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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



[November, 



other (listinguislifd names in the trade we have observed those of Mr. B.ir- 

 wise, Mr. Karnshaw, Mr. Hewctt, Mr. Vieyre.s, Messrs. Frod.-ham and Co., 

 with about a IiiMi'lred walchmakers mi the country. «)io. «illi tlie Duke of 

 Hamilton aud Mr. llowell (of the firm of ilowell and .lames) at tlicir head, 

 are engaged in carrying out the great and national oliject of restoring this 

 lost and important inanufaeture to England by means that wlnlc they greatly 

 lessen the price, will improve the quality, and entirely undersell our foreign 

 rivals, and be very largely profitable to all parlies concerned. 



,1n Astronomical Phenomena. — Mr. Glaisher, of the Cambridge Observatory, 

 reports the following nmarkable appearance on the 4ih October : — " At mid- 

 night the sky had become perfectly clear and the air frosty. At 21 minutes 

 after twelve! was much startled by what seemed to be a vivid flash of light- 

 ning, but on turning to discover its direction I saw a bright streak of light 

 in Orion, about 20" in length at the moment of discovery ; its centre was as 

 bright as Jupiter, and the light plainly emanated from it in quick flickering 

 waves on each side simultaneously, and at each wave the length an(I bright- 

 ness decreased. Tliis part of the (ilienomenon lasted 10 seconds ; I therefore 

 had time to recover my surprise and perceive the w orking of it. When the 

 waving ceased there appeared to be a bright star in the place where I liail 

 seen the centre line of the streak, but whilst considering what star it could 

 be, that I might note with accuracy the place of the phenomenon, 1 perceived 

 that it gradually faded, and in the course of about two niinuies it entirely 

 disappeared, having, unlike the generality of meteors, maintained the same 

 position all this time. The line of direction of the streak made, with Orion's 

 belt to the south-east, an angle of about 40°, the centre light being 3" north 

 of the upper star of the bell, and in the same strai"ht Imc with the three 

 stars in it. I liope this very s ngular meteor may nave been observed by 

 others, that this account of it may be verified.'' — Noneirh Mercury. 



Astronomical Clod: at Sliashur^. — An astronomical clock of remarkable in- 

 genuity has lately been constructed at Strasburg by a M. .Schwilguc. It is 

 composed of three parts, respectively indicating the time of the day. the day 

 of the month and year, and the movements of the constellations. The cen- 

 tral moving power, which is another and very exact timepiece, shows on the 

 face the hour and its subdivisions, strikes the hours and the quarters, and 

 puts in motion several curious allegorical figures. The cock-crow, which had 

 been mute since 1789, has been reproduced, and a procession of the apostles 

 takes place daily at noon. The calendar shows the months, the days, and 

 the dominical letter, as well as the Catholic calendar, showing every Saint's 

 day in the year. The plate or face on which these figures and signs appear 

 makes one revolution in 36-J days for the commun, and 3fi:> for the liissexlile 

 year, always reproducing the irregularity which takes place three times in 

 every four secular yeais. The moving fasts and feasts are shown by an ex- 

 tremely ingenious process. On the 31st (ABecember, at midnight, Easter 

 day and the other moving feasts for the yealRjpear on the calendar. The 

 third division is the triumph of the artist's skill. A complete orrery after the 

 Copernican system is produced. The movements of all the planets visible to the 

 naked eye are represented. The earth is shown accompanied by her satellite, 

 the moon, which accomplishes her revolution in one month. The dilierent 

 phases of the m. on are represented on a dilfercnt and separate globe. Ano- 

 ther globe represents the ap|iarenl movement of the heavens, making one 

 revolution in the sideral day. This movement is subjected to that almost 

 imperceptible jiower, known by the name of the procession of the equinoxes. 

 The mechanism, besides many other things, shows the apparent movements 

 of the sun and moon with worderlul precision, and for an indefinite period, 

 50 that the rising and setting of the sun. its passage to the meridian, the 

 eclipses of the sun and moon. See., are all represented on the face of the ap- 

 parent time in a most ingenious manner. 



Dreilgc's Suspension Bridge. — A new iron su;pen;ion biidgc on Mr. Dredge'^ 

 principle has just been completed, at Wrayhury, in Buckinghamshire, abou 

 20 miles west of London. It is stated to be a very light and powerful siruc 

 ture, and is net half so expensive as is the timber centreing for a commo 

 stone bridge of the same magnitude. It is 17 ft. wide. 100 It. span, and in 

 intended for every description of traffic. It is perfectly level from end tos 

 end. It was completed in three weeks after tlie foiuidation stone was laid. 



The New River Head. — A number of labourers have been emplo ed for 

 some days past in cleansing the immense reservoir belonging to the New 

 River Company, in Clarcmoiit Square, Pentonville. 1'he seillment has been 

 allowed to accumulate for 11 years, until at length the present measure be- 

 came necessary. In some pl.aees there are 11 ft. of mni\.— Times. 



LIST OF N-EW PATENTS. 



GRANTED IN ENGLAND FROM 29tH SEPTEMBER TO 27tH OCTOBER, 1842. 



Six Months allowed for Enrolment, unless otherwise expressed. 



Edward Cell, of the College of Civil Engineers, Putney, professor of 

 practical mechanics, for " improrements in applying heal in the manufacture 

 uf artificial fuel, which improveviienis are applicable to the preparation of 

 iisphalte, and for other purposes." — Sealed September 29. 



Samuel IIensox, of New City Chambers, Bishopsg.ite-street, engineer, 

 for " improvements in locomotive apparatus, and in machinery for conceying 

 tellers, goods, and passengers, from place to place throngh the air, part of 

 which improvements are applicable to locomotive and other machinery to be 

 used on water or on land." — Sep. 29. 



■William Smith, of Crosvenor-street, Camberwell, gentleman, for " im- 

 provements in treating certain animal matUrs, to obtain products applicable 

 to the manufacture of candles, and other purposes." — Sep. 29. 



John Uand, of Howdand-street, Fitzroy-square, artist, for "improvements 

 in making and closing metallic collapsible vessels." — Sep. 29. 



James Hyde, of Duckenfield, Cheihire, machine-maker, and Jonx Hyde, 



of the same place, cotton-spinner, and manufacturer, for " an improvement 

 or improvements in the machinery used for preparing cotton, wool, silk, lla.v, 

 and similar fibrous materials for spinning." — Sep. 29. 



John Ridsdale, of Leeds, for " improvements in preparing fibrous ma. 

 terialsfor u-eaving, and in si::ing warps." — Sep. 29. 



John Fry Wilkey, of Mount Vernon, Exeter, commission .agent, for 

 " improvements in carriages." — Sep. 29. 



John George Shipley, of Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, s.iddler, for 

 " certain improvements in saddles." — Oct. 6. 



John Oliver York, of Upper ColeshiU-street, Eaton-square, for "im- 

 provements in the manufacture of axles for railway wheels." — Oct. 8. 



Wilton George Turner, of Gateshead, Durham, doctor in philosophy, 

 for "improvements in the manufacture of alum." — Oct. 8. 



Claude Edward Deutsche, of Fricour's Hotel, St. Martin's-Iane, gen- 

 tleman, for " improvements in combining materials to be used for cementing 

 purposes, and for preventing the passage of fluids, and also for forming or 

 constructing articles from such compositions of materials." — Oct. 8. 



Samuel Dotchin, of Myrtle-street, Hoxton, jeweller, for "improvements 

 in paving, or covering, and constructing roads, ways, and other surfaces." 

 (A communication.) — Oct. 13. 



William Edward Newton, of Chancery-lane, pateut agent, for "cer- 

 tain improeements in the manufacture of artificial fuel." (A communica- 

 tion.)— Oct. 13. 



Charles Thomas Hoi.combe, of Valentines, near Ilford, Essex, Esq., 

 for " an improved mode of rising certain materials as fuel; also an apparatus 

 or method for collecting the smohe or soot arising from the combu.^tion of 

 such fuel : which o/iparatus or method is applicable to collecting the smoke or 

 soot arising from the ordinary combustion of fuel, and also the application 

 of the products arising from the combustion of the first mentioned materials, 

 ns a manure, and for other useful purposes." — Oct. 13. 



Robert William Sievier, of Henrietta-street, Cavendish-aquare, gen- 

 tleinan, for " certain improvements in looms for weaving, and in the mode or 

 method of producing plain or figured goods or fairies." — Oct. 13. 



Peter Karenbusch, of Lyth, in the county of York, dyer, for "certain 

 improvements in the treatment of the alum rock, or schist, and in the manu- 

 facture aud application of the products derived therefrom." — Oct. 13. 



Henry- Brown, of Selkirk, manufacturer, and Thomas Walkiui, of the 

 same place, manufacturer, for " improvements on woollen carding engines. — 



Oct. 13. 



Thomas Seville, of Royton, Lancaster, cotton spinner, for " certain im- 

 provements in machinery used in the preparing and spinning of cotton, fia.v, 

 and other fibrous substances." — Oct. 20. 



James Palmer Budd, of Ystalyfera Iron Works, Swansea, inerchaiit, for 

 " improvements in the manufacture of iron." — Oct. 20. 



William Longmaid, of Plymouth, accountant, for " improvements in 

 treating ores and other minerals, and in obtaining various products therefrom, 

 certain parts of which improvements are applicable to the manufacture of 

 alkali."— Oct. 20. 



James Statham, of West-street, St. Giles's, Venetian lock maker, for 

 " improvements in the construction of locks, for Venetian blinds used in car- 

 riages." — Oct. 29. 



Gilbert Claude Alz\rd, of Tichborne-strect, gentleman, for "certain 

 improvements in bread, biscuits, macaroni, vermicelli, and paslrif, and the 

 mode of making the same." — Oct. 20. 



George Hazeldine, of Lant-street, Southwark, coach manufacturer, for 

 " certain improvements in omnibtises." — Oct. 27. 



James Gardner, of Banbury, ironmonger, for " improvements in cutting 

 hay, straw, and other vegetable matters for the food of animals." — Oct. 27. 



John Mullins, of Battersea, surgeon, fiir "improvements in making 

 oxides of metals in separating silver and other metals from their compounds, 

 with other metals, and in making white lead, sugar of lead, and other salts of 

 lead, and salts of other metals." — Oct. 27. 



Rowland Williams, of Manchester, fustian shearer, for " certa'n im- 

 provements in machinery, or apparatus for raising, shearing, and finishing 

 velvets, or other piled goods by power." — Oct. 27. 



TO CORRSSFONDENTS. 



L. K. — If'c cannot inform itini. 



\\.— Sometimes ; if he will call at our office, he can consult the Editor. 



W. WWWams.— Address ' The Secretary of the Society of Arts," Sfc. Adclphi, 

 London. . 



T. B., Self-actini; river talve—A paper by Mr. Haydon on the Schools of Design 

 —Notice of Mr. Shuttleworth' s Hydraulic Railway— V. W. S. " Improvement in 

 the process of Sugar-mnkinj; — will appear next month. 



O. T. — We have received his last communication on Railway Curves. 



Mr. Jnmcs Ji'hites' " elistic friction driver" in the Mech. Mag. No. 1002, 

 Oct. 22, is a ilceiiled infringement on Mr. Trcwhitt's patent, described in the 

 Journal for last February and April. 



JSool(s for -Review tnust be S'nt early in the month, communications on or before 

 the 20th (If with drawings, earlier), and advcrlistmenls on or before the 25tU 

 instant, addressed to the Editor, No. 10, Flndyer Street, Whitehall. 



No. 2 has betn reprinted and may now be had of the Publishers. 



Vols. I, II, HI, and IV, may be ha 1, bound in cloth, price £1 each Volume. 



