3 1 8 List of Patents for new Inventions, 



Electrical and Electro- Chemical Science. 

 Mr. George Singer will commence a Course of Lectures 

 on Electrical Phenomena, comprehending all the new Dis- 

 coveries, and illustrated by numerous original Experiments. 

 Early in the ensuing season a Prospectus of the Plan of 

 Instruction may be had of Mr. Cuthbertson, 54, Poland- 

 street ; or of Mr. Singer, at the Institution, 3, Princes-street, 

 Cavendish-square. 



Surry Institution. 



The Annual Courses of Popular Lectures at the Surry 

 Institution, Blackfriars Bridge, commenced on the 15th ult. 

 and will continue every succeeding Monday and Thursday 

 Evening, at Seven o'Clock, during the Season. — The fol- 

 lowing Gentlemen have been engaged for the following De- 

 partments, viz. 



Zoology George Shaw, M.D. F.R.S. 



Music Mr. S. Wesley. 



Zoonomy John Mason Good, Esq. 



The Chemistry of the Arts F. Accum, M.R.I. A. 



Natural Philosophy andl M Hardie 

 Astronomy J 



LIST OF PATENTS FOR NEW INVENTIONS. 



To Thomas Norris, late of Manchester, cotton merchant, 

 for his new mode of sheathing or covering the bottoms of 

 ships or vessels with certain matter or materials, so as to 

 be a substitute for copper. — Sept. 26. 



To Samuel Hobday, of Woodcock-Street, in the parish 

 of Aston, near Birmingham, snuffer- maker, for his lever, 

 by the application of which alone, or with the addition of a 

 rack, he can make snuffers to act without springs. — Sep- 

 tember 26. 



To Marck Isambard Brunei, of Chelsea, gent, who, in con- 

 sequence of a communication made to him by a certain fo- 

 reigner residing abroad, is become possessed of an apparatus 

 for giving motion to machinery; part of which is aJsq ap- 

 plicable to hydraulic and pneumatic purposes. — Oct. 1. 



To Benjamin Milne, of Bridlington, in the county of York, 

 collector of the customs, for an improved bell- and gun- 

 alarm. — Oct. 1. 



To Joseph C. Dyer, of Boston, state of Massachusetts, 

 one of the United States, now residing in London, mer- 

 chant, in consequence of a communication made to him 

 by a certain foreigner residing abroad, who is become pos- 

 sessed of certain improvements in the construction and 



method 



