The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-11 00:00:00

THE POLYTEC'HIVIC SOCIETY.

LAST NIGHT, the urinal monthly meetintt of this society was
held at the Royal Institution.—Mr. H. P. Horner, in the
ex[dein the patented ,
chair. Mr Nlondel,
Ismhippornevnernere,natnsdiilk,lsri.dCp_lbarukdediantgtennnddedprt:.
i •,,„ by me. Joseph Ruth. of Macclesfield, and exhibited
pu si ,
.•h ut diagrams, a letter-press description would
afraid Oa, , wit o
in illustra;ion- a very beautiful model of a ship. We are
only confuse; but may briefly state, that the rovely of the
ly,—i.n the
ic,o_nst ruction and adaptation of an
in-
ventionstof t,
vessels, in
ii
nn ,
orderfirst,—tao
anewd apftorthmemor
tfoa stlitliemitmfoprrotheeeda fpt
pro_
pellet;
a sort of Conical tail to the vessel, terminating
in a new form or fashion for the
siptaerrp ~ocv
The new propeller acts obliquely on the wider on the screW
vipcib‘4blmere.ueoesillawntstoleregcwill principle..
antisi' sterns,
ne;ld'l:eeilc 'C''' dinhit 1 d)tdii 'ue-elocepbi I ashen(l'ntol
keeh:nrtste•ic'e'ce roal rsteynnhai:lnd;inn°l:l action.
'cu‘j ell: e'dtl
tsoht thffe:::t trrltnolie:l;:e: idont'r:h-1 ships.
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This
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neweateirhcsyth et
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alterationrp(e4tn 1
et
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upon the water. The form of the periphery is a continuation
of the convergingi,dnoiri;
dp,sonbiwst,s;:tahttiieli-nnelbitnujoelniasatotoifonf
rgtthtlltteoe,
wut,;e:rsewdssess,e:
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to
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grt auaunirbl and to
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inn new
wa colloidal In ellipticalform
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about its greatest breadth to the bows of the vessel, diminish-
ing in width both above and below this line. And now we
come to re very grcat peculiarity. The masts are to be
telescopic, to be raised only in case of accident to the
machinery ; and a portion of the deck,' from the stern aft to
somewhat more then one-half the length of the vessel, is co-
vered or roofed over, so that it may ride, without obstruction,
through the meat of the tv.ves. The appearance of such a
vessel will be, in respect to shape, somewhat similar to a fish
with its back out of water, and its inventor calculates that it
pointed‘•o ul db be
outnb :al
ito
the ru r n t 25
peculiarities
tl,eknots
m aoandn
model,
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various
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olanYacdodinMr. Scott, and replied to. Mr.Gran_ the inventions, which he thought most
suggestive. Ile pointed out what lie considered onedefect,but
expressed his perfect approval of the form of the fore part
of the ship, for they must have fine lines to have velo-
city.He suggested that the society should more speci-
utTgeicilitdt slioMkeratili'dg2l'si
speci-
ally devote their attention to the subject of ships' models,
for men of standing differed widely upon the subject.
It was now become a scientific question, and he thought
shipuoilders should bring their models for discussion.
some yea's ago the rule for a vessel was that it should'
be four times the length of its beam. Now, he had known
a ship go to sea' nine titres the length of its beam, and do well,
and our best sips were now six times to the beam.—Mr. •
Mondle, as a pri.ctical man, expressed hishelief that a narrow
vessel, two-thirds immersed, was the rosiest and safest
vessel. Ile thought the large flanging bows of the Ame—
rican ships were toonstroilties; it was like shoving the side
of a house through the atmosphere. He had been a ship-
owner 22 years and a shipmaster 17, and the ship he com-
manded was 3 feet 3 inches in length to 1 foot beam—(a
laugh)—and he went on till he got to 4 feet to I. But it
was not strange that vessels should have been so built,
when there was a law extant that no one should build a ship
under 150 tons burthen more than three and a half times in
length to her beam, and sail her without license from Govern-
ment.s The law was made because it was said that if
Majesty's
cruisers, not of that form they would outsail
_nlwier
of
ilci
nilea'.
cruisers, and so smuggle.—(A laugh.) ' e I
greed obstruction to
surement for tonnage bad also
of the depth, and the consequence .
d ensions. He had heard
the adoption of improved inodebl:.e
owners built ships of enormous
m they could not sail,
of vessels carrying double tonnage;theirteva
evading d the tonnage dues.—
Anbut they served the purposeo
in which the importance
conversation followed,
nNwaoi,cser,gettiii,zaatngcreewedays taken
interesting
Mr. Burch, 31i. Mondle, and Mr.
Clarke. The meeting then
voted by accb.mation -to
adjourned.
generally felt ; and thanks were
of the subject appeared tohe

regret to have to announce the sudden. death of Thomas
o-.4-wison frrance, Esq., of Raw.ehfre Hall, who ex-
DEATII OF T. R. WrLsoN ffRANCE, ESQ.—We deeply
pi Wilson
Friday afternoon, at the !orth I.Aiston Hotel,
Fleetwood, where he had
.been staying with his family.
Mr. Wilson ffrance's less will be deeply regretted, for few
. As a magistrate, Mr. ffrance was judi-
cious have ever so .tinveariedly devoted themselves to public
business, and employed their experience and position for
lamffeching, and for some years the most im-
portant of the county have been under his di-
practical agriculturist he has earned a
rileCeih:pcerufsget.on'tia:tnileodn'n Asa practical
few can excel, and in every relation in
life he has invariably acted on sound Christian principles,
which have gained him the esteem of all who knew him.
His illness seems to have been brought on by his teo close attention to public business a fortnight since in Liverpool.
He died at the age of 67 years.—Preston Pilot,

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