. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 1S44.] THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 19 be macli better, as it bas something of the tone required. Siicb a col- lection, besides furnishing useful objects of study for the young archi- tects, aye, and for the old ones too, would add to the interest of the annual exhibition of drawings, and tend with them to direct public taste into a proper channel. By such means, and the aid of this independent Journal, whose end is, to hold as 'twere the mirror up to art, to s
. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 1S44.] THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 19 be macli better, as it bas something of the tone required. Siicb a col- lection, besides furnishing useful objects of study for the young archi- tects, aye, and for the old ones too, would add to the interest of the annual exhibition of drawings, and tend with them to direct public taste into a proper channel. By such means, and the aid of this independent Journal, whose end is, to hold as 'twere the mirror up to art, to sherv beauty her own feature, deformity her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form ajj(i;;nsswr(r, something may be done. The advantage of iiaving an inde|)endent Journal as the reciprocal means of communication between the profession and the public is great, and I trust that the profession, so far from thinking themselves injured by contact with the public, may see that by having Iheir own acquirements and the wants of the public reflected in such a mirror, they shall derive most benefit in pro- portion to the extent which the public may advance to in learning to form a correct judgment on the merits or demerits of an architectural design. THOMSON'S TILTING APPARATUS FOR RAILWAY WAGONS. For emptying Wagons at the termini of Railways, Shipping-places, iic., as used at tlie Magheramorne Lime-works, Ireland. By James Thomson, Esq., , , , Civil Enginser, Glasgow. (Read before the Royal Scottisli Society of Arts, the Honorary Silver Medal awarded, and reported in their Transactions.) The apparatus may be generally described as consisting of three parts, viz.:—1st, The cast-iron brackets or quadrants for supporting the machine, a a a. 2d, The tilting-frame upon which the wagon is placed, b b. And, 3d, The malleable iron-swings for supporting the frame to the brackets, c Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page ima
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