Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-01-22
nN NO, n%t'ce from Neo Yorh Poprr,

y, '' ,"e aPpfcdtio" 81 zinc in Sheatkrine VesseIs
Many vssSeis sheathed with zinc hayr ,.,f,,n,ad
VOYAGES tom New York 10 the West Indies ~ En,nn
i'"nu cape !i"'n aud elsewhere. Some Fave hc.n
~ nc" u, aei being sheahed IL or and uophs and
'' %'hc mas heen fond In the best possible order
\, vessels zinc must he used, ava placed
entte asu al one inch the edges and tared 49,.
mus oe put between zinc and AMI 'PN
= ItuS' does not attack zinc sea weeds so han,
C'rs 90 not attach 10 il. 49, $40"
% enc may he applied to sheath iron fastened YES
"ne,e copper cannot be used. Copper by It's
ooII"sNt properties, destroys IN a Short time every
Peee OF ron IN the composition OF vessel ard ,'n;
Standing the Precautlon that is taken in shra,bino
m "a listened vessels wh copper by driving tie heads
OF tue mats Ia II AN inca more INTO IN. ..nt "a
M, nv sem WIN patty they aie The less ae,. ed
W Tue Cnpper, and the largest nails are tr.one,,,y
ieuuCea 10 the size at a small needle ''
81 INC ana iron agree perfectly loeut!e and ,b.,.
other ~ ""'''eu py me
D. Pieces of zinc have been kept for two wear. ,.s.
% "a.el, ana at the expiration OF hat time they were
0. wood shsahing is worm eaten vesseIs
mus reqnre, al every voyage expences and
''iHe. zinc wears about ~ long as copper
d ZINC mails are made used IN zinc sIeathirgs
o; MI, francis Ganiz and MIR. Robert Brown shjs
murders, ia this CHS VII have sheabed a nu,,h. -
vrssels may give furiue, Information n appli.d a. "a
On tns application Of Zinc for cOue,inc Houses sc.
f'rk some o. which more than lhIee wears s,,cs
Smong which the mra Panorama al Ro,uuda au,, ns,
a. snnd s &C., W the nr" wings aid The i, now
past IN Europe, grea, many uses have been coz,
Gu WIN z'pc To hs satisfaction of the owners md
n
Lsse ana also palace at Te,ure for the pfnee Iovai
OF Holland. model of those roofs. and also Of ,tjsr
ways o, covering mas he No. 1855 p, ai stras,
~, I,bc stabds All Kind OF weather and dDrs nor
crack Ike lead AID copper ~ ''' NOT
o, cover being tight Itself; mar be ma ,e n lii
~" 10 Wan ufHh, Oh Put an any ihlng To drv 81 ~
ans va -mc i""ls are mo- snhrc. saie az tile
by iall OF heavy haIi, The ihr wing OF Stones x
~ where tue roof is not OF znc TINS metal NAV no
siohgy recommended for the hps ,aIle,s rides ."J
where lead Is generah applied. Enc costs haII y.
ana is Infinitely heller Than lead ana iu,t, ,Ie'
g'es on the HAT roofs OF houses and sioIas IN ~
s,seape' u mas been very much in Nep Yrrk for
TIE ahsve purposes. IN 'OA
Is. ZINC is also nsed i'm linin. ri.,.,,. ,.,,,
making house cutters, gner leaders and nntS
s,""nu, garden watering pots measures a. qaor IN
hhe Eihc Is USED IA almost all cases where cn,.
OF lead may be employed, and soldiers as III - 80 80
other metal. 40 "e'' % any
"a. zinc is used in Europe fer coffee po,s ! o,to
Kitchen furniture therefore the raier liza r,,,s @
,o thns passes through cutters OF THAI metal is
10: Zhc w sheei'is as malleable copper and tin
OUT u wanted to nave IL folded fat as il could he done
PeCe ot PAPER or cloih, let such part Tenuired
crack. r any sh'"i
nv o o.. V'n ENC WI fetch about half price be ed
an estn'ate, mace by professional persons entitled
70 InI creeit, showing that building covered 9, iih
zinc costs lees than similar one roysJea a NJ I,
be ds the cover Of zinc is so superior for dnrsh,
ana Iellness, and wants repairs
Ime R'oaos eNPfnces OF preparing for, and cover
deep, is as follows TT7''F "Iu 90
Rise Of said rosf Of The depth or I6, feet
~ vs. Hue ialng me same for the end walls
I2''o9 at St1 per thousand. 80
stone coping aud anchors ioI the wall. .....7o on
limher 1900 feet, al i6s per hundred 49, "a M
F'anh i5t az Is; says work 81 a Ids. so cwt.
nals at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 70
Caring timber aud plank .............. oc
Lead Tor tile ridges and Observation-Disclosures m
l ,42o square feet surface to be covered with
sales at the rate of ) IL per hundred eet.t7o 10
I'll. -.,,,,. O,G a5
inr with ziHC The roOfO a hous. "a fer in f,or, -
50 feet deep, is as follows - ' anu
RISE of said roofone nth of the deptl,~ar 10 fee,
hdudsODest W 40 ''e
Bricks, ana laying the same for two end walls,
ooo, ~ y 10 per IDonsabd.' ....,......S 11o so
stone, coping and ahcb"rs fUT the waiis.....,2 90
Timber. 1850 feet, at los. per hunA ed .. 40 M
P'anS, iZO at 25.; 80 days woik at iIs; 40 IN.
,,; ''''''s''...-.........S so
CWtlbg tiHbeT aud plank................... q 90
iH5 square feet surface to he c3vered with
zinc 2l8 70 he added ~ zinc, Being 6 FOR
I9pptug, &C.. 1901 square feet Of dive
Weigbing 10 o.. each, aud making 1901 lbs.
9t 10 cents per pound. SO
WoThmen to put said ziuc on................40 90
Nails for zinc and 90
Pianks for strips, aud fixing The .......tn 90
40 5ss 90
they viii be much lower than a slate tonf
making 1890 bricks at 5i5....................27 90
zinc roofcoss less than slate one, & So o. cts.
zihc roof NAY be pade yet natlet and by tLat to
save more waits, tops of chimnie., ana timber
" The above nisy be Lad ~ any quantity by appli
cation to ". T.. POlriaUX.
NlcnN,ono jan. 10. 7e..wlv
'EHE SUBSCRIBER will continue bis school the present
year I<Mls. " SHiih's six miles above Pow hatan
couribQ<s wherein will BE- tanshf the Gees Lain
aud Ehalsh sncuaqcs, gTamnai'cai'J geography with
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