The southern press., 1851-07-26
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CgFiesl1ies In the Great RxhibltieA.
Coal found In the summit tunnel Of the Hast
Jugs and Ashford railway, three hundred feel
above the level of the
MaQneaia limestone from the Mansfield w ood
house qusrries re- opened l840, after lapse o
several centuries, for the supply OF materials fol
the new houses Of Parliament. Red calcare0us
sandstone from quarries in work for four hun
dred years
Blue flag -stone, obtained from Horton Wood
| quarries, which have been worked probably
about one hundred years.
Specimen of silver lead ore, weighing three
hundred and fifty pounds, from the Great Cow
ard silver-lead mine.
A blotk Of pure silver weighing more than
l40 pounds
Cannister of boiled mutton, supplied to the
Arctic expedition in 1926, and found by Captain
Sir James Ross in Prince Regents inletin lS49
in perfect state of preservation
Fine sample Of Australian wheat, weighing
"a lbs per bushe, the produce OF Adelaide,
South Australia. Fresh preserved meats from
the Caperdown establishments, Sydney, New
South Wales, having undergone voyage OF
10000 miles, and remaining in perfectly fresh
state
| Pure Southdown eve, stuffed, years old
and which was never shorn. Length of the wool
20 inches, weight 81 lbs
| Model of grder, or vertebral arch, originally
invented and designed for bridge to cross the
river Mersey, at Runcorn bay, in one span OF
| 1868 feet.
| Working model of pair of non-condensing
steam engines standing within the compass OF
shilling, and weighing three drachms
Model of powerful hydraulic press, which
will lift about 3,8O0 tons.
Sewing n6AsAins, capable of sewing 500
stitches per minute.
Compass which registers upon paper the COM
pass course which a vessel has been steered in
for twenty-four hours.
Model Of marine life-preserving deck-seat SO
constructed that in three minutes it can be con.
verted into a raft, capable Of sustaining eight
people on the water.
Skeleton striking clock, going 400 days il
chronometer escapement.
Patent tell-tale clock, or servants regulator
Perpetual motion clock, having no chain OF
weight. Table cover, or bed q,ilt, containing
1890 pieces, and 1877 skeins of silk.
| A sporting watch, which shows the time tc
one sixth of a second.
| Clock in case, which occupied thirty y-foul
years in completing it, with astronomical, chro
biological, and other movements, wind organ
&C.
! Mechanical clock works without main-sprine
or chain, and requires no winding up.
A clock showing the days of the month, the
months of the year, the motions of the sur
and moon, and the state of the tide at some o.
the principal sea-ports of Great Britain, Ireland
France, America, Spain, Portugal, Holland, anc
Germany, and going for twelve months.
Apparatus for navigating a balloon through
the air, by means Of paddle wheels and ar
| Archimedean screw.
Artificial leg, to enable persons who have
lost the knee, either to walk or ride.
Fox's magnetized balance, weighing to the ten
thousandth part OF grain
Walking stick, containing an electo- galvanie
machine, and battery complete.
Expanding piano-forte, for yachts.
| Turning fork, with chromalic scale, by which
any note may be turned at pleasure.
A boot and shoe made from single piece o
leather.
A specimen of type, said to be the smalles
ever manufactured in this country. The who'll
of Gray's Elegy, consisting of thlrty-two verses
is contained in two columns 81 inches Deep
Patchwork quilt, in l3,500 pieces of silk
satin, and velvet, and white embroidered flow
ers.
Table-cover, consisting of 1000 pieces O
cloth, the sole work Of the exhibitor, and has oc
cupied his leisure hours for eighteen years.
| A horse shoe, designed to permit the natura
expansion action of the foot of the horse.
Carved book tray, executed by a ploughman
in the evening, by candle-light, without the aid
of any model or design, and solely with pen.
knife
Inlaid marble table, the top containing zoe
pieces of 80 sorts of marbles, 10 English, and
| 30 foreign.
Picture frame inlaid with tortoise-shel and
pearl, composed of 2,300 pieces
Bedcover of patch work. the number of pieces
nearly 10000.
| A bird cage, containing 1892 pieces, and
composed of twenty-one different kinds of wood
| Typhodicator, or storm pointer, an instrument
for obtaining by inspection the bearing and rela-
| tive position of revolving storm or hurri-
cane.-Constructe in accordance with the theo-
ry commonly called the law of storms, as made
known in several publications by Dr. Ried
| Selfacting cultivator of surface. The area
of any figure drawn on plane is found by
moving the tracer over the outline, however ir-
regular it may be-
Scarlet cloth tabe.cover, braided with up.
wards of 1000 yards Of black mohar cord
without patterns or pouncing.
| Oval medallion of her majesty, produced by
a single line, of equal thickness, and 800 feet
in length.
Mechanical human figures, capable of expan-
sion, in perfect proportion, from the standard of
the Apollo Belvidere to seven feet high. For
the use of artists, and of manufacturers of wear
ing apparel
Two vases carved out of species of sand.
stone from Jerusalem, with an ordinary PEN
knife.
Machine moving bv the equilibrium Of water
and air. Boat moved by the same power. Clock
on the same principle.
A geographical clock, showing the difference
Of mean time in all the capitals Of Europe.
A piece of white linen, spun and woven by
hand, having 1000 threads in the warp.
A lamp ofgold weighing three cwt
Vegetable hair, made of the leaves of the AL
gerlan dwarf pslm.tr &c. Patented for Algiers
and France
A print in Chinese characters, 4,200 punches
in these Chinese characters have been cut in
steel for the American Missionary Society in
New York The types are divisibe on per-