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General Notices. 



our Encyc. of Cottage Architecture (p. 16., figs. 10. and 11.). Mr. Siebe's 

 syringe, which he denominates 



Siebe's Universal Garden Syringe {fig. 61.), consists of only one appa- 



ratus, which can instantly, by turning a pin, be applied so as to serve the 

 purpose of four different caps. The inverted syringe of Mr. Macdougall is 

 imitated by a universal joint (at «),by which means the cap or head (b) may 

 be turned in any direction, and to any angle (c). The pin by which the 

 alterations in the rose head are effected works in a groove (d) in the face 

 of the rose ; and by it, a very fine shower, a coarse shower, or a single jet 

 from one opening (<?), may be effected at pleasure. The valve, by which the 

 water is admitted to the syringe, is in the side of the rose (/). We have 

 seen one of these syringes ; and it is certainly an elegant instrument, most 

 accurately fitted together ; and, from a few minutes' trial, it appeared to 

 work admirably. It will form an excellent instrument for the amateur 

 gardener, male or female. The price is only two guineas, and the demand 

 is so great that it can hardly be supplied. — Cond. 



A detached Fumigator (fig. 62. a), which will fit any pair of common 



bellows (Z>), is manufactured by Messrs. Warner, and sold to the trade at 

 a very moderate rate. 



A portable Mangle has lately been invented by Mr. Saul of Lancaster, 

 which, it is expected, will not cost more than bl. ; another portable mangle 

 has lately been exhibited to the Society of Arts, at Edinburgh, the inven- 

 tion of Mr. Catleugh, a journeyman millwright, at Haddington. Both these 

 machines are substantial, take up very little space, and are well suited to 

 small families. 



The Family Washing- Machine has recently undergone an important im- 



Krovement, by the addition of rollers for the purpose of wringing. We 

 ave seen one of these machines at Weir's manufactory, Oxford Street ; 

 and we must say that it afforded us sincere pleasure, to see an obvious and 

 easy medium by which the labour of women, in washing, may be very 

 greatly reduced. 



A Marine Railway, for the purpose of conveying vessels overland, has 

 been projected by Henry Fairbairn, in the United Service Journal for May, 

 1832, p. 70. The vessels are to be raised from the sea by machinery, 

 placed in slips, and dragged along the railway by locomotive steam-engines. 

 The plan is contemplated not only with reference to Britain, but to every 

 other country in Europe. The same author proposes, in this paper, and 

 an one in the preceding number of the same journal, to connect Ireland with 

 Scotland, by means of a bank between Portpatrick and Donaghadee ; and 

 England with France, by means of a chain bridge, causeway, or tunnel, from 

 Dover jo Calais. Over all the lines of marine railways he proposes to 



