Mechanics' magazine and register of inventions and improvements . ollowing in his track,and rose at some distance from any of then shifted his course repeatedly whilstnavigating the surface ; and at the termina-tion of an hour and a quarters practice,he threw off the cover which had pro- Rutt*s Printing Machine. tected and concealed him, and showed him-self to the spectators amidst hearty is obvious, from the success which attendedthis essay, that with the aid of M. Villeroi^singenious machine, an individual may tra-verse a considerable distance under waterwith the same veloc
Mechanics' magazine and register of inventions and improvements . ollowing in his track,and rose at some distance from any of then shifted his course repeatedly whilstnavigating the surface ; and at the termina-tion of an hour and a quarters practice,he threw off the cover which had pro- Rutt*s Printing Machine. tected and concealed him, and showed him-self to the spectators amidst hearty is obvious, from the success which attendedthis essay, that with the aid of M. Villeroi^singenious machine, an individual may tra-verse a considerable distance under waterwith the same velocity as a common boat,and after calculating the depth to which heshould plunge according to the density ofthe water, post himself under a ships sidefor a hostile or other purpose, cut theircables asunder without being liable to detec-tion, or descend for the recovery of wreckedstores, &:c. The inventor was accompaniedby two assistants, neither of whom sufferediany inconvenience during theirmersion. The boat is constructed m sufferediThours sub|^id of iron»y. Rutts Priivting Machine, made by Na-pier, (Hoe^s Improvement.)—This machineis put in motion by hand labor; the engra-ving represents the carriage at the back partof the machine, with the form of type justafter a sheet has been printed, and the ladat the back in the act of taking it away : thetable or carriage then returns to the front ofthe machine, to receive the ink for the nextimpression, which is communicated from theink receiver by several rollers, distributing theink one from the until it finally reachesthe form upon the carriage by means of anclastic composition roller; in the mean time, another sheet is brought from the heap, suf-ficiently over the of .he board (and noton the cylinder, as shown in i)ie above cut,)to enable a range of grippers, that are fas-tened with springs upon the cyhnder, to seizeand convey it on the form as the carriage a-gain passes under, when it receives the im-pression ; and
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