New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-10

into bocks Il rsie eat rely Of wood, WORKS WITH q
lever and can, msy be separated into three pieces
rteu pct 10 use, and pat in & compact ioIH s1AaOe
for psekugawsy 10 atruok or yaliss i0r '''shne
purposes. apd when de.re1 fT can be put 'ose CT
snd the book placed in and pressed n three or four
secoIGe. Ii is strorg light portable And eoaVeneat.
WEEKLY REVIEW OF PATENTS.
There were si1ty eight patent. granted during tne
week eriins Aug. %, being eighteen less ta,a 'of
he week previous. rboGsh they rsla's TO srsasr
ys,ie,y Of arts than usual bat few Of them are sLrk
lngly novel or original in des'ga.
To ocviste rha, has been heretofore considered "a
psupeisb objection 20 sater-Proof clothi0g Cdsfes
GOODYEAR hiss m,ds an improvement IN " Porouf-
"u.oped Rubber Fabrics," which be manufactures
rom "sov.n cloth, or its equivalent, snd loda'ruo'
abe. or d lied gum, and faces with hocss, she,nngs
n clippings Of wool producing the efi-e; OF oroal
,loth or other mapped wooens. The gum is 60 per-
cra.ed thn when combined sitb the nap, it IS per-
yions 10 ar bat impervions to wstsr 60 tnat Shlle
he iusenslble preparation is allowed 70 evaporste
nd pass ef from within the fabric ia entirely ~a'er-
proof from without which Odds greatly TO is' health
'ul ano comfortable qualities.
"A great proper ion Of the boots s,d shoea mann
iacru-ed in New gland are pegsed WORK, Dot o"os
% the Lice complications required, and the pecn-
lar resistaroe Which punctured Leaf ger Offers to a
Soo6en peg 10 self sctirg machine hsa proved s. EN-
r;eut a. Il hammer il sklful and ezpeHeoc9i baud
Asap in provemeLt on former mscbines, W. X L,od-
fear Of Connecticut hss patented E" Shoe-Peesiog
Apparatus" which il but partially self'opsrat'og 'a'
sopsss in attaching an AL and driver to movable
Mate 20 constructed and attached to guiderots ih'
shen struck vi hammer, 1t punc.ures the leather,
irv.s rcs and feeds along the Plate resiT for an
yther blow Though this little machine is operated o,
hard spd consists OF ingenious and compare iveJ
simple devices, as it is intended TO peIforn auonah
,ay ell the most dcult psrs e the work, 1t PROB
Ably but ore step toSS.i really practical improve
neEt.
-OriDe 10 the extreme hardness of the gold bear
ing quartz rock it ia believed lnd experience has so
far sbosb that stanprg eats more efficiently thsn
ADV other plan in reducing il TO powder. As mauy OF
the quartz mills are located where fuel and the repairs
Of urnec.,seily complicated machinery src a large
ten in the mill, expenses, L. T. Steep Of California
ass smpifed and applied principle to the "Stapp
ENGINE" Which. though partially used on other en-
,ines, cannot be 60 perfectly applied shere rotary
notion SD more delicate nachlnery s'e used. La
that class Of stamp ro.s in which the upPsr end oethe
lO!uls INC nlShui HlStoDi 'uo Hi''ANN'
double cy liz der in which the stsmpers or pstons
work alternately, snd the valves OF each are 30 con
uected that the one, being opened to admit steam,
opens tho exheust Ct tho other. There valves ers
operated at each stoke by direct percussion of the
pistcus, Hhcb hsurts their instant aud timely move
neLt, and having large ports, the steam is admitted
With percussion due TO the full press are in the boiler,
,erdrng the staIDpers down with great violence.
Tho power printing press, though in high staio
# perfection, is eDcuGbered with comparatively lew
patents Ior little devices, and as the weekly lsta cf
patents show ia in this particular an exception 10
most old ard valuable inventions. The attschmest
Of Sel'-feeding Apparatus has for long
me been desired, and It's necessity is more apparent
since the construction OF the n imnoth tencyiaier
press, which prints and delivers thu sheet' as fact ss
ten men can feed them on. Col. X. NJ Hoe hss row
patented an apparatus which is intended to take the
paper from roll feed il to the press, aud cut it oh in
sheets Of any desired length. This invention is in
good hsuds and although a.! former plans have failed
it vii be thoroughly tiled, and prscticable il pin
ciple will be made TO wok.
Bernard Lou b, Of Pennsylvania, has discovered
SOME plan which be allege, effects VIDA. hiss hereto
fore been supposed impossible, al least iDprecti
cable. Al We are unacquainted with his process, we
will merely give his claim; 81 claim new article
of manufacture mace by rolling iron or steel in n cold
state FOR hardening and adding strength to it, with
out injury to it, fibre"