AND Journal of Engineering, Agricultural Machinery, Manufactures, and Shipbuilding. [EDITED BY R. A. BROOMAN AND E. J. REED.] PRICE, FOURPENCE. BY POST 5d. LONDON: FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 1, 1859. TO SHIPBUILDERS, SHIPOWNERS, CAPTAINS, &c. SHIPBUILDERS COMMITTED AFFIRM HARUNDERS, NV MALL EABLE IRON. THE "TROTMAN'S PATENT ANCHOR" to be superior to all others, possessing Thirty-Five Per Cent. more Holding Power than either Porter's or Roger's, and equivalent in all respects to ordinary Anchors of 28 per cent. greater weight. & MALLEABLE Orders for Malleable Iron Castings executed within a week. (77) TO MANUFACTURERS, THE ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL, & BUILDING TRADES GENERALLY. "This appeared to the Committee of vast importance MESSRS, BOOTH & CO., AUCTIONEERS to the Shipping Interests, &c." (Vide their Official Report, 1853, "On the relative merits of different descriptions of Anchors," sanctioned and approved by the Admiralty.) THE ANCHOR COMMITTEE Nominated by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, "to investigate and determine the relative merits of Anchors," in compliance with a requisition from the prin10 cipal Shipowners, Underwriters, &c., of the United Kingdom. 9 10 11 12 1-2 Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir M. Stopford, K.C.B., Chair man. Capt. Superintendent Charles Hope, R.N., Her Majesty's 13 Dockyard, Sheerness. Abridged Specifications of Patents 13 15 CHURKA.—All persons intending to submit gins for competition at the above trial, must forward them to the offices of this Association on or before the 19th day of July next, after which day no gin will be received. The trial will take place on Tuesday, the 26th day of July. Further particulars may be obtained by application at the offices of the Cotton Supply Association. G. R. HAYWOOD, Secretary. I Newall's Buildings, Manchester. (300) GREAT REDUCTION IN THE COST OF STEAM POWER.. THE temperature of smoke-boxes of Locomotive the products of burnt and Portable Engines is upwards of 800°. DUNCAN, GWYNNE, and C. WYE WILLIAM'S PATENT HEAT DIFFUSERS, placed in the Tubes, will utilize about 400° of the heat, convert it into an equivalent of working steam, and reduce the temperature to about 350 or 400°. The Patentees are prepared to accept for Royalty a part of the value of the fuel saved by the use of their simple appliances. Every information may be had on application to the Manufacturers, GWYNNE & CO., Engineers, Essex-street Wharves, Strand, W.C., London. (251) ENGINEERS TOOLS FOR SALE A Superior SELF-ACTING SLIDE and SCREW-CUTTING LATHE, 7 in. centre and 7 ft. bed. A Ditto, 7 in. centre and 9 ft. bed. A PUNCHING and SHEARING MACHINE, for in. plates. Two Ditto for in. plates, and Two Ditto for in. plates. VERTICAL DRILLING MACHINE; PILLAR and BENCH DRILLS; HALEY'S and other LIFTING JACKS; RACHET BRACES, &c. Apply to PAGE and CAMERON, 64 Old Broad-st., E.C., London. (285) Captain George Rodney Munday, R.N., Her Majesty's Ship" Nile." Jonathan Aylen, Esq., R.N., Master Attendant, Her Majesty's Dockyard, Sheerness. James Tonkin, Esq., Master, R.N., Her Majesty's Ship "Waterloo," 120 guns. William Schaw Lindsay, Esq., M.P., &c., &c. Duncan Dunbar, Esq., Chairman of General Shipowners' Society: Do. Mercantile Marine Board, London. Member of the Committee of "Lloyd's Register" of Shipping, &c. Anthony Ridley, Esq., Vice-Chairman of Mercantile Marine Board; Member of the Committee of "Lloyd's Register" of Shipping, &c. William Drew, Esq., Member of the Mercantile Marine Board; Member of the Committee of "Lloyd's Register" of Shipping, &c. William Phillips, Esq., Member of the Committee of "Lloyd's Register" of "Shipping; General Shipowners' Society, &c. George Marshall, Esq., Member of the Committee of "Lloyd's Register" of Shipping; General Shipowners' Society, &c. THE INTERNATIONAL JURY AT PARIS Also awarded this Invention the First Class Medal, 1855. Licensed Makers of Trotman's Improved Anchors :Messrs. Hawks, Crawshay, and Sons, Newcastle-on-Tyne, John Abbott and Co., Park Works, Gateshead, Durham, J. and E. Lumsden, Strand Iron Works, Sunder- N. Hingley and Sons, Cradley and Netherton Iron Proctor and Taylor, Milbank Forge, Hartlepool, R. Wight and Sons, Iron Works, Sunderland and Pow and Fawcus, 49 Lr. Shadwell, London, and John Gilbert, Cradley Heath, Staffordshire. GEORGE WOOD & CO., 14 Forc-st., Limehouse, London, (249) TO STEAM SHIP BUILDERS, ENGINEERS, TOOL MAKERS, IRON MASTERS, AND OTHERS. immediate Sale. and BUILDERS' SALESMEN, having opened Registers for Public and Private Sales of all kinds of JOB LOTS, Surplus Stock, Stores, Tools, Implements, &c., &c., (either Old or New,) beg to call the attention of all parties to the only medium established of the kind, and to state weight, bulk, or value, and of any class of Goods for that they are prepared to receive consignments of any Full particulars may be had for two stamps, at the BUILDING TRADES REGISTRY OFFICES. (established 1857,) 13 EASTCHEAP, LONDON, E.C. The Public Sales by Auction are held Weekly, on EVERY TUESDAY, at NE O'CLOCK, and for the present at the BUILDERS SALE GROUNDS, (established 1858,) 23 and 24 MARYLEBONE ROAD, REGENT'S PARK, W. Catalogues by Post for One Stamp. Advances on New Goods. All communications are held private and con fidential. (204) TO RAILWAY COMPANIES, CONTRACTORS, RON SHIPS may be rendered FIREPROOF if internally fitted with Fibrous Slab in lieu of Extract from a letter of the Captain of the Royal Bride Steamer, trading between Bristol and Melbourne :-" 25th May, 1859.-From my experience of the last nine months in all climates, I have no hesitation in saying there is no kind of lining I know of equal to your Fibrous Slab for Iron Ships.-Yours, &c. (Signed), ALEX. NEWLAND." PATENT WOOD OR FIBROUS SLAB COMPANY, STEAM ENGINES FOR SALE. One of 8-horse power, 8in. cylinder, and 18in. stroke. One of 10-horse power, 10in. cylinder, and 24in. stroke. Two of 12-horse power, 12in. cylinder, and 24in. stroke. One of 14-horse power, 12in. cylinder, and 36in. stroke. Two of 14-horse power, 14in. cylinder, and 24in. stroke. One of 16-horse power, 14in. cylinder, and 36in. stroke. Two of 30-horse power, 20in. cylinder, and 36in. stroke. The above Engines are quite new, of superior manufacture and finish, and are to be sold at very low prices. Apply to PAGE and CAMERON, 64 Old Broad-street, London, E.C. (284) PATENT LEVER BREAKS for RAIL TO ENGINEERS, MACHINISTS, &c.— To be DISPOSED OF, on very reasonable terms, a Complete FACTORY, freehold, or can be rented. It is ed a The connexion is small, fitted with the best machinery, and has every convenience but (with the interest of the proprietor) could be increased. Part of the money may remain on security. This will be found an excellent opportunity for a small capitalist. There is a good dwelling attached. Apply by letter to Mr. E. Ledger Lewisham-road, Greenwich. (301) derable experience in Marine Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding, and who is an expert Draughtsman, is desirous of meeting with a permanent Engagement as London Agent, Manager of a Shipbuilding Yard, or to act in any capacity in which ample knowledge of Mechanical Details and a large connexion among Engineers, Ship Owners, and others, might be rendered available. The Advertiser having also been much engaged in working out some important patented inventions, would undertake to further the objects of those having property of this kind, either to dispose of or to bring into operation. Apply by letter, to M. E., MECHANICS' MAGAZINE Office, 166 Fleet-street. (250) TO ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, PATENT AGENTS, &c. reproduced at a most DHOTOGRAPHS OF THE HIGHEST CLASS moderate rate of charge. Reproductions of faultless accuracy, of Machinery, Models, Drawings, &c. Orders attended to in town and country. Estimates forwarded. SPENCER, READ, & Co., 4 Agar-street, Strand. W.C. (90) THO (143) THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.-Every person having an interest in domestic or farm animals should obtain a supply of this celebrated and economical food, which will prove invaluable during the approaching season. For keeping horses in good condition, it is unequalled. Pigs fatten with surprising rapidity upon it, and their flesh increases in flavour and value. Cowkeepers will find great advantage in the increased quantity and improved quality of the milk during its use. All animals are benefited by it. A pamphlet on this interesting subject, accompanied by Testimonials from the principal NoIn Casks containing 448 Feeds (Measures enclosed). Price bility, Gentry, and Agriculturists, forwarded on application. 50s., carriage paid to any Railway Station in the United Kingdom. Post Office Orders payable to JOSEPH THORLEY, 77 Newgate Street, London. N.B.-The public are cautioned against being imposed upon by worthless imitations. (132) IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR AGRICULTURISTS. LEISTON WORKS, SAXMUNDHAM, SUFFOLK, EARNESTLY solicit the continued support of their numerous Friends, Agriculturists, Shippers, PORTABLE AND FIXED STEAM ENGINES. STONE GRINDING MILLS. SAWING MACHINERY, from 4 fo 20 Horse Power, Of which full detailed particulars will be found in R. G. & SONS' ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, sent postage free to any address, in English French, or German; and any of the above Machines will be shown in operation at R. G. & Sons' Farm, near the Works, on their receiving a few days' notice. A Copy of R. G. & SONS' new COLONIAL LIST will be forwarded free to any of the Colonies, and Shippers will be supplied with these lists, with their names and addresses printed on, free of charge, by making application for the same. ADDRESS-R. GARRETT & SONS, LEISTON WORKS, SAXMUNDHAM, SUFFOLK. (161 JOHN HENDERSON PORTER, ENGINEER AND CONTRACTOR, PATENTEE OF VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF IRON BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, ROOFS, AND FLOORS, IRON BUILDING AND ROOFING WORKS, RAILWAY, SHIP, AND BUILDERS' IRONWORK OF ALL KINDS. Roofs and Bodies of Luggage Vans, Trucks, and Coal Cast and Wrought Iron Columns, Stanchions, and Girders. Tanks, Casks, and Barrels. Iron Wheelbarrows, Cart Bodies, &c. Hay Racks, Mangers, Sheep Cribs, and Cattle Troughs. SUBJECTS ILLUSTRATED IN LITHOGRAPHED SKETCHES. Iron Buildings, viz.-Warehouses, Sugar Refineries, Market Houses, Railway Stations, Stores, Dwellings, &c., erected in this country, in the East and West Indies, Egypt, China, the Cape of Good Hope, South America, and Australia. Plans and Estimates will be furnished on Application, LONDON OFFICE-33 NICHOLAS LANE, CITY, E.C. CLAYTON, SHUTTLEWORTH, AND CO., OF LINCOLN, 78 LOMBARD STREET, LONDON, E. C., AGRICULTURAL AND GENERAL ENGINEERS, And Manufacturers of Portable and Fixed Steam Engines. Combined Threshing Machines, which dress the corn ready for market at ne operation. Grinding Mills, Saw Benches, Pumps for Irrigation and Mining purposes, with all necessary gearing for being driven by steam power. Full particulars and estimates given on application to the above address. C. S. and Co.'s PORTABLE STEAM ENGINES are adapted for every parpose to which steam-power can be pplied. When intended for winding, hey are fitted with reversible link ction and winding gear. They are easy of removal, as may be seen by the engraving, and can be set to work Immediately on arrival. C. S. and Co. are now doing an extensive foreign and colonial business, and are prepared to send off engines and machinery of the before-mentioned kinds in a few days from the date of order. They would also call attention to the important reduction in prices made for the new year. For Exportation.---The above can be obtained through British Merchants, Shippers, and Colonial Agents. (23) (272) CONDY'S (276) ONDY'S PATENT FLUID or NATURAL Not only Deoderizes but Disinfects perfectly, and Is not poisonous, as it may be used to purify water. Evolves no noxious or unpleasant gas. Cannot be mis aken for any other fluid, thereby preventing death and disease; and is therefore the best, safest, cheapest, and most pleasant disinfectant ever introduced. Board of Health, all the most eminent Men and Chemists This fluid has been examined and reported upon by the of the day, in all cases in the most satisfactory manne possible. The Public are recommended to use this Fluid, properl diluted with water, frequently and habitually in larders, sculleries, dairics, musty cakes, sick rooms, close places, &c., as it has numerous advantages, and can be used with certain immediate success and perfect safety. Sold in Quart Bottles, 4s.; Pints, 2s.; Half-pints, 1s.: and in bulk, 10s. per Gallon. Free to Railway on receipt of Order or Stamps. (238) WATER GAUGES WATER GAUGES Sir,-We find your German Gauge Tube superior to any other, and strongly recommend it. We were com pelled 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 Gauge Fittings, &c., on applicado.. (941 WILLIAM WARNE & CO., HOSE PIPES, TUBINGS, ETC.; MATS, For Doorways, Stairs, Baths, Carriages, Ships, &c., which Sole Manufacturers of Possessing advantages over all the ordinary makes, in ex- Warehouse, 9 Gresham-street West, E.C. Mills, Tottenham, N. FUEL AND STEAM hill, E.C. (241) ECONOMY.Apply to Mr. LEE STEVENS, C.E., 1 Fish-street(243) ICHARD BAIRD, GENERAL COMcriptions of RAILWAY PLANT and STORES. 13 DOCK-STREET, DUNDEE. (280) VENTILATION WITHOUT FLUES. KUKLA'S PATENT STOVES, At 18s., 25s., and 50s. 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, 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). Patentee and sole Manufacturer, F. X. KUKLA, 194 Pentonville-road, London. TRACTION ENGINES, MANUFACTURED BY CHARLES BURRELL, ST. NICHOLAS WORKS, THETFORD, NORFOLK, And ordered for India, Australia, and South America, may now be seen, complete and in course of construction at the above works. BOYDELL'S TRACTION ENGINES AND ENDLESS RAILWAY will draw heavier loads over good roads than any other traction engine, and on soft and bad roads will draw heavy loads where no other traction engine can move itself. All objection to the wear and tear of these Engines is entirely removed by the use of Charles Burrell's improved patent Wrought Iron Wheels, fitted with Rails and Tyre, as well as all the wearing parts, of Steel. 47 Apply also to Mr. Hemming, Mark Lane, E.C. (40.) (103 USE GAS EXPLOSIONS PREVENTED. SE THE TUBES AND FITTINGS MADE BY JOHN RUSSELL and Co. (Established at the commencement of gas-lighting), whose goods are all well tested, and warranted. J. R. and Co. supplied Thomas Cubitt, Esq., for all hi houses in Belgravia, the Queen's Palace, &c., which localit is proverbially free from gas. J. R. and Co. are the Inventors of the Lap-Welded Tube for Steam Boilers, and have recently obtained a Patent fo. an improvement in them. J. R. and Co. are the holders of the First Prize Medals for Gas-Tubes and Fittings and Boiler Tubes. WORKS: THE OLD TUBE WORKS, WEDNESBURY. 69 UPPER THAMES-STREET, LONDON. (168 HANCOCK'S UNIVERSAL WASHING MACHINE. It effectually cleanses the Crevices of Baby-linen, Collars, Wristbands, &c., without the possibility of injuring the Linen or Collars. Received 500 Testimonials. per quare Such W. BLACKETT has in Stock a variety of Vertical and Horizontal Steam Engines, Boilers, and Engineers' Tools, ready for delivery on the shortest notice. Apply as above. THE RAILWAY CARRIAGE COMPANY, OLDBURY, NEAR BIRMINGHAM. (70) LONDON OFFICE---34 GREAT GEORGE STREET, WESTMINSTER, Manufacturers of every Description c RAILWAY PLANT AND IRONWORK. THESE GAUGES have been in use more than three years, and have given general satisfaction. Those first fixed are now in as good working condition as ever. Testimonials, &c., may be seen at CHADBURN BROS.' Works, Sheffield. The Gauges may be had of Messrs. Elliott Bros., Strand; Mr. Fenn, Newgate-street; Messrs. Dring and Fage, Tooley-street; Messrs. Nigretti and Zambra, Holborn. LUND'S LONDON LEVER (286) NEW and SECOND-HAND RAILWAY WAGGONS always in Stock for SALE or HIRE Engines, Carriages, and Railway Waggon Wheels. (273) 45 High-street, Inverness, N.B. (282) WATER POISONED BY LEADEN PIPES. The above engraving represents accurately a section of a leaden pipe, which was employed for a short time in conveying water from a well on the grounds of Mr. Dick, of Bonchurch, Isle of Wight. PREVENTABLE BY THE USE OF GUTTA PERCHA TUBING. The Gutta Percha Company have been favoured with the following letter, From Dr. MURRAY, Hull. "It is impossible to conceive of anything more injurious or destructive to the health of the community than the use of leaden pipes for the conveyance of water. The poisonous salts of lead thereby communicated are most insidious and subtle. I hail with gratitude the substitution of Gutta house removed, and its place supplied with one of Gutta Percha Tubing. I have had the leaden pipe of my own Percha Tubing. Nothing can be better. I have also recommended it to others, who have adopted the expedient." DWD DRAFTSMAN, I Pickett-place, Strand, near Bands, Tubing, Sheet, Soles, Pump Bucke DWIN JEWITT, ENGRAVER ON WOOD A variety of Gutta Percha Articles, such as Mill Temple-bar. Engineering, Scientific, and Mechanical Designs accurately engraved. Manufacturers and Trades- Bosses, Union Joints, Bottles, Bowls, Flasks, men's Catalogues Illustrated. W.C. (84) Curtain and Cornice Rings, Solid Frames, Galvanic Batteries, &c., &c. VULCANISED INDIA-RUBBER MACHINE COLOUR: also for conducting, or steam purposes. Where: Gutta Percha Company, Patenters, DODGE and GIANDONATI (late DODGE, BACON, and Co., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN TOWN AND COUNTRY 44 St. Paul's Churchyard, London, E.C. (208) (29) manufacture and supply the following Machinery, of the most approved construction and with all the latest improvements:-Portable and Fixed Steam-Engines and Horse and Hand-power Machines; Pumping Machiner for the Supply of Towns, Cities, and Districts, and for th Irrigation of Coffee, Cotton, Indigo, Sugar-cane, and Ric Estates, for pumping out Coffer-dams, Canals, Dry Docks, Boilers of every description; Waterwheels, Windmill To the Directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company. Pumping and other Machinery for Paper, Pulp, and Fulling Gentlemen,-Having this day paid to the Company's Reservoirs, &c. They also manufacture and supply the being 10s. per Share now Shares of Mills, Breweries, Distilleries, Tanneries, Starch Works, Works, Silk, Cotton, and Flax Mills, and Manufactories in Five Pounds each in the Guaranteed Preferential Capital of Bleaching, Dyeing, and Calico Printing Works, Chemical Price Lists forwarded on receipt of Six Postage Stamps. Bankers the sum of £ the Atlantic Telegraph Company on the conditions stated applied for, I request you to allot me in the prospectus; and I hereby undertake to pay the general. All Letters not paid will be refused. Illustrated (24) For Exportation.-The above can be obtained throug by the Directors. It being understood that no further calls gineers, Essex-wharf, Strand, London. further deposit of £2 per share thereon immediately on allotment, and the future calls as and when they are made-GWYNNE AND Co., Hydraulic and Mechanical Enare to be made until the minimum amount of £300,000 has been subscribed for, and that the deposit (less the propor- British Merchants, Shippers, and Colonial Agents. |
