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List of Patents granted in Scotland from 9X)th March to ^6th 



May 1826. 

 1826, 

 Mar. 20. To Wihiam Thomson and James Thomson, of Fountainbridge 

 Street, Edinburgh, cabinet-makers and joiners, for an invention 

 of " a Series of Machines, and certain Implements and Tools ca- 

 ' " pable of performing cabinet-makers' work, joiners' work, and car- 



pentry work, and which machines and instruments or tools may 

 be applied with advantage to various similar purposes." 

 21. To William Erskine Cochrane of Regent Street, in the county 

 of Middlesex, for " an Improvement in certain Cooking Appa- 

 ratus." 

 May 6. To Samuel Brown of Eagle Lodge, Old Brompton, in the county 

 of Middlesex, gentleman, for " certain Improvements on his for- 

 mer patent for an Engine or Instrument for effecting a vacvium, 

 and thus producing powers by which waters may be raised and 

 machinery put in motion." 

 To Henry Richardson Fanshawe, of Addle Street, in the city 

 of London, silk-embosser, for " an Improved Apparatus for spin- 

 ning, doubling, and twisting or throwing silk." 

 To John Mart ineau junior, of the City Road, in the county of 

 Middlesex, engineer, and Henry William Smith, of Laurence, 

 Pountney Place, in the city of London, Esq. for an invention of 

 *' certain Improvements in the manufacture of Steel." 

 9. To William Parr, of Union Place, City Road, in the county of 

 Middlesex, gentleman, for " an Improvement or Improvements 

 in the mode of propelling vessels through the water." 

 To Joseph Alexander Taylor, of Great St Helens, in the city 

 of London, gentleman, for " a new Polishing Apparatus for 

 household purposes." 

 20. To Francis Molineux, of Stoke Saint Mary, in the county of 

 Somerset, gentleman, for " an Improvement in Machinery for 

 spinning and twisting silk and wool, and for roving, spinning, 

 and twisting flax, hemp, cotton, and other fibrous substances." 

 To Alexander Lamb, of Prince's Street Bank, in the city of 

 London, and William Suttill, of Old Brompton, in the coun- 

 ty of Middlesex, flax-spinner, for " Improvements in machinery 

 for preparing, drawing, roving, and spinning flax, hemp, and 

 waste silk." 

 26. To Thomas Shaw Brandreth of Liverpool, in the county of 

 Lancaster, Esq. barrister at law, for " an improved mode of con- 

 structing Wheel Carriages to be used on Rail-roads, or for other 

 similar purposes." 

 To Joseph Eve, of Augustus Georgia, in the United States of 

 America, now residing in Jewin Street, in the city of London, 

 engineer, for " an improved Steam-Engine." 



P. Neill, Printer. 



