Various Notices, 
3i9 
Steam Engine ajifilied to Weaving , — Towards the close of the 
session of parliament, in 1809 , amotion was put and agreed to, for 
granting 10,000/. to Dr. Edward Cartwright, for applying the use 
of steam engines to the working of looms. It appeared from the 
report of Mr. Banks, the chairman of the committee, that although 
tliis gentleman made a very useful discovery, and for which he 
obtained his majesty’s letters patent, it was not for that alone he 
obtained remuneration, but that in the year 1792 , the weavers at 
Manchester, rose and destroyed all his apparatus; in consequence 
of which it was alleged, the government was deficient in protect- 
ing his property, and for tliis the sum was granted. It appeared 
also, from the report of committee on the case, that great ad- 
vantage had arisen from the invention, and that the Dr. had ex- 
pended 30 , 000 /. in bringing it to perfection. 
Filtered Aquaducts . — The corporation of Philadelphia, I ob- 
serve, are making a Reservoir above the Upper Ferry. The great 
objection to the hydrant water, is its muddiness. I recommend 
to public notice the following account, which ought at least to 
stimulate the directors of the Philadelphia reservoir, to adopt this 
very simple, but prodigious improvement in the wholesomeness, 
and pleasantness of our most necessary beverage. I fear, howe*^ 
ver, I shall preach in vain. For ten years last past, I have occa- 
sionally written against the nuisance of a smoking fire place to a 
steam engine, but without effect. Doubtless they are proper sub- 
jects of indictment, but no one cares how much fire and smoke 
the monsters pour forth open mouthed, over the devoted city. No- 
thing would give me greater pleasure than to hear of a dozen or 
twenty new steam engines in Philadelphia, for manufactures will 
never flourish as they ought, till steam engines are common. L 
hope too they will all smoke lustily, till the nuisance be really felt. 
An abundant supply of good water is one of the most indis- 
pensable requisites for the cleanliness and health of the inhabitants 
of our large manufacturing towns in particular; and although im- 
provements Ixave been made in this respect, more or less, through- 
out the United Kingdom, yet much more still remains to be done, 
and the attention of the public at large should be called to this 
very essential point. 
“ Till lately, collections of spring water have been preferred for 
the purpose of supplying towns by means of pipes, from its sup- 
posed greater purity ; but experience and the progress of science 
l^ave proved that spring water is far inferior to river water foi" this 
