402 List of English Patents. 



I AM of Patents granted in England from ^6th May to ^th Sep- 

 tember 1826. 



1826. 

 May 8. L. Zachariah jun. of Portsea, pawnbroker, for a combination of ma- 

 terials to be used as fuel. 

 23. D. Dunn, King's Row, Pentonville, manufacturer of essence of cof- 

 fee and spices, for improvements upon the screw press used in 

 the pressing of paper, books, tobacco, or bale goods, and in the 

 expressing of oil, extracts, or tinctures, and for various other 

 purposes, in which great pressure is required. 

 T. Hughes, Newbury, Berks, miller, for improvements in the me- 

 thod of restoring foul or smutty wheat, and rendering the same 

 fit for use. 

 F. MoLiNEux, Stoke Saint Mary, Somerse,tshire, for an improvement 

 in machinery for spinning and twisting silk and wool, and for 

 roving, spinning, and twisting flax, hemp, cotton, and other fi- 

 brous substances. 

 T. P. BiKT, Strand, coach-maker, for improvements in wheel-carriages. 

 J. Parker, Knightsbridge, iron and wire-fence manufacturer, for im- 

 provements to park or other gates. 

 D. P, DEURBROUca, Leicester Square, for an apparatus to cool wort, 

 and also for the purpose of condensing the steam arising from 

 stills during the process of distillation. 

 May 23. W. H. Gibbs, Castle Court, Lawrence Lane, warehouseman, and A. 

 Dixon, Huddersfield, manufacturer, for a new kind of piece 

 goods formed by a combination of threads of two or more colours, 

 the manner of combining and displaying such colours in such 

 piece goods constituting the novelty thereof. 

 J. Smith, Tiverton, Devonshire, lace manufacturer, for an improve- 

 ment on the stocking-frame. 

 J. Loach, Birmingham, brass-founder, for a self-acting sash-festener, 



which fastening is applicable to other purposes. 

 R. Slagg, Kilnhurst Forge, near Doncaster, steel manufacturer, for 

 an improvement in the manufacture of springs chiefly applicable 

 to carriages. 

 L. J. Marie, Marquis de Combis, Liecester Square, for improve- 

 ments in the construction of rotatory steam-engines, and the ap- 

 paratus connected therewith. 

 J. B. Fernandez, Norfolk Street, Strand, for improvements in the 



construction of blinds or shades for windows, or other purposes. 

 R. Mickleham, Furnival's Inn, civil engineer and architect, for im- 

 provements in engines, moved by the pressure, elasticity, or ex- 

 pansion of steam gas or air, by which a great saving in fuel will 

 be effected. 

 H. R. Fanshaw, Addle Street, silk embossor, for an improved wind- 

 ing machine. 

 J. Ham, Holton Street, Bristol, vinegar-maker, for an improved pro- 

 cess for promoting the action of acetic acid on metallic bodies. 

 June 13. To T. J. Knowlys, Trinity College, Oxford, for " a new Manu- 

 facture of Ornamental Metal." 

 22. To T. Halahan, York Street, Dublin, Lieutenant in the Royal 

 Navy, for " Machinery or Apparatus for working Ordnance." 

 July 4. To L. Aubrey, Two Waters, Herts, engineer, for " an Improve- 

 ment or Improvements in the Web or Wire for making Paper." 

 To J. Poole, Sheffield, shop-keeper, for " Improvements in the 

 Steam-engine Boilers, or Steam-generators, applicable also to the 

 evaporation of other fluids." 



