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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. 



[JULT, 



lately, tlie ilvkea around the Hocks have been heightened for protiiting 

 them aRaiiist the AdoiIs. idc. Besides M. Massjohn, both the shipbuilders 

 and chief machinist, Messrs. Prelious and Bissacker are Englishmen. 



Supphi of Water to the City I'f Ltjons.—U is an inconceivable anomaly 

 that Lyons, situated' between two rivers, should have bien, hitherto, en- 

 tirely deficient of an adequale supply of water for its numerous mat ufac- 

 tnring and working population. Aficr many sham proposals of piojectors' 

 and contractors, the Town Council are about to take the subject in tlieir 

 own hands, besiuuinx with a complete canalization of the city, and execute 

 the works on a grand scale, letting the public reap the profit of the under- 

 taking. 



IniviguratUni of french Riii7i/iii/,« — The present season is, without doul.t, 

 the most imp(jil,uit for the miuy new lines vvliich have been .i|.eaed in 

 Trance. On the Htli of June look place that between I'aris and .Sceaux, a 

 short line, it is true, but one on which the svsiem AinoHX li'is been lirst 

 tried With Bucess. The Ureal North Line (Lille) has aho been opened 

 with jreat festivities. 



Kmliellishmentsof P.iri*.— The great work of a general paving of the 

 Boulevards are nearly completed. The next will be the appro.ich to the 

 bridge de la Concorde and the levelling of tlie earth which is now in 

 work. The paving of tiie Place du Caruussel will be completely re- 

 modelled in a very short time. 



n^epegt Artesian Will in Hurope.—ln {'..e Duchy of Lu^enibnnrg, a 

 well is being sunk, the depih of which surpasses all <ithers of the kind, 

 lis present depth is •2,3Ui teet. nearly 1)84 iVet more than that of la (Jren- 

 elle, near Paris. It is said, that this immense work has been uuUerlakeo 

 tiir working a large etratuiu of rock salt. 



F.MBANKMENTS. 



SfR— Having been a subscriber to your valuable .Kuirnal from its com- 

 mencement, I have read with considerable interest and profit several of 

 the communications and papers therein. I am at present in search of in- 

 formation respecting the construction of embankments for reservoirs or 

 water daniB, in the formation of which there is little or no material to work 

 upon excepting peat or bog earth, and a small portion of clay, with stones 

 sufficient for the formation of 14 inches of breastwork. 



I obwrve in vour Journal, vol. .'J, page 20, that at a meeting of the In- 

 stitution of Civil Engineers, on the 29th June, tliere was read a paper 

 containing a "Description of the Banu Reservoirs, County Down, Ire- 

 land," by John Frederick Bateman, M. Inst. C.E. ; and also in your 

 Journal, vol. 6. page 420, that at a meeting held on the 13th June, a paper 

 was read "On the Formation of Kinbankments for Ecservuirs to retain 

 Water," by Robert Thorn, IM. Inst. C.E. 



I should feel much obliged by your informing me, in your next number, 

 whether either of the above mentioned papers have been published in a 

 separate form, and by whom, or how I can procure a larger knowledge of 

 their contents than is given in your Journal. 



Should you have any knowledge of any other treatise on the subject of 

 Water Darns, or can give me any reference to any parties practically ac- 

 quainted with the subject, I shall esteem it a favour if you will refer me 



thereto. 



I am. Sir, your most obedient servant, 



J. B. 

 Midilleton,in Tecsdale, June 5, 1846. 



The abstracts of IMr. Baleman's paper, and that by Mr. Thorn, given in 

 this Journal, roniained the whole of the information afforded by the origi- 

 nal. No fuller accounts have been published. If our correspondent will 

 send ns full particulars of the dimensions and form of his reservoir, we will 

 tell bim the pressure the sides will have to resist. 



LIST OP NEW PATENTS. 



(From Messrs. Robertson's List.) 



SRANTBD IN ENGLAND FROM MAY 26, 1840, TO JdNE 24, 1846. 



Sir Months allowed/or Enrolment, unless otherwise expressed. 



Natlmo Defrlcs, of .Saint Martln's-lane, engineer, for " Improvements In gas meters."— 

 SMled May 27. 



Jolln Hyde, of Manchester, engineer, for " certain Improvements In looms and appara- 

 tu». connected witli iuoms for weaving."— May 27. 



Charles Henrd de Boissi.Tinn, of Leicester- place, in the county of IMiddleHex, merchant, 

 for " Improvements in manufacturing corks and bungs." {A commniiication.)— May 27. 



Jotin Aston, of Birmlngliam, for "Improvements in buttons and in ornaments for 

 dress."— May 27. 



Alexander Southwood Stoclcer, of Camden-road-villas, gentleman, for " Improvements 

 in the man«faclqre of tiotttes and olhei similar vessels, also in stoppini- and covering the 

 same, anil In the manufacture and application to the whole or part of the arlicleB to be 

 Med."— May 27. 



John Blyth, of St. Anne. Llmehouse. engineer, for "an Improved mode of closing the 

 orifices of bottles or other vessels applicable to Inkholders."— May '.'8. 



Richard Marvin, of Portsea, Southampton, gentleman, and William Henry Moore, of 

 SoutJuea, Id tbe ■ame county, gentleman, for " Improvemouts in gratings of metal or 



wood for the fronts of houses and general pnrposes for the admission of light and venti- 

 lation." — May ".is. 



Henry Seymour Westmacott, of John street, He-lfordrow. gentleman, for "an Im- 

 provein«i't in tht construction of rotatory steam engines."— May 30. 



Moses Poole, of tl.e Hill Office, peotleman, for •■ Improvements in making fabrics from 

 fibrous iiiat-^rials." (A cummunication.) — J'ine 2. 



William farter Stafford Percy, of Manchester, upholder. f-T "certain Improvemeota 

 In the manufacture of bricks, tiles, chimney pots, and other similar articles."— June 2. 



Henry Lawrence Ti)hias Tschuily Von Uster, of tha College for Civil Ensineirs, Putne • 

 for " Improvements in apparatus or machinery for measuring and indicalini the distant;* 

 travelled by wheel carriages."- June 2. 



John Welislcr Cochran, of Paris, engineer, for "certain Improvements in machinery 

 for cutting and shaping wood fjr ship-building and otlier put poses. "—June 2. 



William Slnbijs, and John Isaiah Grylls, both of T.lauelly, South Wales, engineers, foi 

 " Improvements in loc'imjtive and oilier engines and carriages." — June 2. 



Joseph Clinton Robertson, of fleet street, London, civil enaineer. tor "certain Iin> 

 proveuients in r.;ilwavs and raiUvay carriages." (A communication-)— June 4. 



George Lowe, of Finsbury.ciicus, civil engineer, of an extension of a patent for tha 

 term of bve years, from the tith Jnoe, 18-l»'. for iiicirasing the illuaiinating power of such 

 coal gas as is usually jiroiiuced In gas vvflrks. aU.) lor converting the reluse products fnuo 

 the iiianufaclure of coal gas into an article of commerce not heretol.ire protlucrd there- 

 Irum. and also of a new mode or conducting the process of condensation iu the niaoufav- 

 ture of gas lor illumination." — June 4. 



John Tayler, of t'arlisle. miller, for " certain Improvements in flour mills, and in ma* 

 chinery ci-nuccted therewith.". June 11. 



Hnhert Rettie, of Glasgow, civil engineer, for " certain Improvements In the manufac. 

 tiire nffnel, parts 01 vvliich iniprovements are app icat'le tor the purposes ctf purifying, 

 conipiessinr. or extrjcting vegetable and other substances, an-1 tJuiJs, and in the m^ 

 chinery or apparalus to be used for the s^me."— June 12. 



Kdward Cottam, of St. John's-wood, for " Improvements in bedsteads." — J«ir.e 16. 



Fredeiic Handell Burkinyoung, of Baker street, Middlesex, gentleman, for "Improve- 

 ments in piano fortes." — June I'i. 



Benjamin Fotlierfiill, of Manchester, machine-maker, and Itichard Johnson, of Clitbe. 

 roe, in the same county, cotton-spinner, (or Improvements in certain l-'arts of machinery 

 used in the pa parat-on for spinning, and iu the spinning and doubling of cotton, wood, 

 and other librous substances."— June 16. 



Robert Reyburn. of Brown. street, Glasgow, chemist, for " Improvements in making 

 extracts from animal and vegetabia substances."- June 17. 



William Cormack, of 'I'hsmes-street, Greenwich, chemist, for " Improvesientj in ob- 

 laiuicg motive power." — June i7. 



Alfred Uicbard Johnson, of the firm of Messrs. Johnson and Co., of Regent-street, and 

 Messrs. Giilfilhs and Johnson, of Old Bond-street, hatters, for " ceriain Improvements 

 in hats, caps, and bcnnets— June 18. 



John siuison, of Riches court. Lime-street, merchant, for "certain Improvements Id 

 machinery tor jireparing and spinning tl ix, and other hbrous materials." — June 20. 



Henry Austin and Thomas Webster Rammell, of 10. Walbrook. City, civil engineer, fo» 

 " Improvt-menis in woou, mosaic, and tessellated work." — June 22. 



Spencer Thomas Garrett, of Clitf-bank Lod^'e, Stoke upon. Trent, Ksq , for " certain 

 Improvements in cements, b icks, tiles, quarries, slabs, and artiliiial stones." — June 22. 



Benne't Woodcr.jft, of Manchester, consulting engineer, for "an Improved mode of 

 printing certain colours ill calico and otlier fabrics."— J uue 22. 



Thomns Walker, of Birmingham, stove. maker, for " Improvements in shipsMogs and 

 In sounding inacliines." — June 22. 



John Mercer, of O.kenshaw, chemist, and John Greenwood, of Church, in the sane 

 county chemist, lor " ceriain Improvements in dyeii'g and |.riutlng Turkey red, and other 

 colours " — June 22. 



William Slathers Hall, of Leeds, brass-founder, for " a certain improvement, or certain 

 Improvements ill, and applicable to sliding gas pendants, lamps, lustres, and chandeliera.'* 

 —June 22. 



Josei h Renshaw, of S ilford, Lancashire, meclianic, for " certain Improvements in ma- 

 chinery, or apparatus, for tinishing velvets and other piled goods or fabrics."— June 2^. 



William Cotton, of Louehborougli, manufacturer, for " certain Improvements in Itult-. 

 ting machinery."- June 22. 



John Giilett, of Brailes, Warwick, agricultural implement maker, for " an Improved 

 apparatus for protecting property by sounding alarums, or giving signals." — 



Joseph George, of Chelsea, Middlesex, coal and twine master, tor " Improvements la 

 the construction ol bouses, builoings, and other erections." — June 22. 



Thomas Jones, of Salford, Lancaster, niachuie-maker, for "ceriain Improvements in 

 machinery or apparatus for preparing, slubbing, and roving cotton, wool, ana other 

 filjrous materials."- June 22. 



William Topling Nesham, of the London Docks, engineer, for " certain Improvements 

 In the apparatus and mode of applying power for raising and lowering weiglits or heavy 

 bodies " — June 22. 



Ambrose Lord, of Allerton, Cheshire, toll-collector, for " certain Improvements in fur- . 

 naces and tbe tiues of steam-boilers, for the purposes ol consuming thu smoke and rcoDo- 

 niisiug the fuel." — Juue24. 



CORRESPONDEHrs. 



J. M. — The abstracts of the proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engi- 

 neers which appear iu the weekly periodicals are generally of too popular a 

 character to be of much value tu the professional engineer. By the courtesy 

 of the Institution we have been hitherto supplied with au ulhcial ac- 

 count of the proceedings, but owing to some unexplained delay, the pub- 

 lication of the papers of the present Session has not yet been commenced 

 and consequently we are deprived of our usual source of mfoimation. It is 

 reaMy of no use in a work making any pretensions to philosophical accuracy 

 to give any but authentic reports. For example, a long paper has recently 

 been read at tbe Institution, by Mr. W. llirding, on resistances to Railway 

 Trains. The only part of bis conclusions winch /,v at all new, is what ha 

 calls " resistance from concussion ;" we therefore naturally wished to confine 

 our attention to tliis part of bis paper, hut on turning to the reports in the 

 weekly publications, we can find neither an explanation of what is meant by 

 the phrase " resistance from concussion," nor any account of the reasons for 

 adopting the expression " ^ V" as the measure of this resistance. 



A Working Mechanic, and J. B. will be auiwered next month. 



