Part 27 (2/2)
The sides of the fras of the crank-shaft and fly-wheel are firement is coood and durable”
(See illustration of the design, page 424) ]
as it was ement of the parts, and not, in any correct sense of the term, an invention, I took out no patent for it, and left it free to work its oay into general adoption
It has since been used for high as well as low-pressure steaereat econo it
A Council Medal was also awarded to me for the Steam Hammer
But perhaps what pleased me most was the Prize Medal which I received for s of the Moon's surface I sent a collection of these, with a map, to the Exhibition They attracted considerable attention, not only because of their novelty, but because of the accurate and artistic style of their execution The Jurors, indescription of them: ”Mr Nase scale, which is draith great accuracy, the irregularities upon the surface being shoith ed representations of certain portions of the Moon as seen through a powerful telescope: they are all good in detail, and very effective”
My drawings of the Moon attracted the special notice of the Prince Consort Shortly after the closing of the Exhibition, in October 1851, the Queen and the Princewhich tiuests of the Earl of Elles that I lived near at hand, the Prince expressed his desire to the Earl that I should exhibit to Her Majesty so a note to that effect fros to the Hall, and proceeded there in the evening I had then the honour of showing the them in detail Her Majesty took a deep interest in the subject, and was most earnest in her inquiries
The Prince Consort' said that the drawings opened up quite a new subject to hi It was as much as I could do to answer the numerous keen and incisive questions which he put to ent Their object was, of course, to draw from me the necessary explanations on this rather recondite subject I believe, however, that notwithstanding the presence of Royalty, I was enabled to place all theand important features of the Moon's surface in a clear and satisfactory manner before Her Majesty and the Prince,
I find that the Queen in her Diary alludes in the 's interview In the Life of the Prince Consort (vol ii p 398), Sir Theodore Martin thuswas enlivened by the presence of Mr Nasmyth, the inventor of the steam hammer, who had extensive works at Patricroft
He exhibited and explained the s in which he had eations of the conformations of the surface of the Moon The Queen in her Diary dwells at considerable length on the results of Mr Nasmyth's inquiries The charm of his enius are all strikingly cos to a family of painters, and would have won fame for himself as an artist --for his landscapes are as true to Nature as his co--had not science and s were subenerally adical Features of Edinburgh and its Neighbourhood,” in the following year, Hugh Miller, speaking of the Castle Rock, observed: --”The underlying strata, though geologically and in their original position several hundred feet higher than those which underlie the Castle esplanade, are noith respect to the actual level, nearly 200 feet lower In a lecture on what y of the Moon, delivered in the October of last year before Her Majesty and Prince Albert by Mr Nasmyth, he referred to certain appearances on the surface of that satellite that seemed to be the results, in so in of portions of an unsupported crust, or a retreating nucleus of reat slips and shi+fts on the surface of our own planet, with their huge downcasts, estion is at once bold and ingenious”
The next tih was in the autu heard that I was sojourning in the city, sentletter, dated ”Bonally, 3rd Septe of the Faithful:
”MY DEAR Sir--Instead of being sketching, as I thought, in Switzerland, I was told yesterday that you were in Auld Reekie Then why not come out here next Thursday, or Friday, or Saturday, and let us have a Hill Day? I suppose I need not write to suh except once for above a month, I don't knohere the Faithful are But you ive you much trouble to speak to theet the Gaberlunzie--Ever,
H cockBURN”
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Jaust 1865 Mr Ballantine wrote to : ”If ever you are in Auld Reekie I should feel proud of a call froether le-eyed Henry cockburn!”
Thecame off I collected a number of special friends aboutof the Faithful There were present David Roberts, Clarkson Stanfield, Louis and Carl Haag, Sir George Harvey, James Ballantine, and D O Hill--all artists
Weresidence, situated at the foot of the Pentland Hills
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The house was afterwards occupied by the lason, the well-known Political Economist
The day was perfect--in all respects ”equal to bespoke” With that uide, andered far up the Pentland Hills After a rather toilsome e reached a favourite spot It was a semicircular hollow in the hillside, scooped out by the sheep for shelter It was carpeted and cushi+oned with a deep bed of wild thyrance
We sat down in a seuide in the middle He said in his quaint peculiar way, ”Here endeth the first lesson” After gathering our breath, and settling ourselves to enjoy our well-earned rest, we sat in silence for a tirant air It was enough for a tilorious old city was before us, with its towers, and spires, and lofty buildings between us and the distance On one side Arthur's Seat, and on the other the Castle, the crown of the city The view extended far and wide--on to the waters of the Forth and the blue hills of Fife
The view is splendidly described by ”Delta”: --
”Traced like awide: Here Pentland's green acclivities,-- There ocean, with its swelling tide,-- There Arthur's Seat and glea, Dull Edin blue!
While, in the Orient, Lae, are seen; North Berwick Laith cone of green, And Bass aan to crack, our host leading the ith his hu our fill of rest and talk, ended our way down again, with the ”wis of the hill, whispering its welcoood appetite for dinner, which was shortly laid before us
The bill of fare was national, and included a haggis:
”Fair fa' your honest sonsie face, Great chieftain o' the puddin' race!
Weel are ye wordy o'a grace As lang's my arm!”