Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-08-16

Or SOME or TIE MOST USEFUL
MODER.N DFSI'OVEKIES 81 IN.
VEN7JoNS.
BY THeNA GREEN FEssENpEN
(Price s neatly 6ound. or S IS CTS. ia
6o0rds.
A. HE chj CT of his work is to presen,
\ to The American public, useful in
erma'ion in agricul uie and the arls.-
The editor has selected from every quar-
CT Wilma his means, such inlel gence as
promised to be of advantage to The cil'-
zsnS of he United ates. The follow.
ing IS IN farf, a LIS: oftbe papers coat&in
ed IN The vc.ume end will serve 10 shew
ha' much industry has been used 20 make
he selection interesting and useful.
Description ola machine for grinding CO.
Iiofs; description of a wheel dray: cheap
ngine Tor raising water apparatus for
IdnVng copper bolts into ships on bias.
ing rocks; patent for tanning leather;
method Of extingushing FIRE process of
watering hemp; publication of fish oil !;
apparatus for purifying rejected air on the
Iciarticstiou OF wines, &c-on making glue ;
aets elaive 10 mildew; on making but.
add cheese; on the use of steam H.
conveying heatIrom one place 10 another ;
method of hra ing rooms BY steam; me-.
thod for preseniing the premature decay
OF fcui, uees; me nod ofcul;iva,ing peach
srees; description Of Count Rumford,s
boiler; on making soap by steam and sa,
wing fuel; wooden matches fof fling cen.
non; fabrication of sulphuric acid method
lot rendering white wash durable; Du'ch
,thod oil curing behring's; cement e.
preserve vessels from @ofm= on raising
and dressiog hema; account of Sir Sid
lney Smiths dan,,e boats; on the use
ime with sunpDwder; on The cultivation
nf potatoes from The rind; method q.
destroying ca'eTpillars; on aisiag poia.
goes hon Sod; on me applcs ion and
osepl rer.ain yege abIes in dging meth0d
OF preparing OIL cskes; on proinoting IN,
Igrow,h ofyoIng sr,u, trees or grass land
lon OIL as mantle Improvement in bag.
lgine wearing The best mode of takina
honey; new invented compound for ca
yenng houses; IN preserving seed in :
state nj iorv vegetation; the Bavaran me
nod OF evsporadpg salt waters; methoc
Of preventing accidents in wheel carria.
ges; experiments % Calcareous and Csyp,
sius Ear.hs; on melting iron in reycr.
baio,y furnace +; on The iaising of red clio
yerseed; the process Of obtaining opium
from the white poppy; on the culture o
( opum the me b d OF forming cast iron
railways for running of Wagons, draw
aSc,-Subsiitute 70, Verd griss new me.
thod of bleaching cotton; methodof pro.
curing s cd water from wells on manu-.
I iactuuug different kinds # saws metho,
/ Of making indelible ink improvement
IN the constructions of malt kiIns o,
The disliilalion Of ardent spirits; Frenci
mode of making salt petre an improve
men, in brewing NAL, liquors on the pur
ica,ion OF crude sah peIre.
! Sketch of some of the principal Amer
can Manufactures and manufactures
bridges, canals turnpike roads, agricuItu
ral Improvements, patent inventions, sc
.Hlso just received and for sale as above
The American ar,illerists Companion
I NJ. by Loris de Toussard, late Lieut.
I Col. ofthe second regiment Of Artillery
Price dolls. per No. to be comprise,
in 6 Nos. with plates.
The American Register or general Re
pository of History, Politics and Science
vi. 9d.--published semi.annualIy --pric,
1873 95 cents.
/ Modern ChivaIry: or, the Adventure
OF league O'Regan; by Fl. III. Bracken
ridge vols. 50. so cents.
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