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Title: The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette
Year: 1839 (1830s)
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Subjects: Architecture Civil engineering Science
Publisher: London : (William Laxton)
Contributing Library: Northeastern University, Snell Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Northeastern University, Snell Library

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acturer, for certain Improvu-ineuts in manufacturing salt, and in apparatus for manufacturing salt.*—March 22. William Edwaid Newton, of Chancery-lane, Middlesex, for an Improvement or im-provements in moking coupling joints for pipes, nozzles, stop-cocks, still and cylinderheads, and othtr apparatus. (A communication.)—March 2i. Henry Bessemer, of Saint Pancras-road, Middlesex, for Improvements In the manu-facture of glass.*-March 22. William Henderson, of Park-head, Lanarkshire, Scotland, chemist, for Improve-ments in treating lead and otlier ores.—March 22. Joseph Orsi, of Guilrihall-charnbers, gentleman, for certain Improvements in themanufacture of artificial stone, cements, ornamental tiles, bricks, and quarries. (Acommunication,)—Blarch 22. William James Dailey, of Lambeth, Surrey, lithographer, for certain Improvementsin machinery for propelling,-March 22. John Lawes Cole, of Lucaa-street, Middlesex, for certain Improvements !□ steam-engines.*—March 22. PLATE VII ,
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C Btgstei- 1848.1 THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. 129 BLOOMSBURY BAPTIST CHAPEL. John Gibson, Esq., Architect. (With an Engraving, Plate VII.) Bloomsbury-street now presents a very unusual, if not altoge-ther unprecedented, assemblage of church architecture, therebeing there no fewer than three churches—at least, places of publicworship—together in a line by the side of each other. Withgeneral similarity of purpose, they display great variety, or wemight say contrast. That to the north—namely, Bedford Chapel,or what used to be so called, and which was originally of a mostdismal tabernacle appearance—was merely re-dressed externallya year or two ago; a circumstance that perhaps excuses manydefects and inequalities in the design, the architect being com-pelled to retain all the former openings, both doors and windows,—and it would seem, the former turret and a bit of the gable also,which are seen sticking up most awkwardly over the now horizontalline of the front. W

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