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  2. Gold Mining.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,138 words
  3. The Defence Force.

    The New South Wales Artillery have for some weeks past been engaged altering the armament of the new batteries, which has been rendered necessary by the introduction of rifled ordnance. There are now thirty guns ...

    Article : 1,490 words
  4. ELASTIC WASHER.

    We present herewith perspective and sectional views of a new elastic washer in which the packing is so enclosed as to be protected from injury by reason of the torsional action of the nut. A is the flanged disk or socket, B the packing of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 307 words
  5. CHAMBERS CREEK.

    JANUARY 26.—A large and influential meeting wag held on Thursday evening last, at the Star Hotel, to urge upon the Government the great necessity for causing the improvements to be made upon the road in and out of ...

    Article : 798 words
  6. Tin.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 177 words
  7. Correspondence.

    JANUARY 27.—A new discovery is always of more interest on a gold-field, and of more real importance, too, than the description ef routine doings on established leads. I have one new find of unquestionable worth to record, though its ...

    Article : 765 words
  8. IMPROVED OX BOW.

    This is a patented ox bow which, it is stated, does not require bending, and which may be made in parts of the country where timber suitable for the ordinary bow is scarce, without requiring much mechanical skill to make. As ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 144 words
  9. MECHANICAL APPLIANCES.

    THE object of this handy little device is so clearly indicated in our illustration that little description is required. It consists, simply, in a claw, made upon the hammer end of an ordinary hatchet, which serves to grasp the top hoop of a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 85 words
  10. PIPE TONGS.

    This invention is an ingenious form of pipe tongs adapted to fit any size of pipe. It is made in two portions—a straight lever, A, and a hooked lever, B—the former passing through a slot in the latter. The back of the straight ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 200 words
  11. HILL END.

    It certainly is a fortunate occurrence that the Palmer has been discovered, or I don't know what might have happened here. No one has anything to do but the auctioneers, and they are at their wits' ends to get buyers. The ...

    Article : 454 words
  12. IMPROVEMENT IN BRICKS.

    M. Emile Pavy has recently devised a connected brick, or rather, more strictly, a mode of combining bricks, for building purposes. The nature of the invention, as shown in our engraving, is readily understood. In the extremities ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 170 words
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