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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. 



March, 



Aberdeen. The proatest activity prevails at the present time on nearly 



all the contracts taken of this line. From Aberdeen to the »oiith a commencement has 

 already been made. The contractors for the bridee to be erected over the ftlanse of Fel- 

 leresso have already broken the c;ro>ind, and o Htrong muster of workmen have b«en 

 placed on tlie works. On the contract extvndlng from Glennery distillery to Black-hill, 

 there are at the present time nearly '2('0 labourers employed. ;md four of the cuts are 

 nearly rea<l>' for the wagon-work. On the contract extending; from Black bill to KIsick, 

 there arc p. :-;reat number of men employed; and, on what is termed Forbe's contract, 

 there are upwards of l.OUO men engaged. 



Leeds and Bradford Extension. — The railway between Shipley and 

 Keighley Is proirreHsing rnpidly, with the exception of that part near Blngley Church, 

 called ihe Cinpley Uog. S:xiy t'jiis of earth anJ stones are cast into this bjg every hour 

 of the day. The earth and stnn»9 on the cast end are con?eyed by steam from the Nob- 

 wood, and from the west by horses. Notwithstanding this immense quantity bsing 

 druupeil iiit*-* the gulf ut botli eniis liy thr^e lines of railb, all is bWd'Knved up yvi^ry morn- 

 ing ; the heavy matter sinking thus, forces the hghter up, and makes a black spongy sm 

 bankment nu both sides. 



German Railways. — The Deutsche AUgemeine Zeitun^ of the 27th of 

 January, contains a review of the statistics of German railways, of which the foUowinj? 

 Is an abridgment : — At the commencement of the present year, the entire lentrth of all 

 the German riiilways which nre regularly open to circulation was r>lt2 geographical German 

 miles, of which 26 are tram-lines, 17.i beloog to various governments, and 419 to private 

 companies. Out of the 173 miles of state lines, Austria possesses 114^ ; Baden, .'15^; Ba- 

 ▼aria, 3l£; Bnuiswick, i;»i> ; Hanover, U'i ; Hesse-Uarmstadt, nearly 6ii ; Wurtemberg, 

 rather more than .'» , and Frankfort, somewhat more than 5. The private lines are pos- 

 sessed by2U companies. The lonpest is the Lower Silesi.m one, which is rjl-44 geogra- 

 phical miles, and runs from Berlin to Breslaw. with a branch line to Hennersdorf. The 

 next in length is the Emperor Ferdinand North Uailway (40 92 miles), extending from 

 Vienna to Brunn, Olmuti, Leipnik, and Stockerau. The Berlin and Hamburg line is 

 36-6tf miles ; the Upper Silesian (from Breslaw to Myslowitz), .Id 9» miles j the Bndweis 

 Lintz and Ginunrien Korsetine. 2';-l."t miles; the Berlin and Stettin, with a branch line 

 from the latter to Stargord, 22'Ga miles; the Berlin and Cothen, 20i»l miles ; the Berlin, 

 Potsdam, and Magdeburg, Uf 63 miles ; the VienuaandGloggnitz, with branch hues from 

 Wodling to Laxenburg, and from Vienna to Bruck, on the Leitha, 16 14 miles ; the Mag- 

 deburg and Leipsic, 16'1 miles; the Leipsic and Dresden, l.'^-48 miles ; the Altona and 

 Kiel, 14"2'J miles: the Saxo-Bavarian (from Leipsic to Reichenbach, with a branch line 

 to Zwickau), 14*13 miles; the Rhenish (from Cologne to Aix-la-Chapelle and the Belgian 

 frontiers), 1157 miles; tlie Thuringian (from Welssanfels to Weimar), U'SO miles; the 

 Saxo-Silesian (from GlogaH to Sayan), yd? miles; the Breslaw and Freiburgh, 8 96 

 miles ; the Cologne and Minden (from Uentz to Uuisburg), b'M miles ; the Magdeburgh 

 and Halberstadt, /-tvl miles ; the Taunus (from Frankfort to Mainz and Wiesbaden), 

 5\S5 miles ; the Rendsburg and Neumunster, 4"4l miles; the Dusseldorf and Elberfeld, 

 3*57 miles ; the Anhalt ai'd Bernburg, 2 ^i3 milfs ; the Cosel and Ratibor, 42r> miles ; the 

 Bonn and Cologne. .{'.'5 miles ; the Gluckstadt and Elmshorn, 2 22 miles; the Hamburg 

 and Bergedorf, 2 17 miles; and the Nuremberg and Furth, 81 mile. Twenty out of the 

 S8 states of Germany have railways ut present. There are only t^vo railways which are 

 completely fintahed, and provided throughout their entire length with double lines— the 

 Xeipsic and Dresden and the Magdeburg and Leipsic. The number of tunnels ou the 

 German lines open to circulation are Ifi, of which b are on the Rhenish Railway , 2 on 

 the Wurtemberg; 4 on the South Austrian (between the Gratz and Cilley) ; 3 on the 

 North Austrian (between Olmutz and Prague); 1 on the Bavarian state line (at Erlan- 

 gen), and 1 between Leipsic and Dresden. The longest is on th* Rhenish, at Konigsdorf, 

 between Cologne and Aix-la-Chapelle, being ,'),160 feet. 



Italian Hailuays. — The section of the railway from San Giuliano to Pisa 



has been opened, and the whole line from Pisa to Lucca is thus open to traffic. The 

 average number of passengers between San Giuliaoo and Pisa was computed at 612 daily. 

 The company of the Luccj and Postoja Railway held a second general meeting on the 

 30th October. The repnrt of Engineer Pohlmayer was read, who has been appointed by 

 a Bjlognese company to study the continuation of the Appennine railway between Poretta 

 and Bologna. According to bis report the works between Lucca and Altopascio, a leoglh 

 of 13,7U0 metres, are in an advanced state, and this section will probably be thrown open 

 to the public next spring. — The works are also going on actively on the Sienna Railway. 



WhitehareH and Maryport Railway is open for goods, and to be opened 



for passenger traffic on the 1st of March. 



German Railways. — On the 6th ult. an experimental train went from 



Hanover to Harburg, situated on the left bank of the Elbe, nearly opposite to Hamburg. 

 The line will be open to the public on the 1st of May next. The section from Hanover to 

 Blinden. which will complete the Berlin and Cologne Railway, is also expected to be 

 opened this year. As sooi; as tliis line is completed, chere will be railway communications 

 betnreea Paris^ Ucriiu, Hamburg, Breslau, and the Austrian frontier. 



lilST OF nEW PATENTS. 



GRANTED IN ENGLAND FROM JANt'ARY 21, TO FEBRUARY 19,1847. 



Six Months allowed for Enrolment j unless othe^'wise expressed. 



William Breyntoo, of the Inner Temple, London, Esq., for '' certain Improvements in 

 rotatory engines." — Sealed January L'l. 



Francis Preston, of Ardwick, near Manchester, spindle-maker, for " certain improve- 

 ments in machinery or apparatus to be used in the preparation of cotton and other tibrous 

 substances for spinning."— January l*;j. 



Frederick William Jowett, of Burton-upon-Trent, Stafford, engineer, for "certain Im- 

 provements in telegraphic communications."— January '2ii. 



Clemerce Augustus Kurtz, of Manchester, Lancaster, manufflcturing chemist, for "a 

 new manufacture of a certain colouring matter ; to be used in the dyeing or in the print- 

 log of woollen, cotton, silk, and other fabrics."— January '^S. 



Richard Walker, of Roohdale, Lancaster, cotton spinner, for "certain Improvements 

 in the apparatus lor the manufacture of pas for illnminalion. which said improvements 

 are applicable to the manufacture of other products of distillation." — January 2t>. 



William Phillips Parker, of 48, Lime-street, I^ondon, gentleman, for " improvemeuts 

 in bell machinery." ^A communication.)— January L'W. 



Thomas Webster Rammell. of 12, Dorset-place, Dorset-square, Bliddlesex, civil engi- 

 neer, for '* Improvements in the preparation and application of cork for linings and other 

 useful purposes." — January 2S. 



Elizabeth Oudinot Lutel. of Addle-street, London, for produc]i.g a certain texture elas- 

 tic io some parts.'* (A communicBtii>n.) —January 28. 



James Taylor, of Furnival's Inn. Middlesex, gentleman, for '* on Improved f^paratuB 

 •i»r boring into the earth." (A communication.)— January 28. 



Peter Armand Lecomte de Fontainemoreau.of I**', New Broad-«treet, London, for" cer- 

 tain Improvements i^ the process and apparatus for treating fatty bodies and the matters 

 producing them, such process and apparatus bein^^ equally applicable to the treattnfr 

 several other substances, and also f jr the process and apparatus necessary for the useful 

 applicable of all those products." — January 'JS. 



John Law, of York-place, Porlman-square, Middlesex, gentleman, for •' Improrements 

 in yarns, .ind the machinery by which the same are manufactured." (A communication.) 

 —January 28. 



John Praithwaite, of 39, Bedford-sqnar*, Middlesex, civil engineer, for "certain Im- 

 provements in heating, lighting, and ventilating." — Januaty 28. 



Thomas Barnabas Daft, of Birmingham, gentleman, for " Improvements in construct- 

 ing inkstauds, and in fastenings to elastic bundi." — February I. 



Richard Albert Tilghman, of Scott's Yard, Bush Lane, in the city of London, for *' Im- 

 provements in the manufacture of certain acids, alkalies, .md alkaline salts." — Feb. I. 



Edwani Newman Fourdrinier, of Cheddleton, in the cmnty of .stadord, paper msnu- 

 Bciurer, for "Improvements in apparatus to be used fur raising and lowering weights 



facturer, for " Improvements In apparatus to be used fur raising i 

 from mines and other places." — Feb. 1. 



John Thompson Carter, of Drogheda, In the county of the town of Drogbeda, in Ir»" 

 land, flix-spinner, for *' Improvements In machinery for crushing, bruising, and prepar" 

 ing flax, hemp, and other fibrous materials requiring such treatment." — Feb. 1. 



JIarco Henry Frnnzoni, of Carrara, but now residing at Pelbam Place, Brompton. Mid- 

 dlesex, sculptor, for *' Improvements in obtaining and applying motive power." — Feb. 1 



Benjamin Dawson Morton, of Cranford Bridge, Middlesex, gentleman, for "certain 

 Improvements in cranes, and other hoisting and lowering machinery." — Feb. 1. 



Uriah Clarke, of Leicester, in the county of Leicester, and Henry Barber, of the same 

 place, fuller and dresser, for "certain Improvements in the manufacture of looped and 

 woven fabrics." — February 1. 



William Bidding, of Bemard-street, Middlesex, gentleman, for "an Improved mode of 

 exhibiting .ind protecting certain coloured fabrics, ornamental inscriptions, and other de. 

 signs." — Feb. 2. 



George Grundy, of Manchester, manager, for " certain Improvements in furnaces, and 

 in flues and tiles used in the construction thereof." — February H, 



Christopher Vaux, of Frederick-street. London, gentleman, for " Improvements in stor- 

 ing and supplying beer, ale, aud porter." — February 8. 



Thomas Brown Jordan, of Belvidere-road. Surrey, for " certain Improvements in ma- 

 chinery for working mouldings." — February 8. 



Thomas Du Boulay, Esq., of Sandgate, Kent, and John Dn Boulay, Esq., in the county 

 of Dorset, for " Improvements in fitting up granaries and warehouses, and of getting into 

 condition and preser\'iug therein grain, pulse, seeds, m.dt, and other perishable articles." 

 — February 8. 



William S. Kennedy, of Burslem, porcelain manufacturer, for *' Improvements in at- 

 taching plain or ornamental surfaces of earthenware, china, or glass, to articles made of 

 metal, wood, or other materials." — February 8. 



John Loach, of Birmingham, brass founder, for a " certain Improved fastening, or cer- 

 tain improved fastenings, for windows, shutters, doers, and tables; applicable also as a 

 lastening or fastenings generally." — February' 8. 



Alexander Doull, of Euston Grove, Afiddlesex, civil engineer, for "certain Improre- 

 ments in railway, steamboat, and other signals." — February 8. 



Stephen Geary, of No. 10, Hamiiton-iilace, New-road, Middlesex, for "certain Im- 

 provements in obtaining and applying motive power."— February 8. 



John Gedge, of 4, Wellington-street, Strand, Middlesex, for "certain Improvements 

 in the machinery or apparatus used for watering grain.*'— February 8. 



Enoch Wilkinson, of Oldham, in the county of Lancaster, overlooker, for " certain 

 Improvements in looms for weaving.'* — February 'J. 



William Eaton, of Camberwell, Surrey, engineer, for ** Improvements in machinery for 

 twisting cotton or other librous substances." — February 9. 



Stephen Moulton, of Norfolk-street, Strand, gentleman, for " Improvements in wear- 

 ing caoutchouc with other materials to produce elastic and impermeable compounds."— 

 (A communication.) February 'J. 



Charles Hancock, of Grosvenor-place, Middleses;, gent'.emas, for ''Improvements in 

 the preparation of gutta percha, and in the application thereof, alone, and in combination 

 with other materials, to manufacturing purposes, which improvements are also applicable 

 to other substances." — February id. 



Alfred Brett, of Holborn-bars, gentleman, and George Little, of High Holbom, electri- 

 cal engineer, for " Improvements in electric telegraphs, and in the arrangements and ap- 

 paratus to be used therein and therewith, part of ivhich improvements are also applicable 

 to time-keepers and other useful purposes." — Feb. 11. 



Egbert Hedge, residing at No. 7, Howard-street, in the parish of St. Clement Danes, 

 l\ri)idlesex, gentleman, for " certain Improvements in rails for railwiiys, and in the man- 

 ner of securing them." — Feb. 12. 



William Edward Newton, of No. fifi, Chancery-lane, Middlesex, for " Improvements in 

 aerial locomotion.'* (A communication.) — Feb. l.'i. 



Solonion Leatham, of Leeds. York, overlooker, for " Improvements in roving and spin- 

 ning flax and other fibres."— Feb. lo. 



Francis Henry Waller, of Harrington-square, Middlesex, surgeon, for " Improvements 

 in apparatus for making and filtering infusions of coffee and other arlicles.** — February 

 16. 



Robert Stirling Newall, of Gateshead, Esq., for " certain Improvements in locomotive 

 engines." — February Ifi. 



Phillip Henry Holland, of Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Manchester, for " Improvements 

 In applying manure to land." (A communication.)- February 16. 



Nathaniel Card, of Manchester, twine manufacturer, for "certain Improrements ia 

 machinery or apparatus tor twisting, twining, or manulacturing cords, bands, and other 

 similai- articles from cotton, flax, hemp, silk, aud other fibrous yarns or threads."- Feb. 

 16. 



Francois Stanislaus Meldon De Susses, of Millwall, Middlesex, for " Improvements in 

 the manufacture of chlorine, hydrochloric acid, and nitric acid, and obtaining several pro- 

 ducts therefrom."— February I'J. 



Alexander Bain, of Upper Baker-street, Middlesex, electrical engineer, for " Improve- 

 ments in clocks aud time-keepers, and in apparatus connected therewith."— Feb. ID. 



Thomas Breamwell, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, manulacturing chemist, for " Improve- 

 ments in furnaces and apparatus to render atmospheric air available in producing cyanides 

 and certain other compounds, which improvements in furnaces and apparatus may also 

 be employed for other purposes."— October 8, l»-lti —[This patent was opposed by caveat 

 sealed on the ;Ust January, 1»47; but dated Sth October, 184';, the day the paWnt would 

 have been sealed, if not opposed by caveat, by order of the Lord Chancellor.] 



