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Art. XXIX.— list OF PATENTS GRANTED IN SCOTLAND 

 SINCE JUNE U, 1827. 



18. June 14. For certain Improved Machinery for Spinning Cotton. To 

 Philip Jacob Heisch, London. 



19. .July 2. For certain Improvements in Machinery for the purpose of 

 Spinning Wool, Cotton, &c. To Lambert Dexter, London. 



20. June 30. For Improvements in Machinery for Hackling or Dressing 

 and Cleaning Hemp, Flax, and Tow. To Solomon Robinson, county of 

 York. 



2L July 5. For certain Improvements on Locomotive or Steam Carriages 

 To Timothy Burstai.l and John Hill, bothof Leith. 



22. July 17. For certain Processes for Rendering Distillery Refuse pro- 

 ductive of Spirits. To Robert More, county of Stirling. 



23. August 4. For certain Improvements in the process of preparing and 

 cooling Worts or Wash from Vegetable Substances for the production of 

 Spirits. To Robert More, county of Stirling. 



24. August 8. For certain Improvements in apparatus for spinning 

 Fibrous Substances. To William Church, of Birmingham. 



25. August 23. For certain Improvements on Capstans. To Charles 

 Phillips, Esq.county of Kent. 



26- Sept. 5. For certain Improvements in Sizing, Glazing, or Beautifying 

 the materials employed in the manufacturing of Paper, Pasteboard, &c. 

 To Gabriel de Soras, county of Middlesex. 



27. October 3. For an Improvement on Steam Engines. To Peter 

 Burt, County of Middlesex. 



28. October 24. For a New and improved method of forming and mak- 

 ing of hollow Cylinders, Guns, Ordnance, Retorts, &c. To Joshua 

 Horton, County of Stafford. 



Art. XXX.— CELESTIAL PHENOMENA, 



From January 1st, to April 1st, 1828. Adapted to the Meridian of 

 Greenwich, Apparent Time, excepting the Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites, 

 which are given in Mean Time. 



N. B. — The day begins at noon, and the conjunctions of the Moon and 

 Stars are given in Right Ascension. 



