The Gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement . singthrough Swineshead, a road might be easily formed on thenorth bank of the south 40 ft. A tremendous hill occurs nearLeadenham, about ten miles from Newark, which might beeasily avoided, at a reasonable expense; I do not know whetherit is a turnpike: if not, I should conceive it would answer tobe made one. Although I have introduced several subjects,I trust you consider them as bearing upon, and elucidating,the Sutton Wash. I am, Sir, yours, &c. — JV. Tliorold. Nor-ivich, April 19. 1832. Our correspondent has obligingly
The Gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement . singthrough Swineshead, a road might be easily formed on thenorth bank of the south 40 ft. A tremendous hill occurs nearLeadenham, about ten miles from Newark, which might beeasily avoided, at a reasonable expense; I do not know whetherit is a turnpike: if not, I should conceive it would answer tobe made one. Although I have introduced several subjects,I trust you consider them as bearing upon, and elucidating,the Sutton Wash. I am, Sir, yours, &c. — JV. Tliorold. Nor-ivich, April 19. 1832. Our correspondent has obligingly sent us a map, showingthe situation of the banks, roads, and waters, described or re-ferred to in his paper, but we regret that, from the space theywould require to render them at all intelligible, we cannotfind room for them. — C(md. An Apparatua for enabling Wcll-Siyikcrs io explode theirBlns/s, xv/icn sinkin<^ JVclls in liocks. — Sir, I send you an ideaof mine for enabling well-sinkers to explode their blasts (in Well-Sinkers Explosion Apparatus. 591. 592 IVcll-Sinkcrs Explosion Apparalus. sinking wells in rocks) from the top of the well; thus avoid-ing the great clanger to which they are exposed if they set fireto a train at the bottom, and are then drawn np in the bucket,as usual at present, by which many lives are lost. Fig. a section of a juniper hole in the rock, at the bot-tom of a well: a is jiart of the charge of gunpowder; b is thesand usually placed above the charge; d is a tube, generallya straw (filled in this case with connnon dry powder), whichis inserted into the hollow of the steel plug (c), which isturned, and just fits the jumper hole, in which it is steadiedby a single blow of a hammer. The upper part of this plugis formecl to receive a common detonating cap (/), such as isused for firing fjwling-pieces. There is an eye at g, to whichan iron wire (//) is fastened, and on which a cylindrical weightof cast iron (of from one to five po
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