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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. 



[April, 



tached to a stand-pipe from the main ; and from one up to four of these branches were 

 played for opwarda of an hour, — the addition of one, two, or three, to the first appearing 

 to make little or no difference in the respective power of any of them, 'fhe quantity oi 

 water which they projected was very great and continuous. It completely lashed the east 

 end of the church, and not only went dear over the blockings above the cornice, and on 

 to the roof in heavy volume, but at times ascended to the top of the tiag-staff, a height, 

 we should think, little, it at all, short of 80 lect. The plan, which ronibines hydraulic 

 pressure with engine power, is diicidedly much more effective than hand-worked engines; 

 and, if adopted, will afford great and rapid protection to property in cases of lire — and 

 that, too, with a lurge saving of expense." 



Woolwich, MarchXO. — Sixteen 24-pounder gun carriaj;es, with traversing 

 platforms and equipments complete, huve been shipped trom the Royal Arsenal on board 

 one of the Ordnance sloops tor Pembroke, to be erected on the batteries for the defence 

 of that seaport. Captain Turner's company of Royal Artillery, Glh battalion, will leave 

 Woolwich next week for tlie same place, to take charge of the guns, and to mount them 

 for use. In future, a company will be regularly maintained at Pembroke, so as to place 

 the batteries in a state of complete defence. 



The Sew MUitanj Prisotiy erecting ju the Royal Artillery liarracks, 

 near the Riding School, is nearly comnleted; the main body of the building has been 

 covered in. The prison, however, will not be appropri.ited for the reception of prisoners 

 till about May next, as time must be allowed for seasoning the cells. Inconsequence 

 of the great demand lor labour to complete the coast defences, UO gunners were entered 

 lately in the Roval Arsenal as l;;boiirers. 



The Coast Defences. — Northern District. — The following is the return of 

 the number of guns mounted on the northern coast of Kngland. from Hull to ihe coast 

 of Scotland, excluding the guns ordered for the defence of the Huniber. Hull citadel, 

 seven iH pounder guns on common currioges. — Tynemouth Castle nndClifford's Fort, five 

 12-pounder guns, and six 9 pounder guns on common carriages, and one S-inch mortar; 

 total \'2 guns. — Perch Rock iiaitery, sixteen J2.pounder guns on traversing platforms, 

 and two Iti-pounder guns on common carriages ; total 18 ^uns.— Scarborough Castle, six 

 iH-pounder guns, and four iL'-pounder carronades, on common carriages; total 10 guns. 

 — Carlisle Castle, two *f-pouiiiier guns, and one 12-pounder carronade on common car- 

 riages ; total 3. Grand total for the district, 5i< guns. 



Lowestoft Harhour and RaHwruj. — The timber works of the north pier, 

 l,:iOOteetin length, with the pier head, are completed, and the south pier, 1,:.'50 feet 

 long, is progressing rapidly, liy the end of June, the harbour, it is confidently expected, 

 will be available tor ships to take refuge in drawing 1.^ feet water at an average tide. 

 The work coininenced hist May, and there is now L'.tiOU feet of pier-work finished. The 

 railway works are nearly completed, and the line will be open for goo is traffic ou the Ist 

 instant. In the harbour there is upwards of 21 feet average depth of water at the lowest 

 period of the tide, a depth which extends 100 yards within the entrance. 



LIST OF PJE^V PATENTS. 



GRANTED IN ENGLAND FROM FEBRUARY 20, TO MARCH 25, 1347. 



StJC Months allowed for Enrolment, unless otherwise expressed. 



Joseph Clinton Robertson, of Fleet-street, in the City of London, civil engineer, for 

 •* certain Improvements in distillation and brewing, and certain applications of the mate- 

 rials used in, or suitable therefore, to other manufacturing purposes." (A communica- 

 tion.)— Sealed February 20. 



Edward Urown, of Adam*s Court, in the C'ty of London, gentleman, for " certain car- 

 bonic compounds, formed of earth, vegetable, animal, and mineral rubbish, fecal sub- 

 stances, the waste of manufactories, and certain acins and alkalies, which compounds are 

 applicable as manures." — February ?<f. 



William Pidding, of Bernard-street, in the county nf Middlesex, gentleman, for " an 

 Improved process, or improved processes, for preparin',' certain vegetable extriicts, and 

 also for preserving the aroma of certain vegetable substances from the atmosphere.*'— 

 February- 'lA. 



Charles Heard Wild, of Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, civil engineer, for *' Im 

 provements in constructing parts of railways." — February 24. 



Charles Fox, of London Works, Birmingham, for " a method or methods of welding, 

 or uniting pieces nf metal together, and of pressing or forming pieces of metal into forms 

 or shapes." — February 'lA. 



William Bayliss, of Bilston, in the county of Stafford, chain-maker, for " a machine 

 for flattenir.g and turning iron links for flat wood slub chains."— February '2A. 



George Russell Dartnell, stafi'-surycon of the first class in lier HIajes^y*s army, now sta- 

 tioned at ("hatham, in th» county of Kent, for " an Improved truss for inquinal hernia." 

 — February 1'-}. Two months. 



Alphonsc h.' Mire de Normandv, of Bcthnal-green, Middlesex, analytical chemist, for 

 •' Impiovenients in the manuiaciureof zinc." — February 1'4. 



Frederick Walton, of Wolverhampton, japanner, and tin-plate worker, for "an Im- 

 proved motle of coating or covering, or of coat ne, covering, and ornamenting the surfaces 

 of articles *hich are, or may he, made of wrought iron, or of other metal or metals, which 

 improved mode may be used in substitution of japanning, tinning, or other moies now in 

 use of coating, covering, or of coating, covenng, and ornamenting such articles." — 

 February I'-l, 



Juan Nepomticeno Adorno, of IVIexico, in the Republic of Mexico, gentleman, for " Im- 

 provement-i in manufacturing cigars and other similar articles."— February 'lA. 



John Lowe, of Manchester, engincfr.and James Simpson, of the same place, joi'er, for 

 •' certain Improvements applicable to carriages to be- u^ed upon railways, part of which 

 improvements may also he used upon other roads." — February LM. 



William Todd, of Holcombe Brook, near Bury, in the county of Lancaster, for ** certain 

 Improvements in the method of sizing and dressing yarns, and in the machinery or appa- 

 ratus for performing the same."— February 24- 



Frederick Riinsome, of Ipswich, engineer, for "Improvements in working coke and 

 other kilns, or ovens." — February 24. 



Robert Snowden, of No. 7, City Road, Middlesex, tea-dealer, for " Improvemei.ts In 

 treating or dressing cotiee, to render it more wholesome for use."— February I'Ji. 



William Eccles and Henry Brierly, of Walton le Dale, in the county of Lancaster, for 

 ••Improved machinery to be used in spinning."— March 2. 



John Wood, machine maker of Leeds, in the county of York, for " certain Improve- 

 ments in machinery for spinning fibrous substances."— March 2. 



Andrew Crosse, of Broomfield, in the county of Somerset, for " Improvements in treat- 

 ing fermentable and other liquids, so as to cause impurities or matters to be extracted or 

 precipitated." — IVIarch 2. 



^^ Samuel Hunton Townsend Bishop, of Hackney terrace, in the county of Middlesex, for 

 Improvemcnls '\a the construction of the upper part of chimneys."— March 2. 



James Napier, operative chemist, of Shacklewell Lane, Middlesex, for " Improvements 

 in smelting copper and other ores." — March 2. 



Charles Stewart Duncan, gentleman, of Lombard-street, for *' Improvements in certain 

 vehicles." — March '^. 



George Tossick, engine-builder, Thomas Hackworth, engine-builder, and Thomsa 

 Elliott, superintendent of locomotives, all of Stockton-on-Tees, for " certain Improve- 

 ments in locomotive and other boilers." — March 3. 



Richard Roberts, engineer, of Manchester, for " Improvements in machinery for punch- 

 ing and for perforating metals." — March h. 



Richard Roberts, engineer, of Manchester, for " Improvements in machinery toper- 

 form the processes called beeshing, mangling, and the like." — March J. 



Amed^e Francois Rtmond, of Great Charles-street, Birmingham, for " certain Improve- 

 ments in steam engines." — March 9. 



Matheiv Sproulc, engineer, of Liverpool, for *' certain Improvements in steam engines." 

 —March lu. 



James Stevens, engineer, of Darlington Works, Southwark-bridge-road, for certain 

 " Improvements in apparatus for conveying signals or communications between distant 

 places, parts of which are also applicable to lamps and burners." — March 10. 



Kasimir V'ogel, manufacturer, of Saint Paul's Church Yard, London, for " a new ma* 

 nulacture of weavers' harness, and for machinery for the production of the same." — 

 March 10. 



John Isaac Hawkins, civil engineer, of Liverpool- street, Kings'-cross, for " certain Im- 

 provements in holding together or filing letters, music sheets, newspapers, and other do- 

 cuments." — i\larch lu. 



Kdward Johnson Coale Atterbury, merchant, of Leeds, in the county of York, for " cer- 

 tain Improvements in gearing macliinery." (A communication.) — March 10, 



James Murdock, of Staple Inn, Middlesex, for *' an Improved mode of preparing and 

 employing certain colours and materials for paiutiog." (A communication.) — March k*. 



Louis Nicolas de Meckenheim, machinist, of Birmingham, for a " certain Improvement 

 or certain improvements in machines to be used in the manufacture of nails, screw- 

 blanks, rivets, bolts, aud pins." — March 10. 



William Newton, civil engineer, of Chancery Lane, Middlesex, for "certain Improve- 

 ments in engines to be worked by gas vapour or steam, either separately or in combina- 

 tion." (A communication). — March 10. 



Henry Fletcher, manufacturer, of Over Darwen, in the county of Lancaster, for " Im- 

 provements in apparatus for ascertaining the distance vvhich locomotive engines and car- 

 liages have travelled upon railways." — March liJ. 



Thomas Waterhouse, of Edgely, in the boroueh of Stockport, in the county of Chester, 

 for *' ceitain mechanical improvements applicable to railway engines and tenders, and to 

 railway carriages of various kinds." — Matvh 10 ; two months. 



Sampson Lloyd, engineer, Old Park Iron Works, Wednesbury, in the county of Staf- 

 ford, tor '* Imiiovements in the manufacture of tyres or hoops, or wheels or other arti- 

 cles to be made of iron or steel."— March 15. 



Charles Fox, engineer, of Trafalgar Square, Westminster, for "Improvements in the 

 construction of presses." — March 15. 



Jean Joseph Hazard Petit, chemist, of King's Road, Chelsea, for "Improvements in 

 the manufacture of oils, and in apparatus for disinfecting and purifying oils, and other 

 inflammable or spiritous matters, and improvements in lamps and gas burners." — March 



ly. 



Joseph Henry Tuck, gentleman, of Paris, in the kingdom of France,^for "Improve- 

 ments in apparatus for ventilating buildings, carriages, chimneys, and other places where 

 a change of air is required."— March 10. 



William Newton, civil engineer, of Chancery-lane, for "Improvements in engines to 

 be worked by gas. vapour, or steam, either separately or in combination." (A communl-' 

 cation.) — March 16. 



Charles Tennant Dunlop, manufacturer, of Glasgow, for " Improvements in the manu- 

 facture of alkali and chlori, and Ih the application of the products resulting therefrom." — 

 March 16. 



Robert Scotthorn, engineer, of Somer's Town, in the county of Middlesex, for " Im- 

 provements in engines, for obtainiug and applying motive power."— March Iti. 



James Wills Wayte, of Leeds, in the county of York, printer, for "certain Improve- 

 ments in st-li'-feediiig turnaccs, adapted both for laud and marine purposes, for the better 

 prevention of smuke arising from fires used in such furnaces." — March lb. 



Peter Britus Coxon, of Lenton, Nottingham, machinist, for "Anew method of em- 

 bossing', raising, and forming ornamental figures and designs on certain intertwined tex- 

 tile fabrics." — March ly. 



John Leslie, of Conduit-street, Hanover-square, one of the tailors to her Majesty's 

 household, for " Improvements in the combustion of gas for the purposes of light." — 

 March 22. 



Charles Fox, of Trafalgar-square, Charing-cross, engineer, for " Improvements in the 

 permunent way of railways, aud in carriages to be employed on railways." (A communi- 

 cation.) — March 2^. 



Henry Kempton, of South-street, Pentonville, Jliddlesex, gentleman, for "Improve- 

 ments :n copyiug presses." — iMarch 23. 



Henry Smith, of the firm of H.Smith and Co., of Stamford, agricultural implement 

 makers, for "c^-rtain Improvements in machinery for cutting and separating vegetable 

 substances ; also improvements in the construction of machines for dibbling, and sowing 

 seed, and distributing vegetable substances and manure over land, part of which im- 

 provements is applicable to wheel carriages iu general.'" — March 28. 



William BullocK Tibbiis, of Braunston, Southampton, gentleman, for "certain Im- 

 provements ill obtaining and applying motive power." — March 23. 



Henry Heycock, of Manchester, merchant, for " certain Improvements in rotary en- 

 gines to be worked by steam, or other power, which said improvements are also applica- 

 ble to raising or forcing fluids." — March 2.'i. 



I\Ioriis Lyons, of Birmingham, chemist, and William Millward, of the same place, silver 

 operator, lor *' certain Improved alloys of metals, aud improvements in the deposition of 

 luetals."— March 23. 



George Fe-gusson Wilson, of Belmont, Vauxhall, Surrey, gentleman, for " Improve- 

 ments in thu production of light, aud in the manufacture or preparation of materials ap- 

 pUcable thereto."— March 23. 



Henry Hatcher, of the Strand, civil engineer, for " Improvements in electric telegraphs, 

 aud in apparatus connected therewith, and also in electric clocks and lime-keeiiers." — 

 Blarch 23. 



Francois Stanilas Meldon de Sussex, of Millwall, Middlesex, manufacturiog chemist, 

 for " Improvements in smelling copper and other ores."— March 23. 



William Bruce, of 4, Essex-court, Temple, and of Flimstow, near Pembroke, barrister- 

 at law, for •'Improvements in constructing piers, breakwaters, and other submarine 

 works of stone."— March !.*.'». 



