360 Miscellantes. 
For 1832. 
: Frances. 
Hackling of flax by machinery, - - - 12,000 
Application in shops and manufactories of the curved pallet 
wheel of Bélidor, - ~ - - - 6,000 
Fabrication of water pipes, of iron, wood or stone, five pre- 
miums—together - - - - - 138,500 
Application of the rail road system to the irregular levels of 
common roads, - - - - - 3,000 
Making of bricks and tiles by machinery, - - 2,000 
Means of safety in steam engines and boilers for vaporiza- 
tion, each - - - - - - 12,000 
Construction of a hand mill for hulling dry beans, peas, &c. 1,000 
Fabrication of bottles for holding fermenting wine, - 3,000 
Best substitute for the rotting of hemp and flax, - 6,000 
Preparation of metallic gauze or armor, and of amianthine 
cloth, as a defense against flame and for a process for 
rendering organic tissues incombustible, three premiums— 
together, - — - os - - -  -4,200 
Perfection of iron founderies, - ~ - - - 6,000 
Perfecting the construction of furnaces, three premiums— 
together, - - - ~ - - 9,000 
Fabrication, on a large scale, of refractory crucibles, - 3,000 
Perfection of lithography, four questions, - - 3,500 
Lithographic impressions in color, - - - 2,000 
Manufacture of fish glue, = - - - 2,000 
Silvering looking glasses by a process different from that in 
common use, - - - - - 2,400 
Discovery of a metal or aay less oxi@able than iron and 
steel, suitable for instruments for dividing soft alimentary 
substances, - - - - - 3,000 
Cleaning of barks, fit for the fabrication of paper, ~ y L208 
Making of vessels suitable for the preservation, during sev- 
eral years, of alimentary substances, - - 3,000 — 
Preservation of ice, - - - - - 2,000 
Plantation of paper mulberry, - - sit! Ge 
Cultivation of Northern and Scotch pine, i - 2,000, 
manufacturing industry, ‘suitable for the inhabit- ad * 1,500 
Detailed description of the best kinds of domestic Ist pr. 3;000 
ants of the country, © 
