The Emporium of Arts and Sciences
1813; Gale Group; Linguagem: English
Autores
M. Dodun, M. Chaptal, George Cumberland, R. L. Edgeworth, William Nicholson, Captain John Mortlock, William H. Wollaston, Mr. S. Grandi, Dr. William Thornton, William Pinkney, John Redman Coxe, Mr. George Irwin, Thomas Falconer, Sir Joseph Banks, Thomas Andrew Knight, Charles H. Parry,
ResumoFrontmatter: The Emporium of Arts and Sciences. Essay: Description of a Cheap, Simple, and Portable Instrument, for Determining the Positions of Objects in Taking a Picture from the Life. By R. L. Edgeworth, Esquire, Description of the Method Employed at Astracan for Making Grained Parchment or Shagreen. By Professor Pallas, A Simple and Accurate Method of Surveying on Shore, with Such Instruments Only as Are in Every One's Possession. By Captain John Mortlock, The Schedule Referred to in These Letters Patent, and Making Part of the Same, Containing a Description in the Words of the Said John Redman Coxe Himself, of His Improvement in the Construction of Bedsteads, Description of a Very Simple and Useful Scale, for Dividing the Vanishing Lines in Perspective. In a Letter from G. Cumberland, Esquire, to Mr. Nicholson, Memoir on the Discovery of a Factitious Puzzolana, Presented to the French National Institute, by M. Dodun, Engineer in Chief of Bridges and Highways in France, Reference to the Engraving. Plate 9, First Make an Eye-Sketch of the Place to Be Surveyed, as the Annexed Figure, Numbering All the Points, Bays, Rocks, Shoals, &c., On the Advantages of Grafting Walnut, Mulberry, and Chesnut Trees. By Thomas Andrew Knight, Esquire, F. R. S. &c., An Experiment on Soap-Suds as a Manure. By Mr. George Irwin; with Remarks by the Reverend Thomas Falconer, An Inquiry into the Causes of the Decay of Wood, and the Means of Preventing It. By Charles H. Parry, M. D., Description of the Camera Lucida. By William H. Wollaston, Secretary of the Royal Society, A Source of Trouble, Not Unfrequent in Domestic Life, Is Derived from the Present Construction of Our Bedsteads, Method of Preparing Pannels for Painters. By Mr. S. Grandi, Remarks by the Reverend Thomas Falconer, List of American Patents, On the Revival of an Obsolete Mode of Managing Strawberries. By the Right Honourable Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S. &c., Description of an Improvement in the Common Bedstead, by John Redman Coxe, with a Copy of the Letters Patent, Granted for the Same, Having the Honour of Directing or Superintending the Important Duties of Issuing Patents for Arts and Inventions, Which Were Formerly Thought Worthy of the Labours of a Council Composed of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of War, and the Attorney General of the United States, I Have Thought It a Duty to My Fellow Citizens to Publish a Few Lines of Information to Facilitate the Mode of Acquiring Patents, by Which Many Will Be Enabled to Dispense with Long Journies to the Seat of Government, or with Troubling Their Friends with a Tedious Correspondence, Description of a Simple Instrument for Making Correct Drawings from Nature. By T. C. B., Report Made to the Institute on Two Memoirs of M. Gratien Lepere, on Natural and Artificial Puzzolana. By M. Chaptal, To the Honourable James Monroe, Secretary of State of the United States The Petition of A. B. Of —— in the County of —— and State of —— Respectfully Represents. Editorial: Account of the Method of Obtaining Patents. By Dr. William Thornton.
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