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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. 



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one man alone is able to regulate the speed of the wagons at pleasure, or 

 stop thtm altogether. Two full wagons are let down and t»o empty ones are 

 drawn up at tlie same time. The full wagons pass over the Cromiord canal 

 by a wooden bridge (elevated several feet above the surface of the « ater) to 

 the top of the kilns. These stupendous works, when finished. «ill lie of the 

 most extensive clnracler ni Khk'^'kI. <"■ wo m»y say in the whole world. 

 They will, when complete, be able to turn out upwards of 200 tons oflimcjier 

 day' — Sheffield Patriot. 



Victoria Park liilt. — The Bill authorising the Woods and Forest to form a 

 Park in the eastern part of the metropolis, has already past the House of 

 Commons. 



T)te bronze statue of Ruhcns is at length completed, and has been sent 

 from Liege to Antwerp, the place of its destination. 



Parisian Bitumen. — The terraces at the .Slough station of the Great Wes- 

 tern Railway are being lined uith this material, its use has of late been con- 

 siderably on the increa.se ; it has been intro'liircJ in several parts of the me- 

 tropolis. 



LITER.\RY NOTICES. 



Mr. Dollman has given the public two faithful representations of the re- 

 storations of the Vicar's Close at Wells, the details of which are given in Mr. 

 Walker's book. The chimneys wc think fehcitous, but the sentry-box porches 

 might, we conceive, without injury have been omitted by the architect; 

 fidelity of this kind savours too mtich of the ingenuousness of the Chinese 

 tailor, who treated the patches in the pattern coat as an essential part of the 

 workmanship. 



Mr. E. Clifl'ord, a teacher of mathematics, has brought out a small treatise 

 styled Arithmetic Corviiderations on Mnrr/noi's Parallel Scales, and the Pro- 

 tractor, which contains a number of useful calculations and directions. 



LIST OF NE'W PATENTS. 



GRANTED IN ENGL.\ND FRO.M 29rH APRIL, TO 27tH M.^Y, 1841. 



Six Months allowed for Enrolment. 



James Sims, of Redruth, Cornwall, civil engineer, for " certain improve- 

 ments in steam engines." — April 29. 



Alfred Jeffery, of Prospect-place, New Hampton, Middlesex, gentleman, 

 for ''anew method of defendiru) the sheathing of ships and of protecting 

 their sides and bottoms." — -\pril 29. 



George Townshend, of Sorpcote-fields, Leicester, Esquire, for " improve- 

 ments in machinery or apparatus for cutting certain vegetable substances." — 

 April 29. 



Joseph Gibbs, of Kennington, civil engineer, for " a new combinaiion of 

 materials for making bricks, tiles, pottery, and other useful articles, and a 

 machine or machinery for making the same, and also a nciv mode or process 

 of burning the same, which machine or machinery and mode or process of 

 burning are also applicable to the tnaking and burning of other descriptions 

 of bricks, tiles, and pottery." — Apr'il 29. 



Miles Berry, of Cbancerj'-lane, for " certain improvements in machinery 

 or apparatus for making or manufacturing nails and brads." (A communi- 

 cation.) — May 4. 



Francis Joseph Massey, of Chadwell-street, Middleton-square, watch 

 manufacturer, for " improvements in the method of winding up watches and 

 other time keepers." — Alay 4. 



Edward Newton, of Leicester, manufacturer, and Thomas Archbold, 

 of the same place, machinist, for "improvements in producing ornamental or 

 tambour work in the manufacture of gloves." — May 4. 



Charles Thomas Holcombe. of Bankside, Southwark, iron merchant, 

 for *' certain lubricating or preserving matters for wheels and axles, applica- 

 ble also to the bearings, journals, or other parts of machinery." — May 4. 



Hugh Graham, of Bridport-place, Hoxton, artisan, for " an improved 

 manufacture of that kind of carpeting, usually denominated Kidderminster 

 carpetting." — May G. 



Moses Poole, of Lincoln's Inn, Esquire, for "improvements in the mann- 

 facture of fabrics by felting." (A communication.) — May 6. 



Philemon Aigcstine AIorley, of Birmingham, manufacturer, for " cer- 

 tain improvements in the manufacture of sugar moulds, dish covers, and other 

 articles of similar manufacture."- — May C. 



James Hancock, of Sidney-square, Mile End, civil engineer, for " certain 

 improvements in the manufacture of locks, keys, latches, and other fastenings, 

 oart of which improvements arc applicable to taps and cocks for drawing off 

 ytuids." — May G. 



John Paley, jun., of Preston, Lancashire, manufacturer, for " certain im- 

 provements in looms for weaving." — May 1 0. 



Hooton De^t.rill, of Nottingham, lace manufacturer, for " certain im- 



provements in machinery for making and omamenfing lace, commonly called 

 bobbin net lace," — May 1 0. 



Andrew Mc Nab, of Paisley, North Britain, engineer, for " certain im- 

 provements in the manufacture of bricks." — ilay 11. 



Edmund Taylor, of King William-street, gentleman, for " certain im. 

 provements in the construction of carriages used on railroads." (A com- 

 munication.) — May 11. 



Henry Pinkus, of Maddox-street, Hanover-square, for "an improved 

 method or methods of applying electrical currents or electricity, either frac- 

 tional, atmosplieric, voltaic, or electro magnetic." — May 14. 



James Gregory, coal master, and William Green, turner, both of West 

 Bromwich, Stafford, for " certain improvements in the manufacture of iron 

 and steel." — May 14. 



Pierre Journet, of Dean-street, Soho, engineer, for "improvements in 

 fire-escapes, which improvements are applicable to other useful purposes."— 

 May 19. 



John Carr, junior, of Paddington, engineer, for " improvements in appa- 

 ratus for retarding and stopping railway-carriages." — May 20. 



Charles Phillips, of Chipping Norton, Oxford, engineer, for " improve- 

 ments in reaping and cutting vegetable substances as food for cattle." — May 

 20. 



Joseph Woods, of Lawn-place, Lambeth, Surrey, civil engineer, for " cer- 

 tain improvements in locomotive engines, and also for certain imvrovementt 

 in the machinery for the production of rotatory motion for obtaining mechani- 

 cal power, which improvements in machinery are also api>licable for raising 

 or impelling fiuids." — May 22. 



William Gall, of Beresford-terrace, Surrey, for " certain improvements 

 in the construction of inkstands." (A communication.) — May 22. 



John Ainslie, farmer, Redheugh, North Britain, for "a new and im- 

 proved mode of making or moulding tiles, bricks, retorts, and such like work 

 from clay, and other plastic snbstances." — May 22 ; four months. 



Christopher Dumont, of Mark-lane, London, for " improvements in the 

 manufacture of metallic letters, figures, and other devices." {X communica- 

 tion.)— May 22. 



John Wintebborn, of Clarence-place, Hackney-road, surgeon, for "im- 

 provements in machinery to facilitate the removal of persons and property 

 from premises, in cases of fire ; which improvements are applicable to raising 

 and lowering weights generally, to assist servants cleaning windows, and as a 

 substitute for scaffolding." — May 22. 



William Lewis Rham, of Winkfield, Berks, clerk, for " certain improve- 

 ments in machinery O' apparatus for preparing land, and sowing or depositing 

 grain, seeds, and manure." — May 22. 



John Whitehouse, of Deptford, engineer, for " an improved method of 

 making boilers, to be used in marine steam engines." — May 22. 



William Joest, of Ludgate-hill, merchant, for "improvements inpro- 

 pelling vessels." (.\ communication.) — May 2G. 



George Hulme, of Saint John-street, Smitbfield, cock founder, for " im- 

 provements in water closets." — May 27. 



Joseph Bettridge, of Birmingham, wood turner, for " an improved me- 

 thod of manufacturing papier mache, pearl, china, ivory, horn, wood, and 

 composition, into pillars and stands fur table and other lamps, and other arti- 

 cles of domestic furniture." — May 27. 



James Shanks, of Saint Helen's, Lancashire, chemist, for " improvements 

 in t/ie manufacture of carbonate of soda." — May 27. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Communications from M.R., Daniel Clark, S,'c., received too late will appear 

 next montii. 



We have received a proposition far forming " An Association of Architectural 

 and Engineering Draughtsmen," which wc have deferred for consideration until 

 next month. 



Communications are requested to be addressed to "The Editor of the Civil 

 Engineer, and Architect's Journal," No. 11, Parliament Street, Westminster. 



Books for Ih'view must be sent early in the month, communications on or btfure 

 the 20th (if with drawings, earlier ), and advertistments on or before the loth 

 instant. 



Vols. I, II, and III, may be had, bound in cloth, price £1 each Volume. 



ERRATA. 



In last month's Journal, p. 173, for Harry Austin read Henry Austin. 



P. 129, for Mr. Edward Hall (late oi Birmingham) read lale oi Manchester. 



The type of pages 151 and 152, after it was made up, got disarranged ; we 

 have consequently reprinted them, which are given with the present number. 

 We have to request our readers to cancel those pages, and substitute those 

 given herewith. 



