ducted as required. The receiving pipe descends from the bottom of the chamber into the resorvoir, or chamber.

The axis is to be made to vibrate about a quadrant of a circle, and those acquainted with hydraulics will see, that if the instrument be in good order, water will be raised by it. The construction of a pump, operating as described, is claimed. We could point to very similar plans of pumps, but we do not think it necessary to touch this point. Such pumps, if made with extreme care, will work promisingly at first, but they will soon go out of order. When in the best condition. we do not believe that such a pump is equal to the common piston and cylinder, the direction of the water being quite as much changed in it.

21. For Heating Apparatus; Robert Rogers, South Berwick, York, county, Maine, June 12.

This apparatus, we are informed, produces radiated heat, steam heat, and heated air at the same time, which are conjointly to be employed in the heating of buildings. The stove or furnace part may be said to consist of three concentric cylindrical vessels; the innermost of these is a circular pipe, like a stove pipe, which is to receive cold air at its lower end, below the ash pit; its upper end supplying lateral pipes with heated air at any convenient height above the fire chamber. This pipe, to the height of the fire chamber, is surrounded by a double cylindrical boiler which forms the inner wall of that chamber. The fire chamber is formed by a second double cylindrical boiler, placed at a proper distance from the former, and of the same height with it, and which is also the outer wall of the chamber, Occupying the place of the ordinary lining of a cylinder stove; the grate bars and ash pit are formed as usual, and there are cold water and steam tubes leading into the boilers. The smoke pipe surrounds the air pipe, being reduced in its diameter by the conical form given to the stove above the fireplace.

The patentee believes that this stove will be very economical, producing a very large portion of heat from a small quantity of fuel, and as he does not point out any particular part of it as his invention, he appears to think that the whole arrangement is new; this, however, is a mistake, concentric cylindrical boilers forming the walls of the fire chamber having been repeatedly employed. Had we time to dwell upon it we could easily point out what we consider as great practical objections to the contrivance.

22. For an improved Wind Mill for Raising Water to set machinery in motion; David W. Hurst, Newbury, Essex county, Massachusetts, June 12.

How much the patentee is mistaken in his ideas and expectations as regards this contrivance, will be apparent from his own words; we therefore give what he himself says; a procedure the fairness of which he will not gainsay.

"This invention, it is believed, possesses advantages above all other machines now in use, inasmuch as with a small breeze of wind a crank placed at the upper part of a common windmill, will be set in motion. and being connected with machinery in the windmill, embracing four pumps or engines also connected, will raise from a pond, well, or spring of water, into a resorvoir placed in or near the mill, as may be convenient, a sufficient quantity to set in motion any variety of wheels and machinery required for grinding,

and for all other purposes for which such machinery is used by cabinet makers, and in other manufactories, being conducted from the resorvoir on to an overshot wheel by common pipes; and possesses the important advantage of being set in motion by a slight breeze of wind, bringing into use the full power of the water upon machinery which may conveniently be placed under any building in which it may be required to be used."

The drawing represents a windmill working four force pumps to drive the mill wheel. If the thing was good for any thing it was not patentable, as the raising of water by windmills for various purposes is a very old in. vention; but the whole proposition shows an entire want of knowledge upon the subject.

23. For a Mortising Machine; Jonathan Page, Hennike, Merrimac county, New Hampshire.

There is, of necessity, a considerable resemblance among the various mortising machines which have been patented, their differences consisting in a more or less convenient mode of arraying the parts; all we shall give relating to that before us is the claim.

"Your petitioner claims the construction of the frame for receiving the piece to be mortised, with a movable rest and guard, different from any in use, whereby materials of different sizes may be more conveniently mor tised, and wheel hubs, in particular, of all sizes, are mortised by the use of a cheap and simple carriage for confining them. He also claims the use of common chisels in the operation of his machine, and the cheap and simple construction of the whole."

24. For an Oven; Samuel Pollard, Bucksport, Hancock county, Maine, June 12.

A cylindrical sheet iron oven is to be placed in the chimney of a common open fireplace, its front resting on the iron mantel bar, and its back end being supported in any suitable way at the back of the chimney.

An addi

tional flue is to be made under the oven, just above the fire, to heat the back end of the oven more effectually. The contrivance has little or no novelty, and is very far inferior to some similar inventions. It may be put up cheaply, but that, alone, is not a sufficient recommendation. There is no claim made.

25. For a machine for Shaving Staves, Heading, and Shingles; John Everhart, Wayne, Warren county, Ohio, June 12.

This machine operates much in the same way with some others, that is, the stave or other article to be shaved is held down by a pressing roller, and is forced between cutting knives by means of a lever acted upon by a windlass. The claim made is "to the use of the lever geared as herein described, operating in combination with the knives and other part, in the manner, and for the purposes herein set forth." We think that there are certain parts of the machine which might have been specially claimed, in addition to the manner of acting upon the lever, and they might be more safely depended upon than the general action of the machine.

26. For a Machine for Shelling and Grinding Corn; George M. Weaver, Montgomery Square, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, June 12.

The shelling is effected by means of a revolving cylinder, the corn being fed in by hand; the feeder, which reacts against the cylinder, has some peculiarities in its construction, but the whole machine does not essentially differ from some others. The grinder is merely a cast iron frustrum of a cone, furrowed on its smaller end, and on its edges, which revolves in a corresponding cast iron pan or box. The claim is to "the construction and arrangement of the feeder, operating with the cylinder, in the manner described; and also the construction of the grinder, by which it is made to grind on the conical and front surfaces at the same time."

27. For Wooden Hames; Sereno Norton, East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York, June 12.

These hames are to be made of any hard close grained wood, and are to be formed much like the horse collar, for which they are to operate as a substitute. The mode of uniting them together by straps, and of attaching the gearing to them, with some other things relating thereto, are clearly enough described, and must be considered as altogether new in every part, as there is no claim.

28. For a Spring Seat Riding Saddle; Jacob G. Patmer, Harvey Beard and Anthony Beard, Greenville, Augusta county, Virginia, April

12.

Claim. "Now we do not claim as new in the construction of spring seat saddles, the application of a spring to the head of the tree, nor a spring of zig-zag or W shape, as applied to this purpose. But what we do claim as new, and our invention is the form and manner of constructing the frame and attaching the spring thereto, being curved so as to conform to the gullet of the saddle, and being attached to the tree by straps and webbing, as described. We also claim the application of similar springs to the girth, or girths of the saddle, and also the iron horn secured to and covered as herein described and set forth."

29. For a Machine for Propelling Machinery by Weights; Elisha Turner, North Pownal, Cumberland county, Maine, June 12.

We will present an extract from the so called specification, which, although aided by what is called a drawing, leaves the inquirer as completely ignorant of the intentions of the patentee, as though they were intended to be concealed. We guess, however, that the instrument is intended to gain power, although there is not even an attempt to make known how this is to be done.

"OPERATION. The weight being wound upon the loose barrel by manual or other power, the catch is thrown into the ratchet wheel by a spring made fast to the wheel fixed to the axle. The pinion on the end of the axle works into a cog wheel, this again into the cog wheels that convey the motion to any object required to be put in motion. "

"The invention here claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, consists in the arrangement and adaptation of the several parts of the machine before described, for propelling machinery by weight.

30. For Apparatus for Cooling Water and other Liquids; John Waring, Port Tobacco, Carolina county, Virginia, June 12. A vessel, like a jar, for containing water, is to be placed within a wooden

box, and surmounted with pulverized charcoal; a second vessel containing ice is to be let down into the jar of water, and the latter when refrigerated, is to be drawn off by means of a cock.

A claim is made to "the arrangement and adaptation of the several parts of the apparatus for cooling water and other fluids." In which arrangement and adaptation there is neither improvement, invention, or discovery, if originality is considered as making a component part of these things.

31. For apparatus for Hoisting and Delivering Burthens from Ships; Barnabus Pike, city of New York, June 12.

A frame is to be made by connecting two stout pieces of timber, sixteen or twenty feet long, by cross timber mortised into their ends. The long timbers for a railway upon which to support a carriage, which runs upon friction rollers on their upper edges. Stout legs are framed into the lower sides of the rail timbers, the carriage has a block and tackle attached to it, by the aid of which, and a windlass, the goods are to be raised from the hold of a vessel. The carriage is then moved along the rails, which extend on to a wharf, and the packages landed. The claim is to the carriage as above described and applied, and the principle and mode of carrying and delivering the burthens.

The whole is clearly described and represented, and at certain periods we have no doubt that such an apparatus will be very useful, but the rise and fall of the tide must, in most places, very much interfere with the employment of it.

32. For Antifriction Wheels; Julian Nicolet, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; an alien who has resided two years in the United States, June 12. The wheel used is that of Mr. Ross Winan's, in which the axle, the friction of which is to be relieved, rests upon the inner periphery of a flanched friction wheel. The patentee says, "Now I do not claim to have invented the friction wheel described herein, but of its application to the specific purposes herein set forth," that is, to the shafts of water wheels, fly wheels, and paddle wheels, Mr. Winan's having applied them to rail road cars. Be it remarked however, that Mr. Winan's patent has not expired, nor has it been repealed, and the friction wheel itself, therefore, vests in him, and no one can take it from him under the pretence of applying it to axles of a kind differing from those to which he applied them.

33. For a Bee House; William Groves, Harrisburg, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, June 12.

Houses, or large hives, for the more convenient management and security of bees, have been variously constructed by apiarians, several of which have been made the subject of patents. In that before us their are some variations of form and management, the absolute value of which is a question of experience, and as we perceive but little of originality, and have a long list to go through this month, we shall not give the claims or attempt any description.

34. For a machine for Shaving and Jointing Shingles; Samuel B. Chapman, Camden, Gloucester county, New Jersey. First patented March 15th, 1834, re-issued on an amended specification, June 12th,

Claim. "What I claim as my invention is the manner of fixing the knives within the iron frame; and the giving to one or both of them a vertical motion only, for the purpose, and in the manner, or upon the principle, herein set forth. I also claim the use of rollers, or segments of rollers, to continue the pressure upon the shingle after it has passed in part through the knives."

As this patent has been before noticed, it is not necessary to add any thing in this place to the claim now made.

35. For a Winnowing Machine; Jeremiah Nichols, Chestertown, Kent county, Maryland, June 15.

This winnowing machine is said to be like most others, excepting that leather is nailed on to prevent the escape of wind, and one or two other trifling additions made which we shall not take the trouble to describe.

36. For a Mortising and Tenoning Machine; Joseph H. Darby, Leominster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, June 15.

A very brief description is given of this machine, which is so similar to others that the inventor ought certainly to have pointed out its novelties; he, however, has failed to do this, and we have failed in the attempt to discover them; there is no claim to any part of the affair. A vertical shaft, capable of swivelling, when required, receives at its lower end, the chisel by which the mortises, or tenons, are to be made. A crank shaft, carrying a fly wheel, is to move the shaft up and down, and is itself made to revolve by means of a second crank, and a treadle. The stuff to be operated upon is placed upon a regulating shifting bed. The drawing shows two forms of chisels, but we do not hear any thing about them in the specification.

37. For a Machine for Washing and Churning; Charles Otis, Finksburg, Baltimore county, Maryland, June 15. (See Specification.)

38. For an Auger; William Jones, Portsmouth, Norfolk county, Virginia, June 15.

The specification of this invention is brevity itself exemplified; it consists of the following words. "This improvement is a hollow auger made so as to embrace the bolts or fastenings in ships or vessels, and to cut the wood from around them, by which means the plank, &c., can be removed, without the delay, trouble, and expense, usually required by splitting them out." In the drawing, the augur is represented as twisted like the ordinary screw auger, but capable of allowing a bolt to pass within it. This must be a very useful thing, and, so far as we know, it is new.

39. For a Paper Ruling Machine; James C. Teasdale, Dansville, Livingston county, New York, June 15.

It is said in the claim that this invention "consists in having one additional cylinder, apron, and strings, by which the paper is ruled on both sides as before described;" which description fails altogether in its professed object, being drawn up without any apparent knowledge of the subject.

40. For a Machine for cutting Sausage Meat, and stuffing Sausages; Abraham and John Keagy, Franklin county, Pennsylvania, June 15. (See Specification.)

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