The Arkansas banner., 1847-10-11
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NeM knsNn Co m2ny, fiat thase xurieas saswas maeh'nes ia SpeEation fns turning shoe and oco6 lastsnxe handles, carnage an6 wagon spekes. gnn stcckz. Ge. Reeentiy the same principle has ssea eRPiisd ta the east Ds taking eopiss o stzta esf- 1he whols hsstoFy eF the disceRefy and 0f ls nsigiazipg. viii he founa infeEesessing. A pesssa deseFlhng the Bust machihe iA the Boslna Courier,
 imagine, gentle reader. steam ennsue. in ruriA msstioa. rhiFsine pand, and turning cut the hauaa hesd and face diVise, with nose. ehaa lips seteheaa eyes, earss neck, breast and shouIders of perfect pEeP0EiBon and accuracy 10 nature. Imagine such a eccentric maehines and yeH will have ssme idea of the wonderful stretch of inxentios1 which eua- eeiyed aad eem9lesed sueh faculty. Such woaderfnl machine is TOW ia successful oPsrstsen in n1stnn, and f any patron of genius. or any iDqMiFing mind af any peTson will take the 6eubie 10 search. he cah . bust of Daniel Web ster fapSdly revolving in cne esd of sathe. and at the etker he wiM zee 1ae stmiks he1A of fhe great expnanasr. af any desised sizes, turned out from marble. bF machinery. 4 Busts cf fJudxe woodbury, Of tie saprrnse Coafs. have also bees tnFneA f5om sfe same fashe. Ba~ss 1na camsus nasy bs t11ned afsef one and the same nedsl into imatatlsns 0i any sizes. from colnssal bust to miniature faee suitable for iay s brooch A genius capable sf saeh an achi~venens ought Co De wildly knuwn; and we are told that be is a native of Massachusetts. Thos Blanchard hy name. His genius developed early. iis 6rsi fnanifes- taiion was ia the eouFsAnce of machines for PaEag apples.
 His next device vas machine for sseertainiag. without the trouble of eoanting ia the usual way. the namber of tzcks made in . factory in which he was af work for hls brother. Ifs next was a machine fos making the tseks Themselves, which had, prior b that been turned cut by the hand. It made five hundred ia q nlin- ute. ssA much more perfectly rhan by tho oad method.
 Next he set about and perfected lathe for ,arn-
 ing gun barrels. II was easy prueess 10 turn the mHzzie end. but at the lower part, the marhinesy, by selfaetiHg chance. was made io aeeomm0dals itself adrotiy, to the oval and oetasraa parts o the breeeh. All this was accomplished wiih facility by steam power. sts
 When ais apparatus was first started al Spring 6esa, the wuFkmen came round to witness the ex- perimsnt- On its successful operation. aae of the wofkmen remarked to anofher ssthis man has upset
 he coad not upset hiEs. for the stranger could ao tnrn . gaa-ssock-" Blanchard repIied that ..he would try"
 He 6nagiy succeeded in making lxthe to turn 0ut gsn-stOeks vita accuracy snd facility, by steam powerl He ecaFesi PaieRt for the invention. aud # is in successful operation at Springfield. and Harpers Ferry and il has literally upset the art of making gun stocks by manual tabor.
 This curious machine was at once applied 10 ma king shoe lasts, hat blocks, tackle hleeks, and all similar utensils sod while il pot end to the te- dieus process of making such articles by hand, il
 
 Next De insentet an improvement sn steam-bozt machinery to enabie boats of small draft to aseend the rapids of rivers and his plan IS BOW general use. for ascending rivers Of narrow, shallow, and rapid channels.
 Saeh are among the valuable inveaiions of Tho- mas Blanchard, farmers son. whose only means oE education were the eommoa country schools. in a secluded part Of the eouaisy nt the close of the last eentury.
 And finally. Mr. Blanchard TOW makes statues by steam
 But # is a nnst beneficial achievement-a tri- unsh of Inventive power--yxhieh wili mui,iply the pleasures of mankind aBa help difguse eajoyments among them, which will improve their seasibii,sies and refine their taste. Its importance may no, sp- pear at first glance. We have playfaiiy supposed 1t to be the knell ct the scaipiors. Bat she scnlp tor will get live; for fl is there is probability that machinery can do the work of pure iateI- Iect. The immortal conception of the sculptor mus; irradicate the marble model. before that del be sci in the lathe. The great artist will not therefore be superseded; but will perhaps be more frequentIy called apon than now to supply originals. when the desire for exact copies shall have been increased by the faeii,y of fobtanng them through the wonderfai consrivanees of As. Blanch- ard.