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 TO ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, CONTRACTORS, BUILDERS, 
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 PROSPECTUS AND TESTIMONIALS 
 
 JOHNS AND CO.’S 
 
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 ! PATENT STUCCO PAINT 
 
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 PATENT STUCCO PAINT CEMENT. 
 
 MANUFACTURED AND SOLD BY THEM AT COXSIDE, 
 PLYMOUTH; 
 
 AND B V APPOINTMENT AT THEIR AGENTS, 
 
 MESSRS. MANN & CO. 
 
 5 , Maiden Lane, Queen Street, Ciieapside, London. 
 
 I«oiulon ; Printed by Manning and Mason. Ivy Lane, Patc-rnoater Row. 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The attention of Mr. A. 15 . JOHNS had for many years been directed 
 to the manufacture of a Paint, which, partaking much of the character 
 of Stucco, and possessing highly waterproof and preservative qualities, 
 should be particularly applicable for exterior use, but more especially 
 for painting on Cemented Surfaces, the price of which should be very 
 far below that of white lead or any other material hitherto employed 
 for that purpose. 
 
 Having fully succeeded in the attainment of these objects, and 
 hav ing in the course of his experiments ascertained that by a further 
 adaptation of the peculiar process which forms the basis of his patent, 
 he could construct a Cement for the purposes of the Builder, which 
 should combine the essential properties of perfect resistance to damp 
 — freedom from discoloration by the vegetative process — strong- 
 adhesive power — rapidity of drying, so as to admit of the possibility 
 of its being painted or papered over immediately — and at a price 
 far below- any Cement having any pretensions to such capabilities, 
 Mr. Johns became associated with the present Proprietary, with a 
 view to carry out his patent, and to bring his invention before the 
 world. 
 
 Aware, however, of the difficulty of removing existing prejudices, 
 and of the jealousy with which Professional men look upon new 
 inventions, the Patentees came to the resolution that before offering 
 either the Cement or Paint to the Public, they should be submitted 
 to the most severe experimental tests; and accordingly in and about 
 Plymouth, and in some of the most exposed parts of the Counties of 
 Devon and Cornwall, trials were made of both materials; the result of 
 which has realized to the fullest extent the anticipations that had been 
 formed regarding them. The time occupied in these experiments 
 extended over a period of three years; but it was not until the spring 
 
of 1842, that an agency was appointed to introduce the Cement and 
 Paint into the London Market; and it is now, with much satisfaction, 
 that the Patentees declare the success they have there and every 
 where met with far surpasses their most sanguine expectations; and 
 that they are enabled to accompany the re-issue of their Prospectus 
 by a selection from a large number of Letters of Testimonial of a most 
 satisfactory character from purchasers who have used either or both 
 of these materials. The Patentees are also indebted to many of the 
 Scientific and Commercial Journals, for having in a variety of instances 
 directed the public attention to these inventions, a few of which ! 
 notices they have here reprinted. 
 
 The Patentees having now made arrangements, by an extension of 
 machinery, to keep a constant supply, can in future guarantee the 
 Public against any delay in the execution of their Orders. 
 
 Specimens of the Cement and Paint may be seen, and every 
 information regarding them obtained, at the Works at Plymouth, or 
 of Messrs. Mann & Co., 5, Maiden Lane, Queen Street, Cheapside, 
 London. 
 
 Orders arc also received in — 
 
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 BRISTOL 
 
 CHELTENHAM . 
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 NEWCASTLE-ON-TYN E, 
 SOUTHAMPTON . 
 SWANSEA . 
 
 by Thompson Brothers. 
 by P. Butler, Jamaica Street, 
 by B. Court, Regent Street, 
 by W. Davey, Fore Street Hill, 
 by Robert Anderson & Co. 
 by C. Bragg, Pilgrim Street 
 by T. C. Elliott. 
 by W. Edmonds. 
 
 June, 1843. 
 
DIRECTIONS TO THE PLASTERER 
 
 IN USING 
 
 JOHNS & CO.’S 
 
 PATENT STUCCO PAINT CEMENT. 
 
 This Cement is sold in a Fluid state, and is delivered in tight iron-hound Casks. 
 All other Cements are sold in a dry or powdered state. 
 
 He careful, before opening the Cask, to drive a nail or gitnblet into the centre of 
 the Head, then loosen the IIoops nearest to it; and to prevent waste, take out the 
 Head, and tighten the hoops again immediately. 
 
 Before any of the Fluid is taken from the Cask, let it be well stirred up. 
 
 The Sand is now to be mixed with the Fluid Cement, in the following proportions : 
 viz. one part of Fluid to three parts of Sand, or say to 1 cwt. of Fluid add 3 cwt. 
 of Sand. 
 
 Labour must not be spared in having the Sand most thoroughly worked together 
 with the Fluid; far every thing depends upon the complete incorporation of the two 
 materials. 
 
 The Cement is now ready for use, and is to be applied by the Plasterer in the 
 usual way; that is to say, It should be hand-floated with a wooden instrument for 
 Exteriors, or where a rough surface is required; and with a Plasterer’s trowel, for 
 I nteriors, when a smooth or fine surface is to be produced. 
 
 The extraordinary adhesiveness of this Cement, even to the smoothest surface, 
 renders it perfectly unnecessary to hack the Bricks or make any preparatory Key; 
 but it is necessary that all dust, whether on a Brick or Plaster surface, should be 
 removed by means of a Plasterer’s wet brush, before laying on the Cement. 
 
 The Thickness with which it is to be laid on over a Brick Front must in a great 
 degree depend upon the face of the Brick-work, but as thin a coat of Cement as can 
 be put on, so as to arrive at one uniform surface, will be quite sufficient to defy any 
 weather; perhaps one quarter of an inch over any Brick-work may be taken as an 
 average. 
 
 On a surface that has already been Cemented or Plastered, a much thinner coat 
 would he necessary, say one-eighth of an inch for average. 
 
 The Workman will not find this Cement set so quickly or harden so rapidly as 
 the Roman or other Cements (this is by many of the best London Plasterers 
 considered an advantage) ; and it would be most desirable, during the progress of 
 the work, and for a short time after its completion, to protect it as much as possible 
 from casualties and injuries, which are constantly occurring where Building is 
 going forward, and particularly in exposed situations in public thoroughfares, 
 where mischief and curiosity often combine to destroy the labour and result of the 
 best workman and the best materials. 
 
 In its application to Mouldings and Ornamental Work, the Plasterer may, in his 
 first experiment, fancy there arc some difficulties in the way, which a very little 
 perseverance will completely overcome; and he will be more than compensated by 
 the extreme solidity and beauty of finish with which his work will come from the 
 moulds. He must use the same Moulds that are employed for Mastic, and he will 
 soon find that it will in every way work more satisfactorily than that material. 
 
THE 
 
 PATENT STUCCO PAINT CEMENT. 
 
 This truly valuable preparation, the satisfactory result of a long 
 series of experiments, after having been subjected to the most rigid 
 tests, is now offered with confidence to the Public, as possessing the 
 following extraordinary qualities — 
 
 1. Its strong adhesiveness; fixing most tenaciously to the smoothest 
 
 surfaces, even to glass. 
 
 2. Its being highly repellant of water, and thoroughly impervious 
 
 to wet or damp. 
 
 3. The chemical peculiarity of its composition does not admit of the ; 
 
 possibility of its vegetating, and thereby becoming discoloured. 
 
 4. The safe and gradual rapidity with which it dries; hardening the 
 
 more by the greater exposure to the atmosphere. 
 
 5. Its perfect freedom from any of the caustic qualities of Lime 
 
 Stuccoes; and, consequently, 
 
 G. It may be painted upon as soon as dry; a property possessed by 
 no other Cement whatever. 
 
 7. It is not in the slightest degree affected by frost. 
 
 8. It may be kept in the cask as delivered from the Manufactory 
 
 for any length of time without deterioration, not requiring 
 to be used (as other Cements are) immediately after being 
 manufactured. To Merchants, therefore, and Exporters, even 
 to the remotest parts of the Globe, this Cement will form a 
 most important item of commerce. 
 
 9. To Engineers and Conductors of Public Works, the use 
 
 of this Cement is strongly recommended in lieu of mortar, its 
 peculiarly tenacious property forming one hardened mass with 
 the brick or masonry, or with whatever material it may be 
 used; and it will be found particularly valuable in laying and 
 pointing Roofs, whether of slate or tile, in the most exposed 
 situations, rendering the whole roof fixed and immoveable. 
 
 This Cement is sold in a fluid state, at 1 4s. per cwt.: the proportions 
 being one-fourth part of the fluid to three fourths of sand, thereby 
 reducing the price of this Cement considerably below that of any other 
 yet offered to the Public. 
 
 One coat of the Cement, so prepared, is sufficient to cover at once 
 a Brick Front, without any preparatory coat of Lime, — seven pounds of 
 the Fluid Cement being consumed in covering the square yard; but 
 when laid on Lime Plaster, four pounds’ weight to the square yard 
 will be found enough. 
 
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 TESTIMONIALS. 
 
 over Cement that bad been done some three 
 or four years, but it being in a damp situation 
 it vegetated, and parts of it became quite 
 green. I covered it with a coal of about a 
 quarter of an inch thick, and it made a beau- 
 tiful finish, and I am sure it will be a very 
 permanent job. It was done for the Rev. Dr. 
 Mac Donnell, the llursar of College, and he 
 is quite well pleased with it 
 
 The next place I used it was for the 
 Rev. Dr. Singer, one of the Senior Fellows 
 of College also; it was inside his library 
 on the ground floor of his house at Mount 
 Annville. The house is built on the side 
 of a hill, and only shews one story in front, 
 and two in the rear; the library is one of 
 these rooms in the rear, and from bad gutters 
 round the house, and the natural damp 
 arising from the ground, the room was quite 
 damp, and a number of his valuable books 
 greatly injured ; so he applied to me to know 
 what was to be done; 1 told him to first get 
 the gutters repaired, and I then sent my 
 men out and stripped off the old plastering 
 from the walls at the back of the books, and 
 plastered it with Roman Cement, and then 
 covered it with a coat of the Patent Cement. 
 This has been done now about six weeks, and 
 I saw him this day, and he says the damp is 
 perfectly removed, although the gutters are not 
 yet up. I have since used it at the Conserva- 
 tive Society's Great Rooms in Dawson-street 
 in making good large breaches in the walls 
 before painting, which if done in the usual 
 way could not have been painted for months ; 
 but by this means we painted them as soon 
 as they were finished by the plasterers, and 
 it turned out quite to my satisfaction. 
 
 I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, 
 II. IIa NBIDCE, 
 
 Plasterer and Painter to Trinity 
 College, Dublin. ' 
 
 To Messrs. Mann & Co. 
 
 with confidence state that in each situation 
 the Stucco has resisted the intensity of the 
 frost (the slate pointed with it remaining 
 unmoved, as I before informed you) ; and it 
 remains as perfect from crack or blister, and 
 quite as smooth and firm as it can be, 
 although in this exposed and bleak district. 
 
 I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, 
 J. H. Mason, 
 
 Government Chaplain and Minister of 
 Dartmoor Chapel. 
 
 To Messrs. Johns & Co. 
 
 Finchley, March 6, 1843. 
 
 Gentlemen, — I have tried your Cement 
 for various purposes, and find it succeed 
 admirably. I have recommended it to my 
 neighbour, Dr. Bryant, who proposes to 
 , lenovate the front of his villa here with 
 it as soon as the weather will allow it to 
 he commenced ; and I shall use it to finish 
 a house I am about to build here shortly, 
 when I shall apply to you for the necessary 
 quantity, as well as of your Stucco Paint, 
 
 : which I have the pleasure of saying answered 
 ! so well that I shall use no other for painting 
 the fronts of houses in future, and shall 
 strongly recommend it to my friends. 
 
 I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, 
 G. Howell. 
 
 To Messrs. Mann & Co. 
 
 March 24, 1843. 
 
 Gentlemen, — I am happy to inform you 
 that I have tried your Patent Stucco Paint 
 Cement, which is in every respect as repre- 
 sented in the prospectus, and has, indeed, 
 exceeded my most sanguine expectations. 
 
 Joseth Weight, Builder, Kilkenny. 
 
 To Messrs. Mann & Co. 
 
 Prince Town, Dartmoor, May 6, 1843. 
 
 Gentlemen, — During the present week 
 I have been here and had an opportunity 
 of carefully examining your Patent Paint 
 Stucco on the front (aspect east) of the 
 house of the minister of Dartmoor Chapel ; 
 also the part of the Chapel where it was 
 used, and the gable end of a stable at the 
 Prison of War, aspect about north-west. 
 
 Having examined the Stucco while en- 
 crusted with clear ice on those buildings, and 
 the roof studded with lumps of ice, 1 can 
 
 The Bosery, Old Brompton, starch 12. 
 
 Gentlemen, — Having tried the ‘ Patent 
 , Stucco Paint Cement,” I am enabled to 
 i speak of it from experience. The result of 
 the experiment has been eminently success- 
 j ful, not only in my own view, but in that 
 of very many more competent judges by 
 whom it has been examined. The room 
 externally coated is exposed on the north- 
 east and south. After eight months’ trial it 
 retains its elegant appearance as freshly as 
 on the day it was completed; and is to my 
 mind quite as “sightly” and of as fine a 
 character as if the material had been stone. 
 The invention is, I am sure, one of exceeding 
 value; and I cannot hesitate to recommend 
 it in the strongest manner, as combining 
 with singular felicity external elegance with 
 interior comfort. 
 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 S. C. Hall, F.S.A. 
 
 To Messrs. Mann & Co. 
 
 Bungay, April 22, 1843. 
 
 Gentlemen, — I beg leave to inform you 
 that I have used several cwt. of your Patent 
 Stucco to a house which I built last year for 
 myself, and have much pleasure in saying 
 , it answers well, as an external as well as 
 j internal Stucco. 
 
 The walls of my house are of solid clay, 
 regulated and made smooth with a coating 
 of the same material, and then put on your 
 
TESTIMONIALS. 
 
 cheap, durable, and particularly ornamental 
 article for the architect and builder, being 
 capable of receiving a natural colour in the 
 working, and thereby assimilating with the 
 natural tints prevalent in whatever country 
 it may be used, and which appearance it 
 retains. I am about to use it more exten- 
 sively in the Isle of Wight, where I am 
 persuaded it will become exceedingly useful 
 in preserving the buildings that are so much 
 exposed in many situations. — Yours, etc. 
 
 Zach. Parkes, Builder. 
 
 To Messrs. Mann & Co. 
 
 College Street, College Hill, 
 April 20, 1843. 
 
 Gentlemen, — The best evidence of my 
 approval of Johns and Co.’s Patent Stucco 
 Cement is the fact of my having repeated 
 my orders for it to your house ; as you may 
 be assured that, had I not by experience 
 I been quite convinced of its peculiar advan- 
 | tages, I should not have continued either to 
 j use or to recommend it, both of which I can 
 I do with confidence and satisfaction. 
 
 As a close imitation of stone it surpasses 
 any Cement I have ever yet seen ; but its 
 most valuable properties in my estimation 
 i as a builder, are, first, the power that it 
 | seems to possess of resisting damp, and 
 consequent discoloration ; and secondly, that, 
 WHERE GREAT DISPATCH IS 
 ! NECESSARY in the completion of a 
 building, INTERIOR WALLS covered 
 I with this Cement MAY BE PAINTED 
 OR PAPERED UPON WITHIN A 
 FEW DAYS WITH SAFETY. 
 
 I am equally satisfied with Messrs. Johns 
 [ and Co.’s Patent Stone Colour Stucco Paint, 
 
 | and think it an excellent and economical sub- 
 stitute for white lead, especially on Cement- 
 | fronted houses. I consider that both these i 
 | materials are of great value to all who may 
 be concerned in building operations. 
 
 1 am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, 
 James Browne. 
 
 To Messrs. Mann & Co. 
 
 Office of ll'orhs, Guildhall, 
 April 25, 1843. 
 
 Dear Sirs, — I am happy to be enabled 
 to state to you that the Patent Cement of 
 Messrs. Johns and Co., which has been used 
 in some of the improvements here, has fully 
 answered our expectations. 
 
 It is the best imitation of stone of any 
 Cement that I have ever used, and does not 
 appear to be at all affected by atmospheric 
 changes. 
 
 I shall have great pleasure in endeavouring 
 to induce my friends in the profession to give 
 it a trial, and doubt not they will be equally 
 satisfied with its merits; particularly as it is 
 less expensive than many kinds of Cement 
 in general use. 
 
 I have heard of Messrs. Johns and Co 's 1 
 Stucco Paint for Fronts, and shall be glad 
 to have an opportunity of trying it. 
 
 I am, dear Sirs, yours truly, 
 
 John Young. 
 
 To Messrs. Mann & Co. 
 
 March 10, 1843. 
 
 Dear Sirs, — The trial you have made of 
 the Patent Stucco Paint Cement on a portion 
 of the exterior of St. James’, Garlickhythe, I 
 is most satisfactory. 
 
 It retains unchanged the beautiful stone- 
 like appearance which it assumed the day 
 it was completed ; not having shewn the 
 slightest tendency either to crack or change 
 colour. 
 
 It fully realizes all you said of it at our 
 vestry meeting, when permission was given 
 to use it on the church. I am glad to hear, 
 that, from its proximity to your warehouses, 
 this specimen has been so useful in enabling 
 you promptly and conveniently to refer in- 
 quirers to a practical illustration of the ! 
 capabilities of this valuable invention. I am ! 
 also pleased to learn, that the increasing I 
 ' demand for it proves how much it is appre- j 
 I dated ; and I beg to assure you that 1 shall 
 lose no opportunity of making the most 
 I favourable mention of it. 
 
 Believe me to be, dear Sirs, 
 Yours faithfully, 
 Thomas Burnet, D.D., Rector. 
 To Messrs. Mann & Co. 
 
 lilackhcath, April 17, 1843. 
 
 Gentlemen, — Your “ Patent Stucco Ce- 
 ment ” applied last summer to the end wall 
 of house, Montpelier Terrace, Blackheath, 
 has given entire satisfaction, both in quality 
 and in appearance. I have by way of trial 
 had the Cement applied to some of the 
 London Almshouses at Brixton, which has 
 effectually prevented the percolation of the 
 rain through the walls, and it is intended the 
 whole of the Almshouses shall be so done 
 in the ensuing summer ; in using the Ce- 
 ment, I think it is important that the walls 
 be thoroughly dry, and fine weather should 
 be made available. 
 
 From my limited experience of your 
 •< Patent Stucco Cement,” it appears to be 
 the very best known to me. 
 
 I remain, Gentlemen, yours respectfully, 
 
 George Ledger. 
 
 To Messrs. Mann 6c Co. 
 
 Dublin, December 2, 1842. 
 
 Gentlemen, — I am in receipt of yours of 
 the 13th last month, and have to report on 
 your Patent Cement, 1 do think it a very 
 good and useful article. I have used all the 
 cask that I got from you, and will thank 
 you to send me two more. I used the prin- 
 cipal part of it on outside work as a coating 
 
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 TESTIMONIALS. 
 
 I is an architect, ami I have in consequence 
 1 taken the liberty of writing to beg the favour 
 1 of your forwarding to his address, as on the 
 | other side, a Prospectus, with any infor- 
 mation in addition, that may be convenient, 
 as this gentleman will have many oppor- 
 tunities to recommend and introduce the 
 material. 
 
 1 shall be in want of a quantity of the ; 
 composition in the summer. 
 
 1 am, Gentlemen, yours respectfully, 
 
 Edward Smith. 
 
 To Messrs. Mann Sc Co. 
 
 Upton-House, Alresford, Hants, 
 December 2. 
 
 Gentlemen, — I beg to say 1 most readily 
 comply with your wishes, that 1 should bear ! 
 testimony to the efficacy of the Johns Patent 
 Cement, which I had of your house. 
 
 If great care is taken in the selection of 
 the Sand with which the Cement is mixed, 
 
 I have no hesitation in saying the Stucco so 
 made is very superior to Portland stone, 
 both as to colour and its general impervious- 
 ness to wet. I have no doubt that it is 
 l much more durable, and unaffected by frost. 
 After having tried many descriptions of sand, 
 
 I find that which is procured from the 
 neighbourhood of Reigatc, in Suircy, is the 
 best; it is both sharp, and the whitest I have 
 ever seen. — I am, Gentlemen, 
 
 Your very humble servant, 
 
 Cranlev Onslow. 
 
 To Messrs. Mann & Co. 
 
 Plymouth, January ‘25, 1843. 
 
 Gentlemen, — Having in a few cases 
 directed the roofs of houses under our care 
 to be pointed with your Cement, and judging 
 from the results of the late storm, we feel 
 satisfied that had the Cement been used to a 
 greater extent, we should have saved several 
 pounds, and we have much pleasure in 
 strongly recommending it for the above 
 purpose. 
 
 We are, Gentlemen, your obedient servants, 
 Woollcombe, Square, & Stephens, 
 
 Solicitors. 
 
 To Messrs. Johns & Co. 
 
 1 triton Side, Plymouth, Jan. 2G, 1843. 
 
 Gentlemen, — 1 have used your Cement 
 during the past two years, for fronts and 
 roofs of houses, and in every case with satis- 
 faction. 1 have found it waterproof, and 
 believe it to be an excellent Cement for roofs, 
 seeing it has stood the late gales. I have 
 every confidence in the value of the Cement, 
 and continue to recommend it to my cus- 
 tomers. 
 
 lam, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, 
 Wm. Conway, Builder. 
 
 To Messrs. Johns &. Co. 
 
 Plymouth, January "27, 1843. 
 
 Gentlemen, — You will doubtless be glad 
 to hear that having partly pointed and partly 
 washed the roofs of my house in Plymouth, 
 and of Coldrenick in Cornwall, with your 
 Patent Stucco, I am so satisfied after the 
 experience of the late storm of its great 
 value, that 1 intend using it in future on all 
 slate roofs, and have no doubt the public 
 would be greatly benefited by adopting it. 
 
 I am. Gentlemen, yours obediently, 
 
 Charles Tiielawney. 
 
 To Messrs. Johns & Co. 
 
 Stoke, January 20, 1843. 
 
 Gi.njlemen, — 1 have great pleasure in 
 informing you that, having pointed the roof 
 of my house in St. Michael’s Terrace, Stoke, 
 with your Cement, it has resisted the force 
 of the late gales in a very satisfactory way, 
 whilst my neighbours have suffered severely. 
 
 I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, 
 N. Downe. 
 
 To Messrs. Johns & Co. 
 
 Mount Street, Devonport, Jan. 23, 1843. 
 
 Gentlemen, — I beg to inform you that 1 
 have tried your Patent Stucco Paint Cement 
 in a great variety of cases during the last 
 year. I am now perfectly convinced that, 
 for strength and durability, it exceeds any 
 Cement that has ever yet been offered to the 
 public. 
 
 I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, 
 
 John Vosper, Plasterer. 
 
 To Messrs. Johns & Co. 
 
 Greenwich, June 8, 1843. 
 
 Gentlemen, — I am proud to inform you 
 that I have been ordered to use your Patent 
 Stucco Paint at Greenwich Hospital, and 
 have proved it to he every thing that it is 
 represented to be, being a most excellent 
 stone colour, and well adapted for outside 
 work. 
 
 I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, 
 Thomas Whitewood, 
 Plasterer to the Royal Hospital Greenwich. 
 
 To Messrs. Mann & Co. 
 
 Penlee Place, Stoke, Jan. 21, 1843. 
 
 Sirs, — In reply to your queries, I beg to 
 state that the roof of my house, which was 
 pointed with your Patent Cement, has (not- 
 withstanding its exposed situation) received 
 no injury whatever from the late tremendous 
 gales, although the roof of my stable, on 
 which it was not used, has suffered materially. 
 
 1 am, Sirs, your obedient servant, 
 
 Henry Cox. 
 
 To Messrs. Johns & Co. 
 
TESTIMONIALS. 
 
 11 
 
 i Patent Stucco, a thin coat, and it was very 
 I soon hard, and resembled very much faced 
 ; Yorkshire stone. 
 
 I took particular care that the wet should 
 not draw in behind the Stucco, and I believe 
 that no frost or wet will now affect it. Four 
 of the walls I painted last autumn, and 
 others have remained through the winter, 
 and to the present time without paint, and 
 are equally as firm and secure. 
 
 I have also used the Stucco for the internal 
 walls of the rooms I intend to paint, and all 
 who have seen them pronounce them splendid 
 walls. This Stucco will be found a very 
 useful material in building, for a variety of 
 purposes. I think every builder ought to 
 have it by him. It is my intention to keep 
 some for sale at each of my establishments. 
 
 I remain, Gentlemen, yours obediently, 
 Joseph Farrow. 
 
 N.B. — I should have said that I used it 
 also for the shafts of my chimneys, and upon 
 other brick-work, with the same effect. 
 
 To Messrs. Mann &: Co. 
 
 Little Hampton, March 24, 1843. 
 
 Gentlemen, — In answer to yours received 
 this morning, I find your Patent Stucco 
 Cement answers every purpose for which I 
 have applied it; these are on outside walls 
 and pointing slate. 
 
 I so far like it that I shall try some more 
 of it; in fact I had sent an order for some 
 by a captain of one of my vessels, but he had 
 left London before my letter reached him. 
 I expect another in London shortly, and 
 shall then require about 10 cwt., and Paint 
 for the same. Yours truly, 
 
 Stephen D'Olliver. 
 
 To Messrs. Mann & Co. 
 
 Marlboro' Road , Chelsea, 
 November 28, 1842. 
 
 Gentlemen, — In answer to yours of this 
 day, I beg to say that the information you 
 have received about your Cement failing 
 where I used it (on a house in Westbourne 
 Place), is totally false, for on the contrary, it 
 has entirely succeeded in keeping out the 
 water, and given great satisfaction. 
 
 The Cement was laid in a thin coat 
 entirely over a very flat slated roof which let 
 in a great quantity of water every shower of 
 rain ; since the Cement was used on the 
 10th inst., there has hardly been a fine day, 
 and yet not a drop of rain has penetrated. 
 
 This I think will prove to you that the 
 instructions have been attended to, and that 
 the Cement has at least answered in this 
 the only instance where it has been yet used 
 in my employ. 
 
 I am, Gentlemen, yours obediently. 
 
 For George Todd, 
 J. Tonn. 
 
 To Messrs. Mann & Co. 
 
 March 13, 1843. 
 
 Sirs, — In reply to your request respecting 
 the efficacy of your Patent Stucco Cement, 
 I have to say, that it has perfectly answered 
 the purpose on which I applied it. No wet 
 whatever has penetrated into the outhouses 
 where it was used. 
 
 R. Worslev, 
 
 Rector of Finchley. 
 
 To Messrs. Mann & Co. 
 
 Gray's Inn Square, April 4, 1843. 
 
 Silts, — I have made several inquiries, and 
 I am happy to say they confirm the opinion 
 I had formed, that your Patent Stucco 
 Cement and Oil Stucco Paint, are both well 
 qualified for use by the sea, and to withstand 
 the effect and influence of the atmosphere in 
 the neighbourhood of it. 
 
 I am, Sirs, yours faithfully, 
 
 IVm. Bromley. 
 
 To Messrs. Mann & Co. 
 
 Hayling Island, Hampshire, 
 
 March 21, 1843. 
 
 Sirs, — I have tried your Patent Stucco 
 Paint Cement twelve months, and must say 
 I find it far superior to any I have ever before 
 used. I find it for appearance and hardness 
 equal to Portland stone, and having used it 
 at the sea side and in an exposed situation, 
 I feel convinced that it cannot be otherwise 
 than most highly approved of by all who 
 try it. 
 
 I am, Sirs, yours respectfully, 
 
 George Furner. 
 
 To Messrs. Mann & Co. 
 
 Carlton, Saxmundham, April 25, 1843. 
 
 Dear Sirs, — Will you do me the favour 
 to send by Ipswich Steamer, directed to 
 Mr. Henning, Builder, Eye, two casks of 
 Johns & Co.'s Patent Stucco Paint Cement, 
 such as I had in August last. 
 
 I will remit a Post-office order for the 
 amount on receipt of invoice. 
 
 Yours respectfully, 
 
 R. K. Cobbold. 
 
 To Messrs. Mann & Co. 
 
 This will. shew you that the Paint Cement 
 has given satisfaction. I used it to connect 
 single slating on a roof, and although from 
 contraction the slates have cracked, the 
 Cement has held them very firmly. 
 
 Will you have the kindness to send with 
 the Cement printed Instructions. 
 
 Hill Cottage, Oldswinford, Stourbridge, 
 January 13, 1843. 
 
 Gentlemen, — I some time back ordered 
 from you a cask of Patent Stucco Paint 
 Cement, which I have used, and am happy 
 to be able to bear testimony of its valuable 
 properties for resisting damp, etc. I have 
 recommended it to a friend of mine who 
 
With regard to the Sand that is to be used, the Thames, or any other River 
 Sand, coarse or fine, will be found to answer admirably for exterior purposes; and 
 the fine Silver or Pit Sand will, for surface and colour, give a finish to interior 
 work which has never yet been attained. Sea Sand may be used, having been first 
 tee// cleansed in fresh water. 
 
 Builders, Clerks of Works, Foremen, etc., may be informed that there is no 
 perishable property in this Cement, so that it v r ill keep for any length of time 
 as fresh as delivered from the Manufactory, not requiring to be used as other 
 Cements immediately they are made. If however a Cask should be opened, and 
 the contents not used at once, the simple precaution of keeping the Head of the 
 Cask in, to keep dirt out, should be observed. 
 
 JOHNS & Co., Coxside Cement Works, Plymouth. 
 
 Sole Agents, MANN & Co., Maiden Lane, Queen Street, Ciieapside, London. 
 
 THE 
 
 PATENT STUCCO PAINT 
 
 APPLICABLE TO STUCCOED HOUSE FRONTS, AND 
 TO CEMENTED SURFACES GENERALLY. 
 
 Messrs. JOHNS & CO.’s Patent Stucco Paint, of a beautiful Stone Colour, 
 is manufactured expressly for Painting the Exteriors of Cemented or Stuccoed 
 Houses which have become dirty and discoloured, producing, when applied, the 
 most clean, uniform, and stone-like appearance. 
 
 This valuable material, which has been long sought for by Painters, is intended 
 entirely to supersede the use of White Lead, the expense of which is objectionable, 
 and the extreme gloss of which is quite out of character upon external walls. It 
 will be found also an admirable substitute for the common Colouring Wash 
 hitherto used, which seldom retains a decent appearance for more than a few 
 days after its application. 
 
 The Patent Stucco Paint is of a most permanent character, and is not affected 
 by any Weather; it is free from any pernicious smell; it requires no addition of 
 either Driers or Turpentine : about Two Gallons of raw Linseed Oil to every cwt. 
 being all that is requisite to render it ready for the Painter. 
 
 The cost of its application is less than half that of the Paints at present in 
 use — the price of the Patent Stucco Paint being 28s. per cwt., and the same surface 
 which would consume Two Cwt. of White Lead would require only One Cwt. of 
 this material, the Stucco Paint being double the bulk of White Lead. 
 
 Its being sold in casks, ground with driers ready for use (saving only thinning 
 with Oil for the Brush, in the proportion above-mentioned), renders it equally 
 economical in the labour as in the cost of the material, which, added to its 
 extraordinary properties of preserving every surface to which it may be applied, 
 combine to make it really the very cheapest, and at the same time the most valuable 
 Paint ever offered for sale. 
 
 The Patent Stucco Paint may be used with equal advantage upon Brick, 
 Iron, or Wood work. 
 
 Painters are requested to notice that this Paint is applied in the same way as 
 White Lead, only with less labour; there is no deposit which requires the Paint 
 to be constantly stirred up from the bottom (as in Paints styled lithic and anti- 
 corrosive); neither will it cut and destroy the brushes used in working it. 
 
 Messrs. MANN & CO., 5, Maiden Lane, Queen Street, Cheapside, are the 
 SOLE AGENTS for the Patentees. At their Warehouse, Specimens may be 
 seen, and every Information afforded. 
 
The following LETTERS have been selected from a large number 
 which have been addressed to the Patentees, and to their Agents, 
 Messr9. MANN and Co. 
 
 23, Duke Street, Portland. Place, 
 April 4, 1843. 
 
 Gentlemen, — It affords me much satis- 
 faction, from the experience I have had in 
 my own practice as an architect and the 
 reports received from many others, to ex- 
 press my unqualified approbation of your 
 Cement, known as “ Johns Patent Stucco 
 Paint Cement,” and to add that in all cases 
 where I have known it to be applied it has 
 fully confirmed the different qualities stated 
 in your Prospectus and advertisements ; 
 affording at the same time strong proofs of 
 being a material long desired in all building 
 operations, and one which must afford 
 general satisfaction if used agreeably to the 
 instructions given by the Patentees. 
 
 I have had many opportunities of testing 
 its qualities for resisting damp to buildings 
 in low situations and where occasioned by 
 driving rains and sea air, in all of which I 
 have found it the most successful applica- 
 tion; this, although great, I do not consider 
 the only advantage, it being equally valuable 
 in giving strength and durability to old and 
 dilapidated buildings, and capable by the 
 common attention of proper workmen of 
 being applied to all description of mouldings, 
 ornaments, or any other decorations and 
 finishings, both internally and externally, 
 that can be required either by the liberal or 
 most economical builder. 
 
 It being free from all vegetation on the 
 face when worked, is another and most 
 decided advantage it possesses over the 
 variety of other and inferior Cements now 
 in common use for the covering and con- 
 cealing the first sins in the erection of our 
 innumerable suburban villas, which appear 
 to aim at the title of “ Grant-houses,” rather 
 than to any imitation of the chaste Portland 
 and other stones so much desired by the 
 architect and man of taste. 
 
 I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, 
 Frederick Herikg. 
 
 To Messrs. Mann & Co. 
 
 Monkwell Street, April 2 1 , 1843. 
 
 Gentlemen, — As plasterers to the Cor- 
 poration of the City of London, having been 
 called upon by the late W. Montague, Esq. 
 of the Ollice of Works to make trial of 
 Johns and Co.'s Patent Stucco Cement in 
 some of the recent improvements in Guild- 
 hall, we have much satisfaction in giving 
 you a most favourable report of its qualities, 
 which we have found to realise all you say 
 of it in your printed circulars. It appears 
 to us to be a very valuable composition, and 
 
 certainly the closest imitation of stone of [ 
 any Cement we have ever used. 
 
 Its waterproof qualities and the circum- 
 stance of its not requiring painting ought 
 to recommend it to every one in any way 
 connected with building. — We are, Gentle- 
 men, your obedient servants, 
 
 James Johnson & Sons. 
 
 To Messrs. Mann & Co. 
 
 Flete, Decun , April 26, 1 843. 
 
 My dear Mr Johns, — l regretted very 
 much that my absence in London prevented ; 
 my humble opinion being added to that of 
 several other testimonials on the subject of 
 the Patent Stucco Paint Cement. 
 
 I have now, however, the great pleasure 
 of informing you, that having had occasion 
 to apply it very extensively to my buildings 
 and alterations in this place, my experience 
 most fully bears me out in attesting its very 
 valuable properties. 
 
 It adheres most tenaciously to all surfaces, 
 and is quite impervious to wet ; so that old 
 walls I have pointed with it have become 
 perfectly dry, which were never so before. 
 
 It hardens by exposure to weather and 
 becomes like a stone, except that it is never 
 brittle but always tough. In this it differs 
 from all the other Cements which 1 have 
 tried. 
 
 I find some slates cemented with it, which 
 had accidentally lain exposed to the alterna- 
 tion of wet and frost during the last winter 
 on the ground, still remaining in one mass, 
 which could not be separated without a 
 chisel. 
 
 Wherever a material is required, which 
 must adhere with equal strength to iron, 
 glass, wood, or stone, I know of none other 
 that can so well effect your objgct. 
 
 With warm congratulations to you on 
 having expended so much of your valuable 
 time in perfecting this excellent material, — 
 1 am, my dear Sir, with much regard, yours 
 most truly, J. C. Bulteel. 
 
 To A. B. Johns, Esq. 
 
 48, Duke Street, Lincolns Dm, 
 
 Jan. 11, 1843. 
 
 Gentlemen, — Having some months since 
 used your Cement, known as “Johns’ 
 Patent,” for the purpose of repelling the 
 damp and vegetation on the walls of some 
 buildings situate within a few yards of the 
 sea, and at the same time very much exposed 
 to the southern and western gales, I have 
 (after a very good trial) the pleasure of 
 bearing testimony to its good qualities, as a 
 
TESTIMONIALS. 
 
 13 
 
 17, Rutland Square, Dublin, 
 March 17, 18473. 
 
 Sir, — I have just received a letter from 
 the plasterer who put ou the Stucco plaster 
 at Johnstone Castle. He states it answers 
 remarkably well, and that the Irost had not 
 the least effect on it. 
 
 1 remain, your obedient servant, 
 
 H. K. G. Morgan. 
 
 To Messrs. Mann £< Co. 
 
 34, Shoemaker Row, Doctors Commons, 
 April 18, 1843. 
 
 Sir, — I have tried your Patent Stucco j 
 Cement for outside stucco work, repairing 
 roofs and damaged stone work, and as far ! 
 as my present experience goes 1 believe it 
 will do what you promise in your prospectus. 
 
 I am, Sir, yours, &c. 
 
 Joseph Child, Plasterer, & c. 
 
 To Messrs. Mann & Co. 
 
 Clive Street, Chatham, Jan. 28, 1843. 
 
 Gentlemen, — I am perfectly satisfied of 
 the utility of your Fluid Cement; its quality, 
 strength, durability, and being entirely im- 
 pervious to wet, are unquestionable; those 
 places where 1 have been using it have been 
 in the most exposed situations. With regard 
 to its adhesiveness, I may mention that a 
 gentleman in company with others came to 
 me, and inquired if 1 believed the Cement 
 would adhere to paint. I shewed them some 
 that had been put on over a painted 
 surface, and I took a hammer in their 
 presence, and could not get any Cement off 
 without the paint; they were perfectly 
 satisfied. 
 
 I am, Gentlemen, yours respectfully, 
 
 W. Langley. 
 
 To Messrs. Mann & Co. 
 
 Nett) Hill, Dynechurch , May 13, 1843. 
 
 Gentlemen, — 1 have used the Patent 
 Stucco Cement I had from you some time 
 since, and I find it admirably adapted for 
 Stuccoing. I have used it under various 
 circumstances and situations, and find it to 
 answer. I have sent some to Mr. Simms, 
 the resident engineer of the South-Eastern 
 Railway Company; but I do not yet know 
 the results of his experiments. 
 
 I have now a brick surface of ICO super- 
 ficial yards to cover, and 1 wish to use this 
 Stucco Cement as a further and more ex- 
 tensive trial. 
 
 I am. Gentlemen, your obedient servant, 
 James Elliott, Jun. 
 
 Resident Engineer to the Lords of 
 Romney Marsh. 
 
 To Messrs. Mann & Co. 
 
 Stoke, January 20, 1843. 
 
 Gentlemen, — I hereby certify that I have 
 examined the roofs of the dwelling-houses 
 of Mr. Evens, Mr. Cox, and Mr. Leach, in 
 Stoke, all of which have been covered with 
 | the Patent Stucco Paint Cement, and that 
 not a slate has been displaced by the late 
 | severe gales, although much damage has 
 | been done in that neighbourhood. 
 
 Joseeh Chown, Mason. 
 To Messrs. Johns & Co. 
 
 10, ll'ellington Street, Stoke. 
 
 Gentlemen, — I am happy to inform you 
 that I had the roof of my house, last summer, 
 pointed with your Cement; and although it 
 is much exposed to the weather, yet during 
 the tremendous gales of the 12tli and 13th 
 instant, I did not lose a single slate, nor has 
 the roof been at all shaken, while all my 
 neighbours have suffered more or less from 
 its effects. 
 
 I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, 
 W. M. Rickard. 
 
 To Messrs, Johns & Co. 
 
 Devonport , January 23, 1843. 
 
 Gentlemen, — Having used a considerable 
 quantity of your Patent Stucco Paint Cement 
 in pointing brick-work and for roofs of 
 houses; also for coating the fronts of houses, 
 and inside plastering where paint or paper- 
 hanging has been immediately laid on ; I 
 acknowledge that it has exceeded my most 
 sanguine expectations. 
 
 In respect to the pointing of roofs, my 
 mind is perfectly satisfied as to its hardening 
 and adhesive qualities. I have seen roofs 
 both on the right and left seriously damaged, 
 whilst those pointed with the Cement have 
 remained unhurt. The rules laid down for 
 use should be strictly attended to. 
 
 I am. Gentlemen, your most obedient 
 servant, 
 
 James Worth, Builder. 
 
 To Messrs. Johns & Co. 
 
 Horsham, January 28, 1843. 
 
 Sirs, — The Patent Cement of yours we 
 have used in different situations, and it ap- 
 pears to be admirably adapted for external 
 purposes, appearing of a durable nature, as 
 well as possessing toughness not met with in 
 other Cements. We expect to use a large 
 quantity in the ensuing summer. 
 
 We are, Gentlemen, yours, & c. 
 
 C. & B. Rowlands. 
 
 To Messrs. Mann & Co. 
 
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 
 
 Civil Engineer and Architects' Journal, 
 December, 1842. 
 
 Patent Stucco Paint Cement.— In a former 
 number we slightly alluded to this new cement, 
 deferring until we had an opportunity of examin- 
 ing into its qualities, to recommend it to the j 
 notice of the profession, which we are now 
 enabled to do, alter having carefully investigated 
 its properties, and examined several samples of 
 the cement, at Messrs. Mann’s, Maiden-lane, in 
 the City. It appears to be a cement possessing 
 superior qualities, and to be well adapted for 
 external works, particularly in exposed and damp 
 situations, such as on the sea coast, and south- 
 western aspects. At Plymouth, where the cement 
 is manufactured by Messrs. Johns, the patentees, 
 and where the principal ingredient is obtained, 
 it has been tried for the last three years, and 
 subjected to the most rigid tests, with perfect 
 success. Its strong adhesive properties cause it 
 to adhere to almost anj substance; specimens 
 maybe seen on glass, wood, slate, tile, and brick. 
 The nature of the materials of which the cement 
 is composed, renders it highly repellaut of water, 
 and impervious to wet or damp. It is sold in a 
 semi-liquid state, which has the appearance of 
 white lead; and when used it is mixed with three 
 times its weight of sharp sand, to the consistency 
 of mortar, and laid on the wall with a trowel in 
 the same manner as cement, and with about the 
 same labour. It is finished oft' at once, with 
 either a fine or a coarse coat, as may be desired ; 
 it dries gradually, and in two or three days time 
 the surface becomes as hard as stone, to which 
 it has all the appearance, without colouring. It 
 may likewise be used for interiors, and painted 
 over within a few days ; a couple of coats being 
 sufficient to cover it, as the cement is not of that 
 absorbent character as stucco or roman cement. 
 
 The cost of the fluid cement is 14s. per cwt. ; 
 and for covering a yard superficial of brick-work 
 it requires 7 lbs. of cement, and 21 lbs. of sand ; 
 or 4 Ids. of cement, and 12 lbs. of sand, if laid on 
 a coat of plastering ; or 1 cwt. of cement will take 
 one bushel of sand, and cover 14 yards. The 
 prime cost, including labour, is about Is. Gd. per 
 square yard, which is a low price, considering 
 the excellent qualities of the material, and that 
 it does not require colouring. We strongly recom- 
 mend the architect to give tne cement a fair trial. 
 Some specimens may be seen at the office of the 
 Journal. 
 
 London Mercantile Journal, 
 
 July 19, 1842. 
 
 The Patent Stucco Paint Cement — We 
 have had an opportunity of inspecting some 
 specimens of the new cement introduced under 
 the above title, the invention and patent property 
 of Messrs. Johns & Co. of Plymoutn. It certainly 
 appears to us to possess all the qualifications 
 which are sought for, and too frequently in vain 
 by the architect, engineer, and builder. This 
 composition difiers from all other cements, in 
 more than one essential particular; and the most 
 marked of these is, that it acquires an extra- 
 ordinary state of hardness or stone-like substance 
 the older it becomes, and the more it is exposed, 
 and that to the worst of weather: this absolute i 
 power of repelling wet or damp, may be attribut- 
 able to the absence of lime in its composition ; 
 but, however produced, it is a most desirable 
 feature in a material which is chiefly employed 
 for the facing or covering of buildings, especially 
 in damp situations, or near the sea. As ah 
 ornamental appliance to a house, it is decidedly 
 the best imitation of stone we have yet seen; and 
 when its durable character, and the very moderate 
 price at which it may be obtained, are con- 
 sidered, we should say it is well worth the 
 
 attention of every one in any way connected 
 with building. It will doubtless come into general 
 use as these decided advantages become known, 
 and we shall be glad that it does so, that we may 
 obtain some little uniformity in our tcould-le 
 stone streets, in which at present we never see 
 one house of the same colour as its neighbour ; 
 but this, however, is of secondary consideration 
 compared with the substantial security to the 
 tenant, against the encroachment and intrusion 
 of cold and damp, which for so great a portion of 
 the year prevail in our climate. 
 
 Art Union, September 1, 1842. 
 
 The Patent Stucco Paint Cement.— A com- 
 position of very extraordinary and most valuable 
 properties is at present under this name attracting 
 the attention of speculators in the improvement 
 of architectural material. To describe in half a 
 dozen words the result of its application to the 
 facade of a building, it may at once be said to 
 assume the appearance of* the most c. refully 
 dressed freestone— when employed according to 
 the prescribed directions. so perfect is the re- 
 semblance, that it would deceive an experienced 
 mason; in short, as sand, the main component of 
 freestone, constitutes a great proportion of the 
 material in its application, we may say that it is 
 the formation of freestone— the result of a che- 
 mical combination surpassing the effect of the 
 chemistry of nature in this instance, inasmuch as 
 freestone readily yields to the action of hard 
 bodies, but this composition is of a more stubborn 
 texture. This “Paint Cement ’’ in colour is of 
 the tone of cream, and of a consistency somewhat 
 more dense than colour prepared in the usual waj 
 for house-painting; and it is applied to surfaces 
 after having been mixed with sand in the pro- 
 portion of one part to three parts of the latter, 
 or say of 1 cwT. of the paint to 3 cwt. of sand. 
 After this simple preparation it is applied by the 
 plasterer with a care proportioned to the kind of 
 surface required. With respect to the surfaces to 
 which it may be applied, there is no necessity for 
 anv degree of rougnness ; for so powerful is the 
 adhesive nature of the base of the composition 
 that it attaches itself to glass with apparently the 
 same tenacity that it would adhere to a rougher 
 substance. I t can be applied to fronts of brick or 
 any other material, and of any degree of thick- 
 ness, although of course upon rough surfaces 
 there must be more of the material, in order to 
 secure uniform smoothness ; and with respect to 
 expense, we are assured that the cost of thu9 
 converting a brick house into a stone one would 
 be somewhat about two shillings per square yard. 
 This valuable invention is the patent of a com 
 pany of gentlemen at Plymouth, who have during 
 some years tested the value of their composition 
 before offering it to the public ; the firm is know n 
 as Messrs. Johns and Co., whose sole agents are 
 Messrs. Mann and Co., 5, Maiden-lane, Queen- 
 street, Cheapside. 
 
 Standard, July 18, 1842. 
 
 The Patent Stucco Paint Cement.— A new 
 cement, possessing very extraordinary advan- 
 tages, has been just introduced, and is likely to 
 be of great value to architects, engineers, and 
 builders. It differs from other cements in the 
 total absence of lime in its composition, to which 
 ingredient may be attributed much of the dis- 
 coloration and decay which has been so much 
 complained of in other cements or stuccos. The 
 proprietors of this patent, Messrs. Johns and Co. 
 of Plymouth, have submitted their composition 
 for some years in the most exposed situations 
 facing the sea, and have well tested its capa- 
 bilities of resistance to the most varied extremes 
 of temperature and weather, and from the speci- 
 mens which we have had an opportunity of seeing. 
 
OPINIONS OF T1IE PRESS. 
 
 15 
 
 The only effect has been to increase it in hard- 
 ness, mid to give it the appearance of sound 
 granite stone. Its application as a facing, or, if 
 we may so term it, a stone coating, for buildings 
 now in course of erection, or for the preservation 
 of house property in course of decay, must be 
 most beneficial; and not the least of its ad- 
 vantages is, that its own preservative qualities 
 render it quite i**' 1 mondcnt of a periodical coating 
 ci pain: bile it entails a constant ex- 
 
 pense upon tin- owner or occupier, after all, most : 
 unsatisfactory, and never productive of that 1 
 uniformity so essential to the handsome appear- 
 ance of a range of buildings. Messrs. Mann I 
 and t'o., of Maiden-lane, Queen-street, who are 
 agents for this invention, have prepared a variety | 
 of specimens, shewing its application to building 
 and engineering purposes, which are well worth 
 attention. 
 
 Railway Magazine, July 16, 1812. 
 
 Stucco Paint Cement.— The Patent Stucco 
 ; Paint Cement recently introduced, the manu- 
 I fucture of Messrs. Johns and Co., of Plymouth, i 
 is now coming into very general use, and as it j 
 possesses many advantages over other materials ] 
 which have been brought out under the name of 
 " Cement,” it must necessarily be of great service j 
 ' 1 1 architects, engineers, and builders. We think 
 that the name given to this composition (although 1 
 entirely descriptive of the material itself) is apt j 
 to create a douot in the minds of those who have 
 not yet seen it, as to whether it is a paint to j 
 be applied with a brush by a painter, or by a I 
 plasterer with his usual tools, This we may clear 
 up by stating that it is to be used only by the 
 plasterer, mason, or bricklayer. It diners from 
 all other cements in being sold in a fluid state, or j 
 of the consistence of paint, and hence the name 
 of “ 'aint Cement,” given to it by its inventors, j 
 althc gh the term “ fluid stone,” (for such it ! 
 liter .iy is) would have more distinctly explained j 
 its objects and application. The fluid, when 
 mixed with sand, in the proportions of three parts 
 of the latter to one of the former, produces a 
 stucco or cement of a hardness or stone-like 
 character, which is quite extraordinary, and the 
 tests to which it has been subjected, go far to 
 prove its durability. This quality would alone 
 stamp it of infinite value to the builder, a < it must 
 most effectually preserve from atmospheric in- 
 fluence any substance or surface on which it may 
 he applied’; but independently of this, its extreme 
 uniformity, and the close resemblance which it 
 bears to well-dressed stone, make it most desirable 
 as an ornamental subsidiary on the list of build- 
 ing materials. Its adhesiveness is such that it 
 will become fixed immediately to the smoothest 
 surface, and when once hard, a coating of the 
 thickness of a shilling will defy all wet or damp; 
 hut it is not only as a superficial coating tor 
 houses that this cement can be applied; its strong 
 binding, or cementary property between sub- 
 stances, or in all cases where mortar is used, will 
 make it of the greatest value to the mason and 
 bricklayer, and especially in the construction 
 of arches, or where great strength is required. 
 Various specimens of this cement are to lie seen 
 at the office of Messrs. Mann and Co , Maiden- 
 lane, Queen-street, and certainly an investigation 
 of its merits are well worth the attention of every 
 one immediately or remotely interested in build- 
 ing property, which in fact includes nearly every 
 one of our readers. 
 
 Literary Gazelle , Auymt 13, 1812. 
 
 Arts and Sciences.— Nf.w Cement -It has 
 always been a marked feature in the Literary 
 Gazette to take up the cause of new and bene- 
 ficial inventions or discoveries, and use its best 
 endeavours to direct the public attention to ! 
 their merits, and recommend them to adoption, | 
 
 wherever they are to be found of value to the 
 community. This journal is almost old enough 
 to have witnessed the introduction of Roman 
 cement, now so important in building concerns ; 
 and it is old enough to have seen various other 
 cements and stuccos produced as improvements 
 on all previous compositions. But it has never 
 been its hap to be called upon to examine any 
 preparation of the kind, which bids so clearly 
 to be of vast consequence, both as regards the 
 external appearance, the permanency, and the 
 comfort of dwelling-houses and public edifices, 
 as the Cement now about to be described from 
 actual and careful inspection. It is patented 
 under the somewhat dubious title of “ The Patent 
 Stucco Paint Cement;” and belongs, we are 
 informed, to certain parties in Plymouth and 
 Devonport, near which, it seems, one of the 
 principal ingredients is found in abundance. In 
 appearance, as sent to London, it is not unlike 
 the clotted cream, its county neighbour, about 
 the same consistency, and only a little more 
 tenacious. This substance, mixed with thrice 
 the same quantity of sand, forms the stucco in 
 question ; and according to the difference of the 
 sand, from the seaside well cleansed from salt, 
 from rivers, from roads, or from pits (the silver 
 sand), there is a dillerence in the colour and 
 quality of the cement. Before producing it for 
 the market of architects, engineers, masons, 
 plasterers, etc. of the metropolis, the patentees 
 have, with great judgment, submitted it to the 
 test of time; and had it exposed for several years 
 to all the vicissitudes of Devonshire weather. 
 This it has stood without a crack or discoloration ; 
 and they are thus emboldened, without fear of 
 any failure, to state its qualities in the following 
 terms : — 
 
 “ 1. Its strong adhesive properties, fixing most 
 tenaciously to the smoothest surfaces, even to 
 glass. 2. Its being ‘highly repellant of water, 
 and thoroughly impervious to wet or damp. 3. 
 The chemical peculiarity of its composition does 
 not admit of the possibility of its vegetating, 
 and thereby becoming discoloured. 4. The safe 
 and gradual rapidity with which it dries— harden- 
 ing the more by the greater exposure to the 
 atmosphere. 5. Its perfect freedom from any of 
 tin caustic qualities of lime stuccos; and conse- 
 quently, 6. It may be painted upon as soon as 
 dry— a property possessed by no other cement 
 whatever. 7. ft is not in the slightest degree 
 affected by frost. 8. It may be kept In the cask 
 as delivered from the manufactory for any length 
 of time without deterioration, not requiring to lie 
 used (as other cements are) immediately after 
 being manufactured. To merchants, therefore, 
 and exporters, even to the remotest parts of the 
 globe, this cement will form a most important 
 item of commerce. 9. To engineers and con- 
 ductors of public works, the use of this cement is 
 strongly recommended in lieu of mortar, par- 
 ticularly in the construction of railway -arches 
 and tunneling— its peculiarly tenacious property 
 forming one nardened mass with the brick or 
 masonry, or with whatever material it may be 
 used; and it will be found particularly valuable 
 in laying and pointing roofs, whether of slate or 
 tile, in the most exposed situations, rendering 
 the whole roof tixed and immoveable. The ex- 
 traordinary adhesiveness of this cement, even 
 to the smoothest surface, renders it perfectly 
 unnecessary to hack the brick®, or make any 
 preparatory key. The thickness with which it i’s 
 to be laid on over a brick front must in a great 
 degree depend upon the face of the brickwork ; 
 but as thin a coat of cement as can be put on, so 
 as to arrive at one uniform surface, will be quite 
 sufficient to defy any weather : perhaps one 
 quarter of an inch over any brickwork may be 
 taken as an average. On a surface that has 
 already been cemented or plastered, a much 
 thinner coat is sufficient— say one-eighth of an 
 inch for average.” 
 
1 G 
 
 OPINIONS OF T1IE PRESS. 
 
 Of this composition, so vouched, we have seen 
 specimens of ten square yards on a church near 
 tne end of Southwark Bridge; applied in one 
 day, and the next as perfect and beautiful as 
 could be desired— firm as granite, and having 
 all the semblance of excellent freestone. We 
 have seen it in casts of heads, and other orna- 
 mental productions of art, mouldings, cornices, 
 etc., anu in all these cases it leaves no deside- 
 ratum. And, last and best of recommendations, 
 its expense is very considerably lower than that 
 of any article of the kind now before the public. 
 Altogether we consider it to be most deserving 
 of trial; and we are sure, if it obtain (as we have 
 not the slightest doubt it must and will) the 
 favourable opinion of our eminent architects, 
 builders, and masons, it will tend greatly to im- l 
 prove the architectural features of the capital — , 
 shew its tine brown-gray tints with advantage to 
 the landscape in country-houses and cottages— , 
 and be a source of immense saving in the annual 
 patchings and repairs which less durable com- ! 
 pounds so perpetually require. 
 
 Farmer's Magazine , September 1842. 
 
 The Patent Stucco Paint Cement. An 
 
 extraordinary sensation lias, we understand, been 1 
 created in the building world by the introduction j 
 of a perfectly new description of cement or ; 
 stucco, which promises from its peculiar advan- I 
 tages, both of properties and price, to supersede ! 
 any hitherto introduced. The proprietors of this ! 
 important discovery (which is secured to them 
 by patent) are gentlemen of very independent 
 means, and have been prompted as much by a 
 desire to benefit the public as themselves, by the 
 publication of their invention. And they have 
 with a caution wo think worthy of imitation) 
 postponed its introduction until after some years’ 
 trial by the severest tests, being subjected to 
 atmospheric changes in situaiions so exposed that 
 has fully satisfied them they had rightly reckoned 
 on the capabilities which they assert it to possess. 
 
 It is a matter of regret that twenty years ago, 
 when the great improvements at the west end of the 
 metropolis were projected, this composition was 
 yet unknown. We should not now have the eye 
 offended by the diseased and patchwork plastic 
 attempts at stone imitation, which disgrace our 
 best streets, and which, with all their assumption 
 of solidity, are suffering from rottenness and 
 decay ; nor would the unfortunate tenants have 
 just cause to complain that the winds and wet 
 of heaven carried colds and rheumatism through 
 the very walls of their domiciles. We have had 
 an opportunity of seeing some specimens of this 
 cement that iiave for three years been exposed 
 by the sea-side in a situation subject to the storms 
 of winter and the heat of summer, and in a climate 
 which is well known as not the most dry in the 
 kingdom;* and we were surprised at finding a 
 complete growth of granite stone, from what was, 
 when laid on the walls of the building, a sort 
 of fluidized substance mixed with sand. We 
 could hardly, in fact, find a more appropriate 
 name for the composition than a lluid stone. 
 It mav be applied ny a common plasterer with 
 his ordinary tools, over any surface, be it brick, 
 or plaster, or old stucco, or wood, or slate, or 
 even glass itself, (such is its tenacity); any build- 
 ing covered with it becoming encased in stone, 
 resisting and defying as it ripens or becomes 
 hard, any action of the atmosphere, either of 
 wet, frost, or heat, increasing in hardness the 
 more exposed it is, and is arriving at maturity 
 and perfection when other cements and stuccoes 
 are beginning to perish. We know not that we 
 could impart more valuable information to such 
 of our readers as are interested in building pro- 
 perty, either as holders or speculators, than the 
 introduction of such a commodity as this. We 
 
 • Plymouth, where this material is manufactured. 
 
 leave it to our more scientific contemporaries 
 to dilate upon the chemical analysis of this 
 discovery, being ourselves satisfied that we can 
 now, at a very moderate expense, transform our 
 brick cottage into a stone villa, that shall protect 
 ourselves and our successors from the incle- 
 mencies of the weather, and enable us to feel 
 that in one sense at least, under the protective 
 influence of this cement, our house is our castle. 
 
 A variety of the specimens of this cement are 
 to be seen at the offices of the agents for the 
 patentees, Messrs. Mann and Co., 5, Maiden- 
 lane, Queen-street, Cheapside. 
 
 Mining Journal , Aug . 27, 1842. 
 
 Patent Stucco Paint Cement. — The value to 
 be attached to this preparation can only be 
 appreciated by those who test its merits, for its 
 claims, as set forth in the prospectus issued by 
 the patentees, would, but for the satisfactory 
 evidence to support the representations made, 
 be treated as one of those visionary schemes or j 
 inventions which have so oft been laid before the 
 public, and which, however pleasing to the eje 
 in ihe form of a prospectus founded on theor\ , 
 is found, on investigation, to be aught but that 
 which the sanguine expectations led the inventor 
 to predict. In the present instance, however, 
 we believe we are right in say ing, that not one 
 of the “extraordinary qualities” set forth is 
 found wanting, and the result of our own obser- 
 vation goes far to enable us to vouch for the 
 truth of the statements submitted, We will 
 endeavour to describe the cement, which is the 
 nearest approach to stone — possessing its pro- 
 perties in a great degree— of any preparation 
 which has come under our notice; is cheaper 
 than mastic, and less expensive to keep up. As 
 regards its adhesive properties, we saw several 
 specimens — some of which were a yard square — 
 on slate, timber, tile, brick, and even glass; the 
 composition, or cement, which is formed of one 
 part of the patent cement to three parts of river 
 ox other sand, according to the fineness or coarse- 
 ness of the required stone, being used as a mix- 
 ture, which is then laid on. We need hardly 
 observe, that everything depends upon the com- 
 plete incorporation of the two materials. The 
 cement, when ready lor use, is applied in the 
 usual way, and, from its adhesive nature, as ex- 
 emplified' in laying it on glass, requires merely 
 to be laid on, the ordinary thickness being a 
 quarter of an inch; but, when any inequalities 
 arise in brickwork, the thickness must depend 
 on the face presented by the building or surface 
 required to be covered ;’but, as before observed, 
 a quarter of an inch in thickness is considered 
 ample, so as to “ defy any weather” — frost not 
 even excepted — while on a surface that has 
 already been cemented or plastered, one-eighth 
 of an inch is considered all that is necessary. 
 The cement does not set so quickly or harden so 
 rapidly as the Roman or other cements, but, 
 having once set, becomes thoroughly impervious 
 to wet or damp, and assumes the character of 
 stone, from its compactness and hardness, which 
 increases the more by the greater exposure to 
 the atmosphere. From the peculiar composition, 
 it “ does not admit of the possibility of its vege- 
 tating, and thereby becoming discoloured,” 
 while it is perfectly free from any of the caustic 
 qualities of lime stucco, not having a particle of 
 lime in its composition, and consequently may 
 be painted upon as soon as dry — a property which, 
 we believe, not possessed by any other cement. 
 One mode of application recommended by the 
 patentees is that of its use in lieu of mortar, 
 particularly in the construction of railway arches 
 and tunneling, its peculiarly tenacious property 
 forming one hardened mass with the brick or 
 masonry, or with whatever material it may be 
 used ; its application also to laying and pointing 
 roofs, is in like manner strongly recommended. 
 
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 
 
 This cement has, we are given to understand, 
 been subjected to the action of sea-water for the 
 past three years, but has not been, in tin* slightest 
 degree, affected thereby. It is also stated, that 
 it is not subject to deterioration from the nature 
 of the climate, nor is it in any way perishable, 
 care being taken to prevent it coming in contact 
 with the atmosphere until it is required for use; 
 indeed, on our visit to inspect the specimens, and 
 to collect information, orders were given by a 
 mercantile house for a parcel to be snipped for 
 India, and another for Australia. We have 
 already said, that it may be painted immediately 
 on its becoming dry, and, from its non-absorbing 
 properties, it requires merely a surface colour- 
 ing, and not, as is the case with other cements, 
 two or three early coats, which are absorbed by 
 the cement, before it will receive a face. Having 
 endeavoured to describe this “ Patent Stucco 
 Paint Cement,” as styled by the patentees, but 
 which we should call a “fluid cement,” its con- 
 sistency being somewhat similar to that of white 
 lead, we now arrive at the commercial question — 
 that of the comparative cost it bears to other 
 cements, and the economy of its use, in being 
 more durable, or better adapted, for the purposes 
 to which cement is applied. The prices of R Oman 
 cement, it is well known, vary considerably in 
 proportion to its manufacture, but may be taken 
 at Is. to Is. 6d. per superficial yard; mastic, on 
 the other hand, is attended with a cost of 4s. (id. 
 per yard; while the patent cement is about Is. 6d, 
 to 2s. per yard — being less than half the price of 
 that of mastic, and but little more than the best 
 Roman cement. It is calculated that Tibs, will 
 cover over brick a square yard, which, at 14s. 
 per cwt , would be lO.^d. for cost of the “fluid 
 cement ;” to this is to be added 21 lbs. of sand, 
 with labour of mixing — in some instances it being 
 made as low as Is. 3d., and in others, from the 
 distance to draw the sand, or its being of a finer 
 texture, and attended with more expense, it may 
 be increased to 2s. 6d. It may, therefore, be 
 fairly assumed at 2s as a fair average price; if 
 employed over stucco, or plaster, or any smooth 
 surface, 4 lbs. to 5 lbs. would be ample. With 
 mastic, moreover, in addition to the first coat 
 being greater, it requires continuous coats of oil 
 to “ feed ” and keep it from perishing; whereas 
 this cement, once set, hardens the more that it 
 is exposed to the action of the atmosphere, and 
 becomes an artificial stone — and for all purposes, 
 we should say, possessing equal tenacity and 
 hardness. We are not aware that there is any 
 other point requiring notice, but, as we said in 
 the early part of our observations, its merits can 
 only be appreciated by inquiry and tests. To 
 enable those interested in building to judge of 
 it, we have requested Mr. Mann to favour us with 
 some specimens, which may be seen at the office 
 of the Journal. We have been somewhat tardy 
 in our notice, but were anxious, by personal 
 inquiry and investigation, to ascertain how far 
 the prospectus of tfie patentees was borne out, 
 and have only to express our satisfaction at the 
 result of our inquiries. 
 
 The Guernsey Star , Oct. 3 , 1842 . 
 
 The Patent Stucco Paint Cement. — In no 
 place will the introduction of such a material 
 as that specified under the above title, and of 
 which we proceed to give a description, be more 
 appreciated than in this island. The prevailing 
 taste for covering our houses with cement, both 
 as an ornamental appliance and as a protection 
 against wet or damp, has rendered the con- 
 sumption of that material most extensive; but 
 the chief difficulty which our builders have con- 
 stantly had to contend with, is their inability to 
 procure a commodity which should combine the 
 essential qualifications of durability and the 
 power of repelling damp, with great beauty of 
 finish in the workmanship, and at a moderate 
 
 i cost. We have, by the aid of persons quite 
 j qualified to direct our judgment in these matters, 
 investigated the merits of the cement, now for 
 I the first time introduced in the island, and we 
 can come to no other conclusion than that in 
 ' this invention are embodied all the elements of a 
 j perfect and truly valuable addendum to the list 
 ! of building materials. The property in this dis- 
 ! cover y belongs, by patent, to Messrs. Johns and 
 Co., of Plymouth, where they have established 
 works for its fabrication on a most extensive 
 scale. The sole agency for the sale of it has been 
 entrusted to the firm of Messrs. Mann and Co., 
 of London, a house which has for many years 
 | had a commercial connexion with this island ; 
 
 | and it is by a conversation that we have had 
 I with a member of that firm now here, and by an 
 ■ inspection of specimens which he has submitted 
 | to us, that we are enabled to bring this valuable 
 I invention under the notice of our readers. We 
 : think we could hardly give a more distinct 
 : account of the properties of this material than by 
 I extracting a notice which has been given of it in 
 a distinguished scientific metropolitan publica- 
 tion, the Polytechnic Journal, the editor of which 
 writes ; — 
 
 “This is one of the most truly valuable pre- 
 parations of the day, and is the satisfactory 
 result of a long series of experiments, subjected 
 to the most rigid tests. By the patentees it is 
 now offered with confidence to the public, as 
 | possessing the following extraordinary qualities, 
 which must at once ensure for it universal 
 approval and adoption. 
 
 “ Architects, engineers, contractors, builders, 
 masons, plasterers, and the trade, are referred to 
 the undermentioned properties of this valuable 
 discovery : — 
 
 [The Editor here quotes from the printed Cir- 
 cular issued by the patentees, for which see page 
 5 of this Prospectus.] 
 
 There can be little doubt that a cement, pos- 
 sessing all these qualifications, must be very 
 extensively used in Guernsey ; and it is with 
 pleasure that we are enabled, through our jour- 
 nal, to call the public attention to it. That it 
 has been considered by some of our contem- 
 poraries of the press equally worthy of notice, is 
 fully proved to us by the fact of our having seen, 
 in our office, some twenty of the English journals 
 in which appear, at great length, and in the most 
 eulogizing terms, accounts of this discovery. We 
 shall conclude our observations by extracting 
 from the last number of the Civil Engineer ana 
 Architects' Journal , a publication devoted entirely 
 to matters connected with those professions. 
 The editor says — 
 
 “ This cement has all the appearance of stone, 
 and forms a complete imperviable coating, and 
 answers the combined purposes of both cement 
 and paint. For damp situations, and for walls 
 exposed to a south-western aspect in the country 
 or on the seaside, it will be invaluable.” 
 
 We are glad to hear that out masons and 
 plasterers are already feeling greatly interested 
 about it, and we feel well satisfied that in the 
 Patent Stucco Cement they will find a material 
 they have been long looking for in vain. 
 
 Jersey News, Ocl. 8 , 1842 . 
 
 A most important and valuable discovery has, 
 within the past week, been introduced into this 
 island by Messrs. Mann and Co., of London. 
 The Patent Stucco Paint Cement is a desideratum 
 long looked for by our builders, and we doubt 
 not the very many advantages it possesses over 
 the cement usually sold, will, in a short time, 
 bring it into universal use. The London and 
 provincial papers speak in the highest praise of 
 it, and we are sorry that we cannot, in our present 
 number, enter more largely into the subject, but, 
 in the mean time, refer our readers to an adver- 
 tisement in another column respecting it. 
 
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 
 
 Chronique de Jersey , Oct. 8 , 1842 . 
 
 Le Patent Stucco Paint Cement, ou Pein- 
 ; tuke-Ciment. — Nous avons examine quelques 
 ! echantillons de cette Peinture, qui est sur le 
 | point d’etre introduce dans ce pays, pour la pre- 
 I raid-re Ibis, et parait certaineraent possfder des pro- 
 i prictes extraordinaires,et etre d’une grande valeur. 
 
 Dans une locality comme la nfitre, oh Ron 
 emploie si g'nCralemeut du Ciment, pour l’archi- 
 tecture qui sert d’ornement aux maisons, et oil, 
 h cause de la douceur et de l’humiditc du cliraat, 
 il est tout-h-fait desirable que chaque raaison soit 
 entidrement protegee coutre cette humidite, 
 l’iraportation d’une matidre aussi utile que le 
 Patent Stucco Paint Cement doit etre de la plus 
 grande utilite a tous les coustructeurs de maisons, 
 auxquels nous pouvons recommander de s’en 
 servir. 
 
 En apparence, cette peinture resemble h la plus 
 belle pierre de Portland, tandis qu’elle peut etre 
 comparee au granit pour la duretc*. II doit y 
 avoir une portion d’huile dans sa composition, 
 et e’est ce qui est cause qu’elle rdsiste entidre- 
 ment a l’humiditd. ( ’e qui doit surtout la re- 
 commander, e’est qu’on peut peindre, et radme 
 tapisser dessus, quelques heures apres que le 
 platreur a fini son ouvrage, et ce sans qu’il se 
 iasse aucune espdee de ddcolorisation. Une 
 couche est sufiisante pour peindre sur ce Ciment, 
 et cela mdme n’est pas nece-saire, h moins qu’on 
 ne veuille obtenir une teinte toute particulidre, 
 car cette matidre reunit les deux propriety essen- 
 tielles de la peinture et du ciment, ce qui lui 
 a valu le nom de Stucco Paint Cement , ou Pein- 
 ture-Cimont. 
 
 Les Platreurs 1’appliquent comme d’autre 
 Ciment, mais il en diflere par la manidre dout il 
 est vendu, dtant alors dans un dtat liquide, prdt ii 
 mdler avec du sable, tandis que toute autre espdee 
 de ciment est vendu en poudre. 
 
 Une autre recommandation importante pour le 
 Patent Stucco Paint Cement , est le prix modique 
 qu’il cofite, qui n’excdde pas celui du Ciment 
 Romain, tandis que sa durability, et le fait qu’il 
 ne ndeessite aucune espdee de frais de repara- 
 tions aprds qu’on s’en est servi, le rendent rtelle- 
 ment beaucoup moins chcr que l’autre Ciment- 
 
 Cette belle invention est la propriety brevetde 
 de quelques Messieurs de Plymouth, oh l’on 
 trouve le principal ingredient pour fabriquer le 
 nouveau Ciment ; et les seuls Agcns en ayant la 
 vente sont les Messrs. Mann et Cie., de Londres, 
 dont lamaison, de commerce est avantageusement 
 connue dans ce pays, depuis plusieurs annees. 
 
 Nous fournirons volontiers a nos lecteurs et au 
 public en general, des prospectus et des renseigne- 
 mens imprimis touchant la manidre d’employer 
 la nouvelle Peinture-Ciment, dite Patent Stucco 
 Paint Cement . 
 
 Shipping Gazette , August 24 , 1842 . 
 
 We have been invited to inspect some speci- 
 mens of the application of Messrs. Johns and 
 Co.’s Patent Stucco Paint Cement, at the venders, 
 Messrs. Mann and Co., Maiden-lane, Clieapside. 
 The cement appears to be sufficiently adherent 
 to all sorts of building materials, so as to form 
 an appropriate protective covering to both inter- 
 nal and external surfaces. The cement, as pre- 
 ared for sale, is to be mixed with sand of 
 ifferent degrees of fineness, so as to suit various 
 purposes; and in this state, when the due con- 
 sistence is given, it can be applied in plain sur- 
 faces or mouldings ; and when set, which il does 
 in a few hours, the cement is not liable to 
 undergo change. The vehicle of the cement 
 being oil, wet or moisture cannot penetrate it so 
 as to impart damp to the interior of walls, or 
 afford the means of scaling ofl' by frosts. The 
 price of this valuable material is no obstruction 
 to its extensive use in building, so that we may 
 reasonably look for its general adoption. 
 
 Jersey Times, October 11 , 1842 . 
 
 The Patent Stlcco Paint Cement.— W e 
 have had an opportunity of inspecting some 
 specimens of this material, which is now for the 
 first time about to be introduced into this island, 
 and it certainly appears to possess some very 
 extraordinary and most valuable properties. 
 
 In a locality like ours, where cement is in such 
 general use as an ornamental coating to houses, 
 and where from the softness and humidity of 
 the climate it is most desirable that every dwell- 
 ing should be thoroughly protected from the 
 encroachment of damp, the introduction of such 
 a material as this must be of the greatest import- 
 ance to all persons concerned in building, and 
 we may safely recommend them to make them- 
 selves acquaiuted with it. 
 
 In appearance it resembles the most beautiful 
 Portland stone, while in hardness it may vie with 
 granite. 
 
 There is evidently a portion of oil in its com- 
 position, which may account for its thorough 
 resistance of wet. 
 
 One feature that will particularly recommend it 
 to build rs is, that it may be painted or even 
 papered upon in a few hours after the plasterer has 
 left it, and this without any risk of discoloration. 
 
 If painted upon, one coat will be found sufficient, 
 but even this is unnecessary unless it is desired 
 to obtain any particular tint, for this material 
 combines the two essential properties of both 
 paint and cement, and hence its name of “ Stucco 
 Faint Cement." 
 
 It is applied by the plasterer in the same way 
 as other cements, but it differs from them in the 
 form in which it is sold. This being in a fluid 
 state ready for mixing with the sand, whereas the 
 other cements are all sold in a dry or powdered 
 state. 
 
 Another very important recommendation of the 
 patent stucco paint cement, is the very moderate 
 cost at which it can be applied, (not" exceeding 
 that of the Roman cement). While its immense 
 advantages of durability and its being independent 
 of all subsequent expenses in repair, render it 
 really infinitely cheaper. 
 
 This ingenious invention is the patent property 
 of some gentlemen in Plymouth, where the chief 
 ingredient of its composition is found. 
 
 The sole agency for sale of it has been confided 
 to the firm of Messrs. Mann and Co., of London, 
 which house has for many years been in com- 
 mercial connexion with Jersey. 
 
 We have in our office a supply of the prospec- 
 tuses and bills of instruction for the use" of this 
 material, which we will with pleasure supply to 
 any of our readers, on application. 
 
 Railway Times, September 3 , 1842 . 
 
 The Patent Stucco Paint Cement. We 
 
 have this week lo direct the attention of our 
 readers to an addition to the number of cements, 
 and which it is our firm belief will, if its qualities 
 be really such as are represented, outvie them 
 all. The circular introducing this article to the 
 public enumerates the following as its principal 
 qualities : — 
 
 1. Its strong adhesive properties, fixing most 
 tenaciously to the smoothest surfaces, even to glass. 
 
 2. Its being highly repellant of water, and 
 thoroughly impervious* to wet or damp. 
 
 3. The chemical peculiarity of its composition 
 does not admit of the possibility of its vegetating , 
 and thereby becoming discoloured. 
 
 4. The safe and gradual rapidity with which it 
 dries ; hardening the more by the greater exposure 
 to the atmosphere. 
 
 5. Its perfect freedom from any of the caustic 
 qualities of lime stuccoes; and, consequent In , 
 
 6. It may be painted upon as soon as dry; a 
 property possessed by no other cement whatever. 
 
OPINIONS or TIIE PRESS. 
 
 7. It is not in the slightest degree affected by 
 frost. 
 
 8. It may be kept in the cask as delivered from 
 the manufactory tor any length of time without 
 deterioration, not requiring to be used (as other 
 cements are) immediately after being manufac- 
 tured. To merchants therefore, and exporters, 
 even to the remotest parts of the globe, this 
 cement will form a most important item of 
 commerce. 
 
 9. To engineers and conductors of public works 
 the use ol' this cement is strongly recommended 
 in lieu of mortar, particularly in the construction 
 of railway arches and tunneling; its peculiarly 
 tenacious property forming one hardened mass 
 with the brick or masonry, or with whatever 
 material it may be used ; and it will be found 
 particularly valuable in laying and pointing roofs, 
 whether of slate or tile, in the most exposed 
 situations, rendering the >\hole roof fixed and 
 immoveable. 
 
 This cement is sold in a fluid state , fit for its 
 mixture with the sand, at 12s. perewt.: the pro- 
 portions being one-fourth part of the fluid to three- 
 fourths of sand, thereby reducing the price of this 
 cement considerably below that of any other yet 
 ofl'ered to the public. 
 
 One coat of the cement, so prepared, is sufficient 
 to cover at once a brick front, without any pre- 
 paratory coat of lime, seven pounds of the fluid 
 cement being consumed in covering the square 
 yard ; but when laid on lime plaster, four pounds 
 weight to the square yard will be found enough. 
 
 These are startling assertions, and deserve 
 investigation. We have strong reasons given to 
 warrant us in the belief of their being well 
 founded. The proprietors are gentlemen of the 
 first respectability at Plymouth, in the neigh- 
 bourhood of which the main ingredient in the 
 formation of this compound is found. They are 
 not urged by motives of cupidity to fraudulently 
 allure the public into a temporary consumption of 
 it, for the sake of a mere passing profit; but 
 having their reputation pledged by the above 
 statements, they seek to introduce for public 
 utility the new cement, after having experi- 
 mentally for three years and upwards tested its 
 powers and nature in the most searching trials. 
 It is impossible, therefore, that this invention can 
 be regarded as a delusion intentionally perpe- 
 trated, let the result be whatever time may show. 
 The proprietors have also given another proof of 
 the genuineness of their own sincerity, by having 
 gone to the expense of securing by patent the 
 inviolability of their property in this article. 
 
 We have had exhibited to us specimens of 
 various kinds— mouldings, cornices, surfaces of 
 varied sorts, produced by the admixture of 
 different sands, and shewing different degrees of 
 smoothness, according to the fineness or rough- 
 ness of the alloy. Even casts of heads have 
 been made from it, and exhibit all the hardness 
 and durability of Scotch granite, after but a few 
 hours of exposure to atmospheric influence. 
 
 The surfaces are as beautiful as any we have 
 ever witnessed. There is an interesting and most 
 successful trial of its capabilities upon the walls 
 of a church in the city, which has been pointed 
 "ui t<> us. it consists "i ten square yards of what 
 is apparently a walled-up window, and we learned 
 it was but a day old when we viewed it. It left 
 nothing to be desired that can be effected by 
 cement. It has the beauty and neatness of stone, 
 with all its advantages of endurance, at a cost 
 of less than 2s. per square yard. 
 
 But it is not only as a covering that this cement 
 is asserted to be highly useful. As a mortar it 
 must also become a material of vast importance, 
 should the above representations be found to be 
 well grounded. 
 
 And here it is that our attention has been drawn 
 to the ninth number of the catalogue of qualities, 
 viz., to the fact, that in the construction of arches 
 and tunnels “ its peculiarly tenacious property , 
 
 forming one hardened mass with the brick or 
 masonry,” will be shewn. We all know of the 
 extraordinary nature of the mortar or cement, or 
 other binding bitumen, to be met with in the 
 buildings of old, in which time has so indurated 
 the cementing substance as to render it as tense 
 as the brick or stone, and even more so. All 
 speculation and effort to discover the nature of 
 this compound have failed; and, indeed, the 
 secret of the manufacture of it is lost. It will l/e 
 a benefit to mankind should the Patent Stucco 
 Paint Cement be found to supply the place. 
 
 Various as are the occasions calling for the use 
 of cement, it is not easy to suggest one of greater 
 urgency than in the formation of railway works ; 
 in which durability, strength, and firmness, are 
 of the first importance, as the neglect of any one 
 of these endangers not only human life, but all 
 property in sucYi undertakings. To contemplate 
 as possible any appalling acciden from the decay 
 of the works before alluded to, is sufficient to 
 shake th stoutest nerve, as well as to alarm the 
 minds of those whose all may be invested in such 
 securities; and it therefore eminently becomes 
 the duty of those intrusted wiih the management 
 of them to employ every means to add to the 
 security, by consulting at every opportunity the 
 safety of all railway constructions. This cement 
 mav form a valuable invention to them. 
 
 Thus much for what is said as to the substan- 
 tiality of the cement. Its elegance of appearance 
 deserves a word or two of praise. Regarding i 
 as not superior to other compositions, it claims a 
 precedence from its very ready adaptation. To 
 avail ourselves of a composition that requires but 
 few hours to elapse after it has been laid on, to 
 give protection to surfaces of either wood or 
 brick, and to present to the eye a dry, hard, and 
 neat and elegant appearance, is not possible but 
 in the use of this cement. Time alone can cor- 
 roborate the truth or shew the fallacy of its oth r 
 properties. 
 
 In conclusion, we beg to express our acknow- 
 ledgments of the poli'e attention shewn to us by 
 the firm of Mann and Co., the agents for the 
 proprietors. To these gentlemen we are indebted 
 for our information upon the subject, and whilst 
 we have personally been gratified, we are thus 
 enabled to lay before our readers some account 
 of an invention which we really believe to be of 
 vast importance to their interests. 
 
 Marie Lane Express , August 22, 1842. 
 
 Tiie Patent Stucco Paint Cement.— Our 
 readers will, we think, feel obliged to us for 
 directing their attention to one of the most valu- 
 able (because useful) inventions which has for a 
 long time come under our notice. It is a totally 
 new discovery in cement or stucco, for ihe pre- 
 servation, decoration, and repair of buildings, 
 which, if it only bears out the qualifications it is 
 said to possess, must at once supersede every 
 article of that class hitherto in use. 
 
 The patentees of this commodity are Messrs. 
 Johns and Co., of Plymouth, in which place the 
 cement is manufactured. 
 
 1 1 has been there used for the past three years, 
 with a view to test and prove its advantages 
 before introducing it to the notice of the London 
 builders. 
 
 We consider this a safe and honest way of 
 going to work; and it m <st (as it ought to* do) 
 tell most advantageously to the proprietors. 
 Builders, ay, and gentlemen too, who take these 
 matters occasionally into their own hands, have, 
 we know, good reason to be dissatisfied with the 
 various materials to which, from time to time, 
 their attention has been called, in the advertising 
 columns of the daily and weekly journals; but 
 about this cement we think there can be no 
 mistake. 
 
 The proprietors of the invention seem to be 
 very peculiar, aud there is altogether a novelty 
 

 
 
 20 
 
 OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 
 
 about it which requires some explanation. The 
 Drospectus and the specimens are now before us. 
 " e know not that we could better, if even so 
 well, illustrate it as by copying, verbatim, from 
 the former, in which the description is most dis- 
 tinct and comprehensive: — 
 
 [The Editor here quotes from the printed Circular 
 
 issued by the Patentees, for which see page 5 
 
 of this prospectus.] 
 
 We have here most certainly the elements of 
 ornament and utility combined, but its effects 
 upon architecture requires to be seen to be fully 
 appreciated; and Messrs. Mann and Co. (the 
 agents for the patentees) have adopted a con- 
 venient mode of thus exhibiting it, for upon the 
 church of St. James, Garlick Hill, immediately 
 adjoining their own premises, they have caused it 
 to be applied by way of specimen, to which they 
 readily refer all enquirers. The complete resera- 
 blance that this specimen bears to well-dressed 
 stone, would deceive a practised mason ; but we 
 consider its grand qualification is the protection 
 that will be afforded against wet or damp to every 
 description of building on which this cement 
 may be applied, from tnc mansion down to the 
 humblest cottage on the estate, or even to the 
 piggeries and kennels. A coarse or fine texture 
 may be imparted to it by the colour and quality 
 of the sand selected to be mixed with it. The 
 common road grit, when cleansed, would, we 
 should say, for farm buildings, be the most ser- ' 
 viceable, and withal more in character; but, with 
 the finer and lighter coloured sands the effect 1 
 upon the walls of a mansion must be most chaste j 
 and ornamental. We understand the cost is I 
 about half that of the other cements. 
 
 That there has been for the last few years, and ' 
 still continues, an immense improvement in de- i 
 sign in all architecture in the country (for the i 
 smallest cottage or lodge gate is not run up now 
 without some display or taste), is a remark we 
 constantly hear made by travellers through our 
 rural districts ; and we consider the introduction 
 of such a material as this cement eminently qua- 
 lified to assist in carry ing out the labours of the 
 architect and surveyor. 
 
 It must be satisfactory to Messrs. Johns and Co. 
 to find that it is already in very general demand. 
 
 | National Advertiser , August G, 1842. 
 
 A desideratum long felt by builders and owners 
 | of house property, bids fair to be supplied by the 
 i introduction of a “ Cement” possessing very ex- 
 traordinary qualities, not the least of which is, 
 j J*iat the older it gets the harder it becomes. 
 Faking into consideration the failure which, we 
 believe, without exception, has attended every 
 coating for house fronts brought before the public 
 under the name of “ Cement, 7, this assertion may 
 appear an anomaly, inasmuch as the terms cement . 
 and decay have hitherto been synonymous. 
 Many country gentlemen have experienced an- ! 
 noyance by the failure (under the constant ! 
 atmospheric changes) of every trial they have i 
 vet made of the various stuccos with which tliev I 
 have from time to time encased themselves, anil 
 vet in defiance of all these plaster-mackintoshes 1 
 the wet has found its way ; to sav nothing of the 
 spontaneous lints of sickly green which have 
 adorned the facu of the work. The cement has 
 by its proprietors been exposed for some years 
 under the iuflu nee of every change of cold and 
 heat, wet and frost, and with the sea breaking , 
 upon it, before they would with confidence bring 
 it before the public. It has more the appearance 
 of the famed granite of Aberdeen than any sub- j 
 stance to which we could compare it. We believe j 
 that the great mistake in all our cements or I 
 stuccos may be traced to the existence of lime in ! 
 their compositions, the caustic property of which J 
 would in itself court decay iu a climate so humid | 
 as our own. Now the main basis of this new j 
 composition is the total absence of lime — it cannot 
 therefore be subject to those chemical actions 
 which first exhibit themselves by discoloration, j 
 or the vegetative process, as it is technically 1 
 termed by architects and builders, and which in a 
 short time will, in defiance of the temporary pro- 
 tection of a coat of paint applied annually at great 
 expense and inconvenience, sink from one stage 
 of decay to another, to the great loss of the owners 
 and much to the disgrace of some of the leading 
 streets in our metropolis. One important feature 
 in this composition is the trifling cost at which it 
 may be applied. We wish Messrs. Johns and Co., 
 ol Plymouth (the patentees), the success they 
 deserve for this valuable, ornamental, and per- 
 manent addition to our comforts. 
 
 London Journal <f Commerce , 
 
 July 16, ‘1842. 
 
 The Patent Stucco Paint Cement. — A new 
 cement, or stucco, has just been introduced to 
 the metropolis, under the above title, which is 
 said to possess very lasting properties, and to be 
 capable of resisting the ravages of damp and 
 frost. Such a material has long been wanted. 
 As a protection to new buildings, and as a cheap 
 and substantial coating for old house property on \ 
 which other cements nave failed, it must be of ■ 
 immeasurable value to builders and owners. 
 The invention is the patent of Messrs. Johns and 
 Co., of Plymouth, where the cement is manufac- ! 
 tured. It has there been submitted for some 
 years to every variation of climate, and to the 
 seawater, without suffering in the slightest degree 
 from its action. The specimens we nave seen at 
 their agents, Messrs. Mann and Co., have the 
 appearance of strong granite stone. There is no 1 
 doubt of this cement coming into general use, as, 
 independently of its imperishable qualities, the 
 uniform and substantial appearance which, by its 
 application, might be obtained in our streets ami 
 squares, without the constant and expensive 
 application of paint, must alone be a recommen- 
 dation of it. Of the public buildings, where this 
 cement is now being employed, we may enume- 
 rate the Sun and the Alliance Fire-offices, and 
 the New Model Prison. Architects and surveyors 
 will do well to make themselves acquainted with 
 this invention. 
 
 The following description of the appli- j 
 cation of the Patent Stucco Paint Cement, | 
 by Order of the HONORABLE THE 
 BOARD OF ORDNANCE, is copied 
 from the Guernsey Star, June 1, 1843: — 
 
 We perceive that an application of Johns and 
 Co.’s Patent Stucco Paint Cement has been made, 
 by order of the Honorable Board of Ordnance, 
 to the dilapidated stone-work of the principal 
 gateway leading into the citadel of Fort George, 
 the ornamental parts of which had suffered much 
 from long exposure to the effects of the weather, 
 the edges of the quoins and members of the 
 mouldings having scaled, and otherwise become 
 so irregular, uneven, and presenting appearances 
 of decay to such an extent, as could only be 
 remedied by an entire removal of the whole. The 
 Stucco Cement has, however, produced the reno- 
 vation so much to be desired, and restored such 
 original uniformi y, that it would require the 
 strictest professional scrutiny to discover the 
 difference between this valuable invention and 
 freestone. 
 
 London : Printed In Manning and Mason, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row.