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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



[November, 



Imioktant R.iawAV AMAiGAMArioN.— An amalsoraalion of llif Loinlon 

 and Birmingham Railway Company with th«t of ths Grand JuncUon, lias jusi bten con 

 eluded On a unlculation of the respective iaU-reats of the paatles, it appeared, that whil- 

 the London and Birmingham line yielded the full diyldsnd of In per cunt, the Grand 

 Junction was in a condition to pay 1:.' per cent., 90 that the eoualiialon of the two proa 

 perties, for equal dividends in future, required that the Grand Junction shares should be- 

 ■' written up" ->0/.'per share ; and it was therefore ajreed that new shares of ■-'u/. each 

 should be created, free of cost, to bo added to the original shares, and th« whole formed 

 into common stock, eu.ltled to common dividends from the 1st of October Insl. It has 

 been determined, also, we understand, that on the Sondoo and Birmingham line the com- 

 pany will now commence being their own carriers, and that a eonsldorablo reduciion will 

 at once be made in the charges for the conrenleace both of goods and passeugers, so as to 

 render the calculations upon which any project of competing lines may bo baseii extremely 

 unpromising. By arrangements in progress, the consolidatwl company will proceed to 

 establish what has long been considered a desideratum,— a complet« system of trunk lines 

 from London to Glasgow (via the Carlisle and the Caledonian), and I'rem London to Holy- 

 head, and across Ireland ; and they have decided eo encourage In every way ths foJwatioD, 

 into such trunk lines, of the most direct lines subserving tha trade of the country. 



Exi-KRiMK>T3 IN Woolwich Mabsiiks, Ocr. 24.— Kxperimcnta wero mads 

 on a newly-erected one-gun battery, constructed, under the superintendence of Lieut. -Col 

 Barney, on a nrinclple suggested by Col. Abbett. The battery was mB<ia 1," fwt in thick- 

 ness, by about il feet In front, and 8 feet high, with tha embrosure f«<.ed with stone in- 

 side, into which was flied an iron boll attaching a traversing platform 111 fe-H long, on 

 which an 8-inch gun nn a ship or garrison carriage was mounted. Tbs basa of tha em- 

 brasure is very high, on Col. Abbott's principle, being within half an inch of the under 

 part 0, the gun wtien nin out for firing, and directed against au object about sll feet high 

 St 25U yards' range. The firing took place with hollow 8-luch shells, weighing 481b. aud 

 56;b., and ths charges of powder were in the first instances alb., and afterwards HHb. to 

 each round, and the last shell lired burst from Ihg sffect of the large charge, although it 

 did not contain any explosive materials Inside the metal of which It was forinsd : 17 rounds 

 were tired into the mound, and the shortest recoil of the gun and carriage on tha platform 

 was 11 feet 1 inch, the whole giving an average revoil of 7 feet t>^ Inches. The masonry of 

 the embrasure appeared to answer very well and proved very secure. The wheels of the 

 traversing platform are supported on circular pieces of Iron screwed down upon wood 

 imbedded in the earth, similar to railway sleepers and about the same dimensions. Thv 

 other parts of the ground are left In the usual stott wile a small quantity of sand and 

 gravel packed upon it to render it dry. 



XiXST OF MBW PATENTS. 



GRANTED IN ENGLAND FROM SEPTEMBER 25, TO OCTOBER 24, 1845. 



Six MontJis allowed for Enrolment, ttnless otherwise expressed, 



Alexander Bain, of Hanover-«treet, B(''uburgh, engineer, for " Improvfiuentg in elee 

 trie clocks and telegraphs, part of which Improvements are applicable for other puppeses.* 

 —Sealed September '2'y. 



Alfred Vincent NeMon, of Chancery-lane, mechankal draughtinian, for " certain Im- 

 provementt in machinery for manufacturing screws." (A coiuiBunication.) — S«pt. *Jo. 



Alfred Vincent Newton, of Chancery-lane, taechanical draaghtsman, for *' certajn Im 

 provementa in machinery for manufacturiug metal pipes or tubes." (A commuiilcation. 

 — September 'lb. Z 



John Reed Hill, of 28, 3tamford-»tre«t, Lambeth, civil engineer, for "cortaln Improve. 

 ments in atmospheric propulsion applicable to water aa well as land carriage." (A com. 

 niuuication.)— October 2. ^ 



George Roberts, of \VelI-stre«t, Crlpplegate, miner, for " certain Improwmeot* in the 

 construction of lamps for Illuminations."— October 2. 



John Kershaw Ramsbottom, of Lancaster cotton-spinner, for "certain ImprovemeBts 

 in machinery or apparatus used in the preparation of cotton or other tibrons Bobstaaces 

 for spinning."— October *_*. 



Frederic Rosenberg, of Kingston-upon-Hull, gentleman, and John Mahun. ©f the same 

 place, gas manufacturer, for "certain ImproTements in, or apparatus for \rAtertng, ma* 

 nuring, and drying trees, plants, seeds, and roots, and for accelerating and Improving 

 the growth and produce of tree*, plants, seeds, and roots." — October *_'. 



Alfred Hall, of Coisackie, America, brick-maker, for "certain Iniprovements hi ma- 

 chinery or apparatus for making, moulding, or manufactnring bilcks, tiles, aad other 

 articles from earthy or plastic materials." — October t.'. 



George Daniel Bishopp, of Edgbaston, Warwick, cItII engineer, for " Improv«nenta io 

 certain engines or machines used for obtaining mecbanicel power, and ti)r raising and 

 impelling fluids.'*— October 2. 



Robert Clark, of Newburgh, ship-painter, and Alexander Plmle, of the same place, 

 ship's-amith, for " certain ImproTements In steering vessvls." — October J. 



John Simpson, of Langton Rectory, York, ilerk, for " certain Improrements In obtain- 

 ing and applying motire poner." — October 3. 



John Hale, of Leicester-square, Middlesex, esq., for " certain ItnproTementa in guns. * 

 •—October 2. 



Graziana Cont^, of Regent-street, Middlesex, merchant, for "Improvements in ma. 

 chinery for cutting, earring, and sculptnriug marble, stone, wood, and other like sub- 

 ctances." (A communication,)— October 3. 



Moses Poole, of the Patent Bill Office, tiondon, gentleman, for '* Improvements in rails 

 for railways." (A communication) — October tJ. 



Gabriel HIppolyte Moreau, r»alding at No. IS, Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle, Paris, gen- 

 tleman, for " an improved ste&m carriage." — October ♦■', 



Augustus Julitn Van Oo«t, of Gesbruffe, near Ohent, but now of Osnabupgh-street, 

 ■Regent's- park, " Improvemeuta la treating seed, aad in preparing materials u«^ for fer- 

 tilizing land and for aiding vetjetfttloa." — Octobec »». 



Thomas Russell Crarapton, of Soqthvtu-k-»qneM^, fiUrrey, eagi^eer, for "Improve- 

 ments in locomotive tugines and railways."— October t>, 



Thomas Howard, of the King aod Queec Iroa Works, RAthecblthe. Surrer, Iroa Manu- 

 facturer, for " Improvementa In rolling iron bars for saspeusloB br!d^«« and otber pur- 

 poses."— October t>. 



Joseph Quick, of Summer-street, Southwark, engineer, for *' lMiprovemeaI« in stean- 

 engi nee. "—October y. 



John Luke, of ApsWy, Herts, civil engineer, for " certain ImprovemeBtsin propelling." 

 —October 9, 



Isaac Hartes, of Ilosedale Abbey, York, farmer, for "certain Improvements in mochlaes 

 or machinery for rowing, sowing, and naanrlnff laaH.^ — October 0. 



Edmund Morewood, of Thornbrldge^ Derby, mercbant, and George Ro^rs, of Steam- 

 dale, gentleman, for " Improvement* in the manufacture of Iron into sbeets, plates, or 

 other forms, ia coating iron, and in preparing iron for coating, and other purposes."— 

 October 0. 



Alexander Parkes, of Birmingham, artist, for •• Improvements In coating or cov^-ing 

 certain metals «t-ith other metals and raettillic alloye, an<i for orrramenting the surfaces of 

 various metallic artlcloa."— October 9, 



Thomas Woor; Gray, of M'orkworth-terrace, Ccmmercial-roail, plumber, for " Im- 

 provenieiits In ports, and apparatus for opening and closing ports of ships or other ves- 

 sels, also applicable in opening and closing windows, and other instruments having the 

 like movements." — October 9. 



Henry Francis, of Wardour-street, civil engineer, for " Improvements in tha manufac- 

 ture of gas."— October 9. 



Edmund Morzaa. of Tenby, Pembroke, gentleman, for "an Improved envelope for 

 letters."— October 0. 



Edward Patrick Emerson, of the City of Dublin, doctor of medicine, for "Improve 

 ments in the manufactiirp of paints, pigments, cements, and other plastic compositions 

 aud in thu machinery or apparatus to be used in such manufacture, parts of which im- 

 provements are also applicable to themanufattureof artlticial stone aud marble."— Oct. it. 

 Thomas Holiingswortli, of Birmingham, cigar roerclunt, for "a certain Improvement 

 or certain improvements in the construction of cases for holding cigars."- October 'J. 



Joseph Edward Judson, of Aahton-under Lyne, Lancaster, saddler, and Edward Ban- 

 ton, of Walsall, Sufibrd, commercial traveller, for " A certain improvement or certain 

 Improvements in covering rollers used in spinning cotton and other threads, also in cover- 

 ing mill straps." — Oct. It. 



David Wilkinson, of Potttrs-pury, near Stony-Stratford, gentleman, for " Improvements 

 In obtaining motive power."— Oct. lU, 



Edward Lesley Walker, of Foley-place, professor of music, for " Improvements in 

 pIano.fortes."^Oct. 10. 



Joseph Clisild Daniell, of Tiverton Mills, near Bnth, clothier, for "Improvements ia 

 dressing awd tinishing woollen and other cloths."— Oct, lu. 



George Fergiisson Wilson, of Belmont, Vauihall, gentleman, George Gwynne, of Put- 

 ney, gentleman, aud James Plllans Wilson, of Belmont, aforesaid, geatleraan, for " Im- 

 provements in the manufacture of soap." — Oct. 10. 



Alexander Jamieson, and John Frederick Lundholm, of Tothill-street, Westminster, 

 manufacturing chemists, for " Improvements in dressing ores requiring washing."— Oc- 

 tober lo. 



John Whit«he(id, of Letds, for " Improvements in machinery for combing, hackling* 

 and straightening wool, flax, tow, and other fibrous substances." — Oct. lu. 



Frederick Harlow, of Paradise-street, Rotherbiihe, carpenter, for "Improvements in 

 atmospheric railways."— Oetober 10. 



Charles Nossiter, of Lyndon End, near Birmingham, for" Improvementa ia the manu- 

 facture of leather."— Oct. 10. 



James Hardcastle, of FIrwood, Bolton. le-Moorp, Lancaster, Esq., for "certain Im- 

 provements in the method of conveying water."— October 10. 



Charles Hanson, of Huddersfield, watch-maker, for "certain Improvements in clocks 

 watches, or time-keepers." — October lo. 



James Knowlea, junior, of BoIton-le-Moors, coal-merchant, and Atonio Buonaparte, 

 Woodcock, of Manchester, engineer, for "certain Improvements in machinery or appa- 

 ratus to be employed for raising coal, or othw matters from mines, which improvementa 

 are also applicable to raising or lowering men or auimals, or other similar purposes."— 

 October 10. 



William Hodgson Gratrix, of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, ribbon -weaver, for "certain 

 Improvements in looms for weaving ribbons and other fabric«."— Oct. 10. 



James Taylor, of Lochwinnoeh, Renfrew, carpet and rug manufacturer, for "certain 

 Improvements in ths manufacture of carpets, rugs, and piled fabrics." — Oct. h). 



Bdraund Parker, of Trlng, Herts, decorative painter, for " certain Im{<rovementa in 

 graining and decorating in oil, distemper, and other colors, aud in Imitating marbles, 

 granites, fancy and other woods, and in the apparatas and instiuments to be used there- 

 in."— Oct. 11. 



Benjamin West, of Saint James* Walk, Clerkeowell, bookbinder, for "certain Improve- 

 ments in covering or stoppering the tops of bottles, jars, pots, and other similar veseela." 

 —Oct. I'i. 



Stephen Reed, of the town and county of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gentleman, for " cer- 

 tain Improvements In railway rails and chairs," — Oct. It>, 1^4.> 



William Elliott, of Birmingham, button manufacturer, for " Improvements in the ma- 

 nufacture of buttons."— Oct. Ifj. 



John Barsham.of Long BIflford,Saflrolk, manufacturer of bitumen, for "Improvements 

 in the manufacturd of mattresses, cushions, brushes, and brooms, and in machinery for 

 preparing certain materials applicable to such purposes."- Oct. I'i. 



John Marshall, of Seuthampfon-street, Strand, tea-dealer, for ** Improvements iu pre- 

 paring cocoa and chocolate." — Oct. !'•. 



William Betts, of Smithfield-bars, dlatiller, for " Improvements in the manufacture of 

 brandy, gin, and rum, and other BrlUsh spirlls and compounds."— Oct. I'J. 



James Webster Hall, of Fltzroy-square, gentleman, for " Improvements ia machinery 

 for cleaning or freeing wool, and certain other hbrous materials, of burrs, and other ex- 

 traneous sobstances,"— Oct. I'i. 



Hippolyte Pierre Francois Desranges, of No, I, Skinner's-place, Size-lane, City of Lon- 

 don, gentleman, " for an Improvement or iroprovementa in the mode of manufactuping 

 corks." (A communication.)— Oct. 17. 



WTUiam Henry Ste^-eneon, the of town and county of Nottingham, merchant, for "certain 

 Improvements in machinery, or apparatus to be used in dyeing or staining."— Oct. 1". 



Joseph Orzi, of Plmlico, geutleman, for '• Improvements in sleepers, orblocka, for sup- 

 porting railways."— October 2.i- 

 Thomas Taylor, of Manchester, cabinet maker, for " certain Improvements applicable to 

 machinery or apparatus employed for sawing timber." — Oct. 2^. 



Thomas Worsdell, jun., of Stratford, Essex, railway-carriage builder, for "certain Im- 

 provements in apparatus to be attached to and employed ia connexion with railway car- 

 riages."— October 2a. 



Arthur Smith, of St. Helen's, manufacturing chemist, for "certain Improvements in 

 the manufacture of soda ash."— Oct. 2^!. 



William Coles Fuller, of Browniow-street, Holborn, cabinet maker; for " Improvements 

 in the construction ot carriages for railways." — October 2;^. 



Wiliiam Thomas, of the City of London, merchant, for " certain Improvements ia the 

 CQUBtruction of umbreliaa aud parasols,"— Oct. 2^1. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



E. H.— We will endeavour to ava'l ourselvesnext month, of the courteousloflTer respect- 

 ing the communicatiou seut to us. 



iBI.— Tha principal works of Mr. Basevi besides the Fitzwilliam Museum were|3tock- 

 port Church, Belgrave Square, St. Saviour's Chelsea, Pelham Crescent, Sydney Place, aud 

 Thurloe Square. 



ERRATUM.— In page 353, col. 12, for • 



I depth" read "meaa draught." 



