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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. 



'November, 



monopoly by the above jieople. which are easily cipabU' of being arrived at 

 iiy those of oiher countries, if proper attention anJ a very moderate iliare of 

 curiosity were besloued upon the subject. 



United Stales Bank Building. — The extinction of the United States Hank 

 leaves that magnificent edifice in the hands of the assignees, as a part of its 

 available proivrlv. To what use ii '.sill now revert, is matter of conjecture. 

 This splendid pile was commenced in 1819. Itwr.s five years in biiililing. 

 Ttie original oipense was .WO. 000 dollars, but when the (dd Bank charter e.\- 

 pired. it was .'.okl to the present institution for 300,000 dollars. The building 

 IS purely of while marble, and both inside and out scarcely any wtod is to be 

 seen. From Chestnut-stieet the bank is reached by a lofty llight of marble 

 steps. It prestnts a splendid front of 80 feet in width, w iih eiybt Doric 

 columns, four feet si.\ inches in diameter, and 27 feet high. The building is 

 161 feet long, and the porticoes at e.ach end correspond. F!oth internally 

 and externally the style and fini.sh are equally massive and beautiful. The 

 principal b.anking room is 48 feet wide and 61 feet long, with an arched ceil- 

 ing, supported by rows of marble columns. Aside from this, there area 

 mnllilude of apartments, for the use of the diflierent officers and directors, as 

 well as for engravers and copperplate printers. It is admired for its beautiful 

 proportions, as well as for its imposing size and classic architecture. — Times. 



EXTRA HIGH TiDi:S OF THE RIVER THAME.S. 



The following tible shows the lieights of extraordinary high tides for the 

 last 20 years, by which it will be seen that the unusual high tide of the 18th 

 tilt, was the highest : — 



ft. in. ft. in. 



1P21 Dec. 28 . 27 IJ . 2 lOJ 



1824 . Dec. 23 . 27 3 . 3 



1827 . Nov. 21 . 27 5} . 3 21 



1834 . Jan. 29 . 27 2 . 2 11 



1836 . May 2 . 26 10 .27 



1841 . Oct. 18 . k7 7 . 3 5 



The total heights are those of the rise of tide above the sill of the Black- 

 wall entrance to the West India Docks, w hich is 24 feet 3 below H. W. Trinity 

 standard, and 6 feet 5 inches below L. W. of the same standard. The other 

 column shows the rise of tides above zero, or Trinity High Water Mark. 



Thames Tunnel. — Considerable fears were entertained during the late flood, 

 that this great work would have filled with water, the top of the shaft at 

 Wapping being only three feet above the level of the surrounding ground- 

 fortunately the water subsided without in this case doing any damage. The 

 shaft on the Wapping side is already sunk to the level of the excavation, 

 under the bed of the river, of which only seven feet and a half remain to 

 form the junction, so that in about another month the Tunnel itself will be 

 completed. 



Plate Glass. — This article is of late being introduced for purposes some time 

 back little thought of, it is now manufactured as thick as | of an inch, and is 

 used unpolished in floors where a light is rcijuired to be thrown down on a 

 story below, even as a substitute for coal plates we have seen it used, when 

 the top surface is ground. 



Carpenters' Mrillit. — An improvement has been introduced by encasing the 

 mallet with a ferule or case ol iron 5 to | of an inch thick with the wooden 

 ends protruding, thus a small mallet :.bout 3 by 2 inches on the end is equa 

 in weight to the largest size mallet made entirely of wood. 



A Steamer launched at Canada.— On the 13th of September, a splendid new 

 Goveniment steamer, constructed by Mr. J. Tucker. A<!miralty Architect. 

 was launcbed from the building yard of Messrs. Millar, Edinonstone, and 

 Allen, at Montreal. The day selected for the launch was the anniversary of 

 Wolfe's \ictory. The length of the Sydenham between perpendiculars is 170 

 feet, the breadth 27 feet, and the depth of hold 16 feet 9 inches. .She is to 

 carry two 68-pfcunder guns, and be propelled by two engines of 110-horse 

 power each. On examining the vessel after the launch, it was found she bad 

 only settled one-eighth of an inch, a result highly flattering to the skill and 

 talent of the architect. 



LIST OF ViEW FATSNTS. 



GRANTED IN ENGLAND FROM 24tH SEPTEMBER, TO 28TH OCTOBER, 1841, 



Six Months allowed for Enrolment. 



Jean Louis Alphonse 1'etigars, of Brewer-street, Golden-square, gen- 

 tleman, for " improvements in the construction of presses." (Being a com- 

 munication.) — Sealed September 24. 



Hugh Lee 1'attinson, of Bensham Grove, Gateshead, Durham, manu- 

 facturing chemist, for " improvements in the manufacture of white lead, part 

 of which improvements are applicable to the mumifacture of magnesia and its 

 salts." — September 24. 



Frederick Brown, of Linton, Bedford, ironmonger, for " improvements 

 in stoves or fire-places." — September 24. 



Theodore Frederick Strong, of Goswell-road, engineer, for " certain 

 improvements in locks and latches." — September 28. 



Samuel Stocker, of Barford-street, Islington, engineer, and George 

 Stocker, of Birmingham, cock-founder, for " improvements in machinery 

 and apparatus for raising, forcing, conveying, and draicing off liquids." — 

 September 28. 



John White, of Burtou-in-the-Wolds, Leicester, farmer, for "an im- 

 proved horse hoe, for ttse in agrictillural pursuits." — September 29 ; four 

 mouths. 



Joseph Miller, of Monastery Cottage, East India Road, engineer, for 

 " an improved arrangemetit and cnmbination of certain parts of steam engines, 

 used for steam navigation." — September 29. 



Edward Welch, of Liverpool, architect, for " certain improoements in 

 the construction of liriclcs." — September 30. 



M'lLLiAM lIiRsT and Jos^Ei'H Weight, of Leeds, in the county of York, 

 clothiers, for " certain improrements in the machinery for manufacturing 

 troollen cloth, and cloth made from u-ool and other materials." — October 7. 



Tiio.MAS Wells Ingr.\m, of Birmingham, manufacturer, for ** nnprove- 

 meats in shears, and other apparatus for catling, cropping, and shear-ng cer- 

 tain substances, — parts of which said invention being a i omrnnnicat ion from 

 a foreigner, residing abroad." — October 7. 



Joseph Clisild D.>niell, of Tiverton Mills, Bath, for " improeementt in 

 the manufacture of manure, or a composition to be used on land as a manure." 

 October 7. 



.MATTHi.\i Nicolas La Roche Barre, of St. Martin's-lane, Middlesex, 

 manufacture^f cotton, for *' ah improvement in the manufacture of a fabric^ 

 applicable to sails and other purposes." — October 7. 



Marcus Davis, of New Bond-street, optician, for " improvements in the 

 means of ascertaining the distances vehicles travel." — October 7. 



Thomas Biggs, of Leicester, merchant, for " improvements in securing 

 hats, caps, and bonnets, from being lost by the effectfof unnd or oth( r causes," 

 — October 7. 



Benj.vmin .\ingwortii, of Birmingham, gentleman, for '• improvement! 

 in the manufacture of buttons." — October 7. 



John Jo.ves, of Smethwich, Birmingham, engineer, for " certain im- 

 provements in steam engines, and in the modes or methods of obiaining power 

 from the nse of steam." — October 7. 



John Harwood, of Great Portland-street, gentleman, for " an improved 

 7neans of giving erpansion to the chest." — October 7. 



William Newton, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery-lane, civil en- 

 gineer, for " certain improvements in engines to be woried by gas, vapour, or 

 steam." (Being a communication.) — October 14. 



Moses Poole, of Lincoln's Inn, gentleman, for " improvements in fire- 

 arms." (Being a communication.)— October 14. 



Edward Massey, of King-street, Clerkenwell, watchmaker, for " im- 

 provements in watches." — October 14. 



Henry Ross, of Leicester, worsted manufacturer, for " improvements in 

 combing and drawing wool, and certain descriptions of hair." — October 15. 



Junius Smith, of Fen-court, Fenchurch-street, gentleman, for " improve- 

 ments in 7nachinerg for manufacturing clothe of wool and other fibrous sub- 

 stances." (Being a communication.) — October 20. 



John Bradford Furnival, of Street-.\shton, farmer, for " improve- 

 ments in evaporating fluids, applicable to the manufacture ofsalt,aad to 

 other purposes where evaporation of fluids is required." — October 20. 



Henry D.wies, of Birmingham, engineer, for " certain improved tools or 

 apparatuses for cutting or shaping metals and other substances." — October 

 21. 



Thomas Jo.ves, of Varteg Forge, near Pontypool, Monmonth, engineer, 

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

 marine and stationary steam engines." — October 21. 



James Whitwokth, of Bury, in the county of Lancaster, manufacturer, 

 and Hugh Booth, of the same place, machine maker, for " certain improve- 

 ments in looms for weaving." — October 21. 



Martyx John Roberts, of Brynycairan, Carmarthen, gentleman, and 

 William Brown, of Glasgow, merchant, for "improvements in the process 

 of dyeing various matters, whether the raw material of wool, silk,fla.T, hemp, 

 cotton, or other similar fibrous substances ; or the same substances in ang 

 stage of manufacture ; and in the preparation of pigments or painters' 

 colours." — October 26. 



Thomas Holcroft, of Nassau-street, Middlesex, gentleman, for an " im- 

 proved portable safely boat or pontoon." — October 28. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



.-/h .irehitect accuses us of discontinuiyig to give the particulars and amount of 

 contracts of New Churches and Public Buildings ; we can assure him and the Pro- 

 fession generally, that we hare every disposition to insert any aunounciment that 

 may be sent us, but we fnd the architects so backward in forwarding the particu- 

 lars required, that it is impossible for us to give the information, although wc are 

 most desirous to do so. 



Wc have received another communication on Competition, requesting us to an- 

 nounce the amount of contracts of those Buildings tvhiclt far exceed the limited 

 auiount of the conditions of Competition ; ice are not in possession of them, but if 

 any information he forwarded us on the subject, wc sliall he happy to announce it. 



The next number will conclude the fourth volume. 



Communications are requested to be addressed to ** Tiie Editor of the Civil 

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Books for lievicw must he sent early in the month, communications on or before 

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