. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 96S THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. [August, on Civil Arcbitectare, by Gwilt; and for the best Notes of Papers read at the Meetings during the Session,âa Copy of Hope's Historical Essay on Architecture. To Mr. S. J. NiCHOLL, for his Notes of Papers read at the Meetings during the Session,âa Copy of Milizia's Lives of the Architects, trans- lated by Mrs. Cresy. A curious Model of a Chinese Chemist's House and Shop were exhi- bited to the Meeting, and the several ar
. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 96S THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. [August, on Civil Arcbitectare, by Gwilt; and for the best Notes of Papers read at the Meetings during the Session,âa Copy of Hope's Historical Essay on Architecture. To Mr. S. J. NiCHOLL, for his Notes of Papers read at the Meetings during the Session,âa Copy of Milizia's Lives of the Architects, trans- lated by Mrs. Cresy. A curious Model of a Chinese Chemist's House and Shop were exhi- bited to the Meeting, and the several arrangements explained by Professor Donaldson. In announcing this as the closing Meeting of the Session, the Chairman adverted to the general proceedings of the Institute during the year, and took occasion to express the regret generally felt at tlie recent decease of their highly esteemed Honorary Member, Mr. J. B. Papworth. It has been arranged to set apart an evening, early in the ensuing Ses- 6ion, for the discussion of the subject propounded in the paper read by Mr. , at the meeting of the llth of June, " On the Geometric System apiilied Ity the itledueval Arcliitects to the proportions of their Ec- clesiastical Structures," by which time it is hoped that those Members â who feel particularly interested in the subject will be prepared to oiler their opinions thereon. A STONE-LIFTER. Being engaged Id the construction of bridges, &c.,on the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway, and the engineers objecting to lewis-holes in the face of the coping, Mr. Joshua Oliver, clerk of the works, suggested. SCALE t IN lOA ("OCT. a plan to obviate the difficulty. The annexed sketch is a representation of the apparatus, which is nothing more than a bar of iron, 3^ inches wide and ^ an inch thick, with a sliding piece and screw; but should it be used for rough stones, the screw may be dispensed with by adding a key to the top of the sliding piece, as
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