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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. 



IShi't. 



Vllth's Chapel, which, nolwithstaoding the comparatively recent restora- 

 tion, shows signs of general decay. It is of Halh stone. 



The (^orernment School of Design — The annual meeting for distribu- 

 tion of I'rizes has recently taken place. This institution has efiectcd little 

 which would induce the public to respond to the tone of gr.jtulation 

 adopted in the annual report. 



The Three New Parks at Manchester have been opened. 



The Restorations at Ely Cathedral progress rapidly. The tombs of 

 Bishop Alcock and Cardinal de Lidanborough, the Purbeck marble shafts 

 of the triforium and clerestory, the corbels, string courses, &c., have been 

 purged of the coatings of paint and piaster. But the chief work** are at 

 the west end, where the towers have been restored and opened to the nave. 

 The Chapel of St. Catlierine, which opens into the newly-restored tran- 

 sept, is to be repaired. At the east end of the church, the soutli pinnacle, 

 which was never finished, is in course of erection at tlie expense of Mr. 

 Hope. The dean has restored Prior Cranden's Chapel. 



MISCELLANEA. 



Rocket Making in the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich. — The out- 

 side case of the rocket is of thin sheet iron, and the inner case of paper. This case 

 being dxed, a ladleful! of clay is placed at the bottom of the rockat and the composiiion 

 is then poured in ; one ladlefull being put in at a time. Each complement of the com- 

 position is then driven down by an instrument called a " monkey," similar to those used 

 in pile-drivinp, which is allowed to fall on the rammer 6u times. This process is repeated 

 on the addition of each ladlefull of the composition, 'ill the whole tube or case is fille'', 

 when it is coated over with clay, which hardens and protects the composition from acci- 

 deut till it is required for use, when the clay is bored lhrou^h. 



Blasting of the White Shell Rocks at Sunderland. — These 

 rocks, which have long been a source of daneer to shius entering the port of Sunderland, 

 were examined recently by T. Meek, Esq., engineer. On surveying their for.n and na- 

 ture, by means of the diving bell, he satisfied himself of the practicability of their being 

 blasted with gunpowder, and their most dangerous parts removed. The surface was 

 found to consist of rid es of pseudo-magnesian limestone, running in an easterly direc- 

 lioD. The highest projecting ridge was not more than two feet six inches below the 

 surface ol the water. This being the most dangerous point, it was selected for th*- com- 

 mencement of the operations. The first blast loosened and displaced six tons of rock, 

 and by means of iwn others this portion of the ridge was levelled, and a depth of five 

 feet water at low spring ebbs obtained. Another projecting ridge, not so dangerous, has 

 been lowered and broke-n up. The operations are still progressing, and much advantage 

 to the port is expected to result from them. 



Indian Railways. — The Indian journals, received by the overland mail, 

 Are discussing the possibility of constructing the lailroads. Mr. Simms, after a fair 

 month's survey, has declined to attempt a rsgular estimate of the cost of cnstrufting a 

 railway from Calcutta to Delhi. In his general report and gaess estimate, however, he 

 seta it down at £lb 000 per mile; one bridge alone he estimates at two million rupees. 

 This really appears no extravagant estimate of what it may cost to carry a railway 

 through a country subject to inundations so violent as to sweep the most scilirl structures 

 away. At this rate, the total expense of a railway from Calcutta to Delhi would be some- 

 where about twenty million rupees. The Great Indian Peninsular iS, at on^ part of its' 

 course, to rise \7\S leet in rather less than six mites and in this portion of it there are 

 two miles of tunnelling and one of cutting through a hard fissured trap. The [ass 

 through nhicb these operations are to be conducted leads to a ** lugged difficult coun 

 try." 



LIST OF NEW PATENTS. 



eBANTED IN ENGLAND FROM JULY 23, 184G, TO AUGUST 25, 1846. 



Six Months allowed /or Enrolment, unless otherwise expressed, 



Charles William Firchild, of l-eamington, in the county of Warwick, for " a new en- 

 gine for obtaining rotary motion."— Sealed July 23. 



Peter Claussen, of Leicester-square, Middlesex, gentleman, for " Improvements in me- 

 thods of, or apt)aratu3 for, propelling and exhausting and compressing air and aeriform 

 bodies."— July 23. 



John Tulloh Oaborn, of Demerara, now residing in London, Esq., for "certain Im- 

 provements in power machines, or machinery for tilling, druining, and otherwise cultivat- 

 ing land, and io the mode or modes of Working the same.*' — July 23. 



James Henry Dickson, Esq., Capt. Half-pay, of Cheltenham, for "certain Improve- 

 ments in saddles."— July 23. 



Harold Crease, of Brixton-hill, Surrey, paper stainer, for " certain Improvem'nts in 

 thtt preparation of paints and colours for decorative and other similar purposes.*'- July 

 23. 



Francois Henry Bickes, of Mayence, on the Rhine, in the Grand Duchy of Hesse, gen- 

 tlemen, lor " Improvements in distillation." — July '2^. 



George Henry Fonrdrlnier. of Hanlcy, in the county of Stafford, paper-maker, for " Ira- 

 provemenls in preparing the materials usffd in manufacturing earthenware and china, 

 and in printing the designs for ornamenting the same."— July 23. 



Edward Hammond Bonsall, of Heybride, in the county of Essex, iron-founder, for 

 •' Improvements in implements for ploughing land, and clearing land of weeds."- July 

 23. 



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

 in the manufacture of sugar." (A communication.) — July 23. 



Thomas Bell, of Don Alkali Works, South Shields, for " Improvements in smelting 

 copper ore." — July 23. 



Robert Heath, of Manchester, gentleman, for " certain Improvements in wheels to be 

 used upon rail and other roads which Improvements are also applicable to mill gearing, 

 knd other similar purposes."— July 27. 



John Aagustin Alexis Sauvape. of Rue Richer, Paris, for " Improvements in condensing 

 the steam in Bteam-ergine«, and in supplying water to steam-engine boilers." — July27. 



Thomas LucoR, of No, 1 13, Alders^iate-street, London; lozenpe niantifacturer, for " cer- 

 ^«in Impruvements in the manufacture of lotentjcfl or sweetmeats."— July I'll. 



Henry Besemer, of Baxter- house. Old St. Pancras-road, Middlesex, engineer, for " cer- 

 t»lD Improvements in the manufacture of ^lass, and in machinery and apparatus con- 

 cecttd therewith, and also in silvering or coating glass, parts of which improvements are 

 applicable to the manufacture of tin foil and thin sheets of other metal, or alloys of me- 

 Ul."— July 30. 



Robert Mallett, of Dublin, civil engineer, and John Somers Dawson, of Dublin, coach 

 builder, for " certain Improvements iu railway carriages, and in (he machinery for work* 

 ing railways, parts of nhieb are applicable toother ctrriages,and to the bearings of other 

 machinpry." — July 30. 



William George Armstrong, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, for "an Improved lifting, lower- 

 ing, and hauling apparatus."— July 31. 



Theophile Augusle Dreschke, of Rue Therese, Paris, late an officer of Artillery, in the 

 service of Prussia, and late professor of sacred music at the University of Berlin, for " Im- 

 piovements in the keys ol pianofortes and (jther keyed musical instruments." — July 31. 



John Bayley, of Heaton Norris, near Stockport, manager, for " certain Improvements 

 in machinery or apparatus for spinning or twisting eolton and other tibraus substances." 

 August 1. 



Thomas Payne, of Handsworth, near Birmingham, gentleman, for " Improvements in 

 the manu facture of rcUs for rolling iron and other metals."— August 4. 



Charles Vignoles, junior, of Apperby-hridge, near Bradford, Yorkshire, civil engineer, 

 for " Improvements in employing steam as a motive power."- August 4. 



Francois Teychenne, of Redcross square, Cripplegate, feather merchant, for " Im- 

 provements in treating stone to render it bard and impermeable, and iu colouring the 

 sauje." (Partly a communication.)- August 10. 



George Lodge, of Leeds. Yorkshiie, engineer, for " certain ImproTcments in heating 

 water, generating ste<im, and saving fuel." — August 11. 



Frank Hills, of Deptford, Kent, manufacturing chemist, for " a method or methods of 

 treating certain gases, and matiutacturin; sulphuric acid, muriatic acetic acid, and cer- 

 tain salts of potash, so !a, and ammonia." — August U. 



William Kayser, of Bread-street, Cheapside, London, gentleman, for " Improvemenli 

 in the manufacture of looking glass." (A coBimunication.) — August 11. 



Richard Whytoch, of EdinI urgh, manufacturer, for " an improved method of manu- 

 facture which facilitates the production ot regular fiijures or patterns on diftVrent labrics, 

 particularly velveis. velvet pile, and Brussels, Wilton, and Turkey carpels, being an ex- 

 tension for the term of live years, to be computed from the tfth day of September, iS4ti, 

 of letters patent granted to the said Richari W hytoch for the said invention, by his tale 

 Majesty King William the Fourth."— August II. 



Charles Dowse, of Camden Town, gentleman, for " Improvements in the manufacture 

 and finishing of fabrics capable of beiug used as substitutes for paper." — August U. 



William Warcup, of Ashton-terrace, Coronation road, Bristol, civil engineer, for " cer- 

 tain Improvements in the manufacture and arrangemeut of parts and apparatus for the 

 construction and working of atmospheric railways." — August U. 



Henry Constantine Jennings, of Cuml^erland terrace, Regent'a-park, practical chemist, 

 for •' a new method, or apparatus, or machine, for the better or more economic evapora- 

 tion ol tluids or liquids containing crystalline or other matters to be concentrated or crys- 

 tallised." — August U. 



Jean Michel Borgognon, of New Broad-street, London, genileman, for " certain Im- 

 provements in producing artificial basaltic lavas." (A communication.)— August 11. 



Daniel Sydney Hasluck, of Birmingham, merchant, for " certain Improvements in the 

 manufacture of baru*"S3 for beasts of burden." (A communication.) — August 13. 



Johu Buchanan, of Queen. square, Westminster, gentleman, for "certain Improve- 

 ments in ships or vessels, and in propelling thereof, and in securing the same from floatal 

 damage, certain pai ts uf which machinery may be used for motion on land." — Aug. 15. 



William Aitken. of Aberdeen, in North Britafn, gentleman, for " certain Improvements 

 in two and four wheeled carriages." — August 16. 



George Phillips, of Park-street, Islington, chemist, for " an Improved construction and 

 arrangement of apparatus for supporting garden-pots, and improving the growth of 

 plants.*'— August 17. 



Moses Poole, of the Patent Bill Office, London, gentleman, for " Improvements in 

 manufacturing terry and cut piled fabrics." (A communication.)— August 17. 



Joseph Gray, of Redcrosa-street, Soulhwark, machinist, for " Improvements in gas me- 

 ters."— August 17. 



George Remington, of Park-street, M'estroinster, cini engineer, for " aertain Improve- 

 ments in locom-iiive engint^s, part of which improvements are applicable to marine and 

 stationary engines."— August 17. 



Joseph Clinton Robertson, of Fleet-street, London, civil engineer, for "an Improved 

 method of constructing boats, ships, and vessels of wood.** {A communication.) — Aug. 

 17. 



George HInton Bovill, of MiUwall, Middlesex, engineer, for " Improvements in manu- 

 facturing wheat and other grain into meal and flour." (A communication.)— August 18. 



Samuel Haven Hamilton, of Paris, gentleman, for " Improvements iu machinery or 

 apparatus, for dredging or excavating." (A communication. J — August 19. 



William Crofts, of the Park, Nottingham, for " Improvements in tba manufacture of 

 lace and other fabrics."— August 2^. 



Henry Parry, of High-street, Deptf^rd, gentleman, for "certain Improvements in the 

 maniifacture of hats.''— August 20. 



Matthew Gibson, ot Wellington-street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, machine maker, for "a 

 machine for leaping, cutting grass, and other similar purposes.'* — August 22. 



Maximilian Francois Joseph Deltosse, of Paris, but now of Regent-street, Esq., for 

 " Improvements in preventing and removing incrustation iu steam boilers.*' — August 25. 



James Bishop, of Piccadilly, warehouseman, and Thomas Wiod, of Upper BarDsbury- 

 street, Islington, gentleman, for *• Impr-jvementsin passengers' carriages." — August Iw. 

 Thomas Russell Crampton, of Adam-street, Adelphi, Middlesex, engineer, for " Im- 

 provements in locomotive engines." — August 2-). 



Alexander Parkes of Birmingham, artist, for " Improvements in the manufacture of 

 candles, and in preppring and combining certain animal, vegetable, and mineral sub- 

 stances, applicable to the manufacture of cundie; and other uses."— August 2.^. 



James Murdock, of Staple-inn, Middlesex, for a process for "making a composition or 

 artificial stone, applicable to building and otbvr uselul purposes.*' — August 2£>. 



CORllESPON DENTS. 



Received " Ilodgkinson on the Strength of Cast Iron,"' " View of Christ 

 Chuich, Po^t^wood," " Noniiullus," \\ e are agi.in coinpelled to postpone 

 several papers for want of room. Correspondents who wiih to have their 

 communications in?eitcd must send them eaily in the month. 



