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  2. SIENCE, ART, AND MANUFACTURE.

    Mr Rufus Porter, the Editor of the Scientific American newspaper, of New York, has completed during his life time, one hundred and forty-four original inventions. HeiIs apparently in the prime of life, although over fifty ...

    Article : 61 words
  3. GOVERNMENT GAZETTE NOTICES.

    Whereas by an Ordinance passed on the second day of September, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, " For the General Appropriation of the Revenue/or the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven," among other ...

    Article : 827 words
  4. APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING STEAM-BOILERS.

    Mr John Lord, of Birmingham, has obtained a patent for a perfectly self-acting apparatus for supplying Water to steam-boilers. It consists of a hollow spherical chamber, connected by two pipes with the upper part Of ...

    Article : 230 words
  5. LADIE'S BUSTLES.

    A committee of the Essex county, New Jersey, fair, it seems has recommended to favourable notice a certain India rubber lady's bustle, a new invention, intending to answer the double purpose of an article of dress and a ...

    Article : 55 words
  6. PLUMBAGO.

    A curious property has recently been discovered in the substance plumbago, or the black lead of which pencils are made of. It is well known that that substance can only be obtained in any purity at Borrowdale, in ...

    Article : 127 words
  7. A NEW MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.

    We find in the Gazette Musicale, the report of a commission appointed by the director of the Conservatoire to examine into the merits of a new instrument, called the Baryton. The members of the commission, M.M. Auber, ...

    Article : 278 words
  8. SAVE-ALL.

    Mr Budd, of Swansea, has taken out a patent for the application,in the manufacture of iron, of clinkers produced in the combustion of coal, and heretofore regarded as useless. ...

    Article : 25 words
  9. CHEMICAL MIRACLES.

    At the Court of the Duke of Brunswick, Professor Beyruss promised that during dinner bis coat should become red; and to the amazement of the prince and his other guests, it actually became of that colour. M. Vogel, who ...

    Article : 415 words
  10. CHURCH BELLS.

    A founder at Sheffield is said to have succeeded in the manufacture of disks or plates of steel, as substitutes for the cumbrous church bells, and which possess great advantages in point of cheapness as well as in purity and ...

    Article : 46 words
  11. DR TURNBULL'S TANNING.

    The new method is to prepare a mixture of sugar and water and sawdust—it may be of any other substance containing saccharine matter, such as beetroot, potatoes, turnips, honey, &c. The action of the sugar and ...

    Article : 202 words
  12. GOVERNMENT NOTICE.

    In pursuance of an ordinance enacted by the Governor of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, of date the 23d February, 1847, " To amend the laws relating to the impounding of cattle,"His ...

    Article : 108 words
  13. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The [?] estabilshment contains [?] mach [?] most [?] [?] ...

    Article : 105 words
  14. APPOINTMENTS.

    [?]cellency the Lieutenant-Governor has been pleased [?]int James Crank to be Poundkeeper of the [?]pou[?] Section No. 840, Dry Creek,—under the [?] of the Ordinance date 23d February, 1847. ...

    Article : 132 words
  15. A MODERN HERCULES.

    A man of Herculean power, named Paul, has been exhibiting feats of strength at the Theatre des Varieties at Nantes. On one occasion, according to the Courrier de Nantes, he performed one that no persons can well believe ...

    Article : 99 words
  16. MAGNIFICENT STORE IN NEW YORK.

    A new and most magnificent dry goods store has just been opened in New York. The front is of white marble. The main entrance is between two windows, each consisting of a single plate of glass, 6 feet broad by 11 feet 2. ...

    Article : 699 words
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