New-York daily tribune., 1859-09-28
WEEKLY REVIEW OF PATENTS.

One hundred patetts were grated for the week
srdirg Sept l3, and there may possibly be half
dozen out Of the whole number which are vha. toeir
inventors allege them to be, Csefu! lmProvsmens.'
Tie determination Of the Atlantic Telegraph Com.
pany TO lay successful cable, aud their appontmer.
of an agent in this country TO receive uew devices or
i1specton. hsve derabe attention, with
an increasing interest in that direction by inventors
As tits yet questionable whether the partial success
in lsype the former cable was due 10 the mechanical
peri, ctor of the machinery, or TO the unnsuayh "a
yorable circumstances attending 1t, wnica were oe-
youd the control Of the operstors, and which msy
never occur to another expedition, inventors are nos
only endeavoripg to improve toe conductor i'ss but
are looking after defects in the former plan for laying
it.
W. II. Hortsman of Brooklyn has patented " An
Improved mode of Manufacturing Telegraph Cables
which. though it may not be entirely practical its
novelty may lead TO useful effects II consists N
manufacturing the cable shipboard, as it is laid, BY
means Of suitable apparatus, from whence 1t passes
through reservoir ct gum or other suitable matenai,
and the nee directly into the water. Could this %
accomplished, all danger of kinks from coilng, and
injury from slowing and handling, would bs avoided.
The enormous and rapidly increasing demand for
paper has greatly enhanced the price OF " etock,"
and is producing necessity for more abundant ma
teria from which it can be made. The process Of
treating stsw for this purpose ha, been greatly i'm.
proved within few years and attention is now being
directed to the cheap and rapid conversion OF wood
to pulp. Though high steam produces the desired
effect go far as soening and separating the fiber 10
concerned, there have as yet been practical difficult
ties, sufficient to prevent ts economical application
Morris l. Keen of Pennsy lvauia patents IAN In
Trovement in Boilers for Mskirg Paper Pulp from
Wood which he alleges is constructed with an eX.
pansion chamber, stirring apparatus, and discharge
valve az to obyiae former difficulties.
An ingenious and useful device was patented by
Augustus Lafever of Battlecreek Mich, - An I'm
proved Board Measurer," which gives the aggregate
number of square feet in lot Of lumber composed OF
pieces of vs lengths AID hcknesses, and consists
of portable apparatus constructed with gears and
indexes as TO be easily adjusted to suit the length md
thickness of the pieces, by merely laying the nsru
meut acroes them in the direction Of their width.
Thry.two Improvements in agricultural imps
ments we're patented, among which are eleven Sssd
Planters, five Cultivators, Ave Plows, two Harvest
ers, and five Churns. The only novelties ID this
branch of inventions an improved seeding machine
and machine for raking and loading hay.
Inc Seeulng MACHINE WI inSentco W W. ~ sVeA>
son of Raleigh N. c., and consists in hopper CO.,
tanipg two apartments, With tSo wheels and alidss,
50 arranged to be capable Of planting two kss Of
seeds in alternate hills and at the same time drop
fertilzrg material over stratum Of earth covering
the seed.
The Horse Rake and Mower being go gessrally
used, leave most of the manual labor Of haying IN
the loading and unlosding and though machibsry hs
been invented-and used to some extent oa lNgs
fsrms-for taking the hay from the wagon into tSs
barn. the saving OF labor would hardly compensate
for the trouble of moving from place TO place. in the
act of loa ling in the meadow.
Thomas j. Wallace of Illinois patents machine for
Raking and Loading Hay sll the parts necessary
to accomplish both operations being 80 connected to
the wagon as to gather and raise the hay from the
meadow merely by driving it. II strikes us that
this may be made practical machine with much less
inventive labor than was bestowed on the mower, and
its usefulness when perfected, must carry it into i'm
mediate and general use.
The five churn patents, which is rather an unusual
number for one week, appear to be only valuable IS
curosities displaying the possibility Of innumer sble
changes in the form of original devcs withou. On.
trely destroying its mechanical effect.