- 

 cation niight be produced from the second, and so on indefinitely. It 

 may be ohserved that a combination of the method of these last four 

 figures with that of fig. 5 would afford a very easy plan of multiplying 

 the original motion eight times. 



The above methods would, in many cases, multiply motion a suffi- 

 cient number of times without being' liable to the objections which 

 apply to cog-wheels. In conclusio[i, it may be observed that the 

 mechanism here described involves no wasle of power. This might 

 be demonstrated fur each particular case, but it will perhaps be suffi- 

 cient to remind the general reader of the common principle of me- 

 chanics—that increase of velocity compensates for diminution of 

 power. 



The number of revolutions of the steam engine crank is usually 

 mulliplied 4 or o times by cog-wheels, for ihe purpose of driving the 

 Archimedean screw. 



H. C. 



THE CAMBRIDGE CAMDEN SOCIETY. 



Tliose who maintain the vulgar notion that " honesty is the best 

 policy," will feel no surprise at the announcement of the dissolution 

 of the Cambridge Camden Society, a proceeding recommended by the 

 Venerable the President, as "an act of dutihilness and an act uf 

 grace," — fine words, if it were possible to attach to them any mean- 

 ing. The proximate cause of this movement appears to be the re- 

 tirement of several of the most influential patrons of the Society, dis- 

 gusted by the persevering misconduct of tlie managing committee, or 

 of the individuals who are permitted to exercise its functions, and 

 more especially by a late obnoxious publication smuggled through the 

 University press, in the name of the Society, imder most aggravated 

 circOmstances of bad faith. It will occur to most unprejudiced people, 

 that it would have been more to the purpose if those who have thus 

 worked out their own disgrace and the dishonour of the Society, had 

 dissolved themselves, instead of dissolving their constituency ; and 

 whether the members in general may or may not take this view of 

 the case, yet remiins to be seen. Feeling that Cambridge, of all 

 places in the British empire, is one best calculated to establish ami 

 support an efficient Architectural Association, we should most sin- 

 cerely regret the dissolution of the Camden Society, could we belii've 

 it possible so to cleanse it as to render it available for the avowed ob- 

 jects for which it was originally instituted — but we fear its odour has 

 become too rank to admit of purification by any means. So the sooner 

 it is dead and buried the better — the sooner will a more worthy suc- 

 cessor occupy its place, profiling by past experience not to be made 

 the tool of a party, or to suffer its management to pass into the bands 

 of a clique of overgrown school-boys. 



Our general sentiments on this subject are so well expressed by a 

 correspondent at head quarters, in a late number of the Cambridge 

 Chronicle, that we cannot do belter than quote a portion of liis letter. 



"The President," (spe. iking of the dissolution of the society), "la. 

 boured under .-vident embarrassment. His address was feeble, per- 

 plexed, and, strange to sav of him, uncandid. Much complaint was 

 made of injustice, oblo(piy, misrepresentation, l)ut with no graceful 

 confession of the slightest fault or oversight on the part of the mana- 

 gers of the society. He enlarged on its services, but let fall not a 

 word as to any impropriety in its authorized publications, or any im- 

 prudence in any uf its accredited agents. No apology was made for 

 the publication of a Romish Calendar by one of its secretaries, or of 

 its being printed, through the confidence placed in him as such, at the 

 Press of the University. Surely this gentle dealing savoured rather 

 of the partiality of the lover than the discretion of the master. It was 

 to be 



" To her faults a little Idind, 

 And to her virtues very kind. 



"But what necessary connection had the conclusion of the address 

 with the premises? The society, or rather some of its officers, have, 

 in the estimation of certain dignitaries, committed grave errors. 

 Therefore the society, constituted for useful and pr.iiseworlhy ends, 

 must be dissolred. Is, then, no other course open? Cannot its 

 management be amended ? Is its origin.il and proper uliject insepa- 

 rably connected with the course uf proceeding objected to? Is the 

 ' Study of Ecclesiastical Architecture" to wliicli these high personages 

 are favourable, not capable of being pursued, unless in connexion with 

 the encouragement of Popish absu.dities or errors ? Cannot useful 

 hints be given to churchwardens fur the preservation of the ancient 

 and sacred edifices entrusted lo their charge, without intruding into 

 the office and duties of the Archdeacon ? Cannot a design be fur- 

 nished for a Church at Hong Kong, unless a Romish Almanack be 

 simultaneously printed at the Pitt Press, by a secretary of the society, 

 or the envelope of the plun be stamped with the effigies of Saints of 

 the Romish Calendar? 



" The disiolulion of the society, hy its own act, because of complainti 

 made on grounds here hinted at, amoutitu to a coii/'essiou on its part, that 

 it considers its avowed ohjtct not north carrying out, unless it can be 

 made the means of promoting ol/ur ends not avotced; and nhich, if they 

 had Uenacowtd, the society would never have been composed of its present 

 inemiers. I cannot believe that the members at hirge will acquiesce 

 ill a resolution which can only be justified by such a confession on 

 their part. Such indeed are, it seems, the views of the committee. 

 But the existence of the society cannot depend altogether on them. 

 However gifted and industrious, they surely are not the only members 

 qualified to conduct the affairs of the society. If they are unwilling 

 tu submit to reasonable check and control, and to confine their labours 

 within due bounds, let others more discreet be substituted in their 

 place, who will carry out the legiliiniite aims of the society, without 

 giving its apparent sanction to opinions lending to disturb the peace 

 of the community, and to endanger the well-being of the Church." 



The passage marked in italics, exposes most correctly the whole 

 animus of the parties acting in the n.ime of the Society. Why can- 

 not thev avow what they mean? Are they ashamed or afraid ? That 

 they are either the one or the other must be the inevitable conclusion 

 of every one accustomed to call things by their right names. They 

 have as much right to hold aiid to |)iiblisli their ojjinions as other 

 people, and in the name of common honesty let them do it without 

 interfering with pursuits in which they have no real concern, anil with 

 which they have meddled only to bring them into disrepute and sus- 

 picion. 



To those who prefer the crooked path to the straight, it will be a 

 satisfaction to know, that the Ecclesiologist, although its cessation as 

 the organ of the Society forecasts a shadow of the approaching cata- 

 strophe of the Society itself, is still destined to flourish under the 

 guidance of the component egos of the ?oe who piously drank the beer 

 in the wheelbarrow (see the Ecclesiologist, No. 4). Farewell there- 

 fore to the Ecclesiologist of the Camden Society. The new series 

 may at a future opportunity ofi'er something for comment. For the 

 present it maybe sufficient to observe, on the authority of the preface, 

 that its " tone and principles" are to be " the same," and " its objects 

 identical" with those of the preceding publication, and as consider- 

 able importance is attached to a motto, (see page 29). We most 

 respectfully beg leave to suggest a most appropriate one from a cele- 

 brated political ode — 



" lluw clear, convincing, eloquent and buhl, 

 The ready lie ! with manly courage told ! 

 Which spoke in public comes with greater force, 

 And lieaid by hundred is belicveds of course." 



