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7 Turner, R., Hammersmith , Dublin —Inventor.
Model (scale, ^ inch to the foot) of the segmental curvedpatent iron roof at the London and North Western Rail-way station, Lime Street, Liverpool . The area, roofedover, extends from the facade in Lime Street, to theviaduct over which Hotham Street passes; and from thenew offices to the parcel offices on the opposite side; theextreme length is 374 feet, and the breadth 153 feet, inOne span.
Model (scale, J inch to the foot) of section of the greatiron and glass palm house, in the Royal Botanic Gardensat Kew. The building contains upwards of 40,300 super-ficial feet of glass, or nearly an acre. The total length ofthe building is 362 feet 6 inches, the centre portion being137 feet 6 inches long, and 100 feet wide, and 69 feethigh to the top of the lantern light, the wings are each112 feet 6 inches long, and 50 feet high. It is heated byhot water, on an improved principle.
Brass model (scale, I inch to the foot) submitted toHis Majesty the King of Prussia, for a winter garden atBerlin, to cover half an English acre.
Model (scale, i inch to the foot) of the winter garden,in iron and glass, curvilinear form, in part erected for theLondon Botanic Society, at their garden in the Regent’sPark.
Model (scale, J inch to the foot) of a curved iron rooffoi a wet dock, sufficient to cover a man-of-war, in full sail,on entering for examination and repair previous to beingsent out to sea.
Model (scale, ^ inch to the foot) for a dockyard, curvediron roof, for man-of-war ship building. The two pre-
ceding models were submitted to the Admiralty by theexhibitor.
Models and sections of the structures proposed for theGreat Exhibition Building, by the exhibitor. One ofthese is the only model out of the 243 submitted in com-petition, that had the Transept, which with the Nave wasto be semicircular, and was all throughout 110 feet highin the centre.
Brass model of one of the modes of constructing the200-feet dome of metal zones and ribs, with wrought-ironchain bars within, by the exhibitor.
Double range of columns and galleries, to form thesupport in lieu of walls for the said 200-feet dome.
Models of a railway, a range of conservatory, and around conservatory. {With Class 6.)
8 Clark, George Delianson, 12 London Street ,
G reenwich —Producer.
Iron castings to be used for architectural purposes, incombination with, or instead of, bricks or stone. Spe-cimen wall—showing the mode of using them.
9 Finch & Willey, Windsor Foundry , Liverpool —Manufacturers.
Model of a wrought-iron bridge to carry the SouthWales Railway over the river Wye at Chepstow. De-signed by I. K. Brunei , Esq., C.E., and now in courseof construction by Finch and Willey, of Liverpool , en-gineers. The following engraving represents this bridge.{Main Avenue West.)
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Working model of a high-pressure steam engine, havinga glass cylinder and glass valve box, through which thepiston and valves can be seen working while the engineis in motion. Maker, William Pemberton.
10 Oates, W illiam, Mirfield , near Leeds — Inventor.Two self-acting doughs, which divide the fall of water
into two parts, drawing at half fall. A boy could drawone made to any size, or with any depth of fall. Itwould answer for drains into tideways. The power todraw increases in exact ratio with the pressure.
11 Coles, W., 3 Glaring Cross —Inventor.
Two anti-friction pulleys.
Two models of anti-friction railway carriages.
12 Redman, J. B„ 5 New Palace Yard, Westminster—
Designer.
Model of the royal terrace pier at Milton-on-Thames,next Gravesend , designed by the exhibitor, and made by
Salter of Hammersmith . The pier is constructed of ironby Fox and Henderson. The pillars are founded uponpiers of brickwork and masonry below the bed of theriver, resting upon the solid chalk substratum, at a levelof 14 feet below low water of spring tides. These founda-tion piers were erected without the expensive aid of coffer-dams, by the novel means of cast-iron cylinders six feetin diameter, kept always above the rise of the tide, theupper portions being removed as each pier was finished.
13 Bermingham, Thomas, Clarendon Lodge, Sandy-mount, Dublin —Improver.
A box of improved patent compasses. The legs, whichdraw out, have fine needle points, and a pen and pencil toturn on a swing, forming a useful set of instruments inone. This instrument is made after the pattern of DesireLebrun, by Elliot, London .
In the following cut, A A represent the stems of thecompasses. BB, elongated bars which run into thestems worked by screws. C C, the screws. D, pen, and
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