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THE CIVIL EXGINEEIl AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. 



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kirk Church, and also a view under the Tower of Boston Church. To those 

 who feel nn interest in the many splendid Churches to be found in the rich 

 diocese of Lincoln, we rccomn^cnd a look at this work. 



Tyax's Geology of Emjland and ll'alrt. By Samuel Hughes, C.K. 



AVe have before us I'art the first of a cheap Geological Atla*, whith contains 

 a map of the distiict round the metropnhs, with a de'-criplioii. The eililor- 

 ship has been entrusted to Mr. Samuel Hughes, and the work appears to us 

 for accuracy to he superior to any of its predecessors, while being at the same 

 time a detailed map, it is much more availabk- for all purposes. 



The Raibraya of Great Britain and Irdmid. By Francis Whishaw, C.E., &c. 



Additional Plates. 



This is an interesting .iildcnda to .Mr. Whisbaw's large work, which wc 

 noticed a few months since; the first plate shows the Icneth, summit, and 

 general levels of the main English lines above the Trinity high w.iter datum — 

 the next plate contains drawings of six different wheels in use upon railways, 

 the third and last plate is a curiiuH iliagram exhibiting at one view the prices 

 of railway shares on the London Sloik Exchange, from the first commence- 

 ment of the railway to the end of October 1810. 



An Ettay on jirchitectural Practice. By T. L. Walker, Arch. F.R.S.B.A. 



This essay is the first section on the ronstruction of general working draw- 

 ings; it contains the contract drawings, speciliration and bill of quantities of 

 one of the New Churches built under the author's siiperintendanre, in the 

 vicinity of Bcthnal Green. The ilrawings are shown with great clearness, 

 with their dimensions correctly marked thereon, and the specification is well 

 drawn,detailing with great pcrsjiicuity the nature of the work to be executed. 

 The student will find this essay a good example for study, to whom we 

 strongly recommend it. 



CHUBB'S P.\TENT WELL-SAFE. 



Mant parties purclia.iinR fire-proof safes, would gladiv avail them- 

 selves of the further security, bv depositing tliem in a well, or pit, 



under ground ; but tliey liave been unable to do so, in consequence of 

 the space required, and cumbrous nature of the apparatus hlllierto 

 employed in r.tising nn.l lowering the safe : Mr. Chubb lias provided 

 against this inconveiiience, by bis newly-invented apparatus, as shown 

 ill the anilfexcd engtaving. 



The Safe, which stands in lis appropriate place in the coimting- 

 licuse, may be lowered to any depth, by means of machinery concealed 

 in a protecting encasement under the 'floor; the movement is effected 

 by means of nieclianical action, which any individual can perforin, and 

 the .Safe is lowered or raised, in an incoiisiderable time, without noise, 

 or the possibility of d.inger to any one. Bnt an additional safety, of 

 special importance, that of concealment to the whole, is prov ideil bv 

 the iron fire-proof door, level with the floor of the apartment, anil 

 secured by a strong detectcir loci;, with bolts throning each way. It 

 will be at once obvious, that this mode of securing the .Safe under 

 ground, will aflbrd effectual and entire security against the most ex- 

 traordinary ravages of fire, or the danger arising from the occasional 

 violence of riotous attacks for the purposes of depredation. 



MISCELLANEA. 



KiiifilUibriHgf Improvevienls. — The Cannnn Briwery and the Kox and Bull 

 public-house have been taken down to nr^ke room lor a splendid arrhiliclural 

 entrance into Hyde park, to be called the "Albert Kntrance." The houses 

 o eilhir .«ile aliaig the park, extending to the Horse Barracks, belong to 

 the Dean and Chapter of ^\■estmlnstn■. In furmer limes, priiir to the disso- 

 lution of tlie monasteries by Henry VHl., where Lo»ndes-«juarc stands »as 

 a coppice which supplied the Abbot and ccmvent of M'estminslcr uiih fuel ; 

 and even to this day the We-slminsler scholars an- permitted to burn large 

 logs of bcechunod in their dnrmitory. uhich are noiv supplied by the C ollege 

 porter. M'eslminster Abbey has been, from a very distant pcriocl, sujp'ied 

 with spring water from an acjuediict at Bayswaler. communicaiing to .i very 

 pretty (Jothic conduit -bouse ercc:c<l by the Dean and Chapter at the lower 

 end of the Serpentine in Hyde-park. The pipes are leaden, an I al. hough 

 they have been under ground fur many centuries are vct perfectly souid. 

 Thev pass through the (ircen-park and the end of the ornamental 'water in 

 St. James's-paik. at the spot where a stone is erected, and through IJueen- 

 square, to the Abbey. 



Thr fmprovemenis in Threadnecdie Sirerl. — The building w hich is now in the 

 course of erection on the site of the old French Protestant church, in Thr.-.id- 

 needle-slreet, has, for some lime past, attracted the alleniion of all p,i«ers- 

 by. although it is not yet completed, nor likely to I.e so Inr some months to 

 come, on account of the nature of ilie ornamrnlal designs, which reciuire the 

 strictest attention on the l>art of the artists employed. The b.asso-relie( o is 

 intended to occupy the whole extent of ihe front of the building. Thi- skill 

 and taste displ.aved in the erection of ibis new edifice are well worthy of ihe 

 allention of all lovers ol the fine arts, who will do well to take an opportunity 

 C)f visiting it. The proprietor, who bought the ground from the c ty autho- 

 rities, after it had been determined to Iiull down the old French church, very 

 bandsi mely conceded to the latter, without receiving any consideration what- 

 ever. 10 feet of the entire frontage, for the express purno.se of Riving that 

 additional width to the street, the narrowness of wliicn has always been 

 found so excessively inconvenient. This disinterested conduct on the pari of 

 an individual sb.oukl. and doubtless will, call for h a corres|K)ndlng Ic-eling on 

 the part of the city authorities, who. with this example betjre them. are. as 

 it were, bound to proceed with the improveinenis. .-n 1 to con:inue Ihe addi- 

 tional vidih ihroughout the whole extent of Tbie.idneedle-strcet. If iho 

 whole of the northern side of Ihe sireel. from Okl Broad. street to the Okl 

 .South Sia House, were taken down, and thrown Ixick a s|>ace cd ten feet, in 

 order to correspond with tbe building in ingestion, a noble street would bo 

 formed, well calculated to make a fine apprench to the new Ko\al Kxcbange. 

 In fact, we know of no part ol London where a greater dispfav of elegant 

 architecture will he found, than that which will be exhibited in ihe course of 

 nixt year in the immediate vicinity of Cornhill and Old Hro,id-sireei. &ic. 



.Si/Hc/.r/rt/ic/.— Last month the Ni » Church, recently er.cled at lirptfe.rd. 

 was consecraled. It is built in the early Kiiglish stvic e.f archiieeiurr. and 

 is large and Cennmeielious. Icing 110 feel !) inches Icuigbv 54 feci broad. There 

 are three galleries in ihe church, which is alt> geilii-r capible of selling 

 about twelve hundred persons, nine hunelred of which arc free sitlinin 

 I'lic archilect is Mr Tliomas Moure, of Stmderlanel. 



Prnfrtnnnhip of .ircliileclurr. I'liinmili/ ro//c;,v.— The move ineiil 05 to archi- 

 tecliiral i ro essorship continues. Mr. Deinalilson has U-en npp^.inU'd lo ihe 

 chair in University College, Lonelon, a choice whrh will be of advanti 

 the ceillege and profes-sion. 



TW Tliame^i " Slinm Ship.—'{\\\s spleneliel vessel, built for the West India 

 Mail Sle.em I'acket Coiiiuany. ma.le a trial trip on I4lh nil. She wn.<e I uilt 

 by Mr. I'ilcher. of Norlfilleet. and is n fine siircimcn of naval arrh teriuic 

 for standing sea ."ervice-, an.l al llie same lime having every convenienre for 

 passengers. I'or ni.-ikmg ilie p:isMnger.s couiforlable every coiilnvance lliat 

 could be iniroduccel has leeii ihoo^ht ol, while the saloons have born filled 

 up with great l.-uile anel beaiilifully eleeoralocL Ihe en^ilnes were eon>tnicte<l 

 bv Messr-. Mauiblaysnnil hleliKanil atcof 400 horse power, bii g maele Jr. m 

 tbe s.une ipoelels as the Ureal Western, which h.i\e done so much cJclit tu the 

 tnlen:ed engineers. The »|ved atlalneel at the trial mile In Long Reach was 

 aUiut twelve' miles through Ihe water. 



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