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ays sts 46 House at Bensonhurst...... ae atate,ste *50 Residence at Black Rock, Conn...... *2
House at Black Rock, Conn.,........ *2 Residence, Asbury Park........... *81, 91
I. Residence at Black Rock, Conn. II. House, Bridgeport, Conn....... -.-- *2 Residence, Babylon, N. Y......*80, 84, 85
A colonial house. January. D : House, Bridgeport, Conn...........- rat Residence, Bridgeport, Conn. ....... *2
III. Cottagein Maine. IV. Cottage at| Decorations, interior........ boca og40) House at Bridgeport, Conn.......... *50 Residence, Bridgeport, Conn......... *5
Short Hills, N. J. February. Decorations, staff... ....... se eyes *3 House, Bridgeport, Conn............ *66 Residence at Bridgeport, Conn....... *50
V. Cottage at Seaside Park. VI. Cot- |Design, shadow in... .... sists Bits 0 te. We 63 House, California 2 .2...2esssnes
es ate *74, Residence, Bridgeport, Conn ....... *66
tage for $1,500. March. Diana, weather vane......... ....... *31 House at Carthage, Ill..... ciate’ «Gives *19 Residence, California.... ........... *74
Vili (Orttnes at New Rochulle® VOL Door hangers saeeess «oo eser ei *16, to House at Cleveland, O.............-. *34 Residence at Carthage, Ill .......... *19
Resideheo at Bensonhurst. #April. Door hanger, IWATE? |. &.c56 ceases ee 48 House, colonial... 2.50)eaeDoftdo
oe eats ia) Residence at Cleveland, O........... *34
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yaiels 93 House, colonial: a... cc 2.0+.etaaaen SL eat ae Residence, colonial.................6: *19
IX. Residence at Bridgeport, Conn. X. Drawing room, Chippendale......... #70) House, colonial, Portland, Me........ *34 Residence at East Park, Pa.......... *46
Cottage near Portland, Me. May. | Drexel Institute.........scceeeeececee *3 House at East Park, Pa... ... \..... *46 Residence, Ludlow, N. Y..... .... *81, 90
XI. Cottage at Bensonhurst, Long Is-| Dumbwaiter, “Paragon” ....... ... #94 House, German, Chicago......... ... *5 Residence at Montclair. ............. *50
land. XII. Residence at Plainfield, |Dwelling for $1,100............0..e00- *74 House at Montelaine. ov: c.s.sese0
ops *50 Residence, Mountain Side............ *51
N. J. June. Dwelling for $1,900...... SS eee *34 House, Mountain Side........ ... . *51 Residence near New York.... ....... *43
‘Dwelling‘at Albany a... rem ceee eee 71 House near New York..... ......... *43 Residence near New York ...... ..-- bg at
Dwelling at Augusta, Me............. *18 House near’ New York.........-6+.0. sail Residence, Plainfield, N. J........... *80
MISCELLANY, Dwelling at Belle Haven ............. #19 House at Portland, Me............... *18 Residence at Portland, Me........... “18
Dwelling at Bensonhurst............. *50 House, Rochester, N. Y.. . ........-+ *12 Residence at Rochester........ ....+- *12
Figures preceded by a (%) refer to illustrated |Dwelling at Black Rock, Conn....... #2 House, Suburban, oh. .g eae cessesoer: sees Residence, suburban ..... Be pede ei.) pte"
articles. Dwelling, Bridgeport, Conn.......... *2 Houses, burning, buying......... -.- 43 Room, Chippendale...... aed Dene Graewe *70
a Dwelling, Bridgeport, Conn.......... *5 Houses, frame, planning......... .-. 22 Rust, iron, cause of fire........ lea 5
Dwelling at Bridgeport, Conn.. ..... *50 Houses near New York.........--. *80, 87
AGOUBTIOS fo ccvu sos cease Ceme ams eothicn © 42} Dwelling, Bridgeport, Conn.......... *66
Architect home Of i... cess 05 ose anes *22 |Dwelling, California.................. 74 Ss
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Architects, compensation of.......... 77 |Dwelling at Carthage, Ill........ ... *19 Sash and blind machine ............. *64
Architecture and poetry........ ..... 18 |Dwelling at Cleveland, O............ *34 Iron rust cause of fire....... ........ 5 Schoolhouse, Upper Montclair... *80, 86
Art; mtility and.c.....engeeens, sarees 31)/7D welling, colonial, Av. > se. <2 saeeieip *2 Irrigation in Nevada............. 63 Screens, moderate price ............. ar,
Asphaliistreets. <.... cm» sas, es <6 5| Dwelling, colonial... .<.0=9essuecs candle Institute, Drexel |. cst ace ntscfore *3 Screens, ventilating duct......... ... 63
Auditorium, keynote of ............ 71| Dwelling at East Park, Pa.so sa RR *46 Interiors: Japanese: . <5 -8 232 32 Senate Chamber decorations ........ 74
Dwelling of moderate cost... .....*80, 89 Inventors, suggestion for.... ... 39 Shadow in design.................. . 68
B Dwelling at Montclair ........ Sot see *50 Shaping machine-c2.. s.-ee ees *63
Dwelling, Mountainside..... Pere *51 Speaking tuboge. o... oc ccna oneeiee *78
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Band, scroll and resaw:.............- *16 | Dwelling near New York............. *43 Spires, church; -.<....%...- ACR IC . 380
Bath tub, combination............... *32 |Dwelling near New York. ........... ei awn. plantings oer. sce tao ake sees *35 Staff decorations/ce-e5 .. +. sae #3
Baths‘ofmioclotian 2.00. sac. oe shee *48 | Dwelling at Portland, Me............ *18 Stair, designifor:... 3. —..<.s4 ae *93
Bedroomifurnishing . 3050. a. «ss - oe 77 |Dwelling, Rochester, N. ¥...........- *12 Staircase, design fory.2).... «... amen *15
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Bird tracks in stones... . 202%. .....: 8 |Dwelling, suburban....... aioe ly ety! rete ‘ff Staircase, twin...... J xu nae shee eaemeene *92
Brick, white stainon.. .......... ... 70 Match Company, Diamond .. ....... 48 Steam, don’t turn into sewer.......... 74
Bricks, Pesistance of. ..%:. =. sess. ssi. 93 E Memory, good, secret of.... ......... 51 Stone, artificial sf .......:s scan 16
Mica, howto clean. .3..1.4.002 ts 3 Stone building, aiiasinls 3 Js *63
Cc Hariphone sic d:eyreerv ae «bee oc Lok. s *78 Miterinoemachine. «0.02 2s.sad sm aianle *32 Strains, graphic representation of.... 47
Elevators, speed of....... ...5.0d005. 51 Moulder, standard....... ..#.... %.. *15 Streets, asphalt. 2.50. <2, sestemeeteets 5
Cabinet shop machine............ ... *47 |Engine, gas, Charter..:.......... ..% *94
Castings, zine, reparation........ .... 8| Exhaust, don’t turn into sewer....... 74 N T
Ceiling board, Sackett’s...... ... ... *32
Caplinwaehow.a-- <<. <<. 2ewis ciel ai ves, sie 46 F Newels and balusters. ......+......+-. *94 Temperature, sick room.... ......... 92
Chaarénoualle o2.:. «+ es cteitasicn seo siscy *64 Nickel, trimmings, cleaning......... 3 Temple, Masonic, Kansas........ *5
CHaIre hy pes OL2..< 05,1 ae sielenie stole sielrisis *8 |WairSyyViorlas, NOEs On. <<csin ess see 12 Temple, Odd Fellows’.... .. ........ *39
Chapel, cemetery........ select ieleieiats *61 |Fertilizer for window garden......... 16 Tenoning machine... .......- ose wae *48
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GHIMMENEPICCO a. a: 5 <:sc0 cece se ois ot *38 |Filter, rain water .. . *8 Thoroughness, value of...,........... 15
Chimmeys, gaper Ol... cesses sence ee 43 |Fireproofing recipes:..............+.% 78 Odd Fellows’ Temple, Chicago... ... *39 Timber in damp places..... ......... 43
Ohurbyes $2400 ic... 5.0 tenecetacene *8 | Pleas, to cet Tidtol semen eetear eit 63 Organ, design for........ ..... aaieaes *50 Tower, railway, Chicago............. *88
Church Gardiner, Me... 7-2 i .<iac- cs *5 Floors, finish of... /“rmensaeeeenistee 77 Tree, lacquer...<;....c000n050s as eee 94
Church and parsonage...........
«.. *61! Floors; hard=wood:..... posteessareeee *93 P Tub, laundry, ‘‘ Alberene”........... 93
Chirahtspires cass) sg.) oemeentae nis 30 Floors, hard wood, treatment... .... 88 Tunnel, Washington 8t., Chicago... *30
Church, St. Andrew’s, New York + 61 Plour bin and’ plover. cee... cee see *16 Paint, what is the best ?.:............ 12
Church, Upper Montclair. . *79,° 81) Morests, areas Olzes «aes... 2. eee 38 Palace of Varieties, Manchester.. *76
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Cisterni/rain water./..5. 6. <:g2ssscc *8) Foundations, curious... 0.-. 9.16.cne 71 Paper from corn husks............... 29
City Hall, Philadelphia.............. *88 |Furnace, blast, plumber’s. .. ....... *64 Paper, transfer. 7/5...
ns «Wane » ERAS 74 Utility and-art: .3.....cc
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Climber, stair, electric... ............ *92| Furnishing, simplicity in............. 30 Parsonage and church.......... .... *61
Constructions, American..... .. ... V7 Parsonage, Gardiner, Me............. *5
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Cottagefor $1,500, 3 .\ais: Ganewmshoorene *34 H Pavement,-COrk. . 6... es cs cc se nen Ve 88
Cottage at Asbury Park, N. J .. ... *34 Ino1 OES OnGaricwoac COG Race. Acca 70 Vane, weather, Diana....... ere Fe #31
Cottage at Asbury Park.............. *51 |Hall*desionvfor....... send. ne Ss eget lo Pipes, iron, to keep from rusting. .... *714 Vault, burial, design for....... 2 *62
Cottage, Bensonhurst ............... *S0MEall entrance co... sens «ncen ones ees 270 Planer and polisher.... ...2.5. 4... 47
Cottage at Diamond Island.......... *66) Hall, stair, design for..........:..... wallt Plans, ownership Of. ....... sam 3. ae 30
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Cottages Hn glish - oy sn. sas sciie « 6 cele $42 HAB@Or. LOOLE Lis sc at cee ecceeete eae: *31 Plastering composition.... .. escastt 61
Cottageiin Maine: 22... <<iseenotes *18| Heater, economy........ + crsesssee its) Plumb and level, Stanley... ........ *48 Wall board, Sacketit’s................ *32
Cottage on Maine coast.......... ... *50| Heater, hot water... ...............% “Piel Wall coatings, waterproof..... .. ant 19
Cottage of moderate cost... ........-.- *38 Heater, hot water, Bolton...... are oieete *94 Walltinish aDiamond yen ccials 78
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Cottage, mountain... ................ *2° Heater, hot water, Nolan’s..... ..... *93 Water mains, steel, Toronto.......... 12
Cottage at New Rochelle..... ...... *50 Heating, hot water vs. steam..... ... 15 Rats, protection against..... ........ 42 Waterproof wall coatings ......... 19
Cottage, one story.................. *66 Heating, house.......... Rie sacri 93 Redwood, durability of.............. 3 White House, builder..............-. 12
Cottage near Portland, Me... ....... *66) Hinges Stearns. (ess cae seed. . oe *64 Resaw and band scroll........... ..-- *16 Window frame, Schmidt’s..... sede, £81
Cottage, Queen Anne........... .... *38 | Home, an architect's. .......6.-..6+5: *22 Residence for $1,100 ......... *74 Woods, colored....... Fe Pc hyA 19
Cottage, Richmod, Mo.... .... ..... 2a HOU fons 1.4 00 nok cme mans a siete: *74 Residence for. $1,900..... .........--. *34 Wood workers, improved........
... *47
Cottage at Seaside Park.............. *84-House:for'$1;0002 ere *34 Residence at Albanyiis. asec en%4
Cottage at Short Hills, N. J. 18 “House, ATbARYs wc, ares Hea ewe as 71 Residence at Augusta, Me............ *18
Cotton bale ties.... .. :
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32 House at Augusta, Mes 25.95 se. *18 Residence at Belle Haven erst!)
Crescent Block, Bridgeport: -.*80, 82, 83 House at Belle Haven. *19 Residence at Bensonhurst....... *50 Zine castings, reparation....... ove 8
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A RESIDENCE AT BLACK ROCK, CONN.—VIEW IN HALL LOOKING INTO DINING ROOM,

[See colored plate and pages 2 and 6.]
 Seientitic American, Architects wn d Builders Edition, Jan., 1899.
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Scientific American,
A RESIDENCE AT BLACK ROCK, CONN, \za, Height of ceilings: Cellar, 7 ft.; first story, 10 ft.;
One of ‘our colored plates this month represents second, 9 ft.; third, 8 ft. 6 in. The interior through-
‘* Albreeze,” the summer residence of Gen. Thomas L. tg! is cabinet, trimmed with ash. The hall, entered
ESTABLISHED 1845. Watson, at Black Rock, Conn. For another perspec- from a vestibule, is spacious. It has a floor laid with
tive view of the same house see page 6, and for an in- , unglazed tiles and contains a large open fireplace with
terior view see page 1. hearth and facings of tiles and a cabinet mantel of excel-
MUNN & CO, Editors and Proprietors, This structure, which is treated in the American lent design. The wall has a paneled dado, and the
No. 361 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. Renaissance style of architecture, is situated on ceiling is beamed and ribbed. The staircase is located
Grover’s Hill, at Black Rock, Conn., the most promi- at the rear of hall, and is a very ornamental one, with
0. D. MUNN. A. E. BEACH. nent location on Long Island Sound. The design is columns extending to ceiling. Between these posts
very picturesque. The roof lines are graceful, and it there are Gothic arches. Parlor is good size, well light-
NEW YORK, JANUARY, 1892. has many pleasing features, including a spacious ed, and contains a fireplace similar to one in hall. Li-
-|piazza extending on three sides of building, porte- brary and dining room each have a paneled dado and
THE
cochere, balconies at second story, tower, and orna- a fireplace built of buff brick and provided witha
mental chimneys. Dimensions: Front, 42 ft.; side, 63 tiled hearth and mantel. The latter contains a buffet
built in, with a stained glass window. The windows
Scientific American,
ft. 6in., exclusive of piazza and porte-cochere. Height
of ceilings: Cellar, 7 ft. 6 in.; first story, 10 ft.; second, throughout have transoms glazed with stained glass,
9ft.; third, 8 ft.8 in. The underpinning is built of which shed a pleasant light over the various apart-
ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS EDITION. rock-faced bluestone, laid up at random, with brick ments. Kitchen, pantries and rear hall are wainscoted
jambs. The superstructure above is built of wood, with and provided with the usual fixtures in the best possi-
the exterior framework sheathed ; the first story clap- ble manner. There are five bed rooms, large closets
$2.50 a Year. Single Copies, 25 cents. boarded and the second and third stories shingled ; all and bath room on second floor. Each bed room is pro-
stained a chocolate brown with Cabot’s creosote stain. vided with a stationary wash bowl. Bath room is
Roof shingled and stained similar. The first floor is wainscoted and replete. There are two bed rooms and
This is a Special Edition of THE SCIENTIFIC AMERI- trimmed with ash, finished natural. The doors and trunk room on third floor, besides a staircase leading
CAN, issued monthly. Each number contains about windows have beaded casings, and turned, sunk angle to studio, which is located in tower. The walls and
forty large quarto pages, forming, practically, a large blocks. The staircase in hall is turned out of natural ceiling of this studio are paneled with narrow beaded
and splendid Magazine of Architecture, richly cherry, and is provided with an ornamental newel, stuff, and it alsocontains an open fireplace. Cemented
adorned with elegant plates in colors and with fine en- balusters, etc. This hall has a polished floor of ash. cellar contains laundry, furnace and other necessary
gravings ; illustrating the most interesting examples of Hall, parlor, and dining room are provided with open apartments. Cost $18,000 complete. Paliser& Paliser,
modern Architectural Construction and allied subjects. fireplaces, built of brick and terra cotta, with hearth architects, New York City, N. Y. Our engraving was
A special feature is the presentation in each number , laid with same. The mantels are of excellent design. made direct from a photograph of the building taken
of a variety of the latest and best plans for private Dining room has an old casement window, glazed with especially for the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.
residences, city and country, including those of very stained glass, which throws a soft and mellow light an
cd
moderate cost as well as the more expensive. Draw- over this apartment with pleasing effect. Den is fitted A COTTAGE AT RICHMOND, MO.
ings in perspective and in color are given, together up similar to the other apartments. Kitchen, pantries,
with Floor Plans, Specifications, Costs, ete. On page 7 we give a perspective and plans of Mr. J-
and laundry are isolated from the rest of building, and
No other building paper contains so many plans, T. Patten’s cottage at Richmond, Mo., built recently-
are fitted up in the best possible manner with the
details, and specifications regularly presented as the The foundation is of stone, with brick piers for the
various appointments. Second floor is trimmed with
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Hundreds of dwellings have porches. Not excavated, except for ash pit and under
whitewood, finished natural, and it contains five bed
already been erected on the various plans we have rear of building for cellar. Exterior walls are sheeted
rooms, man’s bed room, and bath room, the latter
issued, and many others are in process of construction. with common boxing and covered with half-inch bevel
wainscoted and fitted up replete. Third floor is
All who contemplate building or improving homes, siding and the gables shingled. A quarter circle porch,
trimmed with yellow pine, finished natural, and it con-
or erecting structures of any kind, have before them in with circular steps, covers the front entrance. There is
tains three:bed rooms, besides'ample storage. Cemented
this work an almost endless series of the latest and best alsoaside and a rear porch. Cellar entrance from back
cellar contains furnace and other necessary apartments.
examples from which to make selections, thus saving Mr. Henry A. Lambert, architect, Bridgeport, Conn. porch. Vestibule has an ornamental window. All
time and money. other windows are glazed with D. 8. A. glass. Height
Our plate and engravings were made direct from
Many other subjects, including Sewerage, Piping, photographs of the building taken especially for the of story, 11 ft. Kitchen wainscoted 2 ft. 8 in. high.
Lighting, Warming, Ventilating, Decorating, Laying SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. All other rooms have moulded base, and allrooms have
Out of Grounds, ete., are illustrated. An extensive moulded casings, corner or head and plinth blocks.
5 ne 4 pe
Compendium of Manufacturers’ Aunouncements is also There are two pairs and one single sliding doors. All
A COLONIAL HOUSE, except front doors are five panel P. G., best quality
given, in which the most reliable and approved Build-
ing Materials, Goods, Machines, Tools, and Appliances We present herewith as the subject of one of our white pine. The principal rooms have picture mould.
are described and illustrated, with addresses of the colored plates a house, colonial in treatment, erected The parlor is finished in gum, all other rooms in yellow
makers, ete. for John Calvin Stevens, Esq., at Portland, Maine, from pine. All have natural wood finish. Kitchen has iron
The fullness, richness, cheapness, and convenience of plans prepared by the proprietor. Dimensions: Front, sink and waste. The library is furnished with a grate
this work have won forit the Largest Circulation 30 ft.; side, 40 ft., exclusive of front porch and platform. and hard wood mantel, with bevel plate mirror. Door
of any Architectural publication in the world. Height of ceilings : Cellar, 7 ft.; first story, 9 ft.; second, and window trim is bronze. Cost about $1,600. J. E.
An Increase of Trade will necessarily accrue to 8 ft. 6in.; third, 8 ft. The design shows a very oddand Cowdery, architect. L. P. Garrett & Co., builders.
all Manufacturers and Dealers whose establishinents tasty bit of rural architecture. The first story is built Our plate was made from a photograph of the building
are conspicuously represented in this important edition of brick, which protrude at random, giving dots of specially taken for the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN,
of THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Terms for advertising shadows, playful in their effect. Above this brickwork ——_-3+0+>___——_—_

very moderate. A card of rates sent on application. the walls are shingled and left to weather-stain. Roof A MOUNTAIN COTTAGE,
Bound Volumes.—Two volumes are published an- shingled. Within the rooms are varied in their treat-
We publish in this issue, on page 9, two floor plans
nually. Volumes 1 to 12, which include all the num- ment. Vestibule has Dutch doors. Hall and library
and a view of a mountain cottage in Massachusetts,
bers of this work from commencement to close of 1891, are trimmed with whitewood, deepened slightly in designed by the late H. H. Richardson.
tuay now be obtained at this office or from Booksellers color. The hall contains a very handsome staircase, The exterior is of rough rock-faced random rubble,
and Newsdealers. Price, bound in paper, $2.00 per vol- with colonial columns extending to ceiling. The
and the general effect is very picturesque. A loggia
ume. These volumes contain all the colored plates, space between these columns is filled in with spindle runs round two sides of the house, from which a
sheets of details, specifications, and all the other inter- work. Parlor is finished in old ivory white. The walls
pleasant view of the surrounding country is obtained.
esting matter pertaining to the work. They are of are in grayish blue, while the ceiling is in light olive Two reception rooms connected by sliding doors, each
great permanent value. Forwarded to any address. brown. Dining room is stained a deep mahogany.
having an angle fireplace. There is a large entrance
MUNN & CO., Publishers,
This room has a paneled dado five feet in height, and hall, and the stairease is arched off this hall. The den
the walls and ceiling above are colored with burnt
861 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. is 11. ft. Gin. by 18 ft. The fireplace is extra large, to
sienna. The fireplaces are fitted up complete, with
We can supply at moderate cost the full plans, spe- tiled hearths and hard wood mantels. burn cord wood. The dining room is 12 ft. by 18 ft.
Kitchen is wain-
cifications, details, bills of materials, etc., ready for the and is conveniently arranged with a butler’s pantry
scoted and trimmed with yellow pine, finished natural.
builder, for any of the structures illustrated in this and the kitchen. On the second story are five bed
It contains range, sink, wash trays, large pantries and
publication. We are assisted by a staff of able and rooms, a general toilet room, and a private toilet room
lobby large enough to admit ice box. Second floor con- connected with the best bed room. The estimated
experieuced architects.
tains four bed rooms, large closets and bath room,
cost of this cottage is $10,000. There are two attics
trimmed with white pine finished natural. Bath room
and a large trunk room which is conveniently ar-
CONCERNING AGENTS. is wainscoted and is fitted up replete. Cemented cellar
ranged to the second story staircase. The house is
under whole of house, containing furnace and necessary
Customers who pay money to subscription agents or cellared underneath the kitchen and dining room and
brokers do so at their own risk. Care should be taken
apartments. Cost, $3,800 complete. rear hall. Foundation walls being 20 inches thick.
Our plate was made direct from a photograph of the
to deal only with known, responsible, and reliable The grounds are left in their rough natural state, the
parties. Wesend no papers until we receive the sub-
‘building taken especially for the SCIENTIFIC AMERI- foot paths, etc., artistically arranged with the rise and
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scription price; and no person is authorized to repre- fall of the grounds. The general effect is very pleasing
sent us, act for us, or receipt for us. and in perfect keeping with the surrounding scenery.
A RESIDENCE AT BRIDGEPORT, CONN,
Munn & Co., Publishers, 361 Broadway, New York. Our engraving was prepared for the SCIENTIFIC AME-
We present on page 4 one of the most attractive and
RICAN direct from a photograph of the building.
picturesque looking houses at Sea Side Park, Bridge-
ti
CONTENTS port, Ct., which has been erected for J. A. Barri, Esq.
Of the January number of the ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS EDITION This is an admirable design, both in arrangement and If any of our readers have made an invention for
of SC\ENTIFIC AMERICAN.
appearance. The ample piazza and balconies, the fire- which they have thoughts of taking a patent, they
(illustrated articles are marked with an asterisk.)
places and window seats, all are fine features. The are invited to communicate with Messrs. Munn & Co.,
Band scroll and resaw*............
Bin and sieve, flour*®...............
Notes; World’s fait:.:.. ..s.000-.0¢ 12 hanging
Paint. the best. ss.s ese ress sense 12
balconies attached to the pagoda on top the publishers of this paper, who for a period of
Castings, zinc, reparation........... 8 |Parsonage, Gardner, Me.*. .5, 10 of house afford very pleasant retreats. The first story forty-three years have conducted a most successful
Chairs, old and modern*........... 8 | Pavement, asphalt..............06. 5
Church, Baptist, Gardner, Me.*.5, 11 | Redwood, durability of....... .... 3/is built of pressed brick, with brownstone and terra- bureau in this line. A pamphlet of instruetions will
Church of moderate cost*. 8 14 ;Residence, Black Rock, Conn.*
Cistern, rain water*...... 6| cotta trimmings, and the superstructure above is built be sent free, containing full directions how to obtain a
Cottage, mountain*.... 9 | Residence, Bridgeport, 4 Conn.*!.2,
Cottage, Richmond, Mo, .2, of wood, with the exterior clapboarded and painted red,
7) Residence. Bridgeport, Conn.*..5, 13 patent, costs, ete. In very many cases, owing to their
Design, staircase and hall*....... . 15 | Residence, Rochester, N. Y.*...... 12
Drexel Institute, Philadelphia*.. 5| with trimmings of a darker shade.
:3 Rust, iron, a cause of fire.......... Gables are paneled. long experience, they can tell at once whether a patent
Frame, window, Schmidt’s’....... 15]
” Stafh®.c:.0.,.
2eee eee 3 probably can be obtained ; and advice of this kind they
German Flouse, Chicago*.......... 5
5|'Temple, Masonie, new, Kansas Roof is covered with octagonal cut dlates and is fin-
Hanger, door, Warner*............ 16 | Lig... cdeeesaae pate es ae
Hot water vs. steam heating...... 15 |Thoroughness, value of...... mae ished with a terra-cotta cresting and dragon finials. are always happy to furnish free of charge. Address
House, colonial. ............ceee.s-
Moulder, standard*.........-+..+++
2| Tracks, bird, in: Stone...
15 'Trimmings, nickel, to polish
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 Jan., 1892. Seientitic American, Architects and Builders Edition,
THE DREXEL INSTITUTE OF ART, SCIENCE, AND
INDUSTRY,
By the generous action of one of Philadelphia’s
noble citizens, a magnificent institution for industrial
learning has been established in that city ;and on De-
cember 17 the beautiful structure was the scene of dedi-
eatory exercises of a highly interesting nature.
The institute was built and endowed by Anthony J.
Drexel, head of the great banking firm of Drexel &
Co., and its scope and objects as outlined by him ‘are
the extension and improvement of industrial education
as a means of opening better and wider avenues of em-
ployment to young men and women.”
The building was erected at a cost of $600,000, and
Mr. Drexel has endowed it with a fund of $1,000,000.
Mr. Chauncey M. Depew, of New York, made the
dedicatory address. He was followed by Wayne
MacVeagh, who presented, on behalf of Mr. Drexel,
the deeds of trust conveying the building and endow-
ment funds. Dr. James McAllister, presi-
dent of the institute, responded.
The institute is located at Thirty-second
and Chestnut Streets, West Philadelphia.
The building is in the style of the classic
Renaissance, constructed of buff brick
with terra cotta ornamention, the base
being of rock-faced granite. <A richly de-
corated portal in Chestnut Street, 26 feet
wide and 35 feet high, forms the principal
entrance. This admits to a portico of
colored marbles and paneled oak ceiling,
which in turn opens into a spacious hall,
the ceiling of which is supported by pil-
lars of red Georgian marble. Beyond is
a great central court, 65 feet square and
the entire height of the building, and
covered with a ceiling, the center of which
is of stained glass. A double marble
stairway leads to the upper floors and
descends to the auditorium and the work-
shops in the basement. Broad galleries THE
extend around the court on the second
and third floors. These are supported and inclosed by
arcades. From these galleries entrance is afforded to
the class rooms, laboratories, and studios, all of which
are lighted from without. The portico, entrance hall,
and central court are wainscoted in marble; the
arcades are faced with enameled bricks, and the divid-
ing cornices are of terra cotta. The woodwork through-
out the building is of polished oak.
The offices, library, and reading room are on the first
floor. There is a lecture room, with a seating capacity
for 250 students ; the auditorium is capable of seating
1,500 persons. A grand organ occupies the space back
of the stage at the eastern end. The seats in the audi-
torium consist of rows of upholstered arm chairs. The
class rooms are commodious, averaging from 48 by 34
to 56 by 44 feet. There are three physical laboratories
on the second floor, the chemical laboratory being on
the third floor, and the gymnasium on the fourth floor
front. These connect with bath and dressing rooms,
The photographie studios and laboratory are in the
rear on the fourth floor. Cloak rooms and lavatories,
finished in marble and oak, are placed in all four stories
of the building. The trustees’ room is on the second
floor. The shops for mechanical work are in the base-
ment, as are also the steam and electric plants.
The object of the institute is the extension and im-
provement of industrial education as a means of open-
ing better and wider avenues of employment to young
men and women. The plan is comprehensive, the aim
being to provide liberal means of culture for the masses
by means of lectures, evening classes, library, and
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museum. It is expected, however, that modifications of Paris and aber with some other materials, as alu-
will be made as the growth of the several departments mina, glycerine, dextrine, ete., according to the special
and the experience gained in conducting them may re- casting which is to be made or the kind of mould em-
quire. ployed. To prevent brittleness, the material is cast
The work of the institute will be arranged under the around coarse cloth bagging or oakum. This material
following general divisions: 1, Art Department; 2, was first used in the Paris Exposition buildings of 1878.
Scientific Department; 38, Department of Mechanic Its natural color is a murky white, but other colors
Arts; 4, Department of Domestic Economy ; 5, Techni- may be produced by external washes, while the castings
cal Department; 6, Business Department; 7, Depart- may be made to accurately represent cut stone, rock-
;ment of Physical Training; 8, Normal Department for faced stone, mouldings, and the most delicate designs
the Training of Teachers; 9, Department of Lectures of every kind. For the lower portion of the walls the
and Evening Classes; 10, Library and Reading Room ; material is mixed with cement to make it hard.
11, Museum.
Independent of the regular departments, students Durability of Redwood,
will have the option of taking such courses as they The Santa Barbara authorities recently investigated
may elect and can advantageously pursue. Other de- the lasting qualities of redwood, in order to decide
partments will be added as the need or demand for whether to use redwood or stone for a bulkhead for
them becomes apparent. A department of choral the proposed esplanade.
music will probably be instituted at an early day. Al The following are the questions and answers re-
ceived in regard to Santa Cruz redwood:
From E. L. Van Kleck: How long will
this redwood last under ground or in salt
water? Answer—Without any decay at
all, it will last 25 years. Some will last
much longer; 6 X 6 posts have been re-
moved perfectly sound after being in the
ground over 30 years.
How long would it remain sufficiently
sound to hold spikes, or until one-third
of a 6X8 timber would decay, while
constantly wet with salt water? Answer
—In some eases, 30 years. I am told by
some that the kind of lumber described
will last forever.
How long would 6 x 8 piles last, where
they are constantly wet with salt water
to four or five feet above ground? An-
swer—Salt water being a good preserva-
tive, I should think they would last 35
years.
DREXEL INSTITUTE OF ART, SCIENCE, AND INDUSTRY. How long would it remain sound in
the ground where there is salt water, or
system of free scholarships will be established for the|where it would be alternately wet and dry? Answer—
regular and special courses. Thirty years.
In order to guard against the abuse of the privileges How long would 2-inch plank last in a retaining wall,
of the institute, fees will be required, but the liberal with earth more or less damp or wet on one side, and
endowment of $1,000,000 is designed to make the the other side dry, or exposed to the weather? Answer
charges moderate, and all moneys received will be ap- —Dampness does not seem to have any decaying effect
plied to the maintenance of the work of the institute. on redwood. I should say such plank would last 20
Deposits will be required to guard against loss through years. All of this without any preservation. Coal
breakage in the laboratories. Students will be ex- tar as a preservative, applied hot, is as good as any I
pected to supply text books, and those in the millinery know.
and dressmaking classes will provide part of the ma- From Charles Pierce: I have known some heavy
terials used, but all tools and materials used in the black heart Santa Cruz redwood to lie under ground
workshops will be furnished by the institute. as long as 30 years without decay. This was in the
ss +8 ease of a piece of 6 X 6 redwood used by myself for a
STAFF. gate post on my own premises.
It is estimated that about thirty thousand tons of Russell Heath: I have fence posts of redwood on my
staff will be used in the finishing of the buildings of farm, the same having been in the ground 32 years,
the Worid’s Columbian Exposition, this material being and they are sound, free from decay.
employed on nearly all the structures. The illus- John P. Stearns: I know of a timber of Santa Cruz
tration given below represents one of the rooms of redwood that was 41 years under and in moist ground,
the Staff Decorative Co., who are now employing about and remained sound, free from decay.
two hundred men making this material, which is fire- G. P. Tebbetts: I know of common redwood posts
proof and is furnished in shapes and forms suitable to that have been set in Santa Barbara over 25 years,
be nailed to the frames of the buildings, inside and out. and are sound to-day.
Fig. 1 represents the raising of the gelatine mould from ett ee
the cast and Fig. 2 shows the fluting of the large WHEN the nickel trimmings of stoves get tarnished,
columns for the Electrical Building. Gelatine is now make a paste of soda and ammonia and rub it on with
more largely used than any other material for the a tooth brush. Remove the paste with a piece of old
moulds, although when there is no undercut, plaster, flannel and polish the trimmings with chamois, The
wax or sulphur moulds may be employed, or wood or mica in the doors of heaters and stoves can be cleaned
metal forms. The staff itself is a composition of plaster
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THE PARSONAGE AT GARDNER, MAINE, it is only necessary to suppose that under these cireum- and not forgetting that their work must be complete,
We publish on page 10 a design of substantial con- |stances the particles of metallic iron become exposed to thejgreatest care being given to the requirements of each
struction, with a pleasing exterior and a roomy interior, |the action of the atmosphere, and this may occur from separate room. As it was impossible to fit any histori-
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erected as the parsonage of the First Baptist Church, ‘the mere expansion or contraction of the pipes, in order |cal style of architecture to this extraordinary building,
at Gardner, Maine. Dimensions: Front, 384 ft. 6 in.;| to account for many of the fires which periodically take |a new style had to be invented for this special case.
side, 40 ft. 6 in., exclusive of piazza and shed. Height The walls and arches are to be of stone or brick, with
of ceilings: Cellar, 7 ft.; first story, 9 ft.; second, 8 ft. a frame of steel girders and beams, and a filling of hol-
6in.; third,8 ft. Underpinning, brick. The first story low bricks, and for the sake of economy many windows
is clapboarded and painted light olive green, with trim- must be provided, thus preventing the erection of large
mings of a darker shade ; second story and gables are wall surfaces, that light and air may be supplied to all
covered with cedar shingles, stained sienna. Roof, parts of the building. Antique halls, with pillars, Ro-
shingled and painted red. The interior throughout is man and Gothic pointed arches and the ornamentation
trimmed with whitewood, finished natural. Hall con- of the Renaissance were out of the question; but never-
tains an ornamental staircase turned out of ash. This theless the architects hope to produce a structure which
hall, dining room and kitchen have hard wood floors, will combine beauty and usefulness.
laid with birch in narrow widths, Parlor and library That the details of the building may be better un-
are separated by double sliding doors, the latter con- derstood, we will state that the front on Randolph
taining an open fireplace furnished with a tiled hearth Street is 80 ft. wide and 181 ft. deep. In the basement
and a hard wood mantel. Kitchen is wainscoted and are, besides the necessary engine rooms, etc., the cloak
contains sink and a large well fitted up pantry. This rooms, the meeting rooms for the theater, and also a
house has the customary shed attached which is so restaurant arranged like a “rathskeller.” On the
frequently seen in this vicinity. There are four bed} ground floor is the main entrance, which is 40 ft. wide,
rooms, large closets, studyjand bath room on second and on each side of this a store to be rented. The
floor and one room and storage on third floor, all re- theater will contain 1,257 seats, and will extend up
plete. Bath room is wainscoted with birch. Cemented through five stories of the front building, so that the
cellar contains furnace and other apartments. Cost seats in the parquette and galleries can rise one above
$2,500 complete. Mr, Lewis, architect, same place. the other, allowing the spectators to see the stage over
Our engraving was made direct from a photograph the heads of those in front of them. The galleries are
of the building taken specially for the SclENTIFIC provided with iron supports, so that the entire audito-
AMERICAN. rium will be free from pillars. On both sides of the
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parquette and the first gallery are passages which lead
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, GARDNER, MAINE. by the stage to the rear street, and which are also con-
We present on page 11 a ground plan and perspec- nected with lobbies. There are two lobbies for the
tive, reproduced from a photograph of the building, parquette and one for each gallery, to save the specta-
taken especially for the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, of the tors unnecessary steps during the intermissions. All
new First Baptist Church recently erected at Gard- the parts of the theater and stage, even the stairs,
KANSAS CITY-THE NEW MASONIC TEMPLE.
ner, Maine. The church, as now completed, is one of floors, galleries, etc., are made of metal or stone, so
the most picturesque and best appointed of its class. place at the commencement of the winter season.— that-it is impossible for the building to be destroyed by
The aim has been to show, by constructional outlines, Boston Jour. of Com. fire, especially as all the arrangements for the stage are
the general character of the building, to avoid all un- of the very best, with a view to prevent any danger
necessary ornamentation, and also to obtain the great- THE GERMAN HOUSE IN CHICAGO, from fire. The stage is 40 by 80 ft., and the space
est accommodation for the amount expended. The The German House, which has just been com- above the stage is 71 ft. high; there are 19 dressing
underpinning is built of granite, and the building menced in Chicago, promises to be a truly gigantic rooms connected with the stage. The auditorium and
above this is of wood ; the exterior framework being undertaking of modern architecture, as will be seen the stage are lighted by 1,400 electric lights, and are
sheathed and then covered with cedar shingles, stained from the accompanying illustration. heated by warm air, delivered by apparatus which can
The main object
sienna, with trimmings painted light brown; roof of the building is to provide a large German theater also be used for ventilation.
shingled, and painted red. The auditorium is 44 by which can be used every evening, as well as the neces- Two other halls for balls, concerts, weddings, etc.,
45 and the school room 30 by 34. This auditorium has sary halls for concerts and other meetings of the Ger- are arranged in the twelfth story, being provided with
a seating capacity of three hundred, and an addition man population of Chicago, but at the same time to reception rooms and dressing rooms. The eleventh
of one hundred and seventy-five in school room, the draw from the building itself the necessary funds to story is given up to a social club, and contains a large
latter being connected with doors that slide up into dining room, besides a number of reading rooms, bil-
roof. The interior is trimmed with cherry, in a very liard rooms, card rooms, ete. ; while the tenth story is
handsome manner. The building is lighted with used for a large restaurant with dining hall, small din-
stained glass windows, with pleasing effect. The walls ing rooms, kitchens, etc. The side wings of the build-
are colored with burnt sienna, giving it a very rich ing are to be used for a hotel, and contain 131 rooms
tone. The library is well fitted up, and is conveniently for guests, 38 bath rooms, and 10 rooms for servants,
located. Stairs at front and rear lead to basement, besides reception rooms and business apartments such
which contains a kitchen, provided with the usual as are needed in large hotels. Five fans are provided
fixtures, and a large dining room. This basement con- for changing the air in the upper stories as well as in
tains, also, two large furnaces. Cost, $8,000 complete, the basement, and these are driven by electricity ;
including furniture, decoration, furnaces, and organ, more than 2,500 incandescent lights are provided, and
which cost $1,275. Contract price of building, exclu- the building is heated by steam pipes.
sive of the above, was $6,900. John Calvin Stevens, For the foundation 900 piles were driven into the
architect, of Portland, Maine. ground, and on these a frame of iron beams is to be
——— erected. The wall of the theater will be three feet
A RESIDENCE AT BRIDGEPORT, CONN. ‘thick, and on this will rest the wrought steel supports
Our engravings, page 13, illustrate in perspective and for the eight stories above the theater. There will be
plans the house built for Mr. J. H. Coggswell, located four passenger elevators and one freight elevator in
on Norman Street. Height of stories: Cellar, 7 ft.; this remarkable building.—Jllustrirte Zeitung.
first floor, 9 ft.; second floor, 8ft. 6 in. Cellar under the 8
whole house. Water closet and laundry in the cellar. As soon as an asphalt street is down, the traffic all
Cellar bottom is cemented. Stone foundation, slate goes there, Thus the asphalt pavement falls a victim
roof. The outside is finished with clapboards and shin- to its own excellence. I have heard a great deal about
gles, with Venetian glass windows in front hall, and that celebrated Appian Way and the other Roman
landing of stairs, and in the attic. Has electric bells, roads. It is no wonder they stood, for the Romans
speaking tubes, ete. Hall, parlor, sitting and dining used wooden wheels 12 inches on the face.
“rooms are finished with whitewood, antique design. Years ago 1,500 pounds was considered a load for one
Hall, parlor, sitting and dining rooms are finished in horse on cobbles, with wheels 3 inches on the tread;
cherry, with a dead finish. Kitchen finished in the farmers came in with 6 inch wheels. To-day 8,000
natural wood. Fireplace in the sitting room, with | pounds is a common load jor a pair of horses (or say
tile hearth, faced with tile, brass rail, and ornamented 3,500 pounds net per horse) with 24% to 3 inch wheels.
linings. Second floor is finished in whitewood, same Our present roads will not bear this traffic.—Bullock.
design as first floor and finished in the natural wood.
Bath room is finished with ash. All plumbing is open.

House is heated all through with hot air. Cost, $3,400
complete. A Murray Jenks, architect. Our engraving
was made direct from a photograph taken specially for
the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.
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Is Iron Rust a Cause of Fire?
When oxide of iron is placed in contact with timber
excluded from the atmosphere, and aided by a slightly
increased temperature, the oxide will part with its oxy-
gen, and is converted into very finely divided particles
of metallic iron having such an affinity for oxygen that,
when afterward exposed to the action of the atmos-
phere from any cause, oxygen is so rapidly absorbed that
these particles become suddenly red hot, and if in suffi-
cient quantity will produce a temperature far beyond
the ignition point of dry timber. Wherever iron pipes
are employed for the circulation of any heated medium,
PATENTS
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Scientific American, continue to examine improvements and to act
as Solicitors of Patents for Inventors.
In this line of business they have had forty-five years’ experience, and now
have wnequaled facilities for the preparation of Patent Drawings, Specifi-
cations, and the prosecution of Applications for Patents in the United
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Reissues, Assignments, and Reports on Infringements of Patents. All
business intrusted to them is done with special care and promptness, on
very reasonable terms.
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tion about Patents and how to procure them; directions concerning
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Assignments, Rejected Cases, Hints on the Sale of Patents, etc.
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We also send, free
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architects had to solve the problem of designing a of the world.

whether hot water, hot air, or steam, and the pipes building covering a ground surface of 1,000 sq. ft. and MUNN & CO., Solicitors of Patents, 361 Broadway, New York,
allowed to become rusty, in close contact with timber, 165 feet high, without sacrificing the sense of beauty, BRANCH OFFICE.—622 F Street, Washington, D.C.
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TYPES OF CHAIRS, OLD AND obtained, which, after a period of from six to eight
MODERN. A CHURCH OF MODERATE COST—$2,400.
The ancient chair which figures first on this sheet hours, has hardened into an extraordinary solid gray On page 14 we illustrate.a village church recently
is supposed to be Etruscan. Executed inmarble, it is compound, This is polished with an agate stone, when )puilt at Oneida, N. Y., from plans by W. Irving Tillot-
carved in low reliefs representing a procession of war- it assumes the brilliant white color of metallic zine. son, architect, of the same place, for St. Pauls Evan-
riors, a boar hunt, ete. It is now in the Corsini Palace, The materal is then applied to damaged or faulty zine gelical Church. The outside dimensions of the
Rome. Unsuitable from its weight for anything but a ornaments and utensils, the reparation effected being auditorium are 33 x 40 ft., of the session room or small
state chair, still it is an object of great beauty ; and, of a permanent nature, ‘This cement is adapted for use chapel 12 x 20 ft.; the toweris 9 x 9 ft. outside. Height
from the fact that it must be one of the oldest chairs on stone and wood as well as on metals and glass. of auditorium at sides 15 ft., in center 22 ft. A cellar
extant, obtains a prominent place on our page. The 6 ft. 6in, high extends under the whole building, the
well framed chair next to it, with a pronounced Roman HOW TO BUILD A RAIN WATER CISTERN AND
walls being of local blue quarrystone laid in courses
FILTER,
character, is a good type. Somewhat uncommon fea- above grade line. All the rough timber of the frame
tures are the perfectly straight arms and the arch In reply to Z, and others we here give the form of cis- is of sound hemlock. The same is sheathed on outside
and baluster work under the seat. It has an official tern to be made of brick. Excavate the earth to the with matched seasoned hemlock boards. ‘The roof is
appearance and would look well at the head of a table SS WEB La ee py =i WA]
boarded with square-edged hemlock boards, covered
in a committee or board room. The ‘‘ Georgian” is the with building paper, and has sea green slate laid
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antithesis to the formality of the last. The curved NSNYVPKS VANWAIAS diagonally. The roof of the tower is covered with
arms, bent supports, and widely spread legs give ita WW NEM to black slate with half hexagon ends. The «ross at the
jaunty air which suggests familiar conversation and terminal is of galvanized iron. All of the outside
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and well padded, makes a suitable finish to the formal
back. The first two chairs below form good furniture
fora hall. The ‘Shakespearean ” is a form familiar to
us as being the product of the period to which our
great national poet belonged. The high back seat next
in order belonged to Thomas Wentworth, first Earl of
Strafford, and has his arms carved thereon. It forms
one of a set now preserved at South Kensington Mu-
seum. These two are, perhaps, not what
ealled comfortable chairs according to present
but then they were for use in times not given to the
luxury of the present age—in an age, too, when life
was passed more in the open air, and had little desire
for that ease which now leads to many padded mon-
strosities. These latter bulge out into ever-varying
forms, as fashion and a craze for novelty dictate. There
is little doubt that if the old furniture designers were
required to work for the present day, they would, with-
out sacrificing the greater ease now demanded, give us
something beautiful at the same time. The ‘‘ King
Charles,” though of modern make, is a noticeable ex-
ception to our last remark, for it is as comfortable as it
is dignified, being firmly made, well stuffed, and cov-
ered, moreover, with sumptuous Genoa velvet with
stamped pattern. Space will not permit us to do more
than eall attention to the interesting chair from the
studio of Mr. J. R. Reid, the talented painter; and the
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have border lights of colored cathedral glass; the
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through the sliding doors. The walls of the interior
have vertical wainscoting as high as the window sills.
would be Above this, together with the ceiling, two coats of
tastes ; Adamant plaster. All the interior trim is of North
Carolina pine. The seats and railing along the plat-
form are of oak, finished natural. The interior is
lighted with gas; 250 persons can be comfortably
seated in the auditorium and chapel. The outside has
two coats of best white lead and oil. All the materials
have been furnished and the labor performed for the
sum of $2,400.
required depth and lay in the brick, using a mortar of a
the best Portland cement. Single brick thickness is
sufficient. The neck of the cistern is to stand just at Bird Tracks in Stone,
or slightly above the level of the ground. In laying Mr. E. F. Church, editor of the Newtown Enterprise,
| the bricks, put cement behind the bricks, so that when Newtown, Pa., during a recent excursion over the bor-
| finished the entire exterior of the cistern will be covered der line into New Jersey, found a stone having bird
with cement. The dividing wall of single brick forms tracks indented in its surface. Mr. H. G. Woodman,
the filter through which the water from the large re- of Langhorne, Pa., geologist, says:
ceiving chamber will find its way. The whole interior “The stone is of Jura-Triassic shale, and was found
of the cistern, except the filtering wall, is to be plastered in the valley of the Delaware River, near Frenchtown,

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mental work, or the like, can be concealed by the fol-
lowing preparation: A water glass solution of 33 de
grees B. is well stirred with Spanish white, adding zine
powder (so-called zine gray) untila thick plastic mass is
with cement, using Portland cement one part, clean
sharp sand two parts. The receiving chamber will need
to be occasionally cleaned. For the first few months of
use the water will be rendered somewhat hard by the
cement, but this will pass away, and after that pure
soft water, suitable for all domestic purposes, will be
enjoyed. Convenient dimensions for a small family
are 6 ft. diameter, 8 ft. deep. But the dimensions may
be made to suit,
N. J., a few miles below the northwestern limit of the
Jura-Triassie formation. The tracks are 14 inches
apart, 3 inches long, and 2 inches wide, and they prob-
ably belong to Hitchcock’s order of ‘‘Brontozoums.”
The locality in which it was found seems to have been
an extensive shore line in Triassic times, as ripple
marks, sun cracks, as well as other fossil footprints,
abound, and the geologist will be amply repaid for a
careful examination.”
Jan, 1899. Seientific American, Architects and Builders Edition, 9
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 Scientitic American, Architects and Builders Eslition,
A RESIDENCE AT ROCHESTER, N. Y. flanges that encircle the ball, thereby separating the
The plate herewith presented represents the beauti- ball end from the socket end. The ball end was then
ful dwelling of Geo. C. Hollister, Esq., on East Avenue, riveted to one pipe, and the socket to the next. When
Rochester, N. Y. Mr. James Cutler, architect. The the riveting was completed, the parts were placed in
building is of light red stone of very agreeable tint. position with the ball lifted off the bottom to aid in
The internal arrangements and appointments are of adjusting the socket. Divers fastened the flanges to-
the most excellent description, Our plate was pre- gether again as soon as the socket was placed in posi-
pared direct from a photograph of the building by Miss tion. The 60-in. pipe began with a flexible joint. As
Catherine Barnes, an amateur photographer of na- the lengths of pipe were laid, the forward end of each
tional reputation. was raised by blocks, so that when from five to fifteen
ee sections had been rigidly riveted, their weight caused
Steel Water Mains in Toronto, them to sink to the proper grade—the joint permitting
In the last annual report of the superintendent of this motion. When this occurred another flexible
the Toronto (Canada) water works, Mr. W. Hamilton, joint was used, thereby taking the leverage off the
there is an interesting description of the new steel con- preceding pipes, and preventing further settlement,
duits which have been constructed to increase the 0
supply of water taken from Lake Ontario through the
The Builder of the White House,
old 3 feet cast iron and 4 feet wood intakes. The de-
scription was prepared by Mr. W. C. Brough, the en- It was James Hoban—the friend of George Wash-
gineer of the department, and the following abstract ington—to whose genius we owe the White House and
is taken from the Hngineering Record: The new sub- other public buildings in the district, who was employ-
merged conduits are two in number, one 48 inches in ed by the year, at the suggestion of President Wash-
diameter and 4,660 feet long, the other 60 inches in ington in 1792, at an annual salary of 300 guineas, con-
diameter and 6,027 feet long. The 60 inch pipes are tinuing until 1798, when he was appointed supervising
made in lengths of 56 ft. 9 in., and the flexible joints architect of the United States Capitol, admittedly the
are 4 ft. 644 in. long. These dimensions with the building par excellence of the United States. James
Jan., 1899.
$55. Suppose it lasts but three years, we would have
a cost of $18.33 per annum for good paint and $20 per
annum for cheap paint.
This illustration shows, therefore, that durability is
the main factor in the paint, especially as the principal
motive of painting is to preserve the material over
which the pigment was spread. What, therefore, be-
comes the main safeguard for that all-important qua-
lity, durability ? To all practical men the natural an-
swer will come: The use of that article which thus far
has proved itself most effective in battling against the
elements—pure linseed oil. That is the life of a paint,
and it cannot be supplanted by fish oil, resin oil, emul-
sions, soap mixtures and the like. Therefore ask your
manufacturers to guarantee beyond a shadow of doubt
that the vehicle-employed in their house paints is ‘‘lin-
seed oil, pure, simple and unadulterated.”
TT
World’s Fair Notes,
Itis the intention of the Indian Bureau of the United
States government to make a complete Indian exhibit,
occupying perhaps two acres. Representatives of all
the leading tribes, especially those of a distinctive type,
will be shown, together with their habitations, indus-
tries, etc. The Navajos will show their wonderful skill

A RESIDENCE AT ROCHESTER, N. Y.

4 feet pipes are 55 ft. 2in. and 4 ft. 6 in. respectively. |Hoban, born in Kilkenny County, Ireland, taught the in blanket weaving, the Zunis, whose customs have
The steel used is 3g inch single riveted Scotch boiler |profession of an architect in Dublin and was awarded been a study for years, will make pottery and live in a
plate. The fiexible joints have a body of the same a medal by the Dublin Society. In 1780 he left Ireland “hogan,” as they call their peculiar residences, the
material as the pipes, with a cast iron ball riveted on. for Charleston, where he first settled. When Washing- Piutes are to make water bottles of rushes. Then
A curved rim is riveted inside the socket, and filled ton City was contemplated, Henry Laurens, of South there will be a great collection of relics, weapons, and
with soft pig lead, which projects 144 inch beyond the|Carolina, long a State captive in the Tower of London, utensils. There will also be in operation a model
rim, and works on the planed surface of the ball. gave Hoban a letter of recommendation to George Indian school under competent teachers. The wild be-
In the total length of the 48-in. pipe, there were 65| Washington. After filling various high political posi painted and be-feathered aborigine will be contrasted
of these flexible joints used, on account of the irregu- |tions, Hoban died in 1831, leaving considerable property with the civilized or semi-civilized Indian of to-day. It
larity of the bottom of the harbor through which they to his children. is believed that foreigners particularly will be inter-
extended. In places rock had to be blasted and nO ested in the Indian exhibit.
dredged to a depth of 8 ft. in order to conform to the What Constitutes the Best Paint, The Patent Office will exhibit a comprehensive array
proper grade and to give a depth of 14 ft. of water over In a paper recently read before the Northwestern of models to illustrate the wonderful progress of me-
the pipe to satisfy the requirements of the Harbor Railroad Club by Mr. J. P. Seymour, some useful hints chanical civilization. One group of models will show
Commissioners. In the 6,027 ft. of 60-in. pipe, only 15 are given which users of paint will regard with profit the progress of the printer’s art from Gutenberg’s
joints were considered necessary, as the trench dredged to themselves. crude invention to the latest rotary perfecting and fold-
was in soft clay or sana, and could therefore be kept The paint that for the longest time will put off the ing printing press, capable of turning out newspapers
comparatively level. ‘ihe 48-in. joints were riveted necessity of repainting is the paint which must in the attherate of many thousands per hour. Other groups
directly to the pipes. Where they were unnecessary, nature of things commend itself to the user as the most will show the development of the steam engine, sewing
there was a steel sleeve riveted on, joining the two economical, which fact before a body of men like the machine, agricultural machinery, application of elec-
sections, and making a total length of one pipe of Northwest Railroad Club is best illustrated by this tricity, ete.
about 120 ft. The connections of the 60-in. pipes and calculation. Suppose a small depot along the line re- ot OO

joints were made by means of cast iron flanges having quires 20 gallons of paint. ' If the material selected for PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS.
a faced projection of 4 in. Inside this was a 34-in. this work was cheap, 75 cts. per gallon, the cost would Full plans and specifications complete, ready for the
pipe packing, which was held in position by the faced be $15; cost of application, $25 ; making a total cost of builder, may be obtained at this office, for any of the
projection on the inside and bolts on the outside; $40. Such a paint would last at most two years, or a structures illustrated in this publication. We also pre-
being first laced against one flange with wire. cost of $20 per year for this station. Now suppose this pare plans for buildings of every description, including
The majority of the bolted joints were made under| material selected for this station was the best paint. dwellings, churches, schools, stores, barns, carriage
water by divers after the pipe was nearly in its final| Twenty gallons would cost, at $1.50 per gallon, $30; houses, ete. Our work extends to all parts of the
position. The 48-in. joints, before being riveted to the |the cost of application the same as that of the cheap country. We are assisted by able architects. Terms
pipes, were taken apart in the center, by unbolting the |material, $25; making a total cost for the best paint of moderate. Munn &Co., 361 Broadway, New York.
Jan’, 1899. Scientific American, Architects and Builders Edition, 13

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A RESIDENCE AT BRIDGEPORT, CONN,
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 Scientific American, Architects and Builders Edition. 15
A HEAVY TWELVE-INCH STANDARD MOULDER. | gestions in this line may, therefore, find something to |brick evitahMe for pavers, its testing, laying, cost, and

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The illustration represents a very heavy four-sided their taste in the accompanying illustration, which is advantages, list of cities using such pavement, ete. It
moulder designed for large work. Itis especially adapt- an original design specially made for the Willer Manu- is said that the use of brick for paving is no longer an
ed for all kinds of heavy building material, car work, facturing Co., of Milwaukee, Wis., and appearing in| experiment, Decatur, Illinois, one of the first cities to
mantel work, etc. The side heads, with their spindles, their catalogue, No. 9. This company has made a use brick for this purpose, having now about ten miles
raise and lower with the table, and both inside and specialty of fine interior hard-wood woodwork for first of brick-paved streets, which it is said are giving great
outside spindles are adjustable vertically and horizon- class buildings, and has finished the halls and stair- satisfaction. Brick for this purpose is made of such
tally, while in operation, by hand wheels on the front cases complete of many beautiful residences. density as to be practically impervious to water, and
side below the bed. The under head is also adjustable + should be very tough and thoroughly vitrified.
laterally. Theseare great improvements on moulders, Hot Water vs, Steam Heating, 40
and will be appreciated by all first-class operators. An interesting essay under this title, written by SCHMIDT’S IMPROVED WINDOW FRAME.
There are chip breakers to every head, and in this Leicester Allen, M.E., has recently been issued by This patented improvement was illustrated and de-
there is a marked advantage, as there can be no tearing the Sanitary Publishing Company, of New York, and seribed in our last issue, but an incor-
on any of the heads, the way these improvements are is mailed to any address for the price of ten cents. rectly worded sentence rendered the de-
rigged. The feed is extra powerful, and consists of The author has had an extensive practical experience scription somewhat erroneous, although
the illustration plainly represented
the efficiency and simplicity of the
device.
The parting rail in the slideways, as
shown in the accompanying picture, is
placed in a slightly diagonal position, so
that when the sashes are closed they will
be firmly wedged in position to exclude
air and prevent rattling, while the in
upper portion of the slideway the of
lower sash and the lower portion of the
slideway of the upper sash a spring is
placed in a recess in the parting rail, by
means of which, when either sash is
pushed to the wider portion of its slide-
way, it will be held at any position in
which it may be left. The obvious con-
venience and the extreme simplicity of
————_-. — the device will be readily apparent. The
improvement has been patented by Mr.
THE EGAN COMPANY HEAVY STANDARD MOULDER.
August Schmidt, of No. 1768 Amsterdam
four rolls, two in the bed and two above, all driven by with all the leading systems of heating, and is able also Avenue, New York City.
powerful gearing, and the expansion for driving the to explain all the details from a thoroughly scientific .

lower rolls is very perfect. There are two feeds on the Walue of Thoroughness,
standpoint. He does not believe in poor work of any
machine. . The upper feed spindles are hung on links kind, or in an incomplete or ill regulated service, but Accuracy in details is the one thing lacking with
in such a manner that the feed rolls raise up parallel, emphatically indorses hot water heating, and the em- inany mechanics as well as business men. They per-
giving the feed rolls a full bearing on the board the ployment of such heaters as are made on the drop tube form their tasks in a perfunctory way and are satisfied
entire width of the piece. By an improved system of systein, as having greater durability and best promot- with general results. Thoroughness is one of the
weighting, the feed rolls can be instantly raised up, al- ing an efficient circulation. The pamphlet has a num- greatest needs of this superficial age. Everything is
lowing the operator to slip the board back. For fur- ber of illustrations of successful applications of hot done in a hurry and every one seems possessed with
ther information address the builders, the Egan Co., water heating. the idea of covering the most ground in the shortest
Nos. 209 to 229 West Front Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, 8 time. Work is estimated by its surface measurement
U.S, A. Messrs. LANE Bros. of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., report rather than by breadth and depth. The tendency isa
a te that their business never was better than it is at pres- mischievous one and should be guarded against. The
A STAIRCASE AND HALL DESIGN, ent. The “Lane Barn Door Hangers,” as well as their ian who masters the details of his profession builds
A house built for a particular individual or family parlor door hanger, are now well known in all sections upon a foundation that will withstand the severest
may vary in many particulars from the regular and of the country, and the sales are said to be constantly tests of time and circumstances.
conventional styles on which builders plan groups of increasing. A recent addition to the works of the firm ee
houses to put on the market without any addition to has just been completed. THE WESTERN MINERAL WooLCo., recently removed
the cost. And all such variations, provided they be in rs to the ‘‘ Rookery” building, Chicago, announce the
good taste and made with a proper sense of harmony “Brick PAVEMENTS” is the title of a most interest- erection of an extensive plant, to be completed Janu-
and proportion, add greatly to the charm of a home. ing book of seventy-five pages prepared by Messrs. J. ary 1. The company has very extensive facilities for
Perhaps in no other one particular is there so great an W. Penfield & Son, of Willoughby, Ohio, for the use the manufacture of insulation, deafening, fire-proofing,
opportunity for specialization in the construction of a of their customers and others interested, The firm are pipe and boiler covering, and asbestos materials, and
house as in the planning and arrangement of the main manufacturers of a large variety of clay-working ma- is prepared to submit estimates or make contracts for
hall and staircase. Those who are looking for sug- chinery, and in this book they treat of the kind of the largest possible undertakings.

Z.02TOR
A STAIRCASE AND HALL DESIGN OF THE WILLER MANUFACTURING co. I BA nf
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THE IMPROVED WARNER DOOR HANGER, 96 entices or, in other words, the distance between and other proaraicitn: inachines address the Cordes-
The new single track parlor door hanger shown in the column and saw is 48 inches. The frame is cast in one man Machine Co., 24 to 34 Butler street, Cincinnati,
secompanying illustrations is designed to be very simple massive piece, with a rectangular cored section, so that OU. BRA:
-a its construction, and in the method of putting up. it is capable of withstanding a strain equivalent to one ee
A Goon fertilizer for the window garden is a table-
itis manufactured by Messrs. E. C. Stearns & Co., of and a half tons on the wheels’ axis, without affecting
spoonful of guano, dissolved in a quart of lukewarm
Syracuse, N. Y., and to avoid noise, while still giving the saw guides. The wheels are 48 inches in diameter
water and applied around the roots, once a week. The
strength and durability, metal wheels are used and and have a 81g inch face. The shafts which support
amount given will be enough to fertilize half a dozen
well seasoned hard wood track. The wheels are 344 in. the wheels are of unusual diameter and length. The
plants in pots of five or six inch size.
in diameter, and the bearings are lined with anti-fric- upper wheel shaft is 24g inches in diameter and re-
tion metal. The axles are (; in. round steel, carefully volves in two boxes with a total bearing surface of 12
turned, supported in upright frames of novel form to inches. The lower wheel shaft is 3 inches in diameter
insure the perfect centering of the door when sus- and revolves in two boxes with a total bearing surface
pended. The base plates are attached to the top of the of 18 inches. 'The iron table is large and heavy, and in
door, without cutting or mortising, and the nuts at- proportion to the machine. It pivots in a semicircu-
taching the adjusting screw to the frame are so made lar bearing, and can be adjusted to any angle in a
as to accommodate themselves to any desired vertical moment’s time and held rigidly in position by a new
adjustment of the door. The adjusting screws are and patented device.
placed at the upper corner of the door, where the ad- The graduated friction feed works are mounted on a
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justment can be most conveniently effected. This new swinging frame hinged to column, and consist of four

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hanger gives a perfect alignment. There is no mortis- 4 inch (power driven) strongly geared feed rolls, con- | | Artificial Stone,
ing or cutting of studding, no rivets are used, all the trolled by hand levers placed at side of machine | Ten parts of silicic acid, powdered and freed from im-
main parts being solid, and no boxing is required. where the operator stands, and the speed of feed can , purities, are mixed with 90 parts of water and 100 of
NE ee -be varied from nothing up to 30 feet per minute. The | quicklime, all by weight. One hundred parts of the
AN IMPROVED BAND SCROLL AND RESAW. rolls are self-centering and will center a board or tim- |product are mixed with 100 parts of sand and 5 parts
The engraving shows an improved patent band saw- ie of any ita kness up to 10 inches thick and 24 es of magnesia or fluorspar, and the mass moulded as de-
ing machine, for scroll work and resawing, designed sired. The articles are allowed to dry for 12 to 24 hours,
principally for heavy work, such as is required in ship anche while the other side yields, thus aihbilng and subjected to steam pressure under 10 atmo-
building, car, carriage, wagon, and agricultural imple- the operator to cut a slab Y or 4% inch thick off a spheres pressure for 48 to 72 hours, after which they
ment works. It can also be used to great advantage in board of any thickness up to 5 inches. Two blades are treated with boiling saturated calcium chloride so-
furniture and organ mage planing mills, ete. This are furnished with each machine, one blade 3 inches lution at a pressure of 10 atmospheres for 6: to 12 hours.
machine will carry a saw Y inch wide as well as it will wide for splitting, the other 1g inch wide for scroll They may then be dried by air or the circulation of
a saw 21g or 3 inches wide. Consequently it will answer work. The tight and loose pulleys are 24 inches in steam. Marble, magnesia, magnesium limestone, etc.,
for light as well as heavy work. It will take in 24 diameter by 6!4 inch face, and should make 400 revo- may be substituted for the sand. The stones thus
inches under the guide, and will saw to the center of lutions per minute, For further particulars about this formed are said to resemble marble, sandstone, granite,
ete., closely, to be fireproof, and to resist the action of
the weather as well as natural stones.—C. George, Ber-
lin, Germany.
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AN IMPROVED FLOUR BIN AND SIEVE.
The receptacle for flour shown in the illustration is
designed to be also an aerator and sifter, having a reel
inside the bin to agitate the flour and make it light,
thereby improving its quality, and preventing mould or
mustiness. It can be kept on a pantry table or shelf,
and by its use flour enough for a baking can be sifted
in a moment, without the employment of the extra
scoops, sieves and other receptacles generally required.

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Messrs. Sherman & Butler, 26 and 28 West Lake Street,
B, Chicago, Tl.
Neen ee sp a
THE HARTMAN MBG. Co., of Beaver Falls, Pa., pub-
lishes a neat booklet with illustrations and testimonials
| of their goods, which they will take pleasure in sending
| =MtEN
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7/ aN to parties interested. The line of goods includes steel
picket lawn fence and gates, wire panel farm fence,
steel picket tree and flower guards, flexible steel wire
mats, woven wire carpet. The company is admirably
THE CORDESMAN MACHINE C0.’S NO, 4 BAND SCROLL AND RESAW, equipped to afford the best goods at reasonable prices,
 Jaxvary, 1899. Scientific American, Architects and Builders Edition, i
BROWN’S |
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Extra heavy tested to
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LONG FIRE TRAVEL (13 Feet).
Not recommended for a ie musrentee Satire a paints to be made
2 F; ri »| only of pure linseed oil a the most pe nent pig-
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more than about half or are.” We mse no — or patent method in : 3 Sadie ates than any other Heater,
nanufacturing them by which benzine and water are 4 os : ;
the test. made to serve the purpose of pure linseed oil. Sample ;
i | | eerie co Covered with a Non-Condu ting jacket of Asbestos
Made of two seamless | Hard
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drawn copper shells.
Handsomest, best and
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It 1s easily applied without stretching or furring, making perfect key : and
Best Metallic Lath made.
solid work. EEX PANDED METAL, in other forms is used for Fences, Gates,
Window Guards, &c. Write for Hlustrated Catalogue No. ar.
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DAY’S

GLASS
(Continued from page iv.)

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INSTANTANEOUS HEATER (6) E. W. R. writes: Have you
receipt for killing a small fly insect or borer which
any

works in ouk lumber, both in piles and in buildings,

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toalarge number of lumbermen, but they know of
We have written

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Plumbing Goods
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NEWARK, N. J.
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“BENNOR” SE WER GAS

(Continued from page vi.)
(9) C. F. L. asks: Can you inform
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PATENT (10) B. F. G. writes: I have

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ing Blinds ana Screens. IMPROVED

Inside Sliding Window Blinds
§ The “Willer’’ Sliding Blinds are made in sections to slide CAROL : Manufactured by
vertically, are balanced by springs, contain Rolling Slats wher- JACOB DURSTINE,
ever wanted and are furnished complete, including finish and Successor to
HARTMAN & DURSTINE
hardware.
Wooster, Ohio,
The ‘Willer’? Folding Blinds are furnished with our Im- A pleasing substitute
for the old style of We furnish Newels, Rails, and Balusters
proved Rolling Slats without the usual wooden rod in front. hinged blind and at fitted ready to hang, or we will furnish the entire
greatly reduced stair with everything fitted (as far as proceeaere>
“Regular’ Inside Foldin, Blinds, as furnished by us, are prices. Combine
gance, Durability and
Ele- and finished smooth ready to set up.
exclusive business of this kind
We make an
of work, for which
of better material and workmanship than usually supplied by Comfort. Slide up our factory is especially fitted up. Correspond-
others. and down like sashes. ence solicited.
Easily manipulated,
The “Willer” Sliding Window Screens side up ana down, and
placed.
stay where
Of tasty
Estimates Promptly
Send Two Dimes for Illustrated
Furnished.
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are balanced by springs and cover either half of the window. styles in natural wood
\ finish of all kinds. Designs and Price List.

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The “Willer”?
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Screen Doors are noted for their unique and
Frames
strong.
light and
Slat and pa- S.E. SMITH & BRO.
nel work of beautiful
tasty designs and their superior quality of workmanship. designs. None such PROFESSIONAL

Stair Builders,
ALL GOODS MADE TO ORDER ONLY. CATALOGUE ON APPLICATION, can be obtained else-
where. Try them.
Send for illustrated
WILLER MANUFACTURING Co., catalogue and prices.
AND MANUFACTURERS OF
MILWAUKEE, WIS, Address
JACOB DURSTINE, FIRST-CLASS MODERN STAIB FINISH.
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HITCHINGS & CO.

GOTT» (Established 1844),

a YOU SHOULD KNOW

233 Mercer Street, New York,
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UMNS, GUTTERS, and SILLS,
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ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO ADVERTISERS.

ESTABLISHED 1878.
L.

= Hardwood Floors. Abbott, A. He 8 COs. cicsceccvccsccsccvcsvenns cover ii

Adamant Mfg. Co.. z rere fara hak: . viii
Lancaster Steel Roofing Co
Lane Bros
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Albemarle Soapstone OO cantar Lewis Grate & Mantel Co.......
eae cover ii
Allegheny Geom. Wood Carving ©0..........-- xii Lidell & /Withiamis: ©.s.eyeack conta eve tenis oe
Hard Of} Finish, Boston Hard Wax Little, Chas: Bisco sescavves.ceseiee dees Somme
Weighted Wax Brushes, Am, Brass & Metal Works........-+-2-++seeeesees xii
American Well Works ..... ..-.. --secerseeeeeees iii Lyles:& Mills, \c...0f>-asuasseeoeweme ae ee
SEND FOR CATALOGUE. Andrews, Johnson & CO... ...e.eeeee
cee eceee ereesii
TAOS
Te] 104 and 106 Franklin Street, Andrews Mfg. Co... seccsee oe 6 ceeeereeceees «MM Mf.
RS = : CHICAGO, ILL. Anthony, EB. & H. T.& Co... .... cece eee ee eee sees iii
Apollo Iron & Steel Co...... .-.-202 cee cere cover ii Mallory; 3B. Bite f.< Fees ol onto ).s.00 eae eee ae viv
Armor, Martin & Cok.c% vis cw 60s cose sear ass emtaira ix Manasee, Li.;..5 if i:o ne tetas sete eee . ii
Mankey Decorative O00... <.. ss. <.s0 sssse5-<3s0Rie

ELECTRIC BELLS WITHOUT A BATTERY. B. Mark) JaGol.;..--: ss-p.+5 as) an) Meaienoee aa eens xiv
Marston, Fe MOS COAL. LS 2S ae eee vii
Ball-Ball Coss) vs osc csuvacisiecsstedpsvniae
asians cisecover ii Martin, Hy. Brick Machine Mig. Co5.. tin Save
Barber, GiB. @ O0sccaccsssasenecumessusns samme xe Mason, Volney W. & CO.... 2.----.cceccesevssesoes vi
SOMETHING NEW. Barnes, W. F. & Jno. Co...........--seeeee
Barlow Bros. 25.5 $0555 see.) eee avnscdives
ese ereree iv
sineess iii
Matthews Decorative Glass Co. .. .......-.--.+vii
Maurer, Henry & Son...... poled TOL WP INS,Go ji
Barnum, H. T,......cecsssscsscesersecncerers cover iv Maxwell, Jno..& Cod... inves. te anes ee ens iii
Why use battery, mechanical or push button Bent, Sam’] L. & Son... ...... 60... eee e eee reer cers iii Mesker & Bro. .s.20~ 22.snus poe ee ee eli
bells when you can get the Gillette Electric Bealy, Chas: Hii &.C0s5.5 onccs ave) west snwaransace ii Millers Falls 00.2% 222: ec <t-oeece sata eee cover iv
Birge, M. H. & Soms.... 0. .... sees essere ee eeeee bees i Moore & Oo;, EB. Bi. 0.ccks aos eves the Cee eee iv
Door or Call Bells (without a battery), and Blessing & Oo. GwAnt ote oy hess i iA ee see oes vi Moss Engravi ine CO. 6 oliedsciewat due ns cele eee i
which never get out of order from any cause Bolles, J. B..&. COs xaos sam wesewaren eres c iv Mueller, H., Mte. OOi 2 ac awre ses acta oe xv
whatever. Not affected by extreme heat or Boughton & Terwilliger Re de Pak ans oe ae ae ale cover ii Mullins, WH 2) sexs. o22 cies «eae see oan iii
Bray, JosephF. & Oolit 2.0. ccsee tess ee hs ee Munger-Colton Mig. 00 c.0 a0. ve cor seus eOeS aaraee iv
cold, lasts a life time and reguires absolutely Bridgeport Wood Finishing Co... ........0.:000000 Vv
} no attention, and will operate door openers Broad Gauge Iron Stall Works..........+-.-.+e++8- li N.
and annunciator. Wiring for these bells is Brooks, 'T. He &'CO. oo. ss vccoscreysamees ties enicy 2a iv
same as for any electric bell, and our bells, Brush WlectiG 08 aioe ns dees neon . cover ii
Narragansett Machine Co. .:..ciecccssse0s
nakoas ensii
door opener, and annunciator may displace National Hot Water Heater Co ............
.. «xvi
Cc, National Sheet Metal Roofing Co............. . . xiii
others without making any change in the National Wood Mfg: Co. .:0...icbexwoud mee cover ii
wiring. All our instruments are guaranteed Caldwell Mfg. Co.. para va ke eka aie coveriv Niles Iron & Steel Roofing Co............. sssse0es ii
for five years aud are fully protected by Cambridge Roofing Coat
eee eee li Northrop,, Henry 8... 0... ..dasenenpnone cover iii
Canton Steel Roofing Co.... sa derec! sespessssiegeLX Norton Door Check & Spring Co.................-! Hii
patents. Central Expanded Metal Coss ieee save apd
Oharter Gas Hnginte: OO ys caiscb a ak vate arisen sie 0s os epes ii
Magneto-Bell of Every Description. Chilton MESICO Tene. cecccmcnceucs
Cincinnati Corrugating le Pre
srseem sees eaneat
a TE a eee iii
Oil Well eau, CO.5 eiius
oO.
ostieeess ee pare nica
Cincinnati Stamping C0.25 2a .2. 2...) a tne sent xiii
SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND Olark, Bunneth & ©0200-0005 wieivads opin aes ae xiii Old Bangor Sinte ©0,.0055..s¢.ssec--sees eee avi
Clay Shingle MIS aie Siow aaa oem pines ein race are lee vi Oswego Indurated Fibre Co................. cover ii
PRICE LIST. Combination Folding Bath Tub Co..............XiV
Consolidated Roofing Works..............+.- cover iv P.
JOSEPH F. BRAY & CO., Cook, BE. .H.-Co.. =. :ioebc cte
Corcoran (A. Jaci:
Cordesman Machine
rhea.
ss somes
Ss ie a es!
ena theese cover iv Paragon Plaster Cos. 2ca.ae.a-nees: amends cover iv
Co............62.-.c002 ene seeeX Pease, JE. Furnace ©0544 Sas -n5-heel espe tes an
Cox Abram Stove Co...... He Pe 3 SF har cover iii Pearson Mfg. COsssevesieied
2231 8th Awenue, ty le eyet care eee xii
Pierce, Butler & Pierce Mfg. Co............ cover iv
D. The Pike Mip.O0ssi05. aescesees deeuwl swe nibs cover ii
NEW YORK CITY. Pittsburg Plate 'Glass Co... ois. .cscene
Day Mfg Co 5 5 fics tne eae scan» tae e tee eee coe vi Poppert; Geo 4.5 33..sk.cche
a 2 eee iii
sis oeoeted eee aeeen xiii
Dean Linseed’ Oll Cock. 2 sc.keccste case --5 eccover iii Potts Bros...) . <=) Rad. pat yan Se ee a iv
Densmore Typewriter CO... .cc0e oo sees aveercee Vv Powers Duplex Regulator Co............---.e-see- xi
Detroit Heating & Lighting Co.................65- xi Pryibil, P.....u,-Mieielsess ae ee eee »Viil
READ THIS OVER TWICE. DOVOCE Wis te OOn ee hace emt nascent
Dickey, AGAYN. . shiepias, ea selerecieins geile Ceusiemeinasatusn's vi
Dixon, Jos., Crucible COv Oe. Ethical
aa

yc wena eeemes Vv
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This popular Bath, which is now in practical use Dunfee, J. GE OOsnwcr. sarpeteedomaeohons nttensase kay Randolph & Olowes, «223 «2... --22545-0-5)
throughout the U. 8., has long been recognized as the Duplex Hanger Co...........«. sapYote s\einib eine Eason Vv Feead, Ged. Becc.ivs
wane neon
sanjcas daie'ain cere Nn sae en ciclo eatin wed
leading Portable Folding Bath Tub. Constant progress DurstinG, JACOD sivec cc acicen sistentise es ao viclacienisttinres SEU Richardson Bros... 0.0. skeet eee ix
has been and is to-day the secret of its pre-eminence. E.
Richardson, Oo Bie occ + nancies nwcieleae te eae iii
7 By its use no bath room is needed. Can be placed Richmond Stave Col... see ee ae cover iii
Rumsey & OO0°.:.s.cces ede >nek ese nena ee ane cover iii
‘In any apartment of the house. An ornament to any Eberts Bros....... SARE Atha pobnoonc ae coconot.2!
i| Edison General Electric Co.............4-++ cover ii
Tro orn. A child can operate it. Uses gas, gasoline, oil, Ss.
BGAN COs Rictrisie's ¢ Pits arabes te seaman lmcnmlne «= x
|or natural gas. Warms 20 gallons of water in 25 minutes. Emerson, Smith & Co........... tb fislilele xvi
|The great expense of putting Hureka Plaster Co, .....-seccercesssneneceeccesecces Vv Samson Cordage Works............. .....- cover ii
Schumacher & Ettlinger..:. >.......
. «--+. cover ii
in heating boiler and range, Eureka Steam Heating Co.......: .. ..... .2. «eel
Scott, James B; & Corner cessaursscsete itee xiv
or furnace with cold and hot F. Semmer, Philip, Glaas Goi... ciiiicas
ca naan ig oeiv
water pipes, entirely done Seneca, Falls Mig. Co. eeeecmpeaeseen seems viii
|away with. Fisher, Erskine W...... diy nhetheh Rbahieexy amtiae iv Sheppard, IsaacAl &Co.wi.csetsccnes casts cover iv
Flanagan & Biedemweg........0..cceseccerees sores iii Sherman & Butilor=-. 22. dccccassso an meats
(@- Send for circular and Fox Machine Oei5 25 csesce tinnttets aaeilcings lescover ii Shimer, Sam’! J. & Sons
prices. Brairkk SOO: bins sates suet stiele cis«aiaaraets alti esie «a xX. Smith, Ge 'B.5 00.5505, 5. oc eee eee cee
French, oh CO. GE SOB Be se ideienecastcmwaieteeideoes« iii Smith, S..E & Bro;: cx. a, Oa ck teenie sea ieee Raee
French, 8 Hii Oonsss. vet eestee: ee cccene ete ae -V Stan-Alumin Metal Co., The i
Frink, T. Reape age RRL 33 Sgaeonacnonences orr2! Standard Varnish Works
Faller/&. Warton C05. ues ea tare abaeee xi Standard Wood Turning Co... .....

A HAPPY WIFE
Stanley Rule & Level C0: Sawyer cover ii
Starrettods. Seine-tee.e Foe ho cs tacn ten quences ii
G. Stearns; ESC. & Coles... acc (haan we lane team ces iv
Stebbins IM Sr sGN os acon Se abacte ee cele a Te Ne vii
Garry Iron & Steel Roofing Co. oS aA reg Storm Mig O:..2.000.8. too e tg teke ix
Godwin, Alfred 3 ¥snccwetotes sce. vaeseaee cover iv Stover Mig. C0. csi-. <o. 2-2 cars nnd 4: cee ae ee moe
7 Days in a Week. Gorton & Lidgerwood Co..................- cover iv
30 Days ina Month. Sturtevant, Be Hs. .6e:<i.a'siav5'e as cies oe ee
Graves 8: GSN. wsenkea uss opres cnceece cover iv Sykes Iron *& Steel Roofing CO 23.4.5 eee Seii
3G5S3 Days ina Wear. Gummey, Spering & Co.......... i
There is no mistake about it if you get hera PERFECTION FLOUR BIN Gutta Percha and Rubber Mfg. CO.) ee vi T.
A ND SIEVE,
We claim it’s a household necessity. You will say so too after using it, and HH,
Tavlor, Nu& G.Go,. .ic:.isen
cecee aera cover iv
wonder why you didn’t get one before. Remember this, It is a combination Tiffany Glass COs... «2 7eecenee econo eee -cover ii
Bin, Sifter, Pan and Scoop. Holds a full sack of flour and sifts it the finest you Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co........-...6:-0s+s00% vii TOON BLOG. «ais.> sds osiivse caek eee aoe neem Nd ek
eV rer S@w. ‘Tt saves all of the flour ; no scattering, and it will never mould or get Hartman Sliding Blind Co..... ee SaeEx Ul
m usty. Prices to hold: 25 lbs., $2.50 3 3 50 lbs., $3. 003 100 1bs., $4.00. Hitchings & Co...
Holmes, E. & B.... Uo.
CIRCULARS AND TESTIMONIALS FREE,
Howard Furnace C
NPECIAL_OFFER. If our agent or your dealer cannot supply you,
ae will send you one of these Bins F REE if
will sell two of them, which you can easil
Howard & Morse.
Hoyt& Bro. Co. .. .
Hygienic Concrete Gosh ticseen seonor
=
Xv
U8. Minoral Welle? sci.

Vv.
.na-ruts Gace A TETEN i

do among our rigeds, Aouad us the price of two Bins, and wewill
send you thhree, and guarantee satisfaction to all, Van Duzen Gas and Gasoline Engine Co........ mal
SHERMAN «&« BUTLER,
I,
Van. Horne, Griffin &. CO. oc... oee cect cece lulen Bee evi
26-28 WEST LAKE STREET, 3B. CHICAGO, ILL. Indiana Machine Works......... FE ba See hee Van Wagoner & Williams Co cover iv
TroncisdiMite Oo 7b occu cider te comet coteemen vi Venetian Blind Co cscs
<.0% ounces cen eee

J. w.
Pat. Ring Concrete Tile
SACOB MARE, OLD STYLE.
Jarden Brick O02 22¢p 00 =shes nes, seed vi Warner Mfg. Co.......... 05,5 aoa
exal
ees te. Oe a.-X vi
PATENTEE AND MANUFACTURER OF JenkinsSH. W'S Gon sc.n cs ces acmananesrtremestes Vv Watson, Ha vss nares...eet ee tr eeeatins toecover iii
Johns. HW MieiOo. > oa. sneer cover iii
MARKS Concrete Illnminating Tile aud Vault Lights OTIOB NTS W icicle Ree eecay oh ce Cele ante eran ee eect SOE
Weathered’s, Thos:‘Ws Sonsis
Western Sand Blast Co ee
chy ..cra-- os neeees Xd
te ee iii
For AREAS, ROOFS, FLOORS, Etc. K,
Western Mineral Wool Co............ .--.sceces--Xi
Wheeler Russel & Sonics. 2... seces es sae etre xv
Giving 25 per cent. More Light than Other Similar Goods Made.
Ayea a a Machine Co... ... i, Ae oe He
{2 Lilustrated Circular and Price List sent to any address. KarrrG Ps: wencnnsciacaneen ABR ontindt Wana sete Willer Mie Co-. ea. vias suas Ras Aeon eer 2 or
°7g
“say
‘08
*296T 7 WORTH STREET, - - - NEW YORK, Keystone Electric Co........... Rae ene aes cover Vv Winship Mig'O0j.go..41,-smate teas eee eee aba 2
W,
TORN Kinnear & Gager 00 42. cies nce sthacudexts cover iii WWYOKOR'&. SONA... teenies neve ten adesencen cover iv
33 Ughts to sq. ft. When directing, mention SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, 20 lights to sq. ft.
Kolesch:& Co... scccsses sie! onssoeeelil Young, W.C..... ales,
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Glassfd List of Advertisers Published in She Prasent Mumbur of the Sends Ameiaan, Arshesls and Bulders Cation
{i@~ Change of copy for advertisements should reach us not later than 10t h of month to appear in issue following.

Adamant, Boilers (Seamless Drawn Copper House.) Cutter Heads.

Randolph & Clowess.5 2) ew Eek Page i Bam’) Jeshimen’ & SONS 4-1 tess. 6 sais eres c'vae'e voce 1X
Potts Bros
Boring Machines, Dado Saws. P, Semmer Glass Co
Millers: Balis 00 ie kent oo, Sao: cover iv The Fox Machine Co: 2. gant 0.3. ok hee: cover ii Vanhorne, Griffen & Co
Brass Furniture Fittings,
Am. Brass and Metal Works..................Xii Decorative Glass and Sand Blast Work, | Glass—Stained and Mosaic,
The Matthews Decorative Glass Co...........vii Alfred GOQWiIN: <i. veacess<semswactestue cover iv
Brass Goods, Flanagan & Biedenweg..........+ sececne inensat iii
Randolph
& Clowes. 5. =-5 asterwss a see,
s-= i Door Checks and Springs. The Tiffany Glass Corr. c. <ccmnen.
can nacae cover ii
Norton Door Check & Spring Co.............- ii
Brass Work for Buildings.
‘Andrews MizOoe tame een cee, Xai Door Hangers, Graphite Paint,
BT Barnum. ae eee . coveriv
DANG: BPOSs os ee ates de ga abe ee cetreh nee iv Joseph Dixon Crucible CO. ..0.....ceeceeesedceee Vv
Am. Brass and Metal Works..................Xii Munger-Colton Mfg. CO... .scccccsccesess soees vi
J. He Bolles'& Cos Rie pees ener lV EB. .Custearns & Co.s:.ccilecssccibestenes oneness iv Grates, :
Howard & Morse sees scien te edena xl he Warner Mies Covesoun claude tec css. cceVl Lewis Grate & Mantel Co......-......0+s.006.-X1
Brass Working Machinery.
Po Pry ibils see emacs
cae oor tnwe eae WALL Drawing Instruments, Etc, Grille Brass Work. a
Ball-Ball & Co Am. Brass and Metal Works...........+.2s+:- xii
Adjustable Planes, Bricks—Plain, Pressed, Front, and Kolesch & Co..
tanley Rule & Level Co .... ..... ..... cover ii Ornamental, L. Manasse.....
Darden Bricks CO cecetecs
ee. antes vedere vi Ground & Rough Glass for Floors, Etc.
Advertising Glass Signs, Dumb Waiters, Pittsburg Plate Glass Co..-......cccssscusesces iii
The Western Sand Blast Co..:.............08, iii Brick Machinery. tor: MLS COn ack Cone clestsct.enistcislviccie'
dees anaes ix Vanhorne, Griffen & Co. ...scdsssseccescstanis vi
Henry Martin Brick Machine Mfg. Co......... Vv
Annunciators, Door and Call Bells. Building Fronts and Cornices. Eaves Troughs, Gymnasium Outfits.
CU LISM EtcACO Of Fe eae
el ee RE fed VVs SEApMLNS! Ae creas cae Meleips caeaseneto ntact iii AXLMON, Marlin 86. OO cJces cc ctestnte Bas dloisltioels consks ix Narragansett Machine Co........... ..+eees.- ii
The Canton Steel Roofing Co..................iX
Architects. Building Paper, Felt, Etc.
Electric Door Bells, Annunciators, ete, Gypsum Paint, a
Me eASAL DCL OF) COs esiccnnsensere
rch Sahel:1 H. F. Watson ....cOver iii John Maxwell & CO........-sceseceeeeees o<gale ee LL
Je LAY Wi COzasane
ner seasen
ne ctinis cee exlVs
Architects? and Surveyors’ Supplies, Carpenters’ Tools and Machinery.
Anta DOOLE & CORN fines econ cover ii Stanley Rule and Level Co......... . ..cover ii Electric Lights, Hand Sawing Machines,
b, Manasse 2 ie. 5222. oi Bea eeiaet sorraatesce cdot ee iii Brush Electric Co. ...........- iedseere COVEL LI Welt) & Js Barnes COs sai os sedeccccere sanlabete iv
Carpet Lining. Edison General Electric Co......... ose COVER ii
Fee Wa tsort st ieee oe sae ee ees cover iii
Architectural Brass and Metal Work Electric Motors. Heating Apparatus, bs
Designs, Carved Wood for Ceilings, etc, Brush Electric. Cone ssc, ene ue tee cover ii ‘Apram' €ox Stove ©Oulc.s. dtcn cane suet cover iii
Am. Brass and Metal Works.........0..0+..+.Xii Allegheny Geometrical Wood Carving Co. .xii Edison General Electric Co.............. cover ii EB: H. Cook, Cos (Limited)s....< ican ean oe oes eee ee i
Keystone Electric Co 2.2... cccecceoess cover iv Detroit Heating & Lighting Co.... .. ........xi
Architectural Iron Work, , Ceilings (Metal). | - Eureka Steam Heating Oo. .... 22.60. -secsececes i
ANOTOWS MER, OOn. soins
ceecticnss pee Beppe «tet Kinnear & Gager Co........ .-..-.-.+-. cover 11 Elevators. itchiness: & COe sss sn wens xiv
ROMO Sarnia, ok ss ee coveriv Eee NOFGMPOD css an ia eleaeaemn sess cover iii Ee Si Graves: & Soma ccsswsran cnetes tase cover iv Howard Murnace Co... ic. tecscove lets eee
J
Cements
Wes: Wis Mason & COsswas cota. t come anrecciiees vi Isaac A. Sheppard & Co..........+- esse cover iv
Architectural Wood Turning. 7 If reaniit Storm. Mfg. Co........ BIG CR OTe CacunCHpccOpude ix Lewis Grate & Mantel Co.. .. ..........+.2-- xi
Balsa ted 5. eee-a Hs Wedohns Mir, CO... .cssecsnslosestee's cover iii
National Hot Water Heater Co..............XvVi
Standard Wood Turning Co..........- Rietianwete vi| Chandeliers, Elevator Motors, J. ES Pease Furnace Ci... ge .<ces.cin conan i
3 DPS Brink csteraqtae cece aeete aacXd Keystone Electric Co............ AROICCOe cover iv
Pierce, Butler & Pierce Mfg. Co........cover iv
Art, etal Work. The. H.. B: Smith Mie: Co<.cevccca <oueeneres xi
mie MUTI he... coea setisisahsele «sees, -dti |Church Crosses. Elevator Cabs and Enclosures, Bal: Sturtevaltttagases ste
Ble Wists) ONCS estas Ait Selo tilee thiaise stra eettoee es LLL Am. Brass and Metal Works......... Auposrstee: st Thos. W. Weathered’s Sons
Artistic Wood Decorations, o R. Wheeler & Son.....
Mankey Decorative Co......--cesscesesccccsceeXil sie hte, Glass for Churches, Dwellings, Engineers’ Supplies, Gorton & Lidgerwood Gove See ‘COV
Weiistal) Materials. The Tiffany Glass Co_.cerecses
dees cca cover ii LMM ASSO sare. eee insoutie sie a eltamete se aaaices iii Richmond Stove Co......... «..-

F. W. Devoe & Co ... ... banpadk secceseceee -es+-1| Combination Dividers, Fine Mechanical Tools,
L. S..Starrett.< ks cidee
teclescie Mg ccicdauly ciate ahs ii Hemlock Lumber.
LeSsStarrenbtres sete c tees ase ene ta antecaeh oe ii HW. Jenkins
@ Goes if. vecsed:acteecgasaaenens Vv
Asbestos, Concrete Fire Brick.
H. W. Johns Mfg. Co......... sates aa cover iii aang, are Henry: Maurer’ © SOnt...ccsccscs coceesseas ccc ei
Indurated Fiber Goods,
BEAMEA VYHURON do's oiciciciazes
as's4eccsieie aerhaae cover iii A Sata he taki nee RI gs Rta tee ay Oswego Indurated Fiber Co............. cover ii
gmercte Llluminating Tile and Vault Fire Clay Roofing Tiles.
Clay SHINgIG Cox. denies.
«sss 00 Rieleasiatk mo aiepane vi
Balusters, Stair Rails, Ete, ichts. ; ; Iron Ceilings and Roofing,
Anderson & Dickey. ORR A ee T. ago SCO. see. cece cence eeeee oe sees AY Fireproot Building Materials, Cambridge Roofing Gos... ...56.55-<
es sneeeee it
0)SSTTA Ee a ee xiii} Jacob Mark. ........--2 /arvegesseserwees oes zn Henry: Maurer & Sonic) 272. Saihsecr str oce tens os ii Miberts Brog,: apetssacs das o>» sinc cataneentaenens
The Standard Wood Turning Co........ ....-+ vi Conservatories, Greenhouses, Etc. Niles Iron & Steel Roofing Co................+- ii
- TW... Weathered’s;Sons'® gasene~ stews ee cs xi Fireproofing Material. EX. SINOrthrop) snccenesess: -acnneeecoces cover iii
EL. W. JOHNS "MTS, OOs.00 seeieces ces «. cover iii Sykes Iron & Steel Roofing Co...... ...........ii
Base, Head and Corner Blocks, ET, Pah WWSUSODL oon cecerato nite ae oe hae y cess cover iii
SRO OTN SITLAUINS 2 wn ciarkacs cates Ue ae a adiw Gace vi |Constructive and Decorative Fine Art,
Tiffany Glass: CO. .:..0 2 <n noeeteisantiss
604 seiscover ti Flour Bin and Sieve, Iron Shutters and Doors,
Basin Cocks, Bhernian’ & Butlor’ shoe sinters: ewnters sa stsacieteie xiv Hip PAT, dscnse<esescecneeesanescoss cover iv
Stebbins Mfg. Co.. ...........seeeeeeee.020-eeVii |Copper Finials, : Cincinnati Corrugating CO......cccceeeseeeees iii
te SONGS sasielcteiselec eters maleate seesinet se XL Footand Hand Power Machinery.
Bath = Boilers W. F. & J. Barnes Co. 5 tee: eval
‘ : .| Cordage. C. E. Little Iron Store Fronts,
ErAOlG MERE COisitsecsr siensivie one Crcecccees
coo V1 Samson Cordage OPER en oe ae .... cover ii Mesker & Broiicc2ike
ss ccs Py neT e Aer: . oli
J.M. Marston & Co.. A
Bath Tubs. __| Cornices, Iron and Copper. Seneca, Halls, Mie, Co. oes. scenes cess - oe Vili
Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co ............ vii AW ah CUS balBegagnonar conocer no Rparoch Apes ali Joist Hanger.
French Baths (Enameled Iron), Duplex Hanger Co... ......+.
Oswego Indurated Fiber Co. ........... cover ii Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co............... -Vii
Corrugated Iron for Roofing, Siding
Bath Tubs, Self-Heating and Folding. and Ceiling. Galvanized Sheets. Laundry Tubs.
Combination Folding Bath Tub Co.......... xiv PIPOLUSIELOR Sere, oeic ce ce can mecieiecn cetien eae XL Apollo lron’ & Steel. Co.ti.. ts sien. ceo cover ii Albemarle Soapstone Co,.....+.+ssesees-CcOVEr ii
SISTAGoeUPS PEE CIO eyCoictateln ced: acdeesciernierze’e DE wos eae vi Cambridge Roofing Cos yaicve cease cetenen seclsse ii Gas Engines,
Canton Steel Roofing Co... . i Leveling Instruments,
Charten'Gas Hrigine Cost... cscsmamanades
sci 780ii Tis MAnasse. ...2.0'. cdecceted@leseeseer
eames samen
Bent and Beveled Glass, Cincinnati Corrugating Co.... sete eens Van Duzen Gas and Gasoline Engine Co...... ii
Vanhorne, Griffen & Co ic...
|e ceccctoves Vi Garry Tron and Steel Roofing Co..... eer
Niles Iron & Steel Roofing Co....... ......... Gas Machines. .
Blinds, Sliding and Folding. Detroit Heating and Lighting Co.............. xi Linseed Oil,
eMAeD VN TALOM Lite -<:ci chee tie ericletnd o cicledivavillne.s xiii Covering for Steam, Gas, and Water Dean Dinseed: Ol Cows s.ccesee
cas aaaee cover iii
Pipes. Glass, Decorative and Sand Blast,
Boiler Coverings, H.W. Johns Mig. Co....0. .eveirt sees. COVER TL The Matthews Decorative Glass Co.... ......Vii Lithographers,
1». H.W..Johns Mfg. Co....... maesit< abled as cover iii Western Mineral Wool Co...................Xii The-Western Sand Blast Coes ss... eneceee iii Schumacher & Ettlinger................eover ii

IF INTERESTED IN WATER SUPPLY PLEASE READ! “ Ground exhalations, more or less vitiated, fill the atr of our homes and
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ARCHITECTS

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specification, as it should be found in every house, particularly WHERE HOT AND
COLD WATER IS USED; it prevents the effect of the high pressure on bouers.
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fill a long felt want. We do not offer it in comparison with the
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Sold by the Hardware and Supply trade generally.
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.—Continued from page Xv.

Masons? and Builders’? Supplies Page Page |Sheathing and Lath, Page Page
S. H. French & Co.. .:....... Li re Fe Di Vv The Keystone Plaster Co. ...... ...... ..++.Vili H. W. Jenkins & Co...... e aratelaln Pepe nar v| Ventilating, Drying and Exhaust rhc
The New Jersey Adamant Mfg. Co. ........ viii Andrews, Jqhnson & Co, 2... ci. da wsdocsans vend
Mathematical Instruments, - The United Adamant Plaster Co.........
... vii |Shipping Blanks, es Pipe Ring. é
RSW RO VOR, COs ee sues
atisc cn o Meacesitas i The North Western Adamant Mfg. ere ee viii Barlow: Beossys tok os.ses oe verve burn seep Hiss ii Ventilator aad Stove
. = = r he Chicago Adamant ester os casviii}
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als atrmp eetA Moe alasRaptr tor xv The St. Louis Adamant Plaster Co........... viii OP a eo vp bean Bins a6 Aces iv
. REID ToS IIOOE I The Ohio Adamant Plaster Co...... ctivian ee iit ; ee ee Gs TL Wall Plaster,
Memorial Windows. ee ees. -viii |Sidewalk
ge Ohio Plaster Gorey, THR Lights, : Paragon Plaster Co........ sooeeees COVEr iv
The Tiffany Glass Co.......-....5 .e.. Cover ii mo ieee Pleo eng Work.) ix .ke Viii - Ay Sool is © sie . se COVeT iV Eureka Plaster Co..... ...... niu Pea rr Vv
is p e Indiana Adamant Plaster Co............ viii . H. Brooks IO TRE tee ade) ee ates lV
Metallic Lathing, Ete, _| The Detroit Adamant Wall Plaster Co ..... |< J. Os Mronch & 00:2... s<+..510 the an | Well eles a ae eee vill
Central Expanded Metal C0..........seeeesseeee i th Bickiens Adama Plaster Oo.eptans JACOD Marx. lisw.accse.
ites oc vaweteaweeeewexiv The Keystone Plasiaete.ueni ee a eee viii
os he Kansas City Adamant Plaster Co........ S yan am nt M¢ ce Cebaite Ste iii
Metallic Ceilings.
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The Adamant
New England Co......0.....-.055+
Adamant Co P. PryibilPulleys,
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Ki ; Reymer & White............. .....- Clark, Bunnett & Co.....0 see seee eee e eee xiii The St. Louis Adamant Plastei Co...........Viii
Pivtaliic Mockne Tiles and Shingles. se oo Jacob Duratine...0...
cc. <= siasieuiown coast xiii The Ohio Adamant Plaster Co...............Viii
veces eeeee ji | Poultry Yard Appliances,
Cambridge Roofing Co......+6660. + Hartman Sliding Blind Co....... .........-. xiii The Obio, Plaster Co: ....1:0 dee oe eee viii
Cincinnati Stamping Co... ...... xiii f-lus WEG Ge nsOU eck cee. cee. serie mere os ecsecvees iii Geo; Poppert.i......jejecden. Meeerig ours The Adamant Wall Plaster Works......... .Viii
Garry Iron and Steel Roofing Co.............. li Win, Witler¢ acct, bactes wae tae PKs xiii The Indiana Adamant Plaster Co......... .-.Vili
Lee Sessa ee sae eotrs cover 1Vv fee hohe he and Power). Spring HI The Detroit Adamant Wall Plaster Co.......viii
ational Sheet Metal Roofing Co............xili IMNSeY GOO Was oie sve ie «+++ COVEr iii nges, . ichi iii
Mineral Wool. + ow: sitios
Pita Van Wagoner & Williams Co.......... .cover iv ape acute City Alutent Picveee ee vi
U.S. Mineral Wool Co......... wit cbRacername Vv Ada teegataret Metal Works xii} Stable Fittings and Fixtures. : The Tennessee Adamant Co.... ....
Western Mineral Wool Co Pa ica tonne FFU earrinani¥ ee ee a Over iw Eo, Barniunts ee ee eee Bees .-. cover iv The New England Adamant O0;.:
Mirrors (French and German.) 3) B: Bolles So eae SIPC res 8. Ti Bent: &; Som 0 ici ees stad ste eel The Connecticut Adamant Plaster Co.
Vanhorne, Griffen & CO...........00-008 ernie! Howard & Morse. ....... SE hoe one Comer eeR Broad Gauge Iron Stall Works..........-. peel Reymer & White.. ........- site teeeees
Mitering Machines, Stained Glass Substitute, ; Washout Closets, a
The Fox Machine Co.......2.se.seeeeee0s cover ii operat * Wi Ga Monte. 2.02 cet us hs A etl ...Vii
Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co.............
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fe Pike Mip. Oot emicct csassepeiaess swsd cover ii Resting Slate: Statuary, Cornices, Finials, Ete. =| Sates Presserdaonalsane =
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Wwalt- Supplies: ; The Old Bangor Slate Co........PARLE &vi W. H. Mullins. ......+.--- +000 Baek oe eeeee H. Mueller Mfg. CO.........csec00-
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PP A ce seten aces atte’
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|Roofing Tin. Steam Hot Blast Apparatus, <j| Weather Vanes.
Ornamental Glass Work, a Gummey, Spering& Co.. ..........0.--- cover iv B. F. Sturtevant ........ a Scigue: cevereennmasiog Hi, Ti Barnumixccs<vacteeaneeee seooe. COVEY
The Western Sand Blast Co....... .. ee eeeeeee iii Jag. B. Scott.& CO. ..ssei nese ce: sande eeaeen xiv |Steam Pipe Casing. , THOS: W's JOMOB sos vvede ent ng deenees vaca ea xiii
Paints. $ i N..&:G. Taylor Cons sca5.sa- denon seena. cover iv A. Wyckoff & Son...... nck BePeetentalce cover iv Well Tools and Machinery
The Chilton Mfg. Co........ ais safes tcoisietaelslowisias ii! Roofing and Wall Tiles, Steel Roofing. ie A GniGATR GIANG eee
Pinon Cxuctile 00s; i-andsseetis2te:Vl}
Joeeph |Olay Shingle Uo.c.scctesaen
ee eee. yi| Cambridge Roofing Co............. eeteeeeeeesii] Oil Well Supply Co... ---.-. “
Ear ee ee SEONGR I= S0nc03we : The National Sheet-Metal Roofing Co....... xiii Canton Steel Roofing Co..........-s-eeeee
see ix 5
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NID oe soe eceeseceeccsenien renee The Berger Mig. Co. --ctn seestegen penteniae ix |Wire Office Railings.
H. W. Johns Mfg. Co. ............ ++.» cover iil} Rubber Belting. Hberts Bros s.cccccsacnaeses ncotecusess ae aeee xii Be, Barns) siscdeses os suavnieeons
ts COVGUAY:
Paper Hangings. The Gutta Percha and Rubber Mfg. Co..... «Vi pret — eos 0.s Pe ~ am Brew ee ete Works.....-..seeceyece ae:
M. H. Bir: e & Sons mi
dawwls deas analace welt beh be mesh i wine Washina. =. «8. -— b> ee Se 2 eee eee emer toaeed . . je BPPULLOS CY Wa cw etree remem
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Winhin Migcee x |Steel Shutters, = & Woward :& Morse: aed xii
cock cewenasacbanoseese
Patents : Sane
MirGsaieCON Sse esse aeeet eens iii rin ee
afoa ery Clark, Bunnett &Co. ...... Ssabenie nome var <1 |Wood Carpet.
Sand Blast and Embossed Glass. Surveying Instruments, ¥. B. Moore & Co..... tae Sed n iv
...... eerie
Parquetry Floors, ; The Matthews Decorative Glass Co ..........Vii Ty. Ma@nasse ric Ue teas eee Go vs beae Manakin sess iii National Wood Mfg. Co... ..0....seceeees cover ii
= A ore ee A dipialerese nielaaletamialets brain's ce egl¥ The Western Sand Blast Co.......... spy waxsiere iii Os Wy, Richardsonis.. seen teetii
ty crsatereanceledess Boughton & aber dada d eee sccene cover ii
= i sul PAID “sieieiieeieisiniensieininiarees seeveeeeee
‘over XIVij} Sanitary Specialties, ’ Temperature Regulators, Js Duntee & C0.c Sae-Ssecsseenwesel he tee Ane 5)
4 Reece pres PEO vor seen st POvERS G. A. Blessing SCO. Maeeee SRR ee MSE: vi Powers Duplex Regulator Co.............0008 xi] wood Finishes.
oto-Engraving. aines, Jones & Cadbury Co............. Ap eri | Bridgeport Wood Finishing Co................ Vv
Moss Engraving Co......... Smienilss dees ec ee seeded Oswego Indurated Fibre Co ..... . .cover ii Tier 7istehotel PAs = Patient ah onsok¥. F. W. Devoe © Oc, nnnatgtincdutnpees «senha i
Photographic Outfits. Sash Balances, O. Be TAthle rss sei tahaceinses
hea essie aeene xiii |Wooden Tanks,
Bei T Anthony & Co...........+. * iii Caldwell Mfg. Co........ ene eee cover iv 4:M. ey Bi ne bestotes eeeeeeeeeee cre e Xi A. J, COLCOVAN..- eenseeeeeees cover iv
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Planing Mill Machinery. ash Cord, Le | al
Hoyt & Rros Con cwete. 4 sata ate eae Bee x 4 ray ere Cordage Works cover ii| FY ow riters. ; Mankey Decorative Co............++++++. --xi
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Henry Maurer Ate e¥ Beak ai Seneca Falls Mfg. Cos ch cescs cteeascestecs.
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Plaster. Scroll Saws and Toors. Vault Lights. Sce Sidewalk Lights. Williamsport Machine C©o,.......-.+.....00e ete
Eureka Plaster Co...........-+ Oe eeccoscsevccneseV. W.F. & J. Barnes Co........ os oelaleimie siete «ee «iV |Venetian Blinds, Wood Water Pipes.
The Adamant Mfg. Co. .....0..s00ese pice rote viii Seneca Falls Mfg. Co............ ae rinicisa alee WLLL Venetian Blind Co.,......j0eees-sevses saesienie Sire A. Wyckoff & Son............ have iblaaicle vs COVORAW

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This is the third, last, and best invention of Mr. Warner on Parlor Door Hangers. Long experience
Note attractive **Nore course of indee in this class of work has enabled him to produce a Hanger superior in simplicity to any now on the
ment of flues.” pendent circulation.”
design.” market. We call attention to its automatic GRAVITY LOCK, which is sure to win the approval of
Each section an Independent and Interchangeable, Boiler. All parts made to gauge Builders and Carpenters. In hanging, after the BASE PLATE is screwed in place. the Door is coupled
Has the least number Any part may be replaced without Disturbing of Joints,
the Piping. to the Hanger by simply sliding the parts together, when the GRAVITY LOCK, of its own weight, falls
Burns Hard or Soft Coal, Wood, Coke, Gas, or Oil, Made in Seven sizes and ‘4used in Twin
Pwit and locks them in place. This of itself saves many hours of time over the setting of any other Hanger
Connection, These Heaters are not Overrated. Send for catalogue and discounts to made, Have your Architect specify it in your plans.
NATIONAL HOT WATER HEATER COMP ANY
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Scientific American,
A COTTAGE AT SHORT HILLS, N, J. 9 ft.; third, 8 ft.6 in. The interior arrangement is
One of our colored plates this month illustrates the excellent and the rooms are well located for light,
above cottage in perspective and gives floor plans. convenience and comfort. Vestibule has a tiled floor.
HSTABLISHEHD 18445. The parlor is 14 ft. x 16 ft., entered directly from the Hall is trimmed with antique oak. It has a paneled
main hall, well lighted with two spacious windows, the wainscoting five feet high, a ribbed ceiling, and it con-
central one being in the form of a bay. The library is tains an ornamental staircase, with carved newels,
MUNN & CO, Editors and Proprietors, 16 ft. x 17 ft., has a central fireplace, with two closets, which is lighted effectively with stained glass windows.
one on either side. The dining room is 12 ft. x 15 ft., A toilet is provided under this staircase. One of the
No, 361 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
and directly connected with the kitchen, The kitchen most novel and attractive features is the areaded effect
0. D. MUNN. A. E. BEACH. is fitted up with a sink, ample closet room and pantry. in hall—the pilasters with carved capitals supporting
On the second story are four bed rooms, amply sup- arch. Floors are laid in oak and are highly polished.
NEW YORK, FEBRUARY, 1892. plied with closets, and a toilet room, with towel closet. Parlor, spacious, is treated in a delicate manner with
The first and basement story are built of stone 20 in. old ivory white, and is provided with an open fireplace,
thick. The second story is built of frame and covered furnished with onyx tiles and a mantel of exquisite de-
THE
with shingles. The grounds are artistically ?aid out, sign. Library and dining room are trimmed with
and have a happy effect as a whole. The estimated quartered oak, and each have fireplaces, with tiled
Scientific American, cost of this cottage was $5,000, and it is owned by Mr. hearths and old colonial carved mantels, with beveled
Hartshorn. plate mirrors. Library is provided with book cases
Our plate was made direct from a photograph of the built in, while the dining room has a paneled wain-
ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS EDITION. building taken especially for the SctENTIFIC AMDRI- seoting and buffet. The rear hall and staircase are
CAN. private from cellar to third floor (attic). The kitchen
is isolated from the rest of house and is trimmed with
$2.50 a Year. Single Copies, 25 cents. A COTTAGE IN MAINE—COST, $900, ash, finished natural. It is provided with numerous
We present as the subject of one of our colored pantries, well fitted up in the best improved manner,
plates in this issue a dwelling erected for Dr. C. M. Second floor contains four bed rooms, den and bath
This is a Special Edition of THE SCIENTIFIC AMERI- Talbot, at Great Diamond Island, Maine. Dimensions : room. Theseapartments are trimmed with whitewood
CAN, issued monthly. Each number contains about Front, 28 ft. 6 in.; side, 41 ft., exclusive of piazza. and treated in colors. Each apartment is provided
forty large quarto pages, forming, practically, a large Height of first story ceiling, 9 ft.; second, 8 ft. Under- with a large closet and two of them have stationary
and splendid Magazine of Architecture, richly pinning, brick on stone footings. The exterior frame- wash bowls. Bathroom is wainscoted with ash. Three
adorned with elegant plates in colors and with fine en work is sheathed and the first story is clapboarded and large bed rooms and storage on third floor. Cemented
gravings ; illustrating the most interesting examples of painted light olive green, with bottle green trimmings; cellar contains furnace, laundry and other necessary
modern Architectural Construction and allied subjects. second story, shingled and painted red. Roof shingled. apartments. Cost, $9,500 complete.
A special feature is the presentation in each number The design is of the Queen Anne style, and it is pro- Our engraving was made direct from a photograph
of a variety of the latest and best plans for private vided with a wide piazza across the front and side. of the building taken especially for the ScIENTIFIC
residences, city and country, including those of very The interior throughout is trimmed with white pine, AMERICAN.
moderate cost as well as the more expensive. Draw- finished natural. The walls, ceilings and partitions ss 0
ings in perspective and in color are given, together are ceiled with narrow beaded stuff. The living room, Architecture and Poetry.
with Floor Plans, Specifications, Costs, ete. good sized, is provided with an open fireplace, built of At the recent meeting of the Western New York
No other building paper contains so many plans, brick, with hearth laid with same, and finished with a Chapter of the American Institute of Architecture,
details, and specifications regularly presented as the neat wood mantel. The staircase is separated from Rochester, N. Y., J. Harry Stedman responded as fol-
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Hundreds of dwellings have the living room by a column extending to ceiling, lows to the above toast :
already been erected on the various plans we have the space between being filled in with spindle work. Of the various vocations that absorb the human mind,
issued, and inany others are in process of construction. Kitchen is provided with sink and pantry complete. The architect’s profession is the most peculiar kind.
An office and a shingle are essential things, no doubt,
All who contemplate building or improving homes, The shed provides ample room for the storage of wood,
But several other factors help to round the practice out.
or erecting structures of any kind, have before them in
coal; ete, There are four bed rooms and loggia on sec-
this work an almost endless series of the latest and best ond floor. The floors are of yellow pine, laid in narrow Mechanical ability a set of plans to make,
examples from which to make selections, thus saving f widths. Artistic sense to work them up so they are sure to take,
Cost, $909 complete. Mr. Antoine Dortocos, Preliminary estimates at maximum, prepared,
time and money.
architect, Portland, Maine. That will foot up so little that the client won’t get scared.
Many other subjects, including Sewerage, Piping, |
Our plate was made direct from a photograph of the
Lghting, Warming, Ventilating, Decorating, Laying Some knowledge of surveying, that he may lay out the land,
building taken especially for the SCIENTIFIC AMERI- The lines and grades electing where the edifice shall stand.
Out of Grounds, ete., are illustrated: An extensive
CAN. In “ancient lights” and ‘‘ real estute ” be must be quite at ease,
Compendium of Manufacturers’ Aunouncements is also ‘| Not to mention landscape gardening, sidewalks, sewers, shrubs and trees,
given, in which the most reliable and approved Build- A RESIDENCE AT PORTLAND, MAINE, Then he must cope with coping and everything discussed,
ing Materials, Goods, Machines, Tools, and Appliances
Our engraving, page 20, presents a residence erected And know much more of fencing than how an arch will thrust.
are described and illustrated, with addresses of the
for W. C. Davis, Esq., at Portland, Me., from plans Clairvoyant he must be to know before the work’s began
makers, ete.
prepared by John Calvin Stevens, same place. Di- Exactly how the thing, complete, will look when it is done,
The fullness, richness, cheapness, and convenience of
mensions: Front, 47 ft.; side 46 ft., not including front Au fait in all materials, in every kind of stone,
this work have won for it the Largest Circulation
piazza. Height of ceilings: Cellar, 7 ft.; first story, 9 Which best will hang together and which will stand alone;
of any Architectural publication in the world.
ft. 6 in.; second, 9 ft.; third, 8 ft. 6 in. The walls are Not stuck on stucco, but in clays familiar as a potter,
An Increase of Trade will necessarily accrue to
built of brick of a deep red. Roof is covered with a And be on ¢erra firma when he talks of terra cotta.
all Manufacturers and Dealers whose establishments
dark blue slate. Trimmings are painted a dark bottle Then he must pile up harmony, both presto and andante,
are conspicuously represented in this important edition
green. Windows are glazed with plate glass, except And take care of his capital when he puts up his ante.
of THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Terms for advertising
the staircase window, which is glazed with stained He must be fully posted on his heating and his frieze,
very oderate. A card of rates sent on application. And the lining of his architrave must not bag at the knees.
glass. Hall is trimmed with mahogany and it is fur-
Bound Volumes.—Two volumes are published an-
nished with a parquet floor, paneled wainscoting, His members, frames, groins, ribs and feet would puzzle any doctor ;
anally. Volumes 1 to 12, which include all the num-
ribbed ceiling, arch with spindle transom and a stair- His attics and his lofty forms electrify the proctor.
bers of this work from commencement to close of 1891, No Jaundress or musician knows so much as he of fiuting,
case with carved newels. Parlor and library are His mouldings way up to O. G., as well as his mail chuting,
luay now be obtained at this office or from Booksellers
trimmed with similar wood and are fitted up complete,
and Newsdealers. Price, bound in paper, $2.00 per vol-
with open fireplaces, furnished with tiled hearths and Slate, tiles, conductors, shingles, tin, eaves, cornices and flues,
ume. These volumes contain all the colored plates, Paints, oils, stains, putty, fillers, glass, the finishes they use,
facings and elegant hard wood mantels. Dining room Acoustics, optics, papers, paint, interior decoration,
sheets of details, specifications, and all the other inter-
is trimmed with black walnut, and it has a paneled Distempers, dog-teeth, dadoes, plumbs, jambs, beads of every nation.
esting matter pertaining to the work. They are of
wainscoting four feet in height and colonial columns,
great permanent value. Forwarded to any address.
and mantel piece extending to ceiling, which is divided There’s tensile strength and crushing strain, and fireproof construction
Plumbing and gas, electric work, and ventilating suction,
MUNN & CO., Publishers, with wooden ribs into panels. Kitchen and its apart- Lime, mortar, plaster, cement, bricks, locks, bolts, door closers, hinges,
361 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. ments are trimmed and wainscoted with whitewood And with each peculiar client know just where the shoe impinges,
We can supply at moderate cost the full plans, spe- finished natural, and are fitted up in the best possible
Boilers and fuel, pipes, exhaust, the fastest elevator,
cifications, details, bills of materials, etce., ready for the manner. The servants’ hall and staircase are private Cold storage as embodied in the Wickes refrigerator,
builder, for any of the structures illustrated in this from kitchen to attic. The second floor contains four Ranges and grates and furnaces, the principles of Ruskin,
publication. We are assisted by a staff of able and bed rooms, large closets and bath room, all of which The better points of every school, Assyrian, Greek, Etruscan,
experienced architects. are trimmed with whitewood finished natural. Fire-
Stair builder! mason ! carpenter! designer! what a head!
places are built of brick, with hearths laid with same. Tis marvelous that “* Fools rush in where angels fear to tread,”
The bath room is wainscoted and fitted up with tub, He gives his best for perfect work, and when he’s done it all,
CONCERNING AGENTS. He finds his labor is in vain, ‘* That closet is too smali/”
bowl and closet complete. Three bed rooms and
Customers who pay money to subscription agents or billiard room on third floor. Cemented cellar contains “>
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brokers do so at their own risk. Care should be taken laundry, furnace, and other apartments. The cost is A DWELLING AT AUGUSTA, MAINE.
to deal only with known, responsible, and reliable $11,000, including plumbing, furnace, gas fixtures, We publish on page 23 a dwelling of low cost, erected
parties. Wesend no papers until we receive the sub- grading, etc.; in fact, complete in every respect. Our for D.W. Emery, Esq., from plans prepared by the pro-
scription price; and no person is authorized to repre- engraving was made direct from a photograph of the prietor. Dimensions: Front 33 ft., side 49 ft. Height
sent us, act for us, or receipt for us. building taken especially for the ScrENTIFIC AMERI- of ceilings: Cellar 7ft., first story 9 ft., second 8 ft. 6 in.,
Muwn & Co., Publishers, 361 Broadway, New York. CAN. third 8 ft. Underpinning of granite. The building
SE ooo above is of wood, with the exterior framework sheathed
A RESIDENCE AT PORTLAND, MAINE. and then covered with paper. The first story is clap-
CONTENTS We present on page 21 a very attractive residence boarded and painted light brown, with dark brown
Of the February number of the ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS EDITION recently erected for E. T. Burrowes, Esq., on the trimmings; second story and gables are shingled and
of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.
Western Promenade, at Portland, Maine, from plans painted light yellow. Blinds are painted red. Roof
(illustrated articles are marked with an asterisk.)
Architecture and poetr 18 | Paper from corn husks............
prepared by John Calvin Stevens, architect, same place. shingled and painted red. The plan is laid out in the
Board, wall, and ceiling, Speregsl gv Plans, ownership of...............+ The underpinning is built of selected brick and the shape of a cross, the entrance and hall being at side,
Chapel, suburban* 26 Residence at Belle Haven*..19, - 25
Cottage in Maine*............. 18 Residence at Carthage, IlL.* ...17, 19 building above is of wood, with exterior clapboarded while the various apartments are thrown out around
Cottage at Short Hills, N. J.* Residence, colonial*............. ats 27
31 Residence at Portland, Me.*. 18, 20 and painted a mellow brown, with trimmings of a same. Hall contains a staircase of unique design,
| Residence at Portland, Me."..-18, 21
Fire escapes, asylum. yetians re ‘ 82 | Simplicity in furnishing. . darker shade. Gables are filled in with carved panels. turned out of cherry. This hall and staircase are light-
Frame, window. ret Stan Spires, church..............
Hanger, door, Colton*.............. 81 | Tub, bath, folding*............0..++ * 32 Roof covered with red slates. Dimensions: Front, 43 ed effectively with stained glass windows, and the
Home, an architect’s*..ntieneiaa 22, 28, 29! T unnel, Washington 8t.,ag a
Houses, trame, American... 29 | Utility ‘and art ft.; side, 56ft., exclusive of piazza and porch. Height former contains a fireplace, built of brick, with hearth
Interiors, Japanese..........sse00+ 2 |Waterproof wall coatings.
Machine, mitering, Fox*.......... Ww , colored of ceilings: Cellar, 7 ft. 6 in.; first story, 10 ft.; second, laid with same, The interior throughout is trimmed
 Fes., 1892.
with whitewood. Hall, parlor and dining room are
stained cherry, the two latter having bay windows and
open fireplaces trimmed with tiles and hard wood man-
tels. Kitchen and pantry are wainscoted and fitted up
complete. There are three bed rooms, den, and bath
room on second floor, and two bed rooms and storage
on third floor. These apartments are trimmed
whitewood, also, and are stained cherry. Bath room
wainscoted and replete. Cemented cellar contains fur-
nace, laundry, ete. Cost $3,200 complete. Our engrav-
_ing was made direct from a photograph of the building
taken especially for the ScIENTIFIC AMERICAN.
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RESIDENCE OF MR. WILLIAM DE HART,
ILLINOIS.
This handsome dwelling, designed in the style of
modern Ronfanesque, consists of eight rooms on the
first floor, and cost complete about $8,000. George
W. Payne, architect, Carthage, Ill. The front entrance
leads through a vestibule into a sitting or reception
hall with tiled floor, open grate, and an arched recess.
Connected with this by sliding doors are two parlors,
with passages leading from the rear one to a large
bed room, the kitchen and a pleasant dining room, in
which is a large bay window and a cozy fireplace.
This room is also entered from the side piazza.
main stairway, rising from the sitting hall, is of red
oak, beautifully moulded, with three stained glass
windows as shown in the illustration.
parlors are finished in red oak, the kitchen and
dining room in Southern yellow: pine, and the re-
maining rooms in white pine, nearly
all of which are in natural finish.
The house is well plumbed and
heated by hot water, and is sup-
plied with bath room, water closets,
and wash bowls. The first story is
eleven feet and the second nine feet
high. The attics ‘are finished off to
correspond with the other portions
of the structure.—The Architectural
Bra.
A RESIDENCE AT BELLE HAVEN.
We present on pages 24 and 25a
residence, colonial in treatment,
recently erected for Mr. Charles A.
Moore, at Belle Haven, Greenwich,
Connecticut. It has a broad and
spacious piazza, porte cochere, bay
windows, and an interior arrange-
ment showing numerous large
rooms. The underpinning is built
of loeal bluestone, laid rock faced;
the building above this is sheathed,
clapboarded and painted colonial
yellow, with ivory white trimmings.
The circular arches and balustrade
to piazza are shingled and painted
similar. Roof shingled. Dimen-
sions: Front, 65 ft.; side, 48 ft.,
exclusive*of piazza. Height of ceil-
ings: Cellar, 8 ft.; first story, 10 ft.;
second, 9 ft.; third, 8 ft.6 in. All
main rooms on first floor have 6 ft.
wide entrances (with sliding doors),
so that they can be thrown into one
suite. Main hall, 14 ft. x 28 ft. 6in. It is in colonial
style and finished in antique oak. The ceiling is heavily
beamed, forming deep panels. Fireplace has
a tiled
hearth, with wrought iron trimmings and a hard wood
mantel. This hall, also, is provided with a paneled
divan, and staircase with carved newels, which is light-
ed effectively with large stained glass windows.
throughout are of hard wood. Drawing
ished in ivory white and gilt, the floor being painted
in cream white. Fireplace hasa hearth laid with ivory
white tiles and a mantel of exquisite design. Dining
room is trimmed with antique oak, and is provided
with a mantel of similar wood. Billiard room trim-
med with whitewood, contains a brick fireplace, with
hearth laid with same. Kitchen and its apartments are
trimmed with yellow pine, finished natural with hard
oil, and are fitted up completein all their appoint-
ments. There are five bed rooms, with large closets, and
bath room on the second floor, and two trunk rooms
and four bed rooms on third floor. These apartments
are trimmed with whitewood, finished
hard oil. Bath room is wainscoted with white Eng-
lish tiles, and is furnished in an excellent manner. Ce-
mented cellar contains laundry, furnace, and’ other
apartments. It is lathed and plastered throughout.
Cost, $14,000 complete, estimated. Messrs. Bornig, Til-
ton & Mellen, architects, New York. Our engravings
were made direct from photographs of the building
taken especially for the ScreENTIFIC AMERICAN.
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THE church had been erected, the usual dinner was
given, and at the conclusion the health of the builder
was proposed, when he rather enigmatically replied
that he was ‘‘more fitted for the scaffold than for pub-
lic speaking.”
Scientific American, Architects and Builders Edition, 19
A COLONIAL RESIDENCE, | may be conveniently managed by keeping the paint
On page 27 will be found an engraving and floor plans pot ina bucket of hot water. Water glass, for water-
of a residence, colonial in treatment, erected recently proofing walls, has fallen somewhat into diseredit of
for James Sawtell, Esq., at Brookline, Mass. Dimen- late, which Dr, Koller ascribes to improper usage. The
sions : Front 50 ft., side 71 ft., not including front porch. composition should be applied as follows, after the
Height of ceilings: Cellar 8 ft., first story 10 ft., second walling has had abundance of time for setting: Ten
with 9 ft., third 9 ft. Underpinning is built up with Chest- | parts of sharp, dry sand, three parts of air-slaked lime,
nut Hill stone, laid rock-faced ashlar. The super- two parts of chalk or pulverized limestone, and soda
structure above is of wood, covered with clapboarding water glass of 33° Baume are the ingredients. The
and painted colonial yellow with white trimmings. water glass is diluted with twice its weight of water;
Roof shingled and painted red. Blinds painted bottle and the other materials are then mixed with it, until it
(bronze) green. The several rooms communicating as has about the same consistency as mortar, in which
they do makes a most attractive vista of the entire state it is to be applied to the wall surface. Ina day
floor. The first floor is handsomely finished. The re- or two the coating becomes as hard as stone, after
CARTHAGE, ception hall and dining room are trimmed with antique which one or two more coats may be laid on.
: oak, the walls and ceilings being wainscoted and elab- ——_—__>+#4>
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orately paneled. The. broad staircase, with carved Colored Woods,
newels, antique mantel, and paneled divan, are the Almost all of the light colored woods which are used
features of hall. Floors are laid with hard wood and for the interior finish of cars are liable to become
| are highly polished. Parlor.and music room are treated darker by the action cf light and varnish. Cars fin-
in a delicate manner with white (china gloss) and a ished in the lightest ash show a very perceptible dark-
little gilt, the former haying a fireplace, furnished with ening in the course of eighteen months or two years.
white enameled tiles and a mantel elegantly carved. The general tendency is to grow yellow, whether the
Library is trimmed with mahogany and fitted up with finish be of varnish or oil, dead or bright. The lighter
bookeases, fireplaces, etc. Kitehen and its apartments, the color of the wood, the longer the time before it
conveniently located, are trimined and wainseoted with raaches an unpleasant depth of color. Perfect wood,
The hard. pine, finished natural. The butler’s pantry is of free from blemishes and light in color, is not easily
sufficient size to contain the usual fixtures, dressers, found. .In some sections of the country the difficulty
closets, bowl, etc. The second floor contains four bed of getting it is so great that an inferior quality has to
The hall and rooms, large closets, den, and bath room, besides ser- be accepted.
vants’ bed room and bath. These apartments are Roads which run through districts abounding in fine
trimmed with various kinds of hard wood respectively. ash are particularly fortunate, as they can get what
may be called ‘‘ water white” clear
lumber, free from heart wood, with-
out. paying a higher price for it
than the ordinary grades. Several
advantages are gained by the use
of very fine whitewoods. The first
is the greater resistance to darken-
ing, which prolongs the life of the
inside finish. Next in importance is
the improved appearance of the car
and the increase in the light at
night. The difference between a
dark and a light finish, as nearly as
ean be ascertained without actual
photometric tests, is about 60 per
eent. White and rock maple when
first finished are lighter in color
than ash. The white maple has lit-
tle or no grain, and the rock, waved
or bird’s eye maple turns yellow
very quickly. Both of them are in
this respect somewhat inferior to
ash. Maple contains a considerable
proportion of tannie acid and is
easily and quickly stained by the
application of iron solutions. When
stained properly, it appears to hold
its color well. Although not very
deep in color, it resists fairly well
the darkening action of both var-
nish and light. Other woods are
often stained to improve or change
their color.
In pines the change of color under
A RESIDENCE AT CARTHAGE, ILL._VIEW IN HALL. the action of ightis due to the resin.
When this is removed the wood re-
Bath rooms are wainsecoted and furnished in the best mains white or very light in color. The resin and the
possible manner. There are three bed rooms, billiard yellow color, by action of soap and water, are entirely
room and storage on third floor. Cemented cellar con- removed. Soda or potash solutions, followed by oxa-
tains laundry, furnace, and other necessary apart- lic acid, discharge the color and leave the wood nearly
ments. Heated by steam. Cost $18,000 complete. white. Chloride of lime or bleaching powder can be
Mr. Williard T. Sears, architect, Boston, Mass. Our used for bleaching. Potash in a concentrated form
Floors engraving was made direct from a photograph of the} actually dstroys wood fiber and produces great dis-
room is fin- building taken especially for the SctENTIFIC AMERI- coloration. A weak potash solution, followed by oxalic
CAN. acid, is a powerful bleach, and would be useful on
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many different kinds of wood. Chemically, there
Waterproof Wall Coatings, should be no difficulty in removing the coloring matter
Dr. T. Koller, of Munich, has published in Glase7’s| from the heart wood of ash norin bleaching any of
Annalen some useful information which he has col- the common hard woods used for finishing. After the
lected with reference to the waterproofing of brickwork, color has been discharged from the wood, the greatest
concrete, etc. He strongly whitewash | variety of effects may be produced by staining or dye-
recommends
containing a little common salt, which makes a water- ing. The yellow browns or reds of the woods prevent
proof wash. The peculiar quality of this simple mix- the use of a large amount of the dyes which would
ture was discovered by a curious accident. A laborer otherwise be suitable for the purpose. With a proper-
employed lime-washing ina private house accidentally | ly bleached wood almost any transparent color could
upset a salt box ; and in order to conceal the disaster, be used for a stain. There is a Japanese method of
natural with he swept the contents of the box into his pail. It was treating wood for backgrounds or ornamental work
afterward found out that the wash had set as hard as which is well worth attention. It consists in removing
cement, and would bear being scrubbed. This led to the softer portions of the fiber so as to leave the re-
experiments, among other tests being that of white- |maining grain in high relief.—Vat. Car Builder.
washing the walls of a well, the material being applied
with a syringe where a brush would not serve ; and in
this case the salted whitewash was as good as ever four
Plans and Specifications.
years after application. Dr. Koller attributes this Full plans and specifications complete, ready for the
curious effect of adding salt to limewash to the absorp- | builder, may be obtained at this office, for any of the
tion of water by the salt, thus enabling the lime to structures illustrated in this publication. We also pre-
combine with the carbonic acid of the atmosphere and pare plans for buildings of every description, including
form a hard and durable coating. dwellings, churches, schools, stores, barns, carriage
For waterproofing buildings much exposed, a solution houses, ete. Our work extends to all parts of the
of melted paraffin in three parts of heavy coal tar oil is country. We are assisted by able architects. Terms
recommended, This paint must be applied hot, which moderate. Munn & Co., 861 Broadway, New York,
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 22 Scientific American, Architects and Builders Enlition, Frps., 1892.
AN ARCHITECT’S HOME, The Planning mense rafts floated down the great rivers to convenient
and Construction of American
“ Netherheys,” Watford, the residence of W. Wallis points for transport by rail or boat. A frame house
Frame Houses,

Baldwin, architect. To design a house on a small scale Mr. CG. H. Brodie recently read before the Architect-| may be very expeditiously erected. The drawings on
which shall have the comfort and convenience of a ural Association a paper on this subject, illustrated by the walls show a basement, arising only one foot or so
large one is not an easy matter, or, if it be easy, it is some sketches, details, and tracings by the author, and out of the ground, built of either brick or undressed
not often done. In houses of little more than cottage also by numerous plans and perspectives from the Uni- stone, and on this is a frame of quarter partitions, two
dimensions there is generally a nip or a pinch some- ted States professional journals, says Building News. stories high, forming inclosure and divisions. These
where ; entrance, parlors, bedroom, or kitchen usually Mr. Brodie mentioned that he was engaged on business and the joints being fixed in position, the roof can be
succumb to some hardship of size, aspect, or shape. in America during the winter of 1887 and the spring of |immediately constructed and covered in, so that while
But in ‘‘ Netherheys” there has been a very critical 1888, during which period he spent considerable time the outside is being completed, the inside, too, is pro-
adjustment of claims; in fact, so nice did it appear to in New York and Chicago, with flying visits to Boston, gressing, and during the time that we should be get-
me that I feel much indebted to the architect owner Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, Pittsburg, St. ting up a scaffold, the frame house is built. The
for his permission to publish the plan, which explains Louis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Minne- plasterwork being then, if necessary, dried by artificial
for the benefit of others how he has worked out the apolis, and other cities. Such houses as were illus- heat, the joinery and other fittings are placed, and
problem of making a small house tho- the dwelling is ready for occupation in a
roughly cozy, comfortable, and complete. very short time. Should the worthy own-
In an area of less than an acre, sur- er’s family increase, additions to the house
rounded on two sides by broad roads, in --are justas easily and expeditiously made.
the suburbs of Watford, ‘‘ Netherheys” The plans show a basement and two
has advantages of position, aspect, and upper stories, and the roofs being mostly
surroundings which are not usually de- of steep pitch, plenty of room for attics is
voted to so smalla house. By the design obtained in them. The basement con-
of its exterior the cottage-like appearance tains a laundry, beer and wine cellars,
is very marked, more especially on the coal cellars for both house and furnace
entranee front. Passing through the coal, larders, and the heating chamber,
quaintly designed gateway, the drive containing either a boiler for steam or a
opens into a square gravel court bordered furnace for hot-air heating. The heat
by square-cut yew hedges. It will be there generated is distributed by ducts
seen from the plan that the outbuilding quite evenly over the whole house, and
to the left flanks and protects the entrance most of the rooms have no fireplaces.
agreeably, and between this and the stair This is a stage of civilization to which we
turret is a paved landing. The porch is have not yet generally attained. Where
nicely finished with marble step, mosaic fireplaces do occur—and this is chiefly on
floor, high dado of oak framing with the ground floor—an ash pit is provided
serge panels, and leather paper wall fill- under each, into which, when the hearth
ing and ceiling. A good feature, and one is swept up, the ashes, ete., are dropped
we seldom meet. with, is the circular stair by moving a dump or hopper. These ash
turret. The stairs are shut off from the pits are marked on the basement plans.
porch by a doorway, and from the hall by The ducts serve in the hot weather to dis-
a curtained archway. This semicircular tribute cold air over the house, the air in
arch repeats at the other end of the hall, the cellar, whence they start, being natu
and within it are arranged in a V-shape rally cooler than that outside, while it
the doors to the drawing room and own can, if necessary, be cooled still further
room (see sketch). This little hall is a by artificial means. :
great feature of comfort in the house with Coming to the ground floor or first
its little corner fireplace (hooded over (aaa story, as their plans have it, we find a
from marble jambs) and long five-light DB iar< parlor and dining room, and also perhaps
window with fixed seat under. Generally Er a library or a second parlor. The dining
speaking the good points of the plan will room is always in connection with the
be obvious to many of my readers. The kitchen, through alobby or pantry. You
dining room is conveniently served from The Hall will note, also, that there is no sculiery
the kitchen, as much out shown, although on some
of sight and sound as is of the plans is a diminutive
possible in a small house, space marked ‘‘sink room.”
and far more so than one Z On this floor are also vari-
usually finds in large
=> ous store rooms and clos-
< fall, |
houses. The fireplace re- eis = ets, water closets, lavatory,

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cess is just deep enough to etc., depending as to size,
provide comfortable fixed
= eg dy
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seats at either side of the general dimensions of the
mantel jambs, and gives a yi io — > house. And here I would
very convenient breadth “THI itl! Miigare ec —~= eall special attention to the
to the room. The garden wt im i iain very complete way in which
porch forms a useful con- th Je all classes of American
nection between the dining >, N
houses are fitted with cup-
and drawing rooms. The boards, shelves, drawers,
drawing room is a pretty sideboards, bookcases, ete.,
apartment, with a sort of all conducting in so emi-
orange-colored paper, spe- nent a degree to the com-
cially printed for the archi- fort and ease of the occu-
tect. The third room is pants. No bedroom that I
fitted as a sort of library occupied in any private
and business room, with house in the States was
an arched fireplace recess. without a cupboard large
The bedrooms, bathroom, enough to walk into and
and upper corridor land- turn round in. The con-
ing are all nicely treated.
A long terrace and
flower garden are
Dutch
good
HAE
7 venience of this is too ob-
vious to need expression.
The hall is always fur-
items in the surroundings nished, and used as a room;
which my sketches indi- most of the American plans
cate. (See pages 28 and 29.) have it designated ‘‘recep-
As the proof of a puJ- tion hall,” and some even
ding is in the eating, so we ‘sitting room.” The ve-
may say of a house that a AN ARCHITECTS HOME. randa is also a most im-
proof of its comfort is found portant feature, and one
by living in it, and we can safely affirm that in all our trated on the walis are, he remarked, the type of never omitted. During the hot season it is inclosed
wanderings we have never realized more fully the American homes, alike in the North, South, East, and with blinds, and becomes the most frequented part of
benefits of a well designed modern English home than West. In the actual town area, the erection of timber the house. The first floor has the usual bed and bath
at ‘‘ Netherheys.”—7. Raffles Davison, The Brit. Arch. houses is now forbidden. Still, in the Southern States rooms, linen closet, ete. You will observe that in most
———__s+0>o universally, and over the country and suburban dis- eases the water closet apparatus is kept away from,
If any of our readers have made an invention for tricts generally, it is rarely that any but timber houses and not, as with us, next to the outside walls. This is
which they have thoughts of taking a patent, they are erected. The average time for erecting a frame to avoid fracture by freezing during the intensely cold
are invited to communicate with Messrs. Munn & Co., house is ninety days, but many have been built in weather. To return to our first floor plan.
the publishers of this paper, who for a period of sixty, and while the life of the structure may be You will note that all the chief bedrooms have a fixed
forty-three years have conducted a most successful averaged fifty years, there are very many in existence lavatory fitted, generally, in a cupboard, so as to be
bureau in this line. A pamphlet of instructions will even one hundred and some twohundred years old out of sight. This adds, of course, very considerably
be sent free, containing full directions how to obtain a and over. to the plumber’s bill, but in the long run it is a great
patent, costs, etc. In very many cases, owing to their Again, stone quarries as yet worked are few and far saving, for labor of all kinds is terribly costly. Balco-
long experience, they can tell at once whether a patent between, and brickworks are not by any means nume- nies are freely provided on this floor, and are delightful
probably can be obtained ; and advice of this kind they rous. But the country abounds with the most beauti- spots in the hot weather, while they always form a fea-
are always happy to furnish free of charge. Address ful timber, with which even the denuded Eastern ture in the elevations. Theattics are used for servants’
Munn & Co., SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN office, New York. States are kept plentifully supplied by means of im- (Continued on page 28.)
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panded metal now coming into use in this country. The
plastering is to consist of ‘‘a good coat of brown, well-
haired mortar, made of pure unslaked lime and clean,
sharp bank sand, free from loam and salt, and best
eattle or goat hair, well mixed by continued working,
and stacked in the rough for at least — weeks before
putting on.” The finish is to be ‘‘a coat of best soap-
stone finish, manufactured by the company, composed
of finishing lime putty (two parts) and patent soap-
stone finishing (three parts), thoroughly mixed two
days before using, and applied in the most careful
manner, as per directions”—I suppose of the manufac-
turers, The order of the trades as they are placed in
the specification differs considerably from our usual ar-
rangement; and we next come to the carpenter and
joiner. All the timber which will be exposed at the
finish is required to be of a certain quality pine. The
joists are to be placed, in all cases, with the ‘‘crown-
ing” edge upward, and those over so many feet in
length are to be ‘‘ worked crowning” so many inches
before being placed in the building. Describing the
A ee Me : partitions—a most important item of a framed house—
Be oe ye< Be™,
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cee ee : ge. ee = ee Seid the specification directs that “all door and window
Fas De = studs are to be set double, and all openings over three

The Planning and Construction of American Ths

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(Continued from page 22.) =
rooms—each still with a good cupboard—box rooms,
store rooms, ete., or the space is frequently just floored
and then left to be cut up as the wants of the occupants
may later on suggest. About the elevations, outside
and in, or the artistic part, one need say nothing, ex-
cept that, to our eyes, the calm and dignified treatment
of the English example contrasts very favorably with
the fussiness and over-picturesqueness and evident
striving after ‘‘features” which spoils so many of the
other designs. Theconstruction you can study at your
leisure by referring to a specification printed in black,
which is in the Institute Library. It is indexed under
the name of the publishers, Messrs. Palliser, of New
York, to whom Iam indebted for a good deal of the
eos
aun ee
age
information this paper contains, and for a drawing and Ohae

specification hung on the wall. I was struck with the ravens

very practical character of the specification. For in-
stance, among the general clauses I read: ‘‘ The carpen-
ter will make all patterns, ete., and will provide suit-
able protections to all openings to keep out the cold, The Entrance Fron
rain, ete., and will clear the building of all carpenter’s : af
waste materials before the plastering is commenced. - ater 4
feet wide trussed overhead. All angles must be formed
solid by blocking and spiking two studs together. No
studs are to stand on the floor, nor on the joists, if
there are partitions under, but all are to foot on top of
the partition plate below.”
The outside of the external partitions, and also the
roof, is covered with seven-eighths inch matched board-
ing, called ‘‘sheathing,” which has to be ‘‘nailed at
each edge at every bearing with 10d. nails.” Nails are
throughout the specifications described as so many
‘““penny ” ones—a nomenclature common also in Ire-
land. The whole exterior is then covered with water-
proof felt, the joints lapping two inches, and it is tarred
under all architraves, friezes, cornices, brackets, etc.,
“soas to make a perfectly tight job.” Outside this
felt comes the finish which is actually seen, which on
the partitions is weatherboarding, or, as it is called in
the States, ‘‘clapboarding.” This is to be of ‘‘ clear,
beveled white pine, five inches in width by one-half
inch thick at the butt, and three-sixteenths inch at the
thin edge, laid with not less than a lap of one and one-
fourth inch, and nailed with 84. box nails every sixteen
inches. The nails are to be set in.” The veranda floor
is to be constructed with one and one-fourth inch by
The Terrace Frank three and one-half inch white pine boards, laid with
“paint joints.” The roof is generally covered with

The mason must provide coal and stove in cold weather

for heating the building while his work is going for-
ward and until it is dry.”
Continuing, we shall get particulars how this class GAROEN
of house is put together, and we naturally find after =
the general clauses the necessary directions as to —_—e | oe
the excavations. The only unusual point here is:
.
“The bank is to be dug well away from the walls, and
left open until the walls are set and dry.” The damp stanrey DINING Room
KITCHEN (
course is to be either slate and cement or asphalt. The a
brick walls are required to be built to ‘‘a true line from
one end to the other, even to the cutting of a brick
where necessary, so that a carpenter can size the joints
to an exact width, and place them directly upon the
wall without blocking up with chips or pieces of wood.”
The facing of these brick walls is to be “‘neatly tucked
and properly cleaned down with aquafortis, and oiled
é
with raw linseed oil at completion,” care being taken not Y
to injure, in cleaning down with acid, any cut stone : ' j a a
work,
The laths for lathing are to be “laid a full one-
fourth inch apart, and joints broken every eighteen
inches.” Wood laths, however, are now rarely used.
I never saw any at all. The plastering is put on wire
netting, or one of the many forms of pierced or ex- AN ARCHITECT’S HOME,—{See page 22.]
 Fep., 1892. Scientific American, Architects and Builders Edition, 29
shingles, and so also are the gables and other features. | give the desired privacy. There is no question of sashes, requiring no special description. Allare directed
The shingles are usually of cypress, which grows |‘‘draughts” in an American house, which is warmed | to have a burglar-proof fastening. After a description
abundantlyin the swamps of New Jersey and the more | equally throughout. All the doors have a hard wood! of the stairs most minute directions follow for the fit-
Southern States. The logs are floated down the river / slip three-fourths inch thick, splayed each edge, fixed | tings of the various pantries and closets upstairs and
to the various mills, where the shingles are cut in enor-| under them. This enables the door to open clear of | down. These include clothes closets, linen and china
mous numbers. One mill cuts 300,000 daily. They are! carpets, ete. The windows are mostly double hung closets, and butler’s and kitchen pantries, as well as the
eighteen inches by six . Saas eee various storerooms. Then
inches and are on battens, we get a full description of
width on roofs five and the refrigerator and ice
one-half inches to the safe, which consists of two
weather, and on vertical thicknesses of boarding,
parts six inches, each two inches apart, filled
nailed with two nails, and with mineral wool, then an
kept three inches from an- air space of one inch, and
gle of valleys. Sometimes a layer of resin-sized water-
the roofs are of slate, and proof paper, the actual in-
frequently they are flat, in side being of clean, narrow
which case they are mostly matched spruce. The low-
covered with tin, although er part is the ice safe or
asphaltum or gravel com- tank, and it is lined with
position is sometimes used. sheet zinc, and the bottom
In either case the roof is covered with a wood grat-
boarded on the joists with ing to prevent the ice cuk-
seven-eighths inch board- ting the metal. The doors
ing. of these spaces are con-
Coming to the floors, structed in precisely the
pugging—or, as it is called, same way, and the joints
‘“*deafening ”—is used in all between door and frame
the best rooms, and these are double rabbeted.
have also a double floor—a The wood finish is de-
rough deal one and a hard scribed to be first a certain
wood finished one, with be- patent ‘‘mineral filling,”
tween them a layer of “‘all and then another “ patent
wool Pyramid brand, resin transparent wood finish.”
sized, deafening felt,” fixed The hard wood floors are
down by two inches to one- to be done in the same
half inch slips, to which way, but with a ‘“‘vegeta-
the hard wood floor is se- ble” filler. The tinwork is
eret-nailed. The rough to be painted two coats of
floor is described to be fit- : ‘ vs fg Sg Th = ieee (gy : metallic paint, and here I
ted carefully around all yee = ic many A We cereas Hi LW re S may say that this tin—or,
studs, etec., up to the : Es A oh : to speak more correctly,
sheathing, so as to prevent tinned iron—is used wher-
mnice circulating. Here is ever we use lead, and also
a good clause: ‘‘All the for the rain water pipes
plastering is to be finished, and gutters. Lead is too
cellar cemented, and all expensive, and is also more
mason work done and tho- affected by changes of tem-
roughly dried through be- perature.
fore any of the interior 6-6
joinery is brought into the PAPER FROM CORN
building or put in posi- Husks.—Corn husks boiled
tion.” The materials used in caustic soda are being
for doors are required to utilized for the manufac-
be thoroughly seasoned ture of paper. The cook-
and kiln-dried, and on the ing process results in the
plans the sizes for both formation of a spongy, glu-
width and height are fig- tinous paste, which is sub-
ured. Sliding doors are 4A, a ag): jected to heavy pressure so
much used, while many WAAL. Whe SZ ZEEE ee . pe as to eliminate the gluten,
openings have no doors at 2 Up the enyrance the fiber remaining being
all. These would be pro- ee made into paper in the
vided with curtains, which ordinary way.

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 30 Scientitic American, Architects and Builders Edition, Frs., 1892.
THE WASHINGTON STREET TUNNEL, CHICAGO. Church Spires, proprietor of the building, after the work is completed.
It is impossible to estimate how many people daily The origin of the spire, like that of the pointed arch, The reply, which is certainly definite enough, is as fol-
eross the branches of the Chicago River, which sepa- is merely matter of conjecture. The probability is lows: ‘‘The architect is obliged to deliver, to the pro-
rate the business portions of the city from the great that it arose out of the peaked roof usually given to prietor,who has employed him, the plans of the con-
north and west sides and divide the city into three dis- campaniles and towers of a preceding period, which structions which have been carried out under his direc-
tinet sections, each having its particular characteris- form was afterward gradually improved upon and tion, as soon as the work is completed, on the condi-
ties. Itis sufficient tostate that the various bridges refined, till it eventually grew up into the slender tion, however, that the architect’s fees have been fully
long ago proved inadequate, and tunnels were built tapering spire. According to such supposition, we paid.” This view of the lawis supported by several
under the river to accommodate the currents of traffic would refer to the tower of Thaon Church, in Nor- decisions in France.—Amer. Architect.
continually passing to and from the north and west mandy, as an example exhibiting the rudiments of the aSS a oe
divisions. It is stated that 22,000 vessels pass through spire, it being no more than a steep peaked roof or low Simplicity in Furnishing and Decorating,

the Chicago River in the seven months comprising the pyramid, whose height does not exceed three-fourths If people could only be guided into simple habits and
season of navigation, and the constant swinging of of its base. A peak of this kind differs also from the ideas as regards so-called comforts and ornaments, we
bridges is a hinderance and delay that even the tunnels spire, both in being the same in plan as the tower on should not only be more likely to develop nobler art,
cannot adequately relieve. The Washington Street which it is placed and in being immediately set upon but also to secure less toil and trouble in the care and
tunnel, through which the West Chicago Street Rail- it, whereas the spire is almost invariably an octagon or keeping of the useless gimerackery with which the
way Company has the right of way, well illustrates other polygon, and is surrounded at its base with a homes of all, from noble dukes to well-to-do trades-
tunnel construction. This tunnel isa little more than parapet. In Italy, where campaniles are usually de- people, at present abound. As a rule, it may be safely
1,525 feet long, and was built in 1869, at a cost of nearly tached square towers of very slender or lofty propor- admitted that rooms are too much furnished and that
$600,000. The bed of the river and the top of the tions, the spire is almost unknown, for such towers the doors, windows, fireplace, floor, walls and ceiling
masonry of the river portion are the same, and as it have seldom more than a mere pyramidal roof or have too little competent care bestowed upon them.
allowed a depth of but 14 feet at low water in the river, peak, which, though it may be considered as the germ Were the constructive features of a-room properly
the top of the masonry was continually being damaged from which the Gothic spire was afterward developed, looked after, much furniture and upholstery would be
by vessels, and proved an obstruction to the free navi- is in itself of quite different character ; yet, at the same as-needless as it is troublesome to keep in order and
gation of the river at low water. time, that of each is best adapted to the respective move about. And this brings up another importart
A few years ago the West Chicago Street. Railway style. There are some few instances of square spires, point in house furnishing too often forgotten—the
Company got permission question of dust. Dwell-
from the City Council to ers in town are particu-
operate its cars through larly subject to this all-
the tunnel, on condition prevailing evil, an evil
that the level under the arising not altogether from
river should be lowered so without.
as to have at least 17 feet Houses are more or less
of water over it at the low- vibratory, especially where
est stage, or 19 feet at mean there is heavy street or
water, and also that they train traffic in the vicinity,
build a masonry center and and we have not yet
end piers over the tunnel cleared out our stock of
to accommodate a swing smoky flues. So that in
bridge, the city supplying addition to paying particu-
en i
ul i]fl! (\Wy)
(||I
lar attention to the fitting
the superstructure. Mr.
8. G. Artingstall, the well of doors and windows, we
i} ie would urge the selection
known Chicago engineer, Win ONAL Fi Hivinyat ~
ale pase
was intrusted with the of only such furniture as
work, and it was complet- may be easily moved about,
ed in the spring of 1890. or so raised above the
For the river section one- ground as to leave at least
half of the stream was 9 inches clear space under-
closed by a cofferdaim, the neath. Avoid useless side
timber crib which was to tables and cabinets, which
serve as the foundation for are so often dragged in for
the masonry center pier no other purpose in the
being used as the head of world but to carry ‘‘art
the cofferdam; when this emporium” rubbish. Re-
S12 aaa
sunny a%
was pumped dry of water member that all furniture
the arch of the old tunnel beyond what is really ne-
was taken up and a cover cessary for comfort and
for the tunnel built with ee convenience only provides
steel girders 20 inches deep so many more traps where-
and 24 feet centers, with with to catch the dust.
brick arches between the Avoid all woolen and fluffy
girders in four rings of stuff in such upholstery as
brick, covered with a layer it may be deemed necessary
of asphalt and then with to have. These two or
12 inches in thickness of three simple hints can be
cement concrete. For the acted upon by nearly
portion under the crib for everybody. To those
the center pier, and also whose means admit it, we
under the dock walls or would suggest the use of
end piers, a three-centered. thin parquet over. old
arch, built with five rings floors; upon such a floor
of bricks, was adopted. only one or two rugs, in
The part under the center lieu of the usual carpet,
pier was built by the usual would be needed, which
methods of tunneling un- THE WASHINGTON STREET TUNNEL CHICAGO. should be of a close, hard
der the cofferdam. This texture. Then we would
part has not only to serve substitute the grand and —
the purpose of a roof over the tunnel, but also is among them a very singular one at Egeln, in Germany, semi-grand piano for the dust-attracting cottage in-
now supporting the masonry center pier and swing where two such spires are set immediately together strument where possible, and abolish forever the hide-

PATENTS,
bridge. The approaches and all parts of the tunnel upon the same tower. But however slender in their ous practice of covering our furniture with all kinds of
at the time were put in thorough repair, the grade proportions such spires may otherwise be, they have a drapery and frippery.
of roadway under the river lowered to correspond with certain heavy massiveness of form. When, therefore,
the lowering of the roof, and the grade of approach greater loftiness and lightness were aimed at in this
changed. feature, the adoption of a polygonal plan for it became
The West Division Street Railroad Company are almost matter of course; for although, in a geometrical
Messrs. Munn & Co., in connection with the publication of the
now building under the Chicago River, about one- drawing, the general outline and proportions of a spire Scientific American, continue to examine improvements and to act
quarter mile south of Washington Street, a tunnel for are the same, whether it be square or octangularin as Solicitors of Patents for Inventors.
the exclusive use of their street cable cars. This work plan, the perspective or actual appearance is widely In this line of business they have had forty-five years’ experience, and now
is being done under the direction of Mr. Artingstall, different; because, in the latter case, the diagonal have wnequaled facilities for the preparation of Patent Drawings, Specifti-
who is now chief engineer of the sanitary district of breadth of the square tower below is cut off, and each cations, and the prosecution of Applications for Patents in the United
Chicago, and it is expected will be finished in the fall side or plane of which the spire is composed becomes a States, Canada, and Foreign Countries. Messrs. Munn & Co.
of 1892, The dimensions of the tunnel are very large, much more pointed triangle. Besides which, the poly- also attend to the preparation of Caveats, Copyrights for Books, Labels,
as the company are sparing no expense to make it light, gonal spire produces a degree of contrast and. variety Reissues, Assignments, and Reports on Infringements of Patents. All
airy, and pleasant for their passengers. The tunnel is highly favorable to general effect in the pointed style. business intrusted to them is done with special care and promptness, on
30 feet clear width inside by 16 feet high, and besides a eS very reasonable terms.

passing under the river, goes ’under two seven-story Ownership of Plans, A pamphlet sent free of charge, on application, containing full informa-

buildings and one five-story building, and also under tion about Patents and how to procure them; directions concerning
The question of the ownership of plans, under
all the railroad tracks entering the Union Depot. A French law, is brought up, and very clearly answered, Labels, Copyrights, Designs, Patents, Appeals Reissues, Infringements,
large portion of this tunnel is built, and the part under in La Semaine des Constructeurs for Oct. 8, 1891. A Assignments, Rejected Cases, Hints on the Sale of Patents, ete.
We also send, free of charge, a synopsis of Foreign Patent Laws, show-
the tracks is in process of construction; the tracks have correspondent asks the ‘‘ Committee on Jurisprudence”
ing the cost and method of securing patents in all the principal countries
been undermined and supported without interfering of that journal, which is composed ,of persons tho- of the world.
with the passage of a single train. The cost of this roughly acquainted with the subject, whether an archi- MUNN & CO., Solicitors of Patents, 361 Broadway, New York,
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 Fers., 1892. Scientific American, Architects and Builders Edition.
Utility and Art,
That theory which would base architectural beauty
upon utility and fitness is so far from being satisfac-
tory as clearly tracing the source of the former quality
to the two latter, that, instead of removing perplexity,
it rather increases it. In direct opposition to such
doctrine, everyday experience convinces us that, so
very far from constituting esthetic beauty, mere utility
and fitness contribute very little at all toward it, even
in architecture, where, as far as the purpose of building
is concerned, they might seem to be not only indispen-
sable but all sufficient, and afford all the pleasure
which the mind can derive from examining and con-
templating edifices of any kind. Yet such is assuredly
not the case ; on the contrary, it is only when it aims
at something more than utility, when it indulges in the
superfluous or the useless, in short, when it steps into
the provineeof art and aims at the idle gratification of
the eye, that architecture is entitled to the high dis-
tinction claimed for it and the lofty pretensions set up
in its behalf. Upon the utility principle of beauty a
turnip field would be a far more agreeable prospect
than any to be met with in Swiss or Italian scenery;
and upon the common sense fitness and utility prin-
ciple, a church erected according to the Islington or
Bethnal Green taste ought to delight quite as much as,
if not more than, any of those glorious examples of our
ancient ecclesiastical architecture which so wonder-
fully impress the mind. Unless the word ‘‘ utility” be
exceedingly elastic indeed, and its meaning so ductile
that it may be drawn out like gold to a most prodigious
extent, utility cannot at all be said to recommend the
dome of St. Paul’s, it adding nothing whatever to the
serviceableness of the building; while on the other
hand, the unsightly platforms or galleries with which
churches used to be encumbered ought to be accounted
beautiful, since they certainly had the plea of being
useful as far as affording sittings goes.
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AN IMPROVED DOOR HANGER,
We illustrate herewith a new sliding door hanger,
manufactured by the Munger-Colton Mfg. Co., of
Chicago. The principal objects aimed at by the manu-
facturers, with this hanger, are to reduce to a mini-
mum the space between the studding, thus securing
more space in the rooms, and also to bring the soffits
much closer together than has been possible heretofore,
thereby doing away with a wide unsightly opening
overhead. By the peculiar construction of the ‘Col-
ton” hangers, these objects have been attained, a
space of one-fourth inch only being required between
the soffits.
One figure represents a side view of the hangers with
parts of the door and track broken away, also with one
wheel taken from the back hanger, to show the con-
struction. The working parts are made of steel and
the hangers are so constructed as to adapt the wheels
to unequal elevations of track, or to allow the wheels
The
to pass over obstructions upon the tracks.
wheels are upon independent axles, and it is stated that
a variation of nearly two inches in the height of the
tracks will not interfere with the perfect working of the
hangers, as there is no side motion. The parts being
of steel, the space between the studding is reduced to a
minimum, and the space between the soffits can be
reduced to one-fourth inch. The other figure shows an
end view of the hanger upon the track, the dotted lines
representing the possibilities of variation of the hang-
ers, to conform toa similar variation in the elevation
of the tracks. A sheet of directions, being an archi-
tect’s drawing in detail, showing every part full size, is
packed with each set, and will be mailed to any one
upon application. Another novel and useful feature is H. Mullins, of Salem, Ohio.
the packing of the necessary screws in separate enve- The statue, whose general appearance is given very
THE COLTON SLIDING DOOR
31
lopes, duly labeled for each part, thus saving time to |male dies as a base. The statue was struck up from
the merchant and builder, and securing the use of |these dies. A corresponding pair were placed in a drop
serews of proper size. press and accurately adjusted. Sheet copper, cut to
Messrs. H. H. & C. L. Munger, 142 Lake Street, proper size and placed between the dies, was gradually
Chicago, are the general agents for this hanger. struck up by a succession of blows, with constant an-
a nealing between the impacts. In general,‘the female
THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN WEATHER VANE, dies were continually replaced by others of inereased
THE HUNTRESS DIANA, depth, a single male die in general answering for each
The tower of the new Madison Square Garden, of part. A shallow rebate was worked upon some of the
this city, has recently been completed, and has been edges of the pieces, so as to enable a comparatively flush
joint to be made by lapping an unrebated edge thereon.
The whole was then riveted together and finally
brazed, so as to produce a water-tight structure.
The frame consists principally of wrought iron pipe.
A 7 inch pipe runs up through the central axis of the
figure to the head, and to it other pipes, bars and
stays of iron are secured, running to and attached to
different parts of the figure as required.
The foot of the figure rests upon a hollow ball, 22
inches in diameter ; an extension of the central 7 inch
pipe runs down a further distance of 9 feet ; and this is
surrounded by a 10 inch pipe, which extends up a short
distance through the bottom of the upper ball. The
lower ballfis 3 feet 4 inches in diameter.
It is obvious that as the statue turns, the 9 foot sec-
tion of pipe must alsoturn, and that the upper ball at-
tached to the figure turns with it. The construction,
it will be seen, alsolutely excludes all rain from the
interior of the 10 inch pipe. The weight of the figure
is sustained by two horizontal ball bearings, about 9
feet apart and within the 10 inch pipe and lower ball.
Each bearing consists of two annularly grooved flanges,
between which a number of 14 inch steel balls work
within the grooves. By adjustment of the relative
parts, principally as regards the location of the frame,
{||
|
the center of gravity is brought as nearly as possible
to fall upon the axis of the 7 inch pipe. A bolt and
nut at the bottom of the rotating pipe holds the
||ll
|
figure down to its position, so that it cannot leave
the ball bearings. A wind pressure of one-fourth of a
pound to the square foot is sufficient to move the statue.
Below the figure is the great crescent, measuring
about 12 feet from tip to tip and 22 inches in hori-
zontal depth. This is built upon an angle iron frame.
The sides and bottom are closed with plate glass in
small panes, and a series of lids close the top. Within
the crescent are 66 incandescent lamps, ten of 50 candle
power and the rest of 16 candle power each. Inme-
diately above the crescent, ten reflecting lamps are
arranged to cast their rays upward upon the figure.
The apex of the figure is 347 feet from the ground.
The highest point accessible by fixed ladders is the
crescent, 323 feet from the ground.
A lightning rod connection with the rotating fig-
ure is thus arranged: The upper part of the 10 inch
stationary tube is surrounded with a copper ring im-
mediately under the upper ball. From this ring six
arms of copper rod extend upward, terminating in
points almost in contact with the ball, which latter,
surmounted by the great weather vane representing the it will be remembered, turns with the figure. From
huntress Diana discharging an arrow in the diree- the ring the main lightning conductor is carried down
tion whence the wind is coming. On account of its ele- to the ground.
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vated position and high artistic character the colossal
SCHMIDT'S WINDOW FRAME,
statue, for such the weather vane really is, has attract-
This window frame, the illustration of which ap-
ed much attention. The general design is due to Mr.
peared in our December number, has a diagonally
Stanford White, of this city, who was the architect
placed parting rail in the sash slideways, by which the
of the building and the tower, and who is the archi-
sashes, when closed, are firmly wedged in position to
tect of the Washington arch in this city, now approach-
exclude air and prevent rattling, while an upper and a
ing completion. The statue proper is the production
lower spring in the parting rail holds either sash at
of§ the celebrated sculptor, Augustus St. Gaudens.
any special point where it may be left. It is a patented
The full sized model was supplied from the artist’s
improvement of Mr. August Schinidt, of No, 1768 Am-
studio, and the statue was reproduced in metal by W.
sterdam Avenue, New York City.
accurately in the cut,
is 18 feet in height,
and, with its iron
frame, armatures,
~and counterpoising,
weighs 1,800 pounds.
Itis made of 22 ounce
copper, struck up in
drop presses. The
process of manufac-
ture was as follows:
Using the statue asa
model, a number of
plaster of Paris
moulds were made to
cover, section by sec-
tion, the entire fig-
ure. From each of
these moulds a cast-
ing was taken, the
cavity being filled
with melted zine,
thus giving an accu-
rate male die, repro-
ducing every detail
and roughness of the
Z ae
original statue. Fe- , WAX,
male dies were made,
HANGER, also of zine, using the SCHMID1’S WINDOW FRAME,
 32 Scientific American, Architects and Builders ECrlition, Frs., 1892.
Sackett’s Wall and Ceiling Board, A COMBINATION FOLDING BATH TUB, Japanese Interiors,
A new building material has just been placed on The illustrations represent, in open and closed po- The houses that the Japanese women occupy are, it
the market by the Sackett Wall Board Company, 38 sition, a bathing cabinet, which can be placed in any goes without saying, says Harper's Magazine, as neat
Dey Street, New York. This is a fire proof board for furnished bed room or other apartment, without de- and wondrously fashioned as themselves; almost
walls and ceilings. This board is nailed directly to tracting from the appearance of the room, while af- always full of surprises, with movable panels, with
the studding, and does away with lath and plaster. boxes and slides, with compartments of all shapes, and
It will not warp or crack and can be applied by un- astonishing little closets.
skilled labor at any time of the year. Rooms finished Everything is scrupulously clean, even among the
with it can be occupied at once. As there is no humblest, and of apparent simplicity, especially among
moisture in the material, wood trim may be finished to the richest. Alone the altar of ancestors, where sticks
it at once, without danger of being injured by twisting of incense burn, is gilded, lacquered and garnished
or swelling. This material is cheaper than lath or like a pagoda, with vases and lanterns. Everywhere
plaster. For ceilings of churches, theaters, large else a purposed bareness—a bareness all the more com:
dining rooms, halls, and stores it is said to be superior plete and white if the dwelling pretends to elegance.
to wood, asit is fire proof, and to plaster, as it will not No embroidered tapestries; sometimes transparent
erack or fall, and admits of any class of decoration. portieres made of string beads and bamboos. And never
Specimen work may be seen and samples and estimates furniture; it is on the floor or on little lacquer pe-
obtained at the office of the company. destals that necessary objects or vases of flowers are
placed. To the mistress of the house luxury consists
+8
of the very excess of that cleanliness of which I spoke
AN IMPROVED MITERING MACHINE. above, and which is one of the incontestable qualities
The accompanying illustrations show back and front of the Japanese people. It is everywhere the custom
views of the new No. 3 Universal miter machine made to unshoe before entering a house, and nothing equals
by the Fox Machine Co., of Grand Rapids, Mich. It ||the whiteness of those mats upon which one never
has all the latest improvements, adjustable stop, uni- walks without fine socks with divided toes. The wood-
versal column, universal squaring gauges, adjustable || work itself is white, neither painted or varnished,
miter gauge, adjustable bed plates, ete. The carriage keeping as its sole ornamentation, among women of
is in form of a triangle strongly braced, and, being firmly true taste, the imperceptible vein of the young pine.
guided in the upright frame, the knife must make a + ee SS
straight and true cut. The bed plates are placed ad- |. THE fire which destroyed one-half of the immense
justably in the bed of the machine, and can be elevated | .\= State Asylum for Insane, at Pontiac, Mich., recently,
at the end next to the knife. This is done to make a was chiefly remarkable for the fact that, although the
slight undercut on the moulding, which always insures flames spread with astonishing rapidity, not one of the
a tight joint on top. The miter gauge is made adjust- several hundred demented female patients who occu-
able to and from the knife, a necessary requirement in pied that particular wing of the building sustained
cutting hard wood or wide mouldings, and is provided the slightest injury. The building had been recently
with a stop to cut mouldings the exact length. A equipped throughout with some very ingeniously de-
squaring gauge attachment consists of a central post | A COMBINATION FOLDING BATH TUB. vised fire escapes, put up by E. T. Barnum, manufac-
secured to the bed by dowel pins and thumb screws. turer of art wire and iron work, Detroit, Mich., and
At each side of the post is pivoted a gauge, secured the | fording the convenience and luxury of a bath room. were covered with wire guards, preventing the patients
sameas the gauge on Btrimmers. This gauge can be The two side hinges that connect the top of tub to the from throwing themselves over. The same firm has
set at any angle, and always makes a shear cut with the back of heater, in connection with the two rollers on recently been awarded the contract for four steel jail
knife. The post can be quickly removed and the miter bottom, allow an easy and partially automatic move- cells, at Kalkaska, Mich. They are made of the best
gauge placed in position to cut miters. Motion on the ment. The waste water exhaust is so constructed as flat steel bars, in lattice shape, and are combined with
Nos. 3 and 5 machine is obtained by a foot treadle | to connect and disconnect itself in folding and unfold- all the elaborate locks and safeguards known to
connected by a rod to the carriage. A tempered steel ing the tub. The heater resting on the brackets is modern jail science. These steel cells put in an or-
spring raises the carriage to the top of the stroke. On made of galvanized iron and has capacity for warming dinary building constitute as perfect a jail as could be
the Nos. 2 and 4 miter the motion is obtained bya loose twenty gallons, is arranged so as to let cold water cir- found in the largest prisons.
pinion and double rack, the same as the trimmer. The | culate through the samejsupply to the tub and can —_—_—_— +6

treadle rod on the foot power machines is threaded and be warmed to any temperature desired, using gas, THE importation of cotton bale ties has now ceased,
has adjustable cushioned stops, so that in cutting! gasoline or oil, and requires but a few minutes to warm the article is now wholly made in this country, and tho

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FOX PATENT UNIVERSAL MITER MACHINE. MITER MACHINE—BACK VIEW.

narrow moulding the carriage can be checked at any the water sufficiently for a bath. A sanitary chair
point in the upward stroke, making much less motion bath and a family portable chair bath of admirable
for the foot. In this machine, the column being made design and construction are also afforded by the same
on a swivel, it can be placed to accommodate the work- manufacturers, the Combination Folding Bath Tub
man, no matter in what position he stands, Co., of Marshall, Mich,
prices are lower than ever before known. The cause of
the depression in prices is due to overproduction. For
the year ending June 30, 1890, the importations of eot-
ton ties amount to nearly 45,000,000 pounds, or enough
to bind 4,500,000 bales of cotton,
 Frepruary, 1892. Scientific American, Architects and Builders Edition, ee

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eaeoa meieves iv |Maurer, Henry & Son ii
Barlow Brose. eee tlhe med calc fii |,Me@sker Ge BrO).o) adecsen ase seuesensban tava :
Barnuin, (Has, accu wesw aacetrapeinanins states Fareeover iv | Moore & Co., Bi Bis scascsencarnacks eee wate a
s » e Bent, Sam’] L. & SOM. ......20.ececereeecerneeesceceiii |Moss Engraving Co.......-...sesesereees Seceneennsien i
Blessing & Co., G. A yessu...scccseeeweninao'sge oevi aan is ee CO i. trees orleans airlondasimeieteamnie =
cee testes
Bolles J. Bi @ CG iiiaceks css sebshew <oweee iting, W. His oS cmgile «clas lak baw eels seevecesnvee li
IMPORTERS OF Boughton & Terwilliger... ......seseeee0s cover ii |Munger-Colton Mfg. Co .. .....s+.00++ oclles seiviasiaed
Bray, Joseph F. & Co......... Posone mereceae ix
: Bridgeport Wood Finishing Co... ........ bc Recs oatsv
Broad Gauge Iron Stall Works...........+--:+0+++-Hl N.
ve) eae H. na788SR neteln Adie slacidiieininalsiviet seo 3. aera iv
a rush Electric Co..... + sitererererseveee « COVELL! Narragansett Machine Co.......... sauelsasen sOUver dh
MANUFACTURERS OF National Hot Water Heater Co ........... tee VA
National Sheet Metal Roofing Co............. ...Xili
Cc. National Wood Mfg. Co......... bieaamcae ee cover ii
_| Niles Iron & Steel Roofing Co......
22. :sss-ecsceees ii
pooper cons aera apts eM te eeeeeees COVE - Northrop, Hénry (832045: .s.seeenseuaeee cover iii
y OTN UO... wc ccccsccvccccoee Oevericsess« 7 ‘ j ii
Canton Steel Booting OO gasoi ossos ahh wa masten eect Renan Ogee a ae ae ee a
Central Expanded Metal Co.................cover ili
A 4 A Charter Gas Engine Co............2--sse00s Sistacew ii o
D iF d iy f d ‘ Chilton JMi'g,. OOns: sisee cs peta «nese
aeee ii :
omes 16 all orelgn, 0 every €ScT1p 10N, Cincinnati Corrugating Co............ Cece eeennees iii P
Cincinnati Stamping Co... 2... 0.0.0. 5 seeeeee eX On en Sup sy peg ae =e ve iv
EASTERN BRANCH 00 Lewis St F R NEW YORK
Clark, Burnett
Clay Shingle Co. OeSe
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Oswego Indurated Fibre Co............. «++-COVer ii
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ombination Folding Bath Tub Co..... Siva cortl’es xiv
] at ipl Ta | - Consolidated Roofing Works.............+++ cover iv P
EN ota E. fs teh: iouabiaty Apieeiote f ateip-e slows eines eae ee ral -

GENERAL OFFICE AND MILLS, CINCINNATI, OHIO, |cores iinstiiie'oo. ccc eacnas ee] BaneeOR TISEE Osc shag
\OVCOran, Ac dssccest haces ona tn ensetouaen cover iv
: he es noe Paragon Plaster Co.... .. ...cover iv

ee ae = OOF an, Maddie 2S Pearson Mfg.:Co.. J. 3-6. ae .6 a. wae

Pierce, Butler & Pierce Mfg. Co .cover iv
dD. The Pike Mfg. Co........... F ii
Pittsburg Plate Glass Co
Day Mie: Cotcsewsd- serene vi| Pittsburg Terra Cotta Lumber C
ceo meena manideeuceine
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Dean Linseed Oil Co.......... desoees Senile cover iii |Poppert, Geo)..2.....-
—— | Detroit Heating & Lighting Co........ slelsaie views cee Xl | + OULS, BYOB.......«-+ uegmceeaeeste
Devoe) PF: W..&\Con...0 chseas
tneee eee eeaeed ..i| Powers Duplex Regulator Co.
READ THIS OVER TWICE Dickey, Adam........ .sseeee SEACHOnCShEensrpadte vi| Pryibil, P.... ....... s. » ssecesseoee .
Py pixoe. 08 Crecible iO seiet\sisicienic Apcek cen AtonoesVv
This popular Bath, which is now in practical use je wait RS IST ORIPo ga
throughout the U. 8., has long been recognized as the sey! Dieting JAncnael ee ne +3
leading Portable Folding Bath Tub. Constant progress ‘NG Randolph & Clowes........-..+++ Sei asics sevecd
has been and is to-day the secret of its pre-eminence. ell E. Richardson Bros........+-+.+++-- Seeeees @ Cece cenee ix
By its use no bath room is needed. © b 1 AY ek oaatdetealepeeeees MES
Richardson, (C), ABicant ann AN iii
By i - Can be placed Eberts Bros ee0e-0+
jj |Richmond Stove Co........0++--s+++ COVED iii

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inroom.
any apartment of the house. An ornament to any
A child can operate it. Uses gas, gasoline, oil,
Faison General Klectric Go....1...uitoc0lleoverii|Rumsey & Co..-...-.ese
Egan Co: .a/on ot ab eenpanera cahibe c's aesstapeths
ilaail-ta osx
seeoeJ tetteteses Cover ii
i || or natural gas. Warms 20 gallons of water in 25 minutes, Emerson, Smith & 00. .cd.0c0csrvscessonsiee S poere 92. Ss.
i] The great expense of putting se Een Benne Oo oeeees Oe ee eeeeeeeeenes a
| in heating boiler and range, RE el Nene gy ae, yao ppg Nt seeerccece 00 cccnce .cover ii

HI or furnace with cold and_hot F. Scott, Janied BAU: ete e Dane

HI] water pipes, entirely done ; ; | Semmer; Philip, GlassiGaip ees, sates tes sian chy
away with. aca Pend oy ineHie a : lv peers. a nee a G Sais ste tn talctniolaeele i's Ae cate -Viii
. gan KY BicdeNweg....csesecceessocsovees sever eppard, Isaac A. ietsja}siee'd alee ocvecsesCOVEr iV
‘il (a Send for circular and == | |Fox Machine Co...... Sherman & Butler... -... Bosdasn
eaeaeece aee
| | prices. : = = = = Frank: @ul20 sess: va sen Shimer, Sam’] J. & Sons.............. Raney vues ix
French, J. C. & Son. Smith, A. AB. ‘Co.s. mh. see 25s: 9 cianiatealas sion See eee
COMBINATION FOLDING BATH TUB Cco., Marshall, Mich. French, 8. H. & Co.. SmithsS.b..& Bre ees. aoe cae «anaes oe are: xiii
rinks Je Pena. wobec ene are Standard Varnish Works ..........sses- cover iii
Standard Wood Turning Co. 7.0 \ osc. 2< baxtced eens vi
G Stanley Rule & Level Co... .jiessesecimee seaecover ii
= Biarrent, rs e Sp Girt mane areca aie ii
Garry Iron & Steel Roofing Co. .. ........ eee eee it Whose paee oer ome G28 SoG Sac eae Pees iy
W H" E Godwin Alfred Sia... Geresaemssanceasacecover iv See gare eeaeee BaseMeee ae See Ce
d, Gprion Tas serosa COnart Seno: aecover iv |Stover Miz. Coacer Pe EGLO Perce
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Aye a Ed.ee ae about it if you get hera PERFECTION FLOUR. BIN a Tr.
We claim it’sa household necessity. You will say so too after using it, and Finines, soned & Cad hiey ooo aoas Bist tea trie xii |Taylor, N. & G.Co......... cover i
wonder why you didn’t get one before. Remember this. Itisa Er uindniation keel ro8alter caaohadad OAc tee »++- X01) Thorn Shingle and Ornament Go... vill
Bin, Sifter, Pan and Scoop. Holdsafull sack of flour and sifts it the finest you |f{olmes- E.& Bo Se ae --+-70'V |Tiffany Glass Co......... cess ea peesncccensees cover ii
mq ever saw. Itsavesall of the flour; no scattering, and it will never mould or get |Howard FurnaceCo. 707! he) 2 eae x
| musty. Prices to hold: 25Ibs., $2.50 50Ibs., $3.00 100 lbs., $4.00. Howard & Maree ee ee packh
CIRCULARS AND TESTIMONIALS FREE. Hoyt & Bro. Coscia meyers Meet ioe hoo oats x -
If our agent or your dealer cannot suppl u, |Hygienic Concrete Co...............+. he va o++-XV] U.S. Mineral Wool Co.......-ccescs
SPECIAL OFFER. gh al HFps hap ih of cap Bins TREE ir Daca i eta
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Qu do among your friends. Send us the price of two Mle enaneeoetll + Ve
send you three, and guarantee satisfaction to all. Indiana Machine Works x |Van Duzen Gas and Gasoline Engine ©
2 soe eercent ens ee eereees veoee eX 5 anc e Engine Co..........ii
mates WEBS Sygtpers isMAN & BUTLER, Tronclad Mfg. Co.... ..... sideekh ohett dics. canes vil Van Horne, Griffin& CO. .5,.s . <astece wes sce ‘
T, B. CHICAGO, ILL. Van Wagoner & Williams Co -- cover iv
J. Venetian Blind Co. ...... espla'oldaabeer serpin’ hal Daalwreiereis KUL
Pat. Ring Concrete Tile : Jackson, Edwin A. & Bro... ........++.4...cover iv Ww
2 i JTACOB NAL ARE, OLD STYLE. |Jarden Brick C0, 7. ..secw sieves cvsteceeersensee vi .
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55 e Concrete Tinminating Tile and Vault Lights Pg py) EN ee sala
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Ps = 2 For AREAS, ROOFS, FLOORS, Etc. K. Western Mineral Wool OORT casasas opt eee a
z " “peach ae! a Bere Light than Other Similar Goods Made. Karr. C. P 5 pepeet Russel ee oN ahaSesfalare Sa cinSelols Boekewe Sem
ustrated Circular and Price List sent t a 1 Os Pivasitict tetra eee eececneeeeeserentesseces di illiamsport Machine Co,.. ...
3 2 7 WORTH STREET, - ~~ NEW ss age Keystone Electric Co...........0.... vvseesesooveriv|WillerMig.Co... «++. ee
. MDA BDPOS —.... see eee Corner sees sene eececes I 1 - gia’s sso a!hed. Cana ee
9% lights to sc, ft. When directing, mention SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. 2 lights to sq. ft, |Kinnear & Gager Co ................... »-«. COVE iii Wyckolf & ae Soc ee , cover iv
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Scientific American, Architects and Builders Edition.

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Clascided List of Advertisers Published in the Prasen’ Mumber of the Seientife Ameritan, Avchitests and Builders Ziikion following.

Adamant, Boilers (Seamless Drawn Copper House.) Dado Saws.

Randolph’ es Glowesirc.ss ssc. grt sciencescePage i The Fox Machine Co ....... ..... -....-cover ii Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. ............... Page ili
Potiq Hiroa)
a.i~ware se anne cewek,
Brass Furniture Fittings, Le Decorative Glass and Sand Blast Work, P. Semmmer Glass COs oraoc; oie SITs cha Go oeewe toutes iv
Am. Brass and Metal Works..........0.0+++++Xil The Matthews Decorative Glass Co............Vi Vanhorne, Griffen & Co.........-..-...0- eo
The Northwestern Adamant Mfg. Co... .. Brass Goods,
The Chicago Adamant Plaster Co.......... Glass—Stained and Mosaic.
Randolph & Clowes .... ... ... Seed betdicsiecays i Door Checks and Springs. Alfred’ Godwin. 2. oc ccwssmes cover iv
The St. Louis Adamant Plaster Co......... Norton Door Check & Spring Co.............. ii
The Ohio Adamant Plaster Co........ ....... Brass Work for Buildings. Flanagan & Biedenweg...... : » ce seelt
Phe Gio PIaSter COn nee eecdeine.s tease: A THALOW Bite Cd ceae, och hteaees sche dace as xii Door Hangers. The Tiffany Glass Co... .5...sese «cepneue over ii
The Adamant Wall Plaster Works....... Be TD BAUM 4b scars owe a ese ee ew cover iv AsEUTAG ESTOS s-05 re eseea ANTONIS soba ie liars oopMENT o/eAa/p 6 aT otewheiv
The Indiana Adamant Plaster Co.... Am. Brass and Metal Works.............+.++-Xii Munger-Colton Mfg. Co........-+00++ iv Graphite Paint,
The Detroit Adamant Wall Plaster Co....... J. Hs BOWeS: & COs 20 east ae coc ol wate dae cleo cn iv B.C Steams, £2 COs ie dda. accesace Joseph Dixon Crucible Co.............+20ee0 PA's
Phe Michigan Adamant Plaster Co...... ... HOward'& MOrsGscccsstceccunes dels calcieimas ea The Warner MigiOG:esaes.o) saceus ce - eseoX VI
The Kansas City Adamant Plaster Co....... . Grates, :
The Tennessee Adamant Co Brass Working Machinery. Drawing Instruments, Etc. Edwin A. Jackson & Bro........ ..-.e0 cover iv
Pe PYV iD ee i Scanciesorsshades iat ofe a LX Ball-Bal'& COv.c.ceccsessac
asercesvancee cover ii Lewis Grate & Mantel Co..... ....:....2.%... xi
Bricks—Plain, Pressed, Front, and Kolesch & C0 os. .c05 coccesscceer
reese cess: ii
L. Manasse....... Pasasusmataese
tase acaer isc, <a iii Grille Brass Work. a
Ornamental. Am. Brass and Metal Works........-.....++++Xii
Jarden. Brick |\COner a -alecuttea
cae os seed POONA! Dumb Waiters, J. B. Bolles) & CoO..." ecb 2 tno doa tee Vepeeteee iv
Adjustable Planes, Storm Mfg. Co...... Gid oudtea Berea cies conde ole vi
Stanley Rule & Level Co .... ..... ..... coverii Brick Machinery.
Henry Martin Brick Machine Mfg. Co......... Vv Ma BIS WOZOys cast cdeecace need ccs ceeds tsetse iii Ground & Rough Glass for Floors, Ete,
Advertising Glass Signs, Pittsburg Plate Glass CO.........sse0..-- 2sees iii
Building Fronts and Cornices. Eaves Troughs, Vanhorne. Griffen & Co... 220.5 ue aceeccsaenns vi
The Western Sand Blast Co........°.......c... tii Wea bei Mins soya oe ioscan
cetene’s AN Actioned iii PADMIOE Marlin: SiC Onsite clas osieecaits
ise salaaeranebs
The Canton Steel Roofing Co................ od X Gymnasium Outfits. é
Annunciators, Door and Call Bells. Building Paper, Felt, Etc. ; Narragansett Machine Co......... eaelaee cover ii
Date AVI OOM. suas ite see eee oeix US BSA Ef) NPR ABE RrSS, Moccer vice docked cover iii Electric Door Bells, Annunciators, etc,
A Ag breNet SO Conor AOSCOOEE SCCOCOORE LE: IROCOURED ix
Architects. Carpenters’ Tools and Machinery. Hand Sawing Machines, :
Stanley Rule and Level Co......... .... cover ii Electric Lights. Wi FP & Ja Barnes Coipess ss cco cesioase) GaamaeselGl
Gis Barber'& (COM voctteiccestess
soccme 6.eV Brush Electric Co. ..........22 «s-ce....cover li
Carpet Lining. Edison General Electric Co..............cover ii Hardwood Lumber.
Architects’ and Surveyors? Supplies. Hiss WoW atsonisie cues eee ease weenie cover iii Wie BIDS Albr0: COg, cadence csssuvsee
L. Manasse Electric Motors.
| Carved Wood for Ceilings, ete. Brush Mlectric:Oosaceancsete onaiges cecreercover ii Heating Apparatus,
Allegheny Geometrical Wood Carving Co...xii Edison General Electric Co.. cover ii Abram Cox. Stove Co... es serncssankeeane
Architectural Brass and Metal Work Keystone Electric Co....... . cover iv
Designs, Ceilings (Metal). Roms Cook Cof(Limited).c... -; sscana.onceanenan
Am, Brass and Metal Works...2.........00 xii Kinnear & Gager CO). ccccs sil vimsinse's cs’ « cover iii Elevators, Detroit Heating & Lighting Co i
ESS NOLbhrop . .cniscitdelicese cleoe noone cover iii LS Graves & SOUWsassadiccds tscerse xe coveriv Eureka Steam Heating Co........... Wb aaddewite ad
Kimball Bros........... seh eegemarweaeciscie aslexiii Hitchings & Co Ci .c2 iis es-ces <> v needa cei
Architectural Iron Work, Cements, Howard Furnace Co.........---...- + . Xvi
AmGrows MEG. COs. cscs vas ceec tele: Beane prone’ xii Vis Wi Mason dy: COlta. os. scat ca same aoe eee ee vi
H. W. Johns Mfg. Co........ Sr SAO TES ceases xi BhOrm MieCOns eas des cee ePissadsaewesy serena Edwin A. Jackson & Bro.........-..0.-- cover iv
Bie Le ATTY ioe wo teweeh ans sleawa ante oieccek cover iv “ Isaac A. Sheppard & Co..........-- sees cover iv
DEM BOMeH
he. CO! cts nse smcceaee PAGO
AAB AS 23 iv Chandeliers, Elevator Motors, Lewis Grate & Mantel Co.. .. ...........2.- xi
TRAE rinkeecds ecclesia oe eeessccece pa
National Hot Water Heater Co..............XVii
Architectural Wood Turning. Keystone Electric Co....... siavceseeeseeCOVEL IV, J. FE. Pease Furnace Co... 6i.55<ssieeu Paes enna’ oii
Church Crosses,
PAMIRITY DIGHOV sue vase cibieise a rouieedataeiree
hsp eee vi Wir J ON CS pias cunasavista% smipiesleelesialeiaraereie.e|s
aie,e.c0 RAL Elevator Cabs and Enclosures, Pierce, Butler & Pierce Mfg. Co........ cover iv
Standard Wood Turning Co.............-. Vi Am. Brass and Metal Works......... ACORARCEC xii The: H-B: Smith Mie. Co: 22<./5..5 ieee Xi
Colored Glass for Churches, Dwellings, Be Pe Sturtevant cade: saws sateen sae i
Art Wetal Work. te, Engineers’ Supplies. Thos. W. Weathered’s Sons
WViscke IM QUDS So oss cca5 sas lene evence ss Rastane © iii he ritauny Glass |COs. sadeneceis
neaaecover ii Ds Man @SSOk cs hyn ter assis) < thr dow araeeisia ma sees iii R.. Wheeler & Son... 3: «ed i)28 4p 25 er ae c
Gorton & Lidgerwood Co...........+405 over iv
Combination Dividers, Fine Mechanical Tools, Richmond Stove Co.......66. «200 eevee cover ili
Artists’? Materials, DLeSs Starrett djevaceacsee
crcaasaccewscdoue dees ce «li Bi Sa SUaYReLt Gg<5 v.cec aise vlelch ateDddcereddy teldsses ii
FW. Devde.& Oo... ... So eeeiamials ese
foe vasi
Concrete. Fire Brick, Hemlock Lumber,
Hygienic Concrete Co...........-.00s eatnersexv Henry, Maurer & SO. assesses coltdesie<clloe ii Ha WeJenkins' & Co.cF socsss.csacecseeeeavats Vv
Asbestos,
PUA, JOnns Mig. CO. 2 55«case Fo tee eatseoneay x0 Concrete Llluminating Tile and Vault Fire Clay Roofing Tiles. Indurated Fiber Goods, :
Hap dec WV UCR OLE Se,oslois-c eicicjcrexoslcierhetemiete
oieclescover iii Lights. Gisy SOIN GIOiCO mince teit catstoa’etateldia clelsisiateisisic s/cw'e vi Oswego Indurated Fiber Co..........65+ cover ii
SEs BOOKS CO escileiacis seen cen te sent esat et iv
JACOD) Marksny. gece sac cees deren es ste dace sae xiv Fireproof Building Materials, Iron Ceilings and Roofing.
Balusters, Stair Rails, Etc, Henry Maurer & Son. - ......... eraser ii
Anderson & Dickey... San ioscs sts svete cocV Conservatories, Greenhouses, Etc. Cambridge Roofing’ Co.......cc.0--eccscnse « li
Pittsburg Terra Cotta Lumber Co......cover iv Teberts. Brodit. sseroctesss<22 << uete co unecsreens ii
Patol 6s Bronce oes cas cess ek scoot xiii TW. Weathered’s Sons Site. os cain cneeises 0 Xl
The Standard Wood Turning Co........ .....+ Fireprooting Material. Niles Lron & Steel Roofing Co.............see0s ii
Constructive and Decorative Fine Art,
H. W. Johns Mfg. O0.... 00.06.06 ae ZAR. | HS. Northrop <2 sien. stnaedesccecas aster cover iii
Base, Head and Corner Blocks, Tiffany Glass CO. ...>-scdeune raiena vqanaice cover ii
Pittsburg Terra Cotta Lumber C . cover iv
TAAL NW SLUAINIS 2 see came vec na) can <saineaea Vi PPR Watson: fences tase «cn shanecee cover iii Iron Shutters and Doors.
Copper Finials, He Te Barpnuitsiccds seats ns
oT Wie: TONGS) omc is saad tee AAC HEACCerDA oadtol Flour Bin and Sieve. Cincinnati Corrugating Co..
Basin Cocks, Sherman’ & Butlers... 2.2. cscevicsccconnes seeXlV
SEU DIDS MLM. OOns cscnciceces'es daseanieteiiesece Xi Cordage.
Samson Cordage Works...... Senseo e-., cover ii Foot and Hand Power Machinery. Iron Store Fronts,
Mesker’ & Bro\jc: ccstadsiaivae! shacetsmetael eit
Bath Boilers, Cornices, Iron and Copper. Wabi Se Ji) BATNES COM. ec -/nee Siisiavlsmnocceli
PROTA GEMDt OOsc 5a cn osc bieSbce teste teas Pee! Walla lel” DINE RE GSS obo Gocnhana seoracies PBEAC)stiii ONE EAUEIO! Sai, acisciteten, din'cwass vio.saisie ee emits settee xiii Joist Hanger.
JM. Marston o Cosive..-tasccatesceaeons: xii Duplex Hanger Coss 0s. sec .coasn ses ne Wave Vv
Bath Tubs. Corrugated Iron for Roofing, Siding Seneca balis' Mie Cottey nonce oe cane tatesviii
Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co ..... ...... Mee ca Xie and Ceiling. Laundry Tubs.
Oswego Indurated Fiber Co. ........... over ii HDGLES, POR Sa. ee aiuneieicine
dellsec cess « a deidiceestcdt French Baths (Enameled Iron),
Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co......... -xii Albemarle Soapstone Co..........e+se08s cover ii
Cambridge Roofing Cone iiss tessvccscescases ii
Bath Tubs, Self-Heating and Folding. Canton Steel Roofing Co.... 0 22. ce wees eee ceceix Galvanized Sheets, Leveling Instruments,
Combination Folding Bath Tub Co.......... xiv Cincinnati Corrugating Cos s,s neces cesses iii Anolo Iron & Stéel:Co.cccseveuss sce cene cover ii T.. MANGERE. oo ceas Hi pc ete et eae ne eee SEES oe iii
THe Day Mie, WO so eee ee cece cc vi Garry Iron and Steel Roofing Co............ Ach CiB: Richardson 223% -enae. Oe A ote es «Pee iii
Niles Iron & Steel Roofing Co....... .......... ii Gas Engines,
Bent and Beveled Glass, Charter Gas. Pngine (o..9i)-22.02 we scence. sol
Van Duzen Gas and Gasoline Engine Co...... ii Linseed Oil.
Vanhorne, Griffen’& Co Peres rad or vles ccc Vi Covering for Steam, Gas, and Water Dean Linseed Oil Co............. eas is cover iii
Pipes. Gas Machines.
Blinds, Sliding and folding. H. W. Johns Mfg. Co Detroit Heating and Lighting Co.............. xi Lithographers. x
MUIVR WYALLOD eerie race seta ea he ot aite sais cactetiare xiii Western Mineral Wool Co...................Xii Schumacher & Ettlinger................ cover ii
Glass, Decorative and Sand Blast,
Boiler Coverings. Cutter Heads. The Matthews Decorative Glass Co. . ...... vi Mahogany. ;
Ecce SONDS Mio COr wen clescasattecc
aces vceoXh SanmlasShimer G& SONS: cccese case ccccnetes
cae1.2 The Western Sand Blast Co..... ............. iii The Hs De Albro COs o. niens tates sane ae eweaes xiv
ES

IF INTERESTED IN WATER SUPPLY PLEASE READ! “Ground exhalations, more or less vitiated, fill the air of our homes and
are taken into our lungs every day and minute of our lives.’—PRor. TYNDALL,
ARCHITECTS

BUILDERS SHOULD KNOW

should not fail to give a place for one of our Regulators in every plumbers’
specification, as it should be found in every house, particularly WHERE HOT AND
COLD WATER IS USED; it prevents the effect of the high pressure on boiiers.
The regulator can be set at any pressure desired in the building, say as low as
15 pounds or upwards, and it will maintain the same no matter how great the
pressure may be in the mains.
This Valve has been on the market for the past 10 years and has met with flatter-
ing success. Many serious accidents avoided by their use. Every valve warranted. that the above statement is founded on an incontestable fact. Odors from the
For full particulars write
FACTORY: 771-117 N. STATE ST.
H. MUELLER MAN'F’G CO., subsoil will penetrate even Portland cement and poison the air of the best built
\ CHEAPEST <4 OFFICE: 222 E. MAIN ST. DECATUR, ILL. house. It is not nice for any contractor to acquire a reputation for building
unhealthy houses. Just ask your architect how to secure freedom from ground
exhalations in the buildings you are erecting. He will tell you that the only
—~©<@>~ MECHANICS 4>°— JUDGE A MECHANIC BY THE QUALITY OF HIS TOOLS. sure method is to apply a layer of the Hygienic Concrete to the whole of the
Screw’ TOOL, DRIVER, It is with leasure that we place the Mechanics’ Screw and Tool

ciate
Driver upon the market, as we feel confident that it is the best tool basement and cellar floors. This concrete is impenetrable and effectually controls
for inserting all kinds of wood screws, as well as drillin,
metals, which has ever been presented to the public. st
tool that hha feit ae has been looking for, and will undoubtedly all exhalations, at the same time as it purifies the house and renders it healthy
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A RESIDENCE AT CLEVELAND, 0, kitchen is finished natural. Kitchen is wainscoted

Scientific American, We give on page 33 a perspective and floor plans of and fitted up with sink, with closets under same, and
the residence of F. J. Haines, Esq., at Cleveland, O., a large pantry. The shed is not plastered. There are
ESTABLISHED 1845. G. F. Schweinforth architect, same place. This com- three bed rooms on third floor, besides store room.
fortable and well arranged house it is estimated can These apartments are painted in colors. Cost, $1,900
MUNN & CoO., Editors and Proprietors, be buiit for about $6,000. We are indebted for the en- complete. Our engraving was made direct from a
gravings to the Architectural Hra. photograph of the building, taken specially for the
No. 361 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, ScrENTIFIC AMERICAN,

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A COTTAGE FOR $1,500, s+ —_ —

One of our colored plates this month illustrates the A COTTAGE AT ASBURY PARK, NEW JERSEY.
NEW YORK, MARCH, 1892. residence of Mr. John Milstead, Richmond, Mo., re- The illustration, page 37, presents a cottage erected
cently erected. The foundation is stone. Cellar, un- for T. A. Roberts, Esq., at Asbury Park, New Jersey.
der the rear of the house, is 6 ft. in the clear. Except The design is excellent, and it combines both a pleasing
THE
to the ash pit, the rest is not excavated. The ex- exterior with a well shaded piazza and a convenient
terior of the building is covered with 7% in. drop siding, linterior arrangement.
Scientific American,
The underpinning is built of
the gables shingled. A porch, with round corners, brick, while the building above is of wood, with the
extends around the vestibule, and a quarter circle hood exterior covered with shingles and stained to give it
ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS EDITION. covers the side extrance. The tower is a unique fea- a quaint effect. The trimmings are painted white.
ture of the building. All windows are glazed with Roof shingled. Dimensions: Front 34 ft.; side 31 ft.,
D. 8. A. glass, except the vestibule window, which has exclusive of piazza. Height of ceilings: Cellar 7 ft.;
2.50 a Year. Single
> Copies, 25 cents. the upper sash glazed ornamentally with cathedral first story 9 ft. 6in.; second 9 ft.; third 8 ft.6in. Ce-
glass, and the attie windows, which are marginal cathe- mented cellar under whole of house, contains laundry,
dral. Height of main story, 10 ft. intheclear. All the furnace, coal and vegetable cellars. The partition
This is a Special Edition of THE SCIENTIFIC AMERI-
rooms have a neat moulded casing, with head or cor- walls of these apartments are built of brick. First
CAN, issued monthly. Each number contains about ner blocks and plinths, and all, except the kitchen, have floor contains hall, parlor, dining room and kitchen.
forty large quarto pages, forming, practically, a large
a moulded base. Kitchen wainscoted 2 ft. 8 in. high, The interior throughout is trimmed with white pine.
and splendid Magazine of Architecture, richly Parlor finish is red gum; all Hall contains an ornamental staircase, which is sepa-
with a moulding cap.
adorned with elegant plates in colors and with fine en-
other rooms have Southern pine finish, all being fin- rated from hall proper by a spindle transom. This
gravings ; illustrating the most interesting examples of Principal rooms have picture ‘hall and staircase are lighted effectively by stained
ished in the natural.
modern Architectural Construction and allied subjects.
moulds. Front door is a special design; all others 5- glass windows. A small den is fitted up beneath this
A special feature is the presentation in each number
pan. P. G. No.1. Library has a grate, with hard wood stairease. Parlor is painted and finished in old ivory
of a variety of the latest and best plans for private All window and door white; it is provided with a large open fireplace, fur-
mantel and bevel plate mirror.
residences, city and country, including those of very
hardware is bronze. Cost, about $1,500. L. P. Garrett nished with tiles and mantel of colonial style. Dining
moderate cost as well as the more expensive. Draw-
& Co. contractors; J. E. Cowdery architect. room hasa paneled wainscoting and it is painted a
ings in perspective and in color are given, together
Our plate was made direct from a photograph of the dull olive brown. The brick fireplace has a tiled
with Floor Plans, Specifications, Costs, ete. building, taken specially for the ScreENTIFIC AMERI- hearth and a wood mantel. Kitchen and pantries are
No other building paper contains so many plans, wainseoted and fitted up replete in every respect.
CAN.
details, and specifications regularly presented as the tOor
Second floor contains four bed rooms and bath room,
ScIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Hundreds of dwellings have A COTTAGE AT SEASIDE PARK.
all treated in colors. Bath room is wainscoted. There
already been erected on the various plans we have One of our colored plates this month illustrates the are three bed rooms on third floor. Cost $5,300 com-
issued, and many others are in process of construction.
cottage of Mr. F. 8. Andrews, at Seaside Park, Bridge- plete. Mr. J. William Roberts, of 222 Market Street,
All who contemplate building or improving homes,
port, Conn. The design is treated in the Queen Anne Newark, N. J., was the architect. Our engraving is
or erecting structures of any kind, have before them in style, and contains pleasing features. A spacious pi- ‘made direct from a photograph of the building, taken
this work an almost endless series of the latest and best azza extends across the front and returns at either especially for the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.
examples from which to make selections, thus saving side. The underpinning is built of rock-faced blue- —__-s+06>o_____
time and money. stone, laid in biack mortar; the building above is of
Many other subjects, including Sewerage, Piping, wood, with the exterior framework sheathed, shingled, A COLONIAL HOUSE AT PORTLAND, MAINE,
Lghting, Warming, Ventilating, Decorating, Laying and left to weather finish, with trimmings painted dark We present on page 40 a dwelling, colonial in treat-
Out of Grounds, ete., are illustrated. An extensive olive green. red. Dimen- |ment, erected for A. L. Bates, Esq., at Portland, Maine,
Roof shingled and painted
Compendium of Manufacturers’ Announcements is also sions: Front, 40 ft. 6in.; side, 49 ft. 6 in., exclusive of ‘and from plans prepared by John Calvin Stevens,
given, in which the most reliable and approved Build- ‘architect, same place. Dimensions: Front, 35 ft. 6 in.;
piazza. Height of ceilings: Cellar, 7 ft.; first story, 9
ing Materials, Goods, Machines, Tools, and Appliances ft. 6in.; second, 8 ft. 6in.; third, 8 ft. The lobby con- side, 55 ft. 6 in., exclusive of front porch. Height,of
are described and illustrated, with addresses of the in the inside entrance ceilings: Cellar, 7 ft. 6in.; first story, 9 ft. 6in.; second,
tains a coal closet. The panels
makers, ete. door are filled with spindles. The hall, unique, is 8 ft. 6 in.; third, 8 ft. The underpinning is built of
The fullness, richness, cheapness, and convenience of
trimmed with antique oak, and highly polished. The ‘local brick, while the superstructure above is built of
this work have won for it the Largest Circulation staircase is an artistic one, the posts of which extend wood, with the exterior framework sheathed, shingled
to weather stain. Blinds painted bronze
of any Arehitectural publication in the world. to ceiling. Between these posts are turned spindles, and left
An Increase of Trade will necessarily accrue to which form a screen, thus separating staircase from green. The design has the appearance of comfort and
all Manufacturers and Dealers whose establishments hall. This staircase is lighted effectively with a large convenience, while the interior contains many large,
are conspicuously represented in this important edition well lighted rooms, that are varied in their treatment.
stained glass window, which also sheds a pleasant
of THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Terms for advertising light over both halls. ‘The nook in hall, with seats, and |Hall is trimmed with laurel. The broad, low staircase,
very moderate. A card of rates sent on application. spindle work, is a very pretty feature; it is built of an- with carved newels, the pleasant little den beneath
Bound Volumes.—Two volumes are published an- tique oak, and contains a large open fireplace, built of this staircase and the arch supported on fluted pilas-
nually. Volumes 1 to 12, which include all the num-
brick, with arch turned with red sandstone. The. ters with carved capitals, are the features of hall, while
bers of this work from commencement to close of 1891,
floor is of oak, laid in narrow widths, and the ceilings 'the old casement window, with seat, and the antique
nay now be obtained at this office or from Booksellers
have a hard wood cornice. The rest of the interior is mantel in dining room, are in keeping with the several
and Newsdealers. Price, bound in paper, $2.00 per vol- Parlor and library are spindle transoms that carry out
the colonial effect.
trimmed with whitewood.
ume, These volumes contain all the colored plates, have open The hall and staircase are lighted effectively with
stained and finished in cherry, and each
sheets of details, specifications, and all the other inter- glazed with stained glass. Parlor is finished
fireplaces, furnished wit: *‘led hearths and hard wood windows
esting matter pertaining to the work. They are of mantels; the library also contains a window seat. Din- in a delicate manner with old ivory white, while the
great permanent value. Forwarded to any address.
ing room, good sized and well lighted, contains a simi-
library is trimmed with cherry and dining room with
MUNN & CO., Publishers, lar fireplace. Kitchen and its apartments are wain- mahogany, the latter having a paneled dado five
361 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. scoted and fitted up replete. There are five bed rooms, feet high and a china closet with beaded glass doors.
Fireplaces have tiled hearths and facings and mantels
We can supply at moderate cost the full plans, spe- bath room, and many large closets on second floor, and
of colonial style that correspond respectively with the
cifications, details, bills of materials, ete., ready for the one bed room, billiard room, and trunk room on third
and furnished in the trim of each room. The floors are laid with brick in
builder, for any of the structures illustrated in this floor. Bath room is wainscoted Kitchen is
narrow widths and highly polished.
publication. We are assisted by a staff of able and usual manner. Cemented cellar contains laundry, fur-
apartments. Cost $7,000 trimmed and wainscoted with whitewood, finished
experienced architects. nace, and other necessary
natural, and it contains well fitted up pantries, sink,
complete, including furnace, range, and everything
Messrs. Longstaff & Hurd range and private stairs to third floor. There are four
ready for occupancy.
CONCERNING AGENTS. architects, Bridgeport, Conn. spacious bed rooms, large closets, dressing room and
Customers who pay money to subscription agents or were made direct from photographs bath room on second floor, and two bed rooms on third
Our engravings
floor, besides ample storage. These apartments are
brokers do so at their own risk. Care should be taken of the building, taken especially for the SCIENTIFIC
trimmed with whitewood finished natural. Bath
to deal only with known, responsible, and reliable AMERICAN.
room is wainscoted and it contains tub, bowl, closet
parties. Wesend no papers until we receive the sub- “9+ 00 _

scription price; and no person is authorized to repre- A DWELLING FOR $1,900. and linen closet replete. Cemented cellar contains
laundry, furnace and other apartments. Cost $3,800
sent us, act for us, or receipt for us. The engraving, page 36, illustrates a dwelling of low made direct from a
complete. Our engraving was
Munw & Co., Publishers, 361 Broadway, New York. cost, erected for Mr. John W. Thompson, at Gardner,
photograph of the building, taken specially for the
Maine.
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Dimensions: Front, 27 ft. 6 in.; side, 58 ft. Height ———_____ >>> eon”_
CONTENTS of ceilings: First story, 9 ft.; second, 8 ft. 6 in. The
Ir any of our readers have made an invention for
Of the March number of the ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS EDITION
underpinning is built of brick, with a foundation of
of SCLENTIFIC AMERICAN.
, and which they have thoughts of taking a patent, they
(illustrated articles are marked with an asterisk.)
stone. The building is sheathed, clapboarded
painted light olive green, with dark olive green trim- are invited to communicate with Messrs. Munn & Co.,
PA OOUBLIOR atc ois iciniea ss su sie ania aust 5 42 Forests, area Of..........se.s000
Baths of Diocletian. . 48 Hanger, door, improved*... 48 |mings. Blinds are painted similar. Roof shingled the publishers of this paper, who for a period of
There is a ceilar under whole of forty-three years have conducted a most successful
Ceilings, stained..... . 46 Houses, burning, buying...
Chimney piece, desi . 88, Inventors, suggestions for. _. Bh and painted red.
The in- bureau in this line. A pamphlet of instructions will
Chimneys, taper Of........6cacssese 43 | Lawn planting*............+++5.- 35, 38
Colonial house at Portland, aga 0 Machine, tenoning, improved*.... 48 house containing the necessary apartments.
is trimmed with white pine. The be sent free, containing full directions how to obtain a
34, Machine, woodworking, improved*4
Cortright Metal Roofing Co....... = | Odd_ Fellows’ rempler preonesds : terior throughout

The hall patent, costs, ete. In very many cases, owing to their
Cottage at Asbury Park*........34, CDICAZO®. «00. nserececreescseesnns OD
Cottage, MINGUS B aw sarecenicniceene 2 | Planer and polisher, cabinet*..... 47 trim in hall and parlor is finished natural.
contains an ornamental stairease, and it is lighted with long experience, they can tell at once whether a patent
Cottage % nee cost* peeas ay vn Plumb and oe Stanley*........ 48
e, Queen Anne*... a Res iden *,
Cottage at Seaside Park*
Cottage for $1,500*...
-. 34 mone Oy 3, 45
.. 34) Residence at Cleveland, 0.*. . 38, 34 windows glazed with cathedral glass. Parlor is pro- probably ean be obtained ; and advice of this kind they
Cypress, stained.....
Diamond Match Co
46 |Residence at McKeesport, Pa.*... 46
. 48 | Strains, graphic, representation.. 47 vided with a neat wood mantel. Living and dining are always happy to furnish free of charge. Address
Dumbwaiter, Swezey’s............. 47 |Suggestion for inventors.......... 39
Dwelling for $1,900'..........+06+ 34, 36 'Timber in damp places............ 43 rooms are treated in colors respectively. The trim in Munn & Co., ScrENTIFIC AMERICAN office. New York.
 Marcn, 1892. Scientific American, Architects and Builders Edition, 85

cussion{of the merits of different trees and shrubs would arrange our trees and groups to keep it out of sight.
AVOID. take a volume if justice was done them, and the lists so If well done, their use will never be obtrusive. If we
After their houses are built, most owners begin to often given are good for a limited locality only ; but a are fortunate enough to have no objections of this
give practical consideration to their surroundings. little practical observation of what does well in the sort, we need only arrange so as to leave unobstructed
Chief among these, as regards their appearance, is the neighborhood or similar localities will be of the great- the finest outlooks and practice our skill in developing
planting of the ground, if there is to be any about the est assistance. If, after a fair trial, we find a thing does the best foregrounds. If we wish seclusion from obtru-
house. They are wise who do some of their planting not flourish, but presents a poor appearance, remove it sive neighbors or too inquisitive passers-by, we can
before the house is built, if they have the opportunity, and replace with something good. Our grounds will well contrive a screen of trees and shrubs that will
for although skill and care avail much, they cannot not have a wholesome, clean appearance without serve the purpose. It is often best to choose ever-
give the growth to trees that time alone produces, and healthy vegetation. Some localities will allow a much greens for this use, particularly inthe Northern States.
if we can get one or more years’ start of the builders, a larger and better selection of varieties than others, but Shall we want protection from high winds? If so, we
great gain will be made in home feeling and attractive- the principle holds good wherever a house may be may want a wind break. Trees to the north of a house
ness when the house comes to be occupied. The great built. protect it from cold winds and do not keep off the sun-
impediment to the advance of landscape work about In planting especially we must ‘think ahead,” and shine. We want shade, but not so much directly about
American homes is the ease with which most of our arrange in our plan those trees that may eventually a house as to prevent the sunshine reaching it, and to
people accept bad work and are satisfied with bad re- be expected to grow large and want much room, such stop the growth of grass. This must be thought
sults. They go to the nearest man who calls himself a as elms, oaks, maples, and tulip trees, so that they will about in arranging large-growing trees, and in no
gardener or florist, receive and pay for what he chooses not have to be sacrificed or crowded out of shape in locality where the summer weather is hot must we ob-
to do for them without question or hesitation. How- after years just as they begin to develop their highest struct the cooling breezes immediately about the
ever good these men may be as propagators or cultiva- beauty. Often on small places the only available house.
tors, there is not one among a thousand of them who situation for large-growing trees is between the side- Unless we adopt an elaborate geometrical plan of
has any idea of what constitutes a good design, or of walk and road, and here plenty of room between trees laying out our grounds with hedges, clipped shrubs,
the principles of landscape gardening, or good taste, should be allowed. Forty feet is little enough between and things in exact order (a system which certainly
even if they have been employed about such work for large-growing ones, but they may be planted twice as has attractions to recommend it, for certain situations,
years. As well might we employ a blacksmith to plan near if quicker shade is wanted, and alternate trees cut in spite of all the opposition and ridicule that has
stables because he makes good horseshoes. The ad- out as soon as they begin to crowd. It requires faith been directed against it), we should avoid anything
vice of aman of experience and education in these in trees and courage to thin them out, after a growth like formality in our lawn planting.
things is always best, even if we cannot have him super- of some years, even if they were originally planted with Let us insure good open spaces of clear sward. The
intend the work. He will usually save us more by! the intention of doing so, for mistaken tree lovers are larger, the better will ve the effect. Especially on

LAWN PLANTING.—FROoM A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN AT NEWPORT BR. I.

avoiding mistakes that would otherwise be made than almost sure to protest. It is better to have them twice small places should we allow unobstructed views across
his assistance costs. Obviously the best time to escape too near and then thin out than to compromise in the whole extent, with the boundaries carefully plant-
mistakes and bad effects is when the work is being done. planting on twenty-five or thirty feet and then have ed about with an irregular belt of trees and shrubbery
Have a well considered plan, whether the work to be , them crowd or leave great gaps where removed, that in such a way as to conceal them, unless they run into
done is great or small. A matter of such far-reaching the living generation will not see grow together. adjoining grounds or roadsides of the same character,
importance should only be intrusted to competent Sometimes short-lived, quick-growing trees, like willows where no visible division line is the best one we can
hands. There is no better field for impostors, because | or poplars, are used alternately with the more perman- have. Their actual extent to the sight should appear
results are often years in developing, giving them all /ent kinds. This is advisable in some situations, but an undetermined. It is astonishing what an apparent ex-
the chance they want to escape the results of ignorance avenue or country road never presents so fine an ap- tent can be given to small places by skillful planting.
and incompetency to themselves. | pearance as when the bordering trees are all of the Tf there are no buildings or other high objects in close
There are no hard and fast rules about landscape same variety and characteristics regarding shape and proximity, it ean often be made a perfect success, and
planting, but there are some principles that should be size. a feeling of space given that is delightful. Trees on
regarded ; for if neglected, we will never have the Trees and grass are our main dependence in giving adjacent places and grounds of suitable character can
most satisfactory results. Keeping in mind the general finish and elegance to our home surroundings. With often be made to contribute to the effect in a happy
broad effects we wish to produce, we should direct our them alone beautiful effects are produced. The art of manner. If we must have fences, let them be as unob-
efforts to perfecting them; details will easily arrange placing them so they not only display their individual trusive as possible and of a dark, inconspicuous color.
afterward, but mistakes in design and placing of trees beauties, but harmonize and emphasize the best points In grading the great thing is to do as little as possible.
are fatal to best results. With perhaps the exception of the whole plan, is the best work of the true land- No operations in landscape gardening are so expensive
of two places on a dead level with similar buildings, | seape artist. Shrubs and vines come next in useful- and usually unsatisfactory as moving large quanti-
every place requires separate study as to a plan of | ness, attractiveness and permanence, but a good lawn ties of earth. An artistic conception of the best effect
operations best fitted to bring out its advantages, and | partly overhung with fine shade trees is the main con- that can be produced under given conditions is most
to the skill with which this is done is mainly due the sideration. These take time and labor to attain, but valuable. The good effects of the planting can often be
ultimate success. If we are at work on a large country | are more lasting in their beauty than other things, ereatly heightened by having the lawn rise somewhat
place, there is more scope for our abilities ; but on small suffer less from temporary neglect, endure drought as it approaches the bordering of shrubs, which, when
areas we should ayoid the common error of attempting and floods better, and remain with us during a life- they crown a rising slope, can be given most beautiful
too much. If we hope to accomplish ‘‘ much inlittle,” | time. In making new places there is often a mistaken outlines against the sky. Long, easy lines of grade are
we must use our brains the more. We must consider delay in waiting until the house is built before asking most admired, whether we look up or down upon them.
the wants and capabilities of the situation, the needs advice of a landscape gardener. His suggestions in re- A dead level is not good, but the appearance of a near
and tastes of the coming occupants, avoid curiosities gard to the position-of the buildings often add greatly approach to one in the open center is much to be de-
and untried novelties, that are well enough for botan- to the convenience and appearance of the place. When sired. The necessary digging for building operations
ists and experimenters but only a discouragement on the house is built, however, we must make the best of and road making renders more or less grading inevita-
the generality of grounds. Most people want freshness it. In making plans for planting let us first consider ble, and by a carefully considered plan the earth can
and growth, and care little for ugly rarities. <A dis- what there is disagreeable in view from the place, and (Continued on page 38.)
36 Scientific American, Architects and Builders Edition. Maron, 1892,

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A COTTAGE AT ASBURY PARK.
 38 Scientific Amevian, Architects and Builders Edition. Marcu, 1892.
LAWN PLANTING. Some things, like the lilacs, are of the greatest some time during the Jate winter or early spring. After
(Continued from page 35.) beauty when in their short period of bloom, but after- the early bloom is over, about the last of June, they
be roughly put in position when it is first moved and ward look sorry enough, afflicted with rust or mildew. should be worked over again and shaped for the season,
much future labor saved. The reciprocal effects of They are useful in the borders or centers of groups, Cut back straggling growths, and prevent the interiors
the smooth, gently sloping surface of a good lawn and where their beauty is sure to attract admiration when from becoming clogged. Let each variety develop its
the enecomovassing masses of irregular foliage and in flower, and they are not obtrusive at other times. special peculiarities and individual charm. Take care
shadow are something nearly every one feels, but we do Shrubs with powerful odors, like some of the Southern and do not cut them into the semi-artificial monoton-
not all pause to analyze them. Large weather-worn magnolias, stephanotis, syringas, and some others, are ous shapes sO many gardeners are prone todo, <A per-
and lichen-covered rocks, or ledges of them, the rugged best planted where people living in the house will not son fond of shrubs will watch them growing, and by
trunks of old trees, like the live oak, apple, locust and be obliged at all times to inhale their odor. little trimming and clearing just when it is wanted,
cherry, are all valuable used in this contrasting way, If the ground we are to plant is about a home oc- keep them in order at all seasons and do without any
and it is fortunate to have them. Rocks broken or cupied throughout the year, we should have in our pruning time. JOHN DE Wour, Landscape Architect.
freshly dug from the earth are hopeless and of no use selections an abundance of early flowering things, for OOo
in an artistic sense. If we cannot get rid of them, they their beauty and bloom are most refreshing after the AN ORNAMENTAL CHIMNEY PIECE,
may be hidden by clinging vines. Whatever else we poverty and cold of winter; but, if only occupied dur- We give from the Building News a design for a
do, we should preserve a broad, clear, unfilled space in ing the heat of summer and early fall, we should select wooden chimney piece which is considered to be rather
the middle of our lawns, the larger the better. This is accordingly, omitting those things which, although artistic. It contains several suggestive features. The
a principle more often violated than any other, and is beautiful in early spring, make a poor show at other dimensions are 8 ft. 3 in. by 11 ft. high.
the cause of the crowded, confined appearance of so times when they would be seen. This selecting for OO

many places we see, large and small. There is always different seasons is a most interesting study, and, of A COTTAGE OF MODERATE COST,
a temptation to place a beautiful object, sure to be ad- course, should vary to suit the climates of the different We present on page 41 a cottage of low cost, erected
mired for itself, on an inviting open space; but it should States of our Union; but even in the latitude of New for Mr. M. 8. Gibson, at Portland, Me. Size of struc-
be resisted as the spirit of bad taste striving to destroy |York a varying scheme can be arranged for every ture, 30 x 48 ft. 6in., exclusive of piazza, porch, and
the simplicity and elezance of our grounds considered! month of the year, for some of the evergreens and the bay windows. Height of ceilings: Cellar 7 ft., first
asa whole. Better places can be found story 9 ft., second 8 ft. 6 in., third 8 ft.
for rock work, shrubs, flower beds, foun- The design is quaint and picturesque,
tains, statues, rustic work or any perma- and it presents a pleasing bit of suburban
nent object intended for use or decora- architecture. It has a pleasant piazza, a
tion. For the generality of lawns no tower and a triangle bay window extend-
better system of planting has been dis- ing up two stories. Underpinning brick.
eovered than that of a broad, open cen- First story clapboarded and painted pearl
ter, with an irregular bordering of trees gray. Second story, gables, and roof are
and shrubs. On places of considerable shingled and stained sienna. The interior
size several lawns can be made with dif- is quite roomy and comfortable. Hall,
ferent effects in their surroundings, and spacious, is trimmed with oak and is
delightful vistas between the growth, but entered through a vestibule. This hall
unless there is ample room the result will contains a staircase of unique design,
be poor. Better one good one than many which is lighted by stained glass win-
that are bad. dows, and a nook with seat and fireplace,
Let us first place on our plan the trees built of brick, with hearth laid with
that will eventually want plenty of room same. Parlor is trimmed with clear white
—oaks, elms, chestnuts, or the great pine and is treated with old ivory white
Southern magnolia—so that they will in a delicate mantel. The fireplace has a
have a chance to develop, and then form tiled hearth and facings and a mantel of
groups and masses with other things exquisite design, Dining room is trimmed
about the ‘sides of our grounds. This and wainscoted with antique oak, and
work gives a great opportunity for the is fitted up with nook and _ fireplace.
display of artistic skill in arrangement Kitchen and pantries are wainscoted and
and combination of differing tints in foli- trimmed with whitewood, finished natu-
age and flowers, with knowledge of our ral, and are fitted up replete in every
materials ;but we will not go far wrong if respect. There are four bed rooms, with
we plant the tallest-growing kind to the large closets and bath room, on second
back or in the center of our groups, and floor. These apartments are trimmed
arrange the others irregularly in front, with whitewood finished natural. Bath
according to size and habits of growth. room is wainscoted. Three bed rooms
Allow for development, but do not scat- and storage on third floor. Cemented
ter so as to destroy the mass effect. Thin cellar contains furnace and other apart-
and weak-growing things often do best ments. Cost $3,500 complete. Mr. John
when they are clumped together ; others, Calvin Stevens, architect, same place.
with good forms and thick growth of Our engraving is made direct from a pho-
foliage, appear best almost isolated. We tograph of the building, taken especially
must have a care not to crowd and de- for the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.
Hf a
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stroy the lower branches of such things
as hemlocks, spruces, and firs, that should = fa. A QUEEN ANNE COTTAGE,
always retain their lower branches to look We publish herewith on page 44 an
well. Near the inner edges of our low attractive cottage, Queen Anne in treat-
shrubbery some tall, graceful trees, like ment, erected for the Argyle Improve-
the thread-branched Japanese retinospo- ment Co., at Babylon, L. I. <A very ar-
ra, cut-leaved weeping birch, or those of tistic exterior. Large porch across the
striking forms, palmettoes and other front. It contains ten large rooms, well
palms, where they will grow, the gingko, SSF lighted and arranged for convenience.
or the Camperdown elm, appear to ad- ies jul
tt Foundation, brick piers, built upon good
vantage. Most deciduous trees grow all footings of stone. First story clapboarded,
the better with shrubbery about them to second story and gables shingled, painted
retain moisture and shade the ground. DESIGN FOR A WOODEN CHIMNEY PIECE. chrome yellow, with ivory white trim-
In exposed localities tough, quick-grow- mings. Blinds painted bottle green.
ing trees, like the larches, are planted to afford pro- brilliant twigs and bark of many shrubs give color and Roof shingled and painted red. Dimensions: Front
tection to tender young trees, and taken out when the freshness even in the depths of winter. 50 ft.; side, 34 ft., not including front piazza. Height
others become established. Plant those things you Experience has proved that well grown nursery of ceilings: First story, 10 ft.; second, 9 ft. The interior
like, provided they will thrive under the conditions, stock is by far the best for general planting. The spe- throughout is trimmed with white pine, painted in
avoid dotting them about, and never plant in straight cial cultivation and root pruning it is usually subjected delicate colors. Hall contains an ornamental stair-
lines for a border. Have curving edges so shaped as to, fit it for removal. Trees from the fields and woods, case turned out of ash. All the apartments on first
not to make it too difficult to mow about them. Ar- although sometimes without objections, do not readily floor have open fireplaces, built of brick, with hearth
range so as to have a picturesque outline against the adapt themselves to changed conditions, and if the laid of same and slate mantels. The floors throughout
sky, and put enough of a kind together to make a labor of collecting and transplanting has to be paid are of hard wood (yellow pine), laid in narrow widths
show, three or four on small places and ten times as for, they often cost more than to buy the best. Where- and oiled. The windows throughout have transoms
mnany on large ones. ever they come from, the roots should never be al- glazed with stained glass, shedding a pleasant light
A few shrubs with brilliantly colored and variegated lowed to dry. More things are probably lost from over all apartments. Kitchen and pantries are fitted
foliage are desirable for contrast and color effects, but, allowing this to happen than from all other causes up in the best possible manner. Second floor contains
if overdone, they give a place a blighted, sickly look. combined. The first start in growth is made from the four chambers, two of them across the front en swite.
Let most of our foliage be that which is a clear, con- | fine rootlets, and if these are destroyed, so much ener- Bath room and five large closets. Bath room is wains-
stant green until autumn. All tones of green in foliage gy and vitality of the plant goes to restore them that ecoted with black walnut and fitted up in the usual
harmonize. Careful arrangement adds much to color it does not always recover. way. There is one servants’ room in attic, besides
effects, but if we depend upon greens, we will not go The soil we must use is that upon the place ; we can ample storage room. Cost $2,800 complete. Mr. R. B.
wrong. Itis generally well to have some low shrubs modify it, but not change it. It will almost always Eastman, architect, Brooklyn, New York. Our engray-
immediately about the house, for it unites the build- want enriching. Plenty of good stable manure and ings were made direct from photographs of the build-
ing with the ground in the best manner, and adds wood ashes will make woody growth succeed upon any ing taken especially for the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.
cheerfulness and beauty. In making our selection for| soil not absolutely dry some part of the year. Hardly _—_———— OO OO +O Oe

this purpose, it is well to choose things that are neat any kind of fertilizer will go amiss, however, and the FORESTS occupy 39 per cent of the total area of Swe-
and trim in their growth, and with good foliage, rather best is usually what is convenient. den, 36 per cent of Russia, 32 of Austria, 28 of Hungary,
In regard to prun-
than for their flowers. For this reason the dwarf ever- ing, most people want restraining when they start in. 25 of Germany, 24 of Norway, 19 of Belgium, 17 of
greens, privets and rhododendrons are well adapted Thin out dead wood and weak growth, and cut back France, 18 of Switzerland, 17 of Spain, 12 of Italy, 4 of
to use. if necessary those things that flower on new growth, |Great Britain and Ireland, and 19 of the United States.
 Marcu, 1892. Scientific American, Architects antl Buililers Edition, 39
THE ODD FELLOWS’ TEMPLE, CHICAGO, stories high, ne like most of the rest of the building, We have an immense lot of timber on the land in Tas-
The new temple soon to be built in Chicago by the will be devoted to offices, eighteen elevators and four mania. Whena selecter takes up a block of land, the
Odd Fellows of the State of Illinois is to be one of the stairways giving access to the topmost floor. Five device we have is to fell the trees with an ax, and,
most imposing structures of its kind in the United floors of the building are to be devoted to lodge rooms when down, two men cut them up into say 15 ft.
States, and the tallest building in the world. Rising and public halls, among the latter being a drill hall, lengths with a cross-cut saw, roll them together in
to a height of 556 feet, the tower will be visible ata with an area of 8,000 square feet.—The Graphic. heaps and burn them. The timber is of no value, there
distance of sixty miles, and every available foot of * PS Pe is so much of it. There are bes many as 400 and 500 trees
space will be utilized. Upon the ground floor the area A Suggestion for Inventors, per acre, averaging about3 ft. in diameter and about
covered will be 43,000 square feet, and the total area A correspondent, who lives in the distant colony of 200 ft. in height. They cost the selecter about five
inclosed by the various floors, exclusive of walls, parti- Tasmania, Australia, indicates his troubles in land dollars per tree to get rid of them ; so you will see that
tions, corridors, etc., will be something over 350,000 clearing, and calls for inventions as follows : it isnot all sunshine with the selecter in Tasmania.
square feet. Could you publish in your SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN What we want is something to reduce the cost per
Twenty stories of the building will be included in the best devices for felling trees and cutting them up tree ; or, in other words, some device other than felling
the main structure, while the tower is to be fourteen when down, say from two to four feet in diameter? them with the ax, as it is so laborious.

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AN ENGLISH COTTAGE, be increased by 20 ft. or more. At the Metropolitan common, are much lessened by chairs or pews, and de-
We are indebted to the Building News, of London, Tabernacle, Newington, which is 80 ft. wide from wall stroyed by the presence of a full congregation, and by
for the sketches herewith given of a cottage at Ral- to wall, and 150 ft. in extreme length, internally, an ex- the use of carpets, cushions, etc. These, therefore, are
ston, Bromley, Kent, Evelyn Hellicar architect. The ceptionally good voice is audible throughout. In this comparatively harmless. The troublesome echoes are
design presents a number of noticeable features and sase there is, in the upper part of the building, a those from walls, and roofs or ceilings.
suggestions. The hall and stairway thereof are quite length of nearly 120 ft. in front of the speaker. On the A flat, unbroken end wall, facing the pulpit, is
attractive. If built of brick, in a solid, substantial ground floor and lower gallery, however, the extreme pretty sure to reflect sound unpleasantly. This fact is
Way, such a house would cost here about $8,000; but distance from him is only about 100 ft. so well known that an end gallery is often put in, less
if constructed in wood,a less sum. As here shown, In buildings of a length like this, the chief difficulty for its utility than with a view of preventing this evil.
the walls, to about the height of the first floor, is to conduct the sound to the farther end, and by all Any scheme, however, which will break the wall sur-
are faced with red bricks; above, the walls are hung practicable means to prevent its being lost and dead- face up into projections and recesses will answer the
with weather tiles of a good red color, the same being ened. For this purpose, wooden linings to the walls same purpose, and perhaps in a more architectural
used to cover the roof. The ground floor accommoda- have been employed, and a ceiling semicircular in sec- | way. The corners of an oblong building, too, are
tion will be seen by the plan, The first floor contains |tion, Echoes have also to be carefully guarded against, great lurking places for echoes, particularly if the
five bed rooms, building is desti-
dining room, ball tute of columns.
room, ete. The il- For this reason,
lustration is from corners of this sort
a drawing shown are sometimes cut
in last year’s off obliquely, and
Royal Academy. at other times are
diel broken up with
Acoustics.* projecting piers,
The theory of which will have
sound has been the same effect in
pretty well work a different way.
ed out; but the The sides of deep
difficulty lies in transepts, again,
applying it to the facing the speak-
endlessly varying er, are likely to
sizes, shapes, ma- act as a flat end
terials, and details wall does if pro-
of different build- per precautions
ings. It is not so are not taken.
much that the And if, as occa-
principles of sionally happens,
acoustics are un- the building nar-
known as thatthe rows, even a very
working out of little, from one
their results, in end to the other,
any but the very or, in other words,
simplest cases, is slightly wedge-
forms too compli- shaped, there will
eated a problem be much danger
for practical solu- of reverberation
tion. Some writ- from the side
ers on the subject, walls, if the pulpit
though not usu- is put at the wider
ally the scientific end. With a pul-
ones, profess great pit at the narrow-
faith in strict nu- er end, wedge-
merical relations shaped buildings
between the have the reputa-,
length, width and tion of being
height of an in- acoustically good.
terior. They would have A eurved wall facing the
us believe, for instance, speaker is commonly as
that if a building is 80 ft. bad as, or worse than, a
long, 60 ft. wide, and 40 ft. flat one, provided, of
high (or if its length, width course, that it is not effect-
and height are other mul- ually broken up by pro-
tiples of 4,3 and 2), it is jections or recesses; and
sure to be successful fo1 the same thing may be said
speaking in. Practice, as of a polygonalone. It has
might be foreseen, does
not support this fancy, and
Doung Koon. been assumed, so far, that
the building is without col-
in the case supposed every
thing would really depend
17'X #0’ umns. For though col-
uimns when ill placed cause
on the materials, and on much obstruction to sight,
the treatment of the in- they do make considerable
ternal surfaces. Moreover, atonement for this fault
the taking away of 2 ft. or by breaking up and doing
3 ft. either from length or away with echoes. More-
width of such a building, over, it is quite possible to
which on this supposition get the good from them
ought to destroy its acous- without the evil, although,
tic merits altogether, is, in on the other hand, with
fact, more likely to improve unskillful treatment, it
them. And, again, the may happen that the evil
principle, such as it is, be- remains without the good.
comes unworkable when The same principles that
one has to apply it to any apply to walls apply to
but a plain, oblong room, roofs and eeilings. All
with a flat ceiling, a room planes that face the speak-
which, of all places, is apt er should be thoroughly
to be the worst for speak- broken up, and no flat
ing in. What, for instance, AN ENGLISH COTTAGE, RALSTON, BROMLEY, KENT. or concave surfaces should
are we to consider the be allowed in this posi-
length, and what the width, of such a plan as A or K especially from the end facing the speaker. But, in | tion. The right angle between a wall and a flat
or L, and at what points must they be measured? Yet! places of a smaller size, and of moderate height, means |ceiling is usually as bad for sound as the right angle
such plans as these are incomparably better, as regards for conducting sound are not required, and echo and | between the two walls, and should be got rid of in an
acoustics, than the plain oblong which the hypothesis reverberation are the real dangers to be feared. In an|analogous way. An angle at the ridge of a roof also
presupposes. interior where the farthest seat. is not more than 60 ft. |leads to confused echoes, unless the pitch of the roof
But, on the other hand, a building which is to be or 70 ft. from the minister, everybody may be consid-| or ceiling be extremely low. Very obtuse angles are
successful for speaking in must have all its dimensions ered within direct range of his voice. Wooden wall] not objectionable. Anything like a large internal
within certain general limits, regulated by the distance linings would do more harm than good, but careful] dome should be greatly broken up by ribs, coffers, or
to which an average voice can be distinctly heard. study is needed to prevent the voice from being re-| similar features. And internal roofs or ceilings should
Sir Christopher Wren considered this distance to be at ' flected back. not be too high. <A lofty space behind the pulpit is
least 50 ft. in front of the speaker, 20 ft. behind him, Echo and reverberation, which is only an echo or |particularly bad, unless it has an open or closed screen
and 30 ft. on each side. This is doubtless, as regards series of echoes, within too smalla compass to be clearly | across it, or is occupied by an organ.
the length, a very moderate estimate, and might fairly heard as such, come mainly from even and unbroken ee
surfaces. The surfaces may belong to either walls, To keep out rats and mice put in the lower part of
* Abstract from a paper in Building News by James Cubitt. |roofs, or floors. Echoes from a floor, which are very |the partitions a filling one foot high of mineral wool,
 Marcu, 1892. Scientific American, A tchitects und Builders Edition,
A RESIDENCE NEAR NEW YORK. exposed to alternations of wet and dry states—as, in- lin volume of the gases, as otherwise cold air from
On page 45 will be found illustrations of a residence deed, some of them do—for situations damp and situa- | the top would esscend to fill the vacancy left by the
recently erected for W. E. Carhart, Esq., at Belle tions constantly wet. , contraction of the gases, and the draught would be
Haven Park, Greenwich, Conn. Dead oil is distilled from coal tar, of which it consti- |checked. Reasonable as this theory seemed, practice
Dimensions: Front, 50 ft. 6 in.; side, 46 ft. 6 in., ex- tutes about 0°30; and boils between 390° and 470° Fahr. has shown that cylindrical boiler or furnace flues are at
elusive of piazza. Height of ceilings: Cellar, 7 ft.; Its antiseptic quality resides in the creosote it contains. least as good as the tapered ones, and within a few
first story, 10 ft.; second, 9 ft.; third, 8 ft. 6 in. The. One of the components of the latter, carbolic acid | years practical engineers and architects of experience
design is an admirable one for a country house, and it (phenic acid, phenol) C!*H*O?, the most powerful anti- in such matters have inclined to make them slightly
is provided with a spacious piazza, porte-cochere, and septic Known, is able at once to arrest the decay of larger at the top than at the bottom, the increase in
porch at second story. Underpinning built of blue-| every kind of organic matter. Prof. Letheby estimates diameter being, perhaps, half an inch to ten or twelve
stone. Exterior throughout is clapboarded and | this acid at 44 to 6 per cent. of the oil. Chrysilic acid feet. Recently, a Swiss engineer has made experiments
painted colonial yellow, with ivory white trimmings. CH*O?, the homologue of carbolic acid and the other to see whether the facts bear out the old rule or sup-
Piazza posts are turned out of yellow pine and are component of creosote, is not Known to possess preser- port the more modern practice. To make the test, he
finished natural with hard oil. Blinds painted bronze vative properties. While an external application of coal | built a chimney over a furnace grate, the stack having
green. Roof shingled and painted red. The interior tar promotes the preservation of dry timber, nothing two flues. One flue tapered upward and the other
contains many large rooms. The first floor is hand- can more rapidly hasten decay than such a coating downward, and the flues opened side by side over the
somely finished in antique oak, the ceiling of reception upon the surface of green wood. But this mistake is grate, with openings of the same size. On lighting a
hall being laid in panels. The broad, low staircase, often made, and dry rot, instead of wet rot, does the| fire on the grate, with unlimited access of air under it,
antique mantel, and paneled divan are the features of work of destruction. Carbonizing the surface also in- the smoke was seen to issue nearly equally from the top
hall, while the circular bay window, with seats, in creases the durability of dry, but promotes the decay of the two flues, but with an unmistakable preponder-
drawing room, is in keeping with the several spindled of wet, timber. Farmers very often resort to one of ance in favor of the fiue which enlarged toward the
transoms and beaded windows. Staircase is lighted the latter methods for the preservation of their fence top. On partially shutting off the access of air to the
with three stained glass windows. Library is provided posts. Unless they discriminate between green and fire, the difference became much more marked ; the
with bookcases, built in on either side of fireplace. seasoned timber, these operations will prove injurious. current in the flue tapering upward diminished, and
Dining room, good sized and well lighted, contains a —>+- o>> finally stopped altogether, the smoke finding its way
nook for buffet. Fireplaces, where shown, are fur- They Bought Burning Houses, entirely through the flue with the wider top. Trials
nished with tiled hearths and colonial mantels. But- One of the strangest businesses in ancient Rome is were then made to see whether the current in the flue
ler’s pantry is 11 with the upward
ft. by 12 ft., and is diminution could
properly fitted up be restored by
with cupboards, partly shutting off
drawers, and but- the other. A dam-
ler’s bowl com- per was arranged
plete. Kitchen is at the top of the
wainscoted, and wide-mouthed
it contains sink, flue, and gradu-
range, two large ally closed; bui
pantries, and lob- even after nine-
by large enough tenths of the ori-
to admit ice box. fice of this flue
Back stairs to had been shut off,
second story start no current Was

from kitchen, and started in the

beneath these the other, and it was
stairs to cellar de- only after the
scend. There are wide- mouthed
five bed rooms, flue had been
dressing room, closed entirely
and bath roomon that the smoke
second floor, and began again to
four bed rooms on pass through the
third floor. These tapering one. We
apartments are believe that the
trimmed with old theory is now
white wood fin- made to conform
ished natural. to the facts by ex-
The floors are of plaining that the
hard wood. Ce- friction of the
mented cellar con- smoke against the
tains furnace, sides in much less
laundry, store in a chimney ta-
room, servants’ pering downward
bath room, and than in one taper-
other apartments. ing upward; but,
Cost, $11,000 com- however that may
plete. Messrs. be, there seems to
Boring, Tilton & be no doubt that
Mellen, archi- the downward ta-
tects, New York. per is more fayvor-
Our engraving AN ENGLISH COTTAGE—THE HALL, able, under ordi-
was made direct nary circeum-
from a photograph of the building, taken especially mentioned by Juvenal in his ‘ Satives,” and we hear stances, than either a uniform section or one diminish-
for the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. of it also, as a writer in the Evening Standard ob- ing toward the top. What the most favorable rate of
——_——_—_—™
—_ e+ 0 > oe serves, from historians. It consisted of buying houses inerease is does not seem to be yet determined. The for-
Timber in Damp Places, on fire. The speculator hurried to the scene, attended eign experimenter, whose report in the Schweizerische
The surface of all timber exposed to alternations of by slaves carrying bags of money, and others carrying Bauzeitung has been extensively copied, thinks that
wetness and dryness gradually wastes away, becoming tools, judged the chances of salvage, and made a bid an increase of diameter at the top of about one inch to
dark colored or black. This is really a slow combus- to the distracted house owner, who was glad to accept one hundred and twenty-five inches in height of fiue is
‘tion, but is commonly called wet rot, or simply rot. anything, asarule. The bargain struck in all haste, not too much ; and he considers that ventilation flues
Other conditions being the same, the most dense and this earliest of fire assurers set his slaves to work and may, with advantage, be increased in capacity at a
resinous woods longest resist decomposition. Hence secured what he could. Sometimes even he put out still more rapid rate.—Amer. Architect.
the flames, and so made a cowp. It was a business for

PATENTS.
the superior durability of the heart wood—in which
the pores have been partly filled with lignine—over the capitalists, but the poorest who speculated in a small
open sap wood, and of dense oak and lignum vite over way could hardly lose if he had presence of mind
light poplar and willow. Hence, too, the longer preser- | enough to grasp the chances. Thus Cato the Elder, Messrs. Munn & Co.,, in connection with the publication of the
vation of the pitch pine and resinous “‘ jarrah” of the ‘and, above all, Crassus, laid the foundations of their Scientific American, continue to examine improvements and to act
East as compared with non-resinous beech and ash. |great wealth. The latter had a passion for such as Solicitors of Patents for Inventors.
Density and resinousness exclude water, therefore pre- gambling. He gradually collected a force of carpen- In this line of business they have had forty-five years’ experience, and now
servatives should increase those qualities in the timber. ters, masons and such artificers—slaves of course— have wnequaled facilities for the preparation of Patent Drawings, Specifi-
Fixed oils fill up the pores and increase the density. which reached 500 men. Not only did he buy houses cations, and the prosecution of Applications for Patents in the United

Staves from oil barrels and timber from whaling ships on fire, but also, enlarging upon the common practice, States, Canada, and Foreign Countries. Messrs. Munn & Co.
are very durable. The essential oils resinify and fur- he made a bid for those adjoining which stood in also attend to the preparation of Caveats, Copyrights for Books, Labels,

nish an impermeable coating. But pitch or dead oil danger. His proposals were commonly welcome, we Reissues, Assignments, and Reports on Infringements of Patents. All

possesses advantages over all known substances for the learn, so helpless were the people and so great the business intrusted to them is done with special care and promptness, on

protection of wood against changes of humidity. Ac- peril. By this means Crassus became the greatest very reasonable terms.
A pamphlet sent free of charge, on application, containing full informa-
cording to Prof. Letheby, dead oil, first, coagulates al- owner of house property in Rome.
tion about Patents and how to procure them; directions concerning
buminous substances ; second, absorbs and appropri- i1 o
Labels, Copyrights, Designs, Patents, Appeals Reissues, Infringements,
ates the oxygen in the pores, and so protects from ere- The Taper of Chimneys.
Assignments, Rejected Cases, Hints on the Sale of Patents, ete.
macausis ; third, resinifies in the pores of the wood, The old rule about chimneys was that they ought to We also send, free of charge, a synopsisof Foreign Patent Laws, show-
and thus shuts out both air and moisture: and, fourth, | have the flue tapered to the top, on the theory that, as ing the cost and method of securing patents in all the principal countries
acts as a poison to lower forms of animal and vegetable the hot gases in them ascended, they cooled, and, in of the world.
life, and so protects the wood from all parasites. All cooling, contracted ; and that it was important to re- MUNN & CO., Solicitors of Patents, 361 Broadway, New York
these properties specially fit it for impregnating timber | duce the size of the flue in proportion to the reduction BRANCH OFFICE.—622 F Street, Washington, D. C.
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A RESIDENCE AT BELL HAVEN PARK.
 746 Seientitic Ameri, Architects wid Builders Edition, Maren, 1899,

A RESIDENCE AT EAST PARK, McKEESPORT, PA, eypress when finished, but it brings out the grain of | tifie and ysis} have not been eae in support of
We give herewith from the Jowrnal of Building a|the wood more clearly, and its use will doubtless find |low-ceiled rooms, Low walls to rooms, it is said, are
sketch of the residence of EK. E. Dearborn, Es q., at the |favor among architects and builders.—7imberman. being advocated in England as really affording better
above place. F. C. Sauer, Pittsburg, Pa., architect. It mt ventilation throughout, in preventing the formation of
is a very satisfactory exterior design, and a glance at Low Ceilings, upper strata of all but immovable foul air, and tend-
the floor plans shows a well arranged and comfortable A reaction has lately taken place in favor of low! ing to prevent draught. The idea is very gladly taken
interior. We estimate the cost up by some of the art journals,
of a house like this, all complete, who rejoice that we have proba-
at about $4,000. bly gone to the extreme in the
24 height of apartments, which has
Stained Cypress, the disadvantage of dwarfing
The use of cypress for interior the furniture which is plaeed in
work has heretofore been almost them ; which also fail to secure
exclusively confined to a hard the most pleasing proportions to
oil finish, and in some instances rooms not having any larger
architects have objected to the area. There is a coziness in a
color of the wood. low-ceiled room which in a high-
To meet this objection a local ceiled room is sacrificed to emp-
concern has recently been mak tiness. In discussing this point
ing some experiments in stain- reference is often made to the
ing cypress, just as cherry, ma time of Queen Elizabeth and the
hogany, and other first-class fin low-wainscoted rooms that pre-
ishing woods are frequently vailed at that period. Low ceil-
stained to bring them to the de- ings were the rule, and comfort-
sired color. Several pieces of able interiors rather than impos-
cypress were given to a local ing exteriors were studied,—
factory, with instructions to fin- Architectural Era.
ish them in as many different
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—
shades, and in the best manner
possible. 'These pieces have just In connection with the publi-
come from the hands of the fin- cation of the Bur~pIne EDt-
ishers, and the results are in TION of the SCIENTIFIC AMERI-
every way satisfactory. The CAN, Messrs. Munn & Co. fur-
workmen say that the wood nish plans and specifications for
takes the stain as well as any buildings of every kind, includ-
wood they have ever finished, ing Stores, Dwellings, Carriage
and think there is not the least Houses, Barns, ete. In _ this
question about the durability of work they are assisted by able
the color. Of course, this last is and experienced architects.
a question which time alone can Full plans, details, and specifica-

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RESIDENCE AT EAST PARK, McKEESPORT, PA.
definitely decide, but the possibility of the color fading ceilings. Not very long ago architects, sanitary en- tions for the various buildings illustrated in this paper
or wearing off is a very slight one, and hardly worth gineers and physicians were almost unanimous in favor
can bé: Spplied. . Those who contemplate building, or
considering in the face of the opinion of men with of high ceilings for rooms in dwellings. The argu- who wish to alter, improve, extend, or add to existing
years of experience in finishing woods in this manner. ments in support of lofty ceilings were numerous, some buildings, whether wings, porches, bay windows, or
Finished in the natural color, cypress is often com- of them based upon the superior healthfulness of such
attic rooms, are invited to communicate with the
pared with pine in appearance, but when stained this rooms, and others upon the superior architectural ef-
undersigned. Our work extends to all parts of the
resemblance is entirely destroyed, and there is no other fects obtained. With the introduction of the cottage country. Estimates, plans, and drawings promptly
wood with which a comparison can properly be drawn. style of architecture, ceilings have gradually become
prepared. Terms moderate. Munn & Co., 361 Broad-
The stain not only adds to the rich appearance of lower, and, the fashion having been set, reasons, scien-
way, New York,
 Marcu, 1892. Scientific American, 2Architects und Builders Enlition. 47
AN IMPROVED WOODWORKING MACHINE, next to Renee pulley, which is 12 in. eee The fin-, be taken up by a strong gib at each end of the ma-
The economical forming of baluster posts, mouldings, |ishing cutter head is set 1-32 in. below the roughing | chine. The bed is raised and lowered by means of
panelings and the various forms of ornamental wood- |head, and as all the dirt, ete., is taken off by the first; two 14 in. square thread steel screws, 4 threads to the
work which the architect and house builder now intro- head, the knives remain sharp for along time. One can|inch. The machine must be belted from above, and a
duce so liberally in all handsomely finished structures, feed this machine 40 lineal ft. per minute, and do the! countershaft with our improved self-oiling brass-
has become an object of very great im- bushed loose pulley is furnished with
portance, and several machines have been each machine. Three speeds of feed are
successively introduced to perfect this furnished with each machine. Floor
class of work, while reducing its cost to space required, 6 by 8 ft. Weight of
a minimum. One of the latest of these machine, 3,500 Ib. Countershaft has 12
machines is shown in the accompanying by 615 in. tight and loose pulleys and
illustration, together with various figures should run 1,000 revolutions per minute.
representing work done on the machine. ose
It is the new fluting and twist machine Swezey’s Dumb Waiter,
made by P. Pryibil, numbers 512 to 524 This is a style of waiter which has met
West Forty-first Street, New York City. with great favor during a long period of
It will producge all kinds of spiral or rope years. It is not likely to get out of order,
mouldings, either straight, tapered, and runs easily. The ear is held in posi-
eurved or oval, making right, left, and tion at each story by an automatic catch.
pineapple cuts, and doing straight flut- It is manufactured by M. B. Swezey, No.
ing. It will cut soft or hard wood from 120 Twentieth Street, Chicago, and is
one to six threads on a piece, and make highly recommended by leading archi-
any degree of twist, from one turn in one tects, builders, and house owners.
and one-half inches of length to one in 3 5aid

ten and one-half inches. The cutters are Graphie Bepresentation of Strains,
similar in shape and arrangement to those The vertical shearing stress of a beam
used on variety shapers, and are made of at any point is known to be equal to the
the same steel. They are held between weight on the next pier less the weight
collars that are somewhat similar, but so lying between this pierand tbe point. It
arranged that the knives have a peculiar is generally represented graphically for
action, cutting from the outside in, and each point by ordinates to the line of
making a smooth cut, even against the beam on one side only. Now, as the sum
grain. They revolve always in the same of these stresses must be zero, those on
direction, whether the twist be right or one side being positive and those on the
left, and one set will produce several dif- other negative, the proper graphical re-
ferent shapes of work. This machine will presentation is to show them according
swing eight inches, and will take 60 inches to these signs above and below the line
between centers. of beam. This leads to a simple geome-
A medallion fluting attachment will trical construction for finding the shear-
produce radial fluting on flat work up to ing stress when the beam is loaded in any
9 inches square or 6 X 12 oblong. This way with a number of weights, single or
fluting can be either perfectly flat or can distributed. Find the line of shearing
be swelled or waved. It can run direct stress for the beam itself; then, using this
to the center or tangent to a central circle. line, plot on it the line of shearing stress
A very handsome class of screen work, for the first weight, making the ordinates
known as the ‘‘ Moorish” pattern, con- vertical to the line of beam itseif. Plot
sists of long, thin spirals, interwoven like from this second shearing line a third
wire netting. The spirals for this work shearing line for the second weight, and
are generally considered very difficult to soon. The shearing line last found gives
make, the trouble being to support the the stresses arising from the weight of
long light sticks against the cut. This the beam and the weights for each point.
machine is designed to make this light The construction gives the line of shear-
work as well and as rapidly as it does the ing stress at each step and for each
heaviest. weight also. When the shearing is a
ore
maximum, the bending moment is zero,
A FINE MACHINE FOR CABINET SHOPS. AN IMPROVED WOODWORKING MACHINE. and where the shearing stress is zero the
The machine shown in the illustration, bending moment is a maximum; conse-
made by Messrs. Frank & Co., of Buffalo, N. Y., is de- finest kind of work, and by using a slow feed the doors |quently, that point where the line of shearing stress
signed to plane 30, 36, and 42 in. wide and 6 in. thick, on |for cabinet work, etc., can be planed as well as on a| intersects the beam is that of the greatest bending
one side only. It has two top cylinders, one to do the | diagonal planer. This makes it a very desirable ma-} moment. The areas between the line of beam and the
rough work and the other for polishing. The roughing |chine for a door factory as well as a cabinet shop. |line of shearing stress above and below are equal.—
cylinder is belted from both ends, the other from one! Both heads have yielding chip breakers or pressure |The Archiiect.
end. Two knives are used on each. The heads are! bars on each side of the heads, which helps to secure ———__— + 6+ aS
made from steel forgings and lipped to prevent tear-| perfectly smooth work. The feed rolls are 41g in. dia- PEPPER was known to the ancients. In the middie
ing the lumber. The bearings are all 2 in. diame-! meter, and all driven. The bed is cast in one piece |ages it was one of the most costly of spices, a pound of
ter and 8 in. long, set into
except the one on finishing head Pant es the frame 114 in. deep, and all play can‘ it being a royal present.

i: .
FRANK & CO.”S CABINET PLANER AND POLISHER,
 48 Scientific American, Auchiterts wind Buililers Estition. Marcu, 1892,

AN IMPROVED DOOR HANGER, firinly fitted to ksh and pideed 3in such a manner ilpaennneetthe only edifice in ir Rome capable of giving. us
The hanger shown in the accompanying illustration as to allow the use of extra long belts. a lively idea of the solemn aspect of this species of
is adapted for use with either heavy or light doors. It The carriage is made in one piece, and although very ancient buildings. The masses which here meet our
is the fourth invention of Mr. Warner in this line, has rigid, works with the greatest ease and comfort to the view differ essentially from those of the facades of
anti-friction bearings, is adjustable and noiseless, and. operator. It is provided with gauge rod and stop by modern churches, inasmuch as they have an actual
the track is of hard wood. It has an automatic gray- which the work may be gauged. The table is very reality, are of a more constructive character, and an-
ity lock. In hanging, after the base plate is screwed wide, and runs on extra long slides with flat and V nounce themselves as what they are; while the latter
in place, the door is coupled to the hanger by simply ways. rather conceal than display the true significance of the
sliding the parts together, when the gravity lock, of its ooo building which they ostentaticusly adorn, and serve
own weight, falls and locks them in place. Having but The Baths of Diocletian, rather to perplex than to regulate our conception of
a, single track, the carpenter has but one partition to The magnificent bathing establishments, called the conerete idea which had thus created for itself an
Therme, to distinguish them from the ordinary organic external form. From their elevated situation,
(dt baths in Rome, consisted of a long series of these Therm are visible from almost every spot in
halls, chambers, and courts, all lying on the ancient Rome commanding an open prospect, and are,
same level, so that the extent of surface required therefore, peculiarly adapted to serve as a landmark
for laying out had to be artificially constructed for the stranger amid the world of ruins.—Zhe Archi-
either by the remoyal or elevation of the soil. tect. Fis gare
The Therme founded by Diocletian and, Maxi- +
mian, and completed by Constantius and Maxi-
min, was the largest edifice of this kind. At THE STANLEY PLUMB AND LEVEL,
present only the great hall, converted into a A new feature in levels is shown in the accompanying
church by Michel Angelo, exists in a state of illustration. It isthe introduction of a shallow groove
tolerable preservation. As the massive granite lengthwise of the two sides to the wooden stock, giving
pillars, though so sunk into
the ground that their full
height is nowhere visible, are
still standing, the antique,
vaulted roof has also been
| preserved entire. This cir-
cumstance is of great import-
ance for the lighting up of
this vast space, the masses
of light falling upon it at so
favorable an angle that the STANLEY’S PATENT HANDY PLUMB AND LEVEL.
mind receives the same pleas-
‘| ing impression at all hours of the day and at better means of grasping the tool when used for level-
)/| all seasons of the year. Several considerable ing or for ascertaining a plumb. This level has just
) portions of the adjoining halls are still to be been added to the assortment made by the Stanley
} seen, but being included within the buildings Rule and Level Co., New Britain, Conn.
of the neighboring convent, a clear and com- +2 2
plete survey of them cannot easily be obtained.
A system of buildings of this species cannot be The Diamond Match Company,
made intelligible till we have had the opportu- That wonderful combination known as the Diamond
nity of examining the ruins of the Therme of Match Company recently held a meeting of its stock-
THE NEW WARNER SINGLE TRACK DOOR HANGER, Caracalla, these ruins not having been dis- holders in Chicago, Of the 60,000 shares of the com-
figured by any modern additions. The wide, pany, 44,205 were represented. Vice-President Moore
set true, and the hanger adjusts itself to any uneven- open space behind the Therme of Diocletian was said that during 1891 the company had earned $200,000
ness in the track. This hanger ismanufactured by the not built over in ancient times. We must picture above its dividends and interest charges, and’ its busi-
Warner Manufacturing Co., Freeport, Il. it to ourselves as simply surrounded by walls. At ness for the ten years beginning with 1881 showed an
———_—————_s+t> oe the extreme ends of these, on the side nearest the increase of 128 per cent. He therefore urged an increase
A NEW WOODWORKING MACHINE, city, circular buildings were erected, one of which has of the capital stock from $6,000,000 to $7,000,000, as the
The machine shown in the illustration is one of the since been converted into the church of St. Bernardo. purchase of additional pine lands and improvements of
latest productions of the Indiana Machine Works, Fort The space extends in the form of a half circle. Here the company’s plants had been required by the exi-
Wayne, Ind. It is designed for use in sash, door and must have been erected the seats for the spectators gences of the business. J. H. Comstock, who has
blind factories, planing mills, job shops, ete. A small- who wished to be present at the exercises of the charge of the company’s lumber interests at Ontonagon,
er one is also made for furniture making and is styled palestra held in court. In order to form a level sur- Mich., gave an extended account of the situation there.
the No. 8. The base is cast in one massive piece, has a face so extensive considerable substructions must have The location of the company’s holdings is such that it
substantial floor support, and is necessarily much more been required here, such being absolutely necessary virtually controls the lumber trade of the river, and it
rigid than were it bolted together. As operators use for this semicircular enlargement of the court. The is likely to be called upon in the near future to handle
their hips in connection with their hands in pushing church of St. Maria degli Angeli, with its high gables, and saw all the lumber floated down the stream. Of
carriage across slides, an opening is left in top of base, makes an imposing impression in the distance, and is, the present pine timber holdings of the company, he
so that there is nothing estimated that it had
to interfere with his enough for five years’
using his side should he consumption at present
see fit to do so.
arbor housing is fitted
The 7
ii
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| rates; recent contracts
for new purchases
to planed surfaces, and nae would increase it to
is abundantly heavy for lan twenty more. The sec-

every purpose. The ar-
bor frames are fitted on
dovetail ways with pro-
visions for wear, their
bearings being long and
far apart. The arbors
are of large diameter,
and run in extra long
boxes. They carry two
steel heads each, that
will cut out a tenon
seven inches long, and
by our patent adjusting
device both heads may
be adjusted separately
or together and without
altering the space be-
tween them. The up-
per head has an over-
cut movement, so that
a tenon may be made
longer on one side than
on the other.
The cope heads are
made of gun metal, and
are accurately balanced.
They are fitted to arbor
frames, so that when
heads are adjusted they
go with them. Inde-
pendent adjustments
are furnished for these
heads, all of which are
easy of access. The
cope countershaft is
pl
: ll
j}
tion in which the pine
lands of the company
————/
were situated had suf-
(= fered some from forest
fires during the year,
seat
but the holdings of the
company were pretty
well scattered, and the
loss to it would be
light, most of its tim-
ber scorched being for
the most part avail-
able.
The following officers
were elected: Presi-
dent, O. C. Barbour;
Vice-President, William
H. Moore; Treasurer,
J. K. Robinson : Secre-
tary, H. C. Cranz; Gen-
eral Manager, W. M.
Graves.
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(Continued from page Vi.)

NOW READY!
DO YOU EVER READ AN ADVERTISEMENT? (6) J. McD. says: When
water faucet at sink is opened, a great rattling noise is
produced in boiler, which is of copper, 40 gals., and
the hot
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1 AM ADVERTISING FOR YOUR BENEFIT AS WELL AS MY OWN, asndden sharp click in boiler; all is quiet until hot
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pipes to water back in range are all run correctly and
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driven by maintenance of poles in the armature attracted
relating to formulz used in the various manufac-
z Ft “Ske = BS, or repelled by the field magnet poles. We suggest that turing industries, will herc be found answered.
you move the water closet into the house, or put upa Instructions for working many differcnt pro-
| GUARANTEE TO MEET COMPETITION IN PRICE. stove, cesses in the arts are given.
It is impossible within the limits of a prospectus
In every city and town brick and wooden walks are fast disappearing, and are being replaced
by the popular walk of the day, one made of Portland Cement. The opportunities for this kind of (8) G. E. 8. says: We have more or to give more than an outline of a few features of
so extensive a work.
work areas thick as the STARS IN THE SKIES, while the expense of manufacture is practically less cold water pipes (iron) throughout the mill, used Under the head of Paper we have oes 250 re-
as cheap as are the SANDS IN THE OCEAN. Any enterprising young man of determination for hydraulic pulp machines. We are annoyed by the ceipts, embracing how to make papier maché ; how
who will forward me $25.00 will receive my printed instructions, in brief form, setting forth my pro- to make paper water proof and fire proof; how to
cess, So that he can soon muster theart of making it. He will be rewarded handsomely for his expense sweat and drip from these pipes. What can they be
make sandpaper, emery paper, tracing paper,
and labor and will have a trade that will make him from $2.50 to $5.00 per day for his personal services. coated with on the outside to keep them from sweating transfer paper, carbon paper, parchment paper,
Isend skilled labor from this city to put down the sidewalks, and arrangements can be made and dripping? A. The sweating and dripping from the colored papers, razor strop paper, paper for doing
with responsible parties to start the business in their own city, use my process, and divide profits. up cutlery, silverware; how to make luminous
My reference is the work I have already done in almost every city throughout Central, pipes is caused by the contact of the moist warm air in
paper, photograph papers, ete.
Southern and Western Dlinois, including this city, Springfield, Jacksonyille, Quincy, Paris, Litchfield, mill with the cold pipe. The only remedy is protec- Under the head of Inks we have nearly 450 re-
Champaign, and Monticello. I refer you to the Mayor of each respective town. Enclose stamp for tion by a non-conducting substance, and may be any ceipts, including the finest and best writing inks
catalogue. When applying for agency, state population of your town. of all colors, drawing inks, luminous inks, invisi-
of the felting material in use. Hair felt 1 inch thick,
ble inks, gold, silver and bronze inks, white inks;
E. L. MARTIN, 628 N. Main St., Decatur, Ill. covered with thick paper, is very effective; or if thought
cheaper, box the pipes and fill with sawdust. Make the
directions for removal of inks: restoration of
faded inks, etc.
Under the head of Alloys over 700 receipts are
MANUFACTURER OF boxes to have not less than 1 inch clearance on inside given, covering a vast amount of valuable infor-
between box and pipe. mation. ‘ ‘
ARTIFICIAL STONE FOR SIDEWALKS AND BUILDING PURPOSES. | Of Cements we have some 600 receipts, which
(9) E. T. 8. asks how to clean wall include almost every known adhesive preparation,
paper. I have a Jarge hal! that I wish to clean. The hall and the modes of use.
How to make Rubber Stamps forms the subject
| is 100 by 50 feet. The paper is in good shape, only of a most valuable practical article, in which the
| soiled by dust. A. There is ro better way of cleaning complete process is described in such clear and ex-

THORN’S PATENT METALLIC ROOFING papered walls than to wipe them down with soft cotton
cloths, better by hand, but can be done with a long
plicit terms that any intelligent person may readily
Jearn the art.
For Lacquers there are 120 receipts; Electro-Me-
handled brush to remove the loose dust and then go tallurgy, 125 receipts; Bronzing, 127 receipts; Pho-_
TILES and SHINCLES. over with a cloth tied over the brush. For stains use tography and Microscopy are represented by 600
receipts.
The Best, Most Handsome, Durable & Secure Roofing Plates fresh bread crumbs. Under the head of Etching there are 55 receipts,
YET OFFERED TO THE BUILDING TRADE. (10) H. A. asks: 1. If there is any embracing practical directions for the production
of.engravings and printing plates of drawings.
INDORSED BY ALL THE LEADING ARCHITECTS. ‘one at present experimenting with calked cast iron Paints, Pigments and Varnishes furnish over
pipes for the use of steam. If so, what is the result? 800 receipts, and include cyerything worth know-
TEN SIZES AND DESICNS. A, Castiron pipe with calked joints is not used for
ing on those subjects.
Under the head of Cleansing over 500 recipes
Address THORN SHINGLE & ORNAMENT CO., steam at any pressure, It does not remain tight buta are given, the scope being very broad, embracing
short time, owing to expansion and contraction by the the removal of spots and stains from all sorts
1227 Callowhill St., Philadelphia, Pa. of objects and materials, bleaching of fabrics,
heat of the steam. 2. Will a 41in. cast iron pipe as. cleaning furniture, clothing, glass, leather, metals,
above stated stand a pressure from 10 to 25 lb.? If not, and the restoration and preservation of all kinds
what is your idea of making use of the said pipes for of objects and materials.
In Cosmetics and Perfumery some 400 receipts
the circulation of steam? A. The pipe will stand ‘the are given.
pressure, but the joimts work loose when made with Soaps have nearly 300 receipts.
lead. Would stand better, if with rust joints, fora Those who are engaged in any branch of industry

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probably will find in this book much that is of
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joints is used for hot water heating when there is but Those who are in search of independent business
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diate expense or profit. 45 FULTON ST., NEW YORK CITY.
MANUFACTURERS OF
PRICE $32.00 F. 0. B. CARS CHICAGO. Copper, Brass & Iron Wire Cloth,
We will send you Catalogue Free
AMERICAN,
if you mention Scrmn'riric
Wire-Work,Wire-Fence,
Railing &Guards
Pearson Manufacturi ngs Co., silpdeRailing,
ehaelteh No.ea14 be The Blackman Ventilator Wheel or Ai Propeller, THE BLACKMAN
(Successors to the OrELUP & PEARSON Co.) : * - 5 3 7 AIR PROPELLER.
= = = a 39 VAN BUREN ST., cor. WABASH AVE., a a ¥% ooo
SS anal i=eiee-s
eee ““BENNOR” SEWER GAS
BROUGHTON SELF-CLOSING | (Continued from page viii ) 7, AAI LD
(11) M. E. W. says: I have a range, BACK WA f R Fi R AP.
with a hot water pipe for a bath room. The pipe in the
COCKS t FY range becomes stopped with scale of lime. What will
y remove it, or prevent it forming? A, There is no easy
way to clear a range pipe of incrustation, A strong so-
y lution of caustic soda (3 or 4 pounds of caustic) put into
E VvE RY hm the circulation will soften and break up the scale; but
. it will largely settle in the water back, and can only be
ima cleaned out by taking out the water-back, The plumber
should know what is best todo. Frequent use of the
ONE | caustic soda will keep the pipes clear, but with the
necessity of cleaning out the water-back each time.

(12) W. T. says: Can you inform me

about what per cent of heat contained in anthracite :
coal, burned in a stove made for heating only,can be| For standard or extra heavy pipe. All sizes carried in stock, includ-
liberated into a room, or can you tel] me whether there ing 2 in and 10 in
is necessarily a loss.of 50 per cent or over, under the :
most favorable conditions? «4A; "Theloge of heatin| ©lIMebiuk! DURABE! BPE aCily a! Y
Cite At Y

common stoves may be as great as 50 per cent, but with MANDFACTURED BY

the best stoves, provided with large absorbing and radi- tf A |N E J Oo N ES & CA D B U R Y co
ating surface, the loss should not_ be greater than 25 Ss, =y
per cent, and much of this might be saved by extend-
ing the stovepipe, so as to utilize all the heat, save HIGH CLASS PLUMBING GOODS,
enough to create draught. Much of the heat is also i Is6 RIDCE AVENUE, P H |j A D E L P H | A,
lost by opening stove doors for ventilation.

(13) A. M. says: Assuming that the

Send for Circular. wood is steamed and bent when green, and allowed
cee ee aS ~ —_—

time for the wood to be thoroughly seasoned and set in

the bend, would it be inclined to lose of the shape or
E STEBBINS MF’G C0 Sole curve if exposed to damp? If so, do you know of any —ALSO—
\. ' Manufacturers, | process of rendering the wood damp-proof? A. Bent

Paints,
BRICHTWCOD, MASS. wood tends to resume its original shape when ex-
| posed to damp or becomes wet. The only way to pre-
-| vent it is to finish and oil or varnish the bent wood, so
ANDREWS’ as to prevent changes in its hygrometric condition,
METAL CHAIR (14) D. R. C. says: I wish to paint
-
Var mishes,
‘ val
Attractive, Comfor-
table, and Indes- the brick walls of a composing room, used for setting
tructible.
type, and also the rough hemlock joists under the roof, :
Composed of
Steel twisted to-
with some white substance that will not scale off and
fall into the type. Please state in the Sc1lENTIFIC
‘Established 1848;
er
Brushes,
gether. The bet- AMERICAN what composition would be the best for this The Only Unfadable
ter grades are
Stains,
purpose. Would like something not very expensive. ¥
plated in Brass,
A. Wecan recommend a whitewash made in the pro- seoAR: Tvs
Nickel, and Old
portion of one-half a bushel of best lime slaked in hot
Copper finish—
water, eight quarts salt dissolved in hot water, 244 lb. Desoriptive eter ane‘Price List on
highly polished. “StL
INOHAITIL
11V9.
"ONIMdS
hey are the rice meal boiled to a paste, to which add one-half a Etc.
pound white glue previously dissolved and one-half
cheapest Chair
ever made, con- a pound clear whiting. Add the salt brine to the
slaked lime and then the other ingredients, Keep it AG E N TS
sidering appear-
hot while using, Use a whitewash brush. Woodwork VW A N 1% Ee D
ance, comfort and
should be thoroughly cleaned from dust before apply-
durability.
ing this ai leach It makes a bright surface Jike = V E R YW. H ER E
A.H. Andrews & Co. Y
215 Wabash Av.,Chicago

Geometrical CARVED WOOD —— FOR ——

CEILING, WAINSCOTING, MOULDING, CASING, BASE

The Interior Finish of Public and Private Buildings,
Railroad Cars, Boats, and wherever handsome effects
are desired in either soft or hard wood. Our Carvings
are perfect in detail, and are ready for a finish when they
leave the machine. We use only the best stock, thus
insuring work of uniform grade and finish, We make a
great variety of patterns, and can furnish all Mouldings
in the Universal Moulding Book.
For designs or information, address

ALLEGHENY GEOMETRICAL WOOD CARVING GO.

ALLEGHENY, PA., U. 8. A.
 Marcu, 1892. aoe
X11

CORTRIGHT ROOFING,
Made of Prime Charcoal Tin Plate, ARCHITECTURAL —ROOKS MARSTON’S

Hand and Foot Power Band Saw.

IMPROVED

Useful, Beautiful, and Cheap.

To any person about to erect a dwelling house or sta-
| ble, either in the country or city, or any builder wishing
to examine the !atest and best plans fora church, schoo)
house, club house, or any other public building of high
or low @ost, should procure a complete set of the ARCHI-
TECTS’ AND BUILDERS’ EDITION of the SCIENTIFIC FROM
MADE
AMERICAN.
The information these volumes contain. renders the
METAL SLATES WITH ROLL RiIDGE-
work almost indispensable to the architect and builder,

METAL
SHEET
SHINGLES,
COPING,
Tin
Zine-coated
and
Sheets,
Steel
and to persons about to build for themselves they will
“The great demand for these goods is convincing find the work suggestive and most useful. They contain
evidence of their superiority over all other colored plates of the elevation, plan, and detail draw-
kinds of Metal Plate Roofing. ings of almost every class of building, with specifica.
IF YOU ARE BUILDING a new house,
tion aad approximate cost.

Cortright Metal Roofing Co.

remodeling, or about to re-cover an old one, and
Eight bound volumes are now ready and may be ob-
tained, by mail, direct from the publishers or from any want a roof covering superior to any you have
newsdealer. Price, $2.00 a volume. Stitched in paper ever used, and at a moderate cost, write for our
BROAD AND HAMILTON STS.,., covers. Subscription price, per annum, $2.50, Address prices and catalogue ** F,” which shows the different
PHILADELPHIA, PA, and remit to designs and colors of the Metal Shingles we make,
Sole Owners and Manufacturers, MUNN & CO., Publishers, Our GALVANIZED SHINGLES are made
Catalogue and Prices on Application. 561 Broadway, New York. from steel sheets, heavily coated with all the zine
that will adhere to them when taken from a bath
of that metal.
Permanent Exhibit. Improved Quick and 3 GE ay
Easy Raising Steam We warrant them absolutely rain and rust proof
and HAND POWER without the necessity of painting.

Hand and Foot Power Machines,

LEVATORS
This is our best quality of sheet metal shingles,

W.F.& J. Barnes Co.’s, J. M. Marston & Co.’s, They are the perfection of metal roof covering.
Seneca Falls Co.'s, Seymour & Whitlock’s, Narra- Descriptive circulars and prices free,
gansett Machine Co.’s. Adding latest goods as
they appear. Price list ‘free,
KIMBALL BROS.,
Little’s Tool Store, °° New
Fulton
York.
St.,
ANAMOSA, IA. The National Sheet Metal Roofing Co,
Exhibitions of 1862, 1865. 1867, 1872, 1873, and
Shutters at Philadelphia, 1876, PRIZE
a
MEDALLISTS.
mly Award and Medal for Noiseless St
Paris, 1878, and ATeibounne: 1881, we dlcho No. a9 New York City, Table is 3 feet 6 inches from floor; measure
CLARKE’S ORIGINAL PATENT NOISELESS

Lapse
18 x 2linches; is adjustable for cutting on a bevel.
Revolving
Self-Coiling
STEEL SHUTTERS i aatinetroor
Fire and
Guide for saw both above and below table.
tance from table to guide when
Dis-
raised its full
IMPROVED ROLLING WOOD SHUTTERS AND PATENT METALLIC VENETIAN BLINDS,
Catalogues, Circulars, Price Lists, etc., on application. height, 5inches; 16 inches between saw and frame.

OFFICE and WORKS, All gears cut from solid iron. Shafts are made of
CLARK, BUNNETT & CO. (Limited), 162 and 164 West 27th Street, steel. Saw pulleys covered with rubber. Upper
\enettat) saw pulley has adjustment to bring it into line with

_BLINDS.
lower saw pulley. Weight of machine, 260 Ibs.

OSesIe TS TED BY
Machines on trial.

J. M. MARSTON & CO.

Patent Welt
nee LEADING
Jap:ee RU: 199 RUCCLES STREET,
Boston, Mass.

sliding Blinds ICE-HOUSE

Directions and Dimensions for
AND
illustration of cold house for
season to season. The air is kept
REFRIGERATOR.
construction, with one
preserving fruit from
dry and pure through-
Are Superior to all others on account of their being a out the year at a temperature of from 34° to 36°. Con-
¢ WertGuHt BLIND, the same as any ordinary windows tained in SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT No. 116.
Price 10 cents. To be had at this office and of all news-
hung on weights. They can be applied to any lers. :
Old or New house. Send for catalogue. TAT THE

Agents wanted, AMERICAN insritut a 80-Paged Illustrated Catalogue

over 250 Designs of Superior
of

GEO. POPPERT,
ANEW YORK j
CITY. WEATHER VANES,
SEND.FORILLU STRATEL TOWER ORNAMENTS,
417 Poplar Street, Milwaukee. CHURCH CROSSES,
eS Wega COPPER FINIALS, xe.
Mailed to any address for 2-cent stamp
MANAGER.

IDEAL SASH PULLEY.

—half the postage.

BuRLINGTON, VERMONT.
Th § cientific Amecan
T. W. JONES, Manutacturer,

merican Boston OFFICE, 27 SCHOOL STREET.

170 & 172 Front Street, NEw YORK.
A 4-Hole Auger Mor-
tise Cone Axle Pul-
NEw YORK OFFICE,
BROOKLYN OFFICE,
WORLD BUILDING. e HARTMAN’S
PUBLICATIONS FOR 1892. ley. Applied
16 COURT STREET. PATENT INSIDE
PHILADELPHIA OFFICE, Fil WALNUT STREET. —— ~
CHICAGO OFFICE, 65° E,W ASHINGTON STREET.~ é WINDOW
without chis-
Lilet SLIDING BLIND.
i=

PATENTS!
The prices of the different publications in the United elor Screws
States, Canada, and Mexico are as follows: E
(=< Tt is most popular
RATES BY MAIL. ach Blind in America; a
The Scientific American (weekly), one year - $3.00 Pulley great improvement
The Scientific American Supplement (weekly), one over the old style;
year, ~ alge 5.00 ts ou MESSRS. MUNN & CO., in connection with the publi- better style; more
cation of the SCLENTIFIC AMERICAN, continue to ex- convenient; 25 per
The Scientific American, )Spanish’ Hdition (month- marking amine improvements, and to act as Solicitors of Patents
ly), one year, - - - 38.00 A for Inventors. cent. cheaper than
The Scientific American Architects and Builders gauge. In this line of business they have had forty-one years’ the hinged blind,
Edition GQnonthly), one year, - - - - 2.50 variety of experience, and now have unequaled facilities for the and will last double
preparation of Patent Drawings, Specifications, and the the length of time.
COMBINED RATES. Styles and prosecution of Applications for Patents in the United The only blind that
The Scientific American and Supplement - - $7.00 z States, Canada, and Foreign Countries. Messrs. Munn & gives universal sat-
Co. also attend to the preparation of Caveats, Copyrights
The Scientific American and Architects and Build- Sizesto Se~ for Books, Labels, Reissues, Assignments, and Reports
isfaction. It is no
ers Edition, - - - - - - - - - 5 t more an experi-
: rom. k on Infringements of Patents. All business intrusted to
ment. Tens of
The Scientific American, Supplement, and Archi- lect from. As them is done with special care and promptness, on very
- - -— = - 9.06 for Catalogue of reasonable terms. thousands.are in
tects and Builders Edition, A pamphlet sent free of charge, on application, con- use. Architects are
Proportionate Rates for Sic Months. Hardware Specialties taining full information about Patents and how to pro- | tes them on

ii
cure them; directions concerning Labels, Copyrights, their merits. Send

STOVER MFC.CO.
This includes postage, which we pay. Remit by postal Designs, Patents, Appeals, Reissues, Infringements, As-
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Hints on the Sale of Pa-
=| p = ran
‘itm
ij
LOX illustrated cata-
logue and prices,
MUNN & CO., 361 Broadway, New York
137 River St., Freeport, Ill. We also send, free of charge, a Synopsis of Foreign Pa-
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(i Agents wanted.
Send 4 cent stamp
patents in all the principal countries of the world. for &-page Illus-
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BRANCH OFFICES.—No. 622 and 624 F_ Street,
cific Building, near 7th Street, Washington, D. C.
Pa-
The Hartman Sliding Biind Co.
Pe THE “WILLER'!..

STAIRS
50 Earwell St,’ Wooster, O., U.S.A.
IMPROVED

Window Screens and Screen Doors, Inside Sliding Window Blinds

Manufactured by
You probably have built JACOB DURSTINE,
yourself a fine residence last (EERO RTETERETE! “YP Successor to
HARTMAN & DURSTINE
year, and this year want it Wooster, Ohio,
screened throughout with A pleasing substitute
window screens and screen for the old style of
hinged blind and at
We furnish Newels, Rails, and Balusters
fitted ready to hang, or we will furnish the entire
doors. If such is the case, greatly reduced
prices. Combine Ele-
stair with everything fitted (as far as practicable),
and finished smooth ready to set up. Wemake an
Ta2 you should place your order gance, Durability and exclusive business of this kind of work, for which
with us now and have them Comfort. Slide up
and down like sashes.
our factory is especially fitted up. © orrespond-
ence solicited,
—— Fle fa gn e + shipped whenever you want Easily
and
manipulated,
stay where Estimates Promytly Furnished.
. | Sera Fa them. We make these goods Pplaced.. Of tasty Send Two Dimes for Illustrated Book of New
, * a to order only, and warrant styles in natural wood
finish of all kinds.
Designs and Price List.
them to be superior to any Frames
strong.
light
Slat and pa-
and
E. SMITH & BRO.
now in the eRK BH For further particulars, send for our Cata- nel work of beautiful PROFESSIONAL
logue B, No. 11. Address designs. None such

Stair Builders,
can be obtained else-

WILLER MANUFACTURING CO.,

where. Try them.
Send for illustrated
x catalogue and prices, AND MANUFACTURERS OF
MILWAUKEE, WIS. Address
JACOB DURSTINE, FIRST-CLASS MODERN STAIR FINISH.

F, M, PIRSSON & CO., Nos, land 3 Union Square, N. Y., Sole Agents for New York and vicinity,
62 LARWILL STREET.
Wooster, Ohio, U.S.A. 197 W, Seventh St., St. Paul, Minn,
 xv Scientific American, Architects and Builders Edition, Marcn, 1892.

Steel Cei HITCHINGS

233 Mercer
(Established

Street, New
1844),
&
York,
CO.

HOT-WATER HEATING,
For Greenhouses and Dwellings —ALSO-—

Horticultural Architects and Builders.’

Db Greenhouses, Gouservatories, lc,
Constructed with
RAFTERS, PURLINS, BRACKETS, COL-
TRON
UMNS, GUTTERS; and SILLS,
Making Light, Strong, and Durable Structures.
Estimates furnished for Houses complete or for the Structural Iron Work only
The only correct panel ceiling for halls, hotels, churches, ete. The Kinnear with plans and details to enable local builders to erect same.
Patent Ceiling will not roll up when exposed to fire. It is easily cleaned, is artistic Ie Send Four Cents Postage for Illustrated Catalogue.
and durable. Write for prices before you order elsewhere.

THE KINNEAR & GACER CO., Columbus, O.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO ADVERTISERS.
ESTABLISHED 1878.

Hardwood Floors Abbott, A. H. & Co..

Adament Mfg. Co
crnerag a Soapstone Govier
ETS ohne
SOHC HU Couor sae
sont deena
....coverti Lancaster Steel Roofing Co
sereeee vi Dane Bros. 35 22 vase:
cover ii Lewis Grate & Mantel Co
........+..

OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
MtOre, 1.5 OO cverenerss ansenras Lidell & Williams........
Hard O11 Finish, Boston Hard Wax Allegheny Geom. Wood Carving © 10.. LAttie;: Chia, 0.57 Stic ces aansenakscere
Weighted Wax Brushes. Am. Brass & Metal Works.........--
SEND FOR CATALOGUE. American Well Works ‘A skisakee M,.
104 and 106 Franklin Street, Andrews, A. H. & CO... .csisiimesane sauswascs
Andrews, Johnson & CO... ...s.005- ene BMatlory.W. Biv. scs- sence. a vis's Daniele adaaaietad iv
CHICAGO, ILL. Andrews Mfg. Co... MaAnasoe, Divccs:<cxstonecy seventies maemeaitee s coeaae
Anthony, E. & H. T. & Coss aaa case ee Mark, Jacob. «...'. 20. esenashecaeenele soe aa eae xiv
Apollo Iron & Steel CO.....6 wcccccs soeceees coverii Marston, Ds Mi &. Oe sive ae-swk isbsiny et acaee een xiii
Armor, Marlin & Co. .. 2.0. cases sovcsere soseeeeeedX Martin, Hy. Brick Machine Mfg. Co..... .....-...¥
Martin, E. aPEPE Cr tee ee ee ce viii
Mason, V. W286 CO; 0.000) sonst versa ensaeaea meee iv
B. Matthews Decorative Glass CO... .....2--.-++omvi
Maurer, Henry & Son..ck. i. i. osesncsamsene aahiborete iu
Ball-Ball Co......... AAC ..cover ii Mesker & Bro’.../<. ceca ventateudsnaamesnesteamante wil

THE E. D. ALBRO CO.

Barber, G, F. & Co.... dw dule’ereinee
fo Meteor Despatch: @6. . Ti.vic. cceuhhe eee enuats Geeerl iv
Barnes, W,. Bu& JIn0. OO... 2... Sec cctadaade cocvwnes iv Moore & Co.,, EB.Bis .cscceei ones Pers Cory te iii
Barlow Bros. af - Moss venga 2 CO as nnaKe i. seach ROS eels Kame i
Barnum, E. T “cover iv
Mueller, Hi, Mie. CG. vesiercende cemencs enter
IMPORTERS OF Bent, Sam’] L. & SOM....0....cecceesebesecetecs cece iii Mullins: WUh cvaniaes.Sdastees Seiten iii
Blessing _ CO. Ge Aiea cent Scecncessccsnvcesennsivs vi Munger-Colton Mfg. C0...

IV A HOG ANY,
cis sisssav.c vanes)
memmite viii
Bolles, J. E. & Co. ay . lV
Boughton & Terwilliger .. ‘cover ii
Bray, Joseph Ff. & CO oisscscc xs aes aa ewes ce eases male XV N.
Bridgeport Wood Finishing Co “V
MANUFACTURERS OF Brooks, VT. He 8 (CO. 1.05 oesie vivian bvareis.c.@ =ale oje.h «00 iv Narragansett Machine Co.......... aciste Cawteleenomag «Vi
Brush Electric Co..... Sy ie akin cover ii
National Hot Water Heater Co ............ ...0 xvi

Hardwood Lumber and Veneers

National Sheet Metal Roofing Co.. st xiii
National Wood Miz. CO.) ic. 5 asvacis eostose aes
“cover ii
N. Y. Central Iron Works Co..............: cover iii
Caldwell MEP: (CO.c. s.cscie site elle le des ola sse +. cover iv Northrop, rede S alan hen ete ane a cae ape ten eaevi
Charter Gas Engine ©0556 sess. sss 0 wan cso teld= dorele i Northrop, Henry” 8. i050. 52h hess. sateen ae cover ii
Ghilton Mig. OO. asec sisns eg ce oe ae wae elena aisjo kd Norton Door Check & Spring Co....... J dxucoae gee ii
Cincinnati Corrugating CO...........eseeeeeeeenes

Domestic and Foreign, of every description. Clark, Bunnett & Ooi.

Clay Shingle Oe
F505 o kee awdae vsersieeacas xiii
oidoresaevacarecarnvarnse aoe eN aha i aareee tae vi
Combination Folding Bath Tub Co..............XiV
oO.

Consolidated Roofing Works..............-. cover iv Oil Well Supply Co.......... adnate sate siere oicete Ateniee iv

EASTERN BRANCH, 200 Lewis St. E. R., NEW YORK.

Cook, EE. F025 asia cadence iva cee) aaalate ats wyeiteat Old Bangor Slate Co. s0 ook asccecene eeeceree -eVi
CONCOraAR AS Siliscasiclcasicssuwelsine nee nsis ers cover iv Oswego Indurated Fibre Co...........-.e00. cover ii
Cordesman Machine Co.............. Raiace
in soaeenics eS
Cortright Metal Roofing Co...........:.sse00
«+> xiii

GENERAL OFFICE AND MILLS, CINCINNATI, OHIO. Cox Abram Stove Co...... asiloisiaist
sieacca +... - cover iii P.

Oude (BS Biccss ce. aivieisie Rerenett sepreinenen

tateRe aitcen nee vi
Paragon Plaster Co.... ... wiegaraten wanton oo. COVer iv
Pease, J.B: Furnace Co. saceceneccsscnocteas a
D. Pearsom Mies Cos. acne «cocs ee ee rf Ae xii
Peats Alfred: 622 c.cdiar®
cate twewe Sec decease iv
Day Mfg. Co...:..5.00.+ Sterelswrai vstete aga veins See neraae li Pierce, Butler & Pierce Mfg. Co............ cover iv
Dean Linseed Oil Co..............- aise amare cover iii Pittsburg Plate Glass Cos. <-.0c. csscels ueeh eee iii
Detroit Heating & UghGne COl carwccentecaducaare xi Pittsburg Terra Cotta Lumber Co..........cover iv
Devoe, Fa W.. 6 COe).wescusatenes oaeae nis/soneeateraestels wet Poppert, Goo nw. cic conc: cmcics aad eens PR es
Dickey, MAGS. siicecienvice ean aee Spxisten rena aesiree vi Potts: Bros... sce esedees aise nsoke sein eeu ocretlets iv

TACOB MARE,
Pat. Ring Concrete Tile OLD STYLE. Dixon, Jos., Crucible ie sean ofstairang MMR URbiea Oem kere Vv Powers Duplex Regulator Co..... aiiviahn Caetaeeenee xi
Dunfee, J. & COR ae ep nV Pryibil, PicBasic ate se hace seem meee eepree?
My PATENTEE AND MANUFACTURER OF 9 Duplex Hanger Co............. er sareeccnser severes v The Pike Mfg. Co........0. cise ele Bebe e nee ee COVER am
Durstine, Jacob... diciieiaseass af Sanction
scab eeenan xiii
: > Concrete Illuminating Tile aud Vault Lights PS EK. R.

3 oe For AREAS, ROOFS, FLOORS, Etc. i Randolph & CloweS.......0.ssesseeres

3 Giving 25 per cent. More Light than Other Similar Gooda Made,
a 5S
5 3
- 95lights to sq. ft.
®.
FEDORUS SLOG. ina sinciesn ataietals otere olen le sinsaicia's wlaleiainisis/aialals agit
Edison General Electric Co.......... Le Richardson: C. Woc.s secs dew<eiiesiats
over ii
§#~Lilustrated Circular and Price List sent to any address. : Han CO... sssiisete siaicim. = Foam vin)lo/aies eiswiellias sinin/nicfeis x Richmond Stove Co...........+.
7 WORTH STREET, - + - NEW YORK. a Biller, Je EE G5 OOS ou mmelnvelte ne aninaoits'e Waianae siefe's vl Rumsey & Cols ccacqses sae <5
When directing, mention SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. 20 lights to sq. ft. Emerson, Smith. & Cos. ee eee ee S eeeeXVI
Eureka Plaster Co...........05
+++ seeeeeeee eeeeeeee NE Ss.
Eureka Steam Heating Coun ee Rone eee

READ THIS OVER TWICE.

Samson Cordage Works..........+6. ....-. Cover ii
F.
Schumacher & Ettlinger.... ......... .cover ii
Semmer, Philip, Glass’ Co) ) cess a.2 ae oe secede iv
This popular Bath, which is now in practical use Fisher, Erskine W........ 4 RiePevetatnisiais ecalarateal Rae 2 Seneca Falla Mfr; G0: oc dors nc ccae eens van escacneie Ax
Flanagan & Biedenweg.............+..s- ents) SSS xs iii
throughout the U. 8., has long been recognized as the Fox Machine Co). 3.5.50: pose cee. cee gacieceunate cover ii
Sheppard, Isaac A. & CO......06 wecsvccveses cover iv
Sherman & Butler... ...... ais ain isin habww tere wncane xiv
leading Portable Folding Bath Tub. Constant progress AAT WOW ersiaia alas aot clatelalateeianiere a anigniansiala oteaie iste wex Shimer, Sam'l J. & SOWS ..0. . jcwesvasnecse«seeuseuee ix
has been and is to-day the secret of its pre-eminence. Frenehy, Jie) 8 SO ss seisoicsciiete'sisiate\s misroiesatehine) stent iii SlMS MES. COnecewnsa ace cena sata claw clenewtea cover iv
PRench, Si Eis & COsn nce eeeeanics tise siiebeeeniaion -V
By its use no bath room is needed. Can be placed Frink) f, PostHeese cis one cacie mae clive cnsturle sive sa eli
Smith) OB. COs. aces stleSu tie oktparece eeeaan
in any apartment of the house. An ornament to any Smith, S. Bs & Bro). 5....w.oeewaples en leaie aba eee
Standard Varnish Works” Ticsd en eencose cover iii
room. A child can operate it. Uses gas, gasoline, oil, G. Standard Wood: Turning Co. 3.) ae) eons vi
ornaturalgas. Warms 20 gallons of water in 25 minutes, Stanley: Rule & Level COs «. ct. 25 00. ceseloent cover ii
The great expense of putting Garry Iron & Steel Roofing Co eytl Starrett, Di 8. oe cass Up weameureces fee mares ii
Gates ENS Heating C0
r2oceiecs cece ieee tusks i Stearns, H.C. \& COnr. 5 can. -baci esiestanne eer emia iv
in heating boiler and range, Godwin, Alfred! 4... fae) copiale niin hegecteeeee: cover iv Stebbins Bite... O0.c.525 .<cesan wees eee senisinn wesc was Kil
or furnace with cold and hot Gorton & TARR er WOO COs cle tis gsistelaieraelrets'- cover iv Storm Mfg. Co
water pipes, entirely done GPAV OS. Li, 1S. 60 BOM nee. details tense vate we<cover iv Stover Mfg. CO........eseeaes iii
Gummey, Spering & Co..............0000--s cover iv Padedec BB esice
s teen nunc ch pokes eaele eo
away with. SWeZOy «Ma Bin ioe cates. cn da clan ele this te tanec amen eeltane iii
(@8" Send for circular and H,
Sykes Thon & Steel Roofing Co...... weed Pian le
prices. T.
Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co......... pinta inten: thettee xii
COMBINATION FOLDING BATH TUB Co., Marshall, Mich. Hartman Sliding Blind Cons... cea, wa tanec xiii
Hitchings & CO. «hes ces «co acusn eee nase s cies xiv Taylor, N.& Go CO.nacs. voces osnies Ooeeeeees cover iv
Holmes, E. & B ie clanaure mentrideeceteste Seater eneee Thorn ‘Shingle and Ornament O0......-. ese. 0... viii
Howard Furnace Co0:.....cccsesesces Mele case nese eeoKVL Tiffany Glass Ooves-cs 25 ee.Anne: cover ii

A HAPPY WIFE
Howard’ & Morses.. ee tana eeesieeemtavn cleo xil Toch Bros...... Ae See sf
Howard, E., wats & Clock seeaaSosicooaee ce oo
Hoyt & Bro: Cosa eR ea ee x UO.

Days in a Week. I.
U.S. Mineral Wool. Cox. cece cee eeacean ence
3d Days ina Month.
365 Days in a Year. Indiana Machine Works............. ais sacar Anas. Vv.

Interior Hardwood Co....... apshiiateta\tisiastP

ee ort cetiii
There is no mistake about it if you get hora PERFECTION FLOUR BIN Van Duzen Gas and Gasoline Engine Co.......... ii
AND SIEVE,
J. Van Horne, Griffin & Co. ....60s.6cdonse =. Vi
We claim it’s a household necessity. You will say so too after using it, and Van Wagoner & Williams Co. over iv
wonder why you didn’t get one before. Remember this. Itisa combination
Bin, Sifter, Pan and Scoop. Holdsa full sack of flour and sifts it the finest you Jackson, Edwin A. & Bro... .. omnteven-n ee aval Byers eect elem i Venetian Blind Co. ......ccccetscnswes kegel AML
ever saw. Itsavesall of the flour; no scattering, and it will never mould or get Jarden Brick: OO sre etsinselisae.
dnc tauhins atidebekts ales vi
musty. Prices to hold: 25 lbs., $2.503 501bs., $3.003 100 1bs., $4.00. Jenkins, HiW,. &:i00 2a. teeacaates anal geiaaete
eae Vv ww.
Jobns, He Wi, MigeCo-..2..25.-.. nidic’s Reames cover iii
CIRCULARS AND TESTIMONIALS FREE. JORGE, le Wiehe AERO RAR ee ne xiii Warner: Mig 00 a. .dus chs hewn tea ante aanieanhnse
cantiexvi
SPECIAL OFFER, we will Send you ene of these Mins KIREE. If
ou Will sell two of them, which you can easily
K,
‘Watsons FOB... catceae ott oe
Western Sand Blast Co.... .......
cover iii
seecees stteeae. iii
do among Western Mineral Wool Cot, Jc vee. es wanes cess at xi
our friends. Send us the price of two Bins, and we will Kanye P taracatanenenacetean onan BAO OANM OMIM orig. ii Wheoeler-Russel. & Son.; Gass acece es ees eee xv
send you three, and guarantee satisfaction to all, Keystone Electric Co................ oe eover iv Williamsport Machine Co... ... =... ...-..0-s ax
SHERMAN &¢ BUTUER, Keim Dall, Bros jo pion aris acn<ecacmmenierace nae xiii Willer M E: OO ire: ces wankoia toate a anes - Xil
26-28 WEST LAKE STREET, B, CHICACO, ILL. Kinnear & Gaper'Co ofotas. ci menceancacenias pase ety
ISOIESCOR
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Wryekomim Sonia c....cssesseaseeanite » cover iv
YOUNG
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 Marcn, 1892. Scientific American, Architects and Builders Edition.

KING 4» PALACE
PALACE QUEEN
W ARM @ AIR e FURNACES
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RUSSEL WHEELER & SON, Utica, N. Y.

Glassided List of Advertisers Published in the Present hae cf the Selenide Amariean, Architerts and Builders Gtition,
I Change of copy for advertisements should reach us $ not later than 10th of month to pba in issue OOM ne:

Adamant, Boilers (Seamless Drawn Copper House.) Dado Saws. Page Glass—Plate and © ylinder Window,
The Adamant Mfg. Co Randolph -& Clowes 2.. 5.22008...
tess. cue nsPage i The Fox Machine Co cover ul Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. Page iaf
The Keystone Plaster Co.. i dalg ata Potts) BOS jac... tte ae s9ts. 5 ‘
The New Jersey Adamant Mfg. Coren Brass Furniture Fittings, Decorative Glass and Sand Blast Work, P. Semmer Glass Co....
The United Adamant Plaster Co... + Am. Brass and Metal Works................+-Xii The Matthews Decorative Glass Co............Vi Vanhorne, Griffen & Co.
The Northwestern Adamant Mfg. Co... Brass Goods, Door Checks and Springs. Ps Glass—Stained and Mosaic,
The Chicago Adamant Plaster Co. Randolph’ & Clowes jas son a fcata ew ay wece!tate «i Norton Door Check & Spring Co...........+5 ii ‘Alfred GOAWills. .<--s-:+crse- sae enene -cover iv
The St. Louis Adamant Plaster Co........... Flanagan & Biedenweg............+-+++5 co eeelll
The Ohio Adamant Plaster Co.......... : Brass Work for Buildings. Door Hangers. The Tiffany Glass CoO... ....cc08 vecccees cover ii
eS Cy F IARLOM OO yen amenoeeaoe hkoay cites ATOre Was! Mig Orr aes stele ee tee haar cists SL LANE BOS. oo ccs. cece ese es enscescyemenneecess
The Adamant Wall Plaster Works..... WO) Rarnumvsy 4 tivo d coseeae ee one cover iv Munger-Colton Mfg. Co Graphite Paint.
The Indiana Adamant Plaster Co............ Am. Brass and Metal Works......-........+..Xii BC). Stearns W& COscin.<sucerenemr
aeeieasce se acs Joseph Dixon Crucible Co............02ce
eeereeeVv
The Detroit Adamant Wall Plaster Co....... ls Hy Boles& COs 2 eae aie Sonor aces cece iv The Warner Mfg. Co. ....... ...-esceees 20-00)
The Michigan Adamant Plaster Co.. HOward'& MOrse...5 cence qtemecdeeaeeance ss S13 Grates,
The Kansas City Adamant Plaster C 10. Drawing Instruments, Ete. ts Edwin.A. Jackson & Bro........
The Tennessee Adamant Co ..............+++ Brass Working Machinery, ALT ADDOtYE Cost vgucntedebucters . cover ii Lewis Grate & Mantel Co.....
The New England Adamant Co............. RP PVADILs
wacecwevne tke oe aces cen aaeeice
ans oe ek: Balle BalVviGiCo Zr ccanswctest- og.ei@ase aie coverii
The Connecticut Adamant Plaster Co Kioleschi® Cotte mecet.cncpestoc bcldar at taint ee iii Grille Brass Work.
Reymer & White
Bricks—Plain, Pressed, Front, and L. Manasse....... eh eSs cine se Cen anenrs siii Am, Brass and Metal Works
Ornamental, Je. Bolies'& COV. Soiene dass veseVestbaneenan
Jarden Brick Co... Vi Dumb Waiters, .
Adjustable Planes, Storm Mfg. CO.... ..-...s.eevecceeeceeseeeeees vii Ground & Rough Glass for Floors, Ete,
Stanley Rule & Level Co .... ..... ..... cover ii Brick Machinery. MABYSWeZGYine- ses evant clvigis etcetera eae iii Pittsburg Plate Glass Co.........scccescasengre iii
Henry Martin Brick Machine Mfg. Co......... Vv Vanhorne, Griffen & Co............c0seseeune Vi
Advertising Glass Signs. Faves Troughs,
Building Fronts and Cornices. Armor, Marlin & CovECR OCHS SO ane aitaechere ix Gymnasium Outfits. ;
The Western Sand Blast. Co........ c..cc..02-- iii A‘Gals Cah
RUT)
ts RRS Ae oe See ae ereceroucnogeiii AEs Eller & Covey eae eee te rome ii Narragansett Machine Co.........-esecceeeeeee yr
Anuunciators, Door and Call Bells, Building Paper, Felt, Etec. Sima Mie: COcw. cea nme oietaeal eae eb. cover iv
Hand Sawing Liter ett ines,
RT RESLAY 0 OO sb dp aad ticesiietioneine
nalsea waters xv H. F. Watson .... cover iii W.F. & J. Barnes Co.. .iv
Electric Door Bells, Annunciators, ete,
Architects. Carpenters? Tools and MacSa ° DRO PAY OOuumacacne teatincs ttietiat antastetercce Hardwood Lumber, .
Waa By Barber Bi COs iysiesieicachinis
sssisalesleceten wesVv Stanley Rule and Level Co .cover ii The: By D; Albro' CO... cies «gos sucene dade eclarean lu
Electric Lights. i
hl ee Lining Brush Electric Co. .cover ii Heating Apparatus, J
Architects? and Surveyors’ Supplies, eta, WV atson...
DoW atebre veh 5 ic Sculls oo wielctarciarale cover iii Edison General Electric Co........ +0060 cover ii
Pe DOUG a CO) P=e. icc Seleed eee a ceb cover ii Abram.Cox Stove Co...) <:eeinesdowen cover iii
TESTA ASSOS Am itatie deleds vais acta See ecient owe. tes iii pias Wood for Ceilings, etc. Electric Motors. fo. Bi. Cook Cos (Limited) ..o.. xe os 'eneenen
eae i
Allegheny Geometrical Wood Carving Co. xii Brush Blectric Cow 0.5. .cs tsa. scenes cover ii Detroit Heating & Lighting Co.... .. Xi
Architectural Brass and Metal Work Edison General Electric Co.........-...- cover ii Eureka Steam Heating COS iin swags «cree eee i
Designs, Keystone Electric Co ....... ........... cover iv EB. N. Gates Heating Co... ccsnccscscccsesenscum i
Ceilings (Metal).
Hitchings & Co .... Brie cn OEE: .Xiv
Am. Brass and Metal Works............+.+++.Xii Det MOMS COrtsteccenes wcrc Maneagarciire
Elevators. Howard Furnace Co.. sdee “xvi
Kinnear & Gaver OG sic. seas ccehe ace ts val
Architectural Iron Work, H.S8. Northrop tee sisee hs ce cede Mb aecd cover iii De SeGraves SiSOMscsadccsce (as slice cover iv Edwin A. Jackson & Bro......sc....0 cesses cues i
MARGEWe MLR. COs sei sede cis cobs vc oes Tos actKILL Kaiba Brosienseesieeeas sancdtece essere eataeeXdhl Isaac A. Sheppard & Co..........0+ eos. cover iv
WoW o MERON GD Qo nace eka an aa cen eee trestasta w ce iv Lewis Grate N Mantel Cot. ..a «sb senees eine xi
Py Ty BAVNUM Gs > Seee aes oe seh eae sreicle outscover iv Cements,
ROP BELT. CO osc aaa ok cig cs onisisicw nile wale sialeieia'ais vii National Hot Water Heater Co..............XVi
eran Boles & Co... J8 tek ae caaloe cates iv Wi wAJOnnS Mire COlt tar secede csaincees cover iii
J. F. Pease Furnace Co........... i
Elevator Motors, Pierce, Butler & Pierce|] e.(
Architectural Wood Turning. Chairs (Metal).
PAAITUTH CKO Fes .2 Veces «acis s gale sein csbisisiee, ticevi Keystone Electric Co...........ceceeeeee cover iv The H. B. Smith Mfg. Co.
PAREN, ANGLO War & COwiccs cists cnseswitieeubes
cctersis rer xii B..B. Stunidvants. oocc <a. . 25s a cleat laa oe
Standard Wood Murnin gsCO Avcecss ese SOP Elevator Cabs and Enclosures, R. Wheeler & Son. ° gid ea Ta
Chandeliers, Am. Brass and Metal Works.......-.....-..+.Xii Gorton & Lidgerw ood Co
Art Metal Work, HSH hy Ll ek ris ict LOR c CDUD IONE CUODSDSMECEE ii
Engineers’ Supplies. an Richmond Stove Co......... -..-
aided 3 EGY bev UT oy ene peeoe nantes
oisonicste ets iii Church Crosses, Li MAN ASSO Seemann
aoctaves o eeeee manne ate.iii
He Ws, JONES, dhe sence alspoealiv aloens creer ae nase xiii Hemlock Lumber,
Artificial Stones for Sidewalks and Fine Mechanical Tools, M4 Fi. Wie GUKiIns COs.) o5vis. 0.'s ocean te eeenennee
Building Purposes, Colored Glass for Churches, Dwellings, Fay Se Obarrelbspecasees
cs ceeetipe Peds annie
Sawice sacsii
FNMA CAEN p piers ee telelelechabao Sake eeSe NOSCOCE viii ite Hoisting Machinery. :
Fire Brick. , Vis Wy. Mason & O03n. St.toocestier.cucenemeamee iv
The Pifany GlassiCO x. ace essesose cover ii Henry, Maurer & S00 s-10 o> seen aeenne
cence li
Artists? etait elme
AS Eis IO UU ae OOsee nesses seueare eveeces COVER Ii Combination Dividers, Fire Clay Roofing Tiles. ; Indurated Fiber Goods, i
MUI s ENOG WCO! ste) veleveceeces.ce aeistcens el Ta SA Starrethre meee sec otcaaciclectsdhactenie
idesitio sates ii Clay Shingle Coneeitess
Se 12.5. escieneisisietele bes vi Oswego Indurated Fiber Co............. cover ii
Asbestos, Concrete [lluminating Tile and Vault Fireproof Building Materials, , Tron Ceilings and Roofing,
H. W. Johns Mfg. Co......... dere neces cover iii Lights,
Henry Maurer & SOmee So. 15 cs es et weces ii Deed. Faller & COsiac.nscecuaeacecs
oe «kam cq ii
PUREE PULSONLS Se cvejccce isciclstecia eiaieeitio'es ne'se cover iii MH Broo kale COs. acne oi eee ee iv Pittsburg Terra Cotta LumberCo......cover iv Hberts Brosinn. cscs ise men ed sate sje sole eaesetaree ii
JACODIMALICN cea apne st sete). cr airaan ea xiv Niles Iron & Steel Roofing Co ..........sseeee- ii
Balusters, Stair Rails, Etc. Constructive and Decorative Fine Art. Fireproofing Material, Bae NOPthrops cay secwwsemeeern
aware . COVer iii
Anderson & Diekey....° ....... Soe Sesine’ pba -vi H. W. Johns Mfg. Co. cover iii Sykes Iron & Steel Roofing Co.......... Pees
Tiffany Glass’ Col. cassesee cents Seep ane cover ii Pittsburg Terra Cotta Lumber Co.. .cover iv
S. E. Smith & Bro
The Standard Wood Turning Co........ .... Vi Copper Finials. EEO: WatsOniie ws tes lek cc clesite steele‘cover iii Iron Shutters and Doors,
IPE Wis) ODES Nanieaaitateee Wats valores
ssieve.eisic’s . xiii Bo: DARIN Sais «atch sos pas bees aoe cover iv
Flour Bin and Sieve. , Cincinnati Corrugating Co............ yf ven eee iii
Base, Head and Corner Blocks, Sherine Ses Weler s e see csc c.cir,r sais caeae V.
MARDI CW ADIANAS es tcacapneeas
ate esensacetest >vi Cordage.
Samson Cordage Works............. e-...COVEr ti Iron Store Fronts,
Footand Hand Power pic D ner) Mesker & Bro.... eli
Basin Cocks, Cornices, Iron and Copper. W.F. & J. Barnes Co........ Peer)bg
Stebbins Mie. Oo... 4. se.scsen. Nive s Be Millsap. s Anhers mae ooobOoncebmesadadA ili Ie HA DONG Nports fo sacraltater 6 cisis cleais!ahaie ane Eevee Axil Joist Hanger.
eM Maton OOsstenecc sors peal Duplex Hanger CoO... 50.02 .wssdevaebal
onchenmients v
Bath Tubs. Corrugated Iron for Roofing, Siding Seneca Walls Mfp. Oo. eceines an cealeen aSiee leevii
Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co...... .........-: xii and Ceiling. Laundry Tubs.
Oswego Indurated Fiber Co. cover ii Bberta Bross see ieee eae ii French Baths (Enameled Iron),
Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co......... xii Albemarle Soapstone Co....0 ..2.....0005 cover ii
Cincinnati Corrugating Co iii
Bath Tubs, Self-Heating and Folding Es HONOMS: COS aes) ecisaclesaiccisicesie seisisaeiescinsiers ii Galvanized Sheets. Leveling Instruments,
Combination Folding Bath Tub Co....... .. xiv Garry Iron and Steel Roofing Co............ ii Apollo'iron & Steel Co... -. 5. 5.. .%05... cover ii Dis MANOSSE suport
ns osch Ped Manel stecteee mn eaeili
MG ave TCO... donscuee canals oda cic ie aiseii Niles Iron & Steel Roofing Co....... ......... ii C. F. Richardson.....-..... tii
Sykes Lron & Steel Roofing Co....... ........ ii Gas Engines,
Bent and Beveled Glass, Charter Gas Engine Co.....
Van Duzen Gas and Gasoline Engine Co. Linseed Oil,
Vanhorne, Griffen & Cos. 0: ss ccndoesces Vi Covering for Steam, Gas, and Water Dean Linseed Oil Co..........-ssesseecs cover iii
Pipes, Gas Machines, . /
Blinds, Sliding and Folding Hows sone Mie Con... nsomt basses cover iii Detroit Heating and Lighting Co........-.....Xi Lithographers,
SRI OY RENAN oo vinry cite atvetéSria anals Oiee'malb-aiaid
Navoiie xiii Western Mineral Wool (Co 2i.G22..2...-.sce
se Xi Schumacher & Ettlinger................ cover ii
Glass, Decorative and Sand Blast.
Boiler Coverings, Cutter Heads. The Matthews Decorative Glass Co. . panogeny:
Te Wosbonne. Mig. OO... scsaseeessneenee. Bam I Shimer: Gi SOnseecccesecsicce
sa else sation. ix The Western Sand Blast Co atte The H. D. Albroi Coss sec0esc.-cmiee
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ARCHITECTS SOMETHING NEW.
should not fail to give a place for one of our Regulators in every plumbers’
specification, as it should be found in every house, particularly WHERE HOT AND Why use battery, mechanical or push button
COLD WATER IS USED; it prevents the effect of the high pressure on boliers. bells when you can get the Gillette Electric
The regulator can be set at any pressure desired in the building, say as low as
15 pounds or upwards, and it will maintain the same no matter how great the Door or Call Bells (without a battery), and
pressure may be in the mains. which never get out of order from any cause
This Valve has been on the market for the past 10 years and has met with flatter- whatever. Not affected by extreme heat or
ing success. Many serious accidents avoided by their use. Every valve warranted. cold, lasts a life time and requires absolutely
For full particulars write
FACTORY : 111-117 N. STATE ST.
H. MUELLER MAN'F’G CO., no attention, and will operate door openers
and annunciator. Wiring for these bells is
OFFICE: 222 E. MAIN ST. DECATUR, ILI. same as for any electric bell, and our bells,
door opener, and annunciator may displace
others without making any change in the
wiring. All our instruments are guaranteed
,~~26~ MECHANICS 4/>°~ JUDGE A MECHANIC BY THE QUALITY OF HIS TOOLS. for five years and are fully protected by
Screw TOOL DRIVER, It is with pleasure that we place the Mechanics’ Screw and Tool
Driver upon the market, as we feel confident that itis the best tool
patents.

Magneto-Bells of Every Description.

for inserting all kinds of wood screws, as well as drillin, all kinds of
metals, which has ever been presented to the public. tis just the
tool that every mechanic has been looking for, and will undoubtedly
fill a long felt want. We do not offer it in’ comparison with the
cheaper tools which are floodin the market, but strictly as a first-
rade tool. This tool will be furnished as a screw
SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND
class and_ high
driver onl y drill, or a combination tool includin both screw driver PRICE LIST.
and drill. Our tools are used by the following artisans and factories:
Carpenters, Machinists, Pattern Makers and Machine Repair Shops,
Carriage, Stove, Furniture and Coffin Manufacturers. In fact they
are used wherever a screw driver or small drill is required.
Sold by the Hardware and Supply trade generally.
JOSEPH F. BRAY & C@Q.,
H. MUELLER
Faotory, 111-117 State Street.
M’F’G CO.,
221 8th Awentue,
Office, 222 E, Main Street. DEA A
NEW YORK CITY.
 XVI Scientific American, Architects and Builders Enlition.

THE CELEBRATED HOWARD FURNACES it

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——AND——

Combination Warm Air and Hot Water Heaters. Te Saws.

Damascus Tempered, with
Band Saws,
NATURALG
Band Saws.
+A8, of SUPERIOR Toughness.
After more than fifteen years’ experience in the manufacture
Constructed on the most
scientific principle, of Band Saws, we have discovered a process of TEMPERING AND
STRAIGHTENING all at one operation, This process insures ABSO-
with down and indirect draft, and a larger LUTE PERFECTION.
amount of radiating surface than is possible in We manufacture Circular, Gang, Mulay, Cross Cut and Band
Saws from one-eighth of an inch to 10 inches wide. We specially
any other heater in the market. The enormous request all users of saws of any description to send us their address
in full, and we will by return mail quote them our special prices
saving of fuel in the use of our furnaces is a very and send them our PAMPHLET ON THE BAND SAW: also our new
essential feature. Absolutely gas and dust tight. 1890 SAWYER’S HAND BOOK With SUPPLEMENT, FREE, to any part
of the world.
They are fully guaranteed and have a EMERSON, SMITH & CO., Limited,
marvellous record.
Mention this paper. Beaver Falls, Penna., U.S.A.

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HOWARD FURNACE CO. The Superior Quality of our Band Saws, All Tem ered, Straight-
529 & 531 Beach Clinton Street, SYRACUSE, N. Y.; ened, and Tried at one operation, which we have patented, makes
them so perfect that our SALES HAVE MORE THAN TREBLED IN THE
12 Beverly Street, BOSTON, MASS., U.S. A. PAST. YEAR, Our largest and best customers prefer them to the
AND BERLIN, ONT., CANADA. best imported saws.

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.—Continued from page xv.

Masons’ and Builders ‘Supplies. Page Page Shutter Workers, Page Page
8S. H. French & Co. sities Cany, The North Western Adamant Mfg. Co. . Vii RY By. Mallory. seiaatcis eewmietetesFe oer cer iv Ventilating Grates,
The Chicago Adamant Plaster Co ..... seen Vl Edwin A. Jackson
& Bro...... doles eeecvesescee i
Mathematical Instruments, ; The St. Louis Adamant Plaster Co.. .. Vii Sidewalk Lights,
F. W. Devoe & Co. Es BRP. es ciss celeb aes: sete os + cover iv Wall Paper.
vel. sesetees J The Ohio Adamant Plaster Co...... sn éea Vil Alfred Peats iii .hite ae eeven sess ads ete vavwmtpre iv
The Ohio Plaster Gow so Se «Vii | TH Brooks
Go ce06 acura sito 9 o Bb alesLY,
Mechanics’ Screw and Tool Driver. deh rench
& Coser: census acoser esses «lil
H. Mueller Mfg. C0....:i0ssiceess xv The Adamant Wall Plaster Works....... .. .Vii Wall Plaster,
ee a The Indiana Adamant Plaster Co... .........Vii WACOD, Mares «cies
vince cesanie Sash meses xiv Paragon Plaster Co........ bewdevie's ve COVEY 1¥
Memorial Windows, The Detroit Adamant Wall Plaster Co ...... vii Eureka Plaster’ C0:. <.. tsi ff ds asounmesteet
The Tiffany Glass Co. ». Cover ii Shafting, eee Hangers,
The Michigan Adamant Plaster Co PP Pryigil. 258... coeieaeesseeee aoa oad ansneak:
< oA ees The Kansas City Adamant Plaster fePetes Wall Plaster (Adamant).
Me Dee,
tallicBONES
Lathing, te. wes ses woe coeeneccenes iv
vee The Tennessee Adamant Co....... ae elrr sat | Blinds, The Adamant Mfg. Co: ©.........-.00se--ctes vii
:& COnSs.; chek a 7 “1 The Keystone Plaster Co............ ;
‘i Che New England Adamant Co.... -Vii Olatk. .Bunnett& 00.26. 3:1006 gssdaeee fomoniene xiii
aerate & ei ness ‘i ‘bd seg a ari Adamant Plaster Co. vii Jacob DUPTSHNG. 5 sess 000 MelaveStine seed eeleee xiii The New Jcrsey Adamant Mfg. Co. vii
J. « BULLEP WGCO... ee eects
one e e weer eereeeeere eyme White..... oh - -.Wii Hartman Sliding Blind Co....... ........... xiii The United Adamant Plaster Co.... .. i
AS NOrthrop 6 OG.e cass vs nisie sc bon ye nieeis cashes vi | y = . Geo: Poppers: oc. nivedeerer Baris «xiii The Northwestern Adamant Mfg. Co.........vii
H. S.NNorthrop Saetds . covera iiiiij |Pneumatic Tubes, GO
Matson tieapatek : WWitih.. WillersSit ois. chcisnde be as mete eee ee EL The Chicago Adamant Plaster Co............. Vii
‘The Kinnear & Gager
Co ... beta. Sean eteor Despatch ©0.........-ueeees
ceeees ao The St. Louis Adamant Plastei Co............Wii
Metallic Roofing Tiles and Shingles,
Cortright Metal "Roofing C ors, eae neta
oes Ferra Cotta
ittsburg Terra
and BOR ERy Tile,
Cotta Lumber Co......cover IV
Spring Hinges,
Van Wagoner & Williams Co........ ...cover iv
The Ohio Adamant. Plaster Co..............+ Vii
The Ohio Plaster Ces. Wie cnce« votes see kaa vii
Garry Iron and Steel Rooting Co............ ii] Poultry Yard Appliances, The Adamant Wa!) Plaster Works...........- Vii
Stable Fittings and Fixtures. The Indiana Adamant Plaster Co.............Vii
Gummey, Spering & Co. “+- + -COVEr IV Ss Bont Ge Soirie Sess weet ees bperins iii oy T. Barnum . cover iv The Detroit Adamant Wall Plaster Co........ vii
National
Sheet Metal Roofing Co............Xiii ray a 8.L. Bent
& Son ae = iii
Thorn Shingle & Ornament Co... ........... vii |Pumps (Hand and Power), The Michigan Adamant Plaster Co........ .-Vii
Stained Glass Substitute. The Kansas City Adamant Plaster Co,........Vii
Mineral Wool. Rumsey & Co.. ...... divest COVER I) The Tennessee Adamant Co.... ........200+ Vii
G38. Mineral
Wool Gers. csttcasccsaeens
thes vent ¥, Wye Gh, COUN se .tes tcutcen cola ctemie iciien Same ii
The New England Adamant Co...... ........ vii
Western Mineral Wool Co ai) aes. — rome xi! Stairs, Rails, Balusters, Etc. The Connecticut Adamant = aris - «Vil
Mirrors (French and German.) | nT. ayaten se : a9 cover iv Anderson & *Dicke POona Vi Reymer & White.. 5 3 vii
Vanhorne, Griffen& Co....... 2 vi J. E. Bolles & Co.... é Liv 8. BE. pith, & Bro. 5... a cases astaeneeee xiii
Standard Wood Turning Co.......... : Vijij Washout Closets,
Mitering Machines, Howard & Mores: ...). 2s. Gecsasl ardsaecss
reese“xii | Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co Teeter xii
The Fox Machine 00. ..55 /i%%ccnccesessss cover ii Statuary, Cornices, Finials, Ete.
Reflectors, We EDGING) cc creche soccer aeeee et eee iii Watchmen’s Clock System wring: bie
Mortar Colors, 1.2. Brinks eb. ee ee eee Ee ii E. Howard Watch & Clock Co.... ........... ix
S. H. French& Co........... Saas TA .V GV NERSties ee a. eee Steam Hot Blast AERSIRIRS, Water Conductors,
Ooh Bros: ; <a seeeek case ee ee xii} Roofing Paper, Etc. é B. F. Sturtevant . siaate Beeb Armor, Marlin & Co. d: i. wis ceibscae0-anee
bean Pe)
ils Consolidated Rooting bd pin . cover iv Steam Pipe Casing.
o The Pine Mfe. Co bee H. W. Johns Mfg. Co. Feet set AOOVERAN Weather Strips.
ME FIKE MIG, UO. ... cee cccesccesccesees cover li Be Fo Wataon: <<.3. . cover iii A.. Wyckoff &S0nv\....00.<%s Rives
esse OOVEE SY. J. Duntee:& COs a2 ek en ean eee “ee .Xiv
Oil Well Supplies, _ | Roofing Slate. Steel Roofing. Water Pressure Regulators,
J. A: Eller.& Consccnss esac ioe ee eae Raslialgt li H.. Mueller Mfg. Oo... <2. gaanceeecen anaes saa
Oil Well Supply Co. .....-..seeeeeeeeee
cee os iv The Old Bangor Slate Co...... Pir Seo ceeeeekas-Vi Hberis POs, sen.29es evita desea oe cee eae ii
Ornamental Glass Work, ..| Roofing Tin. Garry Iron and Steel Roofing Co. ii Weather Vanes, ;
rhe Western Sand Blast Co,...... “iil Cortright Metallic Roofing Co..... pape Mees pexi Lancaster Steel Rooting OG rei aa ttds Pitenet woe li BD. Barna s sags cacaeaeven sosone -COVEriV
i x ey, Spering & Co Se «...-COVEr
iV Sykes Iron & Steel Co li ‘Thos. We JONES.’ ass. csc ecese ates eae xiii
See Csieon MTP NGG) ao. visy ght eebee esis har one ii NEG Taylor Co : Oi ena ee aver iv | Steel Shutters, Well Tools and Miaahiners:
FOR ee
Joseph Dixon Crucible'Co. 2.0.22... 225.060 r
Ee “| Roofing and Wall Tiles. }
Clark, Bunnett & Co. ...... ghid deqgiws Santen deh xiii American Well Works. ........ axevine teense’ iii
Oil Well Supply Co... ........ ache Se we SOAK iv
SV. MrenchiteiCo .Sic, ee ee Clay Shingle Co..........s-.se0s e ee vi Surveying Instruments,
H.W. Johns Mfg. CO. ....c...cceces.. cover iii The National Sheet-Metal Roofing Co....... xiii =; MANGAHEA 7. | cFivcct cuts Senden enue metaertee iii Wire Office Railings.
C. F. Richardson... ivhmrk aetniate a haat iii E. T, Barnum.... érenonnvenec OVO ey
Patents,
Minin 8&0... cg check e des DS eRe te oe Me jij|Sand Blast and Embossed Glass. Temperature Regulators. Am. Brass and Metal Works...... ....2..:.-+ xii
P try Fl : The Matthews Decorative Glass Co ........... vi Powers Duplex Reg MAtOr CO. <ccccccveekeanve xi JH, Bolles. & Coj.: os. sates acsleletr
cauetence ae. iv
OTE. Moore rap iii The Western Sand Blast Co . iii Terra Cotta Lumber. Howard & MOrse. 2 cosas «4s s adele cae eee xii
J. Dunfee & Co .xiv |Sanitary Specialties, | Pittsburg Terra Cotta Lumber Co.. . .cover iv Wood Carpet.
The Interior Hardwood Co...-..-----.
-. ss iii BS-E, SOUGeN o. sieteay «0s sigelowal
earns Re rico Ae vi Tools Portes Foot Power Machinery. Boughton & Terwilliger................ cover ii
National Wood Mfg. Co.. cover ii G. A. Blessing & Co.........c00 ad ts yd io vi W. F. & J. Barnes Co J. Dunfee:.& Co. 2.0. 2c NP PERE xiv
ba nent Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co.......... .......Xii Cc. E. The Interior Hardwood Co............- Pare |
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Seneca Falls Mfg. Co National Wood Mfg. Co... osc. canes
sees cover ii
Photographic Outfits.
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co: 3 he ay ‘ald we
Caldwell Mie., CO. .c cwmnvteen/tenetls = yeiv Be
sistscover Wood Finishes.
Tower Ornaments, Finials, 1Ete.
B.D, Barn. oc neces ream ae cover iv Bridgeport Wood Finishing COR ara aii Rate Vv
Sash Cord, F.W. Devoe &'Co. 5. a0 cciac ss - eee el sae i
sastaery 3iad « mtdck - : Samson Cordage Works............+ «...- cover ii Thos.: W.. Jonesih f5.8. 520 a owen eee
é Sne d eh» slates.Wecsiipcaea
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Trap, Sewer Gas and Backwater.
Plumber's Blast Furnace. Sash Pulleys. 2 BeBe Oudelly. ics tics haatea ceases Seas dines’ vi PAS dis, CORGOPAD hese ene s «scons ed See cover iv
Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co.................-Xii Stover Manufacturing Co.. Bg ODO 8 Universal Trimmer. Wood Mantels, Ete
Plumbers? Supplies, Sash, Metallic adjustable, The Fox. Machine Col .c...cu vcsase cane cover ii Pearson Mfg. Co.. rT cece &ES |
A, AICABINE IS CO. e 0.5 24s neice nnises aif eaiaie-o nisvi Flanagan & Biedenweg..... .... PF ocsoitinchne ii
Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co..... beievinca ---.-Xii |Saws. Varnish. Woodworking Machinery.
BP. W. Devoe:& Oon sa tamccetiscctwsensee
vance cki Cordesman Machine Co.. ea be tincnpecs.emamee x
Portiand Cement, Emerson, Smith & Co.......... ols s tpeieele
slesXVi Standard Varnish Works............ ..« cover iii The Ewan Oo + CcSoeitheties nbs ceac anaeeeen os
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The Adamant Mfg. Co Sheathing and Lath, Venetian Blinds, Samuel J. Shimer & Sons......... ...... Pers?
The Keystone Plaster CO. ae ee vii H. W. Jenkins & CO........606 Si se eeeeernr esse Venetian Blind Co,5- 00. se steancas) soe ten eenKEn Williamsport Machine Oo... .6..-csessssceeos-
The New Jersey Adamant Mfg. Co -vii} Shipping Blanks, Ventilating, Drying and Exhaust Fans, Wood Water Pipes.
The United Adamant Plaster Co. See eke vii Barlow Bros. ....... Andrews, Johnson SCOP 24SR Rian ase theses ii AS WiCIEAIE G5. SON: ci.0c Sesie Someeee cover iv

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WARNER

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This is the fourth invention of our Mr. Warner on Parlor Door Hangers. His long experience in this
class of work enables him to produce a hanger superior in simplicity to any now on the market. We
call attention to its automatic gravity lock, same as on our Double Track Hanger, which has won
the universal approval of Builders. In hanging, after the base plate is screwed in place, the Door is
coupled to the Hanger by simply sliding the parts together, when the gravity lock, of its own
weight, falls and locks them in place. This of itself saves many hours of time over the setting of any
other Hanger made. Having but a Single Track, the Carpenter has but one partition to set true, while
with the Double Track he must have two equally true, thereby taking double the time. Then a Sigle
Note attr active “Note complete arrange- ** Nore irs of inde- Track Hanger adjusts itself to any unevenness in the track, thereby avoiding the complications of the
ment of flues.” :
pendent circulation.”
design.’ “Adjustable”? Double Track Hanger.
Each section an Independen t Boiler, All parts made to gauge and Interchangeable,
Has the least number of Joints, Any part may be replaced without “Disturbing the Piping. HAVE YOUR ARCHITECT SPECIFY IT IN YOUR PLANS.
Burns Hard or Soft Coal, Wood, Coke, Gas, or Oil. Made in Seven sizes and used in Twin
Cor xection, Whese Heaters are not Overrated, Send for catalogue and discounts to MANUFACTURED BY
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 50 Scientitic Ameviean, Architects and Builders Edition, eyes 189%.

Scientific American,
DESIGN FOR AN ORGAN, snabagennite of the puilding taken abedtaliy for the
A satisfactory finish for a church organ front is one SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.
of the most difficult of architectural problems. No ob-
ESTABLISHED 1845.
ject in the edifice is subject to so much exacting criti- A COTTAGE ON THE MAINE COAST,
cism. The organ usually stands in the very focus of We publish, on page 54, a summer cottage, erected
MUNN & CoO, Editors and Proprietors, observation, in the auditorium, and any ill-propor- for Mr. G. W. Beale, on Great Diamond Island, near
tioned, inartistic parts of its design or finish become Portland, Me. Dimensions: Front, 48 ft.; side, 27 ft.
No. 361 BROADWAY, NEW YORK,
an eyesore to the congregation and a cause of dis- 6 in., not including front piazza. Height of ceilings:
content. On the other hand, if the organ is ‘‘a thing First story, 9 ft.; second, 8 ft. The design is very
0. D. MUNN. A. E, BEACH.
of beauty,” it ‘‘is a joy forever.” <A very graceful, har- picturesque, and the planis excellent. The spacious
monious and artistic design for an organ isthat pre- piazza and baleony are the features of the exterior.
NEW YORK, APRIL, 1892. sented in our engraving on page 49. It is the design of The building is erected on brick piers with stone foot-
Mr. Gerald C. Horsley, and was exhibited at the Royal ings. The first story is clapboarded and painted light
Academy Exhibition in 1891. We are indebted for our olive green, with bottle green trimmings, and the
THEHE
illustration to The Builder, London. second story is shingled and stained sienna. Roof

Scientific American, en
A COTTAGE AT NEW ROCHELLE,
shingled and painted red. The interior throughout is
trimmed with white pine, finished natural. All the
One of our colored plates this month illustrates a partitions, furrings, and ceilings are ceiled with narrow
ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS EDITION.
' beautiful cottage, erected for the Manhattan Life In- beaded stuff. The floors are laid with yellow pine in
surance Co., at Rochelle Park, New Rochelle, N. Y. narrow widths. The living room, spacious and well
The design is an admirable one; it is in the American lighted, contains an open fireplace, built of brick, with
$2.50 a Year. Single Copies, 25 cents. style and combines a picturesque exterior and a con- hearth laid with same, and it is provided with a neat
venient interior. The piazza, porches, baleony, bay wood mantel. The staircase is separated from living
windows and the curb roof are the features of the ex- room with posts extending to ceiling, and the space be-
This is a Special Edition of THE SCIENTIFIC AMERI-
terior. The underpinning is built of field stone, laid tween filled in with spindle work. Dining room, kit-
CAN, issued monthly. Each number contains about
at random, the exterior above is shingled and weather chen, and its apartments are fitted up in the best
forty large quarto pages, forming, practically, a large
finished, with all trimmings painted white. Roof possible manner. Second floor contains four bed
and splendid Magazine of Architecture, richly
shingled. Dimensions: Front, 35 ft.; side, 43 ft. 6 in., rooms and large closets. There is ample room under
adorned with elegant plates in colors and with fine en-
not including piazza. Height of ceilings : Cellar, 7 ft.; house for storage. Cost $1,470, complete. Mr. Antoine
gravings ; illustrating the most interesting examples of
first story, 9 ft.; second, 8 ft. 6 in.; third, 8 ft. There Dorticos architect, Portland, Me. Our engraving was
modern Architectural Construction and allied subjects.
is a cemented cellar under whole of house that con- made direct from a photograph of the building taken
A special feature is the presentation in each number
tains furnace and necessary apartments. Hall, trim- specially for the SclIENTIFIC AMERICAN.
of a variety of the latest and best plans for private
med with cherry, contains a staircase of unique de- ——»>+ oo
residences, city and country, including those of very
sign, a paneled divan and bay window. This hall is by RESIDENCE AT BRIDGEPORT,
moderate cost as wellas the more expensive. Draw. |
lighted ina pleasing manner with stained glass win- We present on pages 56 and 57 a residence recently
ings in perspective and in color are given, together
| dows. The floors are of hard wood. The other apart- erected for Col. Mason, at Sea Side Park, Bridgeport,
with Floor Plans, Specifications, Costs, ete.
ments are trimmed with whitewood, finished natural. Conn, The residence as now completed is one of the
No other building paper contains so many plans,
Parlor and dining room have open fireplaces built of most picturesque, best appointed and much admired
details, and specifications regularly presented as the
brick and furnished with tiled hearths and facings of its class in its vicinity. The underpinning is built
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Hundreds of dwellings have
‘and hard wood mantels with beveled plate mirrors. of local bluestone, rock faced and laid up in black
already been erected on the various plans we have |
Butler’s pantry is of sufficient size to admit the usual mortar; the superstructure above is of wood, clap-
issued, and many others are in process of construction.
fixtures. Kitchen and laundry are wainscoted and boarded and painted colonial yellow, with white
All who contemplate building or improving homes,
/ are finished in the best possible manner. Rear stairs trimmings. Roof shingled and finished natural. Di-
or erecting structures of any kind, have before them in
lead from kitchen to second floor, and beneath these mensions: Front 51, side 74, not including porte-
this work an almost endless series of the latest and best |
ithe stairs to cellar descend. The second floor con- cochere. Height of ceilings: Cellar 8, first story 11,
examples from which to make selections, thus saving |
time and money.
tains three bed rooms with large closets, den and bath second 10, third 8°6. The main hall and stairease are
room, the latter wainscoted and fitted up with tub, the special features. The arch in hall is supported on
Many other subjects, including Sewerage, Piping,
bowl, and closet complete. Two bed rooms on third colonial columns with carved capitals. This hall is
Lghting, Warming, Ventilating, Decorating, Laying |
| floor. Cost, $5,200 complete. Mr. G. W. Thompson trimmed with antique oak, and it has a paneled
Out of Grounds, ete., are illustrated. An extensive
architect, same place. Our engraving was made direct wainscoting, an open fireplace with a tiled hearth and
Compendium of Manufacturers’ Aunouncements is also
from a photograph of the building taken specially for mantel, a paneled divan, and a staircase with carved
given, in which the most reliable and approved Build-
the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. newels, which is lighted effectively with windows of
ing Materials, Goods, Machines, Tools, and Appliances
eS eee SS beaded glass in delicate tints. Toilet is conveniently
are described and illustrated, with addresses of the
A RESIDENCE AT BENSONHURST, LONG ISLAND.
located under staircase. The parlor is trimmed in an
makers, ete.
The fullness, richness, cheapness, and convenience of In addition to the colored plate of this dwelling, elegant manner with carved casings and cornice, and
which we give this month, we also present on page 55 is finished in ivory white. It contains a fireplace, fur-
this work have won for it the Largest Circulation
of any Architectural publication in the world.
an engraving and floor plan. It has been erected at nished with tiled hearth and facings, and a mantel of
An Increase of Trade will necessarily accrue to Bensonhurst, Long Island, for William H. West, Esq., exquisite design. The library is a spacious apartment,
all Manufacturers and Dealers whose establishments of the Primrose & West Minstrel Co. The design is and it is trimmed with mahogany and provided with
are conspicuously represented in this important edition not purely any one style, but is chosen from the various nook, bay window, and a large open fireplace, with a
of THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Terms for advertising schools, and is an example of what might be called tiled hearth and facings, wrought iron trimmings and
very moderate. A card of rates sent on application. | American. The first story, except the kitchen part, is mantel. Den is fitted up similarly. Dining room is
Bound Volumes.—Two volumes are published an- built of brick laid in red mortar, with hollow walls to trimmed with antique oak and it has a paneled wains-
nually. Volumes 1 to 12, which inelude all the num- keep out dampness ; the remainder being shingled and coting, ribbed ceiling, and fireplace with colonial
bers of this work from commencement to close of 1891, stained to give it an antique appearance. The high mantel. Butler’s pantry is trimmed with similar oak,
luay now be obtained at this office or from Booksellers and rather steep roof with the round overhanging and is furnished with a bowl and shelf of Italian
turret in the rear, overlooking the bay, the piazzas and marble, and dressers fitted up complete. Rear hall
and Newsdealers. Price, bound in paper, $2 00 per vol-
ume. These volumes contain all the colored plates,
bay windows, are the principal features. Dimensions : and kitchen are trimmed and wainscoted with ash and
sheets of details, specifications, and all the other inter- Front, 50 ft.; side, 44 ft., not including piazza. Height are provided with all the necessary fixtures in the best
esting matter pertaining to the work. They are of of ceilings: Cellar, 7 ft. 6 in.; first story, 10 ft.; second, possible manner. The second floor is trimmed with
great permanent value. Forwarded to any address. 9 ft.; third, 8 ft. 6in. The interior trim is colonial in whitewood, treated in colors, and it contains five bed
feeling, and the door and window casings are carved in rooms and bath room complete. Bath room is wains-
MUNN & CO., Publishers, an elegant manner. The hall and dining room are coted, and it is complete with exposed plumbing,
361 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. trimmed with antique oak and each has a paneled Floors of hard wood. The third floor contains the ser-
We can supply at moderate cost the full plans, spe- wainscoting, five feet in height, and a ribbed ceiling. vants’ apartments, with private staircase. Cemented
cifications, details, bills of materials, etc., ready for the The staircase in hall is a very handsome one and it is cellar contains laundry, furnace and apartments.
builder, for any of the structures illustrated in this furnished with massive carved newels and a silver Cost about $25,000 complete. Francis H. Kimball
publication. We are assisted by a staff of able and candelabra. The hall also contains a fireplace built architect, No. 40 Broadway, New York.
experienced architects. of Tiffany brick, with hearth laid with same, and it is Our engravings were made from photographs of
provided with wrought iron dogs and trimmings. Din- the building taken especially for the ScIENTIFIC
ing room is fitted up with a fireplace, furnished with AMERICAN.
tiled hearths and facings, and a colonial mantel of ex- ee
CONCERNING AGENTS.
cellent design and a bay window with seats and A RESIDENCE AT MONTCLAIR, N. J.
Customers who pay money to subscription agents or a spindle transom. Parlor and library are trimmed We present on pages 58 and 59 two perspective views
brokers do so at their own risk. Care should be taken with cherry, the former containing a fireplace, with and floor plans of a residence erected for William Wal-
to deal only with known, responsible, and reliable white onyx tiles and a mantel of exquisite design ; the lace, Esq., at Montclair, N. J., from plans prepared
parties. Wesend no papers until we receive the sub- piano window is glazed with stained glass. Library is by Munn & Co., architects, New York. The design
scription price ;and no person is authorized to repre-
fitted up with book cases and window seats. Floors of combines a pleasing exterior and a well arranged inte-
sent us, act for us, or receipt for us.
hard wood. Butler’s pantry is trimmed with oak and rior. The underpinning is built with red sandstone,
Munn & Co., Publishers, 361 Broadway, New York.
is replete with the usual fixtures. Kitchen, laundry, rock faced, and pointed in black mortar. The building
and pantries are trimmed and wainscoted with white above is sheathed with hemlock boards, well nailed to
CONTENTS
pine finished natural. There are three bed rooms and studs, and then covered with paper. The first story
Of the April number of the ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS EDITION
bath room on second floor, besides three servants’ bed- is clapboarded with beveled Michigan strips and the
of SCLENTIFIC AMERICAN. rooms and bath. The bed room over parlor is hand- second and third stories are covered with cypress shin-
somely finished in white and gold; the other apart- gles—all painted lead color. ‘Roof is also covered with
(Illustrated articles are marked with an asterisk.)
ments are trimmed with various kinds of hard woods. cypress shingles. Dimensions : Front, 35 ft. 10 in.;
Chair, metal, Andrews’........... GL} Memory, 20005 55: ooo kees gece eee 51
Chapel, cemetery* Rots ta ingen atocts 61 |Mountain side residence*.. 51, 52, 53| Bath rooms are furnished with tubs, bowls and side, 56 ft. 2in., not including piazza. Height of ceil-
Church, Richmond Hill*.......... 61 | Organ, design for*............... 49, 50
Cottage, Asbury Park*.......... 51, 60 | Plastering composition. . at Ol ‘closets complete. The plumbing is of the best descrip- ings: Cellar, 7 ft.; first story, 10 ft. 6in.; second, 10 ft.;
Cottage at New Rochelle*......... 50 | Residence at Bridgeport*...50, 56, 57 tion and is exposed. There is a large billiard room on third, 8 ft. Vestibule and main hall are trimmed with
Cottage on Maine coast*........ 50, 54| Residence at Bensonhurst 50, 55
Elevators, speed of................ 51 | Residence at Monteclair*.. 50, 58, 59 third floor and four bed rooms. The cemented cellar quartered oak, and the latter contains a paneled di-
Furnace, blast, piumbers”* REC ARES 64| Sereens, wet, for ventilating
Hinge Stearns*....... .. 64 GUCOB Sc. ices sean ues . 63 under whole of house contains furnace, gas machine, van and an ornamental staircase of similar wood, with
Hoyt & Bro. Co........ . 64 Shadow as element of design..... 63
Irrigation in Nevada..... .. 63 | Stone, building, artificial*......... 63 and apartments. Mr. Stanly 8. Covert architect, massive carved newels. This staircase is lighted with
Machine, sash and blind* 64 | Vault, family, design*............. 62
Machine, shap ng*........+++-0.... ‘New York. Our engravings were made direct from stained glass effect. The floor is laid with oak and
 Apri, 1892. Scientific American, Architects
J and Builders Edition. 51
highly polished Parlor and library are trimmed with |up with pantry and sink replete. The second floor are gaining favor in private houses. The common ele-
cherry, the latter containing an open fireplace, built of contains four bed rooms, large closets and bath room, vators of small business buildings are worth at least
Trenton pressed brick, witha tiled hearth and a hard the latter wainscoted and furnished complete. One $3,000. From that they range up to $13,000 in the same
wood mantel of excellent design. bed room and ample storage on third floor. The
Parlor has a similar house class of buildings. The American elevators in the
mantel. Dining room is trimmed with is provided with gas, electric lighting, speaking
dark ash, and tubes, Eiffel Tower were costly affairs. They are somewhat
it has a floor laid with Georgia pine, witha cherry and furnace. Cemented cellar under whole of house. similar to those now constructing at Weehawken, but
border. Kitchen and its apartments are wainscoted Cost $3,000 complete. Mr. Bodiene architect. Our have not the same lifting capacity. The journey to the
and trimmed with Georgia pine, and the former is engraving was made direct from a photograph of the highest platform, a distance of more than 900 feet, is
fitted up with wash tubs, sink, range, and pantries building taken specially for the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. done by three elevators. The longest run of any of
complete. The second floor is trimmed with white- +0 +e ______. them is 420 feet. Each can earry fifty persons. These
wood, finished natural, and it contains four bed rooms, The Speed of Elevators, elevators are remarkable because they do not go up in
den, and bath room. Bath room is wainscoted and The maximum speed of the fastest passenger eleva- a straight line. Starting at an incline of 54°, they run
trimmed with cherry, and it has a floor laid with maple tors which have ever been built, the New York Journal for a distance of 250 feet, then around a vertical curve
and cherry. There are three bed rooms and trunk cf Commerce says, is 1,500 feet a minute, a rate of one of 50 feet radius, and then at an incline averaging
room on third floor. Cemented cellar contains furnace mile in three minutes anda fraction. Before the fire about 78°. From an elevator point of view, the new
and other apartments. Cost, $8,500 complete. in the Western Union building in New York City Masonic Temple building in Chicago will be the most
Our engravings were made direct from photographs occurred, that company had a machine which could important in the world. It will have twenty-four cars
of the building taken specially for the SCIENTIFIC run 1,500 feet a minute. It was the only one ofits kind
built in a circular shaft having a 250 foot rise. There
AMERICAN, in the East. will be express elevators, way and freight trains. The
Mr. Thomas E. Brown, Jr., a consulting
$+ engineer of New York, thinks it possible there are few first will go to the top floor without stopping, while the
A MOUNTAIN SIDE RESIDENCE, of equal speed in the West. These machines are of the others will stop either at every floor, or at the fifth,
Our engravings, pages 51, 52, 53, iliustrate a residence water balance type—that of the original hydraulic tenth, fifteenth, and soon. They will not run at full
erected for W. A. C. Chace, Esq., at Montclair, N. J. elevator, the invention of Cyrus Baldwin. Owing to speed, probably because passengers do not like the
The design is excellent. It combines both a pleasing its expensiveness, and the fact that it could not be con- sensation of flying. With the present safety devices it
exterior with a spacious piazza and a plan showing trolled automatically, it went out of use. The speed is just as safe to run fast as itis to run slow. Accidents
fine rooms, conveniently arranged. The underpinning was regulated by the engineer, and it went fast or are few, and invariably due to negligence on the part
is built of red sandstone, rock faced and laid up at slow, as he pleased. With the modern elevator, almost of the elevator attendants or the passengers. When
random. The exterior framework is sheathed with any speed desired can be obtained ; it all depends on accidents do happen, it is usually a case of the ear
good hemlock boards, laid on diagonally, covered with the power used and the distance traveled. In a build- catching persons as they step on or off. Passengers
paper and then clapboard- frequently try to board a
ed, and painted olive gray, ear after it starts, with

ie
with bottle green trim- the result that, if caught
mings. Roof shingled and by the elevator between
stained an approved color the car and the floor or
with Cabot’s creosote. Di- ceiling, they are killed in
mensions: Front, 67 ft. 9 nine out of ten cases.
in. ; side, 32 ft. 10 in., not ——0 ¢—____
including front porch and Whe Secret of a Good
rear piazza. Height of ceil- Memory.

ings: Cellar, 7 ft. 6in.; first Whatever may be said

story 9 ft. 6in.; second, 9 in regard to training the
ft.; third, 8 ft. 6 in. The memory, it must be remem-
vestibule and hall are trim- bered that memory is not,
med with quartered oak, as used to be supposed, an
and the latter contains a independent faculty of the
stairease turned out of mind that in some myste-
similar wood, and a fire- rious way may be directly
place built of brick and strengthened by exercise,
furnished with a_ tiled as a blacksmith strength-
hearth, and a mantel of ens his arm; but that me-
special design. The parlor, mory is retentive is due to
library, and dining room the plasticity of nerve sub-
are trimmed with white- stance, and to the property
wood, finished natural. of nerve centers by which
The doors and windows they retain in growth their
have heavy moulded functional modifications;
easings. The fireplaces in and that recollection de-
library and dining room pends upon physiological
have tiled hearths and conditions such as the cere-
hard wood mantels. Rear bral circulation and the
hall, kitchen, and pantries proper functioning of nerve
are trimmed and wains- cells; moreover, that a
eoted with Georgia pine, complete act of recollection
finished natural, with hard is a complex process involy-
oil, and fitted up in the ing comparison, inference,
best possible manner. The and the like. Hence, what-
second and third floors are ever in general is conducive
trimined with whitewood, to vigorous health, and
and the former contains A MOUNTAIN SIDE RESIDENCE—INTERIOR. whatever tends to habits of
five bed rooms, large clo- clear and orderly thinking
sets, and bath. Two bed rooms on third floor. Bath ing which has a shaft of 250 feet, a speed of from 850 to —such conditions will aid recollection. And whatever
room is trimmed and wainscoted with ash, and it is fit- 1,000 feet a minute can be attained. Ona rise of 150 is detrimental to the normal functioning of the nerve
ted up replete with exposed plumbing. The floors feet it is easy to get a speed of 750 feet per minute with cells—fatigue, intense emotion or the like—and what-
throughout are double, and the vestibule and front a weight of 1,000 pounds aboard the elevator. In New ever blinds the judgment will hinder recollection. In
hall have floors laid with oak. Cemented cellar con- York the fastest elevators are in the Union Trust Com- short, all psychological beatitudes are on the head of
tains laundry and other necessary apartments. Heat- pany’s building on Broadway, near Wall Street. They him who has good health, sane emotions, and trained
ed by afurnace. Cost, $6,500 complete. Munn & Co. shoot up or down, carrying 3,000 pounds, at a speed of power of attention. But no amount of study, nor
architects,New York. 600 feet a minute. When tested with lighter weights, all the prescriptions of mnemonic doctors, from Simon-
Our engravings were made direct from photographs | they have traveled from 800 to 900 feet in a minute. ides to Loisette (except so far as they train attention),
of the building taken specially for the SCIENTIFIC But the average speed of elevators in office buildings in can atone for anemia of body or lack of the power of
AMERICAN. and around New York is 300 feet a minute. It is best attention.—Prof. W. H. Burnham, in Scribne?’s.
— - + ee adapted for work, and experience has demonstrated
AN ASBURY PARK COTTAGE. that more passengers can be carried daily in a car going
Our engraving, page 60, presents a dwelling of low at that speed in the ordinary large building than any
cost, erected for Mr. W. L. Atkinson, at Asbury Park, other. The increase in the size of elevators is in keep-
PATENTS
Messrs. Munn & Co., in connection with the publication of the
N. J. Dimensions: Front, 30 ft. 6 in.; side, 42 ft. 6 ing with improvement in other directions. The largest | Scientific American, continue to examine imp;ovements and to act
in., not including piazza. Height of ceilings: Cellar, passenger cars in the world are now in course of con- as Solicitors of Patents for Inventors.
7 ft.; first story, 9 ft.; second, 8 ft. 6in.; third, 8 ft. struction at Weehawken. These elevators, of which In this line of business they have had forty-five years’ experience, and now
Underpinning built of brick. The building above is there are three, are designed to earry 135 persons on | have unequaled facilities for the preparation of Patent Drawings, Specifi-
framed with heavy timber, and constructed in a work- each trip, and are equivalent to ten tons. They will cations, and the prosecution of Applications for Patents in the United
manlike manner. The exterior is sheathed from be owned by the North Hudson County Railway Com- States, Canada, and Foreign Countries. Messrx. Munn & Co,
foundation to peak, and it is covered with white pine pany. A viaduct 875 feet in length has been built out also attend to the preparation of Caveats, Copyrights for Books, Labels,
clapboarding, painted pearl gray, with light olive green from the Palisades to a point above the ferry depot. Reissues, Assignments, and Reports on Infringements of Patents. All
trimmings. Blinds painted a dull red. Gables are From the rails on the viaduct to the river level the business intrusted to them is done with special care and promptness, «
shingled and painted red. Roof covered with distance is 150 feet. An elevator shaft of that extent is very reasonable terms.
A pamphlet sent free of charge, on application, containing full informa-
octagonal cut slates. The interior throughout is now building, and passengers who cross the ferry will
tion about Patents and how to procure them; directions concerning
trimmed with yellow pine, finished natural. The doors be transferred to the elevators and thence to the trains,
Labels, Copyrights, Designs, Patents, Appeals Reissues, Infringements,
and windows have beaded casings and turned angle instead of ascending to the Palisades by the inclined
Assignments, Rejected Cases, Ilints on the Sale of Patents. etc.
blocks. The floors are of similar wood laid in narrow railway, as heretofore. The railroad company’s con- We also send, free of charge, a synopsis of Foreign Patent Laws, show-
widths. Hall contains an ornamental staircase. Par- tract calls for a speed of 200 feet a minute, but, as a ing the cost and method of securing patents in all the principal countries
lor and library have hard wood mantels of neat de- matter of fact, the cars will be capable of going much of the world.
sign. Dining room is well lighted, and it is provided faster. Fach elevator will be worked by 200 horse MUNN & CO., Solicitors of Patents, 361 Broadway, New York,
with a china closet. Kitchen is wainscoted and fitted power. The entire plant will cost $39,000. Elevators| BRANCH OFFICE,—622 F Street, Washington, D, C,
52 Scientific Amevicwn, Architects and Builders Edition. Aprit, 1892,
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AN ASBURY PARK COTTAGE.
 Appt, 1892. Scientific American, Architects and Builders Edition. 61
A CEMETERY CHAPEL OF MODERATE COST. |what cruciform plan, without any endeavors on the mediately adjoins,
the organist and his choir are in
We find inthe Idlustrated Carpenter and Builder, iss of the architects toward ecclesiastical precedents ; perfect touch with each other. The tower is placed at
of London, the accompanying sketch, in which the au- ‘on the other hand, as their principal efforts have been the southwest angle, forming on the ground floor the
thor has endeavored to design something picturesque |directed to the comfort of the congregation, they have principal porch and entrance to the building. In the
and suited to the nature of the surroundings, but atthe| avoided as much as possible any arrangement by nave and transepts on the ground floor the building is
same time capable of being constructed of the simplest! which columns would intercept the view of the congre- arranged to accommodate about 900 people, this num-
materials, so as to keep down ber being increased to about
the cost. No dressed stone- 1,100 by the sittings provided
work would be required, it
in end and transept galleries.
being suggested that the walls The building is designed
should be built of local rubble throughout in the spirit of a
with large squared stones at somewhat late period of
angles, windows, ete. The Gothie, the materials being
window frames could be either Sl ony aa principally Swanage stone
wood oriron. Should no bell walling, with Bath or Port-
be required, the turret on land stone dressings, and most
ridge might be omitted. 2 as of the old materials that are
sound will be incorporated in
RICHMOND HILL CONGREGA- the new structure. It is pro-
TIONAL CHURCH AND PAR- posed to warm the whole
SONAGE, BOURNEMOUTH. Tee building on the hot water cir-
The site might almost be na culating system, supplement-
described as approaching the =k = ed by one of warm air to be
architectural ideal for its pur- oe AA is used when necessary. Fire-
pose, possessing the rare ad- oar ‘ places are, however, provided
vantages of being central in most of the class rooms in
without being too public, and - addition. The ventilation is
oceupying a raised position, effected by two extract shafts
which is, at the same time, on each side of the roof, com-
easily accessible, and it com- municating in the one case
bines many advantages at- < with the fleche, and the other
taching to the question of ? with the tower, both being
position in a marked degree. aA provided with a gas cone to
The main objects to be at- promote a proper current and
tained by the plan were first prevent down draught. The
Ay
the accommodation of a large ees S SM YX, estimated cost is between
congregation in a compact f ; 7 $50,000 and $55,000, the plans
form, the necessary connec- OT,
ft Up ae
FR
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iV Bs ty
ee of the architects, Messrs.
tion with the existing school | Fin Teo, 7 : Lawson & Donkin, of Bourne-
and class rooms to the north Qe My mh sees Page oi : mouth, having been selected
of the building, and the pro- GAS 5 cone lies: sae tana in a local competition.—TZhe
vision for further school RRS iioiy. wie ee ve an tention” : Building News.
buildings and lecture hall ‘a a a a ——- eee
accommodation adjoining. Plastering Composition,
As will be seen by the plans, A CEMETERY CHAPEL OF MODERATE COST. Arthur L, Grant, of Toron-
these essentials are met by to, Canada, has lately pa-
the main corridor at the rear communicating at} gation, and have therefore made the aisles assume the tented a plastering composition, of which the follow-
once with the old class rooms and leading to those it|functions of simple gangways, except at a time of | ing is a specification :
is proposed to add at the northeast of the block, this |emergenecy, when the space might be made available ‘‘T take about 90 pounds of cotton seed oil, and after
corridor being also in connection with the staircases |for extra chair accommodation. The floor is raised heating it to about 120° Fahrenheit I add thereto
leading to the lecture halls above and the children’s| toward the south, and the seats arranged in circular about 45 pounds of caustic soda lye of 36° Baume. I
galleries in the transepts, as well as to the lobbies from |form, so that all occupants may more conveniently stir this mixture and allow it to stand undisturbed for
the vestries to the church on the ground floor. The|face the pulpit. The apse is entirely appropriated to one or two hours or more. I then heat the mixture
church proper in this case naturally assumes a some-|the use of the choir, and as the organ chamber im- again to boiling point, adding, by degrees, about 380

East + CLIFF + CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH BOURNEMOUTH

VIEW: SHEWING NEW -TRANSEPT - LECTURE HALL AND» MANSE

LAWSON: AND DONKIN ARCHTS

Jibrary,

s: i Bible clays
toon

RICHMOND HILL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AND PARSONAGE,

 Scientitic American, Architects und Builders Edition, _APRI, 1892.
pounds ofae and continue the boiling for two or}In using this sompennta in plastering material |of the abovetwo ways, they may be dissolved in water
three hours. I finally add sufficient salt to separate which contains plaster of Paris or lime, I use about and applied to the lime mortars, cements, or concretes
the crude sodium oleate from the water, and run the 80 pounds of the dry compound to'300 pounds of plaster in the proper proportion when required for use.”
water off, by means of a tap or otherwise, from the of Paris, or from 50 to 100 pounds of lime. For lime a
supernatant sodium oleate. This oleate I dissolve water or cements I use from 10 to 40 pounds of the dry DESIGN FOR A FAMILY BURIAL VAULT,
under heat in the proportion of about 4 pounds of compound to 100 pounds of lime or cement in the mix- We present a design for a family burial vault, for
oleate to about 4 pounds of water, and to this solu- ture. | which we are indebted to Stone. It is the second prize
tion I add about 12 design in the com-
pounds of water and petition No. 3. of
75 pounds of a dry Stone, Cincinnati
pulverized absorbent Architectural Club.
—for instance, clay
It is an appropriate
or tale. This mix- design, well suited
ture is dried and pul- for the intended pur-
verized and forms pose.
the preliminary com- +.

pound. It is desira-
THE desire for fit-
ble that the absorb-
ent should contain
Sai
‘ha feast
ise a Fein, tad
aaae
ness and beauty in
architecture is, per-
no free acids or any
haps, much more
WeMe
: A, - t—_
soluble salt of lime. as BS Wl common among even
This dry compound Perliilllme
the rudest of the
is now ready for use.
population than is
When this compound
generally imagined ;
is mixed with plas-
and the pleasure
tering materials for
which a beautiful
walls, ceilings, ete.,
and_ proportionate
containing lime in
building may give to
any form — for in-
millions of people,
stance, sulphate of bk aN a

lime, carbonate of ine sas. even though they see

it but for a few mo-
lime, or hydrated N \ ments as they hurry

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lime—it renders such
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of education. The
can be papered,
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usual sizing or pre-
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Design for Family Vault Scale for Elevations

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DESIGN FOR A FAMILY CEMETERY VAULT.
next coat
or iayer to be placed on the same with “Instead of preparing a preliminary dry compound the eyes of the young. They even object to carica-
greater ease. This plastering composition can be used |containing the oleate, as above described, the oleate ture on this ground. To adopt such a proposition in
both for outside and inside plastering or upon damp | can be dried by itself in a water bath or otherwise
at a all its bearings may be unpractical, may be almost im-
walis, and forms, practically, a water-proof surface. temperature below 225° Wahrenheit, and
then be pulver- possible, But certainly the converse holds good, name-
The admixture of this compound to lime mortar, ce-| ized or comminuted. This dry comumninated oleate can ly, that to bring before the eyes of the young and the
ment, and coneretes composed wholly or in part of |be added directly to the plaster, mortar,
cement or con- uneducated beautiful and well-proportioned objects of
carbonate or sulphate of lime or hydrated lime renders |crete when required for use.
art is a means of education, the indirect effects of which
the mixture capable of resisting the action of watcr,| ‘Instead of using the oleates or palmitates in either ‘it is difficult to overestimate,
 ApriL, 1892.
A VERTICAL DOUBLE SPINDLE SHAPING
The machine shown is extra heavy, for straight and
irregular forms, and is especially suited for cooperage,
agricultural and railroad work, where a good, substan-
tial machine is wanted to stand up to the very heaviest
work. The column is heavy, and the metal well dis-
tributed. Itis cored out and cast in one large piece.
The spindles, which are long, stiff, accurately turned
and truly ground, are made of 1%4 inch steel, measur-
ing 1144 inches in diameter above the table, and placed
30 inches apart from center to center. They can be
adjusted vertically by means of screws on inside of
column, which are operated by the hand
front of the machine. The iron table,
Scientific American, Architects and Builders Erlition,
MACHINE. exact forms of mass or detail which were intended for an His fine office building in Decatur is an example of a
entirely different climate and for an effect which we in handsome structure made entirely of artificial stone,
England can seldom, if ever, hope to obtain. But the and he recently erected an entire front of ornamental
shadow which nature has denied us may still be gained stone fora building of the Mueller Mfg. Co. Mr. Mar-
by the effective, because sensible, practice of northern _tin’s success in making the best sidewalk known, of
art—by deeply cut mouldings, great recession of aper- artificial stone, has been something phenomenal, and
tures or great projection, if the nature of the wail does he has obtained such a reputation in this branch that
not admit of the former, and ornament thoroughly many go to him for instruction, for which he charges a
pierced. Ajl will hold shadow in themselves strong and special fee. His efforts have always been directed to
expressive, though no sun should touch them, and_ making the best possible article, a stone that does not
doubly charming when so relieved. But in designing shell off or crumble, and which frost wili not affect,
it should be remembered that parts which hold shadow and a sidewalk that will be unequaled in durability
wheels in in themselves, such as moulding, ornament, ete., and always retain its smoothness of finish.
o>
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which measures 4 x 4% feet, is amply Wet Screens tor Ventilating Ducts,

large for any kind of work. It is well
braced, planed perfectly true, and fit-
ted with concentric rings to suit vari-
ous sizes and kinds of heads and cut-
ters. The tight and loose pulleys on
countershaft are 12 x 6!¢ inches face,
and should make 990 revolutions per
minute. For further particulars of
this machine address the Cordesman
Machine Co., 24 to 34 Butler Street,
Cincinnati, O., U. 8. A.
oo
Shadow as Element of Design.
Beauty of profile must succumb in
this country from its highest place and
be content to reign in conjunction with
shadow, if not to be subservient to it ;
and it was the perception of this neces-
sity which forms one of the great
charms of Gothic and Norman archi-
tecture, and was the under idea of Sir
C. Wren, as evinced in the detail, the
ornament and the massing of his build-
ings. For shadow is so indispensable to the develop-
ment of perfect character in a building that, when
nature is not favorable to its production, all that
human art can do should be done to obtain it. That
the necessity for shadow is not, however, the same in
all classes of buildings may well be supposed. For in-
stance, the grander or stronger the character to be ex-
pressed, the less need there is of it. We may see this,
as regards grandeur, in the Pyramids,
the Forum of Nerva and the walls of fortified towns,
and, as regards strength, in the Pitti Palace, Florence,
and the generality of Tuscan palaces—the Palazzo
Thiene, Vicenza; the Palazzo Farnese (north), and
most of the Roman palaces. In all these the simplici-
ty of the form being essential to their effect, it follows
that the shadows should possess the same character,
In a letter in the 7imes of January 26, in regard to
the ventilation of the House of Commons, Sir Douglas
Galton gives a description of the ‘ wet screen” in use
at the Victoria Infirmary at Glasgow for the removal
my of dirt and fog from the air previously to its entering a
wc mu building. He gives the following de-
scription of the process: ‘In this
infirmary the air is renewed six times
an hour. This volume of air before it
enters the wards is filtered and washed
by being passed through an air-wash-
ing sereen of cords, formed of horse
hair and hemp, closely wound over a
top rail of wood and under the bottom
rail, forming a close screen, sixteen
feet long by twelve feet high, afford-
ing nearly 200 square feet of surface.
There is a constant trickling of water
down this screen, by which it is kept
wet, and the air, in filtering through
it, has the dust and soot particles re-
THE CORDESMAN MACHINE C0,’S SHAPING MACHINE. moved, and when once these have ad-
hered to the wetted surfaces, a current
should not be confounded with those which shadow| of air of considerable velocity will not carry them
another part, as in eaves, angles, walls and detached | through the screen, but the falling water floats them
columns. These do not hold darkness to nearly the down into the drain. An automatic flushing tank is
same degree, and this degree is weakened as they ex- fixed in a position whereby twenty gallons of water is
tend or project. There is no case where the extra and instantaneously discharged over the surface of the
needless expense of detached columns is more seen screen every hour, to flush and remove any accumula
than in the School of San Rocco, Venice, facing the tion of wetted dust, soot, or germs which may not be
north.—The Architect. removed from the screen by the trickling water over
in the wall of a its surface.” Sir Douglas Galton recommends this
ARTIFICIAL BUILDING STONE, method as one which, among other advantages, will
The accompanying illustrations represent some of keep fog from entering into the ventilating chambers
the most popular styles of blocks of artificial building and hence into the building; and states that on very
stone prepared by E. L. Martin, of No. 628 N. Main foggy days the air within the infirmary was perfectly
Street, Decatur, Ill. The kinds shown are usually clear and pure.—The Builder.
kept in stock, in sizes 8 x 16,10 * 16,10 X 24, and
others, and from four to eight inches thick, so that a Irrigation in Nevada.

and any complicate or broken shadows given them bill of stone can be furnished to architects and builders According to Census Bulletin No. 163, there are 1,167
would be wrong, because not consonant with the within a few days after the order is given. Window farms in Nevada that are irrigated out of a total num-
nature of the containing forms. The most remarkable sills and ashlar stone and ornamental belt are always ber of 1,341. The total area of land upon which crops
union of strength and shadow perhaps to be seen is kept on-hand. were raised by irrigation in the census year ending May
St. Paul’s, Covent Garden. But for the full develop- Mr. Martin has had many years’ experience in this 31, 1890, was 224,403 acres, in addition to which there
ment of a more truly béautiful character we may line of business, and in the making of cement walks. were approximately 280,000 acres irrigated for grazing
turn to the temples and purposes. The average
monuments of ancient size of the irrigated
Greece and Rome, where farms, or, more strictly,
shadow is carefully stu- of irrigated portions of
died, and expresses the Noesecte aes
CCC farms on which crops
Pe 6 were raised, is 192 acres.
beauty of the various REAM
ieee Any
forms, as in the fronts beetecceeSe The average first cost
of the Parthenon, Pan- of water right is $7.58
per acre, and the aver-

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theon, the triumphal
arches, the Colosseum, age cost of preparing
ae EE r
the soil for cultivation,
and in modern works in
SES including the purchase
Hi
the Basilica, Vicenza; ee
rah oa he
ge etv
the loggie of the Vati- price of the land, aS
EEE Meee
y re EE Mt $11.82 per acre. The
can; the Palazzo Bevi- te)
laqua, Verona; the average present value
of the irrigated land of
Lions’ Court of the Al-

Fra
the State, including
hambra ; the Library of
buildings, ete., is report-
_ St. Mark, Venice; and
ed as $41 per acre, show-
Whitehall. There can
ARTY yas ing an apparent profit,
G
evidently be no rule for it oP th A
less cost of bultdings, of
the quantity of shadow COATES
@

$21.60 per acre. The

appropriate to so many
average annual cost of
different grades of the
water 1s $0.84 per acre,
beautiful in architect-
which, deducted from
ure, but we may be
the average annual
pretty sure from these
value of products per
excellent examples that
acre, leaves an average
the shadow should be
annual return of $12.08
of a medium power, not
per acre.
superior to the form,
and consequently that —_—__
0 e—___
all projections and re-
TO% Gree et Do Oe
cessions in massing or
FLEAS.—Place the com-

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ornament should be of a
mon adhesive fly paper
medium character also,
on the floors of the
obtaining neither the
rooms infested, with a
largeness of the grand
small piece of fresh
nor the brokenness and
meat in the center of
depth of the _ pictur-
each sheet. The fleas
esque. Whatever style
will jump toward the
of architecture we
meat and adhere to the
adopt, it is not sensible
to make use of those MARTIN’S ARTIFICIAL BUILDING STONES FOR ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS, paper,
 64 Scientific American, Architects and Builders Cdition, Aprit, 18992.

THE ANDREWS METAL CHAIR. The shield can be of any size or shape, and there is embroideries, upholsteries, furniture, mosaics, colored
The chair shown in the accompanying illustration is an increasing demand for the furnace supplied with an glass, gas fixtures, electroliers, metal work, ete. The
made of steel twisted together by special machinery oblong solder pot to be used by electric linemen for directors of the new company are: Louis C. Tiffany,
invented forthe purpose. The style shown has a plain soldering together the ends of wire ; which can be done Cc. T. Cook, Henry W. De Forest, George Holmes,
veneer seat, but the seats are also made of quartered by simply springing the wire into the pot, thereby sav- Pringle Mitchell, John C. Platt, John Du Fais, Von
oak or mahogany, and uphoistered in plush or leather, ing much time and labor over the old way of pouring Beck Canfield. The address of the new company is
while the frames are enameled in any color, and are the melted solder on the joint. As the furnace is sw7e 333 to 341 Fourth Avenue, New York.
also made in antique copper and brass finish. The in its operation, and not affected by draughts, it can +0
chair is designed to make an attractive, durable and be used out of doors as readily as within a building. THE STEARNS HINGE,
highly useful piece of furniture for a drawing room, This fact, coupied with the many other advantages, The spring shown in the cut has three parts only,
reception room, or dining room, while also especially has justly earned for it its present popularity. the two leaves and the spring, each leaf being one
The manufacturers are Haines, Jones & Cadbury solid piece of wrought steel, and the spring being held
Co., of Philadelphia, Pa. by lips formed up from the leaves, The spring action
oa is designed to hold the door stronger at the closing
Tor Hoyt & BRoTHER CoMPANY, of Aurora, IIL, point, reducing the strain on the spring while increas-
manufacturers of machinery for working wood, is the
style of the recently reorganized manufacturing com-
pany started in Aurora in 1871. Owing to the death of
Hon. C, L. Hoyt, and the contemplated retirement of
L. P. Hoyt from active connection with the business.
it became necessary to reorganize the company. The
company is an evolution out of the old firm of the R.
L. Carter Company, which succeeded the firm of Car-

‘
ter & Pinney, which firm was in turn succeeded by the
- >
oe IN
a

i
Hoyt & Brother Mfg. Co., at which time Willis Hoyt
identified himself with the concern as secretary and
treasurer. They introduced the first successful double
cylinder chain feed surfacer ever placed on the market.
Following this successful venture came the gradual
production of this class of machinery until twenty-
three sizes of planers and matchers and eleven differ-
N ent and standard kinds of surfacers and other wood-

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{ cutting machinery were manufactured by this firm.
This production was increased from year to year until
Cs N at the present time the illustrated catalogue of the
=H \ firm represents over 300 different sizes and patterns of
\ wood-cutting machinery, all built in the highest style
of mechanical art by skilled experts who have spent
many years in acquiring proficiency in this class of
work. Hon. C. L. Hoyt, who was at the head of the
THE ANDREWS METAL CHAIR, concern for so many years, is succeeded by his son, THE STEARNS STEEL SPRING HINGE,
Mr. Willis Hoyt, the new president, who has the ad-
adapted for use on the lawn or veranda, and for halls vantage of long association with his father in the con- ing its efficiency and durability. Each pair is sepa-
and other public buildings. It is manufactured by duct of the business. rately packed in a neat pasteboard box. This spring is
Messrs. A. H. Andrews & Co., Nos. 215 to 221 Wabash O_O made -by Messrs. E. C. Stearns & Co., Syracuse, N. Y.
Avenue, Chicago. AN IMPROVED WOOD WORKING MACHINE, a
ae
—>+-_9 +o
The machine shown in this illustration is designed “SELECT MODERN BUILDINGS” is the title of a neat
A PLUMBER’S BLAST FURNACE.
for finishing the edges of sash, and rabbeting, beading little picture book containing representations of a num-
In 1878, the Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co.’s blast and jointing the edges of blinds, grooving and boring ber of recent notable structures in New York and
furnace was put upon the market. Since that time sash for the cords, and the endless variety finishing Brooklyn. It is issued by Messrs. Toch Brothers, New
25,000 furnaces have been sold. Improvements have work of this kind in sash, door and blind factories. It York, manufacturers of mortar colors, and the state-
been added from time to time until it has been brought is adapted to do the same amount of work that here- ment is made that in every one of these handsome,
to its present perfection. The furnace may be briefly tofore required three machines. The top of the frame and high cost buildings the Toch ‘‘ Edinburgh” mor-
described as follows: The reservoir, which holds about receives a sliding table working in planed ways for tar colors have been used.
one gallon of gasoline, is made of I-XXXX tin, with working sash. A stationary table is also furnished for +8
malleable iron bottom ring and galvanized cast iron working blinds, when the three cutter heads are THE CINCINNATI CORRUGATING Co. issue a very
top plate. This top plate is tapped for three uprights brought into operation at once. neat catalogue of their productions, including corru-
to support the solder pot; fora filling screw ; for a feed The bed is also adjustable on the frame and is pro- gated roofing, siding, ceiling, arches, lath, shutters,
pipe, through which the gasoline is conducted through vided with a saw mandrel for cutting all kinds of doors, ete., V-crimp iron roofing, standing seam plain
a coil to the burner; and for a small cock through grooves, and a boring mandrel, operated by a treadle, roofing, roll and cap steel roofing, metallic weather
which air is forced into the reservoir by means of a for boring the hole for the cord in the sash, which is boards, ete. This firm have recently established a
rubber inflator. On top of the three supports is a then passed to the grooving saw, completing the job at | rolling mill, galvanizing works, tin plate works, and
malleable iron ring, upon which is placed the shield for one operation. without taking the sash from the table. factory at Piqua, O. The manufacture of roofing tin
holding the solder pot. Suspended from this ring is
an iron cup which ineases a wrought iron coil through
which the gasoline is forced by air pressure to the
burner connected at bottom of coil.
The furnace is used as follows: It is filled about
half full of gasoline. The
valve controlling feed pipe
to coil is then closed, and
the reservoir is charged eat
with air; upon opening ulna inil
valve the gasoline is forced
=F,

ks ‘Ac
‘tii ]
Lostomn:
a Ms
up through and down the
Z i
coil and lighted at burner.
The flame, confined by the
cup, burns up around the
coil, heating the gasoline
within the coil and form-
ing it into vapor, which
forms a constant flame
upon emerging at burner.
Its intensity can be regu-
lated at will by shutting
or opening the needle
valve. The cup around
coil and burner catches
any gasoline which may
through carelessness of the
operator be forced through SASH AND BLIND, JOINTING, RABBETING AND FINISHING MACHINE.
before applying the match,
and also assists materially in confining the flame, and For further :nformation address the builders, The plates at the Piqua factory is announced as an addi-
creating an upward draught about the coil, there Egan Company, 209 to 229 West Front Street, Cincin- tion to the heretofore extensive business of the firm.
being holes punched in the cup for admission of nati, O., U. 8. A. ee
air. The solder pot is placed within a sheet iron re- 8 THE CAMBRIDGE ROOFING Co., of Cambridge, O.,
verberatory shield, so made that it will throw the heat THE TIFFANY GLASS AND DECORATING COMPANY and Chattanooga, Tenn., have issued a new catalogue,
upon the pot to the greatest possible advantage. The is the style of a new firm which has recently absorbed got up in a way which indicates that business is pros-
furnace will melt ten pounds of solder in six minutes, the Tiffany Glass Company. The work of the com- perous with the company. The last cover page gives
at a merely nominal expense, and gives out no smoke pany covers a high class of house and church decora- a view of their factory plant at their new works at the
nor smell. It weighs but seven pounds, so can readily tions and memorial work. In the house decorations South, as well as their older factory in Ohio. The com-
be carried in connection with the outfit of a plumber the following lines are specialties in which original pany make steel, iron, and tin roofing, with corrugated
or tinsmith. work is furnished; Frescoes, textile fabrics, hangings, |siding, ceiling, doors, and shutters, ete,
 Apri, 1892. Srientitic American, Architects and Builders Edition,

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 Aprit, 1892. Scientific American, Architects and Builders Evlition,
Edit ii
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Patent Pancled Metal Ceilings "(Continued from ppage iv.)

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(7) KE. A. H. writes: The basement
walls of my house have a coating of tar on the inside.
What mixture of paint can I use that will dry thor-
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oughly on the tar? Can I mix anything with cement
1 AM ADVERTISING FOR YOUR BENEFIT AS WELL AS MY OWN. that will cause it to adhere to the tar? A. A solution of
If you patronize me your pocketbook will be replenished, This is a progressive age shellac in alcohol may be used, and applied like paint
Building enterprise is widespread. Cheap and durable building material is a public demand, It is over tar that is to be painted, Its high expense pre-
needed in every town and city in the United States. After twelve years of experience in the vents the application of this on a large scale, Cement
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construction of cement sidewalks, and after testing all of the different kinds on the market, | have suc-
ceeded in making the best sidewalk ON EARTH, and now offer a pavement that is absolutely cannot be made to adhere.
unexcelled in durability, and unapproachable in beauty. (8) S. R. 'T. asks the approximate heat-
ing value, and the relative bulk, of a ton each of good
soft bituminous coal, anthracite coal, and coke, for use
in cook stoves, hot air furnaces, aud grates. A, Both
anthracite and bituminous coal vary in heating value,
owing to varying amount of ash, so that a special com-
parison can only be made with coals of similar amounts
of combustible to the pound, The best coals of either
kind are nearly alike for given weights, The bitumi-
nous coals from different mines vary so much, and the
method of firing is so variable, that the results of ex-
perimental tests do not agree, as for instance trials on
the Baltimore & Ohio Ratlroad determined the evapora-
tive effect of one ton Cumberland as equal to 1°25 tons
anthracite. Other experiments make bituminous coal 13
per cent more effective than coke for equal weights.
The average of a long series of experiments on U. S.
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ive than bituminous. For domestic purposes, as cook- 12,000 Receipts. 680 Pages, Price $5.
ing and heating, the cleanliness, durability, and con-
venience of an anthracite fire set it far ahead of any
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(9) G. G. G.—There is not enough dif- in the Notes and Queries of St area as pub-
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(10) W. H. R.—The walls of ice houses for ready use.
should be started from the bottom with hay packing at Almost every inquiry that can be thought of,
least 6 inches thick, with tight board lining inside and relating to formule used in the various manufac-
turing industries, will here be found answered.
| GUARANTEE TO MEET COMPETITION IN PRICE. double row of hay packing above ground. Pack the Instructions for working many different pro-
In every city and town brick and wooden walks are fast disappearing, and are being replaced ice with 6 inches of hay next to the walls all around. cesses in the arts are given.
by the popular walk of the day, one made of Portland Cement. Hay is better than straw to confine the air in the pack- It is impossible within the limits of a prospectus
The opportunities for this kind of to give more than an outline of a few features of
work areas thick as the STARS IN THE SKIES, while the expense of manufacture is
practically ing. Place 2 to 3 feet of hay on top of the ice, Take so extensive a work.
as eee as are the SANDS IN THE OCEAN. Any enterprising young man of determination
who will forward me $25.00 will receive my printed instructions, in brief form, setting forth my pro- out the ice from the top, always covering as soon as Under the head of Paper we have ene §250 re-
cess, so that he can soon muster theart of making it. He will be rewarded handsomely for his expense possible, ceipts, embracing how to make papier maché; how
and labor and will have a trade that will make him from $2.50 to $5.00 per day for his personal services. to make paper water proof and fire proof; how to
Isend skilled labor from this city to put down the sidewalks, and arrangements can be made (11) A. E, 8. asks: Which possesses the make sandpaper, emery paper, tracing paper,
with responsible parties to start the business in their own city, use my process, and divide profits. greater strength when placed horizontal, starfding on transfer paper, carbon paper, parchment paper,
My reference is the work colored papers, razor strop paper, paper for doing
I have already done in almost every city throughout Central, highest edge—a piece of timber 40 feet long, 12x18 up cutlery, silverware; how to make luminous
Southern and Western Illinois, including this city, Springfield, Jacksonville, Quincy, Paris, Litchfield,
Champaign, and Monticello. inches, or piece same length, but 14x16 inches? A. The paper, eee papers, ete.
I refer you to the Mayor of each respective town. Enclose stamp for Under the head of Inks we have nearly 450 re-
catalogue. When applying for agency, state population of your town. 12x18 inches is the strongest, its moment of inertia
ceipts, including the finest and best writing inks
being 5,832, while the moment of inertia of the 14x16 of all colors, drawing inks, luminous inks, invisi-
E. L. MARTIN, 628 N. Main St., Decatur, Ill. beam is only 4,778, and their safe load at center 6,026
pounds and 5,555 pounds,
ble inks, gold, silver and bronze inks, white inks:
directions for removal of inks; restoration of
faded inks, ete.
MANUFACTURER OF (12) C. C. wants to know how many Under the head of Allovs over 700 receipts are

ARTIFICIAL STONE FOR SIDEWALKS AND BUILDING PURPOSES. coats of lacquer should be put on gas fixtures, for ten
years’ wear, and how to make the different colors, Can
it be put on hot? If so, what is the process? A. Only
heat the articles to about 200° Fah. before lacquering.
For the process and how to make lacquer, see
given, covering a vast amount of valuable infor-
mation.
Of Cements we have some 600 receipts, which
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and the modes of use.
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learn the art.
(13) F. M. desires a formula for making
TILES and SHINCLES. dark mahogany stain from aniline for furniture and
For Lacquers there are 120 receipts; Electro-Me-
tallurgy, 125 receipts; Bronzing, 12 receipts; Pho-
bograP y and Microscopy are represented by 600
The Best, Most Handsome, Durable & Secure Roofing Plates chairs, one that will not fade. A. We would recom- receipts.
mend the following in preference to aniline. Boil half Under the head of Etching there are 55 receipts,
YET OFFERED TO THE BUILDING TRADE, embracing practical directions for the production
pound madder and 2 ounces logwood chips in 1 gallon of engravings and printing plates of drawings.
INDORSED BY ALL THE LEADING ARCHITECTS. water and brush well over while hot. When dry go Paints, Pigments and Varnishes furnish over
TEN SIZES AND DESICNS. over with pearlash solution, 2 drachms to the quart. 800 receipts, and include everything worth know-
ing on those subjects. :
Address THORN SHINGLE & ORNAMENT CO., By using it strong or weak, the color can be varied. Under the head of Cleansing over 500 reci
are given, the scope being very broad, embrac ng
(14) H. G. R. says: I have just laid a the removal of spots and stains from all sorts
1227 Callowhill St., Philadelphia, Pa. galvanized pipe. 114 inch, from spring to house, a dis- of objects and materials, bleaching of fabrics,
tance of 300 feet. As you do not recommend the use cleaning furniture, clothing, glass, leather, metals,
of galvanized iron, can you tell me any way to remove and the restoration and preservation of all kinds
of objects and materials. ‘
the zinc from the inside of pipe without digging it all In Cosmetics and Perfumery some 500 receipts
up? A. Owing to the unavoidable liberation of gas are given. ;
and the position of the pipes, solvents cannot be de- Soaps have nearly 300 receipts.
Those who are engaged in any branch of industry
TO MANUFACTURERS pended upon to effectually remove all the zinc coat-
ing from such a conduit. We know of no practical
probably will find in this book much that is of
practical value in their respective callings.
Those who are in search of independent business
SEEKING FOREICN TRADE.
way of satisfactorily accomplishing this without dis-
or employment, relating to the home manufacture
turbing the line, of sample articles, will find in it hundreds of most
(Continued on page xii.) excellent suggestions.

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Shimer’s Variety Moulder, with tilexWess byttttiie

Surface Moulding Attachment.) 22:22:10: ————_—_____
a 85 Devonshire St.
Foom 3. VOMOP2 Z
FOR SINKING panels with pattern guided by pin that automatically takes its position when you Vpan
start the Machine, and drops out of the way when youstop it. The Cutter in the
overhanging arm of the Machine has a perpendicular adjustment of one inch, and is
operated by the FPS 4 AA eAbLrklCxy
handle shown in the cut attached to an eccentrig lever that is automatically locked to the one position : “- z
when at work. : ;
Pi PED PS oop ee
T0 CHANGE from Surface Moulder to Variety Moulder, disconnect the rod that runs the incline
on the T lever and pinitup. Run the housing up by means of the hand wheel until
it stands above the belt line, remove the one spindle, substitute the other and set screw it to the hous- 4
ing. Turn the small table back under the arm. Raise the arm, disconnect the shaft that runs the | 3 -
upper pulley, and the Machine becomes an Edge Moulder without having any of its parts unbolted and | ?
laid away. Pe
You never tire of the make-up of this Machine, which is as simple and effective as =
it is durable.

im a

Reversible Cutters for any shape of mould made to order, and warranted to cut free and easy.
For Circulars and full information, address,

SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS,

MANUFACTURERS of the SHIMER CUTTER HEADS and SPECIAL WOODWORKING MACHINERY,
MILTON, PENN.

1has
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Rij
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= Page . r P For moulding or shaping edges of work. Has Shafts,
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Standard Eixpanding Water Conductors.

Our Conductors are made of the Best
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The sash sizes are arranged to slide up and
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Machinery, either inside or outside the sash. We re-

commend outside screens, as the sash
then be raised without touching the screen.
can

‘Screens the full size of the window are

BRASS WORKING very desirable, admitting air at top or bot-
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These are to hang with hinges. Ours¢reens
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 Scientific American, Architects and Builders Edition, Apri, 1892.

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Of high grade and low price. Low in price IMPROVED

Plumbers’ Blast Furnace.

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diate expense or profit.
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We will send you Catalogue Free if you mention Screnriric After Tanuary the 18th ail furnaces will be fur-
AMERICAN,
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(Continued from page viii )
(15) H. H. H. says: I wish to heat a Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co.,
ing right along; I can sell a tully equipped Plan- store with steam, room 22X115x14 ft. 2 in. By run- —MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALEKS IN—
ing Mill ata bargain; long time and easy pay-

Plumbers’ Supplies.
ning pipes in cellar to and from radiators, it takes con-
ments. Write for particulars.
F. BANKINE, siderable pipe, that will condense a quantity of steam.
Care Omaha National Bank, Omaha, Neb. If I carry the steam directly from the boiler to a coil of
pipes (bronzed) suspended from the ceiling directly
45 sold in ’88
2,288 sold in '89
over the counters, of sufficient height so
used for the display of goods, can I get
they can be
heat on the FACTORY AND SHOWROOMS:
6,268 sold in ’90 floors? It has been suggested to me that the lower part
of the room will not be heated unless I have the coils
20,049 soldin’9! « or radiators on the floor. How many feet of inch pipe
60,000 will be sold In 9% ais will be required to heat the room? A. The overhead
A Stee! Windmill and Steel system of heating by steam is largely used in factories,
Tower every 3 minutes.
OF These figures tell the
story of the ever-growing,
and occasionally in closed rooms.
the belting produces
In factories where
circulation, it is very
We do not advise the use of this system for heating a
desirable. PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. |
ever-goling, everlasting
Stee! Aermotor. Where store, where the constant opening of doors will preci- Full plans, specifications, and sheets of details, complete, ready for the builder,
one goes others follow, pitate cold air upon the floor. Coils in stacks or along |may be obtained at this office, for any of the structures illustrated in this publica-
and we ‘*‘take the country.”
Though sold, we were unable to make all of
id vacant spaces or counter fronts, or radiators, are more| tion. We also prepare plans for buildings of every description, including churches,
the 20,049 Aermotors in ‘91. Orders often *keo suitable for siores. It will require 900 feet of 1 in.
waited 8 weeks to be filled, but now we have
¥astly increased our plant and are pre-
colleges, schools, stores, dwellings, carriage houses, barns, etc.
pipe or its equivalent iu radiator surface to heat your
pared promptly to plant our increase in
every habitable portion of the globe. store. We are assisted in this work by able architects, and we try to make our
Are you curious to know how the Aer=
motor Co. in the 4th year of its exist-
estimates reliable, so that the work can be done by any reliable builder at the
(16) G. I. writes: Can you tell me prices named.
through your paper how water can be sucked up a hill,
50 or 60 rods long, with an elevation of 60 feet, by the
MUNN & CO., 361 Broadway, New York.
s © Tower?
@ % ist. We commenced in a field in
POIO9}O1
m01y
ysns
pue
fe
GI4zZINVA1¥D use of a windmill, without triangles and have the mill
above the spring? A. You cannot draw the water ~

MARSTON’S
© which there had been no improve-
+ o ment for 25 years, and in which §, AlSINJOSGE
Futeq
‘pajajdui0o
sny
higher than from 20 to 25 feet with certainty. You may
@ there seemed no talent or ambition, place a windmill and pump above the spring so as not
and none has yet been shown except
in feeble Imitation of Our to lift over 25 feet and force the water to the required

Hand
UFootFewer
Inventions. pasodxe
‘ed
sa¥pa
Pood
Pu¥
BI
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saA¥val
BY
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height. This, with a windmill of moderate height,
2d. Before
manufacture,
oommencing
exhaustive scien-
the} PIZ[UVA[VT
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PUB
[2939
G1VIIMO,
AOU
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should give a fair working power for ordinary uses, —<— |
Elevat
n tific investigation and experi- A
and is preferable to the bel] crank connections for any
@ ments were made by a skilled yy

[jaar San
mechanical engineer, in which considerable distance.
over 5,000 dynamometric tests
were made on 61 different forms
of wheels, propelled by artificia
and therefore uniform wind,
mA
POZUVATTS
vJo[ooy
*[B19Ul
(17) R. A. B. asks how to make paint
which settled definitely many — stick to bright metal tin roofs. A. Sandpaper the
questions relating to the proper “suyur
oyL
PAS
“PY
seaL
YJNOUS
Joeuo}}I0d
4]
sf
40U
OF
a_yNU
speed of wheel, the best form, Fe = metal. It is better to put the paint directly on the
angle, curvature and amount of sall surface, the resist-
ance of air to rotation, obstructions in the wheel, such as new tin, Use metallic (iron oxide) paint with boiled
heavy wooden arms, obstructions before the wheel, as in oil, Iron frame 36 inches high.
the vaneless mill, and many other more abstruse, though
not less important questions. These Investiga= Top 30 x 40 inches, centre part
ofiron with planed grooves on
tions proved that the power of the best (18) EK. 8. asks: What acid or solu- each side of saw for cutting
wind wheels could be doubled, and the off gauges to.slide in. Ripping
AERMOTOR dally demonstrates It has tion can I use to rot or destroy stumps in ground after gauge slides in iron groove.
been done. trees are cut down, mostly oak? How long will it take Steel shafts. Gears are all ma-
3d. To the liberal policy of the Aermotor Co., that guaran. chine cut from solid iron. Bor-
tees ita goods satisfactory or pays freight both ways, and to to rot them? A, There is no quick way of rotting ing table and side treadle. Two
theenormous output of its factory which enables it to fur-
nish the best article at less than the poorest is soldfor. For stumps. The cheapest way to get rid of them, if you 7-inch saws and two cranks
'92 we furnish the most perfect bearings ever put with each machine. Weight
have no suitable means of pulling, is to bore a 114 inch 350 pounds.
in a windmill, and have made an exhaustive re=
-
vision of the Aermotor and Towers. auger hole down the center of the stump about 38 Send for price list.
Ifyou wanta strong, stiff, Steel Fixed Tower—or if you inches deep, and put in 144 ounces of saltpeter, fill the
rt
with
house
without
your
of
water
want the tower you don't have toclimb (the Steel Tliting
Tower) and the Wheel that runs when all others stand stil
that costs you less than wood and lasts ten times as long
(The Steel: Aermotor) or if you want a Geared Aermotor to
hole with water and plug it tight. In the spring take
out the plug, pour into the hole a half pint of crude pe- _ J. M. Marston & Co.
churn, grind, cut feed, pump water, turn grindstone and troleum oil and set it on fire. The stump will burn
saw wood, that does the work of 4 horses at the cost of
and smoulder to the ends of the roots, leaving nothing
199 RUGGLES &T.,

Geometrical CARVED WOOD|

ont ($100), write for copiously iliustrated printed matter,

The
enables
System
Supply
you
showing every conceivable
Aermotor
Pneumatic
Water
p and work,
ply
every to the AERMOTOR
phase of windmill
CoO, 12th and Rook.
construction
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Estimates furnished for Houses complete or for the Structural Iron Work only
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ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO ADVERTISERS.
ESTABLISHED 18738.
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~— . Hardwood Floors Aermoter Co..... olen MdbcSedee chile ob vice cobalt edl | Lancaster SteaRoofiig Obl .2seFt ates contort ii
AGAMA Mig. OO.es = cnsrradnessisssagee
races r= Dane Brod... 2.cctewieevanseinmiweree eee runes ouzereres iv
; OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Coe nae, eee OGstadeiienv avai cepass .COV oe es ae he Mantel Co..;s0naeenae acorn XE
y JOiss istea.vin visaeaiethsle eceassln, eiaeielet ce Oates ; jams. i.9735 ahadedngaicgs
aes datacom vi
Hard ON Finish, Boston Hard Wax Allegheny Geom. Wood Carving Co.. -Xil | Uhittle, Chaa:(B. 3.2.dsaitedes.es.
Was coterie a eee xiii
Weighted Wax Brushes. Akron Heating & Ventilating Co.. ........ cover iii
SEND FOR CATALOGUE. Am. Brass & Metal Works..........---.-+eeeeeees xii
104 and 106 Franklin Street, | American Well Works ..... . ... ...-+--seessees iii ™.
CHICAGO. ILL Andrews,A. H. &CO.. ...ceccccecesescocsscscseurs iii
’ ; Andrews, Johnson & CO...sese-s++: we tehde Ceol Meauds ii |Mallory, he F.B Baise osveSOEs MEE OL OCI ROR i
seve iii
AMGVOWHUMLE: Orie: ¢ nec s chap sess he scesiesmnaexii Manasee, Ly
= mal
F4Lek ae a 1 Anthony, B..& H. T.& Oo... ......00000% donee ens iii |Mark, Incopeto 2 ele ae EE eoverii
Apollo Iron &§Steel WOb ease sees tae Seraph se cover ii Marston, TUM Coe case enstd a etYo paeeeth
Armor, Marlin: & 0017.2 Wesdadcts Seectesat on ediles iX |Martin, Hy. RienMachine Mfg. ‘GoFew IY ei v
Martin, Bh, Diss. 2ix:.«5 .0's'ecisianew erveeuvtrena Armes see vii
B. a aes Vn W:. & COs.0. crassa tenes sapseeeeeeeears iv
Ball-Dell00..3-. Soph ventecsh
eae cover ii ter an eebecamcmaeti@iiers cei x
Barber, Gs F. & C0.... sisevccceveevesevesiscevess xill |Wesker & Bro. ..:....50 0 eee eee ii
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Barnes, W. F.& Jno. Od.....se.sesveseeceeeee eensiv |Moore & Co., i. Boesec00
apleet le weet eee cece eee cee cela eeeeee conteiii |Moss Engraving
SITUA i
Co... 00.0000 ob t'ovinsohadie aoe
e e 9! e rnum, E. SL seine Biacho 4sDiak@le: dplindleca tea's'e.6,5 eRe vette cover Iv Mueller, H., Mfg. Co.. eM MO 05
a, a 1 LrBOM. 5. Facey wich wee deere ats tal iii |Mullins. W. H. “iti
erger Manufacturing CO Rite Aaa er . Vii Sit Wolken Cael i ae
a eee ea ee
Bons A UOa5: Gehl csisis oral sic inalless saan penises vi Munger-Colton Mfg. Co .. ....... vn eee Vili
olles &00.2, oi ihe EAE eer iv
IMPORTERS Boughton & Terwilliger ek, Fann eepereasaese cover ii N.
a ef ste Bray; Joseph: By &) Coutts. oo cuss tele closet se ayaa XV 4
ples tag Finishing: ©o.\..° <...cx=i ists dlalatovs nf Narragansett Machirie Co...
vi
je Be EA. MW CO. cece cece eer er eee eestee recesses IV | Wattinnal Tat Water bicuastOn ee tect
eth AE
Brush Hlactrio Oo; svc ten eas chceneesetaces . cover ii bene Boot Motul Heine 00... a eee org
National Wood Mfg. Co..............0008
eeecover ii
MANUFACTURERS CG. N. Y. Central Iron Works Co..............5 cover iii
Northrop,
‘As:&OGieed wavsvaskida obicnre deisteh'e haaetes vi
OF Caldwell .Mfe.CO.ccos ssauet.eamie hia de eaeede cover iv Northrop, Henry S.........-.6.+0..seeeeees cover il
Canton Steel Roofing Co........... ieaeenmkeaeewse
Charter Gas BngineiOo.n 0% Peso ca fo cdeaces ii
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN Ohilton Mie: Con. aos een er eee onal o.
Cincinnati Corrugating Co
OF EVE E CRI PTIO Clark, Bunnett & Co..... ..... Oil Well Supply Ons. sie cds.sg9 neice CR ee =
RY D S N. are EE Ap eT oeaoe ae —— cm idrat ee vipvelcbemd<e
; . i y 3 ombination Foldin UD COs. : reed atedies swego Indurated Fibre 0. Ssosebwrcees eee
EASTERN BRANCH, 200 Lewis St., E. R.. NEW YORK. Consolidated Roofing Works Lreie's & vislal eaetee eee cover iv : cover z
= Cook, iH. C0 we) 4.) ccasaus cn aaneeeasae sees a
General Offices and Mills, CINCINNATI, OHIO. | Corcoran, A.J... 0.200. e eee cece oes cover iv P.
oa i es PCE Va te the x
ortrig eti DOB: GOs dats as 0ic;0 » nie u.006 72> xiii
Cox Abram Stove Co...... a a. eri »..-.COVEF iii a ag ery
Cudell, | eee
pe Cecvcecrcecececs vi Pearson Mfg. 6.6. 2
Poata Altre.o. oj ieee enh ee
D. Phillips, A. J. & Com. See Svele sb 5-9mefapemeran asTe
Pierce, Butler & Pierce Mfg. Co............ cover iv
Day Mfg. Co... >... «..<qugmaaaaiewn saosin ee ii |Pittsburg Plate Glags Co... :...ccoccaccs « eackaten iii
Dean Linseed Oil Co........... anarard ews «af d cover iii |Pittsburg Terra Cotta Lumber Co..........cover iv
Densmore Type Writer Co... ccecces ves scesecess xiv: |Poppert, Geo ccs sisikeede
Gace cesses Cahiadiea dein
A c= Detroit Heating &Tigh‘Coskeoas ei datas etiain« Xi |Potts. Bros... 5<dc27ak Soa ade ew te ee pesshesl®:
w | Devoe; F. W. &'O01. Fic cases vee ones mans oh . 1] Powers Duplex Regulator Co......sscecseesee- ose oXd
OLD A on a etna .pee iarcee ere sats ** vi eT aa ela wenceeee ch eae Ba hytereatl
U IR 15 \R ixon, Jos rucible Co.......... TWE D si ESOT eresian Vv e Pike 2g. Oe savcceees cee ate eee a
, a “ Dunfee, J.&:Containane Pe ROM xiv
ie The Best Hot hir Pipe In
i the Market. bene: 7 COs. 63: ore ved teveeees dovees weseeeeV R
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Economical, Safe and Durable. urstine, JAG: ... scn5 sceas seme eeheeueee
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Every Section and Part Double, and Fitted with Slip and Socket 7 Fishmiond Stove
¢ rsPte s éa@ieetades ee cien ‘cover iii
Joint, insuring Safety in all cases. Eberte Bros... .. dies vas 1 cama eateee nr ae ev eeeeeseell ‘
Edison General Electric Co......... ook. cant cover ii s 1
MADE OF BEST BRIGHT TIN PLATES Ban’ COs. Fi co. os cage sor pttiaieln palate ealdetgioitaisianere
anie.x .
| Eller, J. H..& COve 5. iced awe Saewev unas Cldgbass veil
in lengths of 54, 74, 914, 1114, 1814, 1914 inches, exclusive of lap, |Emerson, Smith & CONE coe cee ena ee+ ++-XVi |Safety Furnace Pipe Co... ...s-0.. ee eecesees xiv
which permits the construction of any length Eureka Plaster OO... 2.2... esse «s Reson o Swen vieaces V |Samson Cordage Works.............-2e.
ee cover ii
, ‘ Eureka Steam Heating Co......cecss cesec--0e scored Schumacher & Ettlinger cover ii
of pipe without. cutting. Semmer, Philip, Glass Go. pope ecken ares
Saves two-thirds of the usual timber cutting, no Iron Lath, Wire F. Seneca Falls Mfg. Co.... ............--. seeeeeeees +iX
Screen or Asbestos required between the Pipe and Plaster- Fisher, Erskine W KS Sheppard, IstaeA& CO. severe seeeeeesenee bee ho nf
ing, Safety Furnace Pipe being complete in
itself, Flanagan & Biedenweg....... LA on 2h FO, 9: “iii Shimer, Sam’! J. & Sons .-.<.<.<<-csesec ene ix
Ali danger of fire from charring of flooring or lathing avoided by using Safety Furnace Pipe, ponies tee CO. eee serene
eee ceesenens EOVer = Rei a e ECG aoe pakaeahnissh tes 2s) aie. COVES an
Saves twenty per cent. in fuel bills by increasing the flow of warm air. Costs no more than the old | French, J. C. & hon ee ee renee aie me TT Smith, Boas. & Bro.. esos Tee ae tee 0 Xai
fashioned pipe. (> Investigate and have your architect include the Safety Furnace Pipe in his |French, 8. H. & Co... ....-.. 0.60... e cece cece eee eee “Vv Standard Varnish Works. ............ eseeececees Vv
specifications. (2 Send for circulars. Print tl. Poy. esas eas eee os Sdn sane
aa Caeii siandard soc Zarans COs5t cece eens 3 over
G. Starrett, L. S........ A een = ties
MANUFACTURED BY Stearns, KE. C. & Cov... 22... sccereess ae ie
S Garry Iron & Steel Roofing Co. .. . ash Speieag A Gola. «tks ees ob ces m ace viel kame xi
Gates E. Ni Heating @o <4k<420. S000 Nhl 7) Storm Mfg. 00. .....0..-.
sens evenecewe -Eeeewe eee ccell
a ely urnace Ipe 0. Godwin, Altred Regi: _.cover iv Patina
Mfg. eer siete/t.a'b «cq bea Bele Recceecs teeeeeeeees MUD
’ Gorton & Lidgerwood Co. ..cover iv Lihnon, Mine tee eeeeeeee ners im
Graves.L. 8. & Son........ coveriv |Sykes sor saecal Hoga 'Go.. 5; ee
{1 & 15 ATWATER ST. ’ Gummey, Spering & Co..........,..eseesees cover iv
; 3 3 T.
Detroit, Mich. H.
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ter ae eeeme cover iv
P Haines, Jones
Hartman & Cadbury
Sliding Blind Co... deshen
Ser s ssnaN”
attains <exiii
xii Thorn ‘Shingle and Ornament Co....-----+.....+Viii;

re) Hitchings: & Coci. davies nesdenit

salkece tc cant .Xiv
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Be Breer pee aes ae enee neni x UO.
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THE GREATEST. OF ALE Hoyt® baaoG@o. 5. sth bea. Wonk oo eae. x |J+ S- Mineral
Wool Oo......-.c0eere.ssorersseenee¥
SHOULD BE EXAMINED BEFORE PURCHASING ANY OTHER. I. ve
Many Improvements. Highest Standard. Indiana Machine Works.,........... cen syr eee oe omnes hedpg tsae gctaorert: ee!
Invented,GE owned
ediperitiine typesand Machin
controlled byy men having g had fifteen y years’ J. PAS Saeed
Venetian Blind Co........ cacearepawacananadgarerextit
Simplicity, strength, durability, high speed, easy | Jackson, Edwin A. & Bro... ...... i
action, permanent alignment, Most convenient. Two} Jarden Brick Co................................4 vi w.
interchangeable carriages. Steel throughout, Standard Johnee Gi We Mir: Co.....ace2cceu cee cover iii
key-board with shift carriage for capitals. Call or send for cata- JONGSH EN Wier nica...
n<5R aPap Oe = eae OFT xiii
lous are will appoint a reliable dealer in all cities as soonaspos- * to ed sft «CO. sssesecccorecscees IAI PpE-post
sible, and in the meantime will ship machines
on approval to es seed On oan aanas sonhetce.odeshiomep
ean e
having a good commercial rating. P PP: P K, em tre ee te ee eee ree
estern Mineral Woo henssmeeets wv pasactae ees
DENSMORE TYPEWRITER CO., 202 Broadway, New York. Keystone Wlectric Cosh patapeneeana cover iy |Wheeler Russel & Son........--..+-- merit «baie ie
A perfect machine. Am del
CLL. with it. A pleasure to run it.” |Kimball Bros ............ Mee Coton
ek te xiii |Williamsport Machine Co... ... Be nfo SME NE OE
CHAS. D. KMinnbare Gaoon Cor. oe. ees .«.. Xiv]| Willer Mfg. Co.... .... eet roe sete
ea XU
Scetemanken West Shore R.R., New York. Kolesch
& Co..... ........ Lbmse ie +e+eeesiii 'Young, W Gee eal Reese Priischeneen ncn oe
 ApriL, 1892. Scientific American, Architects and Builders Edition, xv

READ THIS OVER. TWICE.

This popular Bath, which is now in practical use
throughout the U. S., has long been recognized as the
leading Portable Folding Bath Tub. Constant progress
has been and is to-day the secret of its pre-eminence.
|= By its use no bath room is needed. Can be placed
| in any apartment oi the house. An ornament to any
| room. A child can operate it. Uses gas, gasoline, oil,
1 ornatural gas. Warms 20 gallons of water in 25 minutes,
|| The great expense of putting
We in ’ heating boiler and range,
or furnace with cold and hot
i)water pipes, entirely done
away with.
(Send for circular and
prices.
‘COMBINATION FOLDING BATH TUB CO., Marshall, Mich.

Classified List of Advertisers Published in the Present Mumber of the Seiontife American, Arebitests and Builders Sition
(=~ Change of copy tor advertisements should reach us not later than 10th of month to appear in issue following.

Adamant, Boilers (Seamless Drawn Copper House.) Decorative Glass and Sand Blast Work, | Glass—Plate and Cylinder Window.
The Adamant Mfg. Co. .......... RD AOIpH & Clowes y. sevcs veces weareencece Page i The Matthews Decorative Glass Co..... Page vi Pittsburg Plate Glass Co, ........... .-. Pageiti
The Keystone Plaster Co.... ........000
«2s. Potes S007 <r eevele acca ce secs aacay cacees iv
The New Jersey Adamant Mfg. Brass Furniture Fittings, P. Semmer Glass Co... 1.6. iesescecee eecoccsneel¥
The United Adamant Plaster Go Sion aecale «Sede Am. Brass and Metal Works.......ecesseseeeeXii TANG! BLOBS Ne... on ea ninco en op ucasieisleweis ecaie oe iv Vanhorne, Griffen & Co. .........c.cccccessecse vi
The Northwestern Adamant Mfg. Co... . Munger-Colton Mfg. Co. +. Vili
The Chicago Adamant Plaster Co........... : Brass Goods, Glass—Stained and Mosaic,
E. C. Stearns & Co....... +e 1V Alfred GOd wits: <.gc can neeeses
na .++-ecOVer iv
The St. Louis Adamant Plaster Co......... a Randolph& Clowes .:.. ... sec... - The Warner Mfg. Co........ ». xvl
The Ohio Adamant Plaster Co........ ..... Flanagan & Biedenweg.... sete newer cocce ecoroeill
prio Orie Pigster CO. sc eee: cnc Puce wos Brass Work for Buildings, Drawing Instruments, Etc. Graphite Paint,
The Adamant Wall Plaster Works..... Andrews Mfg. Coy. ..c.seecvere Meecbar snc: xii A.H. Abbott & Co..... Ainle) plalsi@NtS aetin ds(a Van(ele ee Joseph Dixon Crucible Co.......... Prrrrerrri) &
The Indiana Adamant Plaster Co............ BO, Barrmiata eaves 128222 ane. Sales cover iv Ball-Ball & Co......60+ Lic dcesgnette, COVOL lt
The Detroit Adamant Wall Plaster Co....... Am. Brass and Metal Works........ mR ep Ee. a ONSCDE & CO iio seasincicero isae sio.sioin CORY SAREE iii Grates.
The Michigan Adamant Plaster Co.......... Ja Bolles &: Cones, a us-ceceesgitine sahnas eseiv L. Manasse...... Se aMA ARS neise sess ante (eatetes iii Edwin A. Jackson & Bro
The Kansas City Adamant Plaster Co Lewis Grate & Mantel Co.....
The Tennessee Adamant Co ...............6+ Brass Working Machinery. Dumb Waiters,
The New England Adamant Co............. Storm Mfg. Co.........eee00s dadancc ii Grille Brass Work.
Pe Pryi piled
eta the les vecwieee baalalaine pieieaXl Am, Brass and Metal Works........... wéeedaeXal
The Connecticut Adamant Plaster Co...... os M. B. Swezey....... hsccuceveneceeacuiiseiiess sche iii
Reymer & White J. E. Bolles & Co.... eer eeerescece Steen neeeee -iv
Bricks—Plain, Pressed, Front, and Eaves Troughs,
Ornamental, Armor, Marlin & Co....... ood X Ground & Rough Glass for Floors, Ete
Adjustable Planes, Jarden' Brick: Cops. ces, vost eeest cepa. = vi Berger Mfg, Co... .....sssseesseeeceeeccereess vii Pittsburg Plate Glass Co iii
tanley Rule & Level Co .... ..... Canton Steel Roofing Co. . vii Vanhorne, Griffen & CO. .......csssseceee Gesmantd
Brick Machinery, J. H. Hiller
& CO....ccce sccccccccssccscoesece oeli
Henry Martin Brick Machine Mfg. Co.........v Sima Mig: OO ..ctc.ccsceagesemate Rey ied 4 over iv Gymnasium Outfits.
Advertising Glass Signs, Narragansett Machine Co........0+ese+seeeee0Vi
The Western Sand Blast Co....... ai idem sraninctls «iii Building Fronts and Cornices, Electric Door Bells, Annunciators, etc. Hand Sawing Machines.
WH Mulling: 222722088 atc aewaaeeoaslhl J. F. Bray
& Co........ Matin qawwedesied ee Leslee
AoW
Annunciators, Door and Call Bells, Wik: & JP Barnes C0. \.dascscaee eae Seea ae seeV
MeL onESELY (ce,Chonda
saelustinpnieasreiiinne
aeXV, Building Paper, Felt, Etc. Electric Lights, Hardwood Lumber,
PHY Watson. eee scence theatee El acae cover ili Brush Electric Co. . .cover li ‘The He De Alprd' Cones -ncacsseceeececsceaavausesve
Architects. Edison General Electric Co...,..........cOVer li
tH Barbary Se COsr ri.cxic ves sean dokeceskts wees XLl Carpenters? Tools and Machinery. Heating Apparatus,
Stanley Rule and Level Co........... ...cover li Electric Motors.
Brush, HleGtri¢ Cows. ce..ence!
os taseeietes cover ii The Akron Heating & Ventilating Co..cover iii
Architects’? and Surveyors’ Supplies. Edison General Electric Co..... .. cover ii Abram: Cox: Stove Co: oiccve. setae setae cover ili
' A. H. Abbott & Co Carpet Lining. E: He Cook Co. (Limited): 5.5... 0séstaedecemees i
Hie. Watsonier, 0). iad. team oat bee cover iii Keystone Electric Co ....... 5 ...cover iv
Tie MAnASse: dncdmtase>ASR aS ee ARERR taeiii Detroit Heating & Lighting Co.... .. ........Xxi
Carved Wood for Ceilings, ete. Elevators. Eureka Steam Heating Co. ..........-ceecececes i
Architectural Brass and Metal Work Allegheny Geometrical Wood Carving Co...xii L. S. Graves & Son........... ...cover iv E. N. Gates Heating Co....... aes ees Ceavwes
Designs. Kimball Bros ..........6.+ iii Bitehings &:Co0. 5... .2..cuccosenn, onoeseaeve »Xiv
Am. Brass and Metal Works.........s+.++++++Xii Ceilings (Metal). V. W. Mason & Co..... Se Rieieis.d aloteretere Howard Furnace Co........ 7 xvi
J. He Her &:C0v, 5. eaivcee. eves bndiiobordenopdne ii Storm Mfg. Co.......-.+.. Wilsclacdes Macivases Newew oil Hawin?A. Jackson & Brose sms eccecerstatenetes i
Architectural Iron Work, Kinnear & Gaver Cows... ccc sselcet tees cass xv Isaac A. Sheppard & Co.....eee2-s
oove cover iv
Andrews Mfg. Co............ i che BRT ess xii | HoESyNOLthrops. osc scares, caecc es <6 ob cover iii Elevator Motors, Lewis Grate & Mantel Co.. .. ........-ceeeee xi
eed. ATOUM techs aqenrcjacls b owisis se COVED IV Keystone Electric Co.........ess0«. .se cover iv National Hot Water Heater Co. xvi
Jot; Bolles& Co wc.6 04 oe cia Spo CMGUBCOOE iv Cements, Je Be PORSS HUPNACO:O0...ccse-cccdeesuceeeedeees i
H. W.Johns
Mfg. Iii Elevator
Co...... ccccrsccenmemnCOVeL Cabs and Enclosures. Pierce, Butler & Pierce Mfg. Co . cover iv
Architectural Wood Turning. Am. Brass and Metal Works....-.--.+- asi elbia xii The H. Bismith MfesCocsiec.. oe- cee recees pa!
AGam- DICK CY..sc5 West ccle slscnteehe viet < caret Siot vi Chairs (Metal), R. Wheeler & Son .............« Oss ¢ain dareeeeres
Standard Wood Turning Co............... Vi Engineers’ Supplies. ~~ Gorton & Lidgerwood Co........... +. cover iv
A. H. Andrews & Co.... Nelidevee sine! se enesisan tell SMALSC ena Sma canine ra sias cnn paces shal Richmond Stove Co..... Revetievse + sseusCOVCns
Art Metal Work. Chandeliers, Fine Mechanical Tools, )
TSPE Rrink oes.nes SAccoAs 0c osiesinis
crate"Qae yes everil L. 8. Starrett. .......0<« eiasiets sissies
kaiaie maineiaioinso a Hoisting Machinery,
A fedida UD Yopome ais Se Re Be Me e dat sleeaieeieiess iii Waal Wer MaxOn
Gs COvsescscc sccstasscccsedvesicsaaclle
Fire Brick. ye
Artificial Stones for Sidewalks and Church Crosses. Henry Maurer & SOM .........--ceececeseossoere ii
Pere JONCE) ee) ocd deectatcelertee 05. s8SaEe
oeopXI Hot Air Pipe.
Building Purposes, Safety Furnace Pipe Co.... Pee
nee eee wee teen .xiv
UO PR ian Po Apne te Metairie
wales eteisaasicie's viii Fire Clay Roofing Tiles. ;
Combination Dividers, Clay Shingle Co... ..0.006 csecsee vieedadseticsssvi
LoS, Starrett... s.<c<ss.s oraeee ata Ha Rade cetdchres ii Indurated Fiber Goods,
Artists? Materials, Oswego Indurated Fiber Co,.... soceseeeCOVer ii
FAS HHA DDOtEce COs scesccesusetasne SReoeriadOn Fireproof Building Materia!s, “
F. W. Devoe & Co... ... etapletimaiee oat cane alow Concrete Illuminating Tile and Vault Henry Maurer & Son. ......... Sone ono ot
Lights. Pittsburg Terra Cotta Lumber Co,,.....cover iv
TT" HS Brooks @'OGvi5. 25.0 caeeeee. set So etme Bank Berger Mier Cos ess weossnes saetbareeecasean Vil
Asbestos. Fireproofing Material. J. H. Mller &'CO.-cclccevccccovetest «edcetteneerele
H. W. Johns Mfg. Co.......... aoe cover iii Jacob, Markisn. 2 acs coaticwen
ds aeoe sis cover iii
Haws Johns Mig/ Ooi s-o-ceces= ... cover iii Hiberts) Bross. sucess cp vcceccies casdecicnds sesewmecut
ETS WAtsOD scr: visisio\n'aeinie oieistels'aial feet cover iii Copper Finials, Pittsburg Terra Cotta Lumber Co. By Sa NOrthropnn- tc cececssc see ° «+«-COVer iii
IDS Ws sLOTIOS vids scccm biel ebciceeieiatine
seise semecas 6 PXULL H. F. Watson . cover iii Sykes Iron & Steel Roofing Co.. Seblne eats
Balusters, Stair Rails, Etc.
SEE APMEATLETL OG SLO ci.tak oe woe wee se siad epleingss « xiii Cordage. Flour Bin and Sieve. Iron Shutters and Doors,
The Standard Wood Turning Co........ ....-+ vi Samson Cordage Works...... ieee atoie--...cover ii Sherman & Butler.........cseeeccacerereeereers ii K.-T. Barnum: isiiiaiscccee ry cover iv
Footand Hand Power Machinery. , Cincinnati Corrugating Co.....,ccesesesccccccill
Base, Head and Corner Blocks, - Cornices, Iron and Copper.
TAgeucss Wralliaios.-iecsesaanenses
tate, aridceere vi Wa Eis Malling sos.072 Joc nie idoceinees si se’ caeme feild W. F. & J. Barnes Co......... cesses erence cranesiv Iron Store Fronts,
C. E. Little ............0. gonaclensvedee ssbseece xiii Mesker & Bro...... Deisewebeel cconcdsucsoa Sonik
Basin Cocks. ‘ Corrugated Iron for Roofing, Siding J.M. Marston& Co........0000+ sees Punenasteexdl
Stebbins Mfg. Co.. ........ aemianeessankiimasaee
reeid and Ceiling. Seneca Falls Mfg. Co.. ........0sseeeees ear be Joist Hanger.
Berger Mfg. Co...... vii Duplex; Hangem@ons cccccacsctcaens eackersereW,
> Deris BIOS. se. ce ce ceminesins ii French Baths (Enameled Iron).
Bath Tubs. Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co.........-+++ ++--Xii
Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co......-.++++++.---Xil Cincinnati Corrugating Co..... iii Laundry Tubs.
Oswego Indurated Fiber Co. ........... cover ii Joop hller& COssaFs. sees. cees DCPS ORE Cee ii Furnace Pipe. f Albemarle Soapstone Co,.........++++0+.COVEr ii
Garry Iron and Steel Roofing Co....,....... eli Safety Furnace Pipe Co.......6.--eeeereeeeee xiv
Bath Tubs, Self-Heating and Folding. Sykes Iron & Steel Roofing Co....... se... ii Leveling Instruments,
Combination Folding Bath Tub Co...... Beans Galvanized Sheets, As TissMAnassGy. Morse esties css osacseneatene aqudegnntih
The Day Mfg. CO.......-..02 cecccccecccrecenee ii Covering for Steam, Gas, and Water Apollo Iron & Steel Co.......-.eeseeeeeee cover ii C. F, Richardson...... Sslaeass cunt «ens 5 spe ieee iii
Pipes.
Bent and Beveled Glass. : iii Gas Engines.
H.W dobns Mig. Co .....<cccn gee soso eee COVER ba
Linseed Oil.
Western Mineral Wool Co..............+....Xli Charter Gas Engine Co,........ UWaclaltatsle
Rata atae ii
Vanhorne, Griffen & Co ..... AIT hod -vi Dean Linseed Oil Co............+0-2-.
cover iii
Gas Machines. : k
Blinds, Sliding and Folding. e. Cutter Heads. Detroit Heating and Lighting Co...........-..X1 Lithographers,
WIR. WCE «i aca. c Mnaienys
oles Vata ataete srs pees KALE Sam’l J. Shimer & Sons...... Schumacher & Ettlinger.........ssee008 cover ii
Glass, Decorative and Sand Blast, q
Dado Saws. The Matthews Decorative Glass Co,... ...+++ evi Mahogany.
Boiler Coverings, aa ‘The Es. DeAIrO Covssaccss ceanceuaesensre suse AV
H. W. Johns Mfg. Co......... S aeitusiesaiecover iii The Fox Machine Co........ ...e.-......cOver ii The Western Sand Blast Co...... .....+..+++-++ iii

IF INTERESTED iN WATER
ARCHITECTS
SUPPLY PLEASE READ! ELECTRIC BELLS WITHO UT =a
SOMETHING
A BATTERY.
NEW.
should not fail to give a place for one of our Regulators in every plumbers’ Why use battery, mechanical or push button
specification, as it should be found in every house, particularly WHERE HOT AND
COLD WATER IS USED; it prevents the effect of the high pressure on bouiers. ! bells when you can get the Gillette Electric
The regulator can be set at any pressure desired in the building, say as low as Door or Call Bells (without a battery), and
15 pounds or upwards, and it will maintain the same no matter how great the which never get out of order from any cause
pressure may be in the mains. i
This Valve has been on the market for the past 10 years and has met with flatter- | whatever. Not affected by extreme heat or
ing success. Many serious accidents avoided by their use. Every yalve warranted. | cold, lasts a life time and requires absolutely
For full particulars write
FACTORY: 111-117 WN. STATE ST.
H. MUELLER MAN'F’G CO., no attention, and will operate door openers
) and annunciator. Wiring for these bells is
DECATUR, ILL same as for any electric bell, and our bells,
OFFICE: 222 E. MAIN ST.
} door opener, and annunciator may displace
| others without making any change in the
/ wiring. All our instruments are guaranteed
JUDGE A MECHANIC BY THE QUALITY OF HIS TOOLS. for five years and are fully protected by
—<G63 MECHANICS 4>°—
leasure that we place the Mechanics’ Screw and Tool patents.
Screw’ TOOL DRIVER: It is with

Magneto-Bells of Every Description.

Driver upon the market, as we feel confident that it is the best tool
PATO for inserting all kinds of wood screws, as well as drilling all kinds of
metals, which has ever been presented to the public. tis just the
$ Yury 30.2”" tool that every mechanic has been looking for, and will undoubtedly
fill a long felt want. We do not offer it in comparison with the
cheaper tools which are flooding the market, but strictly as a first- SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND
class and high rade tool. This tool will be furnished as a screw
driver only, drill, or a combination tool including both screw driver PRICE LIST.

JOSEPH F. BRAY & CO.,

and drill. Our tools are used by the eects pd sans and factories:
Carpenters, Machinists, Pattern Makers an Tachine Repair Shops,
Carriage, Stove, Furniture and Coffin Manufacturers, n fact they
are used wherever ascrew driver or small drill is required.
Sold by the Hardware and Supply trade generally.
H. MUELLER M’F’G CO., Soi. Sth Awernue,
Factory, 11-117 State Street. DECATUR, ILL.
Office, 222 E. Main Street, NEW YORK CITY,
 xv1 Seientitic American, Architects and Builders Edition. —Aprin, 1892.

THE CELEBRATED HOWARD FURNACES HA AL HOA

~ Combination Warm Air and Hot Water Heaters. Band Saws.

Damascus Tempered, with NATURAL GAs, of SUPERIOR Toughness.
Band Sau. Band Saws.
After more than fifteen years’ experience in the manufacture
Constructed on the most scientific principle, of Band Saws, we have discovered a process of TEMPERING AND
with down and indirect draft, and a larger STRAIGHTENING all at one operation, ‘This process insures ABSO-
LUTE PERFECTION.
amount of radiating surface than is possible in We manufacture Circular, Gang, Mulay, Cross Cut and Band
Saws from one-eighth of an inch to 10 inches wide. We specially
any other heater in the market. The enormous request all usersof
0 BAWs of any description to send us their address
in full, and we will by return mail quote them our special prices
saving of fuel in the use of our furnaces is a very and send them our PAMPHLET ON THE BAND SAW; also our new
essential feature. Absolutely gas and dust tight. 1890 SAWYER’S HAND BOOK with SUPPLEMENT, FREE, to any part
of the world.
They are fully guaranteed and have a EMERSON, SMITH & CO., Limited,
marvellous record. Mention this paper. Beaver Falls, Penna., U.S. A.

SEND FOR 1891 CATALOGUE,

HOWARD FURNACE CO.

The Superior Quality of our Band Saws, All Tem,«red, Straight-
529 & 581 South Clinton Street, SYRACUSE, N. Y.: ened, and Tried at one operation, which we have patented, makes
them so perfect that our SALES HAVE MORE THAN TREBLED IN THE
12 Beverly Street, BOSTON, MASS., U.S. A. PAST- YEAR. Our largest and best customers prefer them to the
AND BERLIN, ONT., CANADA. best imported saws.

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.—Continued from page xv.

Masons? and Builders’ Su Reis Spee Page Sidewalk Lights, Page Page
S. H. French & Co. The North Western Adamant Mfg. Co....... FLT. Barnwm)o 5.05.4. é duatenpaneeeatee cover iv |Ventilating Grates,
The Chicago Adamant Plaster Co A ea Aaa 00.225. 5cadi tLe excess 1Vv Edwin A, Jackson & Bros csi, as) eecles ete ved
Mathematical Instruments, : The St. Louis Adamant Plaster Co...... J:O, BrenOh'S O0.....05 concatclewt teasee ats» iii
F. W. Devoe & Co........ oe The Ohio Adamant Plaster Co...... .. SACP ee ‘ ‘over ii; |Wall Paper.
Jacob Marx............... sonsiaaees
artyOOVEr Mp ‘Alfred Pesitier os niin eae iv
edt od Screw and Tool Driver. page Phe dee Hangers, <i| Wall Plaster.
. Mueller Mfg. Co........... eM i RH YO Re xv
Aedastne Vee sie SSeS Se oe a ere Meee Paragon Plaster Co........ ied wenn
Warane Lathing, Ete, The Detroit Adamant Wall Plaster Co ..
Jothh SOLER ee COs emiawees Sliding Blinds, Eureka Plaster Co .... .. Sens oeeing
leary amnires Vv

Le ate nope cee gee Wall Plaster (Adamanv.

The Michigan Adamant Plaster Co..
Metallic Ceilings, The Kansas City Adamant Plaster Co.. the
Berger Mfg. Co The Tennessee Adamant Co.................46 Hartman Slidin E Biina Go ree pga ined Me ie
The New England Adamant Co...............
J. H. Eller CO LOi wwe Teele dames
A. Northrop :& Oosie.ssasencs The Connecticut Adamant Plaster Co....... Geo. Poppert...........se00-. The New Jersey Adamant Mfg. Go. ........2
H.S. Northrop . cover iii Reymer. & White sein. socicanid waka we ebeeee Wm. Willer.. : The United Adamant Plaster Co . ove
The Kinnear & Gaver'Co ...3.. XV Spring Hitmane, The Northwestern Adamant Mfg. “Co... oo
| Porous Terra Cotta and Hollow Tile, Van Wagoner & Williams Co......... , cover iv The Chicago Adamant Plaster Co.............
Metallic Roofing Tilesand Shingles, Pittsburg Terra Cotta Lumber Co......cover iv The St. Louis Adamant Plaste: Co..... et,
Berger brig CO. nS ios Rat Cee ome eae oes Vii Stable Fittings and Fixtures. The Ohio Adamant Plaster Co.............. ‘
Cortright Metal Roofing Co................-.xili| Poultry Va liances, E. T. Barnum . cover iv The Ohio Plaster Co... 0.0... +s tse sae eae
Garry Iron and Steel Roofing Co........----.. ii Sia tne bbyKorb dott ; i tee Ad) iii 8. L. Bent & Son : iii Fhe Adamant plc ieee Wore <SAQIRS
Gummey, Spering & Co. cover lv The Indiana Adamant Plaster Co a dee
National Sheet Metal Roofing Co .. xiii Railings and Fences. Soo gyre: Substitute, ii The Detroit Adamant Wall Plaster Co........
LOUNG 3 ATA THES FL eee dae tat tes 1 The Michigan Adamant Plaster Co........ «
Thorn Shingle & Ornament Co... ......-.-.. Wald Am. Brass and Metal Works..........s000++0+ xii
Mineral Wool. Hy DE. Rarnuia.. ace cece catch cel wey cover iv Stai rs, Rails, eeeeates =i ‘ The Kansas City Adamant Plaster Co,....... ;
U.S. Mineral Wool Co...... er J. E. Bolles & Co..... Tre irre re Tt iv . Dickey .... saaeis Sb ieotmentee eaetG
ti cme vi The Tennessee Adamant Co.... ........-..008
West Miners ‘ eu SW enmh& Bro... Se xiii The New England Adamant Co.. nie
Vestern Mineral Wool Co ti ite odeeta
ce F Standard Wood Turning Co.......... : «Vi The Connecticut Agamank Plaster Co.. dite
Mirrors (French and German.) PPP rinks cies esas ake ee Nis sates. be eteate
lane ii Statuary, Cornices, Finials, Ete. i Reymer & White.. ....... asp owed
Vanhorne, Griffen & Co....... .-Vi B pan plling:<5: 3. PERE A : . iii Washout Closets.
oofing Paper, Etc.
Mitering Machines, zs Onneelidatat Roofing Works........ ... cover iv een ot Binet gd or per o as Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co...... -..... ..++ xii
The Pox Machine Oo. ..-o.ssscnses det. « cover ii H. W. Johns Mfe. Co.. Dr oedeare COVER
LE ron He: i
Mortar Colors. H: F. Watson :. <5... scans: seeeoetoee . cover iii ie Sime -e ar ip Watchmen’s Clock System & 'Timekeeper
Steel Roofing. E. Howard Watch & Clock Co.... ........... ix
8. H. H. French
MOWER
& Co verin as, ce asilaies
hitee acct cee v ‘4 Roofing Slate. ; Berger Mfg. Co........ bee cbellspatccen ae clon vii
Oilstones, The Old Bangor Slate.Co. vo 2. .05 2 cercmseccccs vi Canton Stecl Rooting Co;..cs> everevecsachevii |Water Conductors,
J: We Per S008ee oe i Armor, Marlin G@.Coe. jeineas
eas baie i ioOaietcbnls ax
‘The Pike Mieco cstc. il ieow ieee ee ek cover ii Pape 54 me
oofing Tin. Eberts Bros.................0.«. ..ji| Weather Stri -
Oil Well Supplies. Cortright Metallic Roofing Co....... ....... xiii Garry Iron and Steel Roofing Co.
Lancaster Steel Roofing Co.........
... ere
Sits
J. Dunfee& ward «wae 1et alg Dae ColleEn helaa come
Oil Well Supply Co. ...........- ay Gummey, Spering & Co......:........... cover iv Sykes Iron & Steel Co..... én ct taecwtena ted jj |Water Dheerste mcus interes
Ornamental Glass Work. N. & Ge Paylor Co.Asmeee. enero eee cover iv H. Mueller Mfg. O07. 3.2.2, escucadeosiee eet
The Western Sand Blast Co....... .. .--ss. «=.iii |Roofing and Wall Tiles. Steel Shutters,
Paints. Clay Shingle Co... c.s0sccceacsnss
fended ste ace vi Clark, Bunnett & Co........ on, sane
eetaeaacxiii |Weather hha ig
BT Barnwna.% eres “ -cover iy
The Chilton Mfg. Co.... “a The National Sheet-Metal Roofing Co.. xiii Surveying Instruments, Thos.W. Jones. .¢ ). 98 Pa bee. cee « Xiii
hD F OGi' SEL,
COUaan 7 Lis MBDASHOs. i core sched tee eo a ceaatinne eben iii
seegph DRA
SH. Brench & Gow
ee 4208ears
ee
eras
ae er
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| SandThe Blast and Embossed Glass,
Matthews Decorative Glass Co ........... vi
C. F. Richardson...... ...chi Le SOLE ROOM iii bees Tools
merican We
and Machinery.
OLkSs.. Jedd tee swe iil
“
Temperature Regulators,
H.W. Johns Mfg. Co. .........02..... cover iii The Western Sand Blast Co..................-. iii
Powers Duplex Regulator Co..............4+5 xi a, Well Supply. C0,.; ca:ashuh owt ierstiaies %

Munn ®Oo..repsiiiat!s.usestints Se1a] PURLEY Secotalelen: Sires pallets 4

Patents, 2 Terra Cotta Lumber. Windmills. PA
Pittsburg Terra Cotta Lumber Co.... .cover iv AerMotor CO... 5.22. .eceesecen
vee oes eos Xt
gigce ee CG beeep
try
Us ddun fee
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Haines Jones &Oadiiaey 600.00.-cover
Indurated FibreCo ....
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G. A. Blessing & Co, is. 5cces suteb. iteavahietwia~t vi Tools jana Foot Power Machinery.
FP.@ 3: Barnes 06.02, 6 te ee
bo‘E. Littles: 2 ee WTR A, phi eh Se
ee iv
Sh)
Wire Office Railings.
Ey BarNUM , 065 cxs1eslasevancutee
ete cover
Am. Brass and Metal Works...... .....s..0++ xii
d
iv
National Wood Mfg. Co....:............ cover ii inch walenece. J. M: Mareton CO ee ott J. E. Bolles & Cox. 320s. i aie. eee iv
Photo-Engraving. : Caldwell Mfg: Go. si <a F250, sedate Mee. cover iv Seneca Falls: MigyCor jn. .csc0c3 po<d-capmespene vil Wood Carpet.
Moss Binpra ving 00; fecccen.
ascvbw.. verse cae cceee 1! Sash Card F Tower Ornaments, Finials, Etc. Boughton & Terwilliger................. cover ii
Photographic Outfits. Samson Cordage Works.................. cover ii BT: Barnumty aor tea eae oe,cover iv J. Dunfee & Co................ veces tetas ee XIV
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co.. iii Thos. |W: JORGS ssc tvanes seta eee ese xiii < a By & ac ecac? sesame nines @hameue sNones
Sash Pulleys. ea Trap, Sewer Gas and Backwater. ationa 00 Ba OO, Svante
Con Cee cover ii
Planing Mill Biachineny. Stover Manufacturing Co.. xiii + Bp Oudelh pists Seeth te: ses0st MRE RETEO.s vi bh! agent he wrkkaaritt
Hoyt
& Bro: Copsey6 otitan
posve See ede eee Sash, Metallic Adjustable. - Typewriters. ridgeport Woo inishing Co......... rep v
Plumber's Blast Furnace. Flanagan & Biedenweg.. 7°Sie alii Densmore Typewriter Co........... Cry ae xiv BW. Devoe & Coy as. ticks) nea i
Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co......... ........Xii Universal Trimmer. Wooden Tanks,
“ Saws. : The Fox Machiné "Co... ..:00es-e-esnGe cover ii
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THE NEW WARNER

Single Track Hanger is the Best,
FOR EITHER

HEAVY OR LIGHT DOORS.

Anti-Friction Bearings, Adjust-
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fari This is the fourth invention of our Mr. Warner on Parlor Door Hangers. His long experience in this
class of work enables him to produce a anne r superior in simplicity to any now on the market.
call attention to its automatic gravity loe » Same as on our Double Track Hanger, which has won
the universal approval of Builders.
We
In hanging, after the base plate is screwed in place, the Door is
NICKEHEL- PLATED.

coupled to the
Natronav Hot Water Heater Co.
anger by simply sliding the parts together, when the gravity lock, of its own
weight, falls and locks them in place. This of itself saves many hours of time over the setting of any
other Hanger made. Having but a Single Track, the Carpenter has but one partition to set true, while
Boston, 195 Fort Hill Sq. Chicago, 34 Dearborn St. with the Double Track he must have two equally true, thereby taking double the time. Then a’ Single
New York, 94 Centre St. San Francisco, 405 Market St Track Hanger adjusts itself to any unevenness in the track, thereby avoiding the complications of the
“ Adjustable” Double Track Hanger.

HAVE YOUR ARCHITECT SPECIFY IT IN YOUR PLANS.

MANUFACTURED BY

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FREEPORT, XEiIsTs.
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Srientitic American.
ei A ONE STORY BRICK COTTAGE. pine, laid in narrow widths, and stained cherry. Kitch-
The one story and attic cottage shown on page 65, en, shed, and pantries are fitted up complete. There
built at Richmond, Mo., for Dr. W. M. Quarles, has a are four pea rooms, with large closets, on second floor.
ESTABLISHED 1845. stone foundation, with open work brick under front The piazza is inelosed, and it forms ample storage be-
porch. Basement is excavated, except under par- neath the house. Cost, $2,500 complete. Mr. F. H.
MUNN & CO., Editors and Proprietors, lor. Poreh, foundation, and wall of building are of Fassett, architect, same place.
pressed brick, laid in white mortar. The gables are Our plate was made direct from a photograph of the
No. 361 BROADWAY, NEW YORK,
shingled. A veranda extends around the front portion building taken especially for the SclENTIFIC AMERI-
oO. D. MUNN A. E, BEACH.
of the building; there is also a triangular porch in the CAN.
rear. The kitchen has a hard wood floor, and is wain-
NEW YORK, MAY, 1892. scoted 2 ft. 8 in. high. All other parts have a neat A SUMMER COTTAGE AT DIAMOND ISLAND.
moulded base, and all rooms have moulded casings Our engraving, page 68, presents a very attrac-
and head or corner and plinth blocks. Parlor is fin- tive summer cottage, recently completed for Mr.
‘TEE
ished in gum, all other parts in yellow pine; all finished Fred. Kendall, at Great Diamond Island, Maine. The

Scientific American,
in the natural. Principal rooms have picture mould- plans show a spacious piazza and balcony on the ex-
ings. Parlor has a grate, with cherry mantel and terior, while the interior contains a convenient arrange-
bevel plate mirror. A pantry between the dining ment of rooms, well-lighted and fitted up in a first-class
ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS EDITION. room and kitchen is fitted up with shelves, work table, manner. The house is set. on cedar posts with stone
flour and meal chest, and drawers. Kitchen has an foundations, placed eight feet on centers and well
$2.50 a Year. Single Copies, 25 cents. iron sink and waste pipe; parlor has a bay window braced. The building above is put together in the
front, with bent glass. There is a stairway leading to style called balloon frame, with timbers of good
the attic, where there are two large roonis and an un- size, suitable strength and finished in a thorough, work-
This is a Special Edition of THE SCIENTIFIC AMERI- finished bath room over the kitchen, and a fancy room manlike manner. The exterior framework is boarded
CAN, issued monthly. Each number contains about overtheparlor. The cellar has an outside entrance; also up and down with spruce sheathing. The first story
forty large quarto pages, forming, practically, a large an entrance from the kitchen, under the attic stairway. is clapboarded, and the second story and gables
and splendid Magazine of Architecture, richly The front doors have a special design—all others are covered with cedar shingles and painted pearl gray
adorned with elegant plates in colors and with fine en- 5pan. P.G. All trimming hardware is bronze. Cost, with white trimmings. Roof is covered with cedar
gravings ; illustrating the most interesting examples of about $2,300. J. E. Cowdery, architect; L. P. Garrett shingles and painted red. Dimensions: Front, 82 ft.;
modern Architectural Construction and allied subjects. & Co., builders. side, 40 ft., exclusive of front piazza. Height of ceil-
A special feature is the presentation in each number Our engraving was made from a photograph of ings: First story, 9 ft.; second, 8 ft. 6in. » Hall, parlor
of a variety of the latest and best plans for private the building taken especially for the ScIENTIFIC and dining room are trimmed and wainscoted in panels,
residences, city and country, including those of very AMERICAN. 3 ft. 6 in. in height, with whitewood. These apart-
moderate cost as wellas the more expensive. Draw- © 0 ments also have ceiling beams. The walls above the
ings in perspective and in color are given, together A RESIDENCE AT BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT. wainscot are plastered one good coat of brown mortar,
with Floor Plans, Specifications, Costs, ete. One of our plates in colors this month illustrates a very which is stamped in a novel fashion, with stamp simi-
No other building paper contains so many plans, handsome residence, erected for John E. Foster, Esq., lar toa butter stamp, but larger and of various designs ;
details, and specifications regularly presented as the at Sea Side Park, Bridgeport, Ct., from plans prepared the walls being in one pattern and the frieze in an-
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Hundreds of dwellings have by Joseph W. Northrop, architect, same place. On other. Hall contains a staircase of excellent design,
already been erected on the various plans we have page 67 we present an additional view and plan. The with newel post extending to ceiling, the space be-
issued, and many others are in process of construction. design is well studied and it has many pleasing fea- tween being filled in with spindle transoms, thus form-
All who contemplate building or improving homes, tures, as will be seen in the engravings herewith. The ing a separation from parlor. The opening between
or erecting structures of any kind, have before them in underpinning is built of ‘‘rock faced” blue stone; parlor and dining room, and the arch over nook in
this work an almost endless series of the latest and best steps to front piazza are of white granite. The exterior the latter, have similar spindle transoms. Parlor and
examples from which to make selections, thus saving throughout is covered with shingles, painted gray, dining room have paneled divans and open fireplaces,
time and money. with pearl gray trimmings. Roof covered with cut built of brick and furnished with tiled hearths and
Many other subjects, including Sewerage, Piping, slates. Dimensions: Front, 50; side 64, exclusive of mantels. The latter apartment has a buffet built in,
Lghting, Warming, Ventilating, Decorating, Laying piazza and porch. Height of ceilings: cellar, 7; first with cupboard, drawers, shelves, ete. Kitchen, pantry,
Out of Grounds, ete., are illustrated. An extensive
story, 10; second, 9; third, 8°6. The entrance isithrough and second floor are ceiled with narrow beaded spruce,
Compendium of Manufacturers’ Aunouncements is also a paneled vestibule into a wide open hall, which is finished natural. The second floor contains four bed
given, in which the most reliable and approved Build- handsomely trimmed with quartered oak. This hall rooms and bath room replete. There is ample space
ing Materials, Goods, Machines, Tools, and Appliances has a paneled wainscoting, hard wood cornice, and a in roof for storage, and the space beneath the house is
are described and illustrated, with addresses of the low, broad staircase of oak, ‘elegantly carved, with utilized for this purpose. Cost $2,000 complete. Mr.
makers, ete. Antonio Dorticos, architect, Portland, Maine. Our en-
screen and newel post extending to ceiling. There is
The fullness, richness, cheapness, and convenience of graving was made direct from a photograph of the
an entrance from the porte cochere at side of hall.
this work have won for it the Largest Circulation The parlor and music room are trimmed with red building taken specially for the SCIENTIFIC AMERT-
of any Architectural publication in the world. mahogany. These apartments are separated by a CAN.
An Increase of Trade will necessarily accrue to screen supported on colonial columns, with carved
all Manufacturers and Dealers whose establishments capitals. In the space between the columns on either A RESIDENCE AT BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT,
are conspicuously represented in this important edition side are hung oriental lamps of oxidized silver. The We present on page 69 a residence erected for Willis
of THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Terms for advertising
fireplace, furnished with a tiled hearth and facings, F. Hobbs, Esq., at Bridgeport, Connecticut. The ex-
very moderate. A card of rates sent on application.
with silver trimmings, has an ornamental mahogany terior is designed in the colonial style, and it presents
Bound Volumes.—Two volumes are published an-
mantel elegantly carved. The library, trimmed with a very pleasing example of this now fashionable style
nually. Volumes 1 to 12, which include all the num-
cherry, has a bay window with stained glass transoms, of domestie architecture. The underpinning is built
bers of this work from commencement to close of 1891,
and a fireplace furnished with a tiled hearth and of rock-faced bluestone; the building above is of
luay now be obtained at this office or from Booksellers mantel. The dining room is trimmed with quartered wood, clapboarded and shingled and painted colonial
and Newsdealers. Price, bound in paper, $2.00 per vol- oak, and it has a paneled wainscot five feet high, an yellow, with white trimmings. Blinds painted bronze
ume. These volumes contain all the colored plates,
ornamental mantel and a carved buffet built in recess. green. Roof stained moss green. Dimensions: Front,
sheets of details, specifications, and all the other inter-
Kitchen and pantries are trimmed and wainscoted 41 ft. 6in.; side, 48 ft., exclusive of piazza and porte
esting matter pertaining to the work. They are of
with ash, and are fitted up respectively in the best cochere. Height of ceilings: Cellar, 7 ft.; first story,
great permanent value. Forwarded to any address.
possible manner. The second floor contains seven 10 ft.; second, 9 ft.; third, 8 ft. 6in. The interior is ar-
MUNN & CO., Publishers, bed rooms, with large closets and bath room—all trim- ranged with reference to comfort and convenience. The
361 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. med with poplar. The bath room is wainscoted and wide hall opens at front by sliding doors into recep-
We can supply at moderate cost the full plans, spe- fitted up replete. The fireplaces have hard wood tion room and parlor toward the middle of house. The
cifications, details, bills of materials, ete., ready for the mantels. Third floor contains billiard and smoking hall connects with dining room and den, and also with
builder, for any of the structures illustrated in this room and two bed rooms, besides ample storage. Ce- rear hall, containing back stairs, up and down, leading
publication. We are assisted by a staff of able and mented cellar contains furnace, laundry and other to kitchen. The dining room and den are somewhat
experienced architects. necessary apartments. Cost $17,000 complete. separated from the open part of the house, a feature
Our engravings were made direct from photographs desired by the proprietor. The first floor is handsome-
of the building taken especially for the SCIENTIFIC ly finished with hard wood, The hall and dining room
CONCERNING AGENTS. AMERICAN, are trimmed with quartered oak, reception room with
+0 bird’s eye maple, parlor cherry, and den with quarter-
Customers who pay money to subscription agents or
brokers do so at their own risk. Care should be taken A COTTAGE NEAR PORTLAND, MAINE. ed sycamore. The fireplaces, where shown, are built
to deal only with known, responsible, and reliable We illustrate in colors this month a summer cot- of brick and furnished with tiled hearths and hard
parties. Wesend no papers until we receive the sub- tage, erected for Mr. F. H. Morse, on Diamond Island, wood mantels of exquisite design. Kitchen and its
scription price; and no person is authorized to repre- near Portland, Me. Dimensions: Breadth, 31 ft. 6 in.; apartments are trimmed and wainscoted with yellow
sent us, act for us, or receipt for us. depth, 44 ft. 6 in., not including piazza. Height of pine and furnished complete in the best possible man-
Munn & Co., Publishers, 361 Broadway, New York. ceilings: First story, 9 ft.; second, 8 ft. 6in. Although ner with the usual fixtures. All the rooms are lighted
not a large house, the accommodations are generous, with large windows glazed with plate glass. The
owing to the compact arrangement of the rooms. The second floor is trimmed with whitewood finished na-
CONTENTS
spacious piazza is the special feature. Foundation, tural, and it contains five bed rooms, dressing and bath
Of the May number of the ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS EDITION
of SCLENTIFIC AMERICAN.
brick piers. First story clapboarded, except the space rooms. The bed rooms are well provided with closets,
(Nlustrated articles are marked with an asterisk.) beneath piazza roof, which is ceiled, and painted light and the bath room is wainscoted and fitted up com-
Architects, compensation of... sane Heater, Economy* olive green, with dark olive green trimmings; second plete. Two bed rooms on third floor, besides ample
Canton Steel Roofing Co..........
Church, St. Andrew’s, New York*
Heater, hot water*...
| House, an Albany... story shingled and painted olive yellow. Roof shingled storage room. Cemented cellar contains a furnace,
71, 75 House for $1,100°..
Constructions, American.......... 7 ,Kinnear & Gager Co 8
and painted red. The interior throughout is trimmed laundry and other necessary apartments. Cost, $7,500
Cottage at Diamond Island*
Cottage near Portland, Me.*......
.66, 68 | Note, key, of auditorium.......... 71 with white pine, finished
66 | Palace of Varieties, Manchester* 76
natural. The walls, ceilings, complete. Mr. Joseph W. Northrop, architect, 328 Main
Cottage, one story brick*....... 65, 66 | Pests, household..............000 70 and
Decorations, interior, English*... 70 | Pipes, iron, to keep from rusting. 74
partitions are ceiled with narrow beaded stuff. Street, Bridgeport, Conn. Our engraving was made
Decorations, Senate chamber.... 74 | Receipts, fireproofing.............. 78 The living room contains an ornamental staircase, direct from a photograph of the building taken spe-
Drawing room, Chippendale*..... 70 | Residence at Bridgeport, Conn.*
Dwelling, suburban’............ 71.:73 16, 67 turned out of similar wood, and separated with a spin- cially for the ScrENTIFIC AMERICAN.
Effiorescence on brick.. .... 70) Residence at Bridgeport, Conn.*
Exhaust, don’t turn into | 74 66, 69 dle transom and a fireplace built of brick, with hearth i
Finish, wall, Diamond.. . 78 | Residence, California*............. 74
Floors and their finish....-...-.... 7 Renton, country, near New laid with same, and mantel of wood, with plate glass THE number of pieces of postal matter of all kinds
Foundations, curious.............. at WOVEN cas swasctsaueheasteeeeee 71, 72
Furnishing, bedroom.. . 71 Se a Minis and door........ 7 mirror. Dining room, good sized, has a buffet window which pass through the mails of the United States
Hall, Gntranoe™. ....cccccccseccesnes 70 = kes Roofing Co..........05.0..05 78
D, BEMIE®. on. cenercnsncccccancese 7: Tube, speaking, and eariphone*.. 78 glazed with stained glass, The floors are of yellow annually is about 3,800,000, 000,
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EXAMPLES OF ENGLISH INTERIOR DECORATIONS AND lights burning in quaint Arabian lanterns. It is a fuse or amalgamate them with the silicates and oxides
FURNISHINGS, delightfully luxurious room. The walls are dark red, of iron, will readily dissolve the alkalies on becoming
AN ENTRANCE HALL. and the window is Musharabeyah carved wood. There wet, and with the evaporation of the moisture a large
At the Crystal Palace Exhibition, London, Messrs. are many kinds of Eastern rooms, and it is those that quantity is carried to the surface and deposited in
Godfrey Giles & Co. show how it is possible to have a are decorated with Japanese fans and storks that make erystalline form.
very grand entrance hall for a comparatively low me sick. A room furnished in true Eastern fashion, The general effects are seen most in smoky cities,
figure. The room fitted up by them as an example is such as the one I have described, most people would where the atmosphere is charged with saline matters,
paneled with lincrusta that has exactly the appearance consider charming. which during rainy weather are lodged against brick
of oak, and is only about a twelfth as costly. The top Frank Giles & Co. show a Gothic hall, a Renaissance walls, and stored there for continuous chemical action.
part of the walls is papered in imitation of tapestry. dining room, and a Louis XVI. drawing room. The From time to time their increase goes on, until they
It is astonishing how well they get up papers to look hall is quite the grandest I have ever seen. It is fur- become great enough in quantity to be readily dis-
like materials nowadays. It would be necessary to nished exactly as if it were inhabited, and the oak- cerned by the naked eye.
touch this particular paper to find out that it was not paneled walls are shown to splendid advantage by a In cities free from excessive quantities of coal smoke
the real thing ; the stitches are imitated to perfection. display of Delft ware on a shelf going all round the efflorescence or exudation of alkalies on brick and
In the doorways are hung crown-shaped electric lamps. room. Two ornamental old sledges from Friesland stone walls is rarely seen.
I couldn’t help noticing that the knights in armor looked serve the purpose of fern stands. Inthe dining room A preventive is said to be the coating of walls with a
as if they had had a fright. Instead of standing up a striking and rather original effect is produced by the mixture of one part of linseed oil and three parts of
boldly as they should, they stood in the corner leaning introduction of electric lights into the carved recesses spirits of-turpentine. This forms a durable, trans-
limply against the walls. Perhaps they hadn’t quite of the ceiling. I explained before how old candlesticks parent and glossless varnish, that will prevent the for-
got over the Lord Mayor’s visit. and candelabra may be turned to account. They are mation of alkaline efflorescence and not destroy the
There is also a dining room fitted up by this firm, fitted with imitation candles of china, and the electric soft and natural color of the brick.
the decoration of Which is handsome even though it light burns at the top in a little glass bulb hidden by at ee
isn’t what it seems. The walls are paneled with a a silk shade. This form of eee I saw in most of Household Pests,
bluish-gray paper in imitation of stamped velvet, and the rooms. : a Professor Riley, in a lecture before the Lowell Insti-
the novel electric fittings are in repoussé metal and People have haste ahd means oh always in proper tute, discussed most practically the subject of how to
represent the planets. The lamp hanging over the proportion. Some have means without taste, and some get rid of household pests. For certain of the com-
have taste without means. moner pests, such as bedbugs, carpet beetles, and
Hither situation is unplea- clothes moths, benzine applied ina fine spray by means
sant, but in these days I of an atomizer was said to be the best remedy, as it de-
should prefer taste with stroys the insect in all stages, including the egg. In
comparative poverty, for the use of benzine great care should be exercised that
now avery little money can no fire or artificial light is in the room at the same time,
be made to go a very long as the vapor of benzine is highly explosive. For cock-
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center of the table represents the sun, and is orna- artistic instincts. It; powders were recommended.
Take stained glass, for example. For the destruction of
mented with the signs of the Zodiac. I ougk to say, lends itself to useful and effective It will | the mosquito the professor recommended Pyrethrum
decoration.
something about the table decoration. It is rather | give to a little room a dim, religious light that can be | powder moistened, made into little cones, then allowed
realistic, and consists of a lake of water and little| obtained in no other way. It can be made to shut out1 ) to dry, and burned ina closed room. The effect, the
fountains, bounded by a fence of ferns and flowers, the gloom of a wretched day and a dismal prospect. professor said, is to stupefy or kill the mosquito. The
with lights gleaming here and there. need not detail all the advantages of stained glass, and professor thought that it was a mistaken idea, held by
I need not say that it is costly. But, though the real many, that mosquito bites sometimes inoculated the
A CHIPPENDALE DRAWING ROOM. thing may be beyond one’s means, a very good imita- body with malarial poison. He said that the idea came
Quite as pleasing, though not half so sumptuous, as tion may not. The very best of all the imitations is from the fact that mosquitoes and malaria flourished
some of the rooms I have described is a small Chippen- McCaw, Stephenson & Orr’s ‘‘ Glacier.” In the first usually under the same conditions.—TZhe Christian
dale drawing room with pink walls, furnished by Wal- place it is easily manipulated. Any one with gump- Union.
lace & Co. (Curtain road). The glamor of the Louis tion can stick it on. Sampson himself could not take it
This little room, off, and the effect is so good that real stained glass

PATENTS
XVI. drawing room distracts one.
with its pretty cabinets and comfortable armchairs, might justifiably be considered an imitation of Glacier.
one can feel at restin. It is just pleasantly luxurious. The designs are done by special artists, and the sub-
At one end of it, through a fretwork arch draped with jects range from little children at play to saints—chil-
Messrs. Munn & Co., in connection with the publication of the
velvet, isa mirror that reaches from the floor to the dren at play, every one knows, are far from saintly. Scientific American, continue to examine improvements and to act
ceiling—an ingenious arrangement for magnifying the There are scenes from the life of Christ, knights in as Solicitors of Patents for Inventors.
size of the room. Asa detail I may mention that the armor, and remarkably pretty Japanese designs. Be- In this line of business they have had forty-five years’ experience, and now
have unequaled facilities for the preparation of Patent Drawings, Specifi-
ceiling is covered with flock paper tinted pink. From sides these there are center pieces and borders innume- eations, and the prosecution of Applications for Patents in the United
the middle of it hangs an electric lamp with a silk rable, which afford seope for your own power of artistic States, Canada, and Foreign Countries. Messrs. Munn & Co,
arrangement. With the excellences of the designs of also attend to the preparation of Caveats, Copyrights for Books, Labels,
shade that throws out a soft, warm glow.
Reissues, Assignments, and Reports on Infringements of Patents. All
The ‘ Princess Christian suite of rooms,” fitted up by the various pieces, and the brilliancy of the colors they business intrusted to them is dope with special care and promptness, on
Cooper in Great Pulteney street, are really very splen- display, no one ean fail to produce at least a satisfac- very reasonable terms.
A pamphlet sent free of charge, on application, containing full informa-
did—especially the French bedroom. This is furnished tory result.—Pall Mall Budget. tion about Patents and how to procure them; directions concerning
in whitewood, carved and hand painted, and the eleec- tt Labels, Copyrights, Designs, Patents, Appeals Reissues, Infringements,
tric fittings are little carved figures. The window and The White Stain or Efflorescence on Brick, Assignments, Rejected Cases, Hints on the Sale of Patents, etc.
We aiso send, free of charge, a synopsis of Foreign Patent Laws, show-
bed drapery are rose-colored silk. The Moorish room The formation of efilorescence takes place in the fol- ing the cost and method of securing patents in all the principal countries
adjoining has a ceiling shaped like a tent, made of lowing manner: Brick made from clay, having a high of the world.
printed Eastern stuff, a delightful corner seat, with a| percentage of the sulphates of magnesia, soda or pot-| 9 UNN & CO., Solicitors of Patents, 31 Broadway, New York.
canopy put up with spears, and softly diffused colored |ash in their composition, and not sufficiently fired to BRANCH OFFICE.—622 F Street, Washington, D. C,
 May, 1892. Scientific American, Architects and Builders Edition, 71
DESIGN FOR A STAIR HALL. pitched and held to the keynote of the room. To find Curious Foundations,
We present herewith a very tasteful design fora the keynote, sing the natural scale slowly, evenly, and The Railway Review tells of a novel method of lay-
stair hall, for which we are indebted to the Architect- smoothly, or play this scale on piano or organ. The ing foundations in swampy soil recently employed by
ural Era. Itisfrom the pencil of Mr. C. F. Schwein- note which is most prominent is the keynote. jan American engineer. The building to be supported
furth, architect, of Cleveland, Ohio, and is froma was a low wooden one which it was proposed to use
residence by him designed in that city. ST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, NEW YORK, for the storage of machinery. Casks were set in holes
—_—_____—___—»>+-9->@— | We present on page 75 a perspective view and in the ground along the line of posts and were
COUNTRY RESIDENCES NEAR NEW YORK CITY, ground plan of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Chureh, which filled to the depth of about one foot with iron turnings.
On page 72 we give several photographic plates of has been recently erected through the untiring efforts The posts were placed in the casks, which were then
handsome residences near New York, for which we are of its rector, the Rev. George R. Van de Water, on filled with iron turnings compactly rammed in place.
indebted to Dr. J. J. Higgins, of No. 23 Beekman Fifth Avenue and One Hundred and Twenty-seventh A solution of salt and water was slowly poured over
Place, this city. In addition to his rare accomplish- Street, Harlem, New York. The building is in the the turnings, under the action of which they soldified
ments as a physician and surgeon, the doctor is an| Gothic style, and it has a frontage of 100 ft. on Fifth into a hard mass. The heat of the oxidation of the
amateur photographer of rare skill, and his recrea- | Avenue and a depth of 160 ft. It is built of rock- iron was so great that the posts were charred. This
tions in this direction have resulted in many most faced Connecticut gray stone, with dressed trimmings. also served to act as a preservative, and to that extent
beautiful and artistic productions. Referring to page | Cluster columns, with ornamental caps, flank the front the iron turnings are probably superior to concrete
72, it is to be noted that numbers 212 and 270 represent entrance, which is fitted with broad massive doors of under similar conditions.
the same house, one picture being taken before the | quartered oak. The other entrances have similar doors. +8
alteration, the other after the addition of piazzas ete. The building is made impressive bya tower and a steep- An Albany House,
—_—————+t> oe pitched roof, covered with octagonal cut slate. The On Washington Avenue, Albany, stands a large
A SUBURBAN DWELLING. | tower contains a four-dial clock and a chime of bells. house of modern architecture, the new residence of W.
Our engraving, page 73, which was made direct from | The altar table is built of Caen stone and the altar on M. Whitney, of the firm of W. M. Whitney & Co. The
a photograph of the building, taken specially for the | either side is wainscoted with richly colored marble. drawing room to the left isa marvel of excellent taste
ScIENTIFIC AMERICAN, presents a suburban dwelling, ' The picture representing St. Andrew is placed above and exquisite coloring, with its carved wood work

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STAIR HALL, RESIDENCE IN CLEVELAND, OHIO.—c. F. scHWEINFURTH, ARCHITECT, CLEVELAND, 0H10,—Hrom the Architectural Era.

erected for Mrs. F. C. Treadwell, at Bensonhurst, Long the altar, in a peculiarly good light. The effect is ob- enameled in deep cream, tapestry side walls in gold
Island. Dimensions: Front, 39 ft. 6in.; side, 48 ft. tained from a glass skylight in roof.
6in., It is acknow- with Nile green hangings of satin damask and furni-
not ineluding piazza. Height of ceilings: Cellar, ledged that no such beautiful picture can be found in
7 ft.; ture of Louis XIV. style. Across the hall from the
first story, 9 ft. 6 in.; second, 9 ft.; third, 8 ft. 6in. any other church in this country.
The The choir stalls are drawing room one enters the cosey and richly fur-
tower and piazza are the principal features. well located.
The A brass pulpit is placed at the northeast nished reception room in blue and gold, these colors
underpinning is built of brick. First story clap- corner of chancel. The font and organ are at the left being carried out from carpet to ceiling. Entering
boarded, and second story shingled, painted light olive and the north transept contains an altar table for use from either hall or reception room you reach the lib-
green, with bottle-green trimmings. Roof slated. Hall on week days. The rector’s study and the clergy rary, in which the wood work is in mahogany, with
and dining room are trimmed with oak, parlor and and choir vestry are placed conveniently, and are fitted moss green and bronze effect carried out in furnishings
library with cherry. The floors are laid with oak. up with all the necessary furnishings. The parish office which are plain but rich and substantial. The dining
Hall contains an ornamental staircase, with closet is located at the Fifth Avenue entrance, and it is pro- room is one of the finest in Albany, being finished in
under same. Fireplaces, where shown, have tiled vided with a large open fireplace. The woodwork and fine quartered oak made to represent English pollard
hearths and facings, and hard wood mantels. Dining furnishings throughout are of quartered oak and oak. The decorations are of a dull green, and the floor
room has a bay window, nook for buffet, and china | highly polished. There is a most convenient and well inlaid, but nearly covered with a fine India rug. The
closet. Butler’s pantry is provided with drawers, lighted basement extending the whole length and ceiling is of gold, and the furniture of English pollard
dresser and bowl, complete. Kitchen is wainscoted breadth of the church, which affords ample space for oak to match the wood work of the room, which is
and provided with range, sink, dresser, larder, shed, Sunday school room, class rooms, ladies’ sewing room, beautifully carved.—Carpet Trade Review.
ete. There are four bed rooms, large closets and bath | vestry and toilets complete, which receive light and
room on second floor, and four bed rooms on third| ventilation from the areas at side of building. Seating
floor, all replete. Cemented cellar under whole of capacity of church, 1,300. Seating capacity of Sunday
Plans and Specifications.
house, contains laundry, furnace, and other apart- school room, 1,000. Mr. Henry M. Congdon, architect, Full plans and specifications complete, ready for the
ments. Cost $5,800 complete. Mr. Walter E. Parfitt, Broadway, New York. Messrs. Mahony & Watson, builder, may be obtained at this office, for any of the
architect, Brooklyn, New York. contractors. The church building committee con- structures illustrated in this publication. We also pre-
Se sisted of Messrs. Donald MeLean, A. T. Timpson, W. B. pare plans for buildings of every description, including
The Keynote of an Auditorium, Ogden, J. B. Simpson, Jr., O. B. Smith and J. L. Reid. dwellings, churches, schools, stores, barns, carriage
In rooms of poor hearing qualities Dr. Ephraim Cut- Our engraving was made direct from a photograph of houses, ete. Our work extends to all parts of the
ter says: Every hall or church hes its keynote, and | the building taken specially for the SclENTIFIC AMERI- country. We are assisted by able architects. Terms
the audience will hear better if the speaker’s voice is CAN, moderate. Munn & Co., 361 Broadway, New York.
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A HOUSE FOR $1,100. The location has been carefully considered in the ar- lieve, an illegal act in some cities, for it will not only
Herewith we give a sketch and plans of a conven- rangement of the plan and method of construction. destroy the sewers, but the heat of the steam makes
ient and economical house, just the thing for a small Bakersfield being within the warm section of the the malarial gases more active, while at the same time
family. Our engraving is from the Builder's Gazette. southern part of the State, the brick walls are built hol- it produces a certain amount of pressure that will
— +O low, so as to allow a free passage of air. The projecting force the gas back into buildings through the water
To Keep Iron Pipes from Rusting, cornices, and wide verandas, with thorough ventilation traps commonly in use. In these traps there is seldom
A simple and economical way of tarring sheet iron contribute to the comfort of the inmates. The general more than three inches of water, and very little pres:
pipes, to keep them from rusting, is as follows: The arrangement is shown on the plans. B. McDougall &|sure is necessary to force the gas through them.
sections as made should be Wherever gas is forced
coated with a coal tar and back through buildings in
then filled with light wood this or a similar manner,
shavings, and the latter set the death rate in that lo-
on fire. Itis declared that eality will certainly be
the effect of this treatment greatly increased.—The
will be to render the iron Stationary Engineer.
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rust for an indefinite peri- The Senate Chamber New
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of this assertion, the writer sterer’s Record reports the
cites the example of a way a gushing correspond-
chimney of sheet iron ent describes the new deco-
Ci rations of the Senate
erected in 1866, and which, aa |
through being treated as Chamber: “A carpet which
he describes, is as bright is a combination of terra
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erected, though it has strawberry, beautiful to
never had a brushful of look at and soft under
paint applied to it since. foot, has replaced the gar-
it is suggested that by ish green affair which coy-
strongly heating the iron ered the floor in the last
after the tar is laid on the Congress. The niches
outside, the latter is liter- above the galleries have
ally burned into the metal, been painted a delicate
closing the pores and ren- terra cotta to harmonize
dering it rust proof in a far | ft& (Robingen 7 rcbls —a ccon FLOOR be with the carpet. They now
more complete manner wo A\Ifo PA pe offer a better background
than if the tar itself was to the busts within them.
first made hot and applied A HOUSE FOR $1,100. The diplomatic gallery no
to cold iron, according to longer offends the eye with
the usual practice. It is important, of course, that the Son are the architects. For the above and our engrav- its bright blue upholstery, which has given way to a
iron should not be made too hot, or kept too hot for ing we are indebted tothe California Architect. lining of salmon tint, which is effective. The seats of
too long a time, lest the tar should be burned off. aaie A the other galleries are now finished in gray. The ma-
Hence the direction for the use of light shavings in- Don’t Turn the Exhaust into the Sewer, hogany desks of the Senators contrast handsomely
stead of any other means of heating. Steam should never be put into a brick or cement with the carpet and mural adornments.”
oo sewer, as it has an injurious effect on the same, causing . 2+ 8 +»—__—.
A|CALIFORNIA RESIDENCE, disintegration and collapse within a very short time; To prepare transfer paper, take some thin post or
The residence with plans given herewith was de- neither should it be led into a brick chimney, for the tissue paper, rub the surface well with black lead, ver-
signed for Mr. H. C. Pacts, to be built at Bakersfield, same reasons. In some places it is the practice of en- milion, red chalk or any coloring matter. Wipe the
California. The building is of brick, with the excep- gineers to turn the exhaust from pump or small engine preparation well off with a piece of clean rag and the
tion of the verandas and cornices, which are of wood. into the sewers, but this is bad practice, and, we be- paper will be ready for use.

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THE MANCHESTER PALACE OF VARIETIES, | used by the public will be fireproof. The dressing |Darbyshire, F.R.I.B.A., and F. Bennett Smith, the
We give herewith the perspective and plans of this rooms and stage are so arranged that each portion can |architects.
new building, for which we are indebted to the Buzld- | be detached in case of fire. An interesting feature con- =P = ae
ing News, London. The structure presents sugges- |nected with the building is that access can be had from| IF any of our readers have made an invention for
tions useful to builders who may have occasion to erect |the main tier to the winter garden and foyer on the} which they have thoughts of taking a patent, they
works of this kind. This building is located at the! first floor, the dimensions of which are 66 ft. by 27 ft.,!are invited to communicate with Messrs. Munn & Co.,

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corner of Oxford and Whitworth Streets, Manchester. and an outside loggia, connected therewith, fronts}the publishers of this paper, who for a period of
The theater frontage is 103 ft. 6in. to Oxford Street Oxford Street. It has been so designed that the stage |forty-three years have conducted a most successful
and 139 ft. 6 in. to Whitworth Street. The auditorium will be viewed from both the foyer and winter garden. |bureau in this line. A pamphlet of instructions will
90 ft. by 66 ft. and the height from the pit floor to the The fireproof staircases, circle tiers, doors, partitions, |be sent free, containing full directions how to obtain a
spring of the dome 60 ft. A novel feature in the plan- and auditorium and stage ceilings executed by the | patent, costs, ete. In very many cases, owing to their
ning of the auditorium is that it is placed parallel with Titancrete Co., with their patent fireproof materials. |long experience, they can tell at once whether a patent
the stage and not in prolongation of it. The block of The decorations by Messrs. Heighway and Depree, of | probably can be obtained ; and advice of this kind they
buildings is isolated from the surrounding property. London. The building erected by Messrs. W. Brown |are always happy to furnish free of charge. Address
The staircases, corridors, and all portions of the house & Son, contractors, from the designs of Messrs. Alfred |Munn & Co., SctENTIFIC AMERICAN office, New York.
 May, 1892. Scientific America W, Architects and Builders Edition, 77
Floors and their Finish, ture woods it is absolutely necessary to maintain a/ keeps it hot with the least fuel. They state that all
The carpenter is not infrequently called upon to sympathetic coloring on the walls, ete., if a restful and who have seen the Capitol like it at once. It is shipped
finish or suggest a good method of finishing a floor tasteful effect is to be accomplished. The repetition of in sections, easy to handle, and quickly set up, It has
that is not intended to be covered with carpets or rugs this truism may, perhaps, seem superfluous to some few water joints, and they are screwed together, all
|
—such, for instance, as that of a lobby, schoolroom or of our readers, but it is astonishing how frequently it metal, and all practically outside the heater, away
meeting hall. A large number of preparations have is violated. : from the action of the fire and accessible for any neces-
been put on the market for this purpose, says an —————— OOO |
sary tightening without disturbing the fire,
English exchange, but it may be fairly asserted that MODERATE PRICE SCREENS, |opening a door. A broken section can be shut oroff even
and
none of them will last for any considerable length of Fly screens for doors and windows have grown to be the heater run without it until a new section ean be
time, but will need renovating every year or So. Some | a modern necessity. With the growing demand for put in. The change can be made without disturb-
of the patent floor paints are for this purpose fairly 'these goods, numerous factories, some of them very ing the rest of the heater or the piping. The Capitol
satisfactory. The best method of finishing a floor will, extensive, have arisen. The warm weather comfort is also exceptionally well planned for ease of cleaning
of course, depend upon the kind of wood of which the seeker can obtain from the stores a great variety of and management. It is made by the Capitol Heater
flooris composed. If it be hard wood or hard pine, and Company, Detroit, Mich., who will give full particulars
is a new floor, the wood may be filled with a good paste on application,
filer and varnished with the special varnish made for a0
floors, and sometimes known as “‘ floor finish” or elastic
finish. =

When the floor is an old one, or is made of soft pine,

] 7 ; [-a The Compensation of Architects,
Perhaps the most curious of all modern business ar-
LL rangements is the bargain now in vogue between the
a satisfactory finish may be obtained in the following yF
mn architect and his client. The financial interests of the
manner: First give a good priming coat of oil and tH architect and his client are diametrically opposed.
HTL In
ocher mixed thin, taking care that the ocher is ground TT}
iT] the case of an ordinary business trustee, it is customary
fine. Then take one pound fine flour of emery, one pound
LUT
=I to pay him a commission upon the income he is able to
of litharge ground fine in oil, and three pounds good turn over to his client from moneys invested, so that
yellow ocher ground in oil. Mix together with boiled | the greater the client’s benefit financially, the greater
oiland quick rubbing varnish, in the proportions of four is the trustee’s benefit also. The trustee’s diligence
of the former to one of the latter, until of the consistency /and care have their reward in an increased commis-
of paste. Thin with turpentine and apply two or three LT
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coats. It is important that no more be applied than is The better he serves his client, the more his commis-
absolutely necessary. A coat of floor varnish may be HEEL
y sion is reduced. Suppose by diligent labor and study
added if desired. The above method of floor finishing he discovers a mode of reducing the cost of the build-
is especially recommended for the floors of kitchens, MODERATE PRICE SCREENS, ing some five thousand dollars, by making certain con-
schools, ete. siderable changes in his drawings. By this added
WAXING FLOORS. adjustable screens. If he is wealthy, he can get the |labor he saves the owner this sum plus five
per
Wax finishing of floors is, in the experience of many, elegant polished affairs made up to fit his windows. | cent. commission upon it, or five thousand two hun-
the most durable and satisfactory of all floor finishes. It is obvious that screens made to order are the most |dred and fifty dollars. In recompense of this display
The advantage it possesses is that wear and tear only desirable, if you can afford them. One of the largest) of diligence and faithfulness to his client, the latter
serve to make it, within certain limits, better—that is, screen door and adjustable window screen factories | deducts from the architect’s payment two hundred
‘if it is properly looked after. When an old floor is to has recently added a department for making to order, and fifty dollars on the commission saved. But the
be waxed it should be thoroughly scoured with scour- on a large scale, screen doors and windows at moderate cost to the architect is further increased by the cost of
ing soap, ammonia being freely used where necessary. prices. The most expensive window screens are usual- changing his drawings, the time consumed in studying
When dry, apply a coat of shellac. Rub down ly of polished hardwood and must of necessity be put these changes, and the normal profit that such labor
thoroughly with fine sandpaper and oil; then apply inside the sash to protect them from the weather. The should receive ; so that, to save the owner some thou-
the wax and polish. This method is particularly well factory mentioned (A. J. Phillips & Co., Fenton, Mich.) sands of dollars, he has to reduce his own profits by an
adapted when it is desired to finish a floor quickly. contend that for utility and comfort, a sereen should equal number of hundreds. It is obvious that an ar-
The wax may be purchased ready for use, but may be outside the sash; it is then out of the way of cur- rangement having such results sets a premium upon
readily be prepared by heating white wax and adding tains and inside blinds and does not interfere with hasty and unscrupulous work, and it is strange that
turpentine until of the consistency of a paste. To keep raising or lowering the sash. the careful business men of our country should not
waxed floorsin good condition they should be frequent- Outside screens require no higher finish than to cor- have already discovered a remedy fora situation so
ly rubbed up, and it is desirable, therefore, to leave a respond with the outside of the house, hence should be anomalous from a business point of view.—TZhe Archi-
little of the wax with the occupants of the house, with cheaper. Messrs. Phillips & Co. claim to have a very tectural Review,
directions to occasionally renovate the work. It may neat, handsome screen with special machinery and ———_—_—_—— 0 +e >+
appear at first sight that this would be an unbusiness- equipment for making it rapidly and well at very rea- French Observations on American Constructions,
like proceeding, as it would destroy the chance of the sonable prices. A French engineer, M. P. Germain, who has recently
tradesman being called in to touch up the floor himself. a made a tour in the United States, writes to Le Genie
It should be remembered, however, that when the floor AN IMPROVED HOT WATER HEATER, | Civil some observations on the great American fire-
is kept in a good condition for a long time in this way We show herewith broken-out view of the new Cap- proof buildings. To use his own words, “‘ These build-
a valuable reputation for good work is obtained, which itol Hot Water Heater, whose manufacturers claim for ings fulfill a new requirement, which the American
will probably bring in far more than any possible loss it that it is not only the handsomest heater made and |architects have met boldly and frankly, and, in many
by reason of the occupant ‘‘ doing it himself.” the one that takes up the least room, but that it is| cases, they have carried out their programme in the
When old floors become spotted they may be made to the one that heats water the hottest and quickest and |happiest manner. These constructions have a great.
look ‘tas good as ever” by applying a variety of aspect; many present defects
solution of ammonia and water, half and of taste, but among the number are some
half, thoroughly washing off and polish- extremely beautiful ones, the productio:
ing with wax. A method of finishing floors of true artists. I am convinced that w
which possesses the advantage at least of
durability is as follows: Take boiled lin- i are now witnessing the birth of a new
style, which will characterize its age as
seed oil, heat it to boiling point, and our cathedrals and castles characterized
immediately pour it over the floor, distri- the Gothic epoch. One cannot too earn-
buting it and rubbing it around with an estly advise architects and engineers to
old stubby brush. Take care that the pay the closest attention to what is now
room is dry and free from dust. After say going on in the United States.” Like most
five or six hours, rub off with old rags or foreigners, M. Germain finds himself much
sacking all the oil that has not dried in. impressed by the ingenuity with which
A floor prepared in this way will look well services of electricity, gas, hot and cold
for a long time.—Carpentry and Build- water, steam, and even refrigerating cur-
ing. rents, are applied throughout our great
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buildings; but he finds our methods of
Bedroom Furnishing, construction the most interesting subjects
In no apartment in the house, says Fur- of study, and particularly describes, as
niture and Decoration, is such simple worthy of imitation in France, our com-
taste so welcomed and appropriate as mon system of fireproofing iron columns
in the bedroom. Here there should ever and beams.—Am. Architect.
be an air of quiet and repose and a ——6-oo—_———

complete absence of all obtrusive decora-
tions and assertive colors. An air of sub-
dued harmony should invest the entire
apartment; and walls, ceiling, fioor
coverings, wood work and hangings
should all be selected so as to unite all
together and form a peaceful towt ensem-
ble.
Various schemes of decoration of course
permit of the employment of a variety of
woods for furniture of the bedroom.
Where delicate olive greens or subdued
blues prevail upon the walls, ete., it is well
to employ dark cherry colored mahogany
or rosewood. Where rose color or warm
yellow or salmon is preferred, then the
introduction of an ivory white enameled
suite would be most desirable, and so on
in like manner with the rest of the furni-
THE
THE CANTON STEEL ROOFING Co., of
Canton, Ohio, have issued their sixteenth
annual catalogue and reference book.
This company make the H. W. Smith
folded lock seam steel roofing, and all
styles of sheet metal roofing, siding and
ceiling, sheathing papers, roof paints, ete.
Also the Wock patent slip joint eaves
trough, all styles conductor pipe, hang-
ers, cut-offs, strainers, crestings, finia}s,
ete.
————0- ¢—_____
WE are informed that a very large alu-
minum bronze casting has recently been
made by William C. Maloney, of Pitts-
burg, for a sugar refincry in South Ame-
rica, the casting weighing 3,243 lb. It is
understood that this is the largest single
piece of aluminum bronze ever made,
“CAPITOL” HOT WATER HEATER,
73
78 Architects and
rientific American, Architects
SS Scientific Edition,
Builders Edition,
andBuilders May, 1892.
May, 1899.
RING
A SPEAKING RULE AND
TUBE Lap RARIPHONM:
EARIPHONE, rus] and
Lhdthence
Ghahesthrough
Hahn thewdflexible
SOLE tube to the ear eee
cup, so heater. The water heater proper is put by
The accompanying illustrations represent the prac- that a conversation may be earried on without con- extra strong nipples in two parts at the works, and
tical working of an extremely simple improvement in stantly changing the end of the tube from the mouth thoroughly tested before shipment. The lower sec-
to the ear, and vice versa. A fork supports the ear tion, C (transverse view), is connected to the hollow
cup when the mouth piece is not in use. This im- fire pot, L, and the three sections above are fitted
Hitt
ut
|
A Hi
fit provement can be readily applied or attached to any together. This leaves for the local fitter but one inte-
Hl Wi
aA I iiIlF existing system of speaking tubes.
This invention has also been patented in Canada,
England, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy,
Switzerland, and Spain.
ee

Diamond Wall Finish,

The last decade has witnessed great improvements

and great changes in our methods of building. A
material that is entirely new and highly important is
the Diamond Wall Finish, manufactured by the
Diamond Wall Finish Co:, of Grand Rapids, Mich.
Its popularity and large sales are due to the merit of
the goods, for they quite revolutionize the old methods
of finishing walls and ceilings giving, in place of the
temporary whitewashes and whiting and glue kalso-
mines, a natural and lasting finish, made from a base
in itself a cement, not dependent on glue to hold it on
| the wall. Diamond Wall Finish admits of successive
|recoating, when originally applied to a clean surface,
for any length of time and without having to wash
and serape off former coats before recoating. The
goods are largely used by the best decorating firms in
the country, and work equally well and are economical
SCHLUCHTNER’S SPEAKING(¢ TUBE-
SUSE IN A on a plain job of wall tinting. The goods are adapted
VESTIBULE, to be used in factories, warehouses, etc., as they are
THE ECONOMY HOT WATER HEATER,
whiter than paint, will not discolor and are absolutely
speaking tubes, the mouth piece being provided with fireproof. Parties contemplating building should at
an attached ear piece, whereby messages may be more all events investigate for themselves. rior connection to make—the large nipple connection
conveniently received and transmitted. This improve- SS between the first and second sections, C, C.
ment has been patented by Mr. Frederick Schlucht- Fireproofing Receipts, Further particulars concerning this heater can be
. ner, of No. 2661 Prizes were awarded for the following finishing pro- obtained from the J. F. Pease Furnace Co., Syracuse,
lento Avenue, cesses for fireproofing, respectively diminishing the Is NG
Brooklyn, N. Y. combustibility of tissues, curtain materials, and the-
One of the pic- atrical scenery. Hor light tissues, 16 pounds am- THE KINNEAR & GAGER Co., of Columbus, O.,
tures shows the monium sulphate, 5 pounds ammonium carbonate, 4 issue a neat catalogue of their steel ceilings, panels,
improvement in pounds borax, 6 pounds boric acid, 4 pounds starch, or wainscotings, cornices, etc., as such work has been put
use in the hallway 1 pound dextrine, or 1 pound SAF ae, and 25 patlons up in many prominent places in public and private
or vestibule of a water mixed together, heated to 86° F., and the ma- buildings. The ceilings made under the Kinnear
house, another re- terial impregnated with the mixture, anid then calen- patents have been placed in fourteen committee rooms
presenting its em- dered as usual. One quart of the mixture, costing in the United States Capitol, Washington, D. C. The
ployment in a fac- about threepence or fourpence, is enough to impreg- company have lately erected a new building 100 by 187
tory, where the nate 15 yards of material. For curtain materials, ft. in size, and added a large amount of machinery to
different floors are theatrical decorations, wood, furniture, 30 pounds am- their plant, such enlargement of their facilities having
thus held in com- monium chloride are mixed with so much floated cnalk been called for by their increasing business.
munication with as to give the mass consistency; it is then heated ————
the office. The from 125 to 140° F., and the material given one or two
mouth piece may coats of it by mente of a brush. A pound of it is suf- THE SYKES IRON AND STEEL RooFING COMPANY, of
' be of the usual ficient to cover five square yards. Niles, Ohio, issue a very interesting souvenir-catalogue
form, but the tube ————_—_—_—_- 3+ 0+ eo _______ in which they give a brief description of how iron and
DETAILS OF SPEAKING TUBE. in front of the AN IMPROVED HOT WATER HEATER. steel are produced, taking the raw material at the blast
whistle has an The hot water heater shown in the cuts is made by furnace, and following it through its different processes
opening at one side, surrounded by a tube leading into theJ. F. Pease Furnace Co., of Syracuse, N. Y., and of manufacture. The company also have works at
an attached flexible tube, at the end of which is an ear the company claims for it x most ay neal and Chicago, Illinois, and in both places their plant is sup-
eup. The branch tube lead- thorough construction. While the heater is eompara- plied with all the latest improved machinery, their
ing from the side opening, in tively a new one, its strongest feature, the boiler or fire facilities being unsurpassed.
front of the mouth piece, surfaces, has had a satisfactory time test in the
leads backward at a slight combination water and air heaters made by the
angle from the main tube, same company. It is claimed that the heater is
vnd the branch tube is also | | constructed with reference to a consistency be-
made tapering, the flexible tween fire and grate surfaces and in such a
tube being secured to its manner as to make every square foot of fire
smaller end. When a person “ surface effective. The water circulation is posi-
blows into the speaking tube, 4 | tive and continuous. A corresponding circula-
the air exerts its full force tion of both water and combustion products is
upon the whistle in the usual established through and over the water-heat-
way, not being diverted into ing sections. The sinuous course of the water
the branch tube. In like SCHLUCHTNER’S SPEAK- circulation is of the same character as that of
manner, in speaking into the ING TUBE, the combustion products.
tube, the voice is projected A reference to the transverse view will show
forward in the usual way; but one can likewise hear an unobstructed water course which is formed
the return message without change of position, the over the fire a number of times at its highest
voice in this case being diverted into the branch tube, temperature. At no point can the water enter-
ing the fire pot find exit at the flow pipes with-

; a i Le
i iiife out repeatedly passing over the fire and its pro-
ducts. The fire surfaces are so arranged and | een
mM
ANI
presented to the fire that every square foot
must be touched by the fire travel before the
smoke flue is reached.
In addition to the fire surface thus obtained,
the hollow fire pot, it is claimed, is made an espe-
cially effective fire surface by special construc-
tion in the grate, which permits a fluent draught
around the sides of the pot, and thus stimulates
a strong combustion at the sides of the pot.
Facility for dislodgment of ashes around the
sides of the pot prevents accumulations which
otherwise would impair the efficiency of the
pot for practical heating surface.
The two water sides, each extending from
feed door to direct draught pipe, prevent ex-
,ternal waste of heat in cellar and provide a
supplementary circulation of water. The lower
part of each one is connected to the return
head by pipe, L, and the upper part to flow
outlet by pipe, M.
SCHLUCHTNER’S SPEAKING TUBE—USE IN A A peculiar advantage over ordinary sectional
THE ECONOMY LOW PRESSURE HOT WATER HEATER
MANUFACTORY, water heaters is claimed in the erection of the —SECTIONAL VIEW,
 May, 1892. Scientific American, Architects and Builders Edition. i
BROWN’S
PATENT SEAMLESS
Drawn Copper House
LERS.
FW. DEVOE & CO. The Plaxton Hot Water Heater.
FOR WARMING DWELLINGS, GREENHOUSES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, ETC.
(Established 1852)

PURE MIXED PAINTS

Cannot collapse.
Will not leak.
Ordinary boiler tested Easily Cleaned, Easily Managed, Simple in Construction.
to 200 lbs.
Extra heavy tested
300 Ibs.
to
We desire to call attention of consumers cto the fact
fa Os LONG FIRE TRAVEL (13 Feet).
Not recommended for that we guarantee our
only of pure linseed oil and the
ready mixed paints to be made
most permanent pig-
a working service of ments. They are not ** Chemical,” ** Rubber,” “ Patent,” Larger Grate Surface in proportion to Fire Surface
more than about half or * Fireproof.”’ Weuse no secret or patent method in | than any other Heater.
manufacturing them by which beozine and water are
the test. made to serve the purpose of pure linseed oil. Sample i Covered with a Non-Conducting jacket of Asbestos
Made of two seamless cards, containing 50 desirable shades, sent on applica-
tion, Cement, preventing loss of radiating heat in Cellar.
drawn copper shells.
Handsomest, best and
strongest in the mar- FINE VARNISHES, MANUFACTURED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE
m@ ket. UNITED STATES BY US.
} Send for circular giv- WOOD FILLERS,
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dent. ARTISTS’ MATERIALS, “mMmureka Vertical”
MANUFACTURED SOLELY BY
| RANDOLPH & CLOWES MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS. AND
PROPRIETORS OF Catalogues of our different departments to responsible Horizontal Boilers for Steam.
ae Seti & — pies I se Boiler | Parties.
7orks and the Brown & Bros. Brass
and Copper Rolling Mills. Cor, Fulton and Coffin, Devoe & Co., Spaepe@) solessl CATALOG.
WATERBURY, CONN. William Sts.,
Manufacturers of Seamless and
176 Randolph St., EUREKA STEAM HEATING CO., Rochester, N. Y., U.S.A.
Brazed Tubing. NEW YORK. CHICAGO.

x THE ECONOMY
HOT WATER VENTILATING HEATERS ARE UNEXCELLED FOR

Heating and Ventilating Residences, Churches, Schools, Etc.

SEND FOR CATALOGUE OF J. F, Pease Furnace Co.,

Ecunomy Hot Water Heaters, MAIN OFFICE, SYRACUSE, N. Y.

PIPES
RETURN
PIPES
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Tm i mnt uA AE nH
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E. NW. GATES’
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A boiler for each current of hot water. Exposed to the same fire,
currents do not affect each other.

Different Numbers, Sizes and Lengths of Boilers, for Houses, Blocks, Schools and Churches.
MANUFACTURED BY

THE E. N. GATES HEATING CO., - - 54 OLIVER STREET, BOSTON.

—— "Px S-——

* Jackson Ventilating Grate.

Combined Grate and Furmace.
Introducing Heated Out-Door Air,
Heating two or more floors if desired,

EDWIN A. JACKSON & BRO.,

50 BEEKMAN S., N. Y.

EBNGINBERS AND CONTRACTORS

—FOR—

HOT WATER and STEAM HEATING

Also Ventilation and
Greenhouse Work.

In addition to our unrivalled facilities for the production of “Moss Type” (half tone)
and process engravings, we have special departments for type-setting, electrotyping
and printing, and can thus guarantee a uniform and perfect grade of work through-
92 and 94 Andrews Street,
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manner at lowest prices. We are always ready to give advice on any subject re-
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Jating to our business. Send for our “ Architects” circular.
 Scientific American, Architects and Builders Edition, May, 1899.
SYKES IMPROVED.
Your Best Roof on earth. Snitable for all buildings STARRETT’S FINE
By MONEY | and very easily applied. All our iron and steel is
re-rolled and box-annealed, and painted with the
best of paint and pure linseed oil. We manufac-
HEATING Your ture all styles of crimped, corrugated and beaded
iron, etc., and make extremelylow prices on carload
Mh (i
et lots. Write for prices and handsome catalogue,
ea ls = z NK mentioning this paper.

SYKES TEEL ROOFI NG CO., Chicago, Ill., or Niles, Ohio.

caer:
$e
ee
;
& Skilled mechanics prefer them.
aes. g Live dealers sell them. Send
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FURNACES WANTED, |
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Dust POWERFUL HEATERS,
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to get price for the DOUBLE CAP STANDING SEAM STEEL ROOFING. Made in sheets so you
Smoke can lay it yourself,
—ADDRESS——

The Canton Steel Roofing Co., Canton, 0.

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We can supply it with the

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What others think of me is stated
MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED
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Iron Ore Paints,
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J.
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Saves time and waste. Once tried you

Simple, MANUFACTURERS OF
would not be without it for many times
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Safe and
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Durable. 100 Ibs, $4.00 | not, please write to us.
SHERMAN & BUTLER, Manufacturers,
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Gasoline. HEADQUARTERS FOR GALVANIZED STEEL EAVE TROUGHS
Write for Cata- AND CONDUCTOR PIPES,
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“\ Manufactured by MAJOR’S for repairing china, glassware, fur-
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THE CEMENT books, tipping billiard cues, etc. ; a
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INSTANTANEOUS Write us for Catalogue and Prices. Address Office, No. 200 E. Fifth Street,
Canton, Chic.
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e.
each bot-

Water Heating MAJOR’S RUBBER

141 Ontario Street,
CEMENT, for repairing
Co., rubber boots and shoes,
Parasols and umbrellas of
- CHICAGO, ILL.
THE CANTON STEEL ROOFING CO., °A"S°™
any material can be re-

cent
for photo-engravers’ use.
MAJOR’S LEATHER
CEMENT, for repairing
boots and shoes, putting
FOLDED LOCK SEAM, GENUINE, 4 :
tips on children’s shoes,
for mending belting, ete.
MAJOR’S BEST LIQUID GLUE, always ready

steel Foofin2.
for immediate use, for repairing furniture or any
wood work, and can be diluted and used as mucilage
PREMIUMS TO DEALERS.—A fine folding chair
’PLFRINK 551 PEARLST.NY. or large thermometer with 4 doz., an outdoor sign,
with a 50 1b. weight, furnished with 8 doz. order.
For sale by all dealers or mailed, 15 and 25 cents,
A. MAJOR, 232 William St., New York City.
PAINT IN CUONSTRUCTION. BY
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Constitution of Paris White, White Lead, Zinc White

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tained in SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT N tached. For the removal of
125. Price 10 cents. Tobe had at this office and o: Steam, Dust, Smoke,

Corrugated Iron. r
all newsdealers.
ete., and for general ven=
tilation, end for illus-
trated catalogue,
DAY’S Andrews, Johnson & Co.
INSTANTANEOUS HEATER 46-B South
CHICAGO,
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ILL.
St,

—AND—

Bath Tub Combined, CRIMPED

CEILING,
EDGE IRON
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SHEATHING
SIDING,
PAPER,
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ROOF
IRON
PAINT,
SIDING
ETC,
AND

The only Portable Folding Bath

Tub made. Can be stozed in space 2x
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THE DAY MEG. CoO. |
Detroit, Mich., U.S.A,

THE ACME ROOFING CO.,

(Iron Beam Protection. Patented June 3, 1884.)
CANTON
Ohio, ’ HENRY MAURER & SON,
MANUFACTURERS OF MANUFACTURERS OF
Cc t ana e
CTEEL ROOFING and. crimpedSIDING
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Tron FIRE-PROOF
Ofevery description.
MATERIAL
Hollow Brick made of Clay for
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EAVES Terra Cotta, Fire Brick, etc., ete.
TROUGH, CONDUCTOR PIPES,
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Ww ORKS, MAURER’S, N. J -
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CHILTON PAINTS,
The Chilton Manuf, Co, would call the attention of Architects
and persons desiring a good article, to their Pure Linseed Oil 147 Fulton St., New York.
Paints. The most durable and therefore the most economical
in use, Sample cards of colors sent on application, 141 Milk Street, Boston.
 May, 1892. Srientific American, Architects and Builders Edition. we
J. C. French
& Son,
Corrugated Iron Roofing, |*scs
TRANSIT
Vault and Sidewalk
LICHTS
Of Every Description,
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452 CANAL ST.,
TO, erik MOST nURRECE ahowe Send for Prices.
NEW YORK.
WE ARE HEADQUARTERS.
fi
Drawing Tools, WRITE FOR PRICES, ETC.
Blue Print Paner, Rolling Mills,
Corrugating
Galvanizing Works
and The Cincinnati Corrugating Co., ————

Cc. F. RICHARDSON. Athol, Mass.,

:

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| ORNAMENTS,
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ny "Theres WallWary
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el
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(1) E. W. H. says: I have a long
fence with 444 inches by 446 inches Oregon fir posts

SHUTTER
set 3 feet in the ground. Fence has only been in posi-
| tion one year, yet the portion of the posts in the ground
shows considerable rot on the surface when dug down
i|
on, The posts were green when set. I do not want to
take up the post, yet, at present rate, it would appear
that they would rot off in three or four years. Would | Opens
WORKER.
and closes the blinds without
it do any good to bore into the posts, just above the raising the window.
Automatically locks the blinds in any
ground, in a standing direction, and fill the holes with | position.
some mineral salt? If so, how large should the holes be | Best and cheapest blind hinge.
and what should they be charged with? A. We donot Incomparable for strength, durability
know that the plan proposed will preserve the posts, but and power. Can be applied to old or new
houses, of brick, stone or wood. Send
will no doubt add several years to their life. Soaking for Illustrated Circular and Testimonials.
the ends of posts in astrong solution of sulphate of If your Hardware dealer does not keep
iron or sulphate of copper for a day has been tried and them, send direct to
Running on a Single Steel Track, combining ex- found efficient for several times the life of posts with- FRANK B. MALLORY, FLEMINGTON, NEW JERSEY.
treme simplicity with durability. Send for circular, out any application of preservative. We think it will
MANUFACTURED BY pay to bore a 5g hole in as slanting a position as con-
LANE BROTHERS, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. venient, from 4 inches above ground, say at 45°, three-
fourths through the post, and fill it with a saturated so-
lution of sulphate of iron. Ina few weeks again fill SI I RPI PBB BA
the hole and plug with wood or a cork.

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(2) J. M. writes: I desire to learn of
some absorbent that can be used in connection with

Machinery.
the storage of certain perishable products, such as eggs.
I want to find something that will absorb gases and
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necessary to keep rooms tight, and consequently any
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want to get rid of, as it seems to affect the articles of
the more delicate kind of perishable merchandise. A.
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We would suggest the use of a strong solution of

RTISTIC RAILINGS, Elevator Enclosures,

potassium permanganate exposed in shallow vessels. = Save time and labor;
Brass Work, Wickets, Grills, Wire Railings and Bone charcoal would also have a good effect.
Partitions.
tion.
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how to prepare the gelatine pad, and also the aniline ink each cell consisting of a number of electric light
by which the copies are made; how to apply the written
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Patent Paneled Metal Ceilings

GLAS
(Continued from page iv.)
side the cell and water inside. The carbons will, of
MANUFACTURED BY course, be immersed in the bichromate solution. A cur-

A. NORTHROP & CO., PITTSBURCH, PA. rent is measured by amperes, not by volts; hence your
characterization of your current is meaningless.

SSS SORNAMEN TRL 4, Ge ill not shrink warp or burn (SROryO. EE says: From a spring

VANHORNE, GRIFFEN & CO.

like wood. 0 110 rods distant and 40 ft. fall, few bends, what size
Can be put on over old pipe would I have to lay down to get four horse power
broken plaster without from the motors that are made for such purpose? For
131 to 137 Franklin St., New York,
ussordirt, % two horse power? A. You will require a 6 inch pipe,
7 Easily put.on by an supplying 66 cubic feet of water per minute, 444 inch —lImporters of—
good mechanic. “
French Window
pipe for two horse power,33 cubic feet per minute.
You should know the flow from the spring for the
power that it will produce, A 3 foot diameter motor
will give you four horse power and a 24 inch motor
Pelton style will give you two horse power with the Picture Glass,
quantities of flow as above stated. POLISHED and ROUGH PLATE GLASS.
Wit Not STAIN | (5) C. R. W. asks: What power pre-
CRACK oR FAY OFF SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULARS DESIENS AND
vents the bottom course of brick in our large structures
from crushing with the tremendous weight ahove it? Ornamental Glass.
UKE PLASTER. [een cenD rants A.NORTHROP &PITTS@
CO WAGH-PA- Please give me as explanatory reply as possible. What
SOLE MANUFACTURERS.

New, neat and durable. Easily applied in new buildings and over old!plaster or wood ceilings. Makes
a tight and attractive finish for side walls that are fireproof. Church, School, Hall, Theatre, Office,
accepted theory is there as cause for the wind blowing?
A. The resistance or crushing strength of brick and EHrench Mirrors.
Store, Parlor, Kitchen, Asylum. Designs made up for Smooth, Fluted and Embossed Panels, with suit- other building material is far greater than the weight
able Cornice Mouldings and Rosettes. Send for Descriptive Circulars, Designs and Photographs. Pa- of the superstructure. Architects and engineers un- Manufacturers of
tent Cap Seam Roofing, Crimp Roofing and Siding.

=
derstand this, and spread the foundation to meet the
pressure from high buildings, A single common red Bent and Beveled Glass.
brick, when properly laid in strong cement, is equal to

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aload of 12 tons, and it will require a column of ce-
N ment laid brick nearly 10,000 feet high to crush the bot-
p APPLIANCES tom course. The heat of the sun and the rotation of NEWARK, N. J.
the earth are the primary causes of the circulation of
IN BRASS, COPPER, IRON, NICKEL, AND MARBLE.

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the atmosphere,
NARRAGANSETT
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from a cellar, when the cellar is below point of sewage PROVIDENCE, R. I.
plant? A. Water cannot be lifted without power. The
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BUFF AND RED PRESSED Cc OLOR Ss. gas, a small gas engine and pump is recommended. If
OUTFITTERS.
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cesspool in the cellar and discharging into the drainage
system, you will find it as inexpensive and easily man-
aged as any device that we can name,
Successors to JACOB & L. E. JARDEN & CO.
(7) W. L. M. says: I am building a
OFFICE, No. 9 N. {3th Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. house, and to secure ventilation intend to place ventilat-
ing registers in the sides of thé walls, the open space
between the partition studs being used as a ventilating

FIRE CLAY ROOFING TILE issn ise sine ee inn

teron
shaft. Above the attic floor a tube will connect with
this shaft and be run either into the chimney flue or out
A pamphlet of information and ab-
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Made of the best clays. Formed by machinery under heavy a answered are these: Ist. Should the ventilators be Obtain Patents, Cayeats, Trade/
Burned nearly to vitrification. Color, bright terra cotta red. Weight per placed near the floor or near the ceiling? 2. WIll the Marks, Copyrights, sent free.
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The best, cheapest and lightest tile roof in the world. there should be one at the bottom and one at the top for

MAM DICKEY,
No experiment. Roofs now on show for themselves. They
are the most beautiful and durable roofs in the country. (Continued on page viii.)
Each tile locks on the others. Can be laid at one-fourth pitch
and upwards to straight. ‘This company owns the patents
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Prices very low for tile. Orders promptly filled.
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For information, prices, etc., address
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3 O 4s
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worked ready to put up.

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Rope Moulding of all sizes, ;
Mantels, Office Fittings, etc.
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Old Bangor Slate Co.

—_ TEE

J. S. HARRIS, President. J.S. MOYER, Sec’y and Treas.,

Standard Wood Torn Co.
PHILADELPHIA,
This Company is the original Operator in
BETHLEHEM, PA.
58 BAY STREET,
the Bangor Valley, and continues to manu- Jersey City, N. J.
facture the BLUE ROOFING SLATE which
has become so celebrated for fineness of
texture and uniformity of color.
(@" The special attention of Architects and
MACHINE
-TURNED
Builders is called to the fact that this Com- BALUSTERS
pany has perfected a system of preparing
Various Sizes and Patterns
slates with Sawed Edges, of suitable size, Dovetailed ready for use,
with Tait’s Patent
and curve of any radius, either convex or Dovetail.
Par LOTTI IT concave (as shown by the twelve figures in
PEDESTAL AND TURNED
“ pert
the engraving}, to cover towers or domes,
and guarantees perfect results where work- NEWELS.
ing drawings and full specifications are
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furnished, STAIR RAILS,
The Company is also prepared to fill Of all dimensions, worked,
orders for Mill Stock of every description, ready to put up.
such as Mantel Stock, Steps, Risers, Hearths,
Send 4c. Stamp for our 32-
Window Sills, Floor Tiles, and Ridges, age Catalogue, containing
Address correspondence to the Company’s Tiustrations of Balusters,
Pedestal Newels, Brackets,
office at Bethlehem, Pa. Drops, ete.
 May, 1892. Scientific American, Architects and Builders Esition. vii

steel Ceiling, FRED . F. BIS PATENT SHEET%FF

setegeeciio. :. _BISCHOFFCHO Co.
STEEL
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Light, Durable, Fireproof, Inexpensive.

If you are building or remodelling write us for Ceiling
Catalogue; or send size of room for Estimate.
PROPRIETORS OF THE
Northwestern Ornament and Statuary Works.
144-page Ornamental Catalogue sent to Architects and the
Trade on application.
24 and 26 West Lake Street, = = CHICAGO,
Mention this paper,

P. PRYIBIL,
507 to 519 West 4ist St.,
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~ The only correct panel ceiling for halls, hotels, churches, ete. The Kinnear MANUFACTURER OF
Patent Ceiling will not roll up when exposed to fire. It is easily cleaned, is artistic
and durable. Write for prices before you order elsewhere.
UNEQALED
THE KINNEAR & GAGER CO.,, Columbus, oO. Woop Workinec
STAMPED METAL CHILINGS MACHINERY,
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Ss. AND ‘ —h ts, ,
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paratively small saw suit- Rosette,
PULLEYS, SHAFTING, HANGERS, Ete. Dovetailing and
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trance doors, 2 show sash, 4
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sash and glass for Ist and 2d
The sash sizes are arranged to slide up and stories, and all galvanized iron-
down, stopping at any point, and may be
used at top or bottom of the window. Brass work. —-
finger lifts on these. They can be used Send for Discount.
either inside or outside the sash. We re-
commend outside screens, as the sash can JE have made and put up over 800
then be raised without touching the screen. Galvanized Tron House Fronts,
Screens the full size of the window are varying in design from the plainest
very desirable, admitting air at top or bot-
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These are to hang with hinges. Our screens When desired, we furnish the entire
do not interfere with curtains,or with blinds fronts, consisting of Cast Iron Steel Sill
inside or outside. Moderate Price does Course, Steel Columns, Lintels, and
not mean slip-shod work. Our facilities en-
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We make the largest variety of screens in Galvanized Ironwork.
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screens have been sold.
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421 to 519 S. 6th St.,
roof and other trusses, spires, masonry, girders, inverted and floor arches, sidewalks, stairs, chimneys, etc., the
uses of iron and steel, rivets, strains, trusses, etc., and complete sets of logarithmic and other tables, with a minute
index to the whole work. The above volumes are sold separately. For sale by MUNN & CO., New York. ST. LOUIS, MO.

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Q. Is it a plastering preparation?
Why not Start this Business in Your Town? A, No. Itis for tinting and decorating
your walls in the place of unsanitary paper
This is a good business chance, and of a pure, legitimate nature. After twelve years’ experience and temporary Kalsomines.
in the manufacture of Artificial Stone, IT have succeeded in placing upon the marketa sidewalk Q. Why do you say it is everlasting?
that is umexcelled in Durability, Cheapness, and Beauty Combined, and now offer to
the world my experience at a nominal price for the sale of the formula for making it. Individual con- A. Because it will, when applied to a
tracts taken for doing work in the State of Illinois, both in sidewalks and ornamental building stone. clean surface, admit of recoating and
Responsible parties, can make arrangements with me to purchase my process and divide profits.
changing tints for a lifetime, and will re-
main on the wall, not rubbing or scaling.
Q. Why is it more lasting than Kalso-
mines ?
A, Kalsomines are made from inert
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issues; or, better yet and much quicker, past fifty years ; together with many valuable and
by writing for full information to DIAMOND important additions. :
Over Twelve Thousand selected receipts
WALL FinisH Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. are here collected ; nearly every branch of the use-
ful arts being represented. It is by far the most
he (Continued from page Vi.) comprehensive volume of the kind ever placed be-
fore the public.
‘each room. If you choose to use but one, place it at The work may be regarded as the product of the
the top in rooms that have a fireplace and at the bottom
studies and practical experience of the ablest chem-
ists and workers in all parts of the world; the in-
in rooms that have no fireplace. Under no considera- formation given being of the highest value, ar-
tion should the ventilation be connected with the chim- ranged and condensed in concise form convenient
ney, for there are times when the rooms will be filled for ready use.
Almost every inquiry that can be thought of,
with smoke from back draught, besides the danger relating to formule used in the various manufac-
from fire. The ventilator shaft should rise through the turing industries, will here be found answered.
~> WY Instructions for working many different pro-
roof, with a draught hood on top. Opening the ventila-
XA cesses in the arts are given.
tor under the eaves is not good practice. The pressure It is impossible within the limits of a sah ie.
on the windward side will make a strong down draught to give more than an outline of a few features of
S / so extensive a work. }
in windy weather. Under the head of Paper we have nearly 250 re-
(8) J. W. C. asks: 1. Given a hollow ceipts, embracing how to make papier maché; how
to make paper water proof and fire proof; how to
The territory for this kind of work is as thick as the stars in the sky, while it can be made with very air-tight body which with the superadded weight of one make sandpaper, emery paper, tracing paper,
little expense. It isa pleasant business, where industry, vim, and good profits vie with each other. T ton will be exactly submerged in water, what additional transfer paper, carbon paper, parchment paper,
have been indirectly instrumental in learning a number of young men the art of making the side- colored papers, razor strop paper, paper for doing
weight will be required to sink it thirty feet below the up cutlery, silverware; how to make luminous
walks, and now they are making from $2.50 to $5.00 per day for their services; while I also have sold my
formula to several business men that have shown a spirit of enterprise in soliciting for work in their surface of the water ? A. The compressibility of wateris paper, pastoateph Papers ete.
respective towns, and they have been more than pleased over their efforts. My price for printed for- 000004663 of its own bulk at 15 1b, pressure, so that if Under the head of Inks we have nearly 450 re-
mula is $25.00, and $10,00 extra for tools. My reference is the Mayor of this city, as well as the ceipts, including the finest and best writing inks
your apparatus displaces one ton water, then 0°0004663 « of all colors, drawing inks, luminous inks, invisi-
following cities in this State, viz.: Springfield, Jacksonville, Quincy, Pana, Carlinville, Champaign,
Monticello and Paris. I have done work in all these cities, and the work will speak for itself. I invite 2,000 pounds=0°09326 of a pound to sink it 34 feet after ble inks, gold, silver and bronze inks, white inks;
correspondence from those interested. Send for Illustrated Catalogue for Architects and Builders. it is under water. This will also be somewhat modified directions for removal of inks; restoration of
faded inks, etc.
by the elasticity of the hollow vessel, which is also sub- Under the head of Alloys over 700 receipts are

ES. Ls. MARTIN,

ject to compression, and if it has as much or more com- given, covering a vast amount of valuable infor-
pressibility than water under the increasing pressure of mation. 5
Of Cements we have some 600 receipts, which
depth, it will go to the bottom without additional
628 N. Main Street, Decatur, Il. weight.
include almost every known adhesive preparation,
and the modes of use.
How to make Rubber Stamps forms the subject
(9) W. P. D. writes: During last of amost valuable practical article, in which the
fall’s drought we dug a cistern, at a depth of ten feet complete process is described in such clear and ex-
licit terms that any intelligent person may readily
found moisture. It was walled up with brick and ce- earn the art.
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oughly wet, a leak showed in bottom, and water rose receipts.
two feet deep. It was pumped out and another layer Under the head of Etching there are 55 receipts,
embracing practical directions for the production
SEEKING FOREICN TRADE.
of brick and cement was put down, making the bottom
of engravings and printing plates of drawings.
double, but it filled with water just the same. What Paints, Pigments and Varnishes furnish over
had we best do to secure good results and make it hold 800 receipts, and include everything worth know-
full up? Would the water go out during drought as it ing on those subjects.
Under the head of Cleansing over 500 reci
came in? It is now half to three-fourths full. All comes are given, the scope being very broad, embracing
through the bottom. A. The water will doubtless dis- the removal of spots and stains from all sorts
In view of the enlarging commercial relations between the United States and appear in the dry season, The remedy will be to pump of objects and materials, bleaching of fabrics,
the Republics south of us, we have established, under the title of
cleaning furniture, clothing, glass, leather, metals,
out the cistern, plaster walls and bottom with best and the restoration and preservation of all kinds
of objects and materials.
La America Cientifica é¢ Industrial,
Portland cement, neat, then put in another bottom and
walls of brick laid up in the cement. In Cosmetics and Perfumery some 500 receipts
are given.
(10) J. H. K. asks: 1. How are school Soaps have nearly 300 receipts.
a regular monthly trade edition of the Scientific American in the Those who are engaged in any branch of industry
blackboards made? A, The best mixtures contain a probably will find in this book much that is of
Spanish language. vehicle, often shellac varnish, with emery or ground practical value in their respective callings.
La America Cientifica e Industrial is profusely illustrated. It is the finest pumice to give ‘*tooth,’?and lampblack or other pig- Those who are in search of independent business
scientific industrial trade paper printed in the Spanish language. It circulates or employment, relating to the home manufacture
ments, often with a littie Prussian blue. See the ‘* Sci- of sample articles, will find in it hundreds of most
throughout Cuba, the West Indies, Mexico, Central and South Ame- entific American Cyclopedia,” $5 by mail. 2. How can excellent suggestions.
rica, Spain and Spanish possessions—wherever the Spanish Language is
MUNN & CO., Publishers,
gus be lit by electricity and what 1s a simple way? A,
spoken. By aspark coil, three or four Leclanche batteries in
Including the Americas, North and South, Cuba, Spain, and her colonial posses-
(Continued on page xii.) SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN OFFICE,
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OA AR OW Ee BE horse power electric motor (500 volts, 10 amperes) Hand and Foot Power Band Saw.

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afford sufficient power to drive a 10 in. circular saw for
cutting cordwood? A. Five horse power would be
ample for driving a 10 in, cross cut saw.
ICE-HOUSE AND REFRIGERATOR. | (Continued from page viii)
Directions and Dimensions for construction, with one (15) W. D. R. says: I wish to convey
illustration of cold house for preserving fruit from
season to season. The air is kept dry and pure through- water through a pipe 260 feet from a ditch. I have 24
out the year at a temperature of from 34° to 36°. Con- circuit therewith, and a circuit-breaking attachment to
feet fall. I would like to know what 1s the smallest
tained in SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT No. 116. each burner. The latter are sold by electrical dealers.
ee 10 cents. To be had at this office and of all news- size pipe I can use and have a supply of 3 gallons per
Jers. 3, How can small bombs be made, which, when thrown
minute. A. A 34 inch pipe will give you about 5 gal-
to the ground, do not make much of a report? A.
lons per minute. Wedo not recommend smaller pipe,
Fulminate of mercury is the explosive of ordinary tor-
45 sold in ’88 pedoes. All this class of manipulation is very dan-
on account of its liability to close after being in use
some time,
2,288 sold in ’89 gerous.

6,268 sold in ’90 (11) W. D. R. says: I wish to convey

(16) T. W. K. asks for the ingredients
that compose Inminous paint to make numbers that
20,049 sold in ’91 water through a pipe 260 feet from aditch. I have 24 can be seen in the dark, A. Barium and calcium sul-
60,000 wit be sold in? feet fall. T would like to know what is the smallest phides formed by ignition are characteristic ingredients.
size pipe Ican use and have a supply of 3 gallons per See our SUPPLEMENT, Nos. 229, 197, 249, 539.
A Steel Windmill and Steel ~Q!! minute. A, A 34 inch pipe will give you about 5 gal-
Tower every 3 minutes.
0> These figures tell the lons per minute. We do not 1ecommend smaller pipé, (17) H. M. B. says: Two miles from
story of the ever-growing, on account of its liability to close after being in use
ever-going, everlasting the city of Quito in Ecuador, and 1,600 feet above its
Steel Aermotor. Where some time, elevation, there is a waterfall that would fill a pipe 12
One goes others follow,
and we “‘take the country.””
Though sold, we wereunable tomake allof
id (12) A. M. asks for the name of the
inches in diameter. If that water was piped down to
the city in the best iron or steel piping, what thickness
the 20,049 Aermotors in '91. Orders often acid used for stencil work on glass plates and how to
waited 8 weeks to:be filled, but now we have
“ko: of pipe would be required at the lower end to with-
vastly increased our plant and are pre- use it. A. Hydrofluoric acid is used in etching glass. stand the strain? A. Wrought iron pipe 12 inches is
pared promptly to plant our increase in
every habitable portion of the globe.
It can be purchased from wholesale druggists in New amply strong, if about 14 inch thick, The pressure is
Are you curious to know how the Aer= York prepared for use, or you can prepure it yourself
motor Co. in the 4th year of its exist- too great for a city water supply. Extra strong plumb-
ence, came to make many times as by pouring sulphuric acid upon fluorspar. A lead dish ing will stand a water head of 200 feet, at which height
many windmills as all other is required for this operation, The glass is protected a reservoir should be placed and the water brought to
makers combined ? How we came with wax, paraffine or varnish, Where lines are re-
1 « ‘originate the Steel Wheel, the it by a free run through ordinary pipe with an overflow
ax

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Steel Fixed Tower, the Steel Tilting
3 © Tower?
ist. We commenced in a field in
P9ZO9I01
ysns
pues
m01y
fe
GaZINVA1VD quired the protecting coating is removed with a needle
or scraper. The glass is placed over the lead dish
waste. This is far better than any attempt torun a
high pressure service.
° which there had been no improve- and the hydrofluoric fumes rising from the dish attack
+ ment for 25 years, and in which [J Aj@NJOSqe
‘parajdui0o
Zutaq
sn
3 o there seemed no talent or ambition, the glass where it is exposed. Care must be taken not (18) F. L. W. asks: Can you tell me of
° + and none has yet been shown except
~>o in feeble Imitation of Our to inhale these fumes and to avoid getting the acid a test that will indicate the presence of a very small
>
oo Inventions.
2d. Before oommencing the PIZIUCA[VS
JOYE
MOT
12019
A1VIBAOY,
10]0UuL
PUB
on the skin, as it is very corrosive and poisonous. per cent, of dissolved copper in water? Say one-tenth
Table is 3 feet 6 inches from floor; measure
2 manufacture, exhaustive scien- of a grain or less in a gallon of water. A. Excess of
© c tific investigation 18 x 2Linches; is adjustable for cutting on a bevel,
and experi- a
= © ments were made by a skilled
(18) P. T. L. asks: What volume and ammonium hydrate produces blue coloration in solu-
mechanical engineer, in which fall of water will it require to furnish power to main- tion of copper. A very slight excess is enough. Pos- Guide for saw both above and below table. Dis-
over 5,000 dynamometric tests tance from table to guide when raised its full
em were made on 61 different forms [\ rain
7 ¥. roe tain 68 arc lights 2,000 candle power and 5,000 incandes- sibly in your case it would be well to evaporate the
~ << ofwheels, propelled by artificial 2 PeZJUVATTS
*[B1aul
Jo[soqA
cent lights 16 candle power? What will first cost be in water down in a porcelain dish or other vessel to about height, 5inches; 16 inches between saw and frame.
# and therefore uniform wind, BERNO TOR
which settled definitely many tbs fae -\_\ one-tenth its volume, acidify, filter and add ammonia All gears cut from solid iron. Shafts are made of
comparison with a steam plant of say 600 horsegpower?
questions relating to the proper= 33 steel. Saw pulleys covered with rubber. Upper
speed of wheel, the best form, = =
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saspa
ony,
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cost of maintenance be less? Is there less danger water. Add enough to react on litmus paper or to give
angle, curvature and amount of ‘ace, a perceptible odor of ammonia, saw pulley has adjustment to bring it into line with
ance of air to rotation, obstructions in the wheel, such as of stoppages? What is the life of a turbine working 16
lower saw pulley. Weight of machine, 260 Ibs.
heavy wooden arms. obstructions before the wheel, as in hours per day? A. Your installation will require about
the vaneless mill, and many other more abstruse, though Machines on trial.
not less important questions. These Investiga= 600 horse power actual from the water power motor. (19) J. H. K. asks: 1. How are school
tions proved that the power
wind wheels could be doubled, and the
of the best If a turbine of good make is used, the waterfall should
be equal to 700 horse power, as this depends upon two
blackboards made? A. The best mixtures contain a
vehicle, often shellac varnish, with emery or ground
J. M. MARSTON & CO.,,
AERMOTOR dally demonstrates it has
been done.
3d. To the liberal policy of the Aermotor Co., that guaran.
elements viz., height of fall and quantity of flow. We pumice to give ‘ tooth,’? and lampblack or other pig- 199 RUCCLES STREET,
tees its coods satisfactory or pays freight both ways, and to must uecessarily refer you to ScleNTIFIC AMERICAN ments, often with a little Prussian blue. See the
theenormous output ofits factory which enables it to fur-
nish the best article at less than the poorestis soldfor. For SUPPLEMENT, No. 788, for illustrated description of the “Scientific American Cyclopedia,” $5 by mail. 2. Boston, Mass.
'92 we furnish the most perfect bearings ever put method of measuring a water power. The first cost of a How can gas be lit by electricity and what is a simple
in @ windmill. and have made an exhaustive
vision of the Aermotor and Towers.
re=
turbine and head flume is much less than a steam plant, way? A. By a spark coil, three or four Leclanche SPIRES AND TOWERS.
Ifyou wanta strong, stiff, Steel Fixed Tower—or if you and in favorable places the dam and complete power batteries in circuit therewith, and a circuit-breaking
want the tower you don’t have toclimb (the Steel Tilting. Illustrations of the Spiv-- and Towers of the
Tower) and the Wheel that runs when all others stand stil plant may be bronght within the cost of a steam plant. attachment to each burner. The latter are sold by Medieval Churches 5f . island preceded b
that costs you less than wood and lasts ten times as long The economy of running expenses depends upon the electrical dealers. 3. How can small bombs be made, some observations of the Architccture .: the Mid-
(The Steel Aermotor) or if you wants Geared Aermotor to dle Ages and its Spire Growth, by Charles Wickes.
vthurn, grind, cut feed. pump water, turn grindstone and cost of coal, but is no doubt much less than steam, which, when thrown to the ground, do not make much
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With any degree of care against floods there is little or of a report? A, Fulminate of mercury is the explosive
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Sherman & Butler, <2...:<ssiessce erst sae ii
MR a perth al F. : Pree sre Js & BONG: 6.5 cc ds sews. a eee ix
Isher, Erskine W......... defnis: 0 'emeeratetet's ate tnt ims gz. Oy 's's-0 evobeen eeeee cos Ocveccvccese r iv
Flanagan & Biedenweg..... Saab eae PR ere it Smith, H. B., Co..............206 deesaaeadane :ae
Hox. Machine: Cot sede ssc eae eee coverii|Smith, 8. E. & Bro..2.2.0002221. wie giscess tagnen eee
Wrank & C0. 2ic.sadsssiccns.qcespecsoltaathice ee einen x |Standard Varnish Works 77.00.2000. v
French, Js 0: & S0n 2.0.0: <0) nena cticebemeeer meee iii |Standard Wood Turning Co.... ................++ vi
COLD Alp. * |Eeenob | oo OOS BR ee ace eee “Vv comes ole & Level Co.cric. 10 vaneteece
cst cover ii
< NR fal as Oe Peeteeee ee Oe he wii rre ts So. 52. ase 4ee ii
"The Best Hot Air Pipein the Market. G.
Garry Tron & Steel Roofing Co.... ....-.-..-c2-0 ii |Stover Mfg. Co......
Storm ittg.Go.
conomical, Safe and Durable. Gates, B.N.. Heating Co . 0. --:sseseisdesten i| Superior Furnace Co..
Godwin, |Alfred Saree cover iv Phe ‘t,M. ee
B hep siece
a orton & Lidgerwood Co. i es Iron & Steel Roofi
Every Section and Part Double, and Fitted with Slip and Socket pith Elevator Co.. cover iv y ng Go
Joint, insuring Safety i sASeS, umme ring & Oo... -cover i
ing, Insuring Safety in all cases Gurney Yo Water Heater Co. cover iii T.
MADE OF BEST BRIGHT 'TIN PLATES H
| : ¢ | waylor, No& Gio. wee cnssenaeeneeseeeeee cover iv
in lengths of 51%, 4, 94, 1114, 18%, 1914 inches, exclusive of lap, ee Jone eg apr don= SieSame wiaiwlh aisenre.ncs'eisih « xii |Thorn Shingle. and Ornament OO. core cect viii
eS permits the construction of any length Hartman Sliding Blind €o to ga usii DOCH BROR.. vy cn naslieass tesnce sade cane eeeeeeee xiv
of pipe without cutting. Hitchings & COLNE ROE oon ga ce ceuc cn eck
Saves two-thirds of the usual timber cutting, no Iron Lath, Wire ioe i t3 ee enebdee
2 as x vill O.
Screen or Asbestos required between the Pipe and Plaster- Howard, E., Watch & Clock Co........ vessssee eeedx |U+ S. Mineral Wool Co.......-....+. one re Care nee eae
ing, Safety Furnace Pipe being complete in itself. LoCogre) Lit |BE ee Hea een oer ee x
Ali danger of fire from charring of flooring or lathing avoided by using Safety Furnace Pipe. I. v.
ra eb peed a in fuel bills by increasing the flow of warm air. Costs no more than the old | Indiana Machine Works............. Van H Griffin & Co.
‘ashioned pipe. Investigate and have your architect include the Safety Furnace Pipe in his |/"Stantaneous Water Heating Co.... aut Wagoner
Van Wagner && VWiliame Gesh°* oeRei
illiams 00.2. gia howe: "
cover iv
specifications. — Send for circulars. 7, Venetian Blitid Col, o27. secs oasssecnapeees soeeeee- Xiil
Jackson, Edwin A. acai
MANUFACTURED BY Jarden Brick Co wibree esee Ae eae i w
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Johns, H. W., i %
SONGS, ABS Wicsweh snares
Safety Furnace Pj Q Co vc. oe
ietereteeeen ceeenee --xiil |Warner Mfg. Co........-- MLL espossesses e eo XVI
*) Aan yen = Ap tiste Ves oGabspetis cover iii -
estern San BG CO... s penn aes Snes chre o p eeu iii
4 f & i5 ATWATER ST., Beane mectaie- Oose Sosee onde Goes ree beh poe yf yes a ee Saeee xi
Rinnear & Gace Oh ee fei er,Prong % ROE. +ndaneal hasuaouae ites xvii
Det. it; Mich ccnax & Seo sr eeeeeeoetee Hams Mfg, Co, ..scssceavne, waeuteen ate eieeueude ili
etroit, ich, Pate ne Pere Pt Os ee iv |Williams rt, Machine Oo... a0, sekacusate Caer eae
ereee wate at rre eee eereee iti Willer Mfg. see fee eeeee céseaniysaaet
 May, 1892. Scientific American, Architects and Builders Edition, xvii

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This popular Bath, which is now in practical use
throughout the U. 8., has long been recognized as the
leading Portable Folding Bath Tub. Constant progress
1
>»has been and is to-day the secret of its pre-eminence.
# By its use no bath room is needed. Can be placed
in any apartment of the house. An ornament to any
room. A child can operate it. Uses gas, gasoline,L oil,
ornatural gas. Warms 20 gallons of water in 25 minutes.
The great expense of putting
in heating boiler and range,
or furnace with cold and hot
|-water pipes, entirely done
||away with.
ATT isTSS
SEND FoR caTA
\ (Send for circular and
prices.
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FOLDING BATH TUB CO., Marshall, Mich.
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Claseifed List of Advertisers Published in die Present Mumber of She Selestife Ameritas, Architects and Builders Gditionreach us not later than 5th of month to appear in issue following.
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Adamant, Page Brass Work for Buildings, Page |Drawing Instruments, Etc. IAL PrediWGOUwill.. ox. eck vee 8 Loeada vane cover iv
The Adamant Mfg. Co. .. ......... Ae a eNO. Ad Had! Barnuni is. Soe Te, moneros care cover iv A. H. Abbott & Co ind... 10% seveseceeews . cover ii evs
The MeVSLONG ElAStEr
OO. lle Soe cc sak; KV. Am. Brass and Metal Works..................Xxii Ball-Ball & Co... ...cccceees ceteceeeesees cover ii Flanagan & Biedenweg...........0..-+++
The New Jersey Adamant Mfg.Co.... ......xV J, SEUBOMES QiCG. fae ae ce Bie ee -oe See iv Kolesch: &CO.wk) 222 cc eee eee een eae iii Glue, Cement, etc. -
The United Adamant Plaster Co..............xVv Té Manasne ove wa nse: << earcnc esate ane eeeaas iii Ao MAJOF ca.o.0i0 000. cssivncn scenes: cenanncehonecusens ii
The Northwestern Adamant Mfg. Co... .....xv Brass Working Machinery. aS Graphite Paint,
The Chicago Adamant Plaster Co.............XV BEPryibil a esteas TRIE ONPe nyoevii| Dumb Waiters, Joseph Dixon Crucible Co.............+-0++++ee Vv
The St. Louis Adamant Plaster Co............XV Storm Mfg. CO.........2.--
ese eeeeeeeeeee neces XV
Pressed, Front, and MAB Manat na" iii
SWeOZey is. cocvass cause sentdacatuen Grates. Hs
The Ohio Adamant Plaster Co........ .. ..«XV Bricks—Plain,
Ene CHINO PIGBLOD OOse ate cue nacacos Svein aeise eae XV Edwin A. Jackson & Bro........ csssesescenvees i
OE st locetl Eaves Troughs
The Adamant Wall Plaster Works........
The Indiana Adamant Plaster Co.............XV
...3
aE, BENOI CO racer at rep ny sotteaninisi si 3 Vi] "Acme Roofing Co........s06cc06 seeees Ribas Lewis Grate & Mantel Co..... .........2+.++-.X1
Brick Machinery. ae ee COs arora ose anases® ix Grille and Fret Work. 7
The Detroit Adamant Wall Plaster Co.... Chicago Gritle Mfg. Co..........22000 eecerees xiii
The Michigan Adamant Plaster Co.... Henry Martin Brick Machine Mfg. Co......... Vv Canton SteelRoofing Co ‘Leg oe CAREoeeli
The Kansas City Adamant Plaster Co..... 2 Grille Brass Work. .
; ; Clark, Qirien &: Morse. <2o2.cc2-. sien: vs cover iii
The Tennessee Adamant.Co ...............606 cv
The New England Adamant Co........... ...xV
Idi
eget ei. ler a Costs
dR ea beta Be dae | ge oe Br | Sims noe roe meee ORE: Am. Brass and Metal Works....... wuameee tens xii
Je Hz Bolles’ &. C0)... soee ss nnn Avene cx caves iv
Mfg. Co......... at, Jetoretio
ae Bokcadh cover iv
The Connecticut Adamant Plaster Co.........xVv Ground & Rough Glass for Floors, Etc.
MOPINOYGo:Wilhibe Mok. ceo mbsich oo eic cutee etd sa0e KV Building Paper, Felt, Ete. __| etc.
Electric Door Bells, Annunciators,eee
LSE ponte oso apnos: Cribce ide Mneas cover iii TMs Bray & Comisseaeo kVLL eee
Pittsburg Plate Glass CO........-ses0.---.2+005 iii
pee
Vanhorne, Griffen & CO..........++++-+000--: vi
Adjustable Planes,
tanley Rule & Level Co .... ..... ..... cover ii Carpenters? Tools and Machinery. Electric Lights. Gymnasium Outfits. P
Stanley Rule and Level Co...........-..cover ii Brush Electric Co. ...:......-. -.-+e---.cover ii
Edison General Electric Co......--.+++++ cover ii Narragansett Machine Co.........-+++++++ savceVi
Advertising Glass Signs,
The Western Sand Blast Co........ .........-+ iii Carpet Lining. Electric Motors. Hand Sawing Machines,
Mae By, W SAO Se scar ccrarstoisiets
ote atte asisisreraels cover iii Wi Bs & Js Barnes: Cons wea. ozs ate nce esens iv
Annunciators, Door and Call Bells. Brush Electric Co...........
RpeE ELA, OCLOOL ee ceececs ce recut cence
tence xvii Edison General Electric Co Hardwood Lumber. 4
Carved Wood for Ceilings, ete. Keystone Electric Co ....... ..... The E. D. Albro CO........---sseeecere sieee ae VL
Architects. Allegheny Geometrical Wood Carving Co...xii
Ree BAT UCL AC. COsd ee siojee on disier «ibis Re sealiee tiekalL Elevators. Heating Apparatus,
Ceilings (Metal). PH Minde Mar ue A MOT USes saae sien eevee oisle dtlieje Ay Brinkerhorts: 27. tide t so beeca cuales
sete seen
Architects? and Surveyors? Supplies, _ FB. F. Bischoff & Co....... eialetcloiaeicieieteia
necents vii The Graves Elevator Co American Radiator Cov. |) ot a iaceusna cere
ASH ADDOGG & CO.0on
aeeeeee ccseecasncecinseees cover
ii op Hs Eller! & Cos.ass as cee> atone Sabet anaes cits te ii FOTIA POS vicars acne <srplawsins
sins eeOaee ee ee Abram Cox Stove Cocos a.-< swaeacuas cover iii
TG MANAsS6 toc
ccc nce eines cisicioes elarctsnstete
>sre/olsiii Kinnear & Gager Coy.eicuscs mamieee tas atees vii VE W ABON Gelert. oa ac cee tn tnews a macae Capitol! Heater’ Cok 925 <a ss acces sess uneo wer Kale
He Se Northrop sic o.< hee cae ates eccek cover iii Storm Mfg. Co....... a Pde chan eWabeatee 4 Detroit Heating & Lighting Co.... .. ........Xi
Architectural Brass and Metal Work
Designs. Cements, Elevator Motors, ’ BSH Cook Co? (Linititedji. <2 <.2 <0 0. cwae cence se i
Am, Brass and Metal Works.........0.-++++++Xii FLAW ORNs Mie: OO. cc crate stecicteccr cover iii Keystone Electric Co...........secseseee cover iv E. N. Gates Heating: Co. icii.s.2.~ dienes seems i
PATE M BIOL sce ceniccinecivia ceeielsicchrslsia
ate eter setomecteratel eeii Edwin A: Jackson: & Bro... s.i9Vesacies ae caetamrates i
Architectural Iron Work. Elevator Cabs and Enclosures, Eureka Steam Heating Co...................... i
‘isp Ral Cg (Ure day ioe ae beste Banh aces coveriv Chairs (Metal). Am. Brass and Metal Works. .....--..++-+++++ xii Gorton & Lidgerwood Co............... cover iv
a te BOUON Gs OO mre. afacltraniaseeteACRE ECORCCE iv PATH AMATO WSoc COscmiedscseneanhed seis cere Kiel Engineers’ Supplies. ~ Gurney Hot Water Heater Co......... cover iii
MipIManassent eerie ce a coteteissclon solrlcstasemesce iii Harrisburg Boiler & Mfg. Co... ......... xi
Architectural Wood Turning. Chandeliers, Piitohiniws:& OO ro aecee cnctan a. ie « meee eae
Adam Dickey........... Nhceallls se enotintin
gine ssvi 1B Eg rg Pell RARBG CSninee Otaniance wets gat! Fine Mechanical Tools, ie Howard Furnace Co...........2.20. sse+++--XVWill
Standard Wood Turning Co..........--.-..... vi Ee Sa Starretteg. case ssiscccssceeee PASC
OeCAC COTT ii Isaac A. Sheppard & Co...........- «0s. cover iv
Church Crosses.
Art Metal Work. WS Wr JODGS Ke ee tetienes weseicties otc clatendas xiii J. B. Pease Furnace Oo.s.. 5.6... «nn vena eeemell
Fire Brick. Lewis Grate & Mantel Co.. .. . xi
Knox SLONICT |.2s ges pes cous ae aires tees eee Serake iv Henry Maurer & Som ..........--20-eeee-
essere ii
PP PISOHOMU, 0s COnevcccxec tn stnae onanectdey vii Combination Dividers, National Hot Water Heater Co............3 viii
Wie eRe E ULI INS 22, secrecletatacrear Ba p iestoleopleSeon eee etie TeSuStarrett. 22 ae rego sateen tees iii
Fire Clay Roofing Tiles. Pierce, Butler& Pierce Mfg. Co........ cover iv
Clay Shingle Co.......... -se.006 Panisaes aitataisteye.e vi R. Wheeler &Son........ ... ea at xvii
Artificial Stones for Sidewalks and Concrete Illuminating Tile and Vault Superior Furnace: Co... sc cscs neve esau ees ii
Building Purposes, Lights, Fireproof Building Materials, The Akron Heating & Ventilating Co..cover iii
TTS Brooks & OOtdceteasnas
semen cacicesh ac eohe Henry Maurer & Son... ........- Bye edeeciee ii The Hs Bi Smith Mies Comte ssc... acne oy.9
MEMPMATUT |. caters sete es teens satsMee deities viii DACOD MATIC. he ds.cneedclde
tleciao eile clon cover iii Pittsburg Terra Cotta Lumber Co......cover iv
Artists? Materials, Hoisting Machinery.
ASH ADDOLE © COs.46 seecsess tcc peeeee OOVER AL Copper Finials,
aT Wel ONS caesar. sel s plate caaenersiectes xiii Fireproofing Material. Vis Wie Mason! & OG iiss os0.sscena ce epiactemetae iv
F. W..Devoe & Co... ... sidtwcsteee Bate sacene >i EPS Wi J ObTISe MEE OO ee vara anaes ret = eter cover iii
ROX Gi Stonienr ns <ccis ese ieaencee basse rstes iv Pittsburg Terra Cotta Lumber Co......cover iv Hot Air Pipe.
Wiebe Mullins Se cen wcacce tecccncse ct celeiii He BL Wateon. . oe 02.2 patina eee ein 210% cover ili Safety Furnace Pipe Co.... ........-. seees-e- xvi
Asbestos.
Bea dOnns, Mig. CO... ccctes vecttierccss cover iii Cordage. Indurated Fiber Goods,
EL WW EXESOU ee cere cece eens aween ae cover iii Samson Cordage Works.............+-.-- cover ii Flour Bin and Sieve.
Sherman & Butler. ........cccsessccrecscecs Aono! Oswego Indurated Fiber Co............. cover ii
Balusters, Stair Rails, Etc. Cornices, Iron and Copper. Iron Ceilings and Roofing,
So Brith: & DLO sss: scar ceehatacteta
dotielers Seisxiii Footand Hand Power Machinery. Acme Roofing (OO)... se pancna viens hs eeae tees ii
We Ei. Mullins. ).%. <; Set alanis sieht clined le dcapete leiii LW aihstcv lc RALDIOS: CO stearate
c fales eaett. « savaakV:
The Standard Wood Turning Co........ ..--..Vi Barrer: Mies Caen ces teenies c's bce cd eeeteeeee Vii
Corrugated Iron for Roofing, Siding CS RST thloM cee oaks cee tedncttinisas sect aecne kale Js Ebs BUler GOO sa ccrac cece se clsvc ceteeiece seeeneee ii
Base, Head and Corner Blocks, and Ceiling. JeM: Marston & Cox-n2, cas. erie ls tGiaeesiee -akLL MIDELCSLB OS ie bale coca ices slscwen tsadie de warn cee ii
Lidell & Williams........... Ne eee astleislesse
0:0Vi “Acne Roofing CO ve ccnceccetinesa srcer as cens ii Seneca Falls Mf@.:\Co.. .. 24 0. cincce ss erens esses ix EES NOPGRTOD cos. cs vaweocc cada b dun Acerca Vii
Berger" Mie. Cove ccccssetesmeen cece saclvecs a:vii French Baths (Enameled Iron), Sykes Iron & Steel Roofing Co..................ii
Bath Tubs. — Eberts Bros............. Bde eeivice lee ccees cee ii
Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co ............5+++-Xii Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co..............- -xii Iron Shutters and Doors,
Cincinnati Corrugating Co........ Acigencoctinge iii BT. Barnum, ).2.ccsccsccrscerses cornae cover iv
Oswego Indurated Fiber Co. ........... cover ii a tie HO & 'COc ese omensnee Mert aciics wcntonmnies ii Furnace Pipe. .
Safety Furnace Pipe Co.............---..-+..XVi Cincinnati Corrugating Co......cccssssseseces iii
Bath Tubs, Self-Heating and Folding. Garry Iron and Steel Roofing Co........ wil
Sykes Iron & Steel Roofing Co....... Galvanized Sheets. Iron Store Fronts,
Combination Folding Bath Tub Co.......... xvii Mesker & Bro..2 (tss000 100 ee - Vii
Wiha wisy Mite OO see se ne cleiein'ss o'e'sinewienii Apollo Lron & Steel Co............0.0-+6- cover ii
Instantaneous Water Heating Co.......600-- Covering for Steam, Gas, and Water Joist Hanger, 2
Pipes. Gas Engines. Duplex Hanger ©0...° 32 5.52.5 ~-+.« awe seen Vv
Bent and Beveled Glass. H. W. Johns Mfg. Co........... aereaeccOOVEr all Charter Gas Engine Co..........-..-seeeesceeres ii
Lathing (Steel Fireproof).
Vanhorne, Griffen & Co...... . Avera 2 Western Mineral Wool Co.............--+6-- xii Gas Fixtures and Appliances. Central Expanded Metal Co cover iv
APBrinkorhoit sess ceuiccacccmuces castlediaviasiicirs xi
Blinds, Sliding and Fold‘tag. Cutter Heads. Laundry Tubs.
Wm. Willer ........ SCRCOCOR
ODL GUCEEICE neck se ULL Sam’l J. Shimer & Sons..... sdgeprcsermacddoeh ax. Gas Machines. Albemarle Soapstone Co............-..6- cover ii
IAM Brin kernOle, Gs COsescbsiattas
anew eae eleel-isie etexi
Boiler Coverings. Dado Saws. Detroit Heating and Lighting Co..............X1 Leveling Instruments,
H. W. Johns Mfg. Co.......... AOYOOROO cover iii The Fox Machine Co....... ALAS toe nccd cover ii L. Manasse iii
Glass, Decorative and Sand Blast, Cy, WNRICHATGBOMei cciisic s cccteestlc
tae automae ia
Boilers (Seamless Drawn Copper House.) Decorative Glass and Sand Blast Work, The Matthews Decorative Glass Co. . ...... Vi
The Matthews Decorative Glass Co........... vi The Western Sand Blast Co..... 0...--.....005 iii Linseed Oil.
Randolph & Clowes.......-. errr ere nae UL
Dean Linseed Oil Co.............. Acene cover iii
Door Hangers. Glass—Plate and Cylinder Window,
Brass Furniture Fittings. Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. ........-..---seeeeee iii Lithographers,
Tane Brose. nce. <5 Stata eiaie’s ciate dscsniaie eases lestele iv Schumacher & Ettlinger................ cover ii
Am. Brass and Metal Works.........sseeee+++Xii Munger-Colton Mfg. Co........ salepalea) wists viii POtis Brodts: cove cesee a asice ccule wel sp mas Seiercloe’s wi iv
B.C, Steams: GOosreaiscncandeiacins iace ees' iv P. Semmer Glass Co... ......cceeecace PCAC iv Mahogany.
Brass Goods. Wanhorne, Griffen SCO. os cee ccec sme es snus vi The BS DeAT Dro: CO seas claciea ania aeleaee xvi
Randolph & Clowes .... ... -.-«.--. The Wartier Mig. Co.cc. 24. <.cs222-0-. ++. XWill

IF INTERESTED IN WATER SUPPLY PLEASE READ! ELECTRIC BELLS WITHOUT A BATTERY.

, ARCHITECTS SOMETHING NEW.
should not fail to give a place for one of our Regulators in every plumbers’
Why use battery, mechanical or push button
specification, as it should be found in every house, particularly WHERE HOT AND
COLD WATER IS USED; it prevents the effect of the high pressure on bouers. bells when you can get the Gillette Electric
The regulator can Be set at a ay pte desired in the building, say as low as Door or Call Bells (without a battery), and
15 pounds or upwards, and it wi maintain the same no matter how great the which never get out of order from any cause
pressure may be in the mains.
This Valve has been on the market for the past 10 years and has met with flatter- whatever. Not affected by extreme heat or
ing success. Many serious accidents avoided by theiruse. Every valve warranted. cold, lasts a life time and requires absolutely

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FACTORY: 111-117 WN. STATE ST.
H. MUELLER MAN'F’G CO., no attention, and will operate door openers
and annuuciator. Wiring for these bells is
CHEAPEST OFFICE: 222 E. MAIN ST. DECATUR, ILL. same as for any electric bell, and our bells,
door opener, and annunciator may displace
others without making any change in the
wiring. All our instruments are guaranteed
JUDGE A MECHANIC BY THE QUALITY OF HIS TOOLS. . for five years and are fully protected by
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for inserting all kinds of wood screws, as well
metals, which has ever been presented to the
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and will undoubtedly
Magneto-Bells of Every Description.
fill a long felt want. We do not offer it in comparison with the
cheaper tools which are sees the market, but strictly as a first- SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND
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Carpenters, Machinists, Pattern Makers and lachine Repair Shops,
Carriage, Stov e, Furniture and Coffin Manufacturers.
are used wherever ascrew driver or small drill is required.
Sold by the Hardware and Supply trade generally.
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H. MUELLER M’F’G CO., 55 Dey Street, .
Factory, 111-117 State Street. DECATOR, ILL.
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Combination Warm Air and Hot Water Heaters. BAND SAWS.

Damascus Tempered with NATURAL GAS, of SUPERIOR Toughness, a1
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After more than eighteen years’ experience in the manufacture of Band
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We manufacture Band Saws from one-eighth of an inch to 12 inches wide.
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.—Continued from page xvii.
Masons’ and Builders’ Supplies. rage Page Sidewalk Lights. Page Page
B.A Prench,& Co; ae 3050s e eke teins shees eee The North Western Adamant Mfg. Co.......xVv H/T, Barnuniers as.ctsepeacccecenessa eek cover Iv Wall Finish,
ence ekces Instruments, .
The Chicago Adamant Plaster Co ............XV TH. Brooks'& Cov.c. ese a ccteetMedcre anet ae lv Diamond Wall Finish Co... asose Will
The St. Louis Adamant Plaster Co............XV J. On Frenchig Oo k.-oe. ceceen re ae Pe uiests Gointue iii Wall Plaster.
Ws Devoe& Gorcis ote cee Abten conics nee i The Ohio Adamant Plaster Co ..... pleweb been, JACOD MAEX ye otcccceee se Meeeles oveveeses cover iii Paragon Plaster Co..
Mechanics’ Screw and Tool! Driver. ” ane. Ohio: Plaster COnsee eres vec ersiece esa els Eureka Plaster Co..
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The Adamant Wall Plaster Works............XV Shafting, Pulleys, Hangers,
H-Mueller Mfg. Coon. 0 Sites devevenestee .xvii The Indiana Adamant Plaster Co............XV PL Pryibilisoac lewd cae pee te tl oo tldaelanette eat vii
Wall Plaster (hanmaed.
Metallic Lathing, Etc, ; The Detroit Adamant Wall Plaster Co ...... XV The Adamant Mfg. Co
S25. BoUes L COs: We minis oabiiieel)
asreane eee beiv
Sliding Blinds, ;
The Michigan Adamant Plaster Co........... XV Clark, Bunnett & COs: aacrws seaemslicarestsxiii The Keystone Plaster Co ke
Central Expanded Metal Co,............ cover iv The Kansas City Adamant Plaster Co.........XV The New Jersey Adamant Mfg. Co. ......... »XV
Jacob Durstine........ ..+. apace xiii
Metallic Ceilings. The Tennessee Adamant Co..............20-0 XV Hartman Sliding Blind CO ke a cena xiii The United Adamant Plaster Co. os lite
Berger Mig: Cone. tkewcwespyesie csbe eine cases vii The New England Adamant Co............ PLE Geo. (POPPeLt: aac suwerpacmaate « Xili The Northwestern Adamant. Mfg. Co..
Dc EL, SOL OO casks cn Ven cle spisiapiacivicyseers ii The Connecticut Adamant Plaster Co....... Xv Wits Willer eee * Sic ccrcnceses ce ssisese sone Xall The Chicago Adamant Plaster Co.. .
A. Northrop & Cor, wens tate cnescecannesceimentt. vi Reymer :& White: :... 5.0.02
0-26 cscs ececeSettee, The St. Louis Adamant Plaste: Co....... ont
TS Noxthrop™ ss hes si boks seat thet sate aoe vii Plaster Boards. Spring Hinges, The Ohio Adamant Plaster Co..............
The Kinnear & Gager Co Alden & Woods Fiber Co..... ...... seseeee+Xiil Van Wagoner & Williams Co....... ... cover iv The Ohio. Plaster COs. /ass52.a See
Metallic Roofing Tiles and Shingles, Porous Terra Cotta and Hollow Tile. | Stable Fittings and Fixtures.
HT, Barn. ..c.o-eessseaisasunaeyOs cover iv TheIndiana Adamant Plaster Co..
Rerwer Mig. ‘Co .. 0s. ostopsebices
Mev re ee ehh eke seG vii Pittsburg Terra Cotta Lumber Co..... cover iv TheDetroit Adamant Wall Plaster Go... .....XV¥
( ‘ortright Metal Roofing Co.......cssse0-s+- Kill 8. L. Bent & Son. Rare te nar iii
Poultry Yard Appliances, o TheMichigan. Adamant Plaster Co........ ..XV
Garry [ron and Steel Roofing Co.............. ii Stairs, oe Balusters, Ete. TheKansas City Adamant Plaster Co.........xV
Gummey, Spering & Co. ..,........0.--- cover 1v S: 1 Bent: & Sons cts .4 geese = seedeiiscee
cee Pe 5bA iii a Dickey.... . aiawic'a toe Ma aatee nichedasvi The Tennessee Adamant Co.... ......0...08 XV
Thorn Shingle & Ornament Co: .. i s..c---- vili Radiators, ; SHH Smithy, Brososs. cs. en eee ees xiii The New England Adamant Co............. XV
American Radiator OOssiccasicsesncte neice
sets KLE. Standard Wood Turning Co. ivivaceesVd The Connecticut Pees Plaster Co.........XV
Mineral Wool,
U.S. Mineral’ Waal Oonsyaas cayevieeeve cases as v Railings and Fences. = Statuary, Cornices, Finials, Ete, Reymer & White.t5.c¢.aiieets ee Beye...
Western Mineral Wool Co Seda car eahae’ xi Am. Brass and Metal Works..... oneieeceeee
reo Xih WH. Mulling-23.2,.. Washout Closets,
HAT Barnum .cscseeceences Gaon e+e -COVer iv ¥, F. Bischoff & Co.. Haines,.Jones & Cadbury Co...... ...... .... xii
Mirrors (French and German.) Jo BS Bobes'&O0s5:
5. isisteectsseecaestee
eens oo AV Knox & Stonier......
Vanhorne, Griffen & Co...............05 ackisce et vi Watchmen?’s Clock System & Tineke
Reflectors, ae Steam Hot Blast Apparatus. E. Howard Watch & Clock Co.... 0........... ix
Mitering Machines, TPs rink.ies sec0-6 see ‘ eoveseve eli Akron Heating and Ventilating Co.. oad
The Hox Machine Ors: tic. ssecscsecclene’ coverii Water Conductors.
Steel Roofing. Armor, Marlin: & C0505 cc Gah. head De eee ix
Roofing Paper, Etc. Acme Roofing Co..........+s.++. Ve nteatieccne hot!
Mortar Colors, Consolidated Roofing IWIODKSoro ee catia cover iv ‘Acme Roofin Loe é. Sea ane
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BS, be HTONCH B25COs... .0ccnsecrestcasm=
nen iiac ceVv Berger Mfg. Co........5 did doe ditseee
eta tasee Berger Mig: Co... acc isiztusies ds kasesee Soe vii
H. W. Johns Mfg. Co.............. +e... COVEr iii Canton Steel Roofing Coleen chases nes tp eae vii
Toch BYroS.......+.++- * eciew kes euapasint © xiv HB Watsonisie3 552 vos os teases) 20 . cover iii Canton Stool Rolin eli
Se. HMC COs sa aSects wisiei8are sina cone te testers li Clark, Quien& Morse................02. “cover iii
Oilstones, Roofing Sla berts {Bross sea ccieepege ahtone cemrictae Spacteral J. H..Eller & Co.
The Pike Mfg; Co. .........0 ARG aAtO0 334 cover ii The Old eeneor Slate Co...... SAveeele enemas s.Vi, Garry Iron and Steel Rapti Co. Robots tan ke ii Simms. Mfg. Co. ccsedsacaquedueeneveene cover iy
Lancaster Steel ib eae — paces metelhe eae li Bx
Oil Well Supplies. Roofing Tin. , Sykes Iron & Steel Co.. sabistebanials/enigia sinter ii Weather ate
Ol Well Supply Ooi crse «ca ncviekeee
oeeieee Fis. iv Cortright. Metallic Roofing Co....... ....... xiii J.Dunfee:& GoxnIn 3 e® .cwde seeeeeee COVED ii
Steel Shutters.
Ornamental Glass Work. Gummey, Spering & Co............00..5. cover iv Clark, Bunnett & Co. ...... Sle daisies peice xiii Water Pressure Regulators,
The Western Sand Blast Co..........-2e0« ii N..& 'G. Payior U0 Ved. ccs amepleseyclesh
aldalscover iv H. Mueller
Mfg. Co.......; Didpebadsecceeay peewen
Surveying Instruments,
Roofing and Wall Tiles. : De Manaseeyatncaesneeaesle ileniet eieiaeinlp apabete eta iii Weather Vanes,
Paints. F.4D. Barnum. o.)<s ais weicosmedde coesee. COVErIY
The Chilton Mag AS0 >ccinaw seat degeemtns nites osreii Olay Shingles, Kosi ewan malate paneer Anes vi Gor Richardson yy. aieasanvisue Seniesa ntejstecmaee iii
"THOS. W. JORES > css. oieSilo kis Sen Pa
Joseph Dixon Orucible OG... ..scckkauskh cess Vv Sand Blast and Embossed Glass. Tanks, — ‘
Bo Wi. WSVOCiS CO cc.us-ssncan the eeien oa & 2 d The Matthews Decorative Glass Co ....... Williams
Mfg. GLUL Well Tools and Machinery.
Co.............. nicremibgateetinviettve
SoH. Wrench & Ooi weer sis va </eisnieeinepee
saeVv American Well Works. ........ 68,0 vey «CE iii
The Western Sand Blast Co.......... c Temperature Regulators, Oil Well Supply.Co... ...... Tautou SUS See iv
H. W,. Jonns Migowo. Gers. snc>esunee -cover iii Powers Duplex Regulator Co........0.s+00++-Xi
Patents, i Sanitary Specialties. . Windmills.
BH. Es Cudelh ic.coe ctetcve's
oes ose heccietaiteoamtatte vi Terra Cotta Lumber. Aermotor Co... cece... addenda wt sede oe
Munn WOO wack tees aes'evpleisiaphineabr
anaes cbs wertili Pittsburg Terra Cotta Lumber Co.... .cover iv
G. A, Blessing &.Co...........0sed> satetatiee Rs casee: &vi Wire Office Railings.
Parquetry Floors, Haines, Jones & Cadbury CO arses palesteee RAL Tecw iS Foot Power Machinery. EL. Dy Barnum 07. gees i ae vee 1
RE. B. Moore & Co....... treseee oeeecenes . lil Oswego Indurated Fibre Co .... .. . .cover ii B& J. Barnes Co; ) s.c,cdc <esusieltso Suardejeme's Zaks Am. Brass and Metal Works. atin dy ann ee
Ds DUNLOG SCO cen ne cae sseweitecsaie.. cover i a 5 lg Atcn Ve een afte a Maia Seni obec 2s J. HB. Bolles'& Covt2 oi eg abp oh aur acount’ iv
National Wood Mfg. Co..,...0.....000.005 cover ii Sash Balances. , J. M. MarstontaiCo ite) -: ea. sas amet oats ated
Caldwell Mfg. Co............... ws rcsvossCOVEray Seneca Falls Mfg O60! fcr .2.e65<.07 cortices aaa Wood Carpet.
Photo-Engraving. Boughton & ‘Terwilliger.seven Ri geweeaveee cover ii
4
Moss Bograving O6. +>. 5... ccsueesssccssecah exes i Sash Cord, Tower Ornaments, Finials, Ete. J. Dunfea’& Coy.) ete ene eanaee - cover ii
Samson Cordage Works............ con ee COVEF ti He DT Barn... cic sot hcelcsniidadeeeds kinecover iv KE. B. Moore & Co.0s4 fics see seen tesa paeene eee i
Photographic Outfits.
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co...........0. eas alt Sash Pulleys. National Wood Mf. Cou, | cesusnane wen cover ii
Planing Mill panckimeny: Stover Manufacturing Co......... nepersonacre. sith Trap, Sewer Gas and Backwater, Wood Finishes.
F. E. Cudell tceeteceenesseWL Bridgeport Wood Finishing Co........ hearers
Hoyt & Bro. OO 5 ree a e.< Sash, Metallic Adj uatabls: 3 Universal Trimmer. BW. Devoe: & Costes te..43 0 can nee
Plumber's Blast Furnace, Flanagan& Biedenweg.. ie peovleipeleia piinielgayeet The Fox MachinevCol-c.cs.. cerneeeese cover ii
Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co.,............ auacewal Wooden Tanks,
Saws. Varnish. A. J. COVCOPAN. ser denne tetreeeaneee cover iv
sorte gee Supplies, Emerson, Smith & oeFecal sist Sid ais eaeeaniaiaeodxviii i. Wie Devoe: & Co. hiF. fobs atresia ceoatclee en ce i Williams Mfg. Co.. nie's'y cla.0 sw'9.atela opie eau en
GuA. Blessing & Cole tic. s.0. aa sineeleeren
Gan sale VA Seneca Falls Mfg. Co.... ...-..02..+0008 Ase ib Standard Varnish Works............0--..+: near A
Hi ie s, Jones & Cadbury Co......e...0. re ree ei Wood Mantels inp
Se neers for Doors wey Windotva. Vault Lights. Sce Sidewalk Lights. Pearson Mfg. lo anniea fanaa adirera aye ont OTE Fe ERS
rene Cement,
H.W. WIBMOR ss 305s ct sonia sth y.0ues slesicek sales hie iv A. J. Phillips
& Co....., shite mchrne Gono sashes afisk Veneers, Woodworking Machinery.
FD AIDrO OOM nccse ters conecauemecepeaas cee Cordesman Machine Co..
Pene Terra Cotta, Scroll Saws and Tools. The Egan’ Co «2... =
Henry Maurer & Son........ es saute Tepateeets tows li ak. & Jo Barnes O07 seat.
arene deem ceen «iV Venetian Blinds. >
Vénotian Blind "Cosi 65. caeeras cca xiii Frank & Co....
Plaster. Seneea: Falis Mfg.) Gow coins. bbescanteubes ve ax HE. & B. Holmes.
Eureka Plaster Co.......0+.0+08 Ventilating, Drying and setae Fans. Hoyt & Brother C
Shipping Blanks, Andrews, Jobnson &: C0. io.32 Siena aii
The Adamant Mfg. Co Barlow-Bros: c-dsce <clposindsaecieene rs Aes, iii Indiana Machine Works.
The Keystone Plaster Co. . : Akron Heating and Ventilating Co..eriow App.3 P. Pryibil. . Vii
The New Jersey Adamant Mfg. Co. Shutter Workers, Ventilating Grates, Samuel J. Shimer & Sons. oak
The United Adamant Plaster Co. F. B. Mallory.... .iv Edwin A. Jackson & Bro........ + seceseeeeen i Williamsport Machine Co.....,...........02-0:x

THE NEW WARNER

Single Track Hanger is the Best,
FOR EITHER

HEAVY OR LIGHT DOORS.

Anti-Friction Bearings, Adjust-
able, Noiseless, Hard
Wood Track.
NICEHL-PLATED.

“YorWarer ee This is the fourth invention of our Mr. Warner on Parlor Door Hangers. His long experience in this
class of work enables him to produce a hanger superior in simplicity to any now on the market. We

EY Hot Water Gi RCULATION. call attention to its automatic gravity lock, same as on_our Double Track Hanger, which has won
the universal ap roval of Builders. In hanging, after the base plate is screwed in place, the Door is
coupled to the anger by simply sliding the parts together, when the gravity lock, of its own
Nationat Hot Water HEATER Oo. weight, falls and locks them in place. This of itself saves many
other Hanger made. Having but a Single Track, the Carpenter
hours of time over the setting of any
has but one artition to set true, while
with the Double Track he must have two equally true, thereby taking double the time. Then a Si
Boston, 195 Fort Hill Sq. Chicago, 34 Dearborn St. Track Hanger adjusts itself to any unevenness in the track, thereby avoiding the complications oft
New York, 94 Centre St. San Francisco, 405 Market S& “ Adjustable”’ Double Track Hanger.

HAVE YOUR ARCHITECT SPECIFY rr IN YOUR PLANS,

MANUFACTURED BY

The Warner Manufacturing Company,

FREEPORT, Itt.
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TI ee Gs eee pr er ntered at the Post Office of New York as Second Class Matter.

A CHURCH AT UPPER MT. CLAIR.

[See page 81.]

 80 Scientific American, Architects and Builders Edition, June, 1892.
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Messrs. Longstaff & Hurd architects, Bridgeport, Ct.

Scientific American.
A COTTAGE AT BENSONHURST, LONG ISLAND.
We illustrate in one of our plates in colors this Our engravings were made direct from photographs
month a cottage recently erected for Thomas Golding, of the building taken specially for the ScrENTIFIC
ESTABLISHED 1845. Esq., at Bensonhurst, Long Island, from plans pre- AMERICAN.
pared by Mr. Paul F. Higgs, architect, New York. ee ooo
Dimensions: Front, 32 ft.; side, 39 ft. 4 in., not in- A RESIDENCE AT BABYLON, N, Y.
MUNN & CoO., Editors and Proprietors, eluding piazza. Height of ceilings: Cellar, 7 ft.; The engravings pages 84 and 85 present a residence
No, 361 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. first story, 9 ft. 6 in.; second, 8 ft.; third, 7 ft. The erected for Franklin H. Kalbfleisch, Esq., at Babylon,
underpinning is built of brick, while the building Long Island. The underpinning is built of brick, with
Oo. D. MUNN A. E. BEACH. above is of wood. The first story is clapboarded and stone foundation. The exterior framework is clap-
painted olive brown, with bottle green trimmings ; boarded and painted light olive green, with bottle green
NEW YORK, JUNE, 1892. second story shingled and painted yellow, with similar trimmings. Roof shingled and painted red. Dimensions:
trimmings. Blinds painted bronze green. Roof Front, 55 ft.; side, 86 ft., not including front piazza.
shingled and painted moss green. ‘The interior Height of ceilings: Cellar, 7ft.; first story, 10 ft.; see-
A OS= ©=)
throughout is trimmed with whitewood, finished nat- ond, 9 ft.; third, 8 ft. Hall is trimmed with ash. It
ural. The doors and windows have beaded easings has a paneled wainscoting, ribbed ceiling, and a nook
Scientific American, and turned sunk angle blocks. The hall, spacious, containing seats and fireplace furnished with tiled
contains an ornamental stairease, which hearth and hard wood mantel.
starts near The staircase is pro-
ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS EDITION. ' the center of hall toward the front, and has a platform vided with columns extending to ceiling, the space
lat a height of five steps, at which point the ascent is between being filled in with spindle transoms, sup-
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$2.50 a Year. Single Copies, 25 cents. | reversed toward the rear. Library is well lighted and ported with brackets, forming Gothic arches. This
it is separated from main house. Parlor and dining staircase and hall are lighted effectively with stained
room are provided with octagon projections and fire- glass windows. The floors throughout are laid with
This is a Special Edition of THE SCIENTIFIC AMERI-
places, built of brick, and furnished with tiled hearth yellow pine. Parlor and library are trimmed with
CAN, issued monthly. Each number contains about
and facings and hard wood mantels, with beveled plate mahogany and dining room with antique oak. The
forty large quarto pages, forming, practically, a large
'glass mirrors of excellent design. Kitchen is wains- fireplaces where shown have tiled hearths and hard
and splendid Magazine of Architecture, richly
coted and fitted up with wash trays, sink, dressers, wood mantels. Kitchen and its apartments are wains-
adorned with elegant plates in colors and with fine en-
pantry, ete. Second floor contains four large bed coted and fitted up with the usual fixtures in the
gravings ; illustrating the most interesting examples of
rooms and bath room, the latter wainscoted and re- best possible manner. There are eight bed rooms,
modern Architectural Construction and allied subjects.
plete. Two bed rooms and ample storage on third bath room, dressing room and closets on second floor,
A special feature is the presentation in each number
floor. Ceilings are corniced. Cemented cellar, under and two bed rooms and storage on third floor. Ce-
of a variety of the latest and best plans for private
whole of house, contains furnace. Cost $3,450 com- mented cellar contains furnace and other apartments.
residences, city and country, including those of very
plete. Our engraving was made direct from a photo- Cost $17,500 complete. Mr. H. J. Hardenbergh, archi-
moderate cost as wellas the more expensive. Draw-
graph of the building taken specially for the SCcIEN- tect, 10 West Twenty-third Street, New York.
ings in perspective and in color are given, together
TIFIC AMERICAN. Our engravings were made direct from photographs
with Floor Plans, Specifications, Costs, ete. a8 of the building taken specially for the SCIENTIFIC
No other building paper contains so many plans,
A RESIDENCE AT PLAINFIELD, N. J. AMERICAN.
details, and specifications regularly presented as the a
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Hundreds of dwellings have One of our plates in colors this month illustrates
‘“Cobwell Hall,” a residence recently erected for A SCHOOL HOUSE AT UPPER MONTCLAIR.
already been erected on the various plans we have
issued, and many others are in process of construction.
Oscar 8. Teale, Esq., at Plainfield, N. J. Our engraving, page 86, made direct from a photo-
All who contemplate building or improving homes.
Dimensions: Front, 42 ft. 4 in.; side, 52 ft. 4 in., graph of the building taken especially for the Sc1EN-
or erecting structures of any kind, have before them in not including piazza. Height of ceilings: Cellar, 7 ft.; TIFIC AMERICAN, presents the Upper Montclair School
this work an almost endless series of the latest and. best first story, 10 ft.; second, 9 ft.; third, 8 ft. The design House, which has been completed from plans prepared
examples from which to make selections, thus saving is excellent, and in the arrangement of rooms all the by George W. Da Cunha, architect, New York. The
time and money. space is utilized to the best advantage. The under- foundation and underpinning are built of stone, laid
Many other subjects, including Sewerage, Piping, pinning and first story are built of local brick ; second up at random, while the exterior walls above are built
Lghting, Warming, Ventilating, Decorating, Laying and third stories are shingled and painted colonial of local brick, laid in red mortar. All the exterior
Out of Grounds, ete., are illustrated. An extensive
yellow, with bottle green trimmings. Roof shingled. woodwork is painted bottle green. Roof is covered
Compendium of Manufacturers’ Aunouncements is also Large sliding doors connect the principal rooms on with blue slates. The school rooms are all well lighted,
given, in which the most reliable and approved Build- first floor. The front lobby is trimmed with quartered ventilated, and conveniently arranged. The front
ing Materials, Goods, Machines, Tools, and Appliances oak, and it has a tile floor, two closets, and a window room, 25 ft. by 32ft., is provided with single seats, and
are described and illustrated, with addresses of the seat. Front hallis also trimmed with quartered oak, will accommodate 48 pupils, while the two rooms at
makers, ete. and it is furnished with a paneled wainscoting, brick the rear (15 ft. 9 in. by 30 ft. respectively), which can be
The fullness, richness, cheapness, and convenience of fireplace, and an ornamental staircase turned out of separated by double folding doors, have double seats,
this work have won for it the Largest Circulation similar wood. Parlor is trimmed with mahogany, and will accommodate 44 pupils each. The L room,
of any Architectural publication in the world. library with sycamore, and dining room with chestnut. 20 ft. by 22 ft., is fitted up similarly, and will seat 44
An Increase of Trade will necessarily accrue to The latter has a paneled wainscot and stained glass pupils. The interior throughout is trimmed with
all Manufacturers and Dealers whose establishments windows. The fireplaces are furnished with tiled whitewood, stained and finished in cherry. The floors
are conspicuously represented in this important edition hearths and hard wood mantels. Butler’s pantry is are laid with yellow pine. Cemented cellar under
of ‘THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Terms for advertising trimmed with oak and properly fitted up with cup- whole of building is divided in center, and each apart-
very moderate. <A card of rates sent on application. boards, drawers, bowl, etc., complete. Kitchen is ment is furnished with a toilet replete. The building
Bound Volumes.—Two volumes are published an- wainscoted and trimmed with ash, and is provided is heated and ventilated by the Rutan-Smead system.
nually. Volumes 1 to 12, which include all the num- with range, set in fireplace, large pantry, lobby, and Cost of building, $8,700; cost of heating and ventilat-
bers of this work from commencement to close of 1891, sink complete. Second floor is trimmed with white ing, $3,500; total, $12,200.
imay now be obtained at this office or from Booksellers pine, finished natural, and contains six bed rooms, et ee
and Newsdealers. Price, bound in paper, $2.00 per vol- large closets, and bathroom. Bath room is wains-
HOUSES NEAR NEW YORK.
ume. These volumes contain all the colored plates, coted and furnished replete. Two bed rooms on third
On page 87 we give perspectives of several very at-
sheets of details, specifications, and all the other inter- floor. Cemented cellar contains laundry, furnace, and tractive dwellings located near New York. In subse-
esting matter pertaining to the work. They are of other necessary apartments. Cost about $12,000. Mr.
quent numbers we hope to illustrate more fully some
great permanent value. Forwarded to any address. Osear 8. Teale, architect, 247 Broadway, New York.
of these houses, giving floor plans and particulars.
Our engraving was made direct from a photograph of
MUNN & CO., Publishers, the building taken specially for the ScIENTIFIC + Oe

361 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. AMERICAN. A DWELLING OF MODERATE COST.

et Ore
We present on page 89 a surburban dwelling of
We can supply at moderate cost the full planus, spe-
THE CRESCENT BLOCK, BRIDGEPORT, CONN. low cost, erected for Mr. William Wagner, at Lowerre,
cifications, details, bills of materials, ete. , ready for the
We publish on pages 82 and 83 engravings and floor New York. The foundation is of stone, laid up at
builder, for any of the struetures illustrated in this
plans of the Crescent block, erected for Henry San- random. The first story is clapboarded and painted
publication. We are assisted by a staff of able and
ford, Esq., on Golden Hill, at Bridgeport, Connecticut. light olive green, with dark olive green trimmings;
experienced architects.
The designis excellent and the plan is arranged to form second story shingled and stained sienna. Roof shin-
a crescent. Theunderpinning and first story are built gled and painted red. Dimensions: Front, 24 ft.; side,
of rock-faced red sandstone. The building above is 34 ft., exclusive of piazza and porch. Height of ceil-
CONCERNING AGENTS.
built of North Haven palette brick, laid up in red ings: Cellar, 7 ft.; first story, 9 ft.; second, 8 ft. 6 in.;
Customers who pay money to subscription agents or mortar, with terra cotta cornice and trimmings. The third, 8 ft. The interior throughout is trimmed with
brokers do so at their own risk. Care should be taken tower domes are of copper. Height of ceilings: Cellar, white pine, finished natural. The doors and windows
to deal only with known, responsible, and reliable 8 ft.; first story, 10 ft.; second, 9 ft.; third, 8 ft. 6 in. have beaded casings and turned sunk angle blocks.
parties. Wesend no papers until we receive the sub- Halls, trimmed with antique oak, contain ornamental Hall contains an ornamental staircase. Parlor and
scription price; and no person is authorized to repre- staircases, with carved newels, posts, ete. Parlors and dining room are provided with fireplaces, furnished
sent us, act for us, or receipt for us. libraries are trimmed with cherry and dining rooms with tiled hearths and wood mantels. Kitchen is wains-
Munn & Co., Publishers, 361 Broadway, New York. with oak. Fireplaces where shown are furnished with coted with narrow beaded stuff and fitted up with
tiled hearths and facings and hard wood mantels, with wash trays, sink, pantry and fireplace replete. There
beveled plate mirrors, ete. Butler’s pantries are fitted are four bed rooms and bath room on second floor and
CONTENTS
up with dressers, sinks, and dumb waiters complete. two bed rooms on third floor. Cemented cellar under
Of the June number of the ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS EDITION
Each house has a cemented cellar, containing kitchen, whole of house contains furnace and other necessary
of SCLENTIFIC AMERICAN.
|laundry, furnace and other necessary apartments ; the apartments. Cost $2,800 complete. Mr. Geo. Palliser
(illustrated articles are marked with an asterisk.)
former furnished complete and trimmed and wains- architect, New York.
Bricks, resistance of............... $8 | Heating, HOUSES. ie. wccccesssecuenss 93
Chureh, Upper Montelair*.... -79, 81 Houses near New York"........§ os 87 coted with yellow pine finished natural. The second Our engraving was made direct from a photograph
City Hall, Philadelphia*....
Climber, stair, electric*
Newels and balusters*. .
Pavement, cork ‘floor in each house contains two large bed rooms, of the building taken specially for the ScreNTIFIC
Cottage, Bensonhurst*............
Crescent Block, Bridgeport*
Residence, Asbury Park*..
Residence, Babylon, N. Y.*
closets, with wardrobes and wash bowls and bath AMERICAN.
Doors, partition
80, Residence, Ludlow, N. Y.. } rooms, while the third floor contains three bed rooms ee
Re sidence, Plaintield, N. J.* &
Dumbwaiter, “Paragon ”’*. and storage.
These apartments are trimmed with
Dwelling of moderate cost*
Se hoolhouse, Upper Montclair*0, 86
Stair, design for’
EXAMPLES have been found in this country of kyan-
Engine, gas, Charter*....... oe Staircase, twin* - w Vanities) Om ' whitewood ; second floor stained and finished in ized timber which was in a good state of preservation
Floors, hard wood*........... «++. 93 pombe rature, sick room.
Floors, bard wood, treatment..... *
Heater, hot water, Bolton*........
ss | cherry aad the third floor finished natural. Cost after twenty-eight years’ exposure, but it seldom lasts
Heater, hot water, Nolan’s*...... “UB $55,000 for the entire block of six houses complete, avery long time when used for railway sleepers,
 JuNE, 1892. Scientific American, Architects and Builders Erlition. 81
A CHURCH AT UPPER MONTCLAIR, N. J. ‘bureau in this line. A pamphlet of instructions will bowls complete. Bath room is wainscoted and fitted
The engraving on page 79 presents St. James’ Epis- be sent free, containing full directions how to obtain a up in the usual manner. Cemented cellar contains
copal Church, at Upper Montclair, N. J. The design | patent, costs, ete. In very many cases, owing to their furnace and other necessary apartments. Cost $8,500
is picturesque. The exterior walls are built of lo- | long experience, they can tell at once whether a patent complete. Mr. Benjamin Silliman architect, Yonkers,
eal rock-faced stone, laid up at random with trim- probably can be obtained ; and advice of this kind they New York.
mings of Indiana limestone. Steps of brownstone. are always happy to furnish free of charge. Address Our engraving was made direct from a photograph
Roof covered with blue slates. The auditorium, 30 60, Munn & Co., SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN office, New York. of the building taken specially for the ScrmNTIFIC
has a seating of 120 as now arranged, but if necessary —_——<<—<—<—_—
oo 2+ AMERICAN.
300 can be easily accommodated. The pews are of ash. A RESIDENCE AT LUDLOW, N. Y. | 0
The rood screen, chancel rail, altarand We present on page 90 a residence recently erected |
altar table are A SUMMER RESIDENCE, ASBURY PARK,
built of antique oak, highly polished, and designed by for Theodore Crane, Esq., at Ludlow, N. Y. Dimen- We publish on page 91 a summer residence, erected
Tiffany & Co., New York. The rood screen has oak sions: Front, 36 ft.; side, 53 ft., not including piazza. for William Mills, Esq., at Asbury Park, New Jersey,
columns, with carved capitals extending to ceilings, | Height of ceilings: Cellar, 7 ft.; first story, 10 ft.; from plans prepared by the proprietor. Dimensions:
supporting Gothic arches. The windows throughout second, 9 ft.; third, 8 ft. 6 in. Foundation, stone. Front, 48 ft.; side, 56 ft., exclusive of piazza and porte-
are glazed with delicately tinted cathedral glass. The Underpinning of brick. First story clapboarded. eochere. Height of ceilings: Cellar, 7 ft.; first story,
roof beams are exposed to view and are dressed and Second story shingled. Roof shingled. Painted pearl 10 ft.; second, 9 ft.; third, 8 ft. The principal feature

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tor’s study, 18x13 ft., are connected with auditorium with California ash. It contains a paneled wainscot- ning is built of brick, while the building above is of
by double folding doors. These apartments are well ing, divan and staircase with carved newels, posts, etc. wood, clapboarded and painted pearl gray, with bottle
lighted and provided with outside entrance and open |This hall and staircas eare lighted by windows glazed green trimmings. Roof, slated; lobby has a _ tiled
fire places furnished with tiled hearths and slate man- ‘with stained glass. The principal rooms on first floor floor; hall, trimmed with ash, contains an ornamental
tels. Cemented cellar, under whole of building, con- lare connected by double sliding doors. Parlor is staircase. Parlor is trimmed with cherry, and it has
tains furnace and other apartments. Cost $8,000 trimmed with cherry and it is provided with an open an open fireplace, built of brick and furnished with a
complete. Lamb & Rich architects, New York. fireplace, furnished with a tiled hearth and a hard tiled hearth and mantel. Library is provided with
Our engraving was made direct from a photograph wood mantel, with mirror, ete. Library and dining fireplace, with bookeases on each side of same. Din-
of the building taken specially for the SCIENTIFIC room are trimmed with oak. The latter having a ing room is furnished with four china closets. Kitchen
AMERICAN. paneled wainscoting and fireplace. Kitchen and its and its apartments are wainscoted and fitted up re-
=» 6> apartments are trimmed and wainscoted with white plete. There are five bed rooms, large closets, and
If any of our readers have made an invention for pine, finished natural and furnished complete. There bath room on second floor, and four bed rooms on
which they have thoughts of taking a patent, they are four bed rooms, den and bath room on second floor, third floor. Cemented cellar contains furnace and
are invited to communicate with Messrs. Munn & Co., and two bed rooms and trunk room on third floor. laundry. Cost $6,250 complete. Our engraving was
the publishers of this paper, who for a period of These apartments are trimmed with whitewood fin- made direct from a photograph of the building taken
forty-three years have conducted a most successful ished natural, The closets are provided with wash specially for the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN,
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PROPOSED RAILWAYTOWER FOR THE COLUMBIAN |to south. ‘The structure contains 750 rooms, fitted bitumen pressed into blocks, which are laid like bricks
EXPOSITION. with every convenience in heat, light, and ventilation, or wood paving. The special advantage of the material
Among the numerous designs submitted for a tower |the whole being absolutely fireproof and indestructi- lies in its elasticity. When used for pavement it gives
for the Columbian Exposition is one asshown inthe|ble. Its cost, thus far, has been about $15,000,000, a soft tread which is exceedingly pleasant, recalling the
accompanying cut, taken from a sketch made by J. E. |exclusive of the site, which represents a value of at feel of a carpet. In roadways it furnishes a splendid
Harriman, Jr., a civil engineer of Boston. least $5,000,000 additional. foothold for horses, and at the same time almost abol-
Mr. Harriman has not only designed an observatory | Several millions and several years will be required ishes the noise which is such an unpleasant feature of
tower, but has combined with it the novel feature|to complete the work. On the north front of the city traffic. A short piece of pavement is to be seen in
of a winding slide all the way from the top to the| building rises the tailest tower in the world, sur- Liverpool Street, E. C.; while the outlet to Pickford’s
bottom. mounted by a heroic statue of William Penn, 3644 yard in Gresham Street is laid with this material. It
This scheme would give passengers the opportunity |ft. in height. From the sidewalk to the crown of yet remains to be seen how it will bear the ordinary
of viewing the magnificent scenery and traffic of a London street, but there is evi-
beautiful buildings of the fair from the dif- dence to show that in Australia short pieces
ferent altitudes as they come down, each of roadway have given good results.
time describing larger circles and covering Ot
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more space until they reached the bottom. Best Treatment of Hard Wood Floors,*
It will be seen that the proposed tower BY F. T. COPPINS.

consists of four double main columns, com- My object in treating this subject is not to
ing together at the top, on which rests a lay down -iron-clad formulas for the treat-
building to be used as an observatory and ment of hard wood floors, but to give some
for other purposes. Running from the cen- suggestions from my own experience in fin-
ter at the bottom perpendicularly to the top ishing them. I am amazed sometimes, in
is a shaft to be used in carrying up the ele- reading specifications in regard to finishing
vator cars and passengers. 1 Y) NOP ae Be floors. In looking over specifications the
It is proposed that each ear shall have a ee IGANG other day, I found they called for two coats
guide or conductor, and be arranged to carry ke iNeval Sit se DN : of oil finish on a maple floor. And again, i
ten passengers. Starting from the bottom SAMAL ee eS AT re read: “ Finish all the hard wood floors with
of the tower, the car would be earried up to
the top, where the party alights and a party
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down.” It was a great mistake. I did not
ready to descend taken in.
The car then leaves the elevator well, and = iM
OCT AS Pea aN asi finish them in that way. I prefer to give
all hard wood floors a coat of hot linseed oil
ates F : :
enters upon the slide that is to carry it back {TTT pipney Cee ADRs Tn we and drier before filling, as I have obtained
to the starting point. te eo. 5 SF tee eS a t 9 9 a the best results from so doing. I recom-
This slide descends on about a five per % a — = — Sais
ge mend pure gum shellac for the finish of
tas oy ss
cent grade ; the car to be controlled by auto- floors. I have no faith whatever in wax
matic brakes as well as by the conductor, RAILWAY TOWER PROPOSED FOR THE WORLD’S FAIR. finish, as it gums up, turns black, and is
The sides of the slide are protected by readily stained, and will not wear.
steel gratings, and it has a water and sun proof top. |Penn’s broad-brimmed hat the distance will be 547 ft. What kind of floors is the finisher called upon to
When the car has almost reached the ground, the; 3% in. a finish to-day ? Mostly oak. The finisher has arrived
grade ascends again and brings the car to a standstill] The next highest building on the earth is the Co- at the house to finish the hard wood floor. The ear-
by the time it reaches the starting point. logne Cathedral, 510 ft. The Washington Monument penter has just left; the flooris oak, narrow stripes,
The architect has not affixed any definite height to | is 3244 in. higher, but cannot properly be classed as a planed and scraped already. The carpenter was
the tower, which could vary from that of Bunker Hill} building in the same sense as the City Hall. The lat- thoughtful enough to have the same painted on the
Monument to the height of the famous Eiffel Tower. |ter will be 67 ft. higher than the Great Pyramid, 100 under side, at the suggestion of the architect, which
If the tower was 500 feet high the slide would be about | ft. higher than St. Peter’s, Rome, and 187 fr. higher should be done in every case for a well finished floor.
1°9 miles long ; if 1,000 feet high, the slide would be| than St. Paul’s, London, while it nearly doubles in A coat of hot oil, as I have suggested, penetrates the
nearly four miles. altitude the Capitol at Washington. pores, gives lasting properties to the floor, and does
The cars would be kept a reasonable distance apart,| The tower has now reached a height of 337 ft., and it not resist the filler, as you would suppose. Give floors
and not travel faster than the electric street cars. is estimated that it will cost a round million dollars to a heavy application of mineral fillers, rub the filler into
Other means of ascending and descending would be} finish it. the pores of the wood thoroughly, and clean off the
by regular elevators, which pass up and down the SS PAL MS SS surface, leaving the same perfectly free of the filler.
column as in the Eiffel Tower. Cork Pavement, Now we are ready for the shellac. Sand-paper smooth-
The room necessary for the proposed tower would| A new material for paving is now being introduced ly, one coat of orange or white shellac, putty up all
be only the space taken up by the columns, as it}into London. It is composed of granulated cork and holes or defects. Great care must be taken to have
could be erected over the putty match the
the largest of the wood, as this is very
buildings or a large important in a well
arena could be made finished floor. Give
of the space between one or two more coats
the columns. of shellac, rub be-
The structure is tween each coat, and
designed to be made finaly rub down
of steel, and the slide with pumice stone
is supported by wire and crude oil. Not
eables and rods. It to a polish, however,
would be all made in as that would make
sections, and bolted them very slippery;
and riveted together, but rub enough to
and could be easily give them a dull
transferred by tak- finish.
ing it apart.—Boston I was called upom
Herald. last July to finish all
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the floors in one of
THE CITY HALL, our best houses. The
PHILADELPHIA, floors were oak and
The magnificent the finisher had fin-
new City Hall, which ished them in brush
has been in course of wax. They had been
construction for done only a _ short
twenty-one years, is time. They were in
now sufficiently near a bad condition—
completion to accom- black, stained, and
modate many of the badly worn at the
city and county thresholds. I had
offices, and some of them cleaned down
the courts, all of to the filler, finished
which will eventu- with two coats of
ally be removed to white and orange
this noble building. shellac, and rubbed
The : great pile of Bu ULE " . St ee eS = (pray Cag q down with crude oil
white marble, larger y—¥frwn |b 2 eS OVWierce Al lay= =a NY he ae and pumice. They
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by a grand avenue, and borders are in
135 ft. wide on the =1 great demand, and I
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eastern, western, and =the think will soon take
southern fronts, and the place of carpets
205 ft. wide on the (Continued on p. 92.)
northern front. The
* Paper read before the
dimensions are 470 ft.
New York Association of
from east to west and Master Painters and Deco-
4869 ft. from north THE CITY HALL, PHILADELPHIA. re tors,
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Best Treatment of Hard Wood Floors, THE ELECTRIC STAIR CLIMBER, the cable (which is calculated to resist a traction of
(Continued from page 88.) Electricity in all its forms is entering further and 13,000 pounds) chances to break. Experiments made
in the better class of houses. They are sanitary and, further into the uses of centers of human population, at the Exposition of Labor in simulating an accident
used with rugs, furnished very effectively. What is with its various applications to lighting, metallurgy, of this kind always succeeded.
the best way to finish them? Made, as you know, of and to the mechanical transmission of power in manu- The stair climber has the advantage of oceupying, in
oak, cherry, mahogany, maple, walnut, etce., fill the factories, and has for the last fifteen years shown inces- width, only about twelve inches of the steps of the
floor and stain such strips as ebony and dark woods. sant progress. staircase, a little less than is taken up by a person
After the coat of shellac, putty, sand-paper with fine In addition to the important applications of indus- going up or down—that is to say, in the part necessarily
paper, one or more coats of shellac, and afterward rub unused for travel. It is, as may be seen, adaptable to
down with pumice and crude oil. all existing staircases without requiring any essential
I have said nothing in favor of floor varnish, shipo- TT
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on these floors a good floor varnish can be used. Why ? solidated thereby.
Because hard usage gives them cause fora frequent As for the electric current brought into play, that is
washing. They need a good body. These floors need | feeble, and the conductors that convey it being out of
no filler. Give them a coat of hot oil and drier and reach of the hand, no shock is possible. The current
two coats of varnish. There are several makes I could is obtained by simply connecting the motive apparatus
recommend as having used them with good results, but | with the street distributing wires. In the exceptional
it is not my purpose to advertise any firm in this paper. | cases in which there is no such line of wires, a gas, pe-
If the gloss is objected to, the same can be rubbed | |troleum or compressed air motor, or batteries or ac-
down. The objection to varnish on hard wood floors | ‘cumulators, may be installed. The electric installa-
is the shiny and soft nature of the stock, showing nail |tion lends itself naturally to the lighting of every
marks, and in my opinion is not a first-class finish for | house and staircase independently of the hoisting of
fine floors. I once saw a reception room floor finished visitors.
with varnish and rubbed. The plane marks and) Let us add that the maneuvering of the electric stair
slight imperfections were brought out distinctly, and it | climber is of extreme simplicity. The person who makes
had a coarse look, not like shellac floors, as they are use of the apparatus operates it himself, throngh the
much harder and resist the heel marks. Bathroom shifting of a lever, which he has under his hand, and
floors, in all cases, should be oiled before filling, and around which are marked the words, ‘‘ Up,” ‘‘ Stop,”
finished with a spar or floor varnish, and rubbed to a “Down.” Buttons upstairs and down permit of calling
dull finish. Wax should never be used on these floors. the apparatus at any point of the staircase where it
Time is a great factor in finishing floors. As a rule, chances to be, and a peculiar safety device prevents
they are the last job to be finished in a building, and ELECTRIC STAIR CLIMBER, any false maneuvering. Finally, the apparatus stops
then it is “ Hurry, I want to get in.” The finisher fills automatically at the end of its travel, so that no for-
the floor in the morning, puts on a coat of shellac at getfulness or negligence on the part of the person who
night, one the next morning, and the floor is finished. trial order, there are others of a more modest character is using it is to be feared.
How long willit last? Notime atall. The fact that which respond none the less to our daily needs, and Upon the whole, Mr. Amiot appears to us to have
he finished it in a hurry is forgotten, the job is a bother render a host of minor services. obtained in the stair climber that he has constructed
and anathemas are heaped on him; partly his own In this category we mention the interesting electric a practical apparatus, which is utilizable on any stair-
fault. The old adage would apply here, ‘‘ A job worth stair climbers which Mr. J. A. Amiot, the engineer, ex- case whatever without much expense and which causes
doing at all is worth doing well.” Be honest with the hibited this year at the Exposition of Labor at the no disturbance in the use of the stairway itself, for it
customer and tell him it should not be done. Give Palace of Industry, Paris, and which obtained a de- makes no noise and occupies an extremely small space.
plenty of time between coats to harden ; the floor will served success. It affords valuable advantages to the tenants as re-
last longer, and your business will increase by so The electric stair climber consists, essentially, of a gards the facility of occupying top stories, and also to
doing. car rolling upon two superposed rails and carrying a the landlord, who will be able to let such apartments
Our specifications call on us, many times, to finish box, and of an electric windlass which actuates the car more easily.
maple and ash floors, in kitchens, of dwellings, in through a steel cable guided by rollers. This apparatus deserves to be classed in the highest
several ways—oil finish, as I have referred to, and var- This brief description, which the accompanying en- rank among the applications of electricity to the house
nish. But I think it is a mistake to put anything on graving will make better understood, shows the sim- that we alluded to in the beginning of this article, and
them except to oil them, one coat, after being laid, ' plicity of the arrangement adopted. which are daily continuing to develop in a series of un-
with hot oil. When called upon My
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parts of raw oil and turpentine,
with a chamois or soft cloth.
The care is not taken with hard
wood floors in our country as in
the old, where a great deal of
time is spent cleaning and pol-
ishing, and soft slippers are fur-
nished the guests.
THE TWIN STAIRCASE,
The illustration shows a form
of staircase adapted for use in
places where space is limited, for
two staircases are here provided,
occupying less room than would
ordinarily be required for one.
With this arrangement one of
the staircases can be appropri-
ated for parties ascending and
the other for those descending.
This method of construction is
suggested as particularly adapt-
ed for eabins of ships, picture
galleries, show rooms, and tem-
porary structures where there is
likely to be a constant flow of
visitors, as it can be put up at
comparatively small expense. It
is merely an adaptation of the
properties of the spiral curve or
springing arch. The ascent is
steep, there being thirty-eight
steps in each semicircular flight,
the height being twenty-three
feet. The length of the step is
four feet, and that of the outer
string board thirty-seven feet.
The rails are continuous, so that
a person ascending and placing
either hand on the rail may con-
tinue with the same on the rail
during the ascent, all the way
across the circular corridor which
forms the upper landing, and down
flight.
THE first common schools established by legislation
in America were in Massachusetts, 1645; but the first
town school was opened at Hartford, Ct., prior to 1642, |that is to say, at a height of about nine inches—in case
Physicians tell us the proper
temperature of a sick room
should be from 65° to 70° F., and
the heat should not go much
yl . below or much above these
I i \ points. Abundance of fresh air
\ Sa alal and sunshine is the rule in all
| cases, except where the order of
| the physician prohibits the light.
| There is far more danger of the
patient becoming enervated by
close, foul air than there is from
ventilation. English physicians
insist that an open fire is a neces-
sity to the proper ventilation of
a sick room, and an eminent au-
thority on this subject says: “I
do not consider any room suit-
able for a patient to oceupy dur-
ing a prolonged illness where
there is not an open fire burning
on the hearth, in order to secure
proper ventilation.”
A tight stove or a furnace reg-
ister will not serve any such pur-
pose. Onthecontrary, the stove
throws out a dry heat which can
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only be partly counteracted by
keeping boiling water on the
stove. It does not solve in any
way the problem of ventilation.
| The furnace register too often
OO brings up a current of foul air
from the cellar or the kitchen,
into which the cold air box opens.
Unfortunately it is quite the ex-
ception to have the cold air box
open outdoors, as it should.
MW Even where it so opens, the fur-
HIN Kt \AINIS\ MQ GQ nace register does not assist ma-
terially in ventilating the room,
THE TWIN STAIRCASE, One of the best methods of re-
moving odors is to take a shovel
by the opposite | The security is complete, owing to the enveloping of burning coals, sprinkle it with coffee and pass it
form of the box, which dispels all apprehension by al- around the room. Where there is infectious disease a
ways presenting to the person who is rising or descend- deodorizing solution should be obtained from the
ing an invariable point of support. Moreover, an ec- physician and used in the water in which the utensils
centric brake stops the apparatus at the top of a step— of the room, the bedding, and clothing of the patient
are washed,
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STAIR BUILDERS’ GOODS.
The design for a stair finish, shown in the illustra-
tion, appears in the 1892 catalogue of Messrs. 8. E.
Smith & Brother, 197 W. Seventh Street, St. Paul,
Minn. The company are constantly getting out new
designs, of which their catalogue presents a large num-
ber, and have the highest class of special machines
and machine tools for getting out such work. Their
goods are sent to every State and Territory between
Scientific American, Architects and Builders Edition, 93
Large Winding Partition Doors, NOLAN’S HOT WATER AND STEAM HEATER.
A pair of doors of unusual size and novel construc- The accompanying engraving shows a novel hot
tion have recently been placed in a church in Pater- water and steam heater, invented and manufactured
son, N. J. Filling an opening 39 ft. in width by 11 ft. by Wm. E. Nolan, of No. 94 Quay Street, Brooklyn,
in height, they can be rolled back at either side and .N. Y., which the manufacturer claims has established
concealed in pilasters 22 ft. by 24 ft. square. This in- fa record for economy and durability. It is very simple
genious method of disposing of a door or partition was in construction, consisting of a series of hollow annular
invented and is now manufactured in Worcester, Mass., conical castings, arranged one within the other, leay-
a city noted for the variety of its inventions and pro- ing an intervening flue space and exposing a very large
ducts. The doors are constructed of narrow strips of amount of surface to the direct action of the fire. The
wood, securely hinged together bya series of concealed
“table leaf joints,” and when pushed back, wind
about a steel spindle in the pilaster or door easing.
The entire width of a room is thus left free when the
doors are open, and when they are closed, what was,
apparently, one large hall is divided into two separate
apartments by handsome, substantial doors, as close
fitting and as sound-proof as any door can be. This
would seem to be a feature greatly to be desired in the
construction of large assembly rooms and double par-
lors. The same principle is applicable to small doors
and to inside blinds, which can be concealed in the
side casings, thus not interfering with draperies or cur-
tains.
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The ‘** Alberene*? Laundry Tub.

The value of a trade mark as a means of protecting
not only the manufacturer, but the community at.
large, is well illustrated in the case of the Albemarle |
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Their business was started at a time when there was EETUCUVCOTO COTTE

in the minds of many a well founded prejudice against

the use of soapstone for the manufacture of laundry
tubs (well founded because of the poor grade of stone
used and the lack of care in putting the tubs together).
Recognizing the weakness of the soapstone then in use
in the market, and confident of the real value of their
own product, they introduced the most improved |
methods in the manufacture and handling of their
goods, and by dint of energy and push have worked up
a large trade in this one specialty.
At the start they adopted the trade mark ‘ Alber-
DESIGN FOR STAIR FINISH. ene” which now appears plainly upon the face of every NOLAN’S HOT WATER AND STEAM HEATER,
tub which leaves their hands, thus protecting not only
the Hudson River and the Pacific coast, including the the manufacturer, but the buying public. The com- outer annular section is longer than the other, forming
Southern States, while they also have some trade in pany have recently found it necessary to move from a water leg and inclosing the fire pot from side to side.
New England. their old quarters to a new and more commodious loca- The grate is of the rocking and dumping pattern, and
SS OO GLO tion at 393 Pearl Street, New York. all the parts are arranged for simple and quick mani-
ORNAMENTAL HARD WOOD FLOORS, a pulation.
The use of thin hard wood floors, made in a wide House Heating and Ventilation, ee

variety of ornamental designs and pleasing patterns, The Abram Cox Stove Company, Philadelphia, have The Crushing Resistance of Bricks,
is undoubtedly becoming very popular. A portion of recently issued a handsome quarto of 112 pages, in The Department of Experimental Engineering, Sib-
the rooms, at least, of every modern house, arranged paper covers, on water and air circulation in heating ley College, recently received from an Ithaca manu-
in good taste to give the largest degree of comfort, and ventilating. Their special form of heating appa- facturer four samples of brick to be tested. All the
should be provided with these hard wood floors, walls, ratus, known as the Novelty Circulator, is fully de- brick were tested entire and on edge, as they would be
wainscoting, or ceilings. Our illustration represents a scribed, with illustrations, table of dimensions, prices, used for the purpose of paving. The sides were dressed
few samples of this class to parallel planes on an
of work, such as is pro- emery wheel, so that
duced in the finest the bearing should be
grades by the Interior uniform over every
Hardwood Co., of Indi- part. A single layer of
anapolis, Ind. Such thick paper was placed
floors, when well laid, between the surfaces o/
are permanent and im- the brick and the test
prove with age, forming ing machine.
a part of the house de- The repressed brick
corations. They can be exhibits the greatest
laid on old floors as well erushing strength of
as new, the work being any brick on record; it
done by any good e¢ar- is also superior in
penter, and when down strength to sandstone,
require less care than and fully four-fifths as
carpets, banishing strong as granite. The
moths and being decid- tests of stone are usually
edly more healthful. made on cubes one or
The strips and blocks two inches on each
are fastened together in edge, and such tests
slabs of convenient size, show a greater strength
and nailed down with per square inch than
small-headed brads. would be the case if the
They are finished with form of the block was
wax or shellac, height- like that of the brick
ening the natural beau- tested ; so if the proper
ty of the wood, which is allowance for form
well brought out by the should be made, there
contrasting colors of the is little doubt but that
different varieties em-
ployed, and the weay-
FDI:
:( the crushing strength
of the best brick would
1p i eames le see i BE
ing effects produced by compare favorably with
changing the direction
Sus xO ORE NTT the strongest granite.
of the grain in the per- The best results from
fectly made joints. ordinary pressed brick
Such floors are by no usually show a strength
WAINSCOTING. ROLL GOODS.
means new, having been from 6,000 to 10,000
in use for centuries in PATTERNS FOR PARQUETRY FLOORS AND BORDERS. pounds per square inch,
palaces and homes of so that the other bricks
the wealthy in Europe, but at no former period have|ete., and the book has an introductory chapter on | tested, considering the quality and method of manu-
they been so well made at so moderate cost as they can peaeiatinn by John J. Hogan. The book also contains |facture, show an extraordinary strength. No test
now be had for. a large amount of technical information touching prac- ‘could
| be made for wearing qualities, but the brick
rg tical heating and ventilating which cannot fail to be of exhibit, so far as can be determined by striking them
THE University of Paris was founded by King| interest to the architect, builder, steam fitter and house |with a hammer, sufficient toughness to make them a
Philip II. about 1200, owner. , superior article of paving brick,
 94 Deientitic American, Architects and Builders Edition, June, 1892.
AN EXCELLENT MOTOR, ‘commonly experienced but for a few days in any A SELF-RETAINING DUMB WAITER.
The accompanying illustration shows a motor which winter. The illustration represents a dumb waiter which .
meets almost all conditions perfectly, and which is From an inspection of the accompanying eut it will is self-retaining without brake rope, clamp, or other
aptly called ‘‘the motor of the nineteenth century.” | be seen there is no cast iron or brick wall partition be- fastening, and will not slip. ‘This end is attained by
It can be started at any time; uses its fuel in propor- tween the heater’s sections, as is the case in the the use of a novel patented side cam and pawl ar-
tion to amount of work done; requires no attention ; ‘‘twinned ” boilers of other makes. This construction rangement, which is extremely simple in construction,
when stopped all expense ceases; gives perfect immu- is peculiar to the Bolton heater, and gives it the great and not liable to get out of order, while possessing
nity from danger of fire and explosion; and operates advantage of passing the heat of only one fire box over ample strength. Waiters in which this improvement
at an expense of not to exceed ten cents per day to the entire heating surface of practically two or three
each indicated horse power. There are no ashes, heaters, producing ample heat and resulting in a great |
gauges, or pumps to contend with ; no smoke nuisance saving of coal. This operation would be impossible
were the heaters built with partitions
between sections or entirely separate,
necessitating full fire box capacity to
be always in use, even on the mildest
winter day.
With only one fire box in use, by
closing the direct draught damper
above the fire and leaving open the one
belonging to the unused fire box, the
heat, in order to escape, must first pass
over and among the pipes composing
the heating surface of both parts of
the boiler. (As indicated by arrows
in cut.) As the water base and top
for both fire pots are continuous, a fire
in either side of the heater acts directly
upon the entire body of water and not
AS
alone upon that in its individual sec-
ENGINE)
We tion, as is the case with “twinned”
heaters.
This company’s heaters have been
adopted for the Convent of the Visita-
tion, St. Louis, Mo., requiring upward
of 27,000 feet of radiation; the new
Credit building at Newark, N. J.; the
Weinstock-Lubin building, Sacramen-
pe ee to, Cal; the Hiser office building, At-
lanta, Ga.; the Tallmage & Boyer and
THE CHARTER GAS ENGINE. Ochiltree buildings, Denver, Col., all THE “PARAGON” DUMB WAITER.
very large structures, while the suc-
or extra insurance to complain of ; no engineer to pay cessfully heated schools, hospitals, churches, ete., in has been adopted have been in practical use now
and watch for your life. Itis independent, if desired, all parts of the country, too numerous to mention, fur- for about tive years, some being in the best of resi-
of gas works, and is being used in numberless con- ther evince the heater’s special adaptability for the dences and ‘others in flats, tenements, and factories,
tractors’ and carpenters’ shops. What many of them very largest buildings. and they are said to give entire satisfaction in all cases,
testify regarding it may be read by applying to the The waiter will not move down under any increase of
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Charter Gas Engine Co., Lock Box 96, Sterling, Il. the load, and is accessible from all floors at all times,
The Lacquer Tree,
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while it is easy, noiseless, and rapid in its working.
The juice of the lacquer trees (Rhus vernicifera) is It is manufactured by F.8. Hutchinson & Co., Sixth
A SUCCESSFUL HOT WATER HEATER, the natural varnish upon which depends the famous Street and West Avenue, Long Island City, N. Y.
The Detroit Heating and Lighting Company’s Bol- lacquer work of the Japanese. Specimens of the tree es
ton Hot Water Heater is manufactured exclusively at were brought from Japan 16 years ago and planted in
Detroit, Mich. These heaters are made in all sizes, the Botanical Garden at Frankfort, where they have ARCHITECTURAL WOOD TURNING,
having capacity ranging from 400 to 10,000 feet of radia- flourished and have yielded seeds from which thrifty The accompanying cuts show some of the new pat-
tion, adapting them to the largest buildings as well as young trees have sprung. This place now has thirty- terns of newels and balusters which have lately been
the smallest residences. Of the many advantages of four healthy trees, 30 feet high and 2 feet in cireumfer- brought out by Adam Dickey, of 43 Bristol Street,
these heaters, one in particular is the economy in fuel ence near the ground. ‘To determine whether the juice Boston, Mass. Mr. Dickey makes a specialty of work
of the double and triple fire pot sizes. For ordinary is affected by its changed conditions, Prof. Rein has for architects’ designs, and has on hand at all times
winter weather when a heater’s full capacity is un- sent samples to Japanese artists for trial, and is having and ready for immediate delivery a large stock of solid
necessary to maintain comfortable temperature these comparative analyses made by eminent chemists. If and built-up newels and stair rails of all dimensions.
heaters are great fuel savers. A great saving in coal the reports are favorable, it is expected that the lacquer He issues an illustrated catalogue, which will interest
is accomplished by using only one-half or one-third of tree will be quite extensively planted in Germany, and all contemplating building.
their fire pot capacity, while the remaining unused that Europeans will be instructed in the art of lacquer-
fire boxes are kept in reserve for the extreme weather !ing wood by some skiued worker from Japan.

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 June, 1892. Scientific American, Architects and Builders Edition, i

F. W. DEVOE & C0. The Plaxton

BROWN’S
PATENT SEAMLESS
Drawn Copper House
Hot Water Heater.
BOILERS.
FOR WARMING DWELLINGS, GREENHOUSES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, ETC.
(Established 1852)

PURE MIXED PAINT

Cannot collapse.
Will not leak.
Ordinary boiler tested Easily Cleaned, Easily Managed, Simple in Construction.
to 200 lbs.
Extra heavy tested to
300 Ibs. We desire to call attention of consumers to the fact LONG FIRE TRAVEL (13 Feet).
Not recommended for that we guarantee our ready mixed paints to be made
only of pure linseed oil and the most permanent pig- ‘ ; j
a working service of ments. Fhey are not “ Chemical.” “habber,””* Patent” Larger Grate Surface in proportion to Fire Surface
or “ Fireproof.” We use no secret or patent method in than any other Heater,
more than about half manufacturing them by which benzine and water are
the test. made to serve the purpose of pure linseed oil. Sample Covered with a Non-Conducting jacket of Asbestos
gorda, containing 50 desirable shades, sent on applica-
Made of two seamless on, | Cement, preventing loss of radiating heat in Cellar.
drawn copper shells.
Handsomest, best and
strongest in the mar- FINE VARNISHES, MANUFACTURED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE
UNITED STATES BY US.
ket.
Send for circular giv- WOOD FILLERS,
ing instructions for WOOD STAINS. ALSO SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF THE
prevention of acci-
dent. ARTISTS’ MATERIALS, “Fureka Vertical”
MANUFACTURED SOLELY BY
MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS. AND
RANOOLPH & CLOWES
PROPRIETORS OF Catalogues of our different departments to responsible Horizontal Boilers for Steam.
parties.
The Brown & Bros. Tubing and Boiler
Works and the Brown & Bros. Brass
and Copper Rolling Mills.
Cor. Fulton and Coffin, Devoe & Co., SEND CATALOGUE. FOR
WATERBURY, CONN. William Sts.,
Manufacturers of Seamless and
NEW YORK.
176 Randolph
CHICAGO,
St,,
EUREKA STEAM HEATING CO., Rochester, N. Y., ib S. A,
Brazed Tubing.

THE ECONOMY
FOR LOW PRESSURE HEATING.
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Hot Water Heaters

ARE THE BEST OF THEIR CLASS.

SEND FOR CATALOGUE OF

J.F. Pease Furnace Co.,
Economy Hot Water Heaters, MAIN OFFICE, SYRACUSE, N. Y.
Economy Steam Heaters, 205 Water Street, New York.
75 Union Street, Boston.
1226 N. Third St., Harrisburg.
Economy Warm Air Heaters. GEO. D. HOFFMAN, 82 Lake Street, Chicago,
PITTSBURG HEATING SUPPLY CO.,
100 sizes and kinds, varying in prices from $75 to $2,500, 100 Water Street, Pittsburg,
set up complete. FAITH, BELSON & CO., 207 Market Strect, Philadelphia,
Three Sizes, Nos. 110, 114 and 118,

Perfection in Heating.
EE. N. GATES’
System of Hot Water Circulation, a
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Water System combining all the advantages of Steam with Hot Water Circulation.
The only Hot
or
boomy
, Exposed to the same fire,
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A boiler for each current of hot water.
currents do not affect each other.

Different Numbers, Sizes and Lengths of Boilers, for Houses, Blocks, Schools and Churches.
MANUFACTURED BY

THE E, N. GATES HEATING CO., - - 54 OLIVER STREET, BOSTON.

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‘Sipehion
or
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Jackson Ventilating Grate.
Combined Grate and Furnace.
Introducing Heated Out-Door Air,
Heating two or more floors if desired,

50 BEEKMAN ST.,, N. Y.

Corrugated Iron Roofrne,

MADE FROM “PIQUA”

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In addition to our unrivalled facilities for the production of “Moss Type” (half tone)
WE ARE HEADQUARTERS.
and process engravings. we have special departments for type-setting, electrotyping WRITE FOR PRICES, ETC.
The Cincinnati Corrugating Co.,
and printing, and can thus guarantee a uniform and perfect grade of work through- Rolling Mills,
out. This is an advantage to the consumer, as he knows where to give praise or Corrugating and
blame as need be. Prospe ctuses, Circulars. Art Brochures, completed in the best Galvanizing Works,
on any subject re-
manner at lowest prices. We are always ‘ready to give advice PIQUA, OHIO, VU. S. A.
lating to our business, Send for our “ Architects” circular.
 Scientific American, Architects and Builders Edition, June, 1892.

SYKES IMPROVED. —

Best Roof on earth. Suitable for all buildings

and very easily applied. All our iron and steel is
re-rolled and box-annealed, and painted with the
best of paint and pure linseed oil. We manufac.
ture all styles of crimped, corrugated and beaded
sss: iron, etc., and make extremely low prices on carload
lots. Write for prices and handsome catalogue,
mentioning this paper.

aYKES IRON & STEEL ROOFING CO., Chicago, Ill., or Niles, Ohio.

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Do eS> = >io)
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ws AS ee
fz Live dealers sell them. Send
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——GUARANTEED
WANTED.
For METALLIC ROOFING, Smoke-Stacks,
Carpenters, Contractors and Builders and all other [ron and Steel Surfaces.
FiDisease
oe to get price for the DOUBLE CAP STANDING SEAM STEEL ROOFING. Made in sheets so you —ADDRESS——
can lay it yourself,
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. The Canton Steel Roofing Co., Canton, 0.
SUPERIOR FURNACE CO., LANCASTER STEEL ROOFING CO.
MANUFACTURERS,
LITTLE FALLS, N. Y. LANCASTER, OEDIO.

ARRAY TRON & STEEL ROOFINGCo gE

Do U SEBEK POWER?
We can supply it with the

aN Motor ofthe 19th Centary

b 84 to 70 horse power.
@} \ yy) Cost 5 der one cent an hour to
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“In worth, not size, my value lies.”

ai What others think of me is stated MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED FECTLY

in catalogue.
PER DRY
CHARTER GAS ENGINE co.
Lock Box %, Sterling, Ill. Continental Metallic Shingle, AND

ALSO
Swiss Cottage and Diamond Shingle, made from
FREE
FROM
Painted Bessemer Steel, Galvanized Steel, a
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VERMIN
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Also all styles of Iron and Steel Roofing, Siding and
INSTANTANEOUS Ceiling, Ridge Capping, Guttering, Weather

Water
Vanes, Fireproof Doors and Shutters,
Tron Ore Paints, &c., &c.
ts" WRITH FOR PRICH LIST O.
Heaters Avoids the great inconvenience of reach.
ing intoa barrel or sack. No scattering.
BATHS, ETC. eB. EX. E lier az Co. Saves time and waste. Once tried you
would not be without it for many times
Simple,
‘ASteel Roofing,
MANUFACTURERS OF its cost. Send for circular.
2 25 lbs. $2.50 | Your dealer sells thom
Safe and ce 50 Ibs. $3.00 | or ought to, If he doos
100 lbs, $4.00 | not, please write to us.
Durable. SHERMAN & BUTLER, Manufacturers,
Used with Gas and
Corrugated Iron, Decorated Ceilings, cc. 26-28 West Lake Street, CHICAGO, ILL.
Gasoline. HEADQUARTERS FOR GALVANIZED STEEL EAVE TROUGHS
AND CONDUCTOR PIPES.
Write for Cata-
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<“\ Manufactured by MAJOR’S is the strongest for repairing
china, glassware, furniture, vases,
THE CEMENT toys, meerschaum, books, tipping
billiard cues, etc. ; a receipt how to
make corn plaster accom-
INSTANTANEOUS Address Office, No. 200 E, Fifth Street, panying each bottle.
MAJOR’S RUBBER
Water Heating CEMENT, for repairing
rubber boots and shoes,
Co., Parasols and umbrellas of
any material can be re-
141 Ontario Street, ion CHICAGO, ILL.
THE CANTON STEEL ROOFING CO., °4%G°™:
paired by using a soft old
piece of rubber or silk for

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CHeins
~
the patch; finest made
for p 1oto-engray ers’ use.
MAJOR’S LEATHER
CEMENT, for repairing

orSRE FLEGTORS,
boots and shoes, putting
SREATGH
ANO FOLDED LOCK SEAM, GENUINE, tips on children’s shoes,
for mending belting, etc.
R LIGHTING Cy sin ors a MAJOR’S BEST LIQUID GLUE, always ready

Steel FRootinge.
LiC BUILDVy s; Nok for immediate use, for. repairing fur niture or any
pum aicity SEND NGS WITH Oo oR wood work, and can be diluted and used as mucilage
ELee
entsFOR ESTipy
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IMENSIONS |ANDSTARTE PREMIUMS TO DEALERS.—A
or large thermometer with 4 doz.,
fine folding chair
an outdoor sign,
-PFRINK SSI PEARL ST.NY, with a 50 lb. weight, furnished with 8 doz. order.
nae sale by all druggists or mailed, 15 and 26 cts.
. MAJOR, 232 William St., New York Cit ye
PAINT IN CONSTRUCTION. BY
Robert Grimshaw, C.K. Pevuliarities and Chemica FIRE-PROOF SHUTTERS.
EXHAUST FAN
Constitution of Paris W hite, White Lead, Zinc White
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Red Lead, Prussian Blue, Cobalt Blue, Smalt, Coal Tar
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Earth, Lampblack, with valuable Practical Hints. Con
10 Feet Seamless Eaves Trough. With or withont engine at-
tained in Scren Ture AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT N tached. For the removal of
125. YVrice 10 cents. To be had at this oflice and o , Steam, Dust, Smoke,

Corrugated Iron.
all newsdealers. ete., and for general ven=
lilation. Send for illus-
trated catalogue.
DAY’S Andrews, Johnson & Co.
INSTANTANEOUS HEATER 46-B South Canal
CHICAGO, ILL.
St,

—AND—

Bath Tub Combined. CRIMPED EDGE TRON ROOFING AND SIDING, BEADED TRON SIDING AND

i
CEILING, WATER-PROOF SHEATHING PAPER, ROOF PAINT, ETC,
The only Portable Folding Bath
Tub made. Can be stored in space 24x
Mex feet, Can be moved from Bathroom
to sickroom. Write for catalogue and
discounts. Made by
t®" Send for Catalogue, Price List and Samples.
THE DAY MFG. Co.
—_-
Detroit, Mich., U.S.A.
(Iron Beam Protection. Patented June 3, 1884.)
THE ACME ROOFING CO., °@I2%>
MANUFACTUBERS OF
HENRY MAURER & SON,
MANUFACTURERS OF

STEEL ROOFING FIRE-PROOF MATERIAL

Corrugated, Beaded
and Crimped Tron
ROOFING SIDING Of every description. Hollow Brick made of Clay for
and CEILING. Flat Arches, Partitions, Furring, etc. Porous
Terra Cotta, Fire Brick, etc., ete.
EAVES TROUGH, CONDUCTOR PEPES,
Office and Depot, 420 East 23d St., New York.
HANGERS, ETC. WorKS, MAURER’S, N. J.
Write for catalogue, price list and samples. Philadelphia Office :24 SouTH SEVENTH STREET.

CHILTON PAINTS,
The Chilton Manuf, Oo. would call the attention of Architects
and persons desiring a good article, to their Pure Linseed Oil 147 Fulton St., New York.
Paints. The most durable and therefore the most economical
in use, Sample cards of colors sent on application. 141 Milk Street, Boston.
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A. SUCCESSFUL STH AM BOLLER,

<“PEREECT” (TRADE MARK.)

SAFETY SECTIONAL STEAM BOILER

ARE EASILY SET, REQUIRE NO MASON WORK,
HAVE GREAT HEATING CAPACITY, ADAPTED FOR HARD OR SOFT COAL.
70 Per Cent. of Boiler Surface is Fure Surface.

&&
PERFECT” HOT AND
WATER HEATERS
WARM AIR FURNACES. COOKINC RANCES.
The Largest Line of First-class Heating and Cooking Apparatus Offered in the Market.

RICHARDSON & BOYNTON CO.

SOLE MANUFACTURERS,
“PERFECT” Sectional Steam Boiler. 84 Lake Street, t 232 & 234 WATER STREET, NEW YORK.
Adapted for all Fuels. CHICAGO. Same Address as for Past 33 Wears,

LOUISIANA
RED CYPRESS.
EDWARD FORD, President.
JOHN B. FORD, Jr., Treasurer.
E. L. FORD,
A. PITCAIRN,
Secretary.
Vice-President.

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IRON, BRASS, BRONZED and NICKEL-PLATED Manufacturers and Importers of

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Low estimates furnished to Architects, Builders,
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 iv Svientific Avrevican, Atehitects und Builders Edition, JunE, 1892.

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“Motes and Queries.
MALLORY’S
(1) J. F. C. says: Within a space of
four years two barns have been struck by lightning and
burned on the same spot of earth—no rock, no gravel,
STANDARD
Does this indicate iron or other metals? There are
three stones in an ancient temple in Syria, or near foot SHUTTER
of Mount Lebanon, 71 feet by 14 feet by 13 feet and one
the same size on pillars at quarry one mile away,
Could our engineers move this one to the temple?
WORKER.
Opens and closes the blinds without
Could they handle the stone forming the overhead ceil- raising the window.
ing to room in the great pyramid or the largest stone in Automatically i the blinds in any
osition.
the old wallat Jerusalem? Has any analysis of Egyp- Best and chakpest blind hinge.
tian mummies determined whether anything more Incomparable for strength, durability
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If so, what? A. We can only add that it isan old saw houses, of brick, stone or wood. Send
or Illustrated Circular and Testimonials.
PARTLY OPEN. (Continued on page Vi.) f your Hardware dealer does not keep
them, send direct to
Any one can obtain, without Lane’s Patent Noiseless FRANK B. MALLORY, FLEMINGTON, NEW JERSEY,
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 v1 Scientific American, Architects und Builders Edition. JuNnE, 1892.
(Continued from page iv.)
Patent Paneled Metal Ceilings
GLAS
that lightning never strikes twice in the same place,
yet in this case it does not indicate mineral attraction,

A. NORTHROP & CO., PITTSBURGH, PA. The great stones weigh about 1,000
Eads’ ship railway was to carry several times this
tons. Captain

weight across the isthmus, The Great Eastern was

SSS ORNAMENTAL 2%, Nal not shrink warp or burn the greatest block that modern engineers over stumbled
(NLR
¥
0?
Can be-put on over old
on, beside which the stone blocks are pygmies. There
were probably other preservatives than salt used on
VANHORNE, GRIFFEN & GO
Ep broken plaster without the mummies. The dry air of Egypt was the principal 131 to 137 Franklin St., New York,
muss or C
Tht ao) preservative,
—Importers of—
| Easily put on by any
(2) E. D. W. says: A fence is to be
Af) good mechanic. built over a half circle hill. Another over a straight French Window
line being the exact diameter of the above half circle. AND
The specification calls for posts placed 2 feet apart.
Which job will require the greatest number of pickets? Picture Glass,
genes A. If the pickets are placed vertically, it will require the POLISHED and ROUGH PLATE GLASS.
Wite Not STAIN same number of pickets for both jobs. Not so with
the rails, as is self-evident.
CRACK OR FAY OFF & (3) H. R. writes: I am making some Ornamental Glass.
UKE PLASTER. SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE
OTOGRAPHS,TO A.NORTHROP&.CO.
SOLE MANUFACTURERS.
CIRCULARS. DESIENS AND
PITTS WRGH.PA.
blue enamel for enameling iron ware, made of sand,

Easily applied in new buildings and _over old plaster or wood ceilings. The best for Church,
Hall, Theatre, Office, Store, Parlor, Kitchen. or Asylum, in designs made up for Smooth,
School
Fluted,
borax, potash, and cobalt oxide. When ground into a
pulp there is a white scum on the top of the enamel. Hrench Mirrors.
Twilled and Embossed Panels, with suitable Cornice, Mouldings, and Rosettes. Makes a tight and at- Can you let me know the cause of it? Can you give
tractive finish for S1ipE-WALLS, that is fireproof. Send for descriptive circulars, designs and Photo- me a receipt for blue enamel? Is there any book pub- Manufacturers of
graphs. Patent Cap-Seam Roofing, Crimp Roofing and Siding. lished on the manufacturing of glass and enameling?
A. Fuse the mixture, pour while fused into water and Bent and Beveled Glass.
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PRESSED, 4 4 F K CorSHA
OUTFITTERS.
BUFF ALSO
POMPEIIAN,
AND RED
ORNAMENTAL
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feet long, woven in five pairs of wire, Washburn &
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Send for Catalogue.

soaked through the iron, Having some doubts as to

Capacity, 50,000,000 Per Annum. durability of the oak pickets, I wish to apply some pre-

JARDEN BRICK COMPANY, servative which will not injure the wire, but preserve
the wood, Would the Bordeaux mixture (sulphate of
copper in a whitewash of lime) do? Is the copper salt
Successors to JACOB & L. E, JARDEN & CO. injurious, or the lime, or both? Will you suggest
something superior? A. There is no objection to the
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FIRE CLAY ROOFING TILE

and colorif desired with yellow ocher, or any cheap
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You may also add a little glue to the Bordeaux mix- Obtain Patents, Caveats, Trade
Made of the best clays. Formed by machinery under heavy pressure.
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square (100 square feet), 650 pounds. Lighter than slate. is the best preservative. The whitewashes are not in- WX Address MUNN & CO. 7
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A non-conductor, therefore cool in summer. (6) N. C. H. asks: 1. Will you please
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The best, cheapest and lightest tile roof in the world. it the ensilage does not spoil? A. The preservation of
No experiment. Roofs now on show for themselves. They
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Each tile locks on the others, Can be laid at one-fourth pitch
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DICKEY,
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Prices very low for tile. Orders promptly filled.
A SPECIALTY. Anderson & Dickey,
For information, prices, etc., address

CLAY SHINGLE C0., Indianapolis, Ind.

The only exclusive manufacturers in the
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ARCHITECTURAL

DECORATIVE | OVEL EFFECTS in BEVELED and CHIPPED PLATE GLASS.

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a
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LIDELL
WILLIAMS,
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For Wash-Bowls, Sinks, Bath and Wash Tubs, Correspondence solicited,
Adjustable for ;
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———

J. S. HARRIS, President. J. 5. MOYER, See’y and Treas.,

Standard Wood Torning, Co.
PHILADELPHIA,
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This Company is the original operator in
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BALUSTERS
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Address correspondence to the Company’s 200 Ilustrationsof Balusters,
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 J UNE, 1892, Scientitic American, Architects and Builders Edition.

steel Ceilinng."RED. F. BISCHOFF Manufacturers

BISCHOFF PATENT SHEET STEEL

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of the Celebrated

‘CHILLING,
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If you are building or remodelling write us for Ceiling
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PROPRIETORS OF THE
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A New Volume of Building Construction.

Notes on Building Construction arranged to meet the Requirements of the
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The only correct panel ceiling for halls, hotels, churches, etc. The Kinnear Honors. With 597 illustrations. Price, $4.50. For sale by
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and durable. Write for prices before you order elsewhere.

THE KINNEAR & GACER CO., Columbus, O. GOSHMAN METALLIG SHINGLE

Durable, Ornamental, Easily Applied and Inexpensive.
STAMPED METAL CHILINGS SOLE MANUFACTURERS,

THE BERGER MFG. €0., “‘Snto.”

The Sims Mfg. Co., NEWARK,SOLE MFRS, OF
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D’ JAN. 14th, 1890.
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END CONSTRUCTION J
EASURES
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Of
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designs,
many
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380 xtose Street, Wew York. MANTELS, Architect’s
AND
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AGENTS:
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THORN’S PATENT METALLIC ROOFING @alwanizegeslsonm cuore Mmromces

TILES and SHINCLES. Price, $332, including 5 steel
The Best, Most Handsome, Durable & Secure Roofing Plates columns, 1 pair Store and en-
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TEN SIZES AND DESICNS. sash and glass for Ist and 2d
Address THORN SHINGLE & ORNAMENT CO., stories, and all galvanized iron-
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Send for Discount.

WE have made and put up over 800

Moderate Price varying

Galvanized
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Iron
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DOOR AND WINDOW SCREENS MADE TO ORDER.

to the most elaborate.
When desired, we furnish the entire
The sash sizes are arranged to slide up and fronts, consisting of Cast Iron Steel Sill
down, stopping at any point, and may be Course, Steel Columns, Lintels, and
used at top or bottom of the window. Brass
also the Sash, Glass, etc., as well as the
finger lifts on these. They can be used
either inside or outside the sash. We re- Galvanized Ironwork.
commend outside screens, as the sash can We also supply Cornices, Window
then be raised without touching the screen. Caps, Skylights, and a full line of Sheet
Sereens the full size of the window are
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These are to hang with hinges. Ourscreens machinery and have unexcelled manu-
do not interfere with curtains,or with blinds facturing facilities.
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We desire to correspond with every
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application.

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THE COMING SIDEWALK,

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tracts taken for doing work in the State of Illinois, both in sidewalks and ornamental building stone. it for this purpose, is the strongest one
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Diamond WALL FInisH Co., are here collected; nearly every branch of the use-
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(Continued from page vi.) studies and practical experience of the ablest chem-
food in the silo depends mainly on the exclusion of ists and workers in all parts of the world ;, the in-
formation given being of the highest value, ar-
air. This is accomplished by placing over the ensilage ranged and condensed in concise form convenient.
a movable close-fitting cover and weighting it heavily. for ready use. :
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relating to formule used in the various manufac-

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books on confectionery: ‘* Confectioner’s Hand Book,” Instructions for working many different pro-
price $3; ‘*Complete Practical Confectioner,” price cesses in the arts are given.
35 It is impossible within the limits of a prospectus
$4; ‘Ornamental Confectionery,” price $2. We can to give more than an outline of a few features of
send you either of these books on receipt of price. so extensive a work.
Under the head of Paper we have nearly 250 re-
The territory for this kind of work is as thick as the stars in the sky, while it can be made with very (7) J. 8. 8. asks: 1. What is the cause ceipts, embracing how to make papier maché ; how
little expense. It isa pleasant business, where industry, vim, and good profits vie with each other.
of the bursting of an emery wheel when running at a to make paper water proof and fire proof; how to
have been indirectly instrumental in learning a number of young men the art of making the side- make sandpaper, emery paper, tracing paper,
walks, and now they are making from $2.50 to $5.00 per day for their services; while I also have sold my highspeed ? A, It is generally due to lack of cohesion transfer paper, carbon paper, parchment paper,
forniula to several business men that have shown a spirit of enterprise in soliciting for work in their among the particles of the wheel, the wheel having in- colored papers, razor strop paper, paper for doing
respective towns, and they have been more than pleased over their efforts. My price for printed for- up cutlery, silverware; how to make luminous
sufficient strength to withstand centrifugal force, The
mula is $25.00, and $10.00 extra for tools. My reference is the Mayor of this ei as well as the paper, photograph papers, ete.
following cities in this State, viz.: Springfield, Jacksonville, Quincy, Pana, Carlinville, Champaign, remedy is obviously stronger wheels or less speed. 2 nder the head of Inks we have nearlys 450 re-
Monticello and Paris. I have done work in all these cities, and the work will speak for itself. I invite What effect would the opening of a window have upon ceipts, including the finest and best writing inks
correspondence from those interested. Send for Illustrated Catalogue for Architects and Builders, of all colors, drawing inks, luminous inks, invisi-
a vulcanizer,with the pressure above the limit of safety, ble inks, gold, silver and bronze inks, white inks;
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Ee. Inc MARTIN, canizer? A, The tendency will be to cool the vul-
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628 N. Main Street, Decatur, Il. is the specific gravity ofa body obtuined? A. Specific
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the loss of weight in water. How to make Rubber Stamps forms the subject
of amost valuable practical article, in which the
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the city of Quito in Ecuador, and 1,600 feet above its peer terms that any intelligent person may readily
earn the art.
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tallurgy, 125 receipts; Bronzing, 127 receipts; Pho-
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Denter
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Catulogue tells all about it. Write for it, and the restoration and preservation of all kinds
FOLDING BATH TUB CO0,, Marshall, Mich- of objects and materials.
In Cosmetics and Perfumery some 500 receipts
are given.
Soaps have nearly 300 receipts.
Permanent Exhibit. Those who are engaged in any branch of industry
probably will find in this book much that is of
practical value in their respective callings.

Hand and Foot Power Machines, Those who are in search of independent business
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inches in diameter. If that water was piped down to
the city in the best iron or ste2l piping, what thickness SASH HANGING.
45 sold in’88 of pipe would be required at the lower end to withstand
Made of STEEL and ALUMINUM BRONZE
2,288 sold in ’89 the strain ? A, Wrought iron pipe 12 inches is amply
strong, if about 14 inch thick. The pressure is too and will not corrode.
6,268 sold in ’90 great for a city water supply. Extra strong plumb-
20,049 sold in '9! ing will stand a water head of 200 feet, at which height i
The only thoroughly tested and reliable Sash
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60,000 will be sold In aS) a reservoir should be placed and the water brought to it finish to match the leading styles of hardware now
by a free run through ordinary pipe with an overflow furnished.
A Stee! Windmill and Steel zal waste, This is far better than any attempt torun a
|i
)\au Absolutely the only Attachment that will not
Tower every 3 minutes. 2 pull out or cut the ribbon. Noiseless in operation.
O> These figures tell the high pressure service.
story of the ever-growing, In use in hundreds of Buildings throughout the
ever-goling, everlasting (9) G. E. T. writes: Outside of the United States.
Steel Aermotor. Where Highly recommended and is specified by the lead-
One goes others follow, ) question as to adaptability, what are a few of the occu-
ing Architects.
and we “‘take the country.”” ss stiD pations that are most promising to the rising genera-
Beware of infringements and inferior imitations.
Though sold, we were unable tomake allof $2 ae ®
tion of young men, businesses that are new, at least
the 20,049 Aermotors in '91. Orders often & On it Be sure you specify and get the ** Gardner.”
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Are you curious toe know how the Aer= pees of the question ? Could you direct me how to get a
motor Co. in the 4th year of its exist- on 4 beginning in any such, and work up? Am a young Address,
ence, came to make many times as 8 Ea3 7

GARDNER SASH BALANCE COMPANY,

married man, 25, a stenographer, graduate 1885 of high
many windmills as all other eas 2N

i
makers combined ? How we came “925 schoolin Ohio, with physics and chemistry favorite
» » tooriginate the Steel Wheel, the |] eo a ny| studies. Might it be possible for me to materially
ax Steel Fixed Tower, the Steel Tilting Pocn First National Bank Building,
5 © Tower? =2 20 modify the confining, sedentary nature of my present
@® © ist. We commenced in a field in anle CHICAGO, ILL.
© which there had been no improve- ® <n 4 work by combination with something requiring a good
* om ment for 25 years, and in which fy <ESpr proportion of manual exertion? If this were possible,
3 © there seemed no talent or ambition, \i ras
© + and none has yet been shown except i] Bko it seems to me it would considerably reduce the other-
= Sin seedble imitation of our i bu" wise frequent tendency to nervous irritability. [ am
© 2 Inventions. {| Feo
si 24. Before oommencing the ne always an enthusiastic reader of SCIENTIFIC AMERI-
2™ manufacture, exhaustive scien- Bs
Ss c tific investigation and experi- A =) cAN. Believing that your knowledge of some such em-
@ © ments were made by a skilled
nu mechanical engineer, in which
ye bryo enterprises, to which it might not be unprofitable
£ 5 over 5,000 dynamometric tests eg
Hand (Foot Power
ms
for me to make application, and perhaps right here in
e were made on 61 different forms
*» © of wheels, propelled by artificia
AERMOTOR. s& my own city, is much more extensive than mine could
# and therefore uniform wind, &
possibly be, I take this liberty to intrude upon your
which settled definitely many— ears. wel >
g
questions relating to the proper= oyvUL valuable time. A. Among the thousand and one ways

[irvatar Saw,
i yeu
YFNOUe
JOsuo}}I0d
4]
HF
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speed of wheel, the best form, = =
angle, curvature and amount of sail surface, the resist- of livelihood in this age of progress and invention,
ance of air to rotation, obstructions in the wheel, such as we feel our incapacity to enumerate in detail the busi-
heavy wooden arms, obstructions before the wheel, as in
the vaneless mill, and many other more abstruse, though ness ways to success for the energetic and persever-
not less important questions. These Investiga=
tions proved that the power of the best ing young man. Adaptability must not be left out of
wind wheels could be doubled, and the the question, If it is, you are sure to fail, Find what
AERMOTOR dally demonstrates It has you would most like to do, and what you would feel
been done. Iron frame 36 inches high.
3d. To the liberal policy of the Aermotor Co., that guaran- contented with under any conditions, and do it with Top 80 x 40 inches, centre part
tees ite goods satisfactory or pays freight both ways, and to ofiron with planed grooves on
the enormous output of its factory which enables it to fur- all your might. Do not forget that there is always each side of saw for cutting
nish the best article at less than the poorest is soldfor. For off gauges to slide in. Ripping
92 we furnish the most perfect bearings ever put room at the head of the class. There is no royal road
guuge slides in iron groove.
-
in a windmill, and have made an exhaustive re= to financial success in these times, although the lucky Steel shafts. Gears are all ma-
vision of the Aermotor and Towers. strings may still hangout. The new ways are devious chine cut from solid iron. Bor-
Ifyou wanta strong, stiff, Steel Fixed Tower—or if you ing table and side treadle. Two
want the tower you don’t have toclimb (the Steel Tliting and misty. Better follow the trodden paths of well 7-inch saws and two cranks
Tower) and the Wheel that runs when all others stand stil with each machine, Weight
that costs you less than wood and lasts ten times as long known business ways than fall into the quagmire of 2 350 pounds,
(The Steel Aermotor) or if you want a Geared Aermotor to adventure. Finally we advise the development of
churn, grind, cut feed, pump water, turn grindstoneand = Send for price list.
saw wood, that does the work of 4 horses at the cost of present employment to its best income, and take up
house
part
with
of
wi
every
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water
on( ($100), write for copiously illustrated printed matter,

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The
Water
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Aermotor
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ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO ADVERTISERS.

K,

Acme Roofing CO ........-.. sss sereeeeseeees vtewees ii Karr, C. Powell 2. ..000evseacreesessas,

nsesee seeeedV
Aermotor Co........ A-Sodtigndonuniasnc
bt Be xii Keystone Electric Co.............. viesia/arereinie@ cover iv
Albemarle Soapstone WO s5%.2 PAS ee “cover ii Kimball Bro8..:...2. .cccevcssesceccecsscscencones xiii
SATIOTO, OID), 100 weiets aleattisisre:
letspinot tarel= wlecoelrratets
atceek Kinnear & Gager Co 7:2 5<)....)scasencendueenciibe vii
Alden & Woods Fiber C0.....s.ceseeeeer
e+ cover ii Knox & Stoniery iy... o. ce ceuc nce sa cuales le sisi pales iv
Akron Heating & Ventilating Co.. ......seesseee xi Kolesch
& Cos,;.5, Senencce. | |Vetus aeenerents iii
Aluminum Alloy Metal Co...........-..csescssers xv
Am. Brass & Metal Works................+0e000++Xii L.
American Radiator OOo sesesdessc ak oot Or rise eke
American Well Works ..... . 02. Jsscedsseceveess iii Lancaster Steel Roofing Co ....... ivi hase bee ii
Andrews, A. H. & Co...... siatel ate atowofatatn'etetal
selscover ii Gane Bros. ig. scce ok sce 0«, de sein elneeiee aaa lv
IDEAL CIRCULAR. Andrews, JOHNSON & CO... ever seeve ceeeeseecees eli Lewis Grate & Mantel Co............. Sati Chis Rp.
(AMGTUS Ms Oo Bsckh tetstererei- icles oielatclewars ne pare SL Fidel’ &° Williams... <. sae. css.= 5. e eae eens vi
ur General Office and several Branches each Anthony) HGH Stee 'Couns sacecstsasescasseeitates iii Little; Chas. Meee
a ete ces cane ere antl ve Re
have handsomely appointed Show Apollo Tron & BtecliOor.s v.e <2 emcee tevesie ks cover ii
Rooms, in which are displayed our very extensive and varied Assort- Armor, Marlin Cosa. scene cules Nene eeaies! ter Aygure.b.: MM.
ment of Samples, comprising an almost endless variety of sizes and Major,Aiisees sess aut alotereletnielaVsleres POC ner ic ii
specialties in Steam and Water Radiators. Curved, Corner, Cir= BE. Mallory, F.B........ 6:09:40 v')>‘ee)matetaterstattaeee et neers iv
cular, Window, Stairway, and Dining Room RADIATORS, Ball-Ball Co............ Mireles volesisos eblteeniye COV Cleal Manasee, L........ adie reat hin, cnkh ek eeieee é re eh
Barnes, W. F.& JM0. 00... 2.0.2.2. --5- 2-8 see oeneriv Mark, JAGOD s.cges ateojntsit sere neat eee cover iii

AMERICANRADIATOR ((OMPANY
Barlow Bros 27s ac ctesseiselc oiierieie) i ol-'oiniemie/ do) einelesiii Marston, Je Mov OO sc to ccc ee ane xii
RATE PDs tevelolaletatate
eieiclere etelefeletateleietoteistaniare cover iv Martin, Hy. Brick Machine Mfg. Co..... ... Meas Vv
Bent, Sam’) 28 SOM... 20.6.0 ic cce ese csee oe voseed iii Martin, B.-L...” Sweaindebs tact cone eee ieee viii
Berger Manufacturing: Co......00.0c. cocteres «Vil Mason, Vie Ws 6 COs 7 nite cane amoessieseatndie dante iv
Bischoff & Oon Weg we. sen ceciccclev eelseesieesteisisin 0vii Matthews Decorative Glass Co. .. .......2.-..sevi
111 and 113 Lake Street, - - CHICAGO, ILL. Blessing 76 COl) Geena ecntsjcrla rissa s\otelsitie aiajelels seeseees vi Maurer, Henry '& Son. 2252.55 +1 iesce aaeeanneeeeee in
Bolles, J. Hi. & CO’ mers vocts <n doloptersedeaiete wehaste mane 86 Merchant & O0..........-.. Se dlete'serat tite cielo he ix
Boughton & Terwilliger... ...........+++-- cover ii Mesker & Bro...........5 e n caw ee Ee yo er vii
Factories: Bray; dOsephHy GCG racions vaidectich ctoisieinielerstslacierrisie XV Moore'& Co., E. B.......+:.-- vee dosha eters iii
Detroit and Buffalo.
Bridgeport Wood Finishing CO}. supadiehiene cAeaaeeias vi Morley Bros,... ..... on ebies “a's ANGE y Petia eentd tetas esteVv
Brinkerhoff, A. & Co...... Distt sinisieseistaesisteisiectars Soroka Mossilngraving, C0... <2. 00 s00<cuneascbotwas Sheeere i
BRANCHES: Brooks, T. H. & Co...seccsee Sie) gus 00 eisielen'e visinn ees iv Mueller, H., Mtg. COs. .i..c000se ans atameneea cae Xv
NEW YORK, 92 CENTRE Brush Electric Co..... .. Anosocsnrns sie oiee sn COVER II Mullins; Wiaiaecitssctscevils ic oaeeeahee BeBe RR iv
STREET. - = BOSTON, 44 OLIVER STREET. Munger-Colton Mfg. Co .. ....secseveeees ee eiWNL
MINNEAPOLIS, 324 N. First St. SAINT PAUL, Nat’l German-Amer. Bk. Bldg. Cc.
N.
Caldwell Mie Corecess cas seuektoutens
sister atcover iv
Canton Steel Roofing Co: Narragansett Machine Co.......... aatcetes queerctvi
seldom caeme ce ceveconwe cdl
Capitol Heater Oonienancene- «tee aenc tienen ae xiii Nason Mfg. Con.tetce.<s
5. asec vcsiecntenee one xi
Central Expanded Metal Co......... danscse cover iv National Hot Water Heater Co............ ..!..Xvi
Charter'Gas Engine: Cond. vdecscies slice eseee ceesail National’ Wood Mig; COW. i... ssesenss teas ieee cover ii
Chicago Grille Mfg. Co...... aw sins Guisacuetiee cemtaese xiii N. Y. Central Iron Works Co...........00+- cover iii
Obilton Mig: 00.7 S2s22e. eee pace cau one aoe eaemaee ssii Nolans Wins! Bit cs. scieas tices seauee cseeeee cover iv
Cincinnati Corrugating Cod cscsases sennetacsientae al Northrop, A. & Co........... isp telatoveratarelatate!eteiatens enema vi
Clark, BunnettiG® Cos see eercct acilep sleicoteianisiesits xiii Northrop, Henry §oo..6s.2.eeeenss oes or vii

SSL E. D. ALBRO CO.

Clark, Quien & Morse........... anaes tie catecover iii
Clay Shingle (Copssni.siensisiseinseiceose vesveersece ccsvi oO.
Consolidated Roofing Works................ cover iv
Corcoran, (ANd ox. s coc dicte omens ae cise ciate meets cover iv Oil Well Supply Cok . 2c «.claetes «aaeeitea ae te iv

IMPORTERS
= MAHOGANY
Cordesman Machine Co............00.eeeeeeseceeee x Qld Bangor Slate Oo..35... .Scaceses
enn scaeeneee «vi
Cortright Metal Roofing Co.............. Miaisiahieials xiii Oswego Indurated Fibre Co.,..............65 cover ii
Cox Abram Stove e avert Aforinonoh Bikey sevees cover ili
Cudell ssRoane kideans iccenenceenceees
ole wisieiaisie'e Ape e! P.

Paragon Plaster ©0:.000 <...scessceeiewetanee cover iv

Pease, J. F.; Furnace'Co.. ©. 39a: Wy. ceuckeceemeenoei

“snore Hardwood Lumber and

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Day "Mfe.*C0.% creer cea eles wc nits secre talntetslelereiate. «6 ali Pearson Mfe. CO. si ccce case dagen cialSre,
cc eee
Dean Dineaad OU Goren cuca ...cover iii Phillips, A. J. & OO... c..ssscdeemae
tee een vii
Detroit Heating & Lighting Co Pierce, Butler & Pierce Mfg. Co Cer re’ cover iv
Devoe, FB. WiiGi©O rene. ae nebo har eines aereiets Pittsburg; Plate Glass Co...2.. nace cee eee eee iii
Diamond Wall Finish Co..... ......-+e+eee+ Pittsburg Terra Cotta Lumber Co..,..............Vii
Dickey) A Gam. trate ievicrecels sislsierciictentala
sietateierets Poppert, Geo! &.icnsscdes
twas cece aaalenianiee xiii
Dixon, Jos., Crucible Co Potts BrOSis3:0).):.5.,.524.0ofow
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Doms, ano Foreten

Dunfee, J. GiGosn asset as see Powers Duplex Regulator Co i

VENEERS Duplex Hanger Co........ Agee Pryibil, Pvda wa ciasene eee ene
Durstine, Jacob........ 3800 Pike Mfe. Co., The. .....<. Ride eres aineafare ssh ‘cover fi

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200 Lewis St., E. R.. NEW YORK. Eberts Bros... <c.svepsteueeee faleie)starmretete’<’ faraGuecticnaers
Randolph’ & Olowes:.< sa. &.ak ae ods. Soe eae
Richardson & Boynton Co..... aoa ade mane $ wemts open
Edison General Electric Co.. Rites cover ii
Offices and Milis, CINCINNATI, OHIO. Bean: COs. 220s seek oe see cleats cs cette ei tidoe x
Richardson, Oo By. iic 0 <ciciniec cciels/enied
eee Meme ann vii
Filler, J. Hs'& COs. va. tie. onions vicecienee eee veeae avenue ii
Emerson, Smith :& \COm, cerita ae oie ancwm
aaa. kd x Ss.
Eureka Plaster CO. :.....cesccesessesevccscosceesses v Safety’ Furnace Pipe €0..:.....0-005
ss scnreceae xiv
Eureka Steam Heating Co..........+..-.-.-.+: Seated
Samson Cordage Works...........2+ sseeee.s cover ii
Schumacher & Ettlinger.... ........ . ..... cover ii
F, Semmer, Philip, Glass Co... ... nn dias aisles eae iv
Bisher (Rrskine WS: once. Mente seein elites seeekV Seneéa Palis Mfg. 'Co/.2.4 3 vcs nudes bos eee ax
Flanagan & ABIOMON WOR :..). Fone. sans cee ees otal wee nt iii Sheppard, Isaac A. & Co... ..a=s. 2-0cseenenue cover iv

SAFETY
Folding Bath Tub OoOvs eae. .e- eas) eeeacieadeaseraseviii Sherman, & Butler... ..ccss ceca er bcake castieee oi hase

FURNACE PIPE. Frank & CO........cevcccccerccrecscecescerecssevese _X Shimer, Sam’l'J..& Sons .. 2... .:2epsesesen See ix
Frenghode®). & Bon. i Gesies cit tacncacnss
Fmergeny, Sie. GOs
cvei™ atu iii Sims Mig. WOT acne
iis Maile c's Stes wc aeicce renne aioe “V Smith, Hw Be CO.
ail Smith, 8. B.S BLO. : sce
ace acein 0 ain’sinistauardie:
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Se *"* The Best Hot Air Pipein the Market.

Mighil on Se | eee ees. ee Sep ee
Standard Varnish Works > 6... .scseeesaae peaches Vv
Standard Wood Turning Co...-° /.02. uci... .. sane vi
G. Stanley Rule & Level Cou2.6 520. ce es ete ten cover ii

Economical, Safe and Durable. Gardner Sash Balance Co.,............655

Garry Iron & Steel Roofing Co
Smee Starrett,.L
Storm Mp.
Bat.
ii Stearns; hy Cw &iOosec
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«ode e Iles
Gates SHAN heating CO Gio css opmeee canoes i
Every Section and Part Double, and Fitted with Slip and Socket Godwin, “Alfred Ntetusies cover iv Stover Mfg. Co........0.-- Wie ti si6 re eens Soe RA xiii
..cover iv
Sturtevant, B. F.. See PP Dalen cae dae ix
Joint, insuring Safety in all cases. Graves Elevator Co.. ..cover iv Superior Furnace Co... dideis a0cancaey ogttos tile wah ciee ii
Gummey, Spering & Co. ..cover iv Swezey, Mo Biosas desing toed aneeshatti ooee iii
MADE OF BEST BRIGHT IIN PLATES Gurney {ot Water Heater Co.....20 712.2: cover iii Sykes Iron & Steel Roofing Co.. ee eee se eoeeeecedl
in lengths of 514, 714, 914, 11, 131, 1914 inches, exclusive of lap, T.
H,
which permits the construction of any length Taylor, NGG C0. isc ns cites eaeen ee tes «a cover iv
of pipe without cutting. Haines, Jones & re Mp. Co 5 Wee as RNs «sisi jes'e'exii Thatcher Furnace Co _...........- pA. wasaes xi
Thorn Shingle and Ornament Co................ viii
Saves two-thirds of the usual timber cutting, no Iron Lath, Wire
Screen or Asbestos required between the Pipe and Plaster- oO.

ing, Safety Furnace Pipe being complete in itself. USS Mineral

Woo) Coccesearsictance- o + cvtonecns®
Ali danger of fire from charring of flooring or lathing avoided by using Safety Furnace Pipe. St RP Fonda Nc cKVA
Howard, E., Wateh & Clock Co....... oer anne viii Vv.
Saves twenty per cent. in fuel bills by increasing the flow of warm air. Costs no more than the old Hoyt & Bro. 00e250.60 satis ee x
fashioned pipe. ~~ Investigate and have your architect include the Safety Furnace Pipe in his Hutchinson, B. F. & Co i Van: Borne, Griffin SOs. Sinesdeessict> samanead vi
specifications. (8 Send for circulars. Van Wagoner & Williams Co. . cover iv
Venetian Blind Co......... Pr Pe a cpt eek xiii
MANUFACTURED BY w.

Safety Furnace Pipe Co.,

Warner Mfp: 0:12...) seeeteten sake = irae aeaeas's xvi
i Auger Bit Co,. Watnony He B. sieiersaae desde thscieaes ov cover iii
West, J.D. & Co.. ...... sash ola <amiraethde - xiii
Western Sand Blast Co... 0200. peer, iii
J. Western Mineral Wo00] O0..06....:02 ssccecsocess xii
it & 15 ATWATER ST., Jackson, Edwin ASE Bran, si lctechiscaene
nee. i Wheeler, Russel & Son.......... ...... <3 ee xv
Jarden Brick OO Re awe oss cuts evs ane eee vi Williams Mfg. Co.. PE ore CP Oe
Detroit, Mich. Johns, H. W., Mfg. Co maneee a haere cover iii Williams “Machine Go... .. ES ole
Jonas T. W. .8 wases.<. ha TA ee Se oe ee xiii WillerMfg. Co.... .... ce cian Ben Cea voceees Xili
 Junn, 18992. Srientitic American, Architects and Builders Edition. XV

A NEW AND EVERLASTING ROOFING MATERIAL!

ALUMINUM ALLOY METAL.

For Roofing, Siding, Eaves Troughs, Guttering, Spouting, Flashings, &c,
Containing no iron; warranted not to rust without paint will outlast copper or galvanized
iron. Furnished in rolls for standing seam: in rolls for valleys: in boxes of two squares each, in
sheets same sizes as Tin Plate. Prices and samples furnished on application.

MANUFACTURED ONLY BY

Aluminum Alloy Metal Co., - - Hampton, Iowa.

pITICA. WZ GENERAL AGENTS:

END Fog caTRLOO C. L. RICE, Chicago, Ill.; JULIUS SCHMIDT, Pittsburg, Pa.; JOHN W. GOOD & CO., St. Louis, Mo.;
LA RUE HDW. CO., Kansas City, Mo. ; LEE, CLARKE, ANDREESEN HDW. CO., Omaha, Neb.

Classified List of Advertisers Published in the Praen Number of the Seientide Amerivan, Architects and Builders 2iibon
i@~ Change of copy for advertisements should reach us not later than 5th of month to appear in issue following.

Adamant. Brass Goods. Page Drawing Instruments, Etc. Page Glue, Cement, etc, Page
Randolph& Clowes: ..cn7 Fis nenaie eect i Ball-Bail’& Co’ 6.9.
022. ees Setas Fe cover ii CAR MAJ OLE Wet ca <0 scsi de cadence Secvssat Meeaeee te ii
Kolesch & C0. ...-.+.0-- scancciecmcessss0pes- ili Graphite Paint, ;
Brass Work for Buildings, L. Manasse....... o Netecihon Quem les erteee ae ne don sles iii Joseph Dixon Crucible Co. .........62.becccevess Vv
HSL RAT oo anlidin ttre Roast Caeeectcde cover iv
Am. Brass and Metal Works.............s.00 xii Dumb Waiters. Grates,
Je De Bolles & Con PAL se eee snes ee ates iv BoE. Hutchinson’ & Coi... castes tetas ox Edwin A. Jackson & Bro........
Storm Migs Co... Sierees soseeeee askew scuee vee xiii Lewis Grate & Mantel Co.....
Brass Working Machinery. Me BUSWOZOS cecesccsaces teinensclaqadvens tessicces iii Grille and Fret Work,
Co ies, Prypibil; Wow. 5. ice oe ee ccc ome ne: x Eaves Troughs, Chicago’Grille Mfg. COsseecssccestesel ootebaee xiii
Acme Roofing Co; . oc vcasevede were teteates ii Grille Brass Work.
Bricks—Plain, Pressed, Front, and Armor, Marlin & Cops. Atsesess ston: veeuc tate ix Am. Brass and Metal Works..................xii
Ornamental, Berger Mfg, Co. 2.5... .cdenecineee’ Ageunsrae J. E. Bolles & Co.. .iv
Jarden Brick: Coreg wos seccdtogtoeeee reece: vi Canton Steel Roofing Co... ..... ... Ground & Rough “Glass for Floors, Etec.
Clark, Quien & Morse. Tee scat aantta ce cover iii Pittsburg Plate Glass OO.) .:.2.)<.82 ee iii
Brick Machinery. J.H. Eller & Co...
Henry Martin Brick Machine Mfg. Co......... Vv Vanhorne, Griffen: & Coy... 003 .S.0-.
> sennten -vi
Sims Mfg. Co..
Gymnasium Outfits.
Building Fronts and Cornices,
Electric Door Bells, dearer es ithe Bs
ete. Narragansett Machine Co...........s.--csee--e vi
Joh. bray & COs. ss. Hee: NAACTO TS F .XV
Adjustable Planes. Wi is MUuluns : oe ite tase cas tele Ae atises ft itek ee iv Ee Sawing Machines, e
Electric Lights.
Stanley Rule & Level Co .... .... ..... cover ii Brush Electric COs aaitsnccaste Seaver sapover i WW. & J. Barnes Co:.-...¢22 see ee iv
Building Paper, Felt, Etc.
re Ws Watson Berrie cover iii Edison General Electric Co.............. cover ii vasa Lumber,
Advertising Glass Signs. . The HW DS AlbrO! COe ies sissies ov:si0e'ecieeieen
aku
The Wester n Sand Blast Cows Si Saishemsisteee siii Electric Motors.
Carpenters? Tools and Peery: Brush Electric Co........... ..cover ii
Heating Apparatus,
Aluminum Alloy Metal, Stanley Rule and Level Co. . : .cover ii Edison General Electric Co...... i canes COVEN LL A. Brinkerhoff & Col.<... stew erases seemee aan eek
Aluminum Alloy Metal Co......... of oR Gan XV Keystone Electric Co ....... ccccceceese cover iv American Radiator CO gis +148 Sine eee
Carpet Lining. Electrical Supplies, Abram Cox Stove CO. 02. cccens/ asmes hen cover iii
Annunciators, Door and Call Bells, Hie Bs WEthON. fae ores sce ateocean sarcieee cover iii
J. F. Bray & Co.... Hero Electric Co.......... See eeeeceeserseevees Kili B.. ¥. Sturtevant. -9.¢desece ccs ccedt sean ix
Elevators. } Capitol Heater Cos ..7)- <<< sive susie ofvivsrels wetsimnakule
Architects. Ceilings (Metal). Detroit Heating & Lighting Co.... .. .... ...xi
MS gn BOUT ecraicichevan esi elc), amithore ds see «sea iv Hobe Bischo&; OO 26 ssccacens sonseaeemaee vii Ba Hs Hutchinson: & Coszce ss iseeat erences ix
Bee Ql, ReATGrist ce poses seeucer
pe okiL B.N. Gates Heating Cogs sos cc vcs ccincc sseinetss
Munn & Co........ Raine gece areeeioen Welsiecameas te Us Miler & Cove... dance veneer SO CORD CCR Am ii hdwin A. Jackson & Bro....... i
Kinnear & Gager Comics Csocsstedeetcees vii The Graves Hlevator Co...........secces cover iv
Kureka Steam Heating Co. .............0sceeces i
Architects’ and Surveyors? Supplies, HS. Noxrthrophententcs. picts bam aaete cae ee vii Kimball “Bros Rina. aseeee belessete istaecnae 6 mee LL
Gorton & Lidgerwood Co............... cover iv
PAS ELVA DDOT SS COP ee sods ot ecg eease dees WilWe Mason’ & Com. noznc cuca cman. ae iv Gurney Hot Water Heater Co......... cover iii
Nap ATIOSIS = Ark eee war reaicaw od snd etelee.w as iii Cements. Storm Mfg. Co..... Dalt ale cleinersicel aUidivia's'siete netic xiii
Harrisburg Boiler & Mfg. CO... eaeeeraneee
TOW. Johns Mig: Co.cc. ccsete acces. cover ili Elevator Motors, Hitchings Conte e
Architectural Brass and Metal Work IASMEIONS, scsccioe one ceindver aes ite: nas ene aceaels ii Keystone Electric Co... ......cccccseenee cover iv
Designs. F Howard Furnace Co..
Am. Brass and Metal Works......../0...+2++0) Elevator Cabs and Enclosures. Isaac A. Sheppard & COs icatsccee
Chairs (Metal), Am. Brass and Metal Works..................Xii J. F. Pease Furnace Co..... 0.6.00. ee ae Pe
Architectural Tron Work, VAS HANndrews & COns.ienccsncdetonre ite eover ii Lewis Grate & Mantel Co.. .. ee xt
cy dae Supplies. National Hot Water Heater Co . Xvi
Pe AUT . «vo viens coedecslt
cand Soe saso cover iv ENSUES 2 2 Pci rewre,ta aaterste atests-clela)= senmcTatbee nro iii
J. E. Bolles
& Co .... i Chandeliers, Nason) Mfg, COs. 64600. 0c cches weeee seek eee
Ea Pa BViInk esx saddcsclaste sees cotanesddee ace cscceii Fine Mechanical Tools, Pierce, Butler & Pierce Mfg. Co........ cover iv
Architectural Wood Turning. WSs Sbarretibse. = sees scien ferasiers Shnbcidesnchadcnace ii Richardson & dats OO... sane once ceemeeee iii
Adam Dickey Church Crosses, Fire Brick. R. Wheeler & Son . Seen eee
Standard Wood Turning Co..........-.....
e+. vi Pe Wissel CUES eearitenas cameras then ea ccene xiii Henry Malttror & SO sia. s ss .s1cscuiea asics ceaisine eli Superior Furnace Co.
Thatcher Furnace Co
Art Metal Work. Combination Dividers, Fire Clay Roofing Tiles.
Knox & Stonier........... The Akron Heating & Ventilating Co.........xi
Es, Bs SGArrete soos ess vc coenwawak te soe an ck weeii Clay Shingle; Coscia nse hale votealleles Sohers etevi The H. B. Smith Mtge. CO\n. ie. cae See Fe a!
ue F. Bischoff& Co Fireproof Building Materials,
voces VAN
TY LT Been Se Cee SO RAS metal fe Ws) Ee INGUOTEC So \.coneaediee. cnocedaearaeree cover iv
Concrete Illuminating Tile and Vault Henry. Maurer & Son 32 ) sn. ct seas sence «ii Hoisting Machinery.
Artificial Stones for Sidewalks and Lights. Pittsburg Terra Cotta Dumber Co......20e.0- vii Vil We Maso & O02 sii Bivklecsacccns vce ernneenienes iv
Building Purposes, TES Ela BY OOKS 8s COW sees cons. eit dlttaeee aes cee, Fireprooting Material.
Hora Martins eels.
nds ei oresiiccfee ViiL ABCOD MAP So. . ccnncss pene caucecs strc as cover iii Hot Air Pipe.
EW DORNS MiP, Orn. saccnses asiensia ns cover iii
Safety: Furnace Pipe Co... 25... .c<<-. cose
Copper Finials, Pittsburg Terra Cotta Lumber Co. aang t!
Artists? Materials, EIS BW ateon. 5... cen ake een Aa “cover iii Indurated Fiber Goods,
EDGED DDOBE GF OO versio cinscioe cis on.aeeres ects ss se GA eed Cole eamncarroscne Todds waste aan sogs xiii
Knox &: Stonierks tote rec- vel tect an seeodeey ast iv Flour Bin and Sieve. Oswego Indurated Fiber Co............. cover ii
BS W.. Devoe &.Co <5. ....Geis aieaternnie Scehche Sersicl
Wien tM a pIMOULIIIIS Serene cloorana sets nclele gare snieeneceiaacs iv Sherman: & Butler. <2 wccvesctacecc-+ses osencdte ii Iron Ceilings and Roofing,
Asbestos, ‘ACMe ROOMS CO... ss ciciieees avec s evanlemeiee ii
Cordage. Foot and Hand Power Machinery. ‘Berger? Miws OO 0%... /a'sca'eacc/ene'e sewn teins Vii
Peer dOnue MigsQOtner eke. cetrecn ce cover iii Wok. & J; Barnes COc-ascse sien ce mepmaned
PEO VV ATBOI Soe ccc, ss a enicales vee <0, 05 cover iii Samson Cordage Works..............-... cover ii Dar eie MHOPWAOOrs. 0 stcacetredeen RP rerict i mark ace ii
C. E. Little Hbertat rosea: 1.55. “Secs cn cee ce came s ii
Auger Bits. Cornices, Iron and Copper.
Wis EX eM ULHTISe Seuetsc ach coeteetsas ec cece esiv BRAS NGRCHYOR ooo s.0.0:ccctceairtcc vietle bce vii
Pwin Auger Bit Conse. ....sccenses ROO Bese iv Seneca Falls Mtg. forte ae Sykes Iron & Steel Roofing Co.................. ii
py teteehe Stair Rails, Etc. Corrugated Iron for Roofing, Siding French Baths (Enameled Iron). Iron Shutters and Doors,
BPRS O, BLO. c.c cence duns testes inceTT and Ceiling. Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co............... -xii Paes Le SST TAUI ee cree is vitjelssiaghicle’sih a letaete cover iv
The Standard Wood Turning Co........ ...... vi Acme Roofing Co.... .....seee- Sp cate nxde ace sab’ ii Furnace Pipe. Cincinnati Corrugating CoO.......cccccosscsevces i
Base, Head and Corner Blocks, Berger Mig: Co: 20. ccetcngaatadnts pvgsceimess vii Safety Furnace Pipe Co.........-.....-.0++..XIV Iron Store Fronts,
Cris Bros: jac. avtositee alteittencs wecu eeseve) se ii
TAUCI SAL AIMS dos nese cis cess assessorscs vi Galvanized Shects. Mesker & Bro....
Cincinnati Corrugating Co.............. wel Apollo tron & Steel Co....:.......cssceee cover ii Joist Hanger.
Bath Tubs. Js HL. Eller:& CO. se cueeescceee
Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co ..... ........... xii Garry Iron and Steel Roofing” Co Gas Engines, Duplex Hanger Co... ...... alaivide odlevbalcereWV
Oswego Indurated Fiber Co, ........... cover ii Sykes Iron & Steel Roofing Co,...... Charter Gas Engine: COs i... cc cc cececccsspesii Lathing (Steel Fireproof ~
Bath Tubs, Self-Heating and Folding. Gas Fixtures and Sate tae Centraal Expanded Metal Co situs « cover iv
te BAU TRUDI CO: os 6eael Sas veesencneeete viii Covering for Steam, Gas, and Water (A. Brinkerhom® &:Cov, ah eae Pie sec catiecatiaerts XL
Pigeet
Laundry Tubs.
TRE DR MLSs OO Se boss tcvere Messe cdesecrcs nistsii Gas Machines. Albemarle Soapstone Co............-..5. cover ii
Instantaneous Water Heating Co.............. ii We OOS Mig) COl. sacs: DAE AO ART cover iii PAG STING rn Ofes dou © One rar nitenios seu street tarasten ood
Bent and Beveled Glass,
Western Mineral Wool! Coys. Ric ascceds nc taet XL Detroit Heating and Lighting Co.............. xi Leveling Instruments,
Glass, Decorative and Sand Blast, TL, MAngdsae... «2... « isis. ais oe sos ek ee ee iii
Vanhorne, Griffen & Co..... hia ..Vi Cutter Heads. ©. Be Richardson: .. onc. ces. dae eiane eee vii
The Matthews Decorative Glass Co. . ....... vi
Blinds, Sliding and Folding. Sam) J.iShimer'&*Sonsieccc. cesses ease cacccce ib. The Western Sand Blast Co..... ...........1. iii Lightning Rods. |
UN ETEsgBANDS fain clave!Seiainle slave sista ainty wins aiaio'al sletanieys xiii Glass—Plate and Cylinder’ Window. RIS DS WiestComte eee olat'e's oe See EEE
Decorative Glass and Sand Blast Work,
Boller Coverings. The Matthews Decorative Glass Co........ +. Vi Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. ....... 522. cesescrees iii Linseed Oil.
mVWerronns Mites Coss. ansss.senteetors cover iii Potter Brosiit. cceccnses- seeanats Pers oer ras iv Dean Linseed) Oil Cocos esscnaccononece cover iii
Door Hangers. P; Semmer Glass: Co... cs50ccsessens ecnecobec eels
eta (Seamless Drawn Copper House.) TANG UTOR CS caves w vesiadcds sicele Oh eaten ketatate iv Vanhorns, Griffen & Cols sec. «ccadasuate. dave vi Lithographers.
Randolph & Clowes................. Greens AICOHOAL Munger-Colton Mfg. Co..... decbsubadextiees . Viii Glass—Stained and Mosaic. Schumacher & Ettlinger................ cover ii
Brass Furniture Fittings. B.C; Stearns: & CO. cet adandies one dee savcacenen xii ALT LOG GOG Willies casssess ceicaictas steele -cover iv Mahogany.
Am. Brass and Metal Works...............++. xii The Warner Mt or Glen cance ven cccecceme eek Flanagan & Biedenweg..... Bee eg ea oent iii The BT) AVDrO) CO vocercesia<iciectian a. ae xiv

IF INTERESTED IN WATER SUPPLY PLEASE READ! ELECTRIC BELLS WITHOUT A BATTERY.

ARCHITECTS SOMETHING NEW.
should not fail to give a place for one of our Regulators in eve ty plumbers’
specification, as it should be found in every house, particularly WHERE HOT AND Why use battery, mechanical or push button
COLD WATER IS USED; it prevents the effect of the high pressure on bouers. bells when you can get the Gillette Electric
The regulator can be set at any pressure desired in ‘the building, say as low as
15 pounds or upwards, and it will maintain the same no matter how great the
Door or Call Bells (without a battery), and
pressure may be in the mains. which never get out of order from any cause
This Valve has been on the market for the past 10 years and has met with flatter- | whatever. Not affected by extreme heat or
ing success. Many serious accidents avoided by their use. Every valve warranted. cold, lasts a life time and requires absolutely
For full particulars write
FACTORY: 111-117 N. STATE ST.
H. MUELLER MAN'F’G CO., | no attention, and will operate
and annunciator. Wiring for these bells is
door openers

OFFICE: 222 E. MAIN ST. DECATUOR, ILL same as for any electric bell, and our bells,
door opener, and annunciator may displace
others without making any change in the
’ wiring. All our instruments are guaranteed
26% MECHANICS /D2~ JUDGE A MECHANIC BY THE QUALITY OF HIS TOOLS. | for five years and are fully protected by
It is Bhi leasure that we place the Mechanics’ Screw and Tool
Screw’ TOOL DRIVER, Driver u he market, as we feel confident that it is the best tool
patents.

Magneto-Bells of Every Description.

all kinds of wood screws, as well as drillin all kinds of
for insert os
metals, which has ever been presented to the public. tis just the
tool that ever mechanic has been lookin, for, and will undoubtedly
fill a long fel want. We do not offer it in’ comparison with the
cheaper tools which are floodin the market, but strictly as a first- SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND
class and high rade tool. This tool will be furnished as a screw
driver only, drill, ora comhinedion tool including both screw driver PRICE LIST.
and drill, Our tools are used by the folowing arcane and factories:

JOSEPH F. BRAY & CO.,

Carpenters, Machinists, Pattern Makers and achine Repair Shops,
Carriage, Stov e, Furniture and Coffin Manufacturers. n fact they
are used wherever a screw driver or small drill is required.
Sold by the Hardware and Supply trade generally.
H. MUELLER M’F’G CO., 55 Dey Street,
Factory, 111-117 State Street. DECATUR, ILL.
Office, 222 E, Main Street,
NEW YORK CITY.
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 xvi Scientific American, Architects and Builders Enlition,

THE CELEBRATED HOWARD FURNACES UNIT

1
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‘BAND SAWS.
——_AND——

Combination Warm Air and Hot Water Heaters. Damascus Tempered with NATURAL GAs, of SUPERIOR Toughness,
After more than eighteen {years’ experience in the manufacture of Band
Constructed on the most scientifie principle, Saws, we have discovered a process of TEMPERING AND STRAIGHTENING all
at one operation. This process insures ABSOLUTE PERFECTION.
with down and indirect draft, and a larger We manufacture Band Saws from one-eighth of an inch to 12 inches wide.
We specially request all users of Saws of any description to send us their ad-
amount of radiating surface than is possible in dress in full, and we will by return mail quote them our special prices and
send them our PAMPHLET ON THE BAND SAW; also our new 1842-93 SAWYER’S
any other heater in the market. The enormous HAND BOOK, WITH SUPPLEMENT, FREE to any part of the world.

saving of fuel in the use of our furnaces is a very Dimerson, Smith ec Co., Toimited,
essential feature. Absolutely gas and dust tight. Mention this paper. Beaver Falls, Pa., U.S. Ao

They are fully guaranteed and have a

marvellous record. CIRCULAR,
GANG
SEND FOR CATALOGUE, TRADE MARK,

HOWARD FURNACE CO. DAMASCUS CIRCULAR SOLID SAWS, STANDARD INSERTED or CHISEL-PLANER
TEMPER.
TOOTHED SAWS, CLIPPER and LUMBERMAN’S CLIPPER SAWS are speci-
529 to 533 South Clinton Street, SYRACUSE, N. Y.; alties with us. Our HAND-BOOK for SAWYERS and SUPPLEMENT gives
full information, and we will esteem it a favor to be permitted to send them to any
12 Beverly Street, BOSTON, MASS., U.S. A. reader of this paper.
AND 337 YONGE STREET, - - TORONTO, ONT., CANADA. EMERSON, SMITH & CO., LIMITED, Beaver Falls, Pa.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.—Continued from page xv.
Masons’ and Builders? Supplies. Page Page | Sidewalk Lights. Page Page
SB: EL. Krench & Co. s:erapasae tetera
nit acFen é The St. Louis Adamant Plaster Co...........+... KB. T. Barnum. .........06
ceceee cee vce cover iv Wall Plaster,
The Ohio Adamant Plaster Co...... 0....... ooh ie TH: Brooks CO saaietecae ss sce Gabi wichaelv Paragon Plaster Covi. iiacsseds. wens cover iv
Mathematical Instruments, The Ohio Plaster Co......... Sih tastersstexces ae J.0, Rrench &(C0.c2.. eeercees Si vitialein aie @ial's ooo Eureka Plaster Co..... ...... Pre Vv
PF. Ws Devoe & Cost Sisto eee tee cesi ae “ot mad hes IPIASUORTW OPER. ce Spets sieves JRCOD MaAPx divine ccrieschcc
he adenad Oaesly encover iii
e Indiana amant Plaster Co........... Rs 5 Wall Plaster (Adamant),
Mechanics’ Screw and Tool Driver. The Adamant Mfg. Co i
H. Mueller Mfg: Co. iiidexcpesticses vaaccevecns Fe6g The Detroit Adamant Wall Plaster Co ......... deni hart: sealers, Mangers. nm
The Michigan Adamant Plaster Co.. ........... 0 EY LOU wis =diovin Tsinieioasa arcimass names Seca anes The Keystone Plaster Co
Metallic Lathing, Ete, ; The Kansas City Adamant Plaster Co............ |Sliding Blinds, The New Jersey Adamant Mfg. Co. ............5
J. K. Bolles &:00.) 3.5 eszaance
css eases eau iv The Tennessee Adamant Co..............++++ $355 Clark, Bunnett’& Co. ne mi iccee a nseeeeee xiii The United Adamant Plaster Co.... .. .........
Central Expanded Metal Co............. cover iv The New England Adamant Co.............0.. JACOD. Durstine...... 55 -oesrise eae seerecniisveexiii The Northwestern Adamant Mfg. Co............
Metallic Ceilings. The Connecticut Adamant Plaster Co.......... Hartman Sliding Blind Co....... ........---Xiii The Chicago Adamant Plaster Co.:..............
Berger Mfg. Co..:....0.+% SY PSS eee oevii The St. Louis Adamant Plaste: Co...............
Reymer & White.............
1.ss.eceseeeee tere Geo./;Poppertints.c:.neseetes: 5 eee he el The Ohio Adamant Plaster Co............... eee
JH. Miler @ Go rarusenk cee cere eaces toes bitte Plaster Boards, : # Wie WISP. in. coke vOac ott Uh Mepeainate Beeb
om tan
A. NOPGhrop BOO ctcrestascsce ohceciteeee tevi The Ohio Plastér Cove. 220.18. ane eee
Alden & Woods Fiber Co..... ...... .... cover ii Spring Hinges. The Adamant Wall Plaster Works...............
H. 8. Noreheop.. 22.:-s-ss0snsieear ee vii
The Kinnear’ & Gager C075 ac cneeeeriey
eck vii Porous Terra Cotta and Hollow Tile. | Van Wagoner & Williams Co........ ...cover iv The Indiana Adamant Plaster Co................
Pittsburg Terra Cotta Lumber Co............ Vii The Detroit Adamant Wall Plaster Co..........
Metallic Roofing Tiles and Shingles, Stable Fittings and Fixtures. The Michigan Adamant Plaster Co........ .....
Berger Mir stra ss tse oncs creates Pe iVil Poultry Yard Appliances, ent Bd Barn tim co thes .cacncte eee cover iv The Kansas City Adamant Plaster Co,......... .
Cortright Metal Roofing Co..................Xili 5.1. Bont & SON oso gence sets ngeewewes «eBksles iii SL. Bent &' Son...:..24'
. t.kh eee eS Na The Tennessee Adamant Co... ...v...%.+seee- F
Garry [ron and Steel Rooting Co.............. ii Radiators, ; _ |Stairs, Rails, Balusters, Etc. The New England Adamant Co...... .........66
Gummey, Spering & Co. ................cOVer 1V American’ Radiator Cot), vs ssisciasyebniesss,00e.s xiv A DiGkeyiec eee ee
OPP on ter’vi The Connecticut Adamant Plaster Co............
Thorn Shingle & Ornament Co... ........-.. Vili B. HW. ; Smith & Brow eke : sss xiii= Reymer. & White........... miera isn Sale atta Sate ese
Railings and Fences.
Mineral Wool, Am. Brass and Metal Works...............--- xii Standard Wood Turning Co...... --. «+ ++++Vi Washout Closets, :
UO. SiiMineral’ Wooo te teviccestk
cee ake ace. Vv BAP Bamnum cor easccsncce meacacae se snnast cover iy |Statuary, Cornices, Finials, Ete. ; Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co-.... :..... .... xii
Western Mineral Wool Co plead heleniite tebieoeRLL 2 Ss BOTA ee COO Weak ose erece creas iv WH. Milling ceeciaani
ote skietnueee + ee 1V Watchmen’s Clock System & Timekeeper
Reflectors. B. F. Bischoff & C0........
sce esereeeeseeeeees vii E, Howard Watch & Clock Co.... .......06. viii
Mirrors (French and German,) 1. Po Rrinks ees ee a, TOP KES ii Knox & Stonier.........0. ....+ sees eneeecerees iv
Vanhorne, Griffeni® 6.. os. Giicccedcehsan
czyebs vi Water Conductors,
Steam Hot Blast Apparatus, d Armor, Marline®$ iO) aes sey scales
ga «ix
Mortar Colors. Roofing Paper, Etc, , Akron Heating and Ventilating Co ....... ..xi Acme Roofing Co.. ii
SoH: Prench Gon sseecncee
tse to eeeecssserae Vv Consolidated Roofing Works........... cover iv Steel Roofin Berger Mfg. Co.......... vii
H. W. Johns Mfg. Co...........- cover ili | “ "Acme Roonay Bo RM ima i alr ot ii Canton Steel Roofing’ Co... 0... ce. ecede cscces ii
Oilstones, ; Clark, Quien &.MOrse.......--.csssescees cover iii
THE PIKE MLE MG ao a,seayisio aes dete merece tcover ii H. F. Watson........../.. anne cae Berger Mfg. Co........ als eioveeraisinioisieiinrast gs sietaiale vii
Roofing Slate. F Canton Steel Roofing Co......... pete Bet vii J Hs Flier .&7 COs os cupc awcenters ot kee ii
Oil Well Supplies, : The Old Bangor Slate Co!...ce csuecasseeees eae vl edo ED PAIGE 100 OO scinunts & Bie(aicisisletene nisin teaslg aviateeie leh eit Simms Migs Cos: s vscwras coicuag cee <a was EL
Oil WelbSwpplyi7Go,. . foes scene sno wehion BWP ate iv Roofing Tin. Biberts SBross oe nece ses ae -Sinfas muaraie hots sei otageia ii Weather ap .
Ornamental Glass Work,
Cortright Metallic Roofing Co....... ....... xiii Garry Tron and Steel Roofing Co. ............ ii J. Duntee & Ci. 2es ie keasse beetles cover ii
Gummey, Spering & Uo.. ............--. cover iv Lancaster Steel ROOnne CO 2 ao tsar gccaedee li Water Pressure Regulators,
The Western Sand Blast Co....... .. ....-.... iii Merchant & Co <..*8the Bea Re Eee ix Sykes Tron’& Steel Cosss ysans «cs siddam cede seisa ii H. Mueller Mig.iCo:sirses. otros cane eee xv
Paints, ; Ni: &iG. Taylor Co} cccedes «seca erent cover iv | Steel Shutters.
Weather Vanes,
The Ghilten,) MEG CO. . o.< lsecenoe Seats desay wtns ii Roofing and Wall Tiles. \ Clark, Bunnett & Co. ...... Semel one cele ees -xiii EE. GPU haces nea ade tor .coveriv
Joseph Dixon Crucible Co. .. eye0.25. ers Peeiainn Vv Clay Shingle CoO. vewscsentteee cen niteagane. soetees vi potted Be Instruments, ws THOS. Wed ONES |. pon stinneeentps es cae oe ne eee xiii
BW. DOV OG WH GOs... cc. vcldenB «snes hens aie. tae j Sand Blast and Embossed Glass. HOAREC. itso! efotet Vialalaistelainfulvla\ @abeiedae ieatele wine iste’oraleteen vil J.D. Wet & Ooies: 2a kez.fee ba oa shelve xiii
S: BH: PrenGh Wires. cases eachwoasenemsardeewe-V. The Matthews Decorative Glass Comment af O. Ro Richardson s:s2%, 2°: A at oie aap nciii Well Tools and Machinery.
H.W. SONS Mie IOO Kn. voce tes eres cover iii
The Western Sand Blast Co.................++- iii |Tanks, in American:Well Works.::? <3 5. iccies. ensaceeces iii
Patents, eS mainte - talti Williams Mie. Corviac. .cscs eas eee Le gte aoe enn Oi. Weil. Supply ‘€o..22) 2c sec s be eee iv
Munn G00 Saenccie scccehte> cser:s csteae emt tacs iii
LA ae ied .| Temperature Regulators. Windmills,
Parquetry Floors, re Bees Cae eee Bape fae aici2 s\en Powers Duplex Regulator Co............0+60 xi Aermotor. Co... <..:.sscse« die cece . il
Bi. Be Moore: COs cis ssacree acs See cane ney | Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co.. i ] Terra Cotta Lumber. z A. J. Corcoran.... .. oie) wisn gd ny eRe
Je CUTER Be Oo ape ots ocak - <wntnt ke cover ii Oswego Indurated Fibre Co .... Pittsburg Terra Cotta Lumber Co.. . ....... Vii Wire Office Railings.
Interior Hardwood Co.... 1. ..seccesess veeeXiil HB. PP Barninire 2006 tena s.2 cx anna cover iv
National Wood Mfg. Co...............--- cover ii
Sash Bal Tools and Foot Power Machinery.
ee ney
Caldwell Mfp! Covic.<....unase arrester cover iv
: W. FS
C. BE. Little
JeBarmes.Cose: & oh ove pis meat iv Am. Brass and Metal Works. xii
Photo-Engraving. ’ J..E. Bolles'& Co. .... ..:-o+0+000so<seaien eee iv
Moss Hn gra vin tOOsiencsbivcccesornsse-eemeneke i Gardner Sash Balance Co..........-.0--+seeres xii TOM Marston Cole Lee eit Wood Carpet.
Photographic Outfits. Sash Cord, Seneca Falls Mfg. Co........... » Fee SK vi Boughton & Terwilliger.............:... cover ii
Samson Cordage Works.................. cover ii |Tower hdaleciaet egy Finials, Etc. J. DuDfee (0... 0. tens eee «eee COVEF fi
Be HD: Anthony & Oo. idee oo . iii
B). DS Barn ums sh sehha adaasew seis wea tet cover iv Interior Hardwood Co...... .... aed eet
Planing Mill Wachinery. Sash Pulleys and Attachments, mm ee HK. Bo Moore & Co. ..ac.<cicns deepen duenwen tae iii
Hoyt ro: OG cre se creeks hoe ceeniis dle vsehenneek Gardner Sash Balance Co «0... css .cc0e 0.4, a5 xii Thos. W. JOneS........6 seeeeeeed seeeee eee Xi National Wood Mfg. C0. vcccansensee cass cover ii
Stover Manufacturing.Co....... ..... ......xili| Trap, Sewer Gas and Backwater. . Wood Finishes.
Plumber’s Blast Furnace, Sash, Metallic Adjustable. His Ha OUGEIL ci.ciscciateseldew sccttel maleaiee task otevi Bridgeport Wood Finishing Co.......... ......v
Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co... ..... ........Xii
Flanagan & Biedenweg..... 2. ..ce..-.ceeeeeeeedii Fore neeae i Sate Bee H.W: Devoe: & Conk i. aos ance epee eee ee i
Plumbers? Supplies. Wooden Tanks,
G.- Aviles her 2 00; (tis. te ceretees Laan! vi Saws. cone Gs Standard Varnish Works
Haines, Jones & Cadbury Co....
oJ. COPCOPAIN veces cce eee Ae oe cover iv
Emerson,
Seneca FalisSmiMfg. Co....
HD daniSheth.....uwia
Or comet ie eh eae at Vault Lights, Sce Sidewalk 1p ti Lights.
91 Williams’ Mia. "COFt Teen cece aanee ue ae ii
Portiand Cement, Veneers, ° Wood Mantels, Ete.
Be. .W BUShHOry. coer cesk oben ce Sereens for Doors and Windows, EK. D. Albro Co.........- ict ta dakeiates eesieaatraeee xiv Pearson Mfg. 00:2... 4:2. . caaekaules eee
Porous Terra Cotta, ‘ A.J. Phillips & Co....... ayots Sie iy avets Gaete selok's een ix D4 | Venetian Blinds. Woodworking Machinery.
Henry Maurer WSO. one sseses oot osc cements ii MOREY LOR ia8 dp caree ste esersenesaneecceeees V|
Scroll Saws and Tools.
Venetian Blind Co... ...5 pee ee xiii Cordesman Maghine Coc-x.,. <«nae.nielesewenee x
Plaster. The Bgan 00". cies eect vantes ncn eee ee x
Bureka PIGSAL COL. ccsseaeanere cen eesere rsVv Wilt Gid aDArnes Oo. § fete bate sodic detente iy |Ventilating, Drying and Exhaust Fans, | rank’ @ Oo rcs tic in senca ees erry re he x
The Adamant Mig OOcr se. ac: ~ os. kha Mlapeansas Seneca Falls: Mtg: Cait siedscacnascteecscseabee ix Andrews, Johnson & Co. -... .... 1.0.0. eas BE. & B.. Holmes... a.)..c..0eedess ence eane een x
5 Akron Heating and Ventilating Co...........xi
The Keystone Plaster Co. . .... .... Hoyt'& .Brother -Co., 2... +... Giese aoake x
The New Jersey Adamant Mfg. Co Shipping Blanks, ...| Ventilating Grates. Indiana Machine Works......... .. ..--+ses x
Bariows Bros: 6-45) 5644s sees atte cvaiets's besarbeite a1 Edwin A. Jackson & Bro........ cc cccosccweece i
The United Adamant Plaster Co......... ....... POPryIbDIl 3S. aetee cee eae 7 . ve
The North Western Adamant Mfg. Co.......... Shutter Workers, Wall Finish. Samuel J: Shimer & Sons ........ ........ «0. ix
The Chicago Adamant Plaster Co .............-. F. B. Mallory.... S.1¥. Diamond Wall Finish Co.........02..-- seeee viii Williamsport Machine Co................... ..XK

THE NEW WARNER

Single Track Hanger is the Best,
FOR EITHER

HEAVY OR LIGHT DOORS.

able, Noiseless, Hard

Wood Track.
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For Hearing This is the fourth invention of our Mr. Warner on Parlor Door Hangers. His long experience in this
class of work enables him to produce a hanger superior in simplicity to any now on the market. We
BY Hor Water Gi RCULATION. call attention to its automatic gravity lock, same as on our Double Track Hanger, which has won
the universal approval of Builders. In hanging, after the base plate is screwed in place, the Door is
coupled to the anger by simply sliding the parts together, when the gravity lock, of its own
Nationat Hot Water HEATER Go. | weight, falls and locks them in place.
| other Hanger made.
This of itself saves many hours of time over the setting of any
Having but a Single Track, the Carpenter has but one partition to set true, while
Boston, 195 Fort Hill Sq. | with the Double Track he must have two equally true, thereby taking double the time. Then a Single
Chicago, 34 Dearborn St. | Track Hanger adjusts itself to any unevenness in the track, thereby avoiding the complications of the
New York, 94 Centre St. San Francisco, 405 Market St | * Adjustable” Double Track Hanger.

HAVE YOUR ARCHITECT SPECIFY If IN YOUR PLANS,

MANUFACTURED BY
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The Warner Manufacturing Company,

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