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might be controlled by giving to the pipe a figure other than cyl- 

 indrical, viz., a triangular one. 



Chairman — The best plan is that which satisfies the public. 



Mr. Lee — A fire engine ought to be powerful enough to throw 

 upon a conflagration all the water to be got at that station from 

 the Croton water pipes. 



Chairman — Some novelties in the valuable subject of locks 

 may be interesting at the next meeting. That subject is adopted. 



The Club adjourned. 



H. MEIGS, Secretary. 



June 11, 1856. 



Present — Messrs S. D. Backus, Stetson, Serrell, Creamer, Butler, 

 Breisach, Burton,-!. K. Fisher, Lee,Larned, Dr. Smith, and others, 

 with two ladies, about thirty in all. 



Chairman, S. D. Backus, presided. H. Meigs, Secretary. 



Mr. Gardner R. Lillibridge exhibited a handsome brass model of 

 his patent ice cutting machine, made to operate with great com- 

 parative efficiency for channels for shipping and for summer use 

 of the people. 



Monsieur Bernard Joaquin Lamoth. The chairman read his 

 paper on iron cars, and the author exhibited and explained his 

 model. The Club was pleased with the very clear and logical 

 essay of the learned doctor, and Mr. E. Serrell moved that it be 

 a subject for the next meeting. 



Mr. Stetson remarked that as locks were assigned for considera- 

 tion this evening, and Mr. Butler who proposed it was suddenly 

 called to Chicago, it be postponed to the next meeting. 



Mr. James A. Clark exhibited and explained his model of a 

 coal cart, whose frame is so contrived as to contain, as part of it, 

 a platform scale, by meahs whereof a coal buyer can prove the 

 weight at its being brought to his door. Mr. Clark thought that it 

 was of great importance that our citizens should all have the 

 power in their own hands to avoid the losses they sustain in short 

 weight of so very important an article of necessity. 



Mr. William Delany, introduced to the Club by Dr. Burras, 

 exhibited two models in wood and one in polished brass, of his 



