New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-31

stitching that holds 1t to the strip Of cloth 10 which
IL attached. This peculiarly though unnoced by the
casual observer was decided by the Commissioner 10
be patenable novelty and its beauty and cheaPness
constituting ndispuable utility, patent was granted
the inventor dated May 8, 1860 for the Magic RUNS
as " new article Of manufacture The pateh' nav
ing been assigned by the inventor to hve persons i'
cuding himself the sssignees ,mmeneed the manu'a''
tnre of Magic Rutfes for the market. From one ma
chine and single operator they have increased their
bus;ress as RAPIDLY az machines could be constructed
ard onsrators taught their orders for the goods having
been constantly in advance of production.
The Magic Rufle Company now occupy
room 100 BY so feet, in new building on Houston
sreet-bave engine for their exclusive Use
sre manufacturing from 600 TO 1000 yards OF ruf
fling day. and will continue to increase their busiaess
ae rapidly az they can teach operators, until 300 girls
are employed, this being the full capacity OF their
room.
The demand for these goods, variousy estimated by
merchants at from $500 600 to 81 600 600 annually,
makes them an important article of merchandise
The inventors, having secured patents throughout
Europe for both the machine and it's product disposed
of a small interest to an enterprisDg business man,
who s now in England for the purpose Of establishing
manufacturing companies, both in that country and
France each Of 100000 capital, after which he will
dsrose of the patent or otherwise develop the bust
pess in the other countries on the Continent. This
gentleman is partner in an old importing house of
neighboripg city has had much experience In bust
nets abroad.
Adventures are already infringing the American
patent by the manufacture of rufes which they offer
TO the trade under different Nance but far they find
f.w merchants who do not choose legitimate business
rather than endapger their credit and means in an lille.
gal traffic. We are informed by member of the
Rufle Company that, there is no summary process
by which patent pirates can be enoned, they are now
actively preparing for long and tedious suit with these
fellows.
Mr.. Thos. Hopkins, an English meteorologst, has
lately published an interesting paper in which, after
stating that the present theories concerning the i'm
mediate causes of the great currents Of the air and
ocean are unsatisfactory he attempts to show that they
owe their origin TO the heat liberated during the con-
densation of vspor. He points out the fact that the
great winds terminate in localities where comparative
vacua have been created by the effect Of the h:at set
free during the condensation of immense masses of
vapor and argues that such vacua cause the heavier
air to rush and flow toward the parts filed by lighter
air. in order to re.establish the equilibrium Of amos-
pheric pressure. His hypothesis thus makes heat the
| disturbing power in the aerial ocean, and leaves
| gravation 10 act az the restorer OF the dis
composed equiibrinm. The author then describes
TIE great primary currents of the ocean, and shows
them 10 be situated under the lines Of influence of the
principal winds which, their passage the waters
press on them with such violence TO force them for
ward az currents These currents declared 10 be
of velocity extent ard depth proportional 10 the
strength and continuity Of the wind, thus proving that
th9 pressure Of the air on the surface, while moving
over it, is capable OF producing the movement which
takes pace. Apparently exceptional cases are ex-
paiued by the nterpos ion of tbOals islands CONT
nents which sometimes force the moving masses Of
water 10 devate from the pursued by the wind
which urges them forward.
The exterior of more than y, 600 collins in the
ch1rchvsults of London, and the contents of g very
la.ge pumLer, were Tot long since examined
by Mr.. Walker Lewis The result Of Lis researches
leads bin TO rec, mmend that the of lsadsn
burialcases be entirely Discontinued. He says that
nitrogen and carboDc scid, holding animal matter 10
,ufpentioD, steadily but quietly make their way
through the pores of the lead and by the process
10 the open air. SO that at the end of fifty or hun red
years nothing remains but few dry bones, although
the films themselves still unnjured Another
thory Mr. X. V. TGson, says that t1e tubstarce OBJ
tanned from lead collins, owing TO the gradual decon-
pot ion Of the bodies within them is carbonate Of lead
that is anhy drous, contains but small excess Of
oXyd, and hence differs in composition from other
Donates Of lead. IL found during the search for
the remains of the celebrated John Hunter in 1855 in
the vaults Of the Church Of ST. Martin Fields
that mony Ieaden coins had been converted nteriorly
into this substance leaving only thin outer plate
| foil Of lead.
An ingenious method of constructing an atmotic
ship for aerial navigation has been proposed by the
Hen w. Bland of New South Wales II is to be
light, keelformed, shipfte body, buoyed up by an
elongated balloon having two heavy weights guided
by rope sung from stem TO stern for the purpose of
30 altering the center Of gravity Of the machine to
direct its motion upward or downward at pleasure,
and it to onward in any desired direction
by the aid of large but light aud strong vanes driven
round and acting like screw propeller.
Another machine lately invented in Paris and styled
a navigable balloon, if may believe GaigHaai has
already proved itself That journal states
that small model Of this candidate for the honors
Of atmospheric navigation has been inspected by the
Emperor in The yard of the Tuleres The bal
loon lie somewhat in the form Of whale worked by
miniature steam. engine which causes a set Of paddle
wheels 10 revolve aud ia made to act in any direction
BY means Of novel sort of rudder at of the ex-
trenities. The machine was kept steadily at hight
of yards where it made to execute different
| maneuvers among which sailing in circle aud
a stoppage before the windows of the Empress.
M. Seguin writes to the French Academy Of
Sciences that he has made experiments upon frogs
inclosed in plaster of Paris to test their asserted ts-
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