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THR CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



[Nev. 



NOTES OF THE MONTH. 



The Rmjal Institute of Brilish Arcliitecla will commence their meetings 

 on Monday evenins, November 2, at eight o'clock, at their Rooms, No. 16, 

 Grosvenor-street, (irosvenor-squaie. 



nienal Tubular Bridge. — The experiments have been renevred at Blil- 

 wall. 



Nelson Monument, Trafalgar Square. — The proverb "a joke is a joke" 

 has its exceptions, and the Nelson monument is one of them. The man 

 and the boy renewed their operations upon this elegant structure a few 

 weeks ago, but now seem to have again given them up in despair. 



Coast Defences. — The Martello tower, between Hastings and Seaford, 

 are being covered in with stone. 



Chinese method of Boriiif!. — The Southampton AVater Committee have 

 voted £150 for trying this method at their Artesian well. 



Snlford, Munchesler. — A new chnrch has been erected in the Early 

 English style. Mr. Lane is the architect. 



A New Institution of Mechanical Engineers has been formed at Bir- 

 mingham for the advancement of various branches of mechanical know- 

 ledge, which do not fall within the province of the present Institution of 

 Civil Engineers. 



Cemetery at Cambridge. — Nine acres of land have been selected, and 

 will probably be allotted in separate portions to each of the 13 parishes. 



The South Devon Railway. — The sea wall has again been greatly in- 

 jured by the wind and waves. 



Public Message Delieery Company. — Of the schemes of the day, one of 

 the most curious is a proposition to establish electro-telegraphic commu- 

 nication between numerous stations in every part of London, for the con- 

 veyance of messages at a low charge. 



The Hatha and Wash-houses in Manchester since they were opened in 

 September have been attended by 3,000 persons. 



h'ew Dock at Ilonjleur. — The greater part of the wall has been destroyed 

 by the water getting between it and the earth. 



Lord Rossc's Telescope. — The report tliat an attempt had been made to 

 injure this instrument has been formally contradicted. 



Gold in Austral'ut. — A valuable auriferous vein has been discovered in 

 one of the copper mines, and the shares have risen 900 per cent. 



The Wellington Statue. — Lord Morpetli has addressed a circolar to all 

 the Royal Academicians, requesting their opinion respecting the present 

 position of the statue on the arch. , . 



St. Michael's Ottery has Ijeen consecrated. The style is Early English ; 

 the architect Jlr, VveliaBlon. • 



St. Alkmund, Derby. — This new parish church is built entirely of stone, 

 in the late de'corated style. The spire rises 112 feet above the tower, 

 which is !)2 feet high. Mr. Stevens, of Derby, is the architect. 



City Improremcnts. — The Court of Common Council have agreed to a 

 report, presented by Mr. R. L. .Jones, recommending the formation of a 

 new street from King William-street to the south side of St. Paul's 

 Churchyard. 



Collision of the Prometheus at London Bridge. — Propeller vessels have 

 been very unfortunate of late. The Irish steamer Prometheus, during 

 the mouth, has suU'ered severely, by heina; carried against an abutment of 

 London IJridge. The screw propeller was unable to resist the force of the 

 tide, which Was running very strong; the stern bulwarks were crushed in, 

 and the masts and funnel swept away. 



Gun Cotton. — There are numerous claimants of this invention. Dr. 

 Otto, Professor of chemistry in Brunswick, states, in the Hanorerian Ga- 

 zette, that he has invented an exploding cotton, independently of Schonbein 

 and Bex-ttger. His preparation, which was suggested by an observation 

 of Pelouze, in his Journal of Chemistry (Vol. I., page 126), consists in 

 immersing well-cleaned cotton in highly-concentrated nitric acid for half- 

 a minute, and instantly afterwards soaking it in water, which must be con- 

 stantly renewed, in order to effectually free the cotton from the acid. The 

 preparation, when dried, is ready for use. It may be exploded with a 

 hammer on an anvil, but is capable of being rammed in a gun, in the ordi- 

 nary way, without danger. M. Morel, an engineer at Paris, has recently 

 exhibited before General (iourgaud, President of the Committee of Artil- 

 lery, a fulminating cotton, which may be burnt on the hand without 

 causing pain. It leaves little residue in a fowling-piece, and is nearly 

 noiseless.' 51. Chodsko,a Polish refugee, has exhibited another fulminating 

 cotton, which resembles the last, except in that it leaves a residue in the 

 fowling-piece. The materials prepared by M. i\Iorel and M. Chodsko both 

 ignite by a blow of iron upon iron, but not of iron upon wood. The Eng- 

 lish Government have instituted experiments with Schonbein's gun cotton, 

 which have been attended with success. 



The Drainage of Haarlem Lake is to be continued by three enormous steam 

 engines, which are to complete the work in 13 months. The Cornish 

 esgine already at work discbarges a million tons of water daily. 



The Great Britain. — This luckless vessel still remains a-ground on the 

 Irish coast. She is to be protected by a floating breakwater; and the last 

 accounts state, that an attempt will be made to rescue her by the method 

 of flotation. Why was not this plan adopted in the first instance, instead 



of the violent experiment of dragging her ofT by main force ? Had the 

 steam tugs sent to the aid of this vessel reached her, and succeeded in 

 drawing her into deep water, she would have been in danger of foundering. 

 Mr. Marris Dinsdale has proposed a method of buoying her up by rafts, 

 with Greenland oil casks on either side of the vessel, and connected by 

 chains underneath it. This method was first proposed by him for the Prince 

 Frederick, on Corton Sand. 



tIST OP NEViT PATENTS. 



GRANTED IN ENGLAND FROM SEPTEMBER 24, 1816, TO OCTOBER 17, 1840. 



Six Monl/is allowed for Enrolment, unless otherwise expressed. 



Tliomas Bartlett Simpson, of Islington, Uiddtescx, genttemaD, for *' certaia Improve- 

 ments in propelling, and in machinery connected therewith." — Sealed September -M. 



Albert Ilobert Ciinningbam, of Sydenham, Kent, gentleman, and Joseph Threlfatl, 

 Carter, of th-* same place, engineer, for " certain Improvements in the propelling carriages 

 on railways.'" — October 1. 



Williaiit \\')ld,ol"Salford, Lancashire, moulder, for "certain Improvements in macbiner^- 

 or apparatus for manufacturing barrels and otber vessels of capacity.*' — October '2. 



Peter Fairbairn, of Leeds, macbine-maker, and Peter Carmichael, manager for Messrs. 

 Baxter, Brothers, and Co., flax spinners, Dundee, for " Improvements in machinery for 

 drawing, roving, and spinning flax, hemp, silk, and otber fibrous substances." — Oct. 2. 



Pierre Bryere. of Rue Boileau, Nantes, France, for " Improvements iu the manufac- 

 ture of boots, shoes, and clogs." — Oct. 2. 



Edm. Morewood, of Steel-yard, Upper Thames-street, merchant, for " certain Im- 

 provements in machinery for separating certain fibrous substances; from seed and other 

 extraneous masses."— Oct. 2. 



William Wield, of Blanchester, mechanical draughtsman, for " Improvements in cer» 

 tain mills for grinding, and ia the manufacture of certain parts of mills." — Oct. li. 



Charles Marie FouiUet, engineer, of Paris, for " Improvements in railways.'' — Oct. 2. 



Samuel Holdsworth, of Norwood, Surrey, gentleman, for " cartain Improvements In 

 apparatus to be applied to railway carriages, to prevent accidents thereon." — Oct. 2. 



William Farthing, of the town and borough of Kingston-upon-HuU, for " certain Im- 

 provements in the manufacture of glass." — Oct. 8. 



Robert Wilson, of Woodhouses, Laocsster, weaver, for ** certain Improvements in 

 looms for weaving velvets and other pilsd goods, and in the machiucry or apparatus for 

 cutting the i)ile or nap of the same." — Oct. 8. 



Samuel Heseltine, juu., of Bromley, in the county of Middlesex, engineer, for " certain 

 Improvements in the construction of lamps to burn oil." — Oct. 8. 



. John Warburton, of.Eearsley, Lancaster, tic-smith, for **certain Improvements in ma- 

 chinery. (K...lpparatus, for preparing, slubblng, and roving cotton wool, and other fibrous 

 materials."— Oct. t*. 



William Fairbairn, of Manchester, in the county Palatine of Lancaster, civil engineer, 

 for "Improvements in the construction of iron beams for the erection of bridges ana 

 other structures."- Oct. 8. 



Francis Nalder, of Cheapside, warehouseman, for *' Im])rovements in the manufacture 

 of gloves."— Oct. 8. 



Marcel Teau Milon, of 2r, Rue Fronches, Paris, gentleman, for "Improvements iu 

 making roads and ways." — Oct. 8. 



John Bombley, of Sunderland, engineer, for "Improvements in capstans and wind, 

 lasses." — Oct. ti. 



George Lowe, of Finsbury Circus, civil engineer, for " Improvements in the manufac- 

 ture of aud iu burning gas, and iu the mauulHcture of fuel." — Oct. 8. 



Price Struve, of Swansea, engineer, for " Improvements in railway transit, and in mov- 

 ing or raising weights." — Oct. H. 



John Taylor, of the Adclphi, gentleman, for "Improvements in tlic manufacture ot 

 explosive compounds." (A communication.) — Oct. 8. 



James Farnsworth, of Sheflield, in the county of York, engineer, for "certain Impro\-ed 

 machinery or apparatus, for "the manufacture of bricks aud tiles." (A communication.) 

 —Oct. 8. 



Michel Louis Ferant, of ^(51, Oxford-street, gentleman, for " Improvements in treating 

 oils." (A communication.) — Oct. 8. 



George Frederick Muntz, Esq., M. P., of Ley Hall, Birmingham, for " an Improved 

 m.iuufacture of metal plates for sheating the bottom of ships or other vessels."— Oct. l.'i. 



John Condie, of Glasgow, engineer, for "Improvements in machinery used In manu- 

 facturing malleable iron."— Oct. l.'i. 



Francois Durand, engineer, and OnesiphorePerqueur, engineer, of Paris, for "Improve- 

 ments in forming leather into tubes, cylinders, switches, cases, sheaths, hats, and other 

 articles." — Oct. 15. 



James Kite, of New North Road Bridge, Hcxton, in the county of Middlesex, gentle- 

 man, for "certain Improvements in steam engine-chimneys, in furnaces and flues, in 

 vent and exhaust pipes, and in other like smoke and air conductors, and in the machinery 

 or apparatus connected thereivith."- Oct. 1;J. 



Arthur MilUvard, of ISirmingham, gentleman, for " certain Improvements in producing 

 figured surfaces, sunken and iu relief." — Oct. 1.5. 



William Palmer, of Sutton-strcet, Clerkenwell, manufacturer, for " Improvements in 

 the packing of, and in the gaining, aud the manufacture of products from fat, or tatty 

 matters." — Oct. l.*). 



John Hornby Maw, Esq., of Hastings, Sussex, for " Improvements iu tlie manufacture 

 of pens." — Oct. 16. 



John Donkio, of Grange Road, Bermondsey, civil engineer, for " Improvements in the 

 manufacture of paper, or in the machinery employed therewith, and in the process of 

 bleaching paper, linen, and other manufactures in which chloride of lime is employed." 

 (A communication.) — Oct. l.i. 



Ebeuczcr Southworth, of Chorlton-upon-Medlock, near Manchester, draper, for " cer- 

 tain Iin])rovemenls iu engines, to be worked by steam or other power, and applicable to 

 raising and forcing water, to the propulsion of vessels, and otber similar purposes." — 

 Oct. 15. 



George Winslow, of Blnton Crescent, merchant, for " Improvements in raacliineiy for 

 manufacturing files and rasps." — Oct. 15. 



John Ryan, of the Iloyal Polytechnic Institution, doctor of medicine and professor o' 

 chemistry, for "certain Improvements m the preservation of organic and other sub- 

 stances." — Oct. 1?. 



