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AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



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An ADMIRABLE INVENTION. — We y»ster(lay cx- 

 amiiieil Mr Eflwanl's Forcing Piini|). now being 

 exhiliiipd at Ililey & Kinney's, 68 antl TO Corn- 

 hill. We never have seen an invention which we 

 are alile to reconniiend to the public with more 

 derision and satisfaction. We conceive it to he a 

 puhlir benefit — and as soon as its superiority is 

 made known it must supersede most of the piiin[)s 

 now in use for many purposes. It is very com- 

 pact, anrl occupies but little room — with simple 

 and suon-r machine rv. It stands upri'.'lit like a 

 common pump, and while it draws the water from 

 a well with the requirement of but moderate pow- 

 er, it will force it in a stead;/ stream at tht rata of 

 over GO gallons a minute to the roof of a four story 

 house. fVe have seen the operation, and therefore 

 state this with confidence. A reservoir can thus 

 he filed at the top of a house for use in the cham- 

 bers, or for bathing, in a few moments. After af- 

 fixing a hose, the roof and outside of the house 

 may Ix^ waslied ; or in case of a room catching 

 fire, it may be flooded with water in the same time 

 rrquirerl ta obtain one bttcket. A garden may be 

 'ivatere<l by it — and as a convenience and jjro- 

 loction, being in reality a minature fire engine, it 

 will become in great requisition. Colonel Amory 

 and iMr Harnicoat give it their decided approba- 

 tion. We advise gentlemen who are building to 

 call and examine it before they affix other pimips 

 to their houses, when this, which centres in itself 

 so njiiny advantages, costs but about the same 

 amount. — Galaxy. 



A discovery has been made, which has created 

 .some sensation among the manufacturers. It is a 

 process for breaking flax. The flax has the a[). 

 pearanc:.' of silk, and is capable of being made into 

 the finest thread, for the construction of veils, lace, 

 caud'ric, &c. The texture is pronounced more 

 beautiful than anything of the kind before niann- 

 faciured. — English paper. 



Seamf.ns' Lamp. — This is the name given loan 

 improved lamp, constructed particularly for use 

 on ship-board ; but may be advantageously cm- 

 ployed in mechanics' shop and elsewhere on shore. 

 It is so contrived, that when hung beneath a ves- 

 sel's deck at sea, it \i'ill constantly maintain a per- 

 pendicular position — the l>ottoin or stand being 

 loatled, and the body connected by a chain with a 

 guard above, which answers the double purpose 

 of reflecting the light, and jirotecting from heat 

 the wood work from which it may be suspended. 

 Jt is a simple, but evideut'y a very economical al- 

 fuir ; as it probably costs but a trifle more than the 

 ordinary tin or japan lamp ; while it. cannot out 

 insure a great saving of oil — beingfrec from lia- 

 ' bility 10 overtmn, and when properly trimmed 

 emitting less smoke and consuming less oil than 

 most others which aflbrd the same quantity of 

 light. For the cabin, the steerage, or the forecas- 

 tle, ho article of the kind can be better ada])ted. 

 They are manufactured by Mr William Howe of 

 Boston, and may be purchased in that city of A. 

 Fearing, & Co. No. 1 City Wharf. A S| ecimen 

 may be examined at the Inquirer CountingRoom. 

 — JsTanlvxtcet Inq. 



Mr Abe! Williama of Asbfie.'d, has invented a 

 mnchiiie which he cal's the Potato Cutter, by 

 which, in three minutes lime, a bushel of Potatoes 

 — Turnips — Apples — Pumpkins and other fruit, 

 may be cut sufficiently fine for sheep — cows — 

 and other cattle. The price of the machine is 

 from $2 to 2 50. It may he seen at the Cattle 

 Show Oct. 12tl), 1836, in this town. We hope 

 some of our mechanics will invent a simple cheap 

 machine for rasping ISeets, applicable to family use, 

 08 we are satisfied it can be done. — JVorthampton 

 Courier. 



UsEFDL Inventions. — Mr RnfusPoiter of this 

 cily, the inventor of a large number of labor-sav- 

 ing machines, proposes to put ten of his useful im- 

 provements into a joint stock com|)any of ,'«20 000 

 (consisting or20 shares of .«10J each,) for the pur- 

 pose of proceeding inunediately to manufacture 

 the articles. Not more than five dollars per share 

 will be required until at least three of the said in- 

 ventions shall have been patente<I, and the busi- 

 ness of building or manufacturing the same shall 

 have been established. The prt^its arising from 

 these will b(> applie<l to introducing the others in 

 the same way, so that it is believed the whole may 

 he brought into use without any fiuther instalments 

 being required, and none at any rate will be re- 

 quired except by a vote of two thirds of the stock- 

 holders. After the business is fidly established, 

 the profits will of course be divided among the 

 holders of the stock. 



Most of these inventions and improvements 

 have been tested and found to operate in the most 

 satisfactory manner. One of the most important, 

 as we think, is the Curved Float Water Wheel, 

 which by frequently repeated experiments evinces 

 a superiority of nearly fifiy per cent over the ordi- 

 nary water wheel, yet is in fact one of the cheap- 

 est construction. 



The plan adopted by Mr Porter for bringing his 

 iiTiprovemcnts into use is certainly a rather rovel 

 one, yet we do not perceive that it is open to anv 

 objections. A bar" examination of the models of 

 these inventions is sufficient to satisfy any one of 

 their practical utility, and we have no doubt the 

 stock will soon be taken uji. — Daily Times. 



made in this country and is now in great demand 

 — nearly all of it being sold for consumption in 

 this vicinity. 



It is in contemplation shortly to increase llif. 

 business of this establishment to ils full extent — 

 when it is probable that about sixteen tons of brown 

 Havana or Manilla sugar, will be transformed into 

 superior loaf sugar, daily or about 5000 tons per 

 year. — Boston Journal. 



Sugar RefinerI? at East Boston. — This es- 

 tablishment was incorporated a few years since 

 with a capital of $150,000, which has since been 

 increased to $250,000. It is located near the Fer- 

 ry lan<ling, and the building is one of the largest 

 and best constructed in this part of the country. 

 It is 135 feet in length and 75 in width, and is 

 eight stories high — including the basement, nine 

 floors are occu|iied. 



The works have been in partial operation for 

 upwards of a year — and the quaniity of raw su- 

 gar which is refined at the present time, amounts 

 tt> about 40 boxes Cuba, daily, or upwards of eight 

 tons. — To do this, only about forty laborei-s are 

 enqjloyed, the greater part of the work being 

 executed by steam power, wlii(di causes an enor- 

 mous reduction of manual labor. The sugar 

 boilers are put in operation by steam ; the rooms 

 are warmed by steam in winti'r; the ovens for the 

 purpose of dry ing the loaves, are heated by steam ; 

 the water is furnished to every room in any desir- 

 ed quantity, by steam ; the raw materia's are all 

 taken into the building by steam and transported 

 from one apartment to another. 



The sugar whi<-h is principally used for refin- 

 ing, is the brown Havana, an<l Manilla, and the 

 quality of the refined sugar manufactured at this 

 estublishmeiit is said to be equal to any which is 



.Stauch from Potatoes. — We are informed 

 that the maunfaclure of Starch from Potatoes ha.'i 

 engaged the atleutio'.i of our enterprising neigh- 

 bors in Vermont, and already become an impor- 

 tant article of commerce, it being employed to a 

 great extent by the New England cotton manii- 

 faclurcs and calico printers, witli much success, as 

 a substitute for wheat s.arch for the purjioses of* 

 sizing and finishing clolhs. Its superiority over 

 wheat starch is conceded, we learn, by many of 

 the i)riiicipal njauufacturing establishments. !l 

 gives to fabrics a more brilliant and elastic finish, 

 re(juires less in (piautity an<l bears a less price ; 

 thn-e important considerations, which we should 

 s(jp[iose would induce every inannfarturer to try 

 the experiment ofi s use. The mode of prepara- 

 tion is similar to that observed in wheat starch, ex- 

 cept that it requires a slight ferment: t or, which is 

 produced by exposing it to the air for a short pe- 

 riod. — .yew Bedford Gaz. 



Silk Print Works. — The site of Phillips's 

 Mills, or Waterhill, in Lynn, including the Pond 

 and about sx acrts of land adjacent, has recently 

 been purchased by Henry A. Breed, Esq. A new 

 building of brick, 88 f et by 40, and 5 storie-i 

 high, is to be added to the establishment for the 

 printing of Silks. At these works Silks and 

 Giughanis are put up in a style superior to any. 

 ihing of ihe kind we have ever seen, and we be- 

 lieve that they are excelled by nothing of the kind 

 id this country. Mr Breed is about forming a 

 new company with a capital of one hundred thous- 

 and dollai-si — a new pond is to be dug, larger 

 than the other, and the whole works are to be car- 

 ried on with energy, which will constitute another 

 very considerable item in the prosperity of the 

 town. — Lynn Star. 



A new discovery has lately been made in the 

 ruins of Pompeii, which will furnish a rare treaj 

 to the antiquarian. There were found in a smali- 

 and orilinary-looktng house, several pictures in 

 fresco, 14 vases of silver, and' various kinds of 

 coins, 29 of them gold, besides other similar arti- 

 cles of great value in antiquarian science. The 

 impressions on the coins are of the age of the first 

 emperors. — JVashville Rep. 



New way to fatten Hogs. — It is said thai 

 Animal Magnetism is likely to do something yet. 

 — Mr Poyen, lately lecturing at Bangor, has pro, 

 duced quite a sensation in that city. He has tearnt 

 thern the art of fattening hog.s, by scratching their 

 backs with an iron hoop. — Lotoell Cour. 



Frost. — The New Hampsliire papers inform' 

 us that slight successive frosts in that region, have 

 changed the color of several fielils of corn. Soino 

 fields are completely ruined, and the owners are 

 cutting them u(). — lb. 



