T. SUFFIELD AND CO. Call the particular attention of SHIP-OWNERS. SHIP-BUILDERS, AND COMMANDERS OF STEAM AND SAILING VESSELS, These Pumps are free from that liability to choke which is common to other Pumps, and their Working Parts are not susceptible of derangement either from wear or from being long out of use. They pass entirely through them, with ease, any substance that may enter the Suction Pipes. The Novelties in these Pumps are their adaptation to the varied duties of Ships' Pumps; the facilities they afford for Cleansing the Suction Pipes, and for Sounding or Examining the Valves; the readiness with which they may be used for Ventilating the Bilge, or for acting as a Syphon either for Watering the Ship, or for extinguishing Accidental Fires on board; the rapidity with which they can be converted into Fire Pumps, or be applied to the Washing of Decks; and their capability of Pumping from Several Compartments. T. SUFFIELD AND CO. Also respectfully solicit the attention of STEAM SHIP BUILDERS and OWNERS to their Large and Varied STOCK of ASSORTED STORES FOR MARINE PURPOSES. They keep a Large Stock of Goods, of their own Manufacture and from the Best Makers, constantly on view; so that by a visit to their Works or Depôt, much valuable time may be saved by Managers, Engineers, and other Gentlemen who may require such Stores, together with a further saving in the cost of such Articles. DEPOT, 116 FENCHURCH STREET, E., (OPPOSITE MARK LANE.) MANUFACTORY, 12 & 13 BERMONDSEY WALL, S. E. (15) This Day, THE PATHFINDER: a Weekly Journal of by P. W. PERFITT. Published by JAMES PATTIE, 31 Paternoster-row, and by G. GLAISHER, 470 Oxford-street. PYRO-PNEUMATIC FIRE-LUMP WARMING AND VENTILATING STOVE GRATES, WITH the cheerful, open fire, producing healthful warmth, with Banking Houses, &c. These Grates are manufactured solely by PIERCE, the Inventor, for which he received the Prize Medals of London in 1851, and of Paris in 1835. PRICE, from £7 10s. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, with Prices and Estimates for Work, furnished on application to the Inventor and Sole Manufacturer. O XONIAN KNUCKLE WASHING MACHINE." time being thoroughly effective in cleansing. The Patentees confidently recommend these Machines to the notice of Laundresses, Heads of Families, Hotels, Emigrants, &c. So simple is the action of this Machine, that a boy or girl of 10 or 12 years of age can work it; the only skill required is to soak the clothes one hour before placing them in the Machine, placing a portion of the clothes at the handle end of the Machine; laying on the rubbers a part of them; turn the handle, and the clothes will pass through between the rubbers to the opposite end, effecting a saving of at least 50 signed for special purposes. For further particulars apply W. BLACKETT has in Stock a variety of Vertical and Horizontal Steam Engines, Boilers, and to the Rev. ARTHUR RIGG, Chester, Engineers' Tools, ready for delivery on the shortest notice. Apply as above. (70) FEBRUARY 4, 1859 LIST OF MISCELLANEOUS TENDERS INVITED, AND ENGAGEMENTS OPEN. RAILS, North Eastern Railway.-The directors will receive tenders for 1,000 tons of iron rails, 82lbs. to the yard; and also for 1,000 tons of 661bs. to the yard. Forms, &c., on application to Mr. J. Bourne, engineer,, Central Station, Newcastle. Tenders to the Secretary by Thursday the 17th inst. THE MECHANICS' MAGAZINE. Maguire, architect, Kenilworth-square, South Ruthgar. Mayen, Bothiemay. Plans, &c., with Mr. Bonnyman, ALMSHOUSES, London.-For erection of New St. Pancras near Ross, Herefordshire. Plans, &c., at the offices of Sunderland Union will receive tenders (with a plan) for V GUARANTEED RAILS, North Eastern Railway. The directors will also receive ten lers for 2,000 tons of iron rails, 821bs to the yard, to be garanteed for seven years. Tenders for the whole or a por in. Forms, &c., on application to the Secretary, at Yors. Tenders to the Secretary by Thursday the 17th inst. RAILWAY, Exeter and Exmouth.-For the construction of railway from Topsham to Exmouth (about 5 miles). Plans, &c., at office of engineer, Mr. Errington, 13 Dukestreet, Westminster, London. Tenders to 10th inst. RAILWAY CHAIRS, &c., Lancaster. The directors of Lancaster and Carlisle Railway will receive tenders for about 350 tons of wrought-iron bracket chairs, and about 30 tons of wrought-iron bolts, nuts, &c. Patterns at the Castle Station, Lancaster. Tenders by the 15th inst. to the Secretary, Lancaster. RAILWAY BUILDINGS, Scotland.-For erection of iron store, office buildings, &c., at Cowlairs, and house for station master, at Linlithgow, on Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. Plans, &c., at office of Mr. Adie, engineer. Plans with Secretary on 8th inst. BUILDINGS FOR AN AGRICULTRAL SHOW, Ireland.-The Dundalk Local Committee of the Royal Agricultural Improvement Society of Ireland require tenders-First, for erecting, on the site of the proposed show-yard at Dundalk, County Louth, 2,000 feet of temporary timber shedding, in such lengths as may be agreed upon, and 16 ft. wide, to be made as waterproof as possible; the contractor to remove them after the show without any extra charge. Rate per foot! Second, for supplying all the internal shed fittings (and removing same after the show) The cost of each defor cattle, horses, sheep, and swine. partment to be separately stated. Third, for erecting a boundary wall of timber, about 1,400 ft. long, 8 ft. high, overground, and removing same after show. Rate per 100 feet! Fourth, for supplying water at different places upon the ground, and pumping the supply of same into a tank for such time as may be required before and during the show. The contractor to furnish a plan for this item along with his tender. All the foregoing will require to be completed on the 8th of July next, under a heavy penalty. Every information connected with the timber requisites, and the plans for same, to be obtained on application at the Royal Agricultural Improvement Society's offices, Dublin, or at the office of the Secretary of the Local Committee, County Court House, Dundalk, with whom tenders must be lodged on or before the 12th inst. LIGHTHOUSES, Scotland.-For execution of repairs on roofs of towers at Sander Lighthouse, Island of Sander, Clyde; according to plans, &c., by Messrs. D. & T. Stevenson, engineers. Plans, &c., in hands of J. Beith, jun., Esq., Provost of Campbelton. Tenders to Secretary of Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses, at his office in Edinburgh, by 21st inst. SEWERS, London. For laying Sewers in Poplar district as follows:-East-ferry-road, 420 feet, 3 feet 9 inches by 2 feet 6 inches one brick; West-ferry-road, 222 feet, 3 feet 9 inches by 2 feet 6 inches-one brick; Church-path In any of the following forms, of any size, or to Working Drawings for all MECHANICAL purposes: neer, in Lancashire, is in want of an assistant competent LAND AND MINE SURVEYORS, Manchester.-A mining engito make surface and underground surveys, take sections of mines, make out measurements, and to make neat and correct plans, &c., &c. State age, references, and salary required. Apply to P 93, Guardian Office, Manchester. ENGINERR AND MILLWRIGHT, Kendal.-In an engineer and millwright's establishment, a gentleman, to take active Competent to prepare working part in management. drawings and estimates for mill gearing, corn mills, water wheels, cranes, &c. Parties having extensive experience in general millwright's work only need apply. Address (by letter only), with particulars of former employment, and references, to C. G. Thompson, Esq., solicitor, Kendal. and forge manager for iron works in South Staffordshire. Address by letter, N 28, MILL AND FORGE MANAGER, South Staffordshire.-A mill Good references required. Journal Office, Birmingham. MILLWRIGHTS, MACHINISTS, &c. MACHINE AND MILL-BANDS fo WATERPROOF CART, VAN, AND PUMP-PACKING (Rings or Rope). N.B.-A Large Stock of the above always on hand, and any modification made to order. Please address all communications to the Manufactory, HOBBS'S LOCKS. The attention of Architects and Builders is respectfully invited to (85) Which are now manufactured by PATENT STEAM MACHINERY, and, while superior to any other locks in the market, are sold at a price which defies competition. The Plates are made of number "Twelve Gauge" Iron, and being so thick, the pins cannot be loosened by the constant jarring of the door. The security consists in four doubleacting levers, while, to secure unusual freedom of motion and prevent the wear of the parts, HOBBS'S PATENT FRICTIONLESS FOLLOWER Is also applied. The retail price of these Locks is 10s., from which a liberal discount is allowed to the trade. HOBBS'S NIGHT LATCHES, RIM OR FLUSH, PRICE 10s., Are also recommended, together with every description of Lock required for house and cabinet work. Lists of Prices will be forwarded on application, post free. with HOBBS'S PATENT PROTECTOR LOCK, POWDER PROOF. cham, for Messrs. Gaskarth. Plans at offices of Mr. M. N.B.-A complete Assortment of FIRE and BURGLAR-PROOF SAFES (Milner's Patent), fitted ALSO, STRONG-ROOM DOORS, CASH AND DEED BOXES, ETC, C. H. Edwards, 4 St. James's-terrace, Camden Town. Address-Hobbs, Ashley, and Co., 76 Cheapside, E.C. HOUSES, Dublin.-For building five first-class houses in (86) RUSTON, PROCTOR, AND CO., LINCOLN; AND ANCHOR ANCHOR ALLEY, 68 UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON; AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS AND MILLWRIGHTS, PRIZE PORTABLE and FIXED STEAM ENGINES, PATENT PRIZE COMBINED THRASHING MACHINES, SAWING MACHINERY, CIRCULAR and VERTICAL of all MILLS of all Kinds, FIXED and PORTABLE, for Grind- Illustrated Catalogues, with full Particulars and Testimonials, may be had by applying as above. the Board of Admiralty. SHIPS' PUMPS OF HER MAJESTY'S NAVY. JOSIAH STONE, Sole Manufacturer of DOWNTON'S well-known and much approved SHIPS' PUMPS, which have been used in preference to all others on board the vessels of Her Majesty's Navy, for upwards of thirty years, and have given the greatest satisfaction, effectually answering all the purposes required of any Ships' Pumps, and eapable of throwing most powerful jets of water in case of fire. These Pumps have also been most extensively used on board merchant vessels, both at home and abroad, and have been supplied to the Royal Navies of France, Prussia, Holland, Russia, Spain, and Turkey. The Pumps are portable, as they may be easily removed from the ship and put to work in a boat alongside in a few minutes. Each pump is fitted with a large foot valve plate (which may be placed in any part of the vessel most convenient), and from which communication is made to any number of distinct compartments in the vessel. In case of any of these pipes fouling, the water, by an almost momentary attachment, may be forced from the Pump downwards, so as to clear all obstructions, preventing any possibility of stoppage. The valves are of the simplest description, and being faced with ordinary leather discs, the latter may be renewed in A few minutes by the most inexperienced hands. By the peculiar construction of these Pumps, a most perfect and uninterrupted flow of water may be maintained; so uniform as to be undistinguishable from that proceeding from a cistern. The Pumps are made of several sizes, those of 7, 9, and 12 inches bore being most generally used. They may, however, be ordered of any dimensions required, and may be fitted either with one or two fly wheels. A standard, &c., is also supplied with these Pumps, te enable them, when necessary, to be used as ordinary hand-lever pumps. JOSIAH STONE, Engineer, Manufacturer of all descriptions of PUMPS and FIRE ENGINES for Land and Ships' Use; Brass and Iron Founder and Finisher, Nail and Rivet Maker, &c. CONTRACTORS FOR FIRE-ENGINES, ETC., TO THE WAR DEPARTMENT, RAILWAY STATION, DEPTFORD, AND 12 GARLICK HILL, CITY, E.C. VENTILATION WITHOUT FLUES. KUKLA'S PATENT STOVES, At 18s., 2bs., and 50s. (97) KUKLA'S newly-invented Deflagrator-the first and only perfect GAS STOVE. Guaranteed to burn without flue-without dust, smell, or smoke, producing a great and pure heat with the least expenditure of Gas.-Vide Society of Arts' Journal. Patronised by the English and French Government. Scientific in Principle, Simple in Construction, Healthy and efficient in use. The Deflagrator Stove is cheap, portable, and suited for every situation; and from the principle on which it is constructed (viz., expanding to a sixfold volume the gas used) is capable of warming any given space more quickly and more thoroughly than any other means: while its addition forms a sure remedy for any ill-warmed or ill-ventilated apartments. The 25s. Deflagrator warms a room of 2,000 cubic feet at a cost of 3d. per day. The 50s. Deflagrator warms 5 to 6,000 cubic feet at a cost of 6d. per day (twelve hours). Also, the Greenhouse Stove at 18s. Patentee and sole Manufacturer, F. X. KUKLA, 194 Pentonville-road, London. Country orders promptly attended to. Carriage free to any Railway in London. Post-office Orders should be made payable to FRANCIS XAVIER KUKLA, General Office. N.B.-Every Stove separately tested before sent out. The New Gas Cove trova for 10 persons, price £3. (103) (34) TO BRASS-FOUNDERS, ENGINEERS, &c. HE PATENT PLUMBAGO TCRUCIBLE COMPANY having completed the enlargement of their premises, beg to call the attention of all users and shippers of Melting Pots to the great superiority of the PATENT CRUCIBLES, which have been used during the last three years by some of the largest melters in England and abroad. In addition to their capabilities of melting an average of from thirty-five to forty pourings; they are unaffected by change of temperature, never crack, but can be used till worn out, requiring only one annealing for several days' work, and become heated much more rapidly than ordinary pots, effecting thereby a saving of more than fifty ber cent. in time, labour, fuel, and waste. The Patent Plumbago Crucible Company also manufacture and import clay crucibles, muffles, portable furnaces, sublimate pans and covers, glass-pots, all descriptions of fire- standing goods, and every requisite for the assayer and dentists. For Lists, Testimonials, &c., apply to Battersea Works, London, &c. (43 PUMPS WHITEFRIARS STREET, HYDRAULIC MACHINERY AN EXTENSIVE STOCK KEPT The Equilibrium Ball-Valve is simple and certain in its action, and is cheaper than the common cocks now in use. The Cottage Valves are suitable for application to any kind of basin; and, as they shut against the pressure, no concussion in the pipes can possibly occur. These cocks have been extensively and most successfully used in many towns, under continuous high pressure, varying from 100 to 350 feet; their efficiency and durability is, by experience, established. THOMAS LAMBERT and SON, (80 WATER GAUGES WATER GAUGES OF Sir,-We find your German Gauge Tube superior to any other, and strongly recommend it. We were compelled to abandon the use of our water gauge until applying your glass tube. WILCOX and Co., Millwall Pottery Company. These Tubes are superior to all others; being a clear white, no mistake can arise in working. Guaranteed to stand a pressure of 500 lb. Extensively used on all the principal lines. To be had only of E. MOORE, 55 Upper Marylebonestreet, W.; and 72 Great Titchfield-street, W. Price List of Gange Fittings, &c., on application. There being no other Burner before the THE GENERAL IMPLEMENT CO., public that does, truly and scientifically speak. ing, economise gas, the public are cautioned against Spurious Imitations. TESTIMONIALS. BEARING PRIVATE MARK. "Polytechnic Chemical School, London. "This is to certify, that I have carefully conducted a series of experiments with various gas burners in present use, and find that Hart's Patent Economising Gas Burner' is the most economical of all, producing, when compared with others, a saving of forty per cent. Signed this 14th day of December, 1858, EDWARD J. GARDNER, Professor of Chemistry, &c., &c., &c.', "7 Chester Street, Grosvenor Place, Pimlico. "309 Regent Street." "I have Mr. Hart's Gas Economising Burner fitted to every branch in my house, and can speak in the highest terms of its success. The light is perfectly steady, and the flame more brilliant, with perfect combustion, so that the air is by no means oppressive as formerly: the ceilings have no chance of being blackened, and the gilt frames and (Signed.) furniture cannot now, as before, be injured. I most warmly recommend their adoption. "November 3rd, 1858." "WILLIAM V. PETTIGREW, M.D., Hon. F.R.C.S. of England, &c., &c., &c." "Having tried Mr. Hart's Patent Gas Economising Burner, I do not hesitate to state, that it gives perfect satisfaction, and entirely dispenses with the use of any regulator whatever. "From its perfect regulation of the pressure requisite for perfect combustion, it produces a white and steady light, without the slightest noise, which proves its perfect combustion:-for wherever there is a hissing, as is usual, there is a waste of gas-the gas being imperfectly burnt or 'fried'-dispensing its effluvia throughout the apartment. "November 15th, 1858." "ANDREW STEINMETZ." (Signed.) "Junior United Service Club, London, Secretary's Office, 21st January, 1859. Sir,-After a long course of Experiments with your Patent Economising Gas Burners, the result of which is highly satisfactory, the Committee have decided on their adoption throughout the Club, and I herewith enclose order for same. I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, "Mr. H. W. Hart, 69 Fleet Street." "HUBERT G. de CARTERET, Secretary." "44 Gloucester Square, Hyde Park, January 21st, 1859. "Major-General Moncrieff has had Mr. Hart's Patent Gas Burners fitted in his house for some weeks past, and has great pleasure in testifying to their efficiency. As far as Major-General Moncrieff can judge, they fully come up to the description given of them by the Patentee, and are very much superior to any burner Major-General Moncrieff has yet seen tried. "To Mr. Herbert William Hart." "176 & 177 Strand, London, W.C., January 18th, 1859. Dear Sir,-I have much pleasure in certifying to the very satisfactory result of a trial of your Patent Gas Economising Burner. "This Burner regulates and distributes the delivery of the gas in a manner to produce a very great amount of light, as well as to effect a considerable saving of gas, by preventing a large proportion of it from being blown through partially consumed, and which partial combustion is a double source of injury and annoyance-it soils the ceiling and deteriorates the atmosphere. I am, Dear Sir, very truly yours, "To Mr. Hart, 69 Fleet Street." 64 (Signed.) SAMUEL SAINSBURY." It is the continued remark of scientific men that HART'S PATENT ECONOMIZING GAS BURNER only requires to be known to be adopted. Wherever there is a sufficient supply of Gas to produce a reasonable amount of light, HART'S PATENT ECONOMIZING GAS BURNER becomes an essential, obviating all objections to the use of Gas in private apartments. HART'S PATENT ECONOMIZING GAS BURNER is considered by all scientific men to be the great desideratum of the age-the cheapest and most economical. Hart's Patent Economising Gas Burner has been highly approved of by the Sureyor of Windsor Castle, and is now in use in various parts of that building. 36 BOTHWELL STREET, GLASGOW. WELLS, BORING TOOLS, PUMPS, &c. Engineers, Architects, Surveyors, Builders or others requiring a good supply of Water may have any quantity procured by W. SPELLER, 14 York-street, Blackfriars'-road, London, where may be had any quantity of Tools for Sinking or Boring, from 2 to 20 inches diameter, and from 100 to 2,000 feet depth; also Men and Tools to bore for Railroads, Minerals, &c., in any part of the world. Boring Tools and suitable Pipes for exporta tion, with full instructions for their use. Builders, Contractors, Brickmakers, Barge and Ship Builders, and others, can be supplied with Wrought or Cast Iron Pumps, Double or Single, for excavation of Deep Wells, from 3 to 14 inches in the bore, and from 6 to 130 feet in length, to work by Hand or Steam Power. Hot-water Apparatus for Conservatories, &c., on the most economical and improved principles. Also Manufactory for Captain John Grant's much improved Cooking Apparatus. (44) PUMPING MACHINERY. GWYNNE AND SC Engineers, London, manufacture and supply the following Machinery, of the most approved construction and with all the latest improvements:-Portable and Fixed Steam-Engines and Boilers of every description; Waterwheels, Windmills, Horse and Hand-power Machines; Pumping Machinery for the Supply of Towns, Cities, and Districts, and for the Irrigation of Coffee, Cotton, Indigo, Sugar-cane, and Rice Estates, for pumping out Coffer-dams, Canals, Dry Docks, Reservoirs, &c. They also manufacture and supply the Pumping and other Machinery for Paper, Pulp, and Fulling Mills, Breweries, Distilleries, Tanneries, Starch Works, Bleaching, Dyeing, and Calico Printing Works, Chemical Works, Silk, Cotton, and Flax Mills, and Manufactories in general. All Letters not paid will be refused. Illustrated Price Lists forwarded on receipt of Six Postage Stamps. -GWYNNE AND Co., Hydraulic and Mechanical Engineers, Essex-wharf, Strand, London. For Exportation. The above can be obtained through British Merchants, Shippers, and Colonial Agents. (24) BY HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. DATENT SPHERICAL SELF-ADJUSTING vantages possessed by these Bearings are: 1st. They are Self-adjusting; and, consequently, can be put down by the most ordinary Mechanic. 2nd. They are not liable to heat, even at high speeds. 3rd. They remain constantly parellel to the Spindle; and, therefore, wear equally all across the Bearing. 4th. They require only a very small quantity of oil. Engravings and Prices forwarded on application to the Patentees. WALLIS & HASLAM, To be seen in operation, and demonstrated upon, at the Royal Polytechnic, Regent Street, and at the Depot, 69 Fleet Street; also, to be seen in operation at the Royal Coloseum, Regent's Park. Engineers and Iron Founders, North Hants Iron Works, They are highly approved of by Dr. Bachhoffner. |