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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. 



[November, 



Mr. Steward's new Iron Beacon for the Goodwin. — Her Majesty's 

 steamer Tartarus, Captain Bullock, R.N., arrived in our roads on Saturday 

 last for the purpose of taking off and planting on the Goodwin Sands an 

 iron beacon invented by Mr. Steward, and constructed upon the principle of 

 the ponderous-footed pile, which is the great novelty in Mr. Steward's plan 

 for the formation of a harbour of refuge. On Sunday afternoon Captain 

 Bullock having communicated with Mr. Steward as to the best course of 

 proceeding, the Tartarus sailed for the Goodwin, to fix a buoy at the spot 

 appointed by the Hon. Trinity Board for the erection of the beacon. On 

 Monday the Tartarus returned to our bay, having been prevented by the 

 heavy surf on the Goodwin from fixing the buoy. After a stay of a few 

 hours the Tartarus again steamed off for the Goodwin, and returned to 

 Dover on Tuesday morning, accompanied by the large lugger No. 1, from the 

 deal yard, to take off the beacon. For this purpose the Tartarus, having 

 upon each visit received the usual flag honours from the castle and heights, 

 entered the harbour, and being a very fine vessel, upwards of 500 tons, she 

 was an object of no small attraction. On Wednesday morning, arrange- 

 ments having been made for shipping the beacon on board the lugger, half 

 of the shaft, with the ponderous foot, was lowered from the Ordnance crane, 

 when it was unfortunately found that the boat was unequal to the weight of 

 this part of the beacon, on account of the position in which it was neces- 

 sary to place it. It was then considered the best plan to procure from 

 Sheerness a chain lighter, and the Tartarus left the harbour on Wednesday 

 afternoon, and proceeded to Sheerness for that purpose. She is expected to 

 return in a few days to complete her task, and place Mr. Steward's beacon 

 on that grave of thousands, the all-devouring Goodwin. May success attend 

 the indefatigable exertions of the worthy inventor ! The beacon was cast 

 by Messrs. Poole and Co., of this town, and we shall give a description of it 

 in a future number. The active co-operation of the Admiralty must be 

 highly gratifying to Mr. Steward, as it ought also to he to the public in 

 general, evidencing, as it does, the readiness of the Government to promote 

 all plans of merit projected for the safe guidance of the wooden walls of old 

 England, and the preservation of their brave crews. — Dover Telegraph. 



[jipeovemeni op the River Tv\r.— 'i'lir Town Council of Neni 

 October I lib. decidi d to take the opinion of Mr. .1. Walker, as to the effect 

 of the alterations now in progress in contracting the waterway to a line laid 

 down by (In late Mr Rennie, in which line Mr. Cubitt, Mr. li 

 Mr. Anderson, the late engineer to the corporaion, and their present en- 

 gineer, Mr. Brooks, are said to concur. The opinion ol" Mr. Walker i 

 as engineer to the admiralty, in consequence of a memorial fi 

 Bouse, shipowners, and pilots, to the Council, against the propo 

 traction ol the nver at Dents Hole; Mr t uhitl having been i reviously em- 

 ployed as consulting engineer to the Corporation, it v i consult 

 him as in the contraction al Dent's Hole ; but Mr. Walker's opinion a 

 whole questii n . as decided to be taken. 



Launch oi \\ Iron Steam-vessel.— On the 5th ult. there was launched 

 from the yard of Messrs. Fairbaun &Co, of Millwall, a beautiful iron steam - 

 vi l called Dm /'< Graf, of the. following dimensions- 

 beam, 20ft. 3 in., depth of hold. 3ft., and abqut 350 tons bun! 

 pelled by engines equal to 160 K. p. Her draught ol 

 wasonly2umcbesnp.il, an even keel; and with all her macl 



•"i' 1 1 on board, it will not exceed thiee feet She ls intended forthi 



gation of the River Rhine, and will be employed as a 



vessels from Rotterdam as high as Strasburg. Dei Pfalz Graf \s the latest 



ol three steamers that have beet n i i ijj the Messi . I 



used as towing vessels on the same river; and we 



form i two, which were oi nearly equal dimensions with th n 



have completely answered the expectations of the proprietoi 



Ui til ii di mi: •■ Fire Qoebn."— On Tuesday, September 26th, ■ splen- 

 did new i steamer, called the Fire Queen, was launched from 



ni Messrs. Davenport, Grindrod, and Patrick, south side ol tin 6 

 Basin. Liverpool. Ibe vessel, which is intended to cam n ei ers and 

 cargo between Calcutta and Singapore, is about 500 tons burthen, nd will 

 ini s ol about 200 ii. p. 



Km.i isn Locohi m r. Engines on the Ci ntinent. — In Germany fi 

 of Austria} there are running 180 locomotive engines.bnil in Kngland, of 

 which Messrs. Robert Stephenson & Co. made 81, running on 14 



railway ; Sharp & Co. made 40. running on 1(1 lines of railway ; Tun ei & 

 Co.. 1 1 ; Rothwell, 10. Longridge & Co., 5 ; Forrester Sc Co.. 5 ■ Kirtly S • 

 raj li at & Co., 1 ; Bury tt Co.. 4 ; Fenton & Co., 2 ; Gaskell, 2 : Rennie, 1 ■ 

 Hawthorn, I.— total, 180.— Leipsic Journal. 



North Shields.— A new gas company, to be called the Borough of Tync- 



mouth, was f ( e.l last October, with a capital ol £6000, in shares ol 57. each, 



and in two hours a thousand shares were taken up, the old company refusing 

 in light the town on the terms offered by the ( ommissioners, viz., 

 lamp per annum. 



LIST Or MEW PATENTS. 



(From Messrs. Robertson's Lilt. I 



GRANTED IN ENGLAND FROM SEPTEMBER 26 TO OCTOBER 21, 1843. 



Su Months allowed for Enrolment, unless otherwise expressed. 



Elisha llaydon Collier, of Goldsworlliy- terrace. Kotherhithe, Surrey, civil 

 engineer, lor " improvements in the construction of furnaces and Hues "— 

 Sealed September 28. 



John Ainslie Farmer, of Redhaugh, near Dalkeith, N. B., for " a new or 

 improved mode of drying tiles, bricks, retorts, and such like work, made from 

 clag and other plastic substances." — -Sept. 30. 



John George Briggs, of Leicester, coach proprietor, for " improvements in 

 axles."— Oct. 5. 



Edward Banton, of Walsall, Stafford, saddlers' ironmonger, for "improve- 

 ments in saddles and horse harness." — Oct. 5. 



Richard Boote, of Burslem, Stafford, earthenware manufacturer's clerk, 

 for " improvements in pottery and mosaic work." — October 5. 



Benedict Albano, of Piccadilly, civil engineer, for " improvements in pre- 

 paring materials, and applying them to the manufacture of ornamental 

 mouldings, and other useful purposes." (A communication.) — Oct. 5. 



James Combe, of Leeds, engineer, for " improvements in heckling, cleaning, 

 preparing, and carding fax and other fibrous substances." — Oct. 5. 



Ferdinand Charles Warlich, of Cecil-street, gentleman, for " improvements 

 in the manufacture of fuel." — Oct. 5. 



William-North, of Stangate, Surrey, slater, for " improvements in cover/in/ 

 roofs anil fnls of buildings with slate." — Oct. 5. 



Jonathan Saunders, of Soho Hill, Birmingham, gentleman, for " imjirore- 

 mfints in the manufacture of tyres of railwag and other wheels, and in the 

 manufacture of railwag and other axles." — Oct. 5. 



James Griffin, of Withymoore works, Dudley, manufacturer, for "improve- 

 ments in the manufacture of spades, shovels, and such like toots." — Oct. 5. 



John Baptist Soldi, of Windsor-place, Southwark-bridge-road, Surrey, for 

 '• improvements in apparatus for measuring of person's heads, and for 

 filling and retaining hats, caps, and bonnets according to such measure." 

 (A communication.) — Oct. 5. 



Charles Brown, of Woolwich, Kent, surgeon, for " improvements in the 

 manufacture of dip candles." — October 5. 



Lawrence llardman, of Liverpool, merchant, for " improvements in ma- 

 chinery or apparatus to be emploged in the manufacture of sugar." — Oct. .>. 



John George Bodmcr, of Manchester, engineer, for " improvements in 

 grates, furnaces, and boilers, and also in manufacturing or working iron or 

 other metals, and in machinery connected therewith." — Oct. 5. 



Margaret Henrietta Marshall, of Manchester, for "an improved plastic 

 ■ ■lion, applicable to the fine arts, and to useful and ornamental pur- 

 poses." — Oct. 5. 



George Wall, jun., of Manchester, gentleman, for "improvements in the 

 methods or processes of manufacturing earthenware, china, and other similar 

 substances, and also in the machinery or apparatus applicable to such manu- 

 factures." — October 5. 



Philip Walthcr, of Angel-court, Throgmorton-strcet, merchant, for " im- 

 provements iu the construction of steam-engines." A communication. — 

 Oct. 12. 



John Cleaver, of Ripley, spelter maker, for " an improved furnace for 

 subliming or reducing to a metallic stale the ores of zinc."— Oct. 12; two 

 months. 



Stephen Hutchinson, of the London gas works, Vauxhall, engineer, for 

 " improvements in gas meters." — Oct. 12. 



clinks Brook, of Waltham mills, cotton spinner, for " improvements in 

 machinery for spinning and twisting cotton and other fibrous substances." 

 —Oct. 12. 



Moses I'oole, of Serle-street. gentleman, for " improvements in. enveloping 

 communication.) — Oct. 12. 



Stephen Geary, of Hamilton-place, King's-cross, architect and civil engi- 

 neer, tor " improvements in the construction of panelling and framing, appli- 

 cable to all building purposes, cabinet work, and other similar uses." — Oct. 1 3. 



Richard Beard, of Kgremont-place, New-road, Middlesex, gentleman, for 

 " improrenii nls in /i rial nig calicoes and other fabrics." (A communication.) — 

 October 13. 



Richard Tanion Nevill, of Llangennech, Carmarthen, Esq., for "an im- 

 proved mode of separating certain metals when in certain states of combination 

 with each other." — October 18. 



William Watson, Junior, of Leeds, chemist, for " improvements in venti- 

 lating bouses and other buildings." — October 1 S. 



Jnlius Adolph Detmold, of London, merchant, for " improvements in the 

 lion and arrangement of furnaces or fire-places applicable to various 

 useful purposes." — Oct. 18. 



James Graham, of Wapping, Middlesex, for " improvements in the con- 

 ■ i of pots or vessels, and furnaces used in the manufacture of zink, 

 and in other manufactures, and also improvements in the treatment of the 

 ores of zink in the process of manufacturing zink." — Oct. 8. 



Thomas Morton Jones, of Birmingham, merchant, for " improvements in 

 lira 1 1 ni/ liijitiils and aeriform bodies." — October IS. 



James Gibbons, of New Radford, Nottingham, machinist, and Thomas Roe, 

 of the same place, machinist, for " im chinery used for 



what is called setting or reading patterns, and stamping or punching them 

 in jacquard cards." — Oct. 21. 



George Edward Mylne, of Albion. terrace, Canonbury-square, Islington, 

 watchmaker, far " improvements in the construction of watches." — Oct. 21. 



ERRATA IN LAST MONTH'S JOURNAL. 

 mi 1, line 0, for "challenged" I 

 i ilumn 2, the Pri im o\ " 12 feet long " read 



" 120 feet long;" and in the fifth line from bottom, for " this " real " thi >i ." 



