316 Intelligence and Miscellaneous Articles. 



LIST OF NEW PATENTS. 



To G. Stratton, of Frederick-place, Hampstead Road, for an im- 

 provement in warming and ventilating buildings. — Dated the 28th of 

 August 1828. — 6 months allowed to enrol specification. 



To Granville Sharp Pattison, of Old Burlington-street, esquire, 

 for a method of applying iron in the sheathing of ships, and of applying 

 iron bolts, spikes, nails, and other fastenings in ships and other vessels. 

 — 4th of September. — 6 months. 



To J. Seaward and S. Seaward, of the Canal Iron-Works, Poplar, 

 for a new method for propelling carriages on roads, and also ships 

 and other vessels on water.— 4th of September. — 6 months. 



To C. Sanderson, of Park Gate Iron-Works, near Rotherham, York- 

 shire, for a new method of making sheer steel. — 4th of September. 

 — 2 months. 



To Admiral S. Brooking, of Plymouth, for his new mode of making 

 sails of ships and other vessels. — 4th of September. — 6 months. 



To J. Robertson, of Limehouse Hole, Poplar, for improvements in 

 the manufacture of hempen rope or cordage.-— 4th of September. — 

 6 months. 



To W. Bell, of Lucas-street, Commercial Road, Middlesex, for his 

 improved methods for filtrating water and other liquids. — 4th of Sep- 

 tember. — 6 months. 



To W. Farish, Jacksonian Professor in the University of Cambridge, 

 for his improved method of clearing out water-courses. — 4th of Sep- 

 tember. — 6 months. 



To T. R. Williams, of Norfolk-street, Strand, for improvements in 

 the making of hats, &c, and in the covering of them with silk and 

 other materials with the assistance of machinery.— 1 1th of September. 

 — 6 months. 



To T. Minikew, of Berwick-street, for an improvement in the 

 making of chairs, sofas, beds and other articles of furniture for similar 

 purposes, and also of travelling and other carriages for personal use. 

 — 1 1th of September. — 2 months. 



To J. B. Neilson, of Glasgow, for the improved application of air 

 to produce heat in fire-forges and furnaces where bellows or other 

 blowing apparatus are required. — 1 1th of September. — 6 months. 



To L. W. Wright, of Mansfield-street, Borough Road, Surrey, for 

 improvements in machinery for making screws. — 18th of September. 

 — 6 months. 



To W. Losh, of Benton House, Northamptonshire, esquire, for im- 

 provements in iron-rails for rail-roads, and of the chains or pedestals 

 in or upon which the rails may be placed or fixed. — 18th of Septem- 

 ber. — 2 months. 



To J. Rhodes, junior, of Alverthorp, Wakefield, for improvements in 

 machinery for spinning and twisting worsted yarn and other fibrous 

 substances. — 18th of September. — 6 months. 



METEOR. 



On Sunday evening last, about half-past eight o'clock, I observed 

 a most splendid meteor in the north-east, at an altitude of about 4-5°, 



