The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1828-12-13
MARBLES.

ton, of the marbles which boys play with Ii
very commonly received notion that such marbles they
are Termed are actually stones picked up shngly beach,
and placed in loose bags securely TO the of wind mill
sails IN Holland, where by the rotary motion of the
om in which they sold Dutch toys Some assert thnt
the white which the boys alleys and basses are
actually marbe and turned in lathe Others suppose they
are made of clay and baked bck but they require
Dow TO fracture them greater than any English pottery or
brick could bear They are besides mpervous to water
without being glazed which bricks are, that saw
IN modern days The Encyclopedias afford information on
the subject.
Miss Edgworh gives the following description of the mode
of making marbles.
First they a certain sort of stone into bits of any
irregular shapes, matter what nearly the size of COM
mon marble. These they throw into iron mill, in which
there number of Partitions and to each partition strong
rasps fixed in a slantne direcon the mill turned bv
water and turned with great swness the rubbing of the
stones against the rough rasps and against each other rounds
lhem and by degrees snoohs and poses them the
manner the gravel becomes rounded the bed of tho
err When they formed TO the proper shape, they fall
through circular hoe made in the bottom of the mill of the
right size to let them through From Nuremberg, the
where they made they brought down the river Rhine
to Rotterdam, and thence all Europe, all
tries and places where boys play at marbes.''
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The circular brick Tower erected by the Phoenix
Company for making shot, at the corner of Front and
Pitt streets, has reached the intended elevation being
two hundred and thirty-four feet, three inches high
fbln pavement llS diameter at the DOtt0m is Tor
ty feet and at the top twenty. The stone foundation
wall ten feet thick at the bottom, and six at the top
The brick work. which commences at the surface is
five feet and half thick of which thickness it CON
nucs for the hight Of nearly fifty feet when it d.
finishes four inches in every story, being twenty in
ches thick at the top of the parapet, three feet in
height, which crowns the summit This huge structure
which is an excellent piece of brick-work was com
menced on the End of June and finished on the 25th
of November, and was built without scaffolding The
paiapet at the top is white and somewhat resembles
in its appearance mural crown and as the tower is
well proportioned the whole edifce is ornamental
feature in the prospect Of the city-Bah Amer.
American Iin.-Professor Hitchcock, of Amherst
has obtained, from hitherto unknown kind Of ore
found at Goshen in this state, gobules of well char
acterised metallic Tin. 1t corresponds exactly with
the genuine English tin, and no difference was found
in the results of different experiments. 1t is said tin
has not before been found in the United States though
diligently sought after and in this instance the pro-
fessor has but single specimen, which very exactly
The New York National Advocate contains letters from
practical recommending, in the highest TERMS the steel
by the Eagle company; it said to be IS
cent cheaper than the imported article Of the quality.
The ship Rambler arrived at Tarpauin Cove, the goth
ut. from ths Pacific, with cargo of 1000 barrels of OIL
The Rambler reports between the first of January and
the time of her departure, there arrived at Oahu,
B5ls OIL
is ships belonging to New Bedford, containing l3440