A 



JOURNAL. 



OF 



NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, CHEMISTRY, 

 THE ARTS. 



DECEMBER, 19U. 



ARTICLE L 



jyescription of a Spire of a new Construction , at Edgeusorths* 

 town, combining the Advantages of Cheapness, Elegance, 

 and Durability. Jn a Letter from Richard Loyell 

 Edgeworth, £55., F.R.S. M.K.I.A. ^c. 



To W. NICHOLSON, Esq. 



SIR, Edgeworthstown, Ireland^ 



Sept. the 22nd, 1811. 



j&f Have lately erected a spire of a new construction on the Spire of a ne\r 

 tower of the church of Edgeworthstown, and, as the at- ^"ge worths"''' 

 tempt has succeeded, I hope an account of it will be ac- town, 

 ceptable to your readers. 



My object was to lessen the expense, and to facilitate the 

 means of ornameBting places of public worship. 



This spire is fifty feet high from the base to the staf by Height of the 

 which it is crowned. See Plate VII, fig. 1„ which is a sec- ^P"^®' 

 tion of the tower, the spire, and part of the machinery. The Mode of its 

 «pire was made withinside of the tower, and, when com- *^°° 

 pletely finished, was drawn up in a few minutes by ma- 

 chinery, and placed on the tower, where it now stands. It 

 consists of a skeleton of hammered English iron, covered 



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