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CONTENTS ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS. FAGS Note Explanatory on the Copyright of Railway Plans. By John Herapath, Esq 6 Answer to theStrictures on Mr. Herapath’s Article on the Greenwich Railway. By Anti-II. ib. Description of an Expeditious Razor-Sharpener. By D. Pring, Esq., M.D 8 Ephemeris of Halley’s Comet. By J. W. Woollgar, Esq 9 On Training the Vine. By Mr. J. Hayward ib. Electrical Theory of the Universe. By Mr. T. S. Mackintosh 11 Art. 1 227 . Art. II 292 On an Alleged Infringement of Mr. Hicks’s Patent Gas-cooking Apparatus. By Mr. J. T. Beale, Engineer 13 Remarks on Mr. Herapath’s Principles of Railway Locomotion. Bv Iver ..laciver.. 15, 43, 123, 195, 219, 250, 275, 323, 394, 433, 500 Description of Pendulum Lights for Ships* Guns. By Lieut. Wall, R.N 18 On the English of the Patent Law Amendment Act 19 On Railways. By John Herapath, Esq. The Greenwich Railway 20 . Eastern Counties Railway 51 On Fire-proof Buildings. By Mr. Christopher Davy, Architect 22, 74 On the Improved Metropolitan Street-Paving. By C. B 23 Description of a Two-Way Steam-Cock, which answers all the Purposes of the com mon Four-Way Cock. By Mr. W. Buckland 24 On Water as a Prime Mover. By Mr. W. Baddeley 25 Autobiographical Passages in the Life of Mr. Nash. By W. A. R 26 Illustrations of the Phenomena of Halley’s Comet. By J. W. Woollgar, Esq 29 Description of a simple Mariner’s Log. By Mr. G. S. Holland 30 On the Working and Authorship of the Letters Patent Amendment Act 31 Description of, and Reports of Performances of, Hunter’s Stone-Planing Machine 34 Description of Dr. Williams’s Self-inflating Life-Buoy 40 Description of Sowerby’s Patent Improvements for Securing Ships’ Windlasses. By the Patentee 41 Notes of a Traveller, on American Steam Navigation 44, 76, 115 On the Working of the Patent Law Amendment Act 47 Mechanical Analysis of the Buckingham Ploughing Match. By Mr. William Andrews, Land-Surveyor 54 Observations on the Practicability of Guiding and Directing Air-Balloons, or Aerial Ships. By Mr. T. S. Mackintosh 55 Opinions of Sir Frederick Pollock and John Steer, Esq., on the Letters Patent Law Amendment Act ,<. ee9 61 On Mr. Rosser’s Misrepresentations with respect to the Working of the Patent Law Amendment Act 63 Corrections of some Errors in Dr. Lardner’s Evidence before the House of Lords on the Great Western Railway Bill. By Dr. Lardner 67 Reply to Iver MHver's Strictures on Mr. Herapath’s Railway Theorems. By Anti-Carper ib. Memoir on the Thames Tunnel. By J * 68 Description of a Method of Freeing a Vessel from Water by her Heeling. By 0 72 Description of a Water Gas-valve. By Mr. Peter Horsman, Secretary, Shrewsbury Mechanics’ Institution 73 On the Improved Metropolitan Street-paving. By. Q 74 Claim of the Invention of the Improved Paving. By Air. John Watson, Superiutendent of Ramsgate Harbour Works ib. Reply to Mr. Beale on the alleged Infringement of Hicks’s Patent for Gas-cooking. By Mr. T. G. Barlow 80 On the Ship-sinking System; with copy of Correspondence between the Secretary of Lloyd’s and Captain Ballingall. By Captain James Ballingall 83 Notice of Mr. R. N. Fox’s Chart of the Inclination of the Dipping Needle 86 Description of Young’s increased purchase for Ships’ Windlasses. By Mr. T. Sowerby 92 On Railway Platforms, and Description of a New Slate Platform. By Joseph Jopling, Esq., Architect 98 On the probable Connexion between Electricity and Vegetation. By Mr. T. Pine .... 99 On Rotary Steam-engines, and Avery’s in particular 104 On the Ship-sinking System. By Captain James Ballingall 105 Description of an Effectual Cure for Smoky Chimney. By Mr. L. Mundy •. 121