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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



[Oct. 



exceedingly delicate and free manner. In the middle of liie first to<nb 

 there are also paintings — viz., two red tents, whose ends are extended by 

 two genii. The pictures of the ceiling are in a perfect state of preserva- 

 tion, being red cnssetons with a dark border. The minor contents of these 

 tombs were also interesting, as besides several paierce with charmioi; de- 

 sii;n^' fragmcnis of works in bronze and gold, and a very fine vase of 

 (Merite with fine relievo rl^sijjns, were discovered. The Princes^ of Ca- 

 nino rontinues to explore the environs of Civila Vechia, the ancient city of 

 the Vulci They have hfen resumed this ye;ir near Ponte Uotto, on the 

 banks of the Fiora — the locality where, \n^t year, the fragments of some 

 splendid bronze chariots were discovered. The worknen have (!iis time 

 found a large sepulchral chamber, in which two huge sarcophagi were met 

 with. The one is of that rock called ncnfro, and the other of marble, or 

 rather alabaster — the latter being ten yards long, and on the lid are two 

 figures of natural size. The main tomb is covered all ar)und with basso- 

 relievos of tine design, well preserved. They represent scenes of com- 

 bats, and also some of those figures, often to be met with, where bulls are 

 delaniated by lions and grifiins. On the upper rim is an F.truscan inscrip- 

 tion ! Such sarcophagi have never before been found at Vulci. A'ery in- 

 teresting and extraordinary is the following : It has been found here, that 

 in the walls on whicli sepulchral vases have been, most probably, placed 

 in the time of the Romans, fragments of vases with very tine designs had 

 been used as an admixture of the cement or mortnr of the walls. It is 

 obvious, that at a period when such could have been done, the value and 

 estimation of these Etruscan vases must, for some reason or other, have 

 been completly exploded. 



The J)onau-Main Cannl — The iVonument. — This '.reat undertaking, 

 uniting (at least, for smaller craft) the German Ocean with the Black 

 Sea — projected by Charlemagne and carried out by Lewis of Bavaria — has 

 been fully concluded by the erection of a monument at the place where its 

 construction had been the most difficult and expensive — the Burgberg, 

 near Krhingen. The canal had to pass close to the banks of the Kegnitz, 

 between two vertical walls, whose distance is 24 feet, and which are, at 

 some places, 30 feet high. For the sake of widening the space taken up 

 by the Hamberg-Niiremberg road, it had to be extended in the direction of 

 the canal, part of the Burgberg to be cut, and the considerable terraces 

 protected by wails, rising in several stories. The space between Erlangeu 

 and the Burgberg, about 4,i)00 feet in length, occasioned considerable 

 trouble and expense, as a dyke 2,100 feet long, and of an average height 

 of 15 feet, had to be made up to tiie banks of the Swabach. This dyke is 

 protected by a wall I ,r)00 feet long, which, like some Komau structures of 

 the kind, is dressed with hewn stones. On this spot the monument is 

 erected, whose foundation consists of blocks from the quarries of Kehlheim, 

 some weighing 25 tons. It is Schwanihaler who made the designs, exe- 

 cuted by some of his best pupils. The material selected for the four sta- 

 tues is also the splendid .[uralimestoue of Kehlheim, and they were cut 

 out, in their rough s'ate, in the quarrv itself, as tlie block for the statue of 

 the Danube alone weiglis 40 Ions. The two reclining statues are 17 feet, 

 and the two standing ones 14 feet, in length. The execution of this work 

 occupied four years, and it was though lit that lliey should be first objects 

 to be conveyed on the canal, along its whole extent, from Kehlheim to 

 Bamberg. The monument is 48 feel hinh and 42 feet broad, and its base- 

 ment bears the following iubcriptiou in brnnz" : *' Donau and Main — fiir die 

 SchifiTarth verbuoden— eiu Werk vou Kail dem Grossen versucht, durch 

 Lndwig I., Ki'mig von IJayern neubegDimen nnd voUendel." Beside this 

 inscription is a bronze trident and an oar, -iilnriied with wreaths. At the 

 base, a copious stream of w-iter issues Irom a bronze lion's head. The 

 statue of ihe Rhme represents a vigorous man, whose upper part is un- 

 covered, and exhi'dts a powerful, maidy chest ; the features are stern, and 

 the head, adorned with garlands of vine, is turned towards that of the 

 Danube, represented under the form of a virgin, reclining in placid repose. 

 Commerce and Industry are reptesented by two other female figures. The 

 whole appearance of Ihe monument, whnse background is formed by a 

 somewhat receding mountain covered with oak trees, is imposing and 

 noble. — And to show, in fine, that ir is understood now on all hands, that 

 industry, commerce, and the arts can never exist isolatedly to any perfec- 

 tion, the die-siker of the king, M. Neuss, of Augsburg, has executed a 

 fine medal tii commemoration of the above great achievement for the com- 

 munication of n)iddle Kurope. 



Panama <!an(il — The Freneh Mmvieur states, that the proceedings be* 

 tween the I'rench-F.nglish Company for the canalizing of the straits of 

 Panama and the government of New Grenada, have arrived at that point, 

 that nothing but some minor matters remain to be settled. Ii was M. 

 Klein, agent to the Company, who had negotiated at ISagola with the i*re- 

 sident of New (Grenada. 



Effects of the late Earthquake in Hahj. — A great many scatfoldings yet 

 to be seen in the streets of Leghorn, attest the severity of the shocks; and 

 the damage caused in that city alone is valued at two millions of livres. 

 In Pisa it was necessary to demolish whole houses. 



A whole Mountain of Grecian Antiqiiitits to he Purchanedf — A German 

 traveller in Asia Minor seriously puts forth the suggestion, for any friend 

 of antiquities to purchase the mount near Priene, on the banks of the 

 Meander. On the plateau of the hill lay a world of ruins of the old show- 

 buildings, amongst which are the huge ruins of the famous temple of 

 Athene. Our informant says, that with two tliousanrl dollarsi a mountain 

 of, columns, marble slabs, frieses, &c., could be acquired. 



IjIST or NBW PATENTS. 



GRANTED IN ENGLAND HIOM AUGUST 25, 184G, TO SEFTBMBER 24, 184G. 



Six Months allowed/or Enrolmentt unless othertoise expressed. 



Alfred Kriipp, principal of the house of Frederick Krupp, of Eswn, Prussia, but now 

 of Leiceslep-siiuirtf, for "certain Inprovements in tbe manufacture of spoons, forks, and 

 other similar wares, and in the machinery, or apparatus, employed therein, parts of wliich 

 ar« also applicable to other manufacturing proccj^es." — Sealed August I'G. 



Thomas Wroughton. of Eltbam place, Kenninffton, gentleman, lor " certain Improve- 

 ments iti apparatus and iiistnimenis for ventilation and respiration." — August '2i'». 



Henry Bessemer, of Baxter-house. Old St. Pjncrns road, eoKiaeer, '* certain Ituprore- 

 meoti in railway engines and caniages, parts of which improvements are applicable to 

 the propelling of steam vessels, and to motive purposes generally." — August 20. 



Richard Clnrkp Hurlelgh, of Bath, gentlemjn, for "certain Improvements in artificial 

 light."— August L'S. 



Arthur Howe Holdsworth, of Brookhill, I>.irtmoiith, Devon, Esq., for " Improvements 

 in buoys and giving buoyancy lo boats." — Augusc 'J'J. 

 James Hoydell, of Oak-farm-works, near Dudley, ironmaster, for "Improvements in 



applying appiiratus to carriages to facilitate the draught."— August 'J'.K 



\Villiam Air Forstcr, of Gla^igow. leather merchant and boot maker, for " an Improved 

 mode of making belts fi>r driving machinery, traces, reins, and other articles of leather^ 

 felt, or parchment, and for an improved apparstus or machinery for the same." — 

 August 2i». 



Alexander Debain, manufacturer, of Pari?, France, for "certain Improvements appli- 

 cable to keyed musical instruments." — August '2'J. 



James Roose. of Darteston, Stafford, tube manufacturer, for ''Improvements in the 

 manufactu'c of welded iron tubes." — August 2'.'. 



Henry Hensun, of Hampstead, Middlesex, gentleman, for " certain Improvements in 

 railways, and in railway carriages, having for ihcir object the better accommodation add 

 security of the public." — August 31 . 



James Warren, of JMontague-terrace, Mile- end -road, gentleman, for ** Improvemrnts in 

 the manufacture of cast screws." — August 31. 



Frederick Henry West, of tlie City-road, Middlesex, gantlemen, for "certain Improve- 

 ments in securing corks in bottles, jars, and other vessels to contain liquids and other 

 matters, and also Improvements in such bottles and otlur vessels." — August .'Jl. 



Nicholas Harvey, of Hayle Foundry, St. Krth, Cornwall, for "certain Improvements 

 in filtering of w.iter for steam engines and boileis."— Sapt. 3. 



James Coles, of Harley-street, Cavendish-square, Middlesex, surgeon, for " Improve- 

 ments in apparatus for the prevention and treatment of distortions of the spine and 

 chest, also for treatment t f diseases of the spine and other disorders where a recumbent 

 position of the patient is required."— September 3. 



George Senior, of Bradford, York, gentleman, for "certain Improvements in washing 

 cleansing, scouring, and bleaching silk, cotton, wo(d, and fibrous substances generally, 

 also in dyeing, combing, carding, spinning, felting, niilling,or otherwise treating or pre- 

 paring fibrous substances generally." — September ;(. 



Peter Armand Leconte de Foutainmoreau, of New Broad-street, London, for '* certain 

 Improvements in the machines for the manufacture of bricks and other plastic pro- 

 ducts;" being a communication from a foreigner residing abroad.- September 3. 



Charles Ylery, of Rue St. Lazare, Paris, France, engineer, for " Improvements in as- 

 certaining and regulating the speeds and times of railway trains."— September 10. 



Moses Poole, London, gentleman, for "Improvements in treating vegetable fibres to 

 render them applicable to the manufacture of paper." (Being a communication.^ — Sep- 

 tember 10. 



Charles Richardson, of Dalston, Middlesex, gentleman, for "certain Improvements in 

 making and refilling of sugar, and in the machinery and appartus employed therein." 

 (Being a commuDiration.) — September 10. 



David Daries, of Wigmore-street, Cavendish-squar^, Middlesex, for " certain Improve- 

 ments in steps for carriages and other purposes."— September 17. 



Richard Ford Sturges, of Birmingham, Britannia ware manufacturer, for " Improve- 

 ments in filtering app^i'atus, and in apparatus lor making tea pots, aud other vessels of 

 metal."— September 17. 



James ''\ illiam Bowman, of Great AHe-streel, Middlesex, for " Improvements in re- 

 burning animal charcoal." — September 17. 



William Palmer, of Suttoii-street. Clerkenwell, manufacturer, for " Improvements in 

 the manufacture of lumps and candlesticks, and in gas and other pillars and pipes." — 

 September 17. 



Henry Franklin, of Marstone Mortaine. Bedfordshire, for " Improvements in the maou- 

 facture of bricks, tiles, and other like articles." — September 17. 



Frederick Biown. ot Luton, Bedfordshire, ironmpnver, for " Improvements in ovens ft>r 

 kitchen-ranges."— September 17. 



William Edward Newton, of <jt», Chancery-lune, for " Improvements in preserving fruit 

 and vegetables."- September 17. — (A communication.) 



Henry Wrigg, of Upper HoUoway, Middlesex, civil engineer, for "certain Improved 

 mtaiis or methods of diminishing draught and friction ii- carriages and other conveyances.'* 

 —September 17. 



James Lamb, of Canal Koad, Kingsland-road, for '* Improvements in the manufacture 

 of clogs."— September 24. 



Altred Vincent Newton, of Chancery-lane, for " Improvements in the method of hard- 

 ening and tempering various articles made of steel, or of iron and steel combined ;" beinj 

 d communication.— September 24. 



Henry Deacon, of Eccleston, Lancashire, engineer, for " Improvements in the con- 

 struction of flattening kilns."— September 24. 



Charles Fo.x, of London Works, near Birmingham, engineer, for " Improved machi- 

 nery for shearing, cutting, and punching metals."— September 24. 



Charles Chinnock, of Seymour-place, Litt'e Chelsea, for " Improvements in folding 

 and securing letters, envelopes, and covers."— September 24. 



Edmund Nerot, of Lombard. street, aentleman, for " Improvements in the manufac- 

 ture of papier, being a communication." — September 24. 



Peter Armand Lecomte de Foutainmoreau, of No. l;j. New Broad-street, city, for an 

 " Improvement or Improvements in the mode of manufacturing corks," being a com- 

 munication.— September 24. 



CORRESPONDKN'TS. 



Next month will be noticed " Peschel's Elements of Physics," ''Castle's 

 Surveying," " Mulliiis on Peat Bos:, and the construction of Roads, Railways, 

 and Canals in Bog," and a Tract by Sir Howard Douglas, entitled, " A Reply 

 to some Observations in a review of the pamphlet entitled, Metropolitan 

 Bridges and Westminster Improvements in the CivH Engineer and Archie 

 fecf'-s Journal, September 1S46." 



ERK.\TUM.— The last sentence ou page 306 is editorial, and does not 

 belong to Mr. Koberts's remarks. It belongs to the next paragraph. 



