List of Patents for New Inventions, 255 



To Richard Scantlebury, of Redruth, in the county of 

 Cornwall, brazier, for a machine, by which he counter- 

 balances ihe weight of any volume of water or other fluids, 

 required to be lifted by any steam or water engine, or other 

 machinery, either worked by animals or men, which gains 

 a very considerable power over any machine now in use. 

 March 1. 



To Edward Steers, of the Inner Temple, esq., for a new 

 method directed by machinery, of using the screw, by which 

 its mechanical power or its motion is increased. March 1. 



To Abraham Seward, of Lancaster, tin-plate worker, for 

 a new improved hook, for bearing up the heads of horses in 

 drawing carriages. March 1. 



To Thomas Clatworthy, of Winsford, in the county of 

 Somerset, sheep shears maker, and John Clatworthy, of 

 the same place, sheep shears maker, his son, for shears on 

 an improved construction for shearing sheep. March 1. 



To Frederick Bartholomew Folch, of Oxford Street, and 

 William Howard, of Bedford Street, Lockfields, in the 

 county of Surrey, for a certain machine instrument or pen, 

 calculated to promote facility in writing ; and also a certain 

 black writing ink or composition, the durability whereof is 

 not to be affected by time, or change of climate. March 4. 



To William Proctor, of Sheffield, optician, for improved 

 methods of raising or supplying tubes or lamps with oil, so 

 as to remove away the shade of the vessel containing the 

 oil, and in form and use equal to any mould or wax candle, 

 which he denominates Proctor's spiral Argand and candle 

 J am p. March 0. 



To John [Jeathcoat, of Loughborough, in the county of 

 Leicester, lace manufacturer, for a machine for the making 

 and manufacturing of bobbin lace, or lace nearly resembling 

 foreign lace. March 20.- N 



To James Ilakewill, of Beaumont Street, in the parish of 

 St. Mary-le-bone, artist, for an improvement in the con- 

 struction of tables, chairs, and stools, for domestic, mili- 

 tary, and naval service, and in the packing of the same. 

 March 20. 



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