The gables are enriched with wide, massive barge
boards, and the roof is surmounted with a white wooden cupola over the
principal staircase. The terracotta panels along the entrance front,
over the principal floor windows, were designed by Mr. Boehm himself.
The work was executed by Mr. H. Batchelor, builder, of Betchworth, and
the architect of the house was Mr. R. W. Edis, F.S.A., who superintended
its erection.--_Building News_.
[Illustration: ARTISTS' HOMES No. 14 "BENT'S BROOK."]
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ON SOME RECENT IMPROVEMENTS IN LEAD PROCESSES.
[Footnote: Lately read before the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.]
By NORMAN C. COOKSON, of Newcastle.
The author began by stating that probably in few trades have a smaller
number of changes been made during recent years, in the processes
employed, than in that of lead smelting and manufacturing. He then
briefly noted what these changes are, and went on to describe the "steam
desilverizing process," as used in the works of the writer's firm, and
in other works licensed by them, which process is the invention of
Messrs. Luce Fils et Rozan, of Marseilles. It is one which should
commend itself especially to engineers, as in it mechanical means
are employed, instead of the large amount of hand-labor used in the
Pattinson process.
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