List of Patents for Neiu 'Inventions. 415 



hall, Middlesex, esq., for an improved mode of construct- 

 ing buildings, by which great expense, labour, and time, is 

 saved, and the buildings -secured from dry rot, with other 

 advantages. — April 3. 



To John Frederick Archbold, of Great Charlotte Street, 

 Surrey, gent., for a method of converting salt or sea water 

 into fresh water, both on land and on board of ship at sea. 

 —April 18. 



To William Pleasants the elder, of Abbey Street, in the 

 city of Dublin, bachelor of arts, for a self-mover, or ma- 

 chine which can keep itself in motion. — April 19, 



To Phillips London the elder, and Phillips London the 

 younger, of the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, Middlesex, 

 gents., for certain new and improved methods or processes 

 of manufacturing, refining, and purifying muriate of soda 

 or common salt. — April 19. 



To Phillis Bown Thomason, wife of Edward Thomason, 

 of Birmingham, manufacturer, for improvements in the 

 making of umbrellas and parasols. — April 19. 



To Matthias Wilks, of Brabant Court, in the city of 

 London, merchant, for his compound substance or cake for 

 the feeding of horses and other animals. — April 20. 



To John Barton, of the town of Tunbridge, in the county 

 of Kent, gent., for his machine for raising weights or water 

 with greater facility and at less expense than any at present 

 used. — April 25. 



To Richard Trevithick, of Rotherhithe, in the county of 

 Surrey, engineer, and Robert Dickinson, of Great Queen- 

 Street, in the county of Middlesex, esq., for certain inven- 

 tions calculated to improve naval architecture and naviga- 

 tion, and to contribute to the comfort and better subsistence 

 of mariners. — April 29. 



To William Hamilton, of Lower Mount-Street, in the city 

 of Dublin, for his new mode of preparing soda and other 

 mineral waters, spirituous, acetous, saccharine, aromatic 

 liquors, and sundry improvements relative thereto. — May 4. 



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