Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-12-05

IAYH II ne improvements now daI-
4vh- ly taking place in the arts and sciences, bid
US naturally TO infer still greater results from the
spirit OF enquiry that has taken such deep root with
the people. We could indeed wish our Govern
ment more disposed to countenances scientific men
and scientific pursuits-but so long as the Govern
ment Is the creature, it will be also the instrument
Of the peoples will. Individual enterprise. there
tore, must and can accomplish in America, what
monarchlcal patronage has done in Europe. The
vast discoveries that are s~pringing up daily in eve
ry part of our land, in the cultivation of the fine
and mechanical arts, forbid u. to despair that our
beloved country will be other than foremost in the
race OF scientific pursuits; to accomplish which,
does II not behoove every lover of his country and
us system ot Government, to show to the world
that man constitutes a state, and what kings, prin.
ces, and nobies can do in Europe, men can do
here.
We were led to these reflections by observing
me application, at the Cotoctin aqueduct on the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, of n new and peculinr
KIND 81 Cement, patented by T.. c CoYLE, of Bal
tlmore, Nd. We were entirely scepticaI of this
hlgh Cement, and believed that human ingenuity
mad exhausted ltselfin vain without suggesting ppv
improvement on the Clements used in our ace; but
IN this We were agreeably disappointed by seeing
the application of the Cement on the work refer.
red to.
This new Improvement bids fair to revolutionize
IN a great measure the mechanic arts with the most
happy results to tho world; it is simple in its man.
ufacture and application, and above all its cbean.
ness, az the materials of which it is composed are
TO be found every where.
We have seen the skeleton ofthe wall Of an none.
duct formed with planks and the space filled with
stones aud Cement, and when the planks were re-.
moved, and after the Cement became hard the
whole walls and bottom OF the auueduct presented
me appearance OF a dark marble basin, perfectly
clear and free from pores, with a beautiful higb
polish, as tight as a bottle and ms hard "a IRON
nus making the work (Which had been construc.
ted with other Cement, but failed perfectly ,ieb,
ana lmpervious TO water; besides, by this simnle
process, the company have been saved The vast ex-
pense ct rebuilding, which soon must have taken
Place, as the pressure OF the water had washed the
o,S away and left the pile of stone a mere
skeleton, %ithout any thing to bind together the
rock composing he structure, We have seen
where the Cement was thrown rromiscuously on
hard mountain rock which formed the arch of the
work, and when the sledge or crow5ar vas applied,
the rock invariably broke before the CemaDt could
separate the bond which it formed with the stones.
we perceive from reading the pamehlet of The
I~atentee, containing certificates of the imnortant
value OF this Cement from the highest sources in
our country, proving that which We had heretofore
believed lmpracticable, namely, the cementing Of
stone work under water without the aid of cog.r
dams this is effected in the simnlest manner ;re.
Slhaole, but the reader must see it applied before
he can form any idea of the important result ema-
mating from this Cement to our common country -
II will, in our opinion. supetsede the neces .itv NJ
dressed stone altogether; it will cement any Kind
oil stone into one solid mass, and become es hard
az granite IN twenty'four hours; it canbe moulIed
snapped or formed into any wall, vessel. pier. or
arch which may be required, or. if desired. the
cement can be made as elastic as India rubber.
TINS may seem strange but it is Notwithstanding
true as hundreds have proved throughout the conn.
uy LOT the last two years. 1t seems to US that Mr..
CofLE mas 'a'd ms Cement fairly before the public.
and IN doing so, he has shewn the practical resul,s
ora ripe and energetic mind, which could only have
been successful by energy Of action and untirino
zeal Ihls Cement Is admirably adapted Ia all nv.
draulic purposes, such as fore bavs of mills. water
tanks water-works, dams, piers, cisterns. granarv
hoors, spring-houses troughs, rat-nroof warehopses
Nc. &c. II will no doubt be found useful for many
other purposes that experience alone will sur oesf
Inc SUBSCRIBERS, having purchased ofthe Patep-
tee the right for the State Of Virsinia. avail rhem.
selves OF the present opportunity of making known
70 the citizens Of Virginia that they are now manu-.
featuring BE above Cement at the Point Of Rock
where any quantity can be furnished to order. We
viii also sell the rights for Counties. Cities. Towns
Districts, Farms or Buildings Applications 10 he
made TO the subscribers living at the Point Of
t'ocNs' Md JOHN HAM,
PHILIP McGAUGHAN.
=. orto WILLIAM c. CLARK.
o. tlafper'-t cry Jefferson County, Va, who is our
general Agent for the State.
REFERENCES.
0I-Artisans and Builders. who arr not .o,,
ted with the merits of this Cement. ars rec.isJ -
the following gentlemen for furber n,,,icula,s a.
the subject has been before the Congress of The
United States, who have investigated the matter,
and consequently are enabled to arrive at correot
conclusions. ~
His Excellcncy, r. NJ. johnson; His Excellen.
cy' o. Wolf, Philadelphia; His ExceIlencv. Gen.
hunt Washington; Cornelius McLane. ESD Bal.
tmorei Dr. Stewart, do; Hon. George C. Wash.
ington; Hon. Messrs. Mercer. Ga,IaeS p.o.s@
Wise, w. C. Johnson, Taliaferro. Tbor1,s ''
july 18, I83Q.-6m ~