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said tub, through the tube of which mention has been before made; and fi-om this part of the tub that part of the steam which remains uncondensed, passes off through another tube; which tube should be connected with the tub below the partition, and above the water in said lower part.

The objects to be efii~ctetl by the improvement and apparatus above described are, 1st. A reduction in the consuml.)t!m } of fuel for the boiler. This is done by giving to the water wlnch)s conveyed into said boiler, a very high temperature, on its passage through the coiled tube in the upper part of the tub. P.nd. 'l.'his mode of supplying; heat" Ibr the water in the boiler, is more regular than it couhI be if fur. nished by fuel alone; hence less attention to the furnace is required, anti the generati(m and supply of steam ti'om the boiler are more re. gular than in the ordinary mode. The object of the coiled tube is to form a surface of sufftcient size, which being exposed to the steam in the upper part of the tub, will allow the water in passing througl~ said tube, time to acquire, very nearly, the temperature of the stea~n in the tub, and which, as the water is confined in the tube so that it cannot change into steam, is practicable. The water is thus raised in temperature much above boiling heat, and in that state passes into the boiler. The above described tbrm I think the best calculated to produce the desired effects. The size of the apparatus must be va- ried in proportion to the capacity of the engine.

The combination of the above apl)aratus~ and the application thereof ~o e~li~ct tim ()bjecis above specified, are what I claim to have dis- covered and invented. P~ILo t.1. CuI~a'is.

6'artis' Steam ./tpparatus.

5))ec~fication of a portent for an improvement in Mbdicine. GraT~led to JosEmi Batch:it, Je~'erson, Ross county, Ohio, ltlay 5, 18,31.

A -~mDE of prepareb~g, mixing, compounding, administering and v'~ehtg the medicine herein described in the runner, snd in the dis- eases hereinafter mentioned : that is the mode ofprepare~ng and com- pounding mcxlicine fbr an emetic and also to cons a free per ~Tiratio~

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to be administered in diseases roused by cold and ob atrUctedperspi, ration, such as fevurs rumalism, dysentery dropsy consumlion pleu. ric~qs Buhlhives and all stagnated complaints with some others :

N. B. All Root and Barks and Herbs must be first dried pounded in a tootler or ground in a mUl before tha N are made in go medicine

Part the f i r s t . ~ T a k e Sinaea snake root one ounce Take Liver wort tops three quarters of an ounce Take plantin roots and tops one quarter of an ounce mix these well to gether thisformes the first part of the compasition

Part the Second. , - -Take the Bark of the root of sasafras a half ounce~Take thein side Bark of wild Chery a half o u n c e . ~ T a k e the in side Bark of Elder a half ounce- -Take Su~er or IIrim stone pul- ferised a half ounce mix these well togelhur--thisformes the seeond part of the compasition

5d p a r t . ~ T a k e Lobela or what may be known by the name of in- dian tobaco the tops gathered in september two ounces

Thisformes the third part of the compasition which is to be adminis- tered all togethuror in parts as the nature of the case may r e q u i r e ~ It should Be remembered that JEquel portions of these three parts Jbrmes the whole compsition of med ic ine , - - I t should be remembered that a dose of Ither of these powders for an ordinary constatution is on average tea spoon full and a lowance should be made for the d/f- erent conslituons of people

When the violence the diseas requiers a speady remady and Nature calls for an emetic and there is an o5 structed perspira~tion i t is ne- sasary in this case to give a dose of powders of the wbole corapasition ~nd wash them down with a half a point of cold weak lie ~nade of the bark of shell bark hickaw~ and i f this dose do not operate as an emetic in 15 Minutes give a second dose with a less quantaty of lie orjist a hough ¢o wash it down and if it doth not ope~rate in the same time ,,.ou may try the third and fouarth on the same rule which will searl?" I fail this process commonly produces a free perspiration then continue the process by glveing a dose of powders of the first part of the compasition and in thir ty minutes sweat until you get a free sweat over the body the way to sweat is to cover the person all over and make pouse of two over lids one at a t ime have their feet in warm water and sit your over lid under the cover and form a mixture of one third whisky and two thirds water of a bout three gills and steam it on the over li~l as tha N can bear it and repeatedly sup warm tea and when done put them to bed covet" thir breath a short time with a hot stone squinched and wraped up in a wet cloth at thir feet tM~ teaa should, be spice bush. or red p.eper.during sickness: , make a ¢lrink of water by squinehmg a hot cole in it tell the chdl is of

Take ' two doses of thefiers part of the eompasition in the course of 24 hours and one of th-e second part divideing the time of takeing thcm~and sweat once a day for three days and if the person have fever and ague sweet olace a~day untill it leaves them and keep up a moist sweat as steady asposable during the whole time and keep them warm in the chill an(tfever~there diet should be light such as chicken or squirrel broths with a little~of~the meat and as lit t le bread as po, sable thay can make youse of rice or homany But keep the stomaek

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as empty as eonveen'~lant anti espesually for three days and aflur that thay can in crees th'~r diet gradualy ~t~liel well

I f the diseas is less violent you may leav~ out the first part of this process and begin by giveing a dose of the first part of the eompasi- finn and then sweat and so folh)w the rule as is Laid down above and if it is found that the first part of this process is ne sa sa W it can be aplyed at any other time

Inpluraeys and bold hives and many other complaints it is only nesasary to persue the rule untill the patient recovers which is nbt likely to be long

Let it be well remembered that nature is the Grand Phesition and wee are only to assist her in removeing the ob structtions that is found in her way as far as is in our power and that whe shoukl pay petiek- let atention to her elames and try to supply her wants if posable

In cases of less violence these powders may be taken without a preparato!'y sweat either in whole or in separate parts as the cases may requtre JOSEI'H t~XXl~n.

Remarks by the Editor.--It has been with some difficulty that we have done justice to the new orthography employed in makin~ known

" " "" o ( a e the foregoing new and improved mode o[ curing hse, s s; as, how- ever, it would have been the height of injustice to its author to have added, or abstracted, a jot or tittle from his elegant memoir, we have cheerfully undertaken the labour of Ibllowing him through all his la~ byrinths. We are truly glad that we are not called upon to write a commentary upon the system, and still more so that we are not com- pelled to have its efficacy tested by becoming (he patiant of this great Phesition.

.Ob.~traet of the ,qpeeification of a patent [br a melhod of Generalinff (las~ and of supplyinp; and continuing Gas Light, out of oil, or other suit~ able .~ubslanee, by mea~s of the gas l~ghl itsel:f, in lamps, or maehine~ either fixed or moveab{e. Granted to Sol.o~o~ A~DRv.WS, 21I. D. city of Perth ~mboy, Middlesex eounly, New Jersey, 27pril 1 5,1 8 3 | .

T~ts invention consists in having the gas lamp so constructed that the heat of the inllamed gas, or gas light itselt~ operating upon the oil or other substance used lbr the purpose, shall continue to form gas therefi'om to .~upply or feed the gas light. In the accompany- lug drawing the letters st, a, represent a part of the supply tube through which the oil or other material enters, of which the gas is made; b, the upper end of the supply tube emptying into the bulb; c, the bulb, represented in the form of an inverted cone, which may be filled with fine wire, to communicate heat the more readily throughout the contained tluid, the gas being generated in this bulb: d, a turret erected to cover the gas tube, e, which is best elongated so as to extend abow,~ the bulb, to prevent any particles of oil or other substance fi'om entering the gas tube. .~ the entrance into the gas