[ 294 ] . NEW PATENTS, In April 1798. MR. BOULTON'S FOR RAISING WATER. Mander the title of New Patents, we ANY of the inventions which, have prefented to our readers, however ingenious, have been capable of only a fingle application, and that often of but little importance. The discovery, how ever, of new powers or principles of motion, readily applicable to a variety of machinery, and a variety of ufes, is of fuch incalculable confequence in a country like our own, elevated into the firit rank among the nations of the earth, by the multiplicity and excellence of its manufactures, as to caufe a new æra, not only in thofe arts which are immediately benefitted by them, but in the general profperity of the country. The late Sir Richard Arkwright's fplendid inventions have opened a road to wealth, and fupplied materials for commerce that have crowded with population diftricts before fcarcely inhabited. The Steam Engine of Meffrs. BOULTON and WATT, befides materially aiding a vaft variety of our manufactures, has been the means of rendering acceffible to us, a large portion of mineral treafures, which, without this inftrument, could never have been procured. We are happy in being able to notify to the public, a difcovery that promifes, in importance, to be only, and perhaps fcarcely inferior to the two above mentioned. On the 30th Dec. 1797, a patent was granted to MATTHEW BOULTON, of Soho, for an Apparatus and Method of raifing Water and other Fluids. The principle of action in all these machines may be illuftrated by a defeription of the moft fimple of them: in our next number, however, we hope to be able, by the affiftance of plates, to give a full and accurate account of the various ways in which this principle may be employed. A horizontal pipe is formed of iron or any other substance fufficiently ftrong, expanding at one end like the mouth of a trumpet, and at the other furnished with a valve that may be opened or fhut at pleasure near this fmaller extremity is let in a vertical pipe, at right angles to the horizontal one, furnished at the juncture with a valve opening upwards, and open at the other end. This machine is let down into a fream of water, fo deep as to cover the horizontal pipe, the trum pet-like mouth of which is placed fo as to meet the current: in this fituation the valve being open, a current paffes through the pipe of equal velocity with the current of the ftream: if the valve be then fuddenly clofed, the recoil of the current will force open the valve of the vertical pipe, through which will rufh a column of water: the force of the recoil foon fubfiding, the vertical column will preis on the valve at its bottom, and cause it to close the end of the vertical pipe, in which the afcending column of water will be detained. The horizontal valve being then opened, the current will recommence through the horizontal pipe, and upon cloting the valve a recoil will happen as before, and an additional quantity of water will rife in the vertical pipe: by a repetition of this procefs, the water rifing through the pipe will overflow into any veffel placed to receive the water, forming a perpetual pump. The contrivances by which this inftrument is made to draw water, from a depth below that of the impelling current, and to raise it to any mentioned hereafter. height, will be The ufes to which this engine may be of water for the ufe of brewers, &c. it applied, are various: befides the raifing may be employed in raifing water from the fea for falt works, in draining marshes, and pumping fhips, and fupplying with water thofe canals that are carried over or by the fide of rivers, MR. ECKHARDT'S FOR CHAIRS. On January 16, 1798, a patent was granted to A. G. ECKHARDT, Efq. F. R. S. &c. for a new method of making chairs, ftools, &c. Where the chair feats are round, the propofed improvement confifts in fixing the feat within the frame, on a pivot, fo as to enable it, when the top screw is taken out, to turn round cafily, and the two fides of the feat being covered with different materials, by turning the feat, the chair may be converted from a common one to a beft. If the feat is fquare, at its juncture with the back, a hinge is faftened, upon which the feat, and two or three others that are concealed in the back will readily move, and by letting down the different feats, the chair may be made to affume as many different appearances, REVIEW [ 295 ] REVIEW OF NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS. THE favourite Song and Duet in the Stran ger. The Song fung by Mrs. BLAND and the Duet by Mrs. BLAND and Mifs LEAKE. 29. 6d. Longman and Broderip. The first article in this little publica tion is an air fweetly plaintive, and remarkable for its natural fimplicity. It is printed in fcore, and furnished with a part for the piano-forte. Accompanied on that inftrument with the second violin part, which is in the arpeggio ftyle, it is productive of a very interefting effect. The duet, which is alfo given in fcore, poffeffes great livelinefs of melody, and the two parts are fo adjusted as to do much credit to the harmonizing skill of its compofer, Mr. SHAW. "Would we had never met." An admired Song compofed by J. Fiffin. Is. IOS. 6d. Longman and Broderip. This air is written with much ease, and is calculated to please as a piano-forte Jong. The paffages in general accord with the fentiments of the poetry; but we are obliged to except that of the two clofing notes given to the words "it died," which certainly would have been more expreffive in the octave below. Twelve Divertimentos for the Piano-Forte and Pedal Harp, with an Accompaniment of two French Horns and Tamburinos (ad libitum), compofed by 7. G. Ferrari. Op. 21. Longman and Broderip. After a minute examination of thefe divertimentos, we have the fatisfaction to be able to pronounce them elegant and /fcientific. Thefe are written on various plans; fome comprizing two movements, others only one, and that fometimes very fhort and familiar. Indeed, for the most part, they are rather calculated for juvenile than advanced performers, and by attentive practice mult produce much improvement. The accompaniments, which are feparately printed, are adjusted with confiderable judgment, and greatly add to the general effect. Jockey; a Scottish ballad, the melody from Little Fanny's Love; fung by Mifs Leake, the words by S. Arnold, jun. Price Is. Longman and Broderip. The melody of "Little Fanny's Love" is fo well fuited to the words here given to it, that we have reafon to fuppofe Mr. ARNOLD wrote them to this mufic. The fentiment, measure, and style of the poetry are happily confulted, and the refult of the whole is a novel and pleafing ballad. MONTH. MAG. No. XXX. "Faint Heart' never won fair Lady," a favourite fea-fong fung at the royalty theatre, by Mr. Burrows, compofed by Mr. Saunder` fon. Price Is. Longman and Broderip. fuited to the style of the words, as to be The melody of this work is fo far fufficiently vulgar and common-place. We delight to praife where we can, and Mr. SAUNDERSON has, on other occafions,me rited and shared our approbation; but in “Faint Heart never won fair Lady” he has overftepped the proverb, and, by too great a confidence in his talents, been betrayed into a flovenlinefs, that does not fupport the character we have before given him. The favourite Overture and Songs in Joan of The overture and fongs of this ballad are, for the accommodation of the public, printed feparately: we fhall therefore treat of them in the fame way, and speak of them as detached articles. The overture is bold and lively in its opening, and most of the paffages are pleafingly conceived; the relief afforded to the first movement, by the introduction of the oboe and baffoon in the relative minor of the original key, is judicious, and renders the return of the fubject particularly ftriking. The theme of the rondo is novel and engaging, and the whole piece, we think, forms an excellent practice for juvenile performers on the piano-forte. "Affection warms the heart," fung by Mrs. Mountain, is expreffively fet; and the harp accompaniment, which is equally adapted to the piano-forte, greatly heightens the general effect. hang care," is an air and chorus. The melody is eafy and familiar, and the parts are put together with as much theoretical skill as we generally find in productions, of this nature. "Victorious la Pucelle, fung by Mrs. Clendining, is bold and fimple in its ftyle, and, to Mr. Reeves's great honour, reminds us of fome of the pleafant fterling melodies of Arne's time. "Hang war, In realms of blifs," fung by Mifs Sims, is an air of which we cannot speak in terms of commendation; we do not find in it any of the character which the words require, nor the leat trace of agreeablenefs or originality. Lie ftill, my trembling heart," is impreffively imagined, and conveys the fenfe of the w with great truth and propriety. 296 Review of New Mufical Publications. minstrel afks a fubject's tear," fung by Mr. Incledon, is animated, and the chorus with which it concludes produces a beld and striking effect. Three Sonatas for the piano-forte, in which are introduced as rondos, a tutte le vezzofe," "The Dutchefs of Athol's Strafpey," and an Irish air, compofed by T. Haigh. Price bs. Rolfe. Mr. HAIGH has written thefe fonatas in fo fimple and familiar a ftyle, as to render them particularly eligible for young practitioners. "Viva tutte le Vezzoje," which he has introduced in the first piece, the "Rendo danfe Ecoffoife" in the fecond, and the Irish air in the third, are worked into excellent piano-førte movements, and are calculated to pleate the untutored, as well as the cultivated auditor. Indeed we cannot difmifs this article without complimenting Mr. HAIGH on the addrefs with which he has acquitted himself in this serviceable little work, and expreffing our wish, that he may be encouraged, by its fale, to produce fome further fpecimens of his kill in this ufeful ftyle of writing. Almonza and Aura," a celebrated ballad, as fung at the nobility's concerts, compofed by T. Haigh. Price rs. Almonza and Aura" is an elegant Rolfe. little air. The paffages flow melodiously into each other, and form that beautiful whole for which the cultivated ear always liftens. The bafs is, if we may fo exprefs ourfelves, more masterly than judicious; it is fterling in itself, but not perfectly in ftyle with the melody; the admirable fimplicity of the latter would have been better confulted by an under part, more fparingly employed. Price Is. The poor little Robin," a celebrated fong, as fung at the theatre-royal Covent Garden, for the piano-forte, violin, or German Aute, written and compofed by an Amateur. The melody of this little effort is Rolfe. agreeable, though not formed throughout by the ftrict rules of compofition. The bafs, we are obliged to obferve, is in fome places ill chofen; but the effect is at the fame time fo admiffible to the ear, that only a master can detect its improprieties. We have fufficient marks of talent in this amateur to be induced to recommend him to the further study of mufical theory; he certainly poffeffes much eafe of fancy, and, by proper affittance, would probably find himself qualified to produce fome valuable compofitions. Apollo et Terpfichore," No. 4, continued monthly. Price 18. This collection, which profeifes to conRolfe. tain the most celebrated fongs, duets, rondos, &c. continues to maintain its cha racter, and to do credit to the taste of its compiler. We find in the prefent number, a favourite air in the ballet of Delasse by GIORDANI, a pleafing ballad, and a ments Militaires, "Cold blew the wind," duet, by MOZART, and the celebrated dance introduced by Mademoiselle Bossi and Mr. GENTILLI, in "Little Fanny's Love.' " "Forlorn I feek the filent fcene," a canzo- of Mr. SUETT'S prefent effort in the We are forry not to be able to speak language of praife. We can neither dif lody, nor the traits of fcience in the dif cover any thing of character in the mepofition of the bafs. In a word, compo itions like this are precifely calculated to expofe the want of genius, tafte, theory, and every thing but the vanity of fhining in a profeffion foreign to the qualifications of the author. "The Death of Robin." Price Is. Preston and Son. The different circumstances of the death and burial of poor robin have been moft fuccefsfully attended to by the comI, faid the fly, with my little eye, pofer of this little piece. The words, the bell?" and "hark! that's his knell," "who'll dig his grave?" "who'll toll are expreffed with particular force and propriety, and the whole forms an engaging exercife for the voice and pianoforte. Two favourite Marches, compofed and ded- man. excellence, rank far above the generality Divine Harmony," being a collection of pfalm and hymn tunes, in fcore, compofed by the late Rev. Phocion Henley, M. A. To which are added, four pfalm tunes, compofed by the late Rev. Thomas Sharp, M. A. the whole arranged and published by John Page, of St. Paul's cathedral. Riley. Price 4s. We have examined the fcores of thele tunes, and find them adjusted with that judgment which befpeaks the theoretical proficiency of their respective authors. The work, taken in the aggregate, forms an excellent collection of church melo. city, is admirably adapted to the Sunday dies; and by its familiarity and fimpli ufe of private families. A COR E 297 ] A CORRECT LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. The following is offered to the Public as a complete Liftof all Publications quithin the Month.-Authors and Publishers who defire a correct and early Notice of their Works, are intreated to transmit copies of the fame. ANTIQUITIES. BIOGRAPHY. ANTIQUITIES of Ionia, part 2, published by the Society of Dilletanti, large folio, with plates. 31. 13s. 6d. Nicol. Earl Moira, by a Son of St. Patrick. 2s. 6d. Harding. A new edition, greatly enlarged and improved, of the General Biographical Dictionary, in 15 vols. 8vo. 51. 5s. Robinfons, &c. A new edition of M'Cormick's Life of Burke, with a portrait, 4to. 18s. boards. Lee and Hurft. The Hiftory of the Reign of Shah Allum, the prefent Emperor of Hindoftan, containing the transactions of the court of Delhi for 36 years, by W. Francklin, 4to. 11. 45. Faulder. The Stranger, a comedy, freely tranflated from Kotzebue's German comedy of Milanthropy and Repentance, 1s. 6d. Dilly. EDUCATION. A feries of Plays; in which it is attempted to delineate the stronger paffions of the mind, each paffion being the fubject of a tragedy and comedy, 8vo. 6s. Cadell and Davies. Don Carlos, a tragedy, tranflated from the German of Frederick Schiller. Harding. Geographie Antiquæ Principia; or, the Elements of Ancient Geography, by R. Perkins, jun. Is. 6d. Johnfon. A Key to the claffical Pronunciation of Greek and Latin proper Names, in which the words are accented and divided into fyllables exactly as pronounced, by John Walker, 5s. boards. Robinfons. Exercifes upon the Rules of Construction of the Spanish Language, confifting of paffages extracted from the best authors, with references to the rules of Spanish grammar, by the Rev. Don Filipe Fernandez, A.M. 2s. 6d. Wingrave. The Plan of Education purfued in Mrs. Landen's academy, Han's-place, Sloan-ftreet, Ridgway. IS. GEOGRAPHY. the morbid Appearances on Diffections, by John Haflam, 38. Rivingtons A complete View of the Chinese Empire, Svo. 7s. boards. Cawthorn. MEDICINE. A third Diflertation on Fever, part 1, containing the history and method of treatment of a regular, continued fever, fuppong it is left to purfue its ordinary courfe, by G. Fordyce, M. D. F. R. S. 4 Johnson. Remarks on the Fiftula, Lachrymalis, with the defcription of an operation different from that commonly used, and cafes annexed, by James Ware, furgeon, 3s.. Dilly. MISCELLANIES. The April Fahions of London and Paris; containing feven beautifully coloured figures of ladies in the actually prevailing and most favourite dreffes of the month: intended for the ufe of milliners, &c. and of ladies of quality and private families refiding in the country: to be continued monthly, price 19.6d. per month. Hookham and Carpenter. The Influence of Metallic Tractors on the human Body, in removing various painful inflammatory Difeafes, by B. D. Parkins, A.M. fon of D. Parkins, of North America, the difcoverer, 28. 6d. Johnfon. Obfervations on Infanity; with practical Remarks on the Disease, and an Account of Selections from the most celebrated foreign Literary Journals, and other periodical Pub. lications, 2 vols. 8vo. boards, 16s. Debrett. Affefled Tax A&t for 1798, fully explained, by Dr. Trufler, 6d. Byfield and Co. Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchefter, vol. 5, part 1, with plates, 6s. Cadell and Davies. The Fashionable Cypriad; in a series of letters, with anecdotes, &c. Sec. 4s. NOVELS. Henderfon. Waldorf; or the Dangers of Philosophy, by Sophia King, 2 vols. 6s. Robinfons. Canterbury Tales; containing the hiftory of the two Emilys, by Sopivia Lee, author of the Recefs, &c. vol, 2, boards, 75. Robinfons. Clermont; a tale, in four volumes, by R. M. Roche, 148. Lane. Phedora; or the Forest of Minski: by Mary Charlton, 4 vols. 18s. Lane. Stella, founded on a recent event in private life, tranflated from the German of M. Goethe, Hookham and Co. 25. 298 New Publications in April. A Difcourfe, addreffed to the Ladies of Great Britain and Ireland, inviting their aid in fupport of government in the defence of thefe kingdoms, under the prefent exifting circumstances, 6d. Fry. Plain Facts, in five letters to a friend, onthe prefent state of politics, 2s. 6d, Jordan. A Letter of a Freeholder to Mr. Johnes, M. P. for the county of Denbigh, on the fubject of his motion against the French emigrants, 18. Dilly. The Queftion, as it ftood in March 1798, Faulder. 6d. An Inquiry into the State of the Public Mind amongst the lower Claffes; and on the Means of turning it to the Welfare of the State, in a letter to W. Wilberforce, Efq. M. P. by Arthur Young, Esq. F. R.S. IS. Richardfons. A Letter to the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on his propofed fale of the land tax, by John Scott, 6d. Jordan. Bell. Anecdotes and Characteristic Traits refpecting the Incurfion of the French Republicans into Franconia, in 1796, Is. 6d. or 12 for 155. Three Plans for paying off the National Debt, and a fourth for raifing money fufficient to bring about fo defirable an end, Is. Richardfons. An authentic Copy of the Duke of Bedford's Speech in the Houfe of Lords, March 22, on his motion for the removal of his Majesty's minifters, 6d. Debrett. An History of all the real and threatened Invafions of England, from the firft landing of the Danes to the prefent period; including the defcent on the coaft of Wales in 1797, and the French expedition to Bantry-Bay, off Ireland. To which is added, an Appendix; wherein are enumerated the difficulties an invading army muft encounter in England; together with the prevailing opinion on invafions, Is. 6d. Longman, A fhort Addrefs to the Members of the Loyal Affociations, on the prefent critical ftate of public affairs, by John Gifford, Efq. Longman. Matter of Fact for the Multitude, by A True Patriot, 6d. or 12 for 4s, 6d. Wright. IS. An Anfwer to an Address to the People of Great Britain, by the Bishop of Landaff; in another addrefs to the people, by Benjamin Kingsbury, formerly à diffenting minifter at Warwick, Is. Wetley. 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A practical Effay on the Club-Foot, and other distortions in the legs and feet of children, intended to fhew under what circumftances they are curable, or otherwife; with thirty-one cafes, that have been successfully treated by the method for which the author has obtained the King's patent, and the specification of the patent for that purpose, as well as for curing distortions of the fpine, and every other deformity that can be remedied by mechanical applications, by T. Sheldrake, trufs-maker to the Westminster Hofpital, and Mary-le-Bone infirmary. |