1847.] 



THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. 



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LIST OF FOREIGN BOOKS LATELY PUBLISHED. 



Civil Engineering, Architecture, and their Collaterals. 



FRENCH WORKS. 



C3i(Ji:/.i, J., Kopernik — Copernicus and his Works. Paris: 8vo. 6s. 

 Lerou.r de Linctj, Hotel de Ville— History of the Paris Guildhall. 

 Paris : 4to., plates. 25s. 



Vignente, B.,Trrisateur — Practical and Law Handbook of the Irrigator 

 Paris : 12mo. 2s. Oil. 



Boiirdnf, J. M., Th^orie— Theory of Eclipses, and the annular eclipse 

 of Oct. 9, 1S47, visible on the ancient Continent. Paris : 12mo. 



Granjean de Montigny, Architecture — Tuscan Architecture, Palaces, 

 and other edifices, measured and designed by. Second Edilion, with an 

 addition on the Tombs of Italy. Paris: fol., 134 plates. £2 15s. 



Kl^c, F., Deluge — Geological and Historical considerations on the last 

 Cataclysms of the Globe. Paris: 12nio. 3s. Gd. 



Palonceau, A. R., Les Eaux — Practical Treatise on M^ater. Paris : 

 I2mo., plates. 3s. 



Raij de DIorandc, Examen — Critical Examination of the Cosmos by 

 HiimboUU, with a new system of the Universe. Paris : 8vo. 2s. 6d. 



Vanaidd, A., Genie — The Genius of Art; Studies on tiie most celebrated 

 Painters, Sculptors, &c. Paris : 8vo., plates. Os. 



Batissier, L., Histoire — History of Monumental .\rt in the Ancient and 

 Middle Ages, with an Essay on Glass Painting. Paris : gr. 8vo., plates. 

 £l Is., [A very important work.] 



Thierry, Jan., Methode— Graphic and Geometric method of Linear 

 Drawing. Second Edition ; corrected by F. C. M. Marie. Paris : ob- 

 long Svo., plates. 10s. 6d. 



Chazallon, M . R., Maries — Annuary of the Tides on the Coast of 

 France in 1847. Published at the Depot of the Navy. Paris : 18rao. 



iiio/i«rrf, C'heinios de Fer — The Great French North Line, from Paris 

 to Ostend and Cologne. Paris: ISmo., 2 cliarts on steel. 2s. Od. 



Annuaire — Annuary of the Ecole poljtechuique, up to the year 184G. 

 Paris. 



Andraud, Systfeme — Atmospheric Railways, after the system of, — Paris: 

 8vo., plates. 



' lUinard, M., Cours — Course of Hydraulic constructions at Sea-ports, 

 delivered at the College of Koads and Bridges. Paris : 4to., Atlas. 

 £1 5s. 



Mignard, B. R., Traile— Treatise, Theoretical and Practical, on Con- 

 struction. Paris : 8vo., Atlas in folio. 



Fontenay, T., Notice — Notice on the Construction of the Tunnels of 

 St. Cloul and Montretout, with general observations on subterranean pas- 

 sages, and the dimensions and prices of sixty-six tunnels in France, Eng- 

 land, and Belgium. Paris : 8vo., plates. 5s. 



Vicat, L. I., Etudes — Studies on the Artificial Pozzolanas, composed of 

 the natural ores of Italy, and their use in buildings in fresh and salt 

 water. Paris : 4to., pi. 8s. 



Prus, C, Tables — Tables on the tracing of Converging Curves (t. dr 

 raccordemeiit). Paris: 12mo. 5s. 



Richard et Qiictin, Guide — The Traveller's Guide through Monumental 

 France. Paris: 12mo,, chart. 10s. 



Montfalcon et PaiiuiSre, Traite— Treatise on the Salubrity of large Cities. 

 Paris : Svo. 



Application of the Properties of actual Celerity to the dilTerent condi- 

 tions of Stability of Vaults and Dressings, by General Count L. Paris : 

 4to. 



St. Claire Dh-ille. Etudes — Geological Studies on the Islands of Tene- 

 rifle and Fogo. Paris : 4to. 



Adhemar, J., Perspective— Perspective of distant objects, being a Sup- 

 plement to the Treatise on Perspective. Paris: 4lo. Atlas in folio. 



Sommeraud. F., Arts— The Arts in the Middle Ages, Roman Palace at 

 Paris, Hotel de Cluny, &c. Paris: Five volumes, 8vo. 



Nonnand, Modern Paris — Villas and Rural Constructions about Paris; 

 plans, elcTaiions, and general outline of their architecture. Paris : 8vo., 

 plates. Each Part, 2s. 



France.— Caen, Feb. 2.— A basin for the accommodation of shipping is 

 in progress at llus port. To render it of more service, a canal from the 

 town to ihe sea (which are eight miles aparl) will, it is hoped, be completed 

 during this year. At present, ships have to thread the shallow and ser- 

 pentine Oriie to reach the town. A harbour of refuge is also in course of 

 construction at Port en Bersin, wliich will be invaluable, not only to 

 French, but to English shipping, there being now no place of refuge be- 

 tween Havre and Cherbourg, i he proposed harbour is nearly opposite to 

 Chichester, in Sussex, and, when complete, will be capable of floalio" 

 men-of-war. 



AMERICAN PATENTS. 



Improvements in the portable forge. C. V. Queen, Peeksville, New York. 

 Tlie lorge is provided with shutters, which slide around to enclose the fire- 

 place when not in operation. The forge fan is provided with a pipe which 

 communicates with the bellows, and from this pipe there is a brnnch provid- 

 ed with a valve, so that air can he .idmitted to the fire, when the bellows ii 

 not at work. 



Improvement in the method of letting dou-n and raising propellers. R. P. 

 Loper, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 



It consists in attaching two screws to cog wheels on tlie deck of the ves- 

 sels, which mash into a large cog wheel on the dram of a capstan, the 

 threads of the screws taking into nuts formed in the sliding frame of the 

 propeller, the sides of which frame are bored out cylindrically to a certain 

 depth, to admit the screws to pass therein, and to protect them from the 

 action of the salt water deposits and rust, which would otherwise prevent 

 their working. 



Improvements in water wheels, William Drijips, Coatsville, Pennsylvania, 

 consists ill making the apertures in the wheel, for the introduction of the 

 water to the buckets, to extend through the outer or cylindrical perimeter 

 thereof, near the top, and then spirally down through, between the buckets, 

 to the bottom thereof, in the manner described, in combination with the 

 funnel-shaped inner rim and curved buckets ; and also the combination of the 

 sliding frame, and segment valves connected therewith, by rods or stems of 

 unequal lengths, for letting on the water by degrees. 



Improvements in truss frames of bridges, Nathaniel Rider, Soutli Bridge, 

 Massachusetts, relates to the mode of producing the camber of the truss, by 

 distension wedges, or apparatus, applied between the ends of the bars of the 

 upper stringer, or chord, in combination with ihe contractile and cambering 

 chain, made and applied to the lower or other snitable part uf the truss. 

 The wedges are applied at the junctions of the pieces composing the upper 

 stringer of the arch, and below the arch there is a chain made in two parts, 

 and connected by a swivel screw, for the purpose of shortening the chain 

 which supports the arch. 



Improved method of indicating the height of water in steam boilers, 

 George Faber, Canton, Ohio; consisting simply in attaching a magnet to the 

 axis of motion of a wheel or lever, to wliich the float is suspended or at- 

 tached, to cominunicate motion by attraction and repulsion, to an index 

 needle turning on an axis outside the boiler, and separated from the magnet 

 by a steam-tight plate. 



Improvement in the steam engine, R. F. Loper, Philadelphia, Pennsyl- 

 vania ; consisting in rotating two crank shafts with equal velocities and in 

 opposite directions, by means of a connecting rod, extending from the cross- 

 head of a steam engine to the two crank shafts, the centre of vibration of 

 the cross-head being centrally between tliem. The claim is for connecting 

 the cross-head of a reciprocating engine with two crank shafts on opposite 

 sides of, and at equal distances from, the centre of vibration, by means of a 

 connecting rod or lever turning on the cross. head, and reciprocating with it, 

 and taking hold of the cranks on the two crank shafts, by which they are 

 caused to turn in opposite directions, and with equal velocities, as herein 

 described. 



Improvements in (he steam engine, William A. Lighthall, Albany, New 

 York; consisting of the arrangement and disposition of the steam chests, side 

 pipes, condenser, exhaust pipe, bed plate, and air pump, in combination with 

 the cylinder lying horizontal upon the solid keelson or frame, said cylinder 

 being in the hold of the vessel, below the deck beams. Second, the mode 

 of working the valves whole and half stroke, by the combination of the ec- 

 centric wheel, eccentric hook and branch hook, the heart cam and cam hook, 

 together with the hollow rock shaft, substantially as described, in combina- 

 tion with the cylinder in the aforesaid horizontal position. 



Improvement in tie water wheel, William Lamb, \Vhitestown, New York, 

 consists in the construction of water wheels designed to run under water, 

 with one, two, or more floats so placed in relatiou to the shaft and body of 

 the wheel as to form a short transverse section of a screw of one, t«o, or 

 more threads respectively — to be made of any suitable material, and of a 

 shape that may be moulded and cast whole, or to be made of wood, or part 

 of each — in combination with a coiled or scroll trunk, so made as to bring 

 the water in contact with one side of the wheel, and conduct it around the 

 wheel in the direction the wheel runs (except what is discharged in its pas- 

 sage) the trunk being diminished in size gradually by drawing in the side or 

 sides, or by gradually raising the bottom, or both, so that the size of the 

 trunk at any given point, shall be adapted to the quantity of water remain- 

 ing undischarged at tnat point, in its passage around the wheel under the 

 floats ; said trunk to be made of metal or wood, or part of each, and of a 

 size and form best adapted to the circumstances. 



