The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-05-14

ton with the Foreign Office concerning the means
of informing foreign Governments of the arrange
mens making for the exhibition.
Her Majesty Commissioners considering the
principles upon which the prize fund of 100000
shall be appropriated, and the best mode of adjud
cation.
Ii there be any points upon which local COM
mittees may require information, and will address
themselves TO the secretaries of the commission,
Her Majesty's Commissioners will be happy to
afford il TO them, SO far as it may be in their power
j. SCOTT RUSSELL,
STAFFORD H. N0RTHCOTE.
AT THE New PALACE OF WEsrMINsrER,
2lst OF February, 1850.
CLASSIFIED LISTS OF OBJECTS
Which may be admittedto the Exhibition Of
the Works of Industry of all Nations,
obe opened IN London LIST May, 1851.
SECTION l. Raw materials and produce illus
trative of the natural productions
on which human industry is en-
ployed.
SECTION ii. Machinery for agricultural, manu-
featuring, engineering, and other
purposes, and mechanical inven-
Illustrative of the agents
which human ingenuity brings to
bear upon the products OF nature.
SECTION III. observation-disclosures of the re-
suit produced by the operation of
human industry upon natural pro-
duce.
SEcTIoN.lN. sculpture, models, and the plastic art
generay-illustrative of the taste
and skill displayed in such apph-
cations of human industry.
This division of the objects for exhibition into
-four sections will be generally preserved Articles
belonging to one section may, however, be admit
ted to another, where they may be considered ne
cessary; but in such cases for illustration only.
SECTION 1.-RaW Materials and Produce.
Under raw materials in this section are to be in
Io1 oil he
animal Kingdoms, either in an entirely raw state
in any stage of preparation, previous 10 arriving at
the state OF finished manufacture, Gas in Section
ILL They classified according 70 their uses 10
man, in their original state and in their chemical
and mechanical Transformations.
(A.)-Minual Kingdom.
C(G.) Ores, and modes Of drsssing. Native
metals, or metallic ores-the modes Of dress
ing, such as crushing, stamping, juggling,
budding, or otherwise rendering them mer-
charitable; as in the cases of anthony, ar
senic, bismuth, cadmium, cobalt, copper,
. gold, iron, lead mercury, nickel, palladium,
: platinum, silver, tin, zinc, &c.
: O) Metaawgteai processes. The various
9 methods Of roasting and smelling the ores,
80 as 20 illustrate processes. Flu1es, slags,
and other materials which may serve the
purposes Of illustration. The various pro-
< cesses used in adapting metals for particular
purposes, as for making iron into cast-iron,
2 malleable iron and STEEL &c. &c.
(e.) Aloys.-Bronzes of various kinds, such
as statuary, gun, bell and speculum metal,
Britannia metal, brass Of different kinds,
German silver, argentine, and other varie-
- ties Of white metal, pewter, type metals,
sheathing metal, compounds Of metals with
= phosphorus and other non metallic bodies,
&c &c.
d. Metals in process Of adaptation 10 finished
mantgdcfiues. Rolled and drawn in sheets,
wires, &c, and cast in pigs, bars, &c, plated
and electro-typed metals, &c.
A.-cHEsIcAL SUBSTANCES EMPLOYED IN
MANuFAcTUREs.
Ia Non Metallic lSsbsfanees.-Such az carbon
in its various states for the purposes Of fuel,
charcoal, coke, bituminous coal, anthracite,
Ignite, artificial fuels, products Of dstilla-
ton Of Goals, mineral oils and naphtha phos.
phorus in its different states; sulphur as in
the manufacture Of sulphuric acid, &c, mu-
ratio acid, nitric acid, boracic acid, &c.
(b.) AUkaIies, E,arlis, and their Compound. -
Such as potash and it, salts, as carbonate,
.sulphate, and chlorate Of potash; nitre, native
and artificial, the latter made in Asia
France, Switzerland, Sweden, and az used
for gun-powder, &c; soda and its sslts, AZ
common salt and its various modes Of pre-
paration, nitrate Of soda, borax, soda ash
and carbonate Of soda native, and pre-
pared either from salt, barlla, or kelp,
and az used for soap or glass making, &c;
sulphate Of soda, &c; lime and lie com
pounds, az limestone, chalk, marbles, NOR
tars, and hydraulic limestone, cements, ma
terials for frescocs, plaster OF paris, gyp-
| sum, aabaster, bleaching powder, &c; mag
| ncdlas ana tnc Inatcridls IOr preparing IL dnu
its salts; barytes, as sulphate Of barytes;
| strontia for colored fires, &c; alumina, a.
alum slate, alum, sulphate OF slumina, &c.
| (e.) Metals Proper and their CoDlpotnds. -Such
ne iron and its salts, iron pyrites for green
| vitriol, colcothar, ochre, Venetian red, or a.
used for calico printing and dycing, supbatc
g Of iron used for making sulphuric acid
Z &c; copper, as acetate and sulphate Of cop
per, as used for coors and dycing, for electro
tipping, &c; verdigris, scheeles green, YER
otter, carbonate Of copper, &c; zinc and its
< salts, zinc paint, &c; tin and its compounds,
Z as salts Of tin, stannates, oxymuriate, &c;
lead, as white lead, acetate and nitrate Of
e lead, Naples yellow, &c; chromium, "a
chrome ore, chromates Of potash, yellow and
g. orange chromate oflcad, oxide Of chromium
| for colors, as for glass, pottery, &c; arsenic,
as schceles green, orpiment, rcalgar &c;
| anthony, as sulphuret Of anthony for per-
cussion powder, lucifer matches, &c; bis
fnuth, AZ pearl white, &c; cobalt, as oxide
Of cobalt for pottery colors, smslt blue, &c;
nickel, for glass staining, &c. tungsten, as
the yellow oxides, tungstates for dyeing.
&c; mercury, az for philosophical instru-
ments, silvering mirrors, &c; gold, plati-
mum, silver, and the other noble mctals,
their preparations for electrotyping, giving
Of metallic lustrcs, &c.
| i ID Mired Chemical Manu- act,uo Such az
soap, prussate Of potash and Prussian blue,
II ultraInarine, &c.
| R.-cHsMfcAL SUBSTANCES USED IN MEDICINE
| (d.) Non Metallic Substances. iodine bro
| mine, chlorine, sulphur, phosphorus char
coal, and their compounds, SC.
| (b.) 3itaiiss, EarDts, and their Compounds-
AZ csrbonates, chlorides, sulphates, nitrates
phosphates, &c, and other compounds o.
potash, soda, lime, and magnesia, &C.
tel Metallic Prspoyafions.---As celofnel, cor
rosve sublimate, red oxide, and bisulphurc
Of mercury, and other compounds; salts o.
| silver, copper, iron, anthony, zinc, &c.
| o.-RaRgs SUBSTANCES MANUrAcTusgD CHIEF
1 Ly Foa THE USE or THE SCIENTIFIC CHEMIST.
Iodine bromne, selenium; potassium sodium
| and other rare metallic bases, and their com
pounds, &c.