Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-05-17
OLD SERIES VOL. II, NO. IA

''' cohuense IN separate drops and descend
again, but slide down over the smooth sur.
lace 10 receive them, therefore, he grooves
each Faiter under the inside of the glazing.
ih'o 'hese grooves the condensed breath Of
"ail nations' will fall aud be conveyed into
transverse cutters thence through the col.
umns into the jurisdiction of their hopors
the Commissioners of Sewers. These inae.
NOUS ratters are cut out Of solid wood, in =
machine invented by the inventor of all the
rest;) with incredible rapidity. In order
that there may be fall for the water 10 run
of, each rafter is slightly curved and, to
correct waTping, rod of iron with nuts and
screws at each end, forms the string of the
bow, 50 as to regulate its DETECTION. For
this ingenious expedient, Mr.. Paxton has ia
ken out a patent.
We must now give proof iha, the floor 10
ventiIator and dust trap. 1t is laid four
feet above the sward Of the park ssriea
Of subIeraneous lungs are thus provided, and
air is admitted 10 them by means of louvres,
fixed in the outer walling of the building
These being made TO open and shu, lie
Venetian blinds, will admit much or li,tl.
air which gently passes through the seams
of the open fooring and circulates over The
building. Finally through the opening Of
the floor, the daily accommodations of dust
will be swept into the space below by =
machine, which Mr.. Paxton has invented
for that purpose.
,,o,hh h-. Ill
ther than 10 describe how each par, Of the
building 'pIays many parts" and how con-
sequently, incalcuIable saving has been Of.
fected in time and money. It is hardly
necessary to repeat, that the interior of the
edilce is the most expansive covered space
in the world. That some idea may be for.
med Of the excess of lis capacity, we men,
tion that the largest covered area in England
is believed to be that of the Ravenhsad
Glass Works, a, St. Helen's in Lancashire,
where the space rooted in is three hundred
and thirty nine feet by one hundred and
five feet, or not one quarter 90 large as that
section Of hyde Park which Mr Paxton
has glazed on
lidA Il 61dNldI I-NulOlllON UuIlNlllS, pIo"
viding total exhibiting surface of twenty.
two acres and adording space for nine
miles Of tables, shall have been put up in
four months, for less than II penny fsr,hins
:. cubic foot would in itself make 1851 fs3
nous in the history of enterprise, il nothing
else were to happen 10 stamp It as pre.emi.
neury "The Industrial Tearn From il
will al least be dated new era in building.
In a communication from Mr.. Paxton him.
self, which we are permitted 10 quote, he
says -
"Nhen consider the cheapness OF glas
and cast iron, and the great facility with
which they can be used haze no doubt
that many structures similar 10 that at Dar-
ley,t will be attached to dwelling houses,
where they may serve as sitting rooms, OF
omnibusses rooms, if may be allowed the
expression. am now, in fact, engaged in
making the design for gentemen's house,
to be covered wholly with glass and whom
we consider that wherever lead i, now
used, glass may with equal proprie,y be
! substituted, | have every hope that j. will
! be used for buildings of various conditions
and character. Structures of this kind are
always susceptible Of the highest kind Of
oruamenton in stained glass and general
painting. am not without hope, however.
! that glass will become almost universal ia
| its use, and that the system will be extern
ded for manufacturing purposes, as we'll as
! general cemeteries, and also for hoTlicnltu.
! raj buildings, SO that even market GARDENERS
will advantageously apply it, in the growing
| Of foreign fruit for the London market. !
even go so far as to indulge in the ssnguins
| hope that agriculture will be ultimately ben.
Gifted by the application of cast iron and
! glass. IN short, there is no limit to tho uses
to which they may be applied ; and ~e
may congratulate ourselves, that in the nino'
teenth century, the progress OF science, and
| the spirit of manufactures have placed at
J ont disposal the use of materials which were
| unknown to the ancients aud thereby ens-
! bled us TO erect such structures as would
have been deemed impossible even in the
early part Of the present century.
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* conservatory the new Plan attached 10 s,sss
! Of Nj PaItonI in DerhyaATe.