398 New Patents. [Nov. 



ments more frequently ; give us results from your observatories, rather 

 than surmises from your closets ; and, should fresh discordances arise 

 between the observations made at home and abroad, you may, perhaps, 

 in process of time, be called upon to settle the dispute. X. 



Article XV. 

 NEW SCIENTIFIC BOOKS. 



PREPARING FOR PUBLICATIOIf . 



A Treatise on Organic Chemistry, containing the Analyses of Ani- 

 mal and Vegetable Substances; founded on the Work of Prof Gmelin 

 on the same subject. By Mr. Dunglison, Member of several Learned 

 Societies, Foreign and Domestic, and one of the Editors of the '* Me- 

 dical Repository." 



Dr. Henderson's History of Ancient and Modern Wines, in an ele- 

 gant Quarto Volume, embellished with Vignettes, and other decorative 

 Wood-cuts from the Antique. 



A Treatise on Navigation and Nautical Astronomy; adapted to 

 Practice, and to the Purposes of Elementary Instruction. By Mr. 

 Riddle, Master of the Mathematical School, Royal Naval Asylum. 



Observations on the Functions of the Digestive Organs, especially 

 those of the Stomach and Liver. By Dr. Prout. 



Naval Battles from 1744? to the Peace in 1814. Critically revised 

 and illustrated. By Admiral Ekins. 



A Guide to Practical Farriery ; containing Hints on the Diseases of 

 Horses and Neat Cattle, with many valuable and original Recipes from 

 the Practice of an eminent Veterinary Surgeon. By Mr. Pursglove, sen. 



Article XVI. 

 NEW PATENTS. 



J.Hughes, Barking, Essex, slopseller, for certain means of secur- 

 ing the bodies of the dead in coffins. — Sept. 11. 



H. C. Jennings, Devonshire-street, Marylebone, for an instrument 

 to be affixed to the saddle-tree, by the application and use of which, 

 inconvenience and distress to the horse may be avoided. — Sept. 11. 



J. Sprigg, sen. Birmingham, fender-maker, for a certain im- 

 provement in the manufacture of grates, fenders, and fire-iron rests. 

 Sept. 11. 



T. Wickham, Nottingham, lace-manufacturer, for his improved and 

 prepared rice, rendered applicable for use in all cases in which starch is 

 applied. — Sept. 11. 



W. Hase, Saxthorpe, Norfolk, iron-founder, for his method of con- 

 structing mills or machines chieflv applicable to prison discipline.—- 

 Sept. 11. 



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