New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-02-25
Nam Manufacture, and Inventions.

New Manufactures and Inventions.
Nartlei.sS Lon.-The manufacture of iron
limitations OF marble has become Al extensive branch
Of business in this cry although IS ba, ;le more
than aye.rold ORe establishment, tina, Of Mr.. ;. [.
herring employs some dfy workmen that OF Messrs
] II. Keyser & Co some thirty. i've. There Is also
third mandatory which we believe employs soma
,hirtyhve men. This process OF giving marn'e>ise
surface snd polish to iron was, we believe inVent'd
At Cincinnati II was brought here ~ we learn, oy
two brothers named Williams. who are now in tbs
employ of Mr. Herring. and i, has been improved and
shortened by Mes-rs Keyser 4 Co tits not pafen'ef,
but kept secret being only impaired on the oslh OF
the recipient that he viii not reveal T. The pr'ces
has been and now is chiefly used for msnteIpieces,
bu, We fancy that will hereafter be applied 10 many
other purposes even II il should become less hshion'
able for that Il may be used TO initiate shy sort o;
wood or any other polished surface A. well ~ that OF
,,onetbe closeness of the imitson depending solely
on the skill of the artist by whom il 10 prepared
Some Of the man,es we have seen are very handsome
and exceedingly like marble, though on careful exam
ina,on by a skiul eye, iron casing cannot pass tor
,culptured marble The cost OF the rnanielpieces "a
about the ssme for the more ordinary kinds rs the
eost OF marble ones hut the limitations of the more
expensive sorts OF marble OF agate or oil other 'alus
Die kinds of stone can be produced for fraction Of
the cost Of TIC real thing. Thus for $50 you may
have an iron nanel the counterpart OF which In stone
could not be obtained Tor ess 500. This greater
chespness accounts for the of an immense NUMBER
these usntel and we do not regret IL, for apart
from all considerations of durability it develops the
taste for elegant and graceful forms, aud will carry
beauty ofthat kind into many houaes where It would
otherwise 10, enter With regard to durability oaly
t1c ~ th heoi frOm
time since the introduction of the article we are UNI
able 10 speak. We notice, however, that care must
be taken not to ht hard blow upon the surface, and
not TO scratch It, you scratch marble, the furro"
only reveal. the same sui stance you behed on the
exterior. but with polished iron the case Is very
different While, then, we recommend no oae to
sdop, |, who can afford TO have the true thng-tor
pohinr is less desirable IN itself than casting which
suempt. 10 psss for the work of the chisel-we hold
these nsntes to be great deal better than any Of tho
nrsviaus limitations of stone that have met with.
sboud experience prove them 10 be "a durable ~ they
are hardsome the manufacture must grow 20 truly
gigantic proportions.
The same mode Of giving stony face and polish
may be applied TO wool plaster Of Pars terra cots
and other sub-apce- well iron. 1t IA lar superior
10 scssola in every respect and must expei thai sao'
stance from Use altogether We look 10 see Il applet
most extensively especially In architecture. IL makes
very handsome pillars pasters and vases for the insde
Of houses.
Another Mode Of Initiating Sione.-A differ
ent way of producing result similar 10 tha, above
spoken Of has been discovered By Prof FREUNo q
Hungarian chemist for time resident in this City
and is used by Messrs Freund & Miller at their fac
tory over the Harlem Reilroad deP6s IL is chemical
aud mechanical the limitations Of stone being produced
entirely without the pencil of painter The elements
of the stone desired TO be initiated chemically
bned and finally polished BY grinding or rubbing with
water purnice stone &c, much as the stone itself
would be. For architectural purposes, this process
produces very beautiful work, far superior TO any
.csghola; we have seen pillars and wanscotng with
all the loyeness of the inest jasper agate. It has
hitherto been mostly applied on wood, but may al'o be
put upon IRON The imitation msntles on wood We
are told will stsnl fire but have no experiments
This establishment employs large nurnocr OF Hunsa-
rian exiles.
Spring Mattresses Spring Mattress is
well known attempt by means OF spiral springs 70
combine the advantages OF a mattress with the luTu
rous yielding softness and comfort Of the feather bed
To sleep On feathers unhealthy from the fact that
they are too warm and enervsts the sleeper as warm
bath would do. At the same time there u something
delicious In sinking into the downy mass Of an old
fashioned bed, which the modern sanitary ideas may
condemn but cannot Danish from mind. The ordinary
spring mattress is but poor stept 20 reproduce this
luxury without il. Objectionable features and indeed
nothing can do il perfectly but we have examined an
tics Of recent French invention, manufactured by
Meesrs Mauritz & Demeore, Of Centre-st, which 10
very ingenious much superior TO the ordinary spring
mstasss. The springs are made Of copper WIRE sst
upon iron slais which ars Fixed at the bottom OF
iron frame At the top the springs instead OF being
connected together by wooden stats rudey fastened
s the in the ordinary spring mattress are united
by smaller spras also Of copper wire, which cross the
mattress from eide 20 side snd from end 70 end
Meeting the several ranges OF springs in direction,
and giving the most equal elaeticy and yieldingness
possible 70 every part 60 firmly are the springs
fastened that Ia not necessary TO envelop the mattress
in tick II has and offers no retreat for yer.
min thin mattress Of hair moss upon d, Is all
that % Necessary
Blake's MT Cracker-This is Yankee no.
ton, having sprung into being at New Haven IN the
same month Of he same year with Louis Nspoleon's
coup dast IL is designed to dispense with the use of
the hammer wen with that Of the ordinary table
nut cracker, for nut-cracking purposes. II 10 not
adapted for table use but testify cracks the
hardest shells in way 10 render all further cracking
superaGous II consists Of pair Of plDcers liked upon
biz Of board You put in Jour nut, pre-s down the
handle the nut passes into condition and az you
remove your hand from the handle, spiral spring
essts il up, and the transformed drops into bas.
ket which ought 20 be standing below on uurpose Ia