List of' English Patents. 



1826. 



July 4. To D. Preemax, Wakefield, sadler, for " Improvements in mea- 

 suring for, and making Collars for horses and other cattle." 



To P. Groves, Liverpool Street, for " Improvements in manufec- 

 turing or making "White Lead." 



To R. WoRNAM, Wigmore Street, Cavendish Square, pianoforte 

 maker, for Improvements on Pianofortes." 

 10. To P. Groves, Liverpool Street, for " Improvements in making 

 Paint or Pi^ent, for preparing or combining a substance or ma- 

 terial with oil, turpentine, and other ingredients." 

 14. To B. Lowe, Birmingham, gilt toy manufacturer, for " Improve- 

 ments in useful and ornamental Dressing-pins." 



To J. Guy and J. Harrison, Workington, Cumberland, straw- 

 hat manufacturer, for " an Improved method of preparing straw 

 and grass, to be used in the manufacture of Hats and Bonnets." 

 14. To J. P. De la Fous, George Street, Hanover Square, dentist, 

 and W. Littlewart, Saint Mary Axe, mathematical instru- 

 ment maker, for " an Improvement in securing or mooring ships 

 and other floating bodies, and Apparatus for performing the 

 same." 



To E. Bayliffe, Kendall, Westmoreland, worsted-spinner, for 

 " Improvements in the Machinery used for the operations of 

 drawing, roving, and spinning of sheep and lambs' wool." 



To J. L. HiGGiNS, Oxford Street, for " Improvements in the con- 

 struction of Cat-blocks and Fish-hooks, and in the application 

 thereof." 

 24. To J. Barron, Birmingham, brassfounder and Venetian blind- 

 maker, for a " Combination of Machinery for feeding fire with 

 fuel." 



To W. Johnston, Caroline Street, Bedford Square, jeweller, for 

 " Improvements on Ink-holders." 



To W. Robinson, Craven Street, Strand, for a " New method of 

 propelling Vessels by steam." 



To W. Parsons, Dock Yard, Portsmouth, naval architect, for 

 " Improvements in Building Ships, which are calculated to lessen 

 the dangerous effects of internal or external violence." 

 Aug. 1. To W. Davidson, Glasgow, surgeon and druggist, for '^'- Processes 

 for bleaching or whitening of Bees'wax, Myrtle-wax and Animal 

 TaUow." 



To T. J. Knowlys, Trinity CoUege, Oxford, and W. Duesbury, 

 Bousal, Derbyshire, collar manuracturer, for " Improvements in 

 Tanning." 



List of Patents granted in Scotland from 9>Qih May to 9th Sep- 

 tember 1826. 



1826. 

 June 12. To Richard Mee Raikes of London Wall, in the city of Lon- 

 don, Esq., for an invention communicated to him by a foreigner 

 re siding abroad, for " a Method of applying Steam without pres- 

 sure to Pans, Boilers, Coppers, Stills, Pipes, and Machinery, in 

 I order to produce, transmit, and regulate various temperatures of 



heat in the several processes of Boiling, Distilluig, Evaporating, 

 Inspissating, Drying and Warming, and also to produce Power." 

 17. To Thomas John Knowlys of Trinity College, Oxford, Esq. for 

 an Invention communicated to him by a foreigner residing 

 abroad, " of a new Manufacture of Ornamental Metal or Me- 

 tals." 



