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  2. SCIENCE, ART, AND MANUFACTURES. ECONOMY OF FUEL.

    We extract from the (Glasgow) National of the 25th January last, the following clever article on the subject of economy of fuel: —There are few subjects of more practical value than those ...

    Article : 731 words
  3. NEW METHOD OF TANNING.

    We have been favoured by Dr Turnbull with his specification of a patent recently taken out by him for a new method of more speedi[?]y and effectually tanning hides and skins, and of extracting and separating the ca ecbuic ...

    Article : 1,011 words
  4. CHEAP ILLUMINATION OF LONDAY BY GAS.

    Amongst the new ideas afloat in men's minds is the practicability of preparing the gas for the illumination of cities in the immediate neighbourhood of the coal pits, and transmitting it through suitable pipes along the lines of ...

    Article : 94 words
  5. WATERPROOF AMMUNITION.

    The Washington correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce, has the following, under date the 31st ultimo:—"In the house, Mr Tibbatts, by Unanimous consent, submitted a joint resolution that the law of 1808, ...

    Article : 212 words
  6. SUGER FROM WOODY FIBRE.

    If any form of lignin, such as saw-dust, (cleansed from all foreign bodies, such as resin, extractive matter, &c.,) rags, or paper, be rubbed up with a little sulphuric acid, taking cure that the action of the acid does not go to ...

    Article : 134 words
  7. NEW METHOD OF DISCOVERIGN LONGITUDE.

    A New York paper has the following:—Captain Pittman. of the brig Star, informs us that he has discovered a method of ascertaining longitude without the use of a chronometer. Unless we are mistaken, the British ...

    Article : 53 words
  8. ARTIFICIAL STONES.

    Specimens relating to Mr Frederick Ransome's important patents were laid before the members of the Ipswich Philosophical Society, and a short descriptive account given of the process employed in the formation of artificial ...

    Article : 525 words
  9. DOMESTIC DRAINAGE.

    It is impossible to make cesspools water-tight by building them with common mortar, for mortar becomes friable and rotten when impregnated with acid. The carbonate of lime contained in the mortar combines with the ...

    Article : 106 words
  10. DRAINING TILES PREMIUM.

    The Gloucestershire Agricultural Association have offered the handsome premium of £50 to the manufacturer who shall offer for sale the largest number of good draining tiles at the lowest price; the quantity not to be ...

    Article : 50 words
  11. LIQUIFICATION AND SOLIDIFICATION OF GASROUS BODIES.

    In the course of a lecture recently delivered by Professor Farraday, at the Royal Institution, he mentioned the results of some important experiments in which he has been recently engaged, for liquifying and solidifying gases ...

    Article : 977 words
  12. MISCELLANEOUS.

    It is is said that Professor Fenuigle is securing patents in all parts of the world for an engine which almost produces perpetual motion. ...

    Article : 25 words
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