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List of Patents. 



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Westminster, patent axletree-maker, for cer- 

 tain improvements in the construction of 

 those axletrees and boxes for carriages, which 

 are usually termed, or known by the name of 

 mail uxletrees and boxes 15th Jan. ; 2 

 months. 



To Robert Copland, of Wilmington-square, 

 gent., for certain improvements upon a 

 patent already obtained by him for gaining 

 power 16th Jan.; 15 months. 



List of Patents, which, having been granted 

 in February 1813, expire in the present 

 month of February 1827. 



4. George Alexander, Leitb, for his im- 

 proved mode of suspending thj cord of the 

 mariner's compass. 



4. William Broughton, London, for a 

 new and better sort of canvass. 



20. Peter Ewart, Manchester, for a me- 

 thod of working weaving looms by machi- 

 nery. 



Joseph Hamilton, Dublin, for a new 

 method of constructing and connecting 

 earthen building materials. 



Charles Plimley, Birmingham, for an 

 improved method of making files, and va- 

 rious other articles. 



John Roberls, Macclesfield, for a me- 

 thod of contracting or reducing into small 

 compass such part of malt and hops as are 

 requisite in making' ale, beer, and porter. 



24. Joseph Smith, Coveley, Stafford, for 

 an improved construction and manufacture 

 of chains. 



WORKS IN THE PRESS, AND NEW PUBLICATIONS, 



WORKS IN PREPARATION. 



The Secret Report on South America, 

 made to the King of Spain, by Don Antonio 

 de TJlloa and Don Jorge Juan. In the ori- 

 ginal Spanish. Ed'ted, with illustrative 

 Notes, by David Barry. Superbly printed in 

 one large Volume, royal 4to. With Por- 

 traits of Ulloa and Juan. 



Mr. Murray announces a Dictionary of 

 Universal Knowledge, comprising every word 

 that is to be found in any of the various En- 

 cyclopedias which have been published down 

 to the present time, either at home or 

 abroad ; and under each word will be given 

 the information and explanations which the 

 ordinary course of conversation in common 

 life render desirable. To consist of Twenty- 

 five closely printed volumes, with Plates, 

 in 8vo. 



Mr. Colburn is preparing for publication 

 Memoirs of His late Royal Highness the 

 Duke of York; from the pen of a distin- 

 guished Writer. With original and authen- 

 tic Documents, &c. &c. 



A Translation of the Paris Barber, from 

 the French of M. De Kock, which was re- 

 viewed in a number or two back, is announced 

 for early publication. 



The Writer's and .Student's Assistant, or 

 a Compendious Dictionary, rendering the 

 more common Words and Phrases in the 

 English language into the more elegant and 

 scholastic, will shortly appear. 



There is nearly ready, a series of Twenty- 

 five Views of Pompeii, drawn on stone, after 

 Drawings by Wm. Light, Esq. 



Part I. of the History and Description of 

 the Ancient and highly-interesting Parish of 

 Clerkenwell, io be completed in two small 

 volumes, and Illustrated with 60 copper-plate 

 Engravings. 



, Sketches in Ireland ; de.-criptive of inter- 

 esting and hitherto unnoticed Districts in the 

 North, West, and South, in one volume, 

 post 8vo. 



A general View of the Present System of 

 Pubiic Education in France, and of the 

 Laws, Regulations, and course of Study in 

 the different Faculties, Colleges, &c. by 

 David Johnston, M.D., in 1 vol., 8vo. 



Mr. Edward Laws, R.N., announces as 

 nearly ready, a Practical Treatise on Naval 

 Book-keeping in all its Branches connected 

 with a Clerk's duty, with hints for safe Cus- 

 tody, Shipment, Transhipment, and final Dis- 

 posal of Treasure received on board his Ma- 

 jesty's Ships ; Sketch of a Secretary's Duty, 

 Duties of Officiating Judge- Advocate, and 

 a copious Appendix, containing a variety of 

 Forms, Orders, Letters, Returns, Certifi- 

 cates, and other Documents of practical 

 utility in his Majesty's Naval Service. 



The Rev. Samuel Warren, LL.D. is pre- 

 paring for publication Memoirs and Select 

 Letters of the J.tie Mrs. Anne Warren ; in- 

 cluding Biographical Sketchesof her Family. 



Mr. Allen's History of Lambeth, the 

 major part of which is printed, will ba 

 finished the latter end of this month, it will 

 form one volume of near five hundred pages 

 closely printed, with upwards of One Hun- 

 dred engravings of curious objects connected 

 with the Parish. 



The Author of Babylon the Great an- 

 nounces a new Edition, with an additional 

 volume. 



Preparing for publication, National Tales, 

 by Thomas II bed, author of Whims and Od- 

 dities; with Illustrations by Thomas Digh- 

 ton. 



A Poem on Idolatoy, in 4 cantos, by the 

 Rev. W. Swan, Missionary and Author of 

 the Memoir of Mrs. Patterson, is in the 

 press. 



A new Poem from the pon of Bernard Bar- 

 ton, to be entitled the Widow's Tale, and 

 founded on the melancholy loss of the five 

 WesJeyan Missionaries in the mail boat off 

 the Island of Antigua, will shortly be pub- 

 lished. 



Memoirs, Biographical and Critical, of 

 the Wits and Courtiers of the reign of Charles 



