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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



[July, 



Rope-itiaking in America. — Mr. Buckingham gives th • following descripii'.n 

 of the rope manufactory at Boston. •• The ropewalk of tlie navy-yaril is one 

 of the finest I ever remember to have seen. It is nearly half a mile in length, 

 IMO stories in height; it is huilt entirely of the same bcautiCiil granite as 

 that used in the construction of the dry dock, and is roofed «ith iron and 

 slate. The window shutters are all ca.^ed with ir.in.and the «hote is rendered 

 fire-proof. Some very recent and e.xcellenl improvements have been intro- 

 duced into the maclilnery here, by a native American engineer, Mr. Tread- 

 well, by which a steam engine at one end of the building is madi' to furnish 

 the requisite power for ])erforming all the operations for rope-making, «ilh 

 very little aid from the labour of men, from the first combing of the hemp, 

 and spinning it into threads, to the tarring and twisting the yarn, and the 

 winding of the whole into the hawser or the c.ible rerjiiireil. 1 liad .seen some 

 of the best ropewalks in England, both in the royal dock-yards, and in the 

 private est;ibtishments of London, and other pans, but 1 remember nothing 

 equal to this of Boston, either in the beauty and perfection of the building 

 and the machinery, or the admirable uniformity of strain in every strand and 

 every fibre in the rope produced ; or the finished roundness, smoothness and 

 flexibility of the hawsers and cables, of which several were submitted to our 

 examination, both in progress and completed." 



Steam Narieation on the Meuse. — One of the new steam-boats intended for 

 the Liegeian Company of Navigation, was last week launched in the Meuse. 

 it was towed as far as the railway to Val-Benoit, in order to put in the boiler. 

 Without the boiler, and with the engine alone, the draught of water of the 

 boat was 21 centimetres (8 inches); with the boiler it is 25 centimetres (10 

 inches). The engine, which is a low-pressure one, and .nccording to the Jack- 

 son plan, weighs only 2,400 kilogrammes. It was constructed in the manu- 

 factory cf \fessrs. Derosne, Call, and Co.. at Cliarenlon, near Paris. Kx- 

 cepting in Kugland and on the Ixiire, there are not yet any engines like it. 

 The engines of the steam-boats which were in operation last year on the 

 Meuse, were considerably heavier. Tiie vessel which has just been launched 

 is 3 metres and 50 centimetres (11 feet) in depth, and 3fi metres and .50 centi- 

 metres (1 18 feet) long. Every thing on deck is nearly finished, audit will 

 soon be able to commence working. Great progress is mhde in the construc- 

 tion of the second vessel, and it will be ready for service in a short time after 

 the first. It is estimated that the draught of ihese boats, with their load of 

 fuel, will not exceed 35 centimetres ( 14 inches), while that of the former boats 

 amounted to nearly CO centimetres (24 inches) ; we are, therefore, induced to 

 hope that steam navigation, unless when the waters are excessively low, may 

 henceforth be generally adopted on the Meuse. — Another steam-bo;it of iron is 

 now constructing in the manufactory of M. Petry, an engineer, at Grevegnee- 

 les-Liege. Persons experienced in the art of boat-building, who have had 

 opi ortunities of seeing this fine vessel, consider that the country has not 

 produced any equal to it. 



LIST OP NE'W PATENTS. 



GRANTED IN ENGLAND FROM 27tH MAY, TO 25tH JUNE, 18-11. 



Six Mont/is allowed for Enrolment. 



George Bent Ollivant and Adam Howard, of Manchester, mill- 

 Wrights, for " certain improvements in cylindrical printing machineri/ for 

 jjrinliny calicoes and other fabrics, and in the apparatus connected theretcith, 

 which is also applicable to other usefid purposes." — Sealed June 5. 



John Mee, of Leicester, framesinith, for " improoements in the manufac- 

 ture of looped fabrics." — June 5. 



William Hannis Taylor, of Lambeth, Esq., for " certain improvement.'^ 

 'in propelling machinery." — June 5. 



Joseph Gibbs, of the Oval, Kennington, civil engineer, for " certain im- 

 provements in roads and railways, and in the means of propelling carriages 

 thereon." — June 5. 



_ Miles Berry, of Chancery-lane, patent agent, for " certain improvements 

 in machinery or apparatus for ruling paper." (A communication. — June 5. 



James Colley March, of Barnstaple, surgeon, for " certain improved 

 means of producing heat from the combustion of certain kinds of fuel." — 

 June 8. 



Henry Richardson Fanshaw, the younger, of Hatfield-street, Surrey, 

 chemist, for " improoements in curing hides and siins, and in tanning, ica.<ih- 

 ing, and cleaning hides, siins, and other matters." — June 10. 



John George Bod.mer, of Manchester, engineer, for " certain improve. 

 ments in machinery for propelling vessels on water, parts of which improve- 

 ments apply also to steam engines to be employed on land." — June 10. 



Edward Hammond Bentall, of Heybridge, Essex, iron-founder, for 

 "certain improvements in ploughs." — June 10. 



Robert Oram, of Salford, Lancaster, engineer, for " certain improve- 

 ments in hydraulic presses." — June 12. 



James Wills Wayte, of the " Morning Advertiser" office. Fleet-street, 

 engineer, for " certain improvements in machinery or apparatus for letter- 

 press printing." — June 12. 



John Anthony Tielens, of Fenchurch-street, merchant, for " improve- 

 ments in machinery or apparatus for knitting." (A communication.)— June 



George CLAUDirs .\sh, of Broad-street, Golden-square, dentist, for " im- 

 provements in apparattts for fastening candles in candlesticks." June 12. 



Edward Palmer, of Newgate-street, gentleman, for "improvements in 

 producing printing surfaces, and in the printing china, pottery, ware, music, 

 maps, and portraits." — June 12. 



EzEKiEL Jones, of Stockport, mechanic, for " certain improvements in 

 machinery for prepairing stubbing, roving, spinning, and doubling cotton, silk, 

 wool, worsted, Jla,r, and other fibrous substances." — June 12. 



Alexander Horatio Simpson, of New Palace-yard, Westminster, gen- 

 tleman, Peter Hu.nter Irvin, and Thomas Eigenk Irvin, both of 

 Charles-street, llatton-garden, philosophical instrument makers, for "an im- 

 proved mode of producing light, and of manufacturing apparatus for the dif- 

 fusion of light." — June 17. 



Thomas Walker, of North Shields, engineer, for " improvements in steam 

 engines." — June 18. 



William Petrie, of Croydon, gentleman, for " improvements in obtaining 

 mechanical power, which are also applicable for obtaining rapid motion." — 

 June 19. 



John Haughton, of Liverpool, clerk, master of arts, for "improvements 

 iti the method of affixing certain labels." — June 19. 



James Henry- Shaw, of Charlotte-street, Blackfriars, jeweller, for " im- 

 provements in setting wheat and other seeds." — June 19. 



Sir Samuel Brown, knight, of Nctherbyers-house, Aj-ton, Berwick, for 

 " improvements in the means of drawing or moving carriages and other ma- 

 chines along inclined planes, railways, and other roads, and for drawing or 

 propelling vessels in canals, rivers, and other navigable waters." — June 19. 



John George Triscott Campbell, of Lambeth-hill, Upper Tliames- 

 street, grocer, for '* improvements in propelling vessels." — June 19. 



Joseph Gauci, of North-crescent, Bedford-square, artist, and Alexander 

 Bain, of Wigmore-street, Cavendish-square, mechanist, for " improvements 

 in inkstands and inkholders." — June 21. 



Miles Berry, of Chancery-lane, patent agent, for " a new or improved 

 engine, machine, or apparatus for producing or obtaining motive poorer by 

 means of gases or vapours produced by combustion." — June 23. 



William Walker, the elder, of Standish-street, Liverpool, watch-finisher, 

 for " an improvement or improvements in the manufacture of the detached 

 lever watch." — June 23. 



George Thomas Day*, of Upper Belgrave-place, Pimlico, gentleman, for 

 " an itnproved apparatus for creating draft applicable to chimneys and other 

 purposes." — June 23. 



John Henry Le Keux, of Southampton-street, Pentonville, for "an im- 

 provement in line engraving, and in producing impressions therefrom." — June 

 23 ; two months. 



John Goodwin, of Cumberland-street, Hackney-road, piano-forte maker, 

 for " an improved construction of piano-fortes of certain descriptions." — 

 June 23 ; two months. 



James Sidebottom, of Waterside, Derby, manufacturer, for " certain im- 

 provements in ynachinery for apparatus." — June 23. 



William Chesterman, of Burford, Oxford, gentleman, for " improve- 

 ments in filtering liquids." — June 23. 



Robert Stephenson, of Great George-street, Westminster, civil engineer, 

 for " certain improvements in the arrangement and combination of the parts 

 of steam engines of the sort commonly called locomotive engines." — June 23. 



John Lee Stevens, of King Edward-street, Southwark, general agent, 

 and John King, of College Hill, printer, for " certain improvements in candle- 

 sticks and other candle holders." — June 25. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Mr. Mu.thet^s papi is : and .Mr. Ijnrit's and Mr. Ryder's reply to Mr. Perkins* 

 answer, that appeared in last month^s Journal, were not received until the latter 

 part of the month, they tvill appear in the ne.rt Journal. 



M. Q.'s communication will appear next month — tracings will be returned when 

 required. 



" The Mammoth *' is to be worked by the Screw, nnltss new orders have been 

 latehj ^iven to the contrary. 



IVe must bfi^ of our .American correspondents not to forward Pamphlets by Post, 

 wi' have had several demands upon us for 5s. and 6s. postage for each. 



A It-ngthcned abstract of Mr. Hood's c.icelhnt paper " on the Properties and 

 Chemical Constitution of Coal,'' has already been given in the Journal, and the 

 paper besides has appeared in another periodical. 



Works received and will be noticed neat month — Mr. Ranken's Patent Wood 

 Pavrmtnt, Report on " the Improvement of the Navigation of the Forth betwi-tt 

 Stirling and Alloa. " Irislt Railways, ' Mr. Sopwilh's description of Geological 

 Models, and .Mr. Williams's leork on the Combustion of Coal, '2nd edition. 



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

 Engineer, and Architect's Journal," jVo. 11, Parliament Street, Westminster. 



Books for Review must be sent early in the month, communications on or before 

 the 20th (if with drawings, earlierj, and advertisements on or before the 2oth 

 instant. 



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



ERRATA. 



In Mr. Clark's communication "On the Action of Central Forces," in the 

 last montli's Journal, page 182, 2nd column, 31st line from bottom, for 



A[C—AB,Tea.ii.AC=AB. And page 183, column cne, line 29, for.r=T 



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