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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. 



[March 



of the said Berks and Hants Railway) to amend their acts for the purpose 

 of raising a furllier sum of money, but a separate notice of the feume dates 

 respectively was givt-n by llie Great Western Kailway Company to amend 

 their acts, yet such lasl-mciiliuut-d notice did not contain ihe uumes of 

 places through wliicli the works were intended lo be made. 



KoYAL Observatory, Paris, — A contemporary states that there is 



being consiructcil on the top of this tiuUding, a study cabinet, Itie walls of which, as well 

 as thtt Cfiline, are of pure crystal. It is in this chamber tb.it I^I. Arago wiil work and 

 watch the stars, planets, and comets, by the assistance of a monstor telescope, which is 

 now being made. It is expected ttiat this new transpurenl ob^ervutory will be tetmi- 

 naled by Ihe oionth of July neit. 



The Dauntless and Jrrof^ant frigates, on the designs respectively of Mr. 



White, of Cowes, and Mr, Fincharn. master shipwright of this eBtablitlmient, are pro. 

 greasing very rapidly toM-ards readiness for launching; their timbering is finished, and 

 their ceiling and planking. The Dauntless ;Mr. Finchani's design; is intended as a steam 

 frigate, 'but the Aoirgant will only have steam as an auxiliary to work a screw. The 

 follo«'ing are the pruuiple dimensions oi the Arrogant. Lt-ngtli between the perpen- 

 dic'ilars wMU feet; Length of keel for tonnage, 17a feet; Breadth extreme, 40 feet, 4 in ; 

 Breadth moulded, 44 feet J Depth of bold, j;;t feet ; Burden in tons, l.K'U; Horse-power 

 for screw, .'iOO. This bne ship is in the moat forward state of the two, and presents a 

 boldness ot outline very much admired by all who have seen her since shir has been 

 planked. She presents a very handsome looking mudel, and is expected to prove a per- 

 fect man of war. 



LIST OP NEVSr PATENTS, 



GRANTED IN ENGLAND FROM JANUART 2U, 184G, TO FCBRCARY 25,1840 



Six Months allowed for Enrolment^ unless otherwise expressed, 



George Frederick Hall, of Norfolk-street, Fitzroy-squarii, in tlie county of Middlesex, 

 pawnbroker, for "certain m;ichinery or apparatus for writing and Ijookiug, numbering, 

 cutting, checking, and expediting the delivery and receipt of pawnJiokers* duplicates, 

 pass-tickets, and other like documents."— Sealed January 29. 



James Brown, of Ball's-row, High fields, Coventrj-, for "certr-in Improvements in 

 V7eaving." — January 2!'. 



Aucustus Turk Furder, of Leamington Priors, in the county of \\'arwick, solicitor, for 

 •' an Iinj^roved pump or enpiue for raising and inipelling inelastic lluids, and producing 

 motive power." — January I'y. 



Charles Cowan, of Valley-field mills, in the county of Edinburgh, paper manufacturer) 

 for " Improvements in the manufacture of paper mill-board, and other similar sub- 

 stances." — January 29. 



John Greenwood, of Church, in the county of Lancaster, manuficturlng chemist, for 

 *' Improvements in dyeing Turkey-red, and other colours." — Januaiy 29. 



George Howell, of Larkhall-lane, Clapham-common, Surrey, for " coating with a metal 

 the surxoce of articles formed of copper, or copper alloys, or iron, whether wrought or 

 cast." (Communication.) — January 29. 



Michael Rimington, of No. In, Rufford-row, Islington, In the county of Middlesex, gen- 

 tleman, for '* Improvements in obtaining and applying motive power." (Comnmuication) 

 —January 31. 



George Hir.ton Bovill, of Millwall, in the county of Middlesex, engineer, for " Improve- 

 ments in the manufacture of iron." — January 31. 



Andrew Etienne, of Hatton-garden, in the city ofLcndon, gentleman, for "Improve- 

 ments in the construction of railways, railway carriages, and in the means of preventing 

 accidents on railways." — January 31. 



James Pilbrow, of Tottenham, in the county of Middlesex, civil engineer, for " certain 

 Improvements in propelling on land and wator." — January 3l, 



Henry Highton, of Uugby, in the county ot Warwick, master of arts, for "Improvements 

 in electiic telegraphs." — February 3. 



Edwin Chesshire, of Birmingham, surgeon, for "Improvements in apparatus to be ap- 

 plied to railway carriages to reduce the prejudicial effects «f collisions to passengers in 

 railway carriages." — February 3. 



Samual Brown, of Gravel-lane, in the county of Surrey, engineer, for " Improvements in 

 gas engines, and in propelling carriages and vessels." — February 3. 



Thomas Foxall Griffiths, of Wolverhampton, for " Improvements in stamping and 

 shaping sheet metal." — February 3. 



William Garnett Taylor, of Halliwell, in the county of Lancaster, cotton spinner, and 

 William Taylor of Halliwell, aforesaid, labourer, for " Improvements in consuming smoke 

 and economizing fuel." — February 3, 



William Malligan, of Bradford, in the county of York, manufacturer, for •' certain Im- 

 provements in the power-loom-"— February 4. 



William Greener, of Birmingham, gun maker, and William Edwards State, of Peck- 

 ham, Surrey, estiuire, for "improved means of ignition and illumination." — February 7. 



Thomas Clarke, of Hackney, Middlesex, engineer, Mark Freeman, of Sutton, in the 

 county of Surrey, gentleman, and John Varley, of Poplar, in the county of Qliddlesex, 

 for "certain Improvements in obtaining and applying motive power, parts of which are 

 rjplit-able to the regulating and controlling of fluids."— February U. 



James Palmer Budd, of Vstalyfera Iron Works, Swansea, merchant, for " Improve- 

 ments in the manufacture of iron."— February 11. 



J ohn Keating, of North-niews, Fitzroy-stiuare, in the county of Middlesex, scagliolist, 

 lor "certain Improvements in the manufacture of cement." — February 11. 



Joseph Pierre Gillard, of Rue Martignac, in the city of Paris, professor of mathe- 

 matics aud philosophy, for •* Improvements in the production of heat in general." — 

 February 11, 



Charles Tetley, of Bradford, In the West Riding of the county of York, stock and 

 eh are broker, for " certain Improvements in machinery for raising and impelling water 

 an d other liquids, and also thereby to obtain mechanical power." — February 1 1. 



William Edward Newton, of Chancery-lone, in the county of Bliddlesex, civil en- 

 B ineer.for " Improvemunts in the construction of instruments or apparatus for ascer- 

 t aining, registering, and regulating the speed of carriages and machinery." (A communi- 

 cation.) — February 11. 



Andrew Smith, of Prince's.street, in the county of Middlesex, engineer, for " Im- 

 provmeiits in coating or covering metals for the purpose of preventing oxidation." — 

 February 11. 



Alfred Vincent Newton, of Chancery-lane, mechanical draughtsman, for "certain 

 -m provements to be applied to the grindlDg of grain and other substances."— February U 



James Murdoch, of Staples-inn, in the county of Middlesex, mechanical draughtsma 

 for " an Improved process for preparing a certain material for the purpose of painting," 

 [A comrnunication.) — February 11. 



George Sterenson, of Tapton-house, Chesterfield, In the county of Derby, engineer, 

 aod William Howe, of Ncwtastle-upon-Tyne, in the county of Northumberlaud, me- 

 chanic, for " an Improvement in bicomoliYe slcam-eiigines."— February 11. 



William Wharton, superinterdent at the Enston-square station of the London and 

 Birmingham Railway, for Improvements in straps and bunds."— February 11. 



Charles Uft#lev, of Birmingham, button manufacturer, for " Improvements in buttons 

 and other fallen. ngs for wearing apporcl, and iu thcmachinery for manufacturing parts of 

 the said faAtenings."— February iH. 



John William Stnnbrldge, of .'^S, Brudenell-place, New-road, Middlesex, gentleman, 

 for " an Improveniertt in the manufacture ot certain descriptions of aliks and other 

 fabrics."— Febraary lb. 



John Brockiehurst, of Holborn, In the county of Middlesex, lamp manufacturer, 

 for "Impruvemeiits In the hanging and disconnecting of window sashes and frames." 

 —February U. 



James Nunmyth, of Aruudel-street, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, for " cer- 

 tain Improvements in engines or machines for ob tail. iug and applying motive power. "^■ 

 Febmary l(i. 



William Edward Newton, of Chancery-lane, in the county of Middlesex, civil engineer 

 for "Improvements in thw preparation or manufacturing of thread or yarn." (Acorn* 

 muqication.)~February 17. 



Jacque Cloet, of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, gentleman for " a certala 

 Improved combination of materials lo be used as a substitute for leather or for water- 

 proof clolh aod other similar uselul purposes."— February 17. 



Juan Nfpomuceno Adorno, of Mexico, in the republic of Mexico, gentleman, for •• Im- 

 provements in manufacturing cigars and other similar substances."— February 17. 



Edonard Auguste Desire Guithard, of Rue des Feuueurs, Paris, in the kingdom of 

 France, for " Improvements iu printing calieo and othur fabrics."- February 17. 



Stephen Etievant, of Church-strcct, Sobo, in the county of Middlesex, for " ImproTO- 

 meuts in stores." (Communication.)- February 17. 



Nicholas Francois Corbin Desboissierres, of Rue Saint Pierre, Montmartre, in the 

 Kingdom of France, gentleman, for "Improvement! in preparing and burning fueU"-* 

 February 17. 



Joseph Clinton Robertson, of 166, Fleet-street, London, civil engineer, for " Impr»TO- 

 ments in nail making machinery." (Communication.)— February 18. 



Robert Nisbet, of Lamden, in the county of Berwick, esquire, for *' certain Improve- 

 ments in locomotive engines and railways."— Febmary 19, 



Peter Claussen, of Leicester-square, Middlesex, esquire, for "certain Improvements in 

 machinery for weaving, and iu preparing materials lor weaving." (Communication.)— 

 February 20. 



John Piatt, of Oldham, in the county of Lancaster, machinist, for "certain Improw- 

 ments in machinery or apparatus to be employed in the preparation and spinning of 

 cotton and other fibrous substances." — February 25. 



John Britten, of Liverpool, chemist, for " certain Improvements in the method of ap- 

 plying heat for the purposes of iieating, cooking, and evaporatuig, aud iu the apparatus 

 cunnectcd therewith." — ■Fehiuary 25. 



Peter Bancroft, of Liverpool, merchant, for " certain Improvements in the method or 

 process of refining and purifying animal and vegetable oils and grease." — February 25. 



John Harcourt Brown, of Brunsuick-place, Barnsbury-road, gentleman, for " Improve- 

 ments in securing letters, envelopes, covers, despatches, packets, and parcels.**-^ 

 February '2h. 



Thomas Murgatroyd Dean, of Rtockpoit, in the county of Chester, engineer, for 

 " certain improvements in machinery or apparatus applicaL-le to to the furnaces or fire- 

 places of steam-engines or otbur boilers." — February 25. 



Moses Poole, of the Patent Oiiice, London, gentleman, for " Improvements in cleaning 

 and separating grain and other seeds." (A communication.)— February 1'5. 



Antonio James Mayer, of Ashley-crescent, City-road, for ** Improvements in certain 

 wood-cutting machines."— February 25. 



Josue Heilmann, of Mullhausen, in the Department Du Haut Rhin, France, machine 

 maker, for " Improvements in certain raacbinea used for preparing to be spun cotton, 

 wool, and other fibrous materials." — February 25. 



William James Cantelo, of Paris-street North, Lambeth, for " Improvments in appa- 

 ratus for hatching egijs and raising the young, aud for heating hot-bouses and other 

 buildings."— February 25. 



Thomas Pemberton, junior, ot Birmingham, manufacturer, for ** a newer Improved 

 method, or ue-v and improved methods of ornamenting window- furniture and articles of 

 upholstery in general."— February 25. 



William Robertson, machine maker, of Gateside, Renfrevvshire, for *' certain improve- 

 ments in the machinery for spinning and twisting cotton, silk, wool, flax, and other 

 fibrous substances." — February 25. 



George Alexander Thompson, of Connaught. terrace, Hyde-park, gentleman, and 

 Josejjh Weight, of Holborn-bars, mechanic, for" Improvements in propelling vessels.** 

 — February 25. 



John Maddock, of Binstern, Stafford, earthenware manufacturer, for " a new and im- 

 proved method of building and constructing kilns and ovens used by potters and manu- 

 facturers of china aod eathenware."— February 25. 



CORRESPONDENTS. 



Mr. Foster's book on Book-keeping relates to subjects which do not fall 

 within Ihe scope of this Journal. 



Received — Mr. Neville's paper '' on the pressure to sustain banks of 

 earth ;" notice of this paper is in type, but is unavoidably postpoueci to 

 next month. 



The notices of new and restored churches in the present number are 

 abridged from the Ecclesiolojist. 



Can any of our readers refer us to books or docutnents containing the 

 history of St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, ami detailing the nature of 

 the modern alterations. 



M. The restorations of Notre B&me at Paris are made at the expense 

 of the French Government. 



