THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. 



[July, 



218. 



human beings. Towns are erected in localities vrholly unaJapted fo, r^\i- 

 human Bcmg>. ^^ 3, efifectually to exclude the a,r, and often 



b:^^:^^.S^tr=df:";E^r«^ 



tt "■nu'^shmad be L much as possible '"''^'^'ai/ Tf^.^ c'n:r. '^^ '- 



f "'fisnj^n -^r^xr.^ r:i='b! 1 -ti^Jtr^iiate/air , 



heVure ^"r t^ b^e atn,:.^; wUhin 3 or 4 feet of the ^oor and to be «a„. 

 by all of the nre-place. The v-Jo"^ P -^^^^^ ^^'Z': ^^ 4-ntW 



died, and important advantages gamed. In^P^^mg of the ™eaus ^^ 



Tf the foom,-from which there ^^''f ' f f,^^ ';^,^pre a d on'sa'nds of 

 Arnott's valve had been S'^""^''^"^! ^"V ! i7health If it were the 



Commission, oflfered some remarks on the '"^^f^'/'^f^ "ratings in the 

 freVh air into the engine-rooms and other conBned parts of vessels. 



FRENCH ARCIl.EOLOGICAL CONGRESS. 

 At the annual meeting of the Congress held at MeU^v^rajsubieots of 

 great interest were proposed for <i.sc"ss n T ^«--'". g'^,^_^^^„^^ ^, 

 lowing list of questions :— Is it not P0"'""= portions, and a 



pomte'd architecture the ;;---t i.^ ^ c fol ?-Do"nt'the ecciesiasti- 

 geometncal declnjt.on of t' e arch tecto ^^,^^^^^ ^^ ^^ architectonic 



cal ■°o"""\'=f;°f^., >; ,\Xjr if, nd ahhatial and parochial ehurehes and 

 hierarchy, by which all '^''^"'="/'' ' , . , ., according to certain dispositions 

 even P"vate chape s, wxre sev a b bn.l =^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ .^^^^^ ^,^ 



and dimensiODb ?— Is not tne puia J, ;_-m.,, „„ not trace the pro- 



in Germany ?-K, as ^"PPO^^" ^^'^ ,a,„ the numerou3 exceptions to 



churches due east and «est, how can ^« "P" >_\Vhat is the origin of the 

 ,uch rule observable in L.rraine ^";^;''ou^ '''''^Ji^,,-;^ ^';,:,^^^^^^^^ 

 Uttle gaUery so comr^on^ ^und^ „„, 



? rSo^i^ o' thX statuary be "»''- J^e .e,nte.;s^ont...^d^o^^ 

 of coloured glass as church ornament ? 



SIR JOHM RENNIE'S CONVERSAZIONI. 



manufactures, among the former were Jlr- ^.''J^^^^^y Leans of a platform 

 conveying Railway '^i^'"'. "^^ '''!,,'^ ' ,e riv; -A model of the Pre- 

 travelling upon rails lixed on P'l'^^/^O'! !?!. ' ^y.;,,, in Lincolusiure, by 



T-u^ Cf K-.th.Tinp s Point and Menai L-iguinouses. -^s. .. 

 — The 3t. Kdtnuiue & i uiut a n „ ■ , D,-onosed harbour 



.U'satmospJ-ericraiiway-PansoM,^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 



"an"[h!''new Srea" W^t^ern' en,ine.-Mr. Ricardo's instrument for show- 

 '''^'^^I'n::!^:^ "^.-S eoHapslble tubes e.ei.etl a go.l^dea. of 

 att^nuJJ: as a skilful aJaptationof aj^uowu ^l;^:^^^^:^^^ 

 subject a high pressure It may be m^^^^^^^^ A flarcap.ule 



In the machine exhibited the P"^-:^^"";"''; , „„ and embracing 



of tin being struck by a -''^.^''^frper •» "^ ' 'hese tubes are in- 

 {^:^dt^;:^srU^ia':J^:;:.l:f cl^as artist, colours), which it .s 



^i5:-f-j^^=r^--^ j^^r.^i^;-% :^ 



The assembly rooms, "'"^" ' ^.r^mihstautiallv and were elegantly 



ii-:r^:d -^i^^hro^ :^yi::i.""->-^ -^^ -- ^-- - - 



• luarkable persons present. 



RAILWAY GEOLOGY. 



lew, and chiefly confined to the upper beds. 



REGISTER OF NEW PATENTS. 



If .dditiocal information be required respecting any patent, it may be obtained at the 

 office of this Journal. 



ATMOSPHERIC PROPULSION. 

 loHN Reld Hill, of Upper Siamford-street, Lambeth, civil engineer, 



u-dl as land carnages. (A communicatio.i.)-C.ran ted Oct. i, 1845 , tu 

 rnllpd Auril •-',1840. With an Engraving, see Plate A.1. 



The iinnro^eiuents relate-Fir»tly, to the mode of constructmg pneuma- 

 tic"^ inl'^'thrcou^eyance of goods and passengers '^>-'-^J--/^- 

 pulsion, combined with the description of carriages and piston» herein 



'"^coudl'y, to the removal of the air through the piston oj FSto-carriages 

 of tne mains, and also through the pistons of metallic cylinders, as now 

 used by means of tubes communicating with the external carnages through 



"^ tSI^^SvI^'S^^o :i;;^;^, ia the manner hereafter described, 

 without the aid of a pneumatic main. 



