Priestley, a Black, or a Davy, to direct your efforts. If you cannot procure an orrery, intend" ed to illustrate at one view the numerous and complicated motions of all the bodies in the solar system, but fitted to confuse and bewilder the mind, take an orange or an apple and show simply and clearly the shape, surface, and motions of the earth.
"If you have not a complete set of mechanical powers neatly constructed, and finely polished by the hand of a physical instrument-maker, use a cane to show the principles of the lever, and the first circular pulley within reach to prove that the lever, the pully, and the wheel-axle, are but varieties of the same thing. If you cannot give lectures with logical arrangement, rhetorical figures, and rounded sentences, congratulate yourselves that ideas are better than sounds, and facts than flourishes. If you cannot learn in detail all the minutia in a complete system of science, prove by some simple experiment a single practical principle, which you can constantly witness in the motion of limbs, in a wheel, a ́plough, or an edged tool. If every person cannot be a profound or a critical scholar, he may be an enlightened, respectable, and useful citizen."
To our patrons we would say, that the future numbers shall in no way be inferior to those of the present volume; indeed, every effort shall be made to render them more worthy their notice. May we solicit their recommendation? They can, with confidence, say, that in it will be found much instruction and amusement, and not one line that can offend the eye of the most strictly moral and religious man; indeed, where an opportunity has occurred to revert to the sublime truths of Christianity, and to the all-wise Creator of the Universe, it has been embraced-for
Those articles that are marked| thus † have reference to Mr. Babbage's Canals, account of opening the great one at Goetha, 67-account of pro- work on Machines and Manufactures, gress of the Chesapeake and Ohio, 173 which in this volume is called the " Ap- -list of, in Pennsylvania, 220-accel- pendix." erated movement on, account of, 292 Canning's Life Raft, description of, 95 Carriages, method of instantaneously
Copying by punching, iron plates for boilers cards for guns-ornaments for gilt paper-steel chains, 120 with elongations, wire draw- ing, 120-tube drawing-iron roll- ing, 121 with altered dimensions, see letter A
Advantages of Machinery and Manu- disengaging the horses from, describ-Cotton manufactories, account of, in factures, page +1 ed, 22, 51-account of, propelled by New-York state, 112 steam, 178, 180, 181 Creation, Boundlessness of the, 290 Curves for arches, description of, by Professor Thomson, 217
Advantages of Learning, 2 Agriculture, Population employed in, Casks, foul ones, method of cleaning, account of, +2° Ale, method of making it from Mangel Caterpillars, method of making lace by, Wurtzel, 29 described, +24 Altered dimensions, copying with-of Cellar Steps, improved, account of, 53 the Pentagraph-By turning-Rose Cements, remarks on their cohesion, by engine turning-Copying dies-En- B. Bevan, with tables, 59 gine for copying busts-Printing from for Glass or China, 99
copper plates-Methods of, described, Century of Inventions, by the Marquis +22-Machine for producing engrav- of Worcester, 83
Chaubert, Mons. his quackery exposed,
ings from medals described, 123-Character, on the formation of, 117 Lace, made by caterpillars, 121 Animals, comparative strength of, 81 Architecture, principles described, 225 -orders of, 234-supposed origin of chinery, 27 the Corinthian Order of, 163, 225 Arnott, Dr. J. extracts from his works, 92, 100, 115, 200 Atmosphere, description of, 231 Attraction, cause of, explained, 196 Authors, disappointments of, 291
Checks on Idleness, by means of ma-
Badnall's plan for ascending hills on Railroads, 215
Balloons, account of, 128 Bees, on the cultivation of, 174–method of preserving, 175 Berrian's, R. plan for propelling steam engines over hills, 105 Bigelow's machine for ruling paper, ac- count of, 209
Black colors, properties of, 333 Blacking, method of making, 324 Boats, constructed of Iron, advantage of, 104
Books, on the abuse of, 287 Boston, List of Societies for promoting Useful Knowledge there, 251 Bottles, method of making described,
Brewster, Dr. extracts from, 117 Bridges, account of constructing the Southwark (Eng.) Iron one, 9, 69 Brougham, Henry, Dissertation on the Pleasures and Advantages of Science, 2-Sketch of the public life of, 169 Brown's, Simeon, method of moving brick houses described, 281
Building, mode of constructing a dome without centering, 70
Busts, engine for copying of, described,
Chemical Amusement, 118 Chemistry, History of, 208, 226, 293 Chimney, on drafts of, 12-Smoky ones, cure for, 73
China, method of printing on, described, +15
method of embossing, 117 Chiragon, a guide for the blind to write, account of, 156
Cholera, geological course of, 240 Chronometers, trial of, at the Royal Observatory, London, 311 Clay for sculptors, how to preserve, 229 Climate and Passions on the mind, ef fects of, 331
Clothing, natural and artificial com- pared, 205
Coal Trade, in America, account of, 20 Coining, method of, described, †19 Column, the largest in the world, 331 Comets, on, 235
Education, universal, 150-simulta- neous efforts proposed to promote, 173-proposed plan of, for the poor, 240-importance of, to the Artizan, 285-what is it? 298 Egyptians, mechanical skill of, 333 Elongation, copying with, see letter C. Embossing on calico and leather, me- thod of, described, †18 England, its manufactures, &c. t1 Engraving in aquatinta, description of, 74-in relief, Åsa Spenser's plan, 206 -by pressure, †18 on steel, 333 Ericsson's steam engine and water mill, account of, 43-proposed im- provement in, 200 Copying, various methods of, described Excellence not limited by station, 289 -by casting in metal, 16-casting in Eye, description of its structure, &c. by plaster-casting in wax-by mould- Dr. Arnott, 115, 329 ing on embossed china, †17-on glass seals-square glass bottles--
Compensating Pendulums, 158 Co-operative Laborers, 328 Copperplate Printing, method of, des- cribed, +22
snuff boxes-knife and umbrella han- Fences, expeditious mode of construct- dles-tobacco pipes-embossing on ing, 21, 48
calico and leather-by smith's work Filtering machine, used in manufactur- -engraving by pressure, †18-golding paper, 11
and silver moulding-ornamental pa- Fire Alarm, self acting, 120 Fire Carts, Capt. Manby's plan, ac-
by stamping, coins-military count of, 139 ornaments buttons, 19-French Fire Engine, (steam one,) accounts of, method, †20
Fire Escape, Mr. Murray's plan, 67 Fire Proof Cement, 291
Fixed Stars, twinkling of, 203 Foot Railroads, advantages of, 27
INDEX. K. Kettle Holder, improved, an account of,
Knife Handles, method of making, +18
Force, experiments by, to move a block Knowledge, its pleasures and benefits,
of stone, 12-woo great for human power, 9
Franklin's Moral Code, 263 Friction Clutch-box, for adjusting inter- mitting machinery, account of, 70 Fulton, Robt. account of his first steam- boat voyage, 173
Future, bias of mind respecting the, 328
Garden of Bijous, description of, by Flora Brumal, 191
Geometrical Diagrams, review of, 290 Gilding on leather, imitation of, 334 Gipseys of Granada, a tale, 141 Glass, method of staining, 56 etching on, 56
manufacture, account of, 334 Glossary of Mechanical Terms, 51, 107 Gordon, Alexander, on steam carriages on common roads, 178
Grease, method of removing from car- pets and woollen cloths, 123 Gun, M. J. A. Demondion's newly in- vented one, 23
Gunter's Scale, account of, 296
Hoe's improved Napier press, descrip- tion of, 238
Hoe & Co.'s machine manufactory, ac- count of, 335
Holt's new hotel, and memoir of Holt, 7, 127
Homer's supposed allusion in his Odys- sey to steam vessels, 264 Horse Shoe, account of an improved one, 79
Hosack, Dr. plan for an improved ster- corary, 273
Hotchkiss' improved grist mill, descrip- tion of, 98
Hot Air Blast, economy of, 25 Hot Water, account of heating groen- houses by it, 26
Human Power, additions to, †2 Hunter's Screw Press, account of im- provements in, 78 Hydraulic Press, Russell's description of, 64, 141
Motive Power, Hainsselin's, 269 Moulding, bricks and tiles, embossed china, seals, knife and umbrella handles, tobacco pipes, &c, account of, +17
Mountebanks, their quackery exposed, 242
Mutual Instruction, 253
Nail Heads, how made, †24 Nails, how to tin them, 333 Napier Printing Press, Hoe's improve- ment on, 238
0. Objects of Machinery, 14
Leather, how to render it water proof, Ogle's Steam Carriage, account of, 277 Oil Cloth, method of printing describ-
Levers, advantages of long ones in loco-ed, †15 motive machines, 60 Orr's Economical Store, 56 Lithography, applied to book printing, Organized Structures, composition of instead of letter press, by means of 125
transfer, and brought out in relief, †11 Origins of Men of Genius, 168 method of lithographic printing described, 15
Liverpool, description of its docks, &c. Paine, Thos., inventor of Iron Bridges, 37, 123 Locking Wheels of Carriages, Mason's Paper, Filtering Machine used in man- improvement, 17 ufacturing, account of, 11 Locomotive Engines, a table exhibiting Paper Ploughing and Stamping Ma- their performances on planes of dif- ferent inclinations,31-Baldwin's new Paper Ruling Machine, Bigelow's, ac- invention, 32
Machine for Harrowing, Sowing, &c. account of, 272
Machinery and Manufactures, advanta- ges of 1
Machine and its Model, remarks on, by E. Sang, 302
Pentagraph, description of, †21 Manufacturing, distinction between, Philosophers, self taught ones, 298 and making-Mechanical Arts, out- Physics, facts in, 289 lines for a description of, 125 Marble, method of sawing and polishing by machinery, 309 Materials of small value, their use, &c. 13-Economy of, †12 Mathematical Prodigy, account of, 106 Mechanics' Institution (London), report of Alexander Gordon's lectures there, 178
Pin Making, Machine for, account of, 58 Pipe Making, Tobacco, described, †18 Planing Machine, account of, 48 Plaster, method of casting in, described, †16
for Improvement of Architecture at New-Haven, ac- count of, 275 Mechanics, respectability of, 167 Mechanical Science, antiquity of, 311 Mechanical Powers, all united in one machine, 325
Mechanics' Magazine, (London,) brief analysis of, 155, 213, 276 Medals, machine for producing engrav- ings from, description of, †23 Men and Animals, strength of, 81
Ploughs, wrought iron ones, economy of, 21
Power, various methods of increasing, 15-Regulating of, in Steam Engines in water by air, t6 Precipice, Pendleton District, South Carolina, description of, 116. Price, verification of, its influence, †27 durability of its influence, †30 as measured by money, †31 Printing, substitute for, 11
from cavities, 113-from cop- per-plate-from steel plates-music from pewter plates-calico from cy- linders-from perforated sheets of me- tal [stencilling], †14
from surface, wooden blocks- by moveable type, 114-from stereo- type-calico from blocks-on china New-lithographic-oil cloth, †15-by re- gister, 16-from copper plates, with altered dimensions, 122
Method, importance of, 202 Meteorological Record, kept at York, 96, 159, 214, 278, 341 Charleston, S. C. 158 Avoylle Ferry, Red
River, 158, 343 Microscope, Hydro-Oxygen, account of, 235
Mind and Heart, influence and action on each other, 288 Mollery's improvement in Ericsson's Steam Engine, 200 Motions and Forces, equal actions of 92
Printing Machines, Applegath's, 144 -Smith's Press, 199-In Turkey, 260-Kitchen's, [Newcastle, Eng.) improved one, 301
Pulleys, improved leading blocks of, 66 Pump, self acting one, account of, 66- Rowland's forcing, 120 Punching, see letter C, article Copying Punctuality, importance of, 202
Sisal Hemp, account of, 48 Smith's Printing Press described, 199 Smoky Chimnies, cause of, 73 Snow, nature and formation of, 166 Railroads, advantages of, 24-for foot Snuff Boxes, of wood, how made, +18 paths, 38, 63, 74, 114-list of, in Social Condition, improvement in, 300 Pennsylvania, 222-progress of, in Southwark Iron Bridge, account of its England, 181-account of Guard Rail, construction, 9, 69
Torrey's Safety Apparatus for Steam- boats, account of, 153 Track Roads of Wood, Mr. Williams' plan, 211
Trees, method of eradicating stumps of, by Bramah's Pump, 55
Tube Drawing, method of, described, +21
Turning, method of, described, 121 Starch, method of preparing it from po-Turpentine, its injury to paint, 305 tatoes, 119 U.
189 Scrivenor's improved plan, 193 Spontaneous Combustion, 120 -plan for ascending hills, 245 Railroad Cars, effect of grade and cur- vature on, 10 Rain, cause of, 56
Rainbow, description of, its cause, &c. 121
Registering Operations, description of +10
Repertory of Patent Inventions, Lon- don, brief analysis of, 156, 276 Review of Working Man's Compa- nion, 248
of Library of Useful Know- ledge, 336 Rice Paper, description of, 204 Road-Making, Mr. J. S. Williams' plans, 181-M'Adam's plan, 182 Rocks, blasting of, under water, 198 Roofs, fire-proof, 188
Rose Engine Turning, description of, +21
Rowland's Forcing Pump, account of,
Rudders, account of Taylor's patent for, 151
Rules for Practical Life, 252
Steamboats, new claimant for the in-
vention in the person of John Smith, Useful Continued Motion, account of St. Helen's-another by W. Syming- ton, Jun. for his deceased father, 143 Torrey's Safety Apparatus, 153– Experiments on Canals, 155-Ful-Velocity, increase and diminution of, 16 ton's account of his first voyage, 173. Venus' Fly-Trap, a flower, account Steam Camel, proposals for construct- of, 126 ing one, 219
Vermicelli, method of making, describ- Steam Carriages, remarks on, by A. ed, 21 Gordon, 178-Mr Ogle's performance with, 181, 277--Capabilities of, on
common roads, 180-Hancock's, 80, Wages, method of paying on Saturday, 306-Berrians, 105
Steam Engines, Mr. Baldwin's, on Phi-Waggon, improved one for excavating, ladelphia Railroad, 32-Col. Maci- description of, 66
rone's, 33-for extinguishing Fire, Walker's improved Lathe, description 36-Ericsson's, 42, 236-proposed of, 107- navigation of the Ocean by, 62-Water, pure, Disbrow and Sullivan's probable application of, 118-propos- plan for procuring it in New-York, ed improvement on Ericsson's, 200 229-how to freshen salt water, 268 -Milne's Dynanometer, 257 Water Fall, Franklin county, Georgia, Stocking-Knitter, account of an im- description of, 116 proved one, 204
Stomach Pump described, 195-Method of dislodging poison without it, 196 Sabbatton's Patent Ink Distributor, de- Stone Splitting Screws, account of, 265 scription of, 239 Stove, economical one, 55
Saccharine Aliment, 47
Salt, scarce in Africa, 301
Straight Edges, value of, to workmen,| 323
Salt Water Freshening Apparatus, ac- Submarine Boat, account of, 237 count of, 268
Saturday Night's Wages, 255
Saul, M. (Lancaster, Eng.) letters from, 26, 118
Surface, printing from, see letter P, ar- ticle Printing
Sawing, Planing, and Grooving Ma-Tanning, improved method of, 23 chine, improvement in, 57 Sawing and Boring Machine described,
Science preceding Art, 293
Schools, proposed co-operation of, 224 Screw, new modification of the power of, 113
Scrivenor's improved plan for con structing Iron Railways, 193
Seals of Glass, method of manufactur- ing described, †18 Self-steering Ship, account of, by Dr. Arnott, 200
Ship Building, Ballingall's improve- ments, account of, 162 Shipwreck, Mr. Murray's plan for sav- ing from, 28, 39
Silk, important culture of, 41-con- sumption of, 333
Silk Reel, improvement of, 12
Waves, on their formation and altitude, 76
Wax, method of casting in, described, 117
Wells, method of sinking, account of,
Wheel Carriages, improvements on, 12, 17, 35, 65-wrought iron suspension ones, "1
Wheel Guards, Zallickoffer's inven- tion, account of, 246 Wheel Work described, 307 Whitney, Eli, Memoir of 314
Taylor's Patent Rudders, account of, Williams', J. S., method of Road Mak- 151
Report of Surveys near Bloss-Wind-mill, Horizontal, described, 54 burg, 223 Wire Drawing, method of, described, Telegraphs, improvement of, by means +20 of electricity, 23-proposals for es- Wonders of Philosophy, 54 tablishing them in France, service- Wooden Spoon Manufacturer, account able by might as well as by day, 204 of, 324 Temperance Societies, Statistics of, Woodside's Harrowing and Ploughing 202 Machine, account of, 272 Thrashing, mode of, in Germany, 119 Wool, method of turning it into Fur Thus I Think, from Lord King's edi- 112 tion of Locke's Miscellaneous Works,
Tichenor's Window Sash and Pannel Frame Machine, account of, 237 Time, economy of, 12-saving of, in natural operations, 18 Tools, descriptive account of the uses of, 13
Worcester's, Marquis of Century of In ventions, complete, 83 Work, mode of identifying when of th same kind-accuracy of, when exo cuted by machinery, +13 Working Man's Companion, review of 247
Wrought Iron, Ploughs made of 21.
The introduction of new inventions seemeth to be the very chief of all human actions. The benefits of new inventions may extend to all mankind universally, but the good of political achievements can respect but some particular cantons of men. These latter do not endure above a few ages-the former, forever. Inventions may make all men happy without either injury or damage to any one single person. Furthermore new inventions are, as it were, new erections and imitations of God's own works.
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