1808.] 
yo it, which on any sudden shock, will 
suffer the wheel momentarily to have its 
motion retarded, or to move through a 
lesser arc of a circle than the axis, which 
follows the uniform motion of the en- 
gine. 
Mr. Chapman’s method of causing 
ropes to wear more equally differs from 
the common method, in which two se- 
parate ropes attached to the rope-barrel 
pass, each of them, overa pulley, one 
winding upon the rope-barrel whilst 
the other is unwinding from it; instead of 
which, he passes the. two ends of the 
same rope over its separate pulley, so 
that one end is at the top, whilst the 
other is at the bottom of the pit; and the 
loop.of the rope gong to and from the 
pit over the two pullies, is passed over a 
grooved wheel, or round a rope-barrel, 
so that when at work, no part of the 
rope is stationary on the wheel or barrel. 
The mode of executing this inventidn is 
fully described in the specification, and 
illustrated with drawings. 3 
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MR. JOHN PHILLIPS’S (STONE-HOUSE, 
prvON), for Improvemenis in the Con- 
struction of Tinder-boxes. 
To this tinder-box are attached up- 
right wires, on which a lanthorn, lamp, 
dc. may be made to slide up and down, 
So as to suit the size of the candle to be 
burnt; or asit burns, the lanthorn may 
be brought closer to the box. The singu- 
larity of the invention, as a tinder-box, 
is, that the steel is attached to the damp- 
er, and it should seem that the patentee 
relied more upon his machine as a lamp 
or lanthorn, than upon its advantages as 
a mere tinder-box, notwithstanding the 
title. The whole may be formed of aif- 
ferent. shapes; of those represented in 
the figures, one is very similar in appear- 
ance to a common microscope, that 
draws out fer the sake of obtaining a 
proper focus. By meansof these figures, 
‘an observer will obtain a clearidea of the 
novelty of the invention, and we shall, as 
nearly as may be, detail the advantages 
to be derived from it, as described by 
Mr. P. 1. As a tinder-box, the steel 
svill be always at band; and having a 
transparent screen attached to it, ren- 
ders it fit for the pocket. 2. It answers 
as a dumb nurse aud water-candlestick, 
New Patents lately enrolled. 937 
and any thing may be heated on it, while 
the transparent screen at the same time 
gives out all the light of the candle to the 
room. 3. As a lanthorn, more than three 
times the length of any candle can be 
burned therein than can in any other of 
thie same length, nor will a bit of candle 
he wasted, as in this it will burn and give 
proper light till nothing but the snuff or 
wick remain. 4. As a fire-preventing 
candlestick, all danger is avoided of 
sparks flying from the candle; hence it 
becomes a desirable article for shipping, 
warehouses, bed-rooms, &c. where a 
candle or lamp is used. 
RE 
MR, JOHN WILLiaMs’s, for a new Mode 
of covering Curriages. 
To answer the terms of this invention, 
a moveable frame is constructed, capa- 
ble of being disposed between groeaves, 
or within a cell in the body of the car- 
riage, and of being drawn up by ene or 
more straps or webs, so disposed as to 
act nearly in the manner adopted with 
regard to the glasses or blinds of car- 
riages. If the materials of the frame are 
inflexible, the form must be such asto be 
capable of mathematical description 
about a real or imaginary axis, that 1s, of 
a spherical, cylindrical, or other such 
figure. ‘he frame is made of a proper 
magmitude, with ends or sides, so as to 
cover either part or the whole of the car. 
riage, and so fitted with stops, &c. as to 
be easily drawn out of the grooves, in 
any quantity, and there fixed. In other 
cases, when the materials of the cover 
are not inflexible, it is made of small 
rods, bars, or pieces of weod or metal, 
and jomed sideways, as has been loag 
done in the covers of writing-tables. Ta 
this krnd of structure, the cells or grooves 
do not require a figure referable to the 
axis before mentioned, because the cover 
may be disposed in various kinds cf re- 
ceptacles. In other cases the cover may 
be made of cloth or other flexible mate- 
rial: in every case, in which the said co- 
yer is, or shall be made of materials 
more or less flexible, certain leaders or 
supports are required, to render it fir 
and retain it securely in its place when 
in use. This invention is applicable te 
all kinds of carriages or vehicles for con- 
veyance, either by land or water. 
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