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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. 



[July, 



known at aP. tlie stations instantaneoiisly, and by a simple contrivance, it is 

 known to which, or from which station the message has been sent. One of 

 these telegraphs is to be shortly laid down on the railway from Edinburgh 

 to GlasROW. Mr. Bain also explained the way in which he made the dis- 

 covery leading to the simplification of the electric telegraph. 



PRICES OF PLATE GL.\SS. 

 (From Laxton^s Builder's Price Book.J 

 The following are the prices of plate glass agreed upon by the manufac- 

 turing companies. The table shews that the public receive more than the 

 full benefit of the reduction of the tariff. 



Fj,axman's Shield of Achili.es. — The cndurinp; celebrity of this truly 

 great work, and the high honour it has conferred upon this country by vindicating the 

 national claims of British sculptors to a high rank among those pre-eminent for taste, 

 judgment, and execution, have suggested the propriety of making a series of engravings 

 from what Sir Thomas Lawrence, in his eulogium on Flaxman nt the Royal Academy, 

 described as "a divine work, unequalled in combination of beauty, variety, and grandeur, 

 which the genius of Jlichael Angelo could not have surpassed. We have been favoured 

 with an iaspection of these engravings by flir. Freebairn, who has been long employed 

 upon them ; and feel tliat we scarce can adequately express our appreciation of his eflferts 

 and success. The compartments are seven in number, of which six, forming the series of 

 consecutive groupings — the embodiments cf Homer*s mighty sbadows ; the fllarriage, the 

 Judgment, the Battle, the Reaping and Ploughing, the Vintage, and the Attack on the 

 Flock by Lions— aie already completed ; the seventh, Apollo in the Car, forming the cen- 

 tre piece, is at present in progress. The exquisite tinish of these engravings, the chaste- 

 ness of the execution, and the boldness of relief, so perfect that the sight requires the aid 

 of a grosser sense to convince the mind that the surface is not embossed, place them nearer 

 the level of their i?reat original than can well be conceived. Tlie whole are so arranged 

 that they are capable of being combined in one, forming to the eye an exact counterpart 

 of the original, the size beinjj precisely the same. — * Times.' 



LIST OP KSW PATENTS. 



GRANTED IN ENGLAND FROM MAY 29, TO JUNE 25, 1845, 



Six Months allowed for Enrolment^ unless otherwise expressed, 



Charles William Fircbild, of Birmingham, gentleman, for "an improved cutting, sUcingi 

 grinding, and rasping machine." — Sealed I\Iay 29. 



Charles Keene, of Sussex-place. Regent's-park, Esq., for " Improvements in boots, 

 shoes, gaiters, overalls, and other like articles of apparel."— ]\Iay 29. 



John Naylor, of Goole, in the West Riding of Vork, agricultural implement manufac- 

 turer, for " Improvements in the machinery or apparatus for crushing, tearing, and pul- 

 verizing arable land." — May 31. 



John Masters, of Welibrd-place, Leicester, gentleman, for "certain improvements in 

 trouser fastenings, and in attaching the same, and ulso in the application of an elastic 

 material or fabric to trousers, and other articles of dress." — May 31. 



William Palmer, of Sutton-street, Clerkenwell, for " Improvements in the manufacture 

 of candles aiul lamps, and shades or chimneys."— June 2. 



Cornelius Whitehouse, of Wolverhampton, pun barrel manufacturer, for " Improve- 

 jnents in machinery for welding and hammering, and in the manufacture of gun barrels 

 and other lubes." — June ;-t. 

 William Lucy, of Biiming 



„ .m, miller and baker, for *' Imprcvi 

 dough.'*— June a. 



Woses I*oole, of the Patent Office, Chancery-lane, London, gentler 

 meuls in the cunstruction of vessels to contain Uipiids and substance 

 of impreguuting liquids with gasts, and in drawing otf such liquids fv 

 in closing such vessels."— June a. 



John Reading, of Birmingham, manufacturer, for " certain improvements in fastenings 

 for articles of dross."— June 3, 



ints m prepavmg 



I. for " Improve- 

 and in the means 

 such vessels, and 



John Davis, of Brettell-lane, Stafford, glass manufacturer, for * 

 or certain improvements in or applicable to lamps.' — June 3. 



William Coston Ailken, of Birmingham, clerk of works, for " 

 or certain improvements in ornamenting cornices, ends for cornic 

 curtain bands, and certain other articles." — June 3. 



John Lionel Hood, of Saint John's Wood, gentleman, for '- Improvements in the ap 

 plication of motive power fur locomotive and other purposes." (A communication.— 

 Jun^a. 



William Newton, of Chancery-lane, civil engineer, for 

 cotton, daxen and hempen yarns and fabrics." 



Pierre Thirinn, of Hitfs place, Clerkenwell. lur skii 

 ments in dressing furs and skins." (A communication. 



William Brent Brent, of Gower-street, Bedford-square, barrister-at-la' 

 improvements in machinery for cutting or excavating 



Thomas Lawes, of Old Kent Road, Surrey, pentlen 



1 certain improvement 



1 dyeing 



• certam improve- 

 for " certain 



" certam improve- 

 nprovemenl, or cer- 



l removing earth." — June 3. 

 , for " Improvements in propell- 

 ing caitiages on rail and other roads, and bjats or vessels on canals or rivers, which im- 

 provements ere also applicable to machinery in general."— June 3. 



William Palmer, of Sutton-street, Clerkenwell, manufacturer, for " Improvements in 

 working atmospheric railways, pnd in lubricating railway and other machinery." — June 3. 



Joseph Cliff, of Wortley, fire brick manufacturer, for " Imi»rovements in the manufac- 

 ture of alum, and of aluminous comi ounds, from a substance not hitherto used for that 

 purpose, and in the production of an improved tire-clay from the residuum thereof."^ 

 June 5. 



Henry Carr, of Abingdon, Berks, butcher, for " certain improvements in the construc- 

 tion of temporary roofs or coverings." — June 5. 



James Hardy, of Birmingham, gentleman, for *' Improvements in the manufacture of 

 metallic tubes or pipes by machinery."— June 0. 



William Willcocks Sleigh, of Stamford Brook House, Chiswlck, doctor of medicine and 

 surgeon, for a hydro-mechanic apparatus for produting motive power. To extend to the 

 colonies only."— June 7. 



Samuel Harvey, of Halesworth, Suffolk, cabinet-maker, for " certain Improvements in 

 sawing machinery."— June 7 . 



David Hende 

 ments in cranes 



Thomas Silver Shaw, of Birmingham, pawnbroker, for ' 

 tain improvements in the construction of roasting jacks."- 



James Murdoch, of Staple Inn, mechanical draughtsman, for '* a certain improvement, 

 or ceitain improvements in dyeing." (A communication.)— June 10. 



Jphn Fisher, the younger, of Hadford Works, Nottingham, gentleman, James Gibbons, 

 of New Radford, machinist, and Thomas Rot, of New Radford, machinist, for " certain 

 improvements in the manufacture of lace or net, and other fabrics, and certain improve- 

 ments in machinery for figuring or ornamenting lace or net, aod other fabrlcB." — June 10. 



Thomas Smith, of Wood-street, Cheapside, gentleman, for '• Improvements in suspend- 

 ing carriages, and in the construction ol wheels for carriages." — June 10. 



Joseph Washington Tyson, of Burton Crescent, esq., for " Improvements in fire arms 

 and ordnance." (A communication.;— June 10. 



Robert Brooks, jun., of St. Alban's, tallow chandler, for "certain apparatus for facili- 

 tating the playii.g on stringed musical instruments."— June 12. 



Thomas Willis, of Manchester, machine maker and iron founder, for *• certain improve- 

 ments in machinery for spinning, doubling, and winding cotton, silk, woollen, and lines 

 yarns, warp and weft, to be used for all manufacturing purposes to which the same are 

 applicable." — June 12. 



Frederick Rosenborg, of Kingston-upon-Hull, gentleman, for "Improvements in the 

 arrangement or cuustrnclion of machinery or apparatus for propelling or impelling ves- 

 sels, and in steering or manoeuvring the same." — June 12. 



Benjamin Fothergill, of Manchester, machine maker, for "Improvements in certain 

 parts of machinery used in the preparation for spinning, and in the spinning and doubling 

 of cotton, wool, and other fibrous substances." — June 17. 



Auguste Clierot, of Nantes, in the kingdom of France, for "certain improvements in 

 machinery for spinning flax, hemp, and other fibrous materials." — June 17. 



Richard Archibald Brooman, of Fleet-street, London .gentleman, for *' certain improve- 

 ments in machinery for weaving." (A communication.)— Juuc It?. 



Charles Hague, of Oldham, brass founder, and William Madeley, of Manchester, ma- 

 chine mdker, for '* Improvements in, or applicable to, ctrtain machines employed in the 

 slubbing, roving, or preparing to be spun, ol cotton and other fibrous substances, and an 

 improved apparatus for lubricating shafts and bearings of or in such machines for the 

 purpose of reducing friction, and which ^paratus is also applicable to other shalting and 

 machinery."— June 11). 



Michel Antoine Berlin Burin du Buisson, of Lamb's Conduit-street, chemist, for "new 

 and improved metiiods for the distillation of bituminous schisLus, and other bituminous 

 substances, as well as for the purification, rectification, and preparation necessary for the 

 employment of the productioua obtained by such distillation for various useiul purposes.'* 

 —June 23. 



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

 for withdrawing air, gases, and other vapours." {A. communication.) — June 23. 



Thomas Aspinwall, of Bishopsgate Church-yard, esq., for " Improvements in ordnance 

 carriages, comprising apparatus for governing the recoil, and likewise for moving the 

 piece of ordnance backwards and forwards." (A communication.)— June 23. 



John Field, jun., of West Brixton, gentleman, for " Improvements in apparatus for as- 

 certaining the alcoholic strsngth of liquids." (A communication.)— June 23. 



William Morris, of Thanet place, Strand, civil engineer, for ** Improvements in the 

 apparatus and machinery for tilling and draining land."— June 23. 



Thomas Clarke, of Hackney, engineer, and John Varley, of Poplar, engineer, for "an 

 improvement on the atmospheric system of propulsion, which is also applicable to other 

 purposes." — June 23. 



Henry Whiting, of Southwark Bridge-road, hatters' furrier, for "certain improvements 



in machinery or apparatus for shaping the brims of hats." {k communication.)— June 23. 



William Pollard, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gentleman, for " certain improvements of 



the production of combustible gases, and in the application of the same as fuel."— June 



23. 



id George Hennett, of 



of apparatus used for 



ts in propelling car- 



Robert Griffiths, of Havre, George Hinton BoviU. ofMillwall, 

 Bristol, engineers, for " Improvements in the construction of pari 

 jiropelling carriages and vessels by the atmosphere, and i 

 riages and vessels by atmospheric pressure." — June 23. 



Joseph Zambaux, of Paris, chemist, for "Improvements in atmospheric railways." — 

 June 25. 



William Sykcs Ward, of Leeds, gent., for " Improvements in exhausting air from tubes 

 or vessels for the purpose of working atmospheric railways, and for other purposes." — 

 June 20. 



James Augustus Dorr, of the city, county, and state of New York, of the United States 

 of America, for "certain improvemems in machinery or apparatus for knitting." (A 

 communication.)- June 25, 



