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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



[Aprii,, 



the lanil to open a lu w itret't from the water up into the King's-roal. The 

 iron steam boats, alter Gooil Friday, will commence running to Battevsea, 

 AVandsworlh, and Putney. 



Aiphallf Covr;-hi<i.—'Vhe Directors of tlie Seyssel Asphaltc Company, (C'la- 

 ridgc.s Patent), have made a contract with the {jreenHicli Railway Company, 

 to cover the arches of iheir .lunclion line, to tlie extent of 240,000 superficial 

 feet. It is alFO understood that the floors of the several cells of the model 

 prison will be laid with this material. 



New Lichllwiise iil Pli/inoiilli. — The ceremony of laying the foundation stone 

 of the lighthouse intemled to be bullion the « est end of the Plymouth break- 

 water, took place, llie weather was delightfully serene, which a Ided much 

 to the interest of the occasion. Tlie stone having been prepared it was 

 lowered into its i)lace, an.! Hear .\dmiral W.arren. Admiral .Superintendent 

 of the dockyard, liavin.; plumbed it, spread the mortar, and several coins of 

 tlie realm were deposited beneath the stone. 



Enp'meerivfi lfoiioiir.i. — M'e have much plea.s'.ire to announce that Isainbard 

 r>runcl, the engineer-in-chief of the Thames Tunnel, has been knighted by 

 lier Majesty ; we hope that this is but a commencement of bestowing a few 

 honours on the engineering profession, whicli we have advocate.I. 



JL.IST or- WEW PATENTS. 



GR.^NTED IX F.NGL.\NU KROM 23rD KKBRIAR^ , TO 2.')TH MARCH, 1841. 



Si,v Months allowed frir Enrolment. 



Georbe England, of Westburv, Wiltshire, clothier, for " impruecments 

 ill mackinefy for tieucbuj woollen and other fabrics, and for twisting, spool- 

 in;/, and warping woollens, also for improvements in tlie manufacture of woollen 

 doeskins." — March 2. 



John Wii.kie, Nassau-street, Mar\-le-bone, upholsterer, and John 

 Chari.es Scheviess, of George-street, Saint Paiicras, musical instrument 

 maker, for " improvements in nonstrnctiny elastic seats or surfaces of furni- 

 ture." — March 2. 



Henry Newson Brewer, of Jamaica Row, Bermondsey, mast and block 

 maker, for '' an improvement or improvements in wooden blocks for ships, 

 riyying, tackles and other purposes, where pullies are used." — March 3. 



John K.-lnd, of How land-street, gentleman, for " certain improvements in 

 machinery for the manufacture of frame vori knitting or hosiery." — 

 March C. 



Thomas Spencer, of Liverpool, carver and gilder, for " an improvement, 

 or improvements in the manufacture of picture and other frames, and cornices 

 applicable also to other useful and decorative purposes." — March S. 



John Varley, of Bayswater Terrace, Bayswater, artist, for " an improve- 

 ment in carriayes." — March 8. 



John William Neale, of William-street, Kennington, engineer, and 

 Jacque Edopard Duyck, of Swan-street, Old Kent-road, commission agent, 

 for " certain improvements in the manufacture of vinegar, and in the appa- 

 ratus employed therein." — March 8. 



Benjamin Smith, of Stoke Prior, near Bromsgrove, butcher, for " an 

 improved apparatus for makiiuj salt from brine." — March 8. 



John Walker, of Crooked-lane, King William-street, for " an improved 

 hydraulic apparatus." — March 8. 



Richard Lawrence Sturtevant, of Church-street, Bethnal Green, soap 

 manufacturer, for " certain improvements in the manufacture of soap." — 

 March 8. 



Thomas Joseph Ditchblrn, of Orchard House, Blackwall, shipbuilder, 

 for " certain improvements in ship building, some, or all of which, are appli- 

 cable to steam boats, and boats, and vessels of all descriptions." — March 8. 



Anthony- Todd Thomson, of Hind-street, Manchester-square, doctor of 

 medicine, for '■ an improved method of mamfacturiny calomel and corrosive 

 sublimate." — March 8. 



Stephen Goldner, of West-street, Finsbury Circus, merchant, for •' im- 

 provemenls in preserviny animal and veyetuble substances and liquids." — 

 March 8. 



John Wertheimer, of West-street, Finsbury Cu-cus, printer, for " im- 

 provements in preserviny animal and vegetable substances and liquids." (A 

 communication ) — .March 8. 



Tho-mas (lark, professor of chemistr}-, in Marischal College, Aberdeen, 

 for "n new mode of rendering certain waters (the ivater of the Thames being 

 amony the number, J less impure and less hard for the supply and use of manu- 

 factories, villayes, towns, and cities." — March 8. 



John Baptist Frieu Wilhklm Heimann, of Ludgate Hill, merchant, 

 for "improvements in the manufacture of ropes and cables." (.\. communi- 

 cation.) — March 8. 



Joh.v Uockrke, of Galway-street, Saint Luke's, gas titter, for " oil im- 

 provement, or improvements ou gas burners." — March l.'i ; two months. 



RiCH.vun Laming, of (ionei-street, Bedford-square, surgeon, for " improve- 

 ments in the production of carlionalc of ammonia." — March 15. 



William Newton, of Clianceiy-lanc, civil engineer, for " certain improve- 

 ments in machinery or apparatus for picking and cleaniny cotton and wool." 

 (.V communication.) — March l.>. 



Robert Warington, of South Lambeth, Surrey, gentleman, for " im- 

 provements in the operations of tanning." — March 16. 



Joseph Maimislay, of Lambeth, Surrey, engineer, for " an improvement 

 in the arrangement and combination of certain parts of steam engines, to be 

 ■used for steam navigation." — March 16. 



William Newton, of Cliancery-lane, civil engineer, for " improvements 

 in spinning and twisting cotton, and other materials capable of being spun and 

 twisted." (A communication.) — March IC. 



George Lowe, of Finsbury Circus, engineer to the chartered gas company, 

 for " improved methods of snpplyiny yas under certain circumstances, and of 

 improving its puri'g and illuminatiny power." — March 16. 



Ch.^rles Bunt Dyer, of Paiy's Mine, Anglesea, mine agent, for " mi 

 improved method of obtaininy paints or pigments bg the combination of mineral 

 solutions and other substances." — March 16. 



Laurence Kortright, of Oak llall, East Ham, Essex, Esq., for " certaiit 

 improvements in treating and preparing the substance commonly called' White 

 Bone,' and the fins aitd such like other parts of whales, and rendering the 

 same fit for various commercial and useful purposes." (.\ communication.) 

 — March 17. 



William Thompson Clough, of Saint Helens, Lancaster, alkali manu- 

 facturer, for "improvements in the mnnufacture of tlie carbonates of soda 

 and potash." (.V coiumunication,) — March \1. 



Henry At gustus Wells, of Regent-street, gentleman, for '• i.nprove- 

 ments in machinery for driving piles." (A comnuuiication.) — March 17. 



JosiifA Field, of Lambeth, engineer, for " an improved mode of effecting 

 the operation of connecting, and disconnecting, front steam engines, the paddle 

 wheels, used for steam navli/ation." — March 22. 



Richard Barnes, of Wigan, Lancaster, engineer, for " certain improve- 

 ments in machinery, or apparatus for raising or drawing wafer or other 

 fiuids."— March 22. 



.Vnthony Theophills Merry-, of Birmingham, refiner of metals, for 

 "an improved process, or processes fo^ obtaining zinc and lead from their 

 respective ores, and for the calcination of other metallic bodies." — March 22, 



Robert Walter WiNFiELD,of Birmingham, merchant and manufacturer, 

 for " certain improvements in, or belonying to metallic bedsteads, o portion of 

 which mag be applied to other articles of metallic furniture." — March 22. 



Robert Goodacre, of CUcsthorpe, Leicestershire, for "an improved mode 

 of weighing bodies raised by cranes or otiier elevating machines." — March 22. 



Day-id N.ypieb, of Mill Wall, engineer, for " improvements in propelling 

 vessels." — March 22. 



AcHiLLE Elie Joseph Sovitas, of George Yard, Lombard-street, mer- 

 chant, for *' improvements in apparatus for regulating tliefioiv ofttuids." (A. 

 communication.) — March 22. 



William Bucknell, of Westminster, gentleman, for " improvements in 

 applying heat for the purpose of halching eggs, which improvements are also 

 applicable to other useful purposes where heat is required." — March 22. 



Morris West Rpthven, of Rotherham, engineer, for " a new mode of 

 increasing the power of certain media, when acted upon by rotary fans or 

 other similar apparatus." — March 22. 



Robert Cook and .Andrew Cunningham, of Johnstone, near Glasgow, 

 engineer, for •' improvements in the manifacture of bricks." — March 22. 



Moses Poole, of Lincoln's Inn, gentleman, for " improvements in stretc/t- 

 ing cloths." (A communication.) — March 22. 



Joseph ^^'RIGHT, of Carisbrook, Isle of Wight, mechanic, for " improve- 

 ments in apparatus used for dragging or skidding wheels of wheeled carriages." 

 —March 22. 



Thomas Wright, of Church Lane, Chelsea, Lieutenant in Her Majesty's 

 Navv, for " certain improvements applicable to railway aiul other carriayes." 

 — M'arch 22. 



Edw ARD Finch, of Liverpool, ironmaster, for " improvements inpropeUing 

 vessels." — March 2.'>. 



Goldsworthy G irney', of Bude, Cornwall, Esq., for "improvements in 

 the production and diffusion of light." — March 25. 



ERRATA IN LAST MONTHS JOURNAL. 



Page 75, col. I, two lines from bottom, for " wrostyle "' read " aioeos'.yle.'' 

 Page 77, col. 2, line 21, lor " as one of" read " is one of. ' 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



If'e shall feel obliged if O of Dublin ivill favour us with any information re- 

 spi'ctinfr the progress of architecture or engineering works in Ireland. 



Jf'r must firrliuc inserting any farther cotnmunieation respecting Mr. LecounCs 

 History of the London S; Birmingham Railway, as it will involve us in law pro- 

 ceedings. 



Upon consideration we vinst decline inserting H's communication respecting tlie 

 retiewtr's observations on Parsey^s new work on Perspective ; it is a di^cnlt mat- 

 ter for reviewers to please all parties. 



iVc shall be glad to receive from A .Suliscriber at O.rford, the pmrecdings of 

 the O.ifurd .ircliiteetural Society, and of the Camden Society. 



Cummunictitions ore requested Jo be addressed to *' The Kditor oi the Civil 

 Kngineer. and Aichilecl's Journal," A''o. 11, Parliament Street, Westminster. 



Book.'ifor Jteviciv must be sent early in the month, communications on or before 

 the 20th (if with drawings, earlier), and advertisements on or before the 25tlt 

 instant. 



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