of certain improvements on chairs or machines calculated to increase ease and comfort-28th April-6 months, To Thomas Breidenback, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, merchant, for his invention of improvements in certain parts of bedsteads-28th April-6 months. To Benjamin Somers, of Langford, in the Parish of Bennington, in the County of Somerset, M. D. for his invention of certain improvements on furnaces, for smelting different kinds of metals, ores and slaggs-28th April 6 months. To William Lockyer, of the City of Bath, brush maker, for his invention of an improvement in the manufacture of brushes of certain descriptions, and in the manufacture of a material or materials, and the application thereof to the manufacture of brushes and other purposes-28th April -6 months. To Henry Knight, of Birmingham, clock-maker, for his invention of a machine apparatus, or method for ascertaining the attendance to duty of any watchman, workman, or other person, which machine apparatus or method is also applicable to other purposes-28th April-6 months. To John McCurdy, of Cecil Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Esq. in consequence of a communication made to him by a certain foreigner residing abroad, and discoveries made by himself for an invention of certain improvements in the process of rectification of spirits28th April-6 months. To John Browne, and William Duderidge Champion, of Bridgewater, in the County of Somerset, merchants and co-partners, for their having found out and discovered a certain composition or substance, which may be manufactured or moulded either into bricks or into blocks of any form for building, and also manufactured and moulded to, and made applicable for all internal and external ornamental architectural purposes, and for various other purposes 5th May-2 months. To David Bentley, of Eccles, in the County of Lancaster, bleacher, for his invention of an improved carriage wheel 8th May-6 months. To Thomas Patrick Coggin, of Wadworth, near Doncaster, in the County of York, machine maker, for his having found out or invented a new or improved machine for dibbling grain of every description-19th May 2 months. METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL, APRIL AND MAY, 1827. .` 8 53 0) in first quarter. 3 6 00 in conj. with 2 7 in Taurus 3 6.00 in conj. with v in Leo. 3 11 0 52's 2nd Satt. will emerge. 5 0 0 0 before the Clock 2′′ 1′′ 5 8 0.0) in conj. with a in Virgo. 6 20 0 0) in conj. with 2 a in Libra. 7 16 000 in conj. with n in Libra. 7 20 0 0) in conj. with λ in Libra. 1.00) in conj, with 18 in Scorpio 100 in conj.,with 2 8 in Scorpio 8 3 0 0) in conj. with y in Scorpio 9 3 500 Ecliptic Opposition or Full Moon. 8 8 24 22 25 10 25 12 25 22 00 Moon. New in conj with ein Gemini. in conj. with ein Gemini, in conj. with € in Taurus 008 in conj. with h long 89 in Cancer 3 lat, 55 N. hlat 30' S. diff. of lat. 1o 25'. 0Clock before the O2′ 3′′ OD in conj. with 1 ain Cancer 000 in conj. with 2 a in Cancer 25 0 27 3 27 5 28 12 0 30 0 0 30 13 OD in conj. with in Leo. OClock before the 3' 5" 00) in conj. with vin Leo. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC NOTICES. The King of France we learn has given directions for the publication of the Voyage Round the World, during the years 1824, 1825 and 1826, in the Thetis frigate, and Esperance brig, under the command of the Baron de Bongainville. The work is to be in quarto, illustrated by thirty plates; the subjects of which are Natural History, views of places where the expedition touched, costumes, &c. and an Atlas of eight large maps. A work is announced for early publication, under the head of Rambles in Madeira and Portugal, during the early part of the year 1826, which will con tain a History of the Island, some account of the climate and the produce thereof, the talent of Westall, Nicholson, Villeneuve, Harding, Gauci, &c. are employed on the illustrations, to this work. All of which are taken from sketches made on the spot, depicting the most remarkable scenes and objects in the Island. The whole of which will be executed in lithography. Mr. J. P. Neale has been engaged for some time past in making views of several interesting mansions, for the purpose of completing the " Views of Gentlemen and Noblemen's Seats," which he intends to resume the publica tion of in the ensuing Autumn. The Rev. Dr. Russell is about to publish in two vols. octavo, the connection of sacred and profane History, from the death of Joshua, until the decline of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah; intended as a completion to the works of Shuckford and Prideaux. Mr. Peter Nicholson, author of many scientific works, is engaged on a new work to be published in Nos. a New Treatise entitled, the School of Arcnitecture and Engineering. Part twenty-five of Lodge's Portraits of illustrious persons, has been publish ed as rich in treasures of art, as those parts that have preceeded it; among its contents will be found Portraits of Lucius Carey, Lord Falkland from Vandyke, by J. Thomson, Ridley, Bishop of London, by H. Robinson, W. Villiers, Lord Grandison from Vandyke, by H. R. Cook, Spencer Compton, Earl of Northampton, by T. A. Dean and Robert Berlie, Earl of Lindsey, from Vandyke, by E. Scriven. The engravers have done justice to the paintings, as well as credit to their own talents. SCULPTURE Mr. Lough the talented individual, whose pursuits of this branch of art in privation and obscurity, has been brought to notice by the daily and periodical Journals, it is said, has met a patron in the person of H. Brougham, Esq. who has engaged him to produce a stupendous Sampson for him; we hope the production will please the patron, and verify the predictions entertained of his gifted abilities, that he will become at no very dis tant period, one of our first sculptors. Nu, 11, of the Parts of England, engraved in mezzotinto, from original drawings, made expressly for the work, by J. M. W. Turner, R.A, by Thomas Lupton, has been issued from the press. In the first number of this publication, there was all that could be desired by the admirers of fiue drawings and engravings. But the number under notice, we think surpasses the preceding one, and must call forth unmeasured praise, the objects on land are represented with great truth and solidity, and the skits and water are chef-d'ouvres of art. The proprietors of that deservedly popular exhibition the DIORAMA, intend to re-open on the 4th June, with two new views, one "St. Cloud and the Environs of Paris," taken from Bas Meudon, and executed by Mons. Boulon: the other a fine Ruin of a Church" with effect of a fog, painted by Mons. Daguerre. Though scarcely to be credited, it is in every point of view equal to the late exhibition of Rosslyn Chapel. THE London JOURNAL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. No. LXXXI. Recent Patents. To SIR ROBERT SEPPINGS, Knight, a Commander and Surveyor of our Navy of Somerset House, in the County of Middlesex, for his Invention of an Improved construction of such Masts and Bowsprits as are generally known by the name of Made-Masts, and Made Bowsprits. [Sealed 19th January, 1826.] THE patentee proposes to construct masts for ships of the line, frigates, and the larger description of merchantmen, by combining pieces of small squared baulk timber, and securing them together with iron hoops, bolts, and tree nails, and such other fastenings, as are capable of keeping the pieces firmly combined. It is stated by way of recommendation, that masts constructed in this way, will 2 к VOL. XIII. |