Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-08-23
TO A.6NUF, lcY'URERS AND .RaR.

MODEkyF DESCOVERIEo 1'IN-
VENZIOyYS.
BY THOMAS GREEN FEssENDEN.
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4 TO The American public, use,ui ia.
formation III agriculture and the aris.-
HE editor has selected from every quaf-
'er within his means, suCh intelligence IS
promised To be of advantage 10 the cti-
zens oil the United States. The follow
ing is IN Iiarf. lis OF the papers contain
ed III the vuluMe, and wall serve 10 she~
that much industry has been used 10 make
the selection interesting and useiul,-
Description ola machine for grinding CO.
lors; description OF wheel dray: cheap
engine for raising water; apparatus Tor
driving copper bolts into ships; OF bias
ting rocks patent for tanning lea her;
method of extinguishing fire; process of
watering hemp publication of fish oil
apparatus for purifying infected air on the
ciarliication OF wines, &c-on making glue;
facts relative To midew; on m king but
trr and cheese on the use of steam in
conveying heat from one place to another
method of heating rooms by steam; me-
thod for preventing The premature decay
oil fruit Trees; methcd Of culiivaiing peach
trets; description Of Count Rumford's
boiler; on making soap by steam and sa-
wing fuel; wooden matches for fling can
non; fabrication of sulphuric acid method
OF rendering white. wash durable Ouch
method OF curing behring's; cement 10
lie -,
and d,essing hemp; account of Sir Sid.
Dey Smiths double boats; on the use of
lime with guppowder; on the cultivation
OF potatoes from the rind; me h d OF
destroying ca:eipillars on raising pota.
toes from seed; on the application and
use Of Certain Vege abies IN dying; methrd
of preparing oil cakes; on promoting the
gro" ofyouns tfali trees on grass land;
on oil as maEGre improvement, in bag.
ging weaving; the best mode &C taking
honey; new Invented compound for co.
vering houses on preserving seed in
state hi foI vegetation; the Bavarian me
thod OF evsporatIpg salt waters; method
Of preventing accidents in wheel carria.
gss; experiments on Calcareous and GYp-
sius Earths; OF melting iron in a rever.
batory furnace OH the raising of red clio.
verseed; The process of Obtaining opium
from the white poppy; on the culture of
OPIUM; the meihud of forming cast iron
railways Tor running of Wagons, draws,
ac.-Substitute for Verd igriss; new me
thod of bleaching cotton; metbodof pro.
curing good water from wells on mann
featuring different kinds Of saws method
OF making indelible ink; improvements
IN the constructions Of nal. klns Oh
the disiillation of ardent spirits; French
mode of making salt petre; an improve.
ment IN brewing malthquors; on the pur-
fica'ion of crude salt petre.
Sketch of some of the principal Ameri
can manufactures and manufactures,
bridges, canals. turnpike roads, agricultu.
raj improvements. patent inventions, SC.
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