Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-11-29

o,,es Sor 1 million kii'ogramr-s OF
80 a,,nuai!y. This is pr.nc'paiiy on
~, On The tact that very lutte regard Is
m ;d =, Dressing and preserving cbeeses.
pa ysry useful substance has lately been
..na,,ed for the preservation Ut various
..,;cIss from injury by dampI.e:s anc wei.
hi, known by The name oil nyuro."se'
Id !, OF such nature that II penetrate'
naner, wood, plaster. &c' and render'
hon quite impeTsious to water. Tom
man pssleboard may thus, II male 10 Tue
S n, If vessel, contain liquid tor al
lO, .a, any length of time? The Hydrotuee
..n.raiion of NJ. ssiuers Prosper,is applied
pps.r,nalIy to the walls, 6oors and roofs OF
80. TO furniture and To linen Cloths
Rns,, and statues in plaster may thus be
deserved. and even rendered almost as
ta,d az stone This substance, u Is hoped,
Nv .ooo be introduced into this country,
,or is likely 10 become extensively use
Iul. as a space o! SIX teet square may oe
rayered with II for little mure than DOL
lar. v.,,v
,npIied 10 the purpose OF decorating wood-
an furniture with pictures o: various nes-
criorons. The colors as well as the de-
.s;yos may be varied to almost any extent;
sn1 the substance incorporates itself IN
snch a manner with the who'd that they
coon becone inseparsble. The chespness
Cline materials and the facility with which
the operation - performed, are such as -
b,,ng the invention into extensive use.
AIMING the models for stoves were TWO
deserving OF particular attention One OF
them contained furnace to heat water Tor
<ws.hiug, pot for boiling, with al upPe:
part for vegetables, and lateral vase 'or
looking third dish. Sufilcient are m'gn'
be sustained tor all these operations during
six hours with small quantity OF charcoal
y1lued al considerably less than cent
The other was on larger scale, with sp-
paratus for cooking two or three dishes
more and was capable Of preparing meal
for , dozen persons.
There were one hundred and thirty spe-
cimens of manufactures, improvements,
an,, inventions in crude, prepared ana
wrought metal, The whole number OF
great furnaces in Ftance is stated to be
$50 and that of Catalan forges go; yet
very tew specimens were furnisneo oy
them for he exhibition. Ana why
this?'' says the editor: what have we
that is more valuable than iron! You may
see, without quitting the Louvre. 10 how
many uses it is appropriate, under no"
many forms il presents itself, and to what
value il may be raised.
''ll arms the robust hands Of the forge
man and the delicate fingers OF the embrol.
derer Here you see il firing cart. and
there the mandatory OF PAlgle presents
YOU with a needle These masses from
the ioundery of Messlevrs Lnuvois and
Waddington. these bars and leaves from
the shop Of VI Thire are transformed Into
tissues with all the ligbrness OF cause IN
the hand. OF Messrs. Ruswsg, or Derimal
and Mnisclau The iron cables invented
by w. Bertrand Fourmaud'or Nantes for
the security OF vessels, under the tools OF
NJ. Stammeler are changed into neckla-
ces, bracelets aud ornamental girdies tor
toe ladies. This SHeaIed iron, rough and
black. would be bright and brilliant d po-
lshed by Dumenil; aud Yoe may see IT
sparkle like dia rnoads in the coronets and
rich hair ornaments of NJ Frcot
show much The price OF iron may be
increased by The ranner 10 which II IS EN-
ployed! M Ptclel remarks. in bis let
ters on England, that pound OF rough
iron, which costs only balpenny, will
make 10 ooU hair springs for watches.
each worth half guinea: that is TO say,
will yield more than 100000 dollars, or
fourteen m,lllon times its primitive value
Neither silver nor gold, whatever form
may be gwen 10 them, even when iash'on-
ed by the hand of Auguste Bltn or d
Odinot, can acquire such price or fur
nlsb room for su much labour