Other resolutions were passed calling upon all friends to the advancement of Science to become Members, &c.; after which the Meeting adjourned. The infant Society accordingly met, attended by a numerous and highly respectable assemblage of friends and patrons; and further steps were taking towards its organization. We want now only a society devoted exclusively to CHEMICAL PURSUITS, and then, with A JUDICIOUS Institution for the Practical Improvement of our Operative Mechanics, every part of the extensive field of science will be in a state of culture. We have already societies devoted to the study of the Arts, Botany, Horticulture, Medicine, Mathematics, Geology, and Astronomy; and generally speaking, the object of these various Institutions are so ably followed up by their respective members, as to almost supersede the old Royal Society. / New Patents Sealed, 1823. To Joseph Bourne, of Derby, in the county of Derby, stone-bottle manufacturer, for his invention of certain improvements in the burning of stone ware and brown ware in kilns or ovens, by carrying up the heat and flame from the furnace or flue below to the middle and upper parts of the kiln or oven, either by means of flues or chimnies in the sides thereof, or by moveable pipes or conductors to be placed within such kilns or ovens; and also by increasing the heat in kilns or ovens by the construction of additional furnaces or fires at the sides thereof, and to communicate with the centre or upper part of such kilns or ovens; and also by conveying the flame and heat of one kiln into another, or others, by means of chimnies or flues, and thus permitting the draft and smoke of several kilns or ovens to escape through the chimnies of a central kiln or oven of great elevation, whereby the degree of heat is increased in the several kilns or ovens, and the quantity of smoke diminished.-Sealed 22d November-2 months for inrolment. To John Slater, of Saddleworth, in the county of York, clothier, for his invention of certain improvements in the machinery or apparatus to facilitate or improve the operation of cutting or grinding wool or cotton from off the surfaces of woollen cloths, kerseymeres, cotton cloths, or mixtures of the said substances, and for taking and removing hair or fur from skins.-Sealed 22d November-2 months. To Thomas Todd, of Swansea, South Wales, organ builder, for his invention of an improvement in producing tone upon musical instruments of various descriptions.— Sealed 22 November-6 months. To Samuel Brown, of Windmill-street, Lambeth, in the county of Surrey, gentleman, for his new-invented engine or instrument for effecting a vacuum, and thus producing powers by which water may be raised and machinery put in motion.-Sealed 4th December-6 months. To Archibald Buchanan, of Calrue Cotton Works (one of the partners of the house of James Finlay and Co. merchants, in Glasgow), for his invention of improvements in machinery heretofore employed in spinning-mills in the carding of cotton and other wool, whereby the top cards are regularly stripped and kept clean by the operation of the machinery, without the agency of hard labour.-Sealed 4th December-4 months. To Josiah Parkes, of Manchester, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, civil engineer, for his invention of a certain method of manufacturing salt.-Sealed 4th December-6 months. To George Minshaw Glascott, of Great Garden-street,. Whitechapel, in the county of Middlesex, brass founder; and Tobias Michell, of Upper Thames-street, in the city of London, gentleman; for their invention of certain improvements in the construction or form of nails, to be used in or for the securing of copper and other sheathing on ships, and for other purposes.-Sealed 9th December-6 months. To Thomas Horne, the younger, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, brass founder, for his invention of certain improvements in the manufacture of rack pullies in brass or other metals.-Sealed 9th December-6 months. To William Furnival, of Droitwich, salt manufacturer, and Alexander Smith, of Glasgow, master-mariner, for their invention of an improved boiler for steam engines, and other purposes.- Sealed 9th December-6 months. To Sir Henry Heathcote, of No. 23, Surrey-street, Strand, in the county of Middlesex, knight, and captain in the Royal Navy, for his invention or discovery of an improvement of the stay-sails generally in use, for the purpose of intercepting wind between the square sails of ships and other square rigged vessels.-Sealed 13th December-6 months. To Jarvis Boot, of Nottingham, in the county of Nottingham, lace manufacturer, for his invention of improved apparatus to be used in the process of singeing lace, and other purposes.-Sealed 13th December-6 months. To Pierre Jean Baptiste Victor Gosset, of Queen-street, Haymarket, in the county of Middlesex, merchant, in consequence of a communication made to him by a certain foreigner residing abroad, by which he is in possession of an invention of a combination of machinery for producing various shapes, patterns, and sizes from metals or other materials capable of receiving an oval, round, or other form.-Sealed 18th December-2 months. ་ 56 LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC NOTICES. MR. BELZONI. This enterprising traveller having been unable to procure any conveyance from the Island of St. Jago to the River Gambia as he wished, has been conveyed in his Majesty's brig Swinger, from Teneriffe to Cape Coast, whence he proceeds to Benin, the point from which he now proposes to commence his journey of investigation : he is attended by a native of Houssa, on the banks of the Niger. Mr. Belzoni has assumed the Moorish costume, which very well accords with his appearance, having a beard of six months growth and mustachios. We sincerely wish this indefatigable traveller may succeed in the grand object of exploring the Niger; but fear the difficulties he will meet with will exceed his expectation, as he takes a route entirely novel. LONDON INSTITUTION.-During the Christmas Vacation, a short course of eight lectures will be delivered in the theatre of this Institution, by Mr. C. F. Partington, upon the Steam Engine and the Mechanical Powers. To commence on Thursday, the 8th of January, 1824, at one o'clock in the afternoon, and to be continued each succeeding Monday and Thursday, until the course shall be completed. Dr. Martin, of Bridge-street, Blackfriars, proposes to deliver a course of lectures in January, on those important objects which are embraced by the Royal Humane Society, and which, equally interesting to the philanthropist, philosopher, and medical practitioner, regards the preservation of life under circumstances of adventitious and imminent danger, especially from the effects of submersion, strangulation, suffocation by noxious vapours, poisons, &c. to be illustrated by models and experiments -by drawings and specimens of poisonous plants and other noxious bodies. TOMB OF CANOVA. Thorwalsden the great Icelandic sculptor in Rome, is at work on a monument for the tomb of this justly celebrated artist, it is to be placed in the church of Venice, which was building at Canova's expense at the time of his death. FIRE DAMP.-A scheme is suggested by a Mechanic of Stafford, for lessening the danger from the explosion of firedamp in coal mines, by employing bellows to be worked by the steam-engine, being placed one or two hundred yards from the shafts. Atmospheric air would be propelled by a main pipe down the shaft, and thence conducted by smaller pipes, having regulating stop-cocks, to those parts of the mine where the colliers are at work. The stream of air will have force equal to a common current above ground. The fire-damp would thus be displaced from the situation occupied by the miners, or so much diluted as to render it harmless, and ultimately be forced out at the mouth of the pit. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HERALDRY. The first part of a new work on this now almost forgotten subject is about to be published by William Berry, author of the Genealogia Antiqua, &c. &c. &c. It is, we understand, to comprise the whole science of heraldry, hereditary dignities, orders of knighthood, the arms of sovereign states, cities, towns, public institutions, corporate bodies, &c., and will be illustrated by 108 explanatory plates. It will be succeeded by monthly parts till finished. ROSSINI.-Memoirs of this justly celebrated composer, by the author of the Lives of Haydn and Mozart, is announced for publication. DR. KITCHENER is, we understand, engaged on a work for the improvement of vision, and preservation of the eyes. DISTILLATION OF SEA-WATER.-M. Clement, a French chemist, has invented an economical still, by the use of which, with one ton of coal, from six to seven tons of fresh water may be obtained. CORFU.-The University of this island owes another important benefit to Lord Guildford, in addition to the library he transported from Paris, viz. a collection of 20,000 stamps of Grecian Medals, &c. with their description, by M. Miounet, of the Royal Library of Paris. LONDON: SHACKELL AND ARROWSMITH, · JOHNSON'S COURT, FLEET-STREET. |