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deep into the ground ; so that under the sandy surface a consider- 

 able quantity of water had collected, in which a portion of the sub- 

 stratum of clay had become dissolved, and which had been forced 

 up through the loose sand by the concussions which took place. 



The people at Blauweberg's Valley stated, that " they saw jets 

 of coloured water spout from these holes, to the height of six feet, 

 in the night of the 4th of December, at the time that the shocks were 

 felt." 



LIST OF NEW PATENTS. 



To W. Church, Haywood House, Birdesly Green, near Birming- 

 ham, esquire, for certain improvements in the construction of boats 

 and other vessels, a part of which improvements are applicable to the 

 construction of carriages. Dated the 21st of September 1830. 

 6 months allowed to enrol specification. 



ToF.Molyneux, Hampstead, Middlesex, gentleman, and W. Bun- 

 day, Kentish-Town, in the same County, merchant, for certain im- 

 provements in machinery for spinning and twisting silk and wool, and 

 for roving, spinning and twisting cotton, flax, hemp and other fibrous 

 substances. 21st of September. 6 months. 



To J. Harrison, Wortley Hall, Tankersly, Yorkshire, gardener, and 

 R. G. Curtis, of the same place, glazier, for certain improvements in 

 glazing horticultural and other buildings, and in sash-bars and rafters. 

 6th of October. 2 months. 



To C. Derosne, Leicester-square, gentleman/.for certain improve- 

 ments in extracting sugar or syrups from cane-juice and other sub- 

 stances containing sugar ; and in refining sugar and syrups. Partly 

 communicated by a foreigner. 29th of September. 2 months. 



To M. Donovan, Dublin, for an improved method of lighting 

 places with gas. 6th of October. 6 months. 



To Lieut-Col. L. Walker, C.B. Cumming-street, Pentonville, for 

 a machine or apparatus to effect the escape and preservation of persons 

 and property in case of fire or other circumstances. 6th of October. 

 6 months. 



To R. Pering, Exmouth, esquire, for an improvement on anchors. 

 6th of October. 6 months. 



To J. Heaton, W. Heaton, G. Heaton, and R. Heaton, Birmingham, 

 manufacturers and copartners for certain machinery, and the applica- 

 tion thereof, to steam-engines, for , the purpose of propelling and draw- 

 ing carriages on turnpike- roads and railways. 6th of October. 

 4 months. 



To J. Dickinson, Nash Mill, in the parish of Abbotts Langley, Hert- 

 fordshire, esquire, for an improved 'method of manufarturing paper by 

 means of machinery. 6th of October. 6 months. 



To W. A. Archbald, Vere-street, Cavendish-square, gentleman, 

 for an improvement in the preparing or making of certain sugars. 

 13th of October. 6 months. 



To D. Napier, Warren-street, Fitzroy-square, engineer, for certain 

 improvements in printing and in pressing machinery, with a method 

 of ceconomizing the power applicable to the same, which method of 



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