Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-10-03

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nMR. EDITOR:-The improvements now dali
IVn ly taking place 10 the arts and sciences, bid
us naturally TO infer siiil greater results from the
spitit of enquiry that has taken such deep root with
the people. We could indeed wish our Govern
ment more disposed to countenance scientific men
and scientific pursuits-but so long as the Govern
ment is the creature, il will be also the instrument
Of the peoples will. Individual enterprise, there
fore, must and can accomplish 10 America, what
monarchical patronage has done In Europe. The
vast discoveries that are springing up day IN eve
nv part of our land. 10 the cultivation Of the fine
and mechanical arts. forbid us to despair that our
beloved country will be other than foremost IN the
race Of scientific pursuits to accomplish which,
does 1t not behoove every lover Of his country and
its system Of Government, to show 10 the world
that man constitutes a state, and what kings, prin'
ces, and mobiles can do in Europe, men can do
| here.
We were led 10 these reflections by observing
! the application, at the Cotoctin oqufduet on the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Of a new aud peculiar
kind Of Cement, patented by /. c CoYLE, OF Bal
timofe, Md. We we're entirely sceptieal OF this
high Cement, and believed that human ingenuity
had exhausted itselfln vain without suggesting any
Improvement on the Clements used 10 our agei but
in ihis we were agresably disappointed by seeing
the application Of the Cement on the works refer
red 10.
This new Improvement bids fair to revolutionize
in a great measure the mechanic arts with the most
happy results to the world; it Is simple in IT'S ntsD-
ufactnre and application, and above ell its cheap
ness, as the materials OF which II IS composed nIc
to be found every where.
We have seen the skeleton ofthe wall OF m aque-
duct formed with planks and the space filled with
stones and Cement, and when the pleDks were re-
moved, and after the Cement became hard, the
whole walls and bottom Of the %oqueduct presented
the appearance OF a dark marble basin, perfectly
clear and free from pores, with a beautiful high
polish, as tight as II bottle and ss hard as IRON
thus making The work (Which had been coBstrhc-
ted with other Cement, but failed perfectly tight
aud imperyious 10 water besides, by this simple
process, the company have been saved the vast ex-
pense Of rebuilding, which soon must have taken
place, as the pressure of the water had washed the
old Cement away and left the pile OF stone a mere
skeleton, without any thing To bind together the
I rock composing the structure. We have seen
where the Cement was thrown promiscuously on
hard mountain rock which formed the arch OF The
work, and when the sledge or crowbar was applied,
the rock invariably broke before she Cement would
separate the bond which it formed with the stones.
We perceive from reading the pamphlet OF the
pntentee, containing certificates OF the important
value OF this Cement from the highest sources in
our country, proving that which VIZ had heretofore
believed impracticoble, namely, the cenentins OF
stone WOtk unuer HaftT NltNpHt tst uhu VI SphN'
dams; this is effected in the ~simplest manner ina
ginable, but the reader must see it applied before
be can form any idea Of the important result eina-
mating from this Cement to our common country -
IL will, in our opinion, eupersede the necessity OF
dressed stone altogether; it will cement any KIND
OF stone into one solid mass, and become as hard
as granite in twenty.four hours; it can be moulded,
shaped, or formed into any wall, vessel, per, or
arch which may be required, or, if desired, the
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this may seem strange but it IS Notwithstanding
true, as hundreds have proved throughout the coun-
try for the last two years. it seems TO Us that Mr..
CoYLE hns laid his Cement fairly before the public,
and In doing so, he has shewn the practical results
ripe and energetic mind, which could only have
been successful by energy of action and untirlns
zeal. This Cement is admirably ada pied to all by
draulic purposes, such as fcre,bays of mills, water
tanks, water-works, dams, piers, cisterns, granary
floors, spring-houses troughs, %rat-proof warehouses;,
sc. &c. 1t will no doubt be found useful for many
purposes that experience alone will suggest.
The subscribers, having purchased OF the Phten-
tee the right for the State Of Virginia, avail them
selves Of the present opportunity OF making known
to the citizens Of Virginia that they are now manu-
featuring the above Cement at the Point OF Rocks,
where any quantity can DO furnished TO order. We
also sell the rights for Counties, Cities, Towns,
Districts, Farms or Buildings Applications to be
made to the subscribers living at the Point Of
Md. JOHN HAM,
PHILIP McGAUGHAN.
Orto WILLIAM c.. CLARK,
Of Harpers-Fer ,Je ft rson County, Va, who is our
general Agent for the State.
REFERENCES.
Gy-Artisans and Builders, who are not ocquain-
ted with the merits Of this Cement, are referred 10
the following gentlemen for further particulars, os
the subject has been before the Congress Of the
United States, who have investigated the matter,
and consequently are enabled to arrive at correct
conclusions.
His Excelloncy, r NJ. Johnson; His Excellen-
G. Wolf, Philadelphia; His Excellency, Gen.
Hunt, Washington; Cornelius MoLane, Esq Bal
timore; Dr.. Stewart, do Hon. George e. Wash
ington; Hon. Messrs. Mercer, Garland, Preston,
Wise, w. C. Johnson, Taliaferro, Thomas.
July is. I939.-6m