404 List of Scotch Patents. 



1826. 



June 26. To Francis Halliday of Ham, in the county of Surrey, Esq., 

 for " certain Improvements on Machinery to be operated upon 

 by Steam." 

 29. To William Thomson, Cabinetmaker and Joiner, residing in 

 Fountainbridge Street, Edinburgh, and Malcolm Muir of the 

 Glasgow Veneer Saw Mills, for " certain Machines and Im- 

 provements on Machines and Instruments or Tools applicable to 

 the performance of Cabinetmaker's Work, Joiner's Work, Car- 

 penter's AVork, and to other similar purposes." 



July 1 2. To Louis Joseph Marie, Marquis de Cambis, a native of France, 

 but now residing in Leicester Square, in the parish of St Martin 

 in the Fields, and county of Middlesex, for an Invention commu- 

 nicated to him by a foreigner residing abroad, " of certain im- 

 provements in the construction of Rotatory Steam Engines, and 

 in the Apparatus connected therewith." 

 21. To Henry Anthony Koymans of Warnford Court, Throgmor- 

 ton Street, in the city of London, Merchant, for an Invention 

 communicated to him by a foreigner residing abroad, " of cer- 

 tain Improvements in the construction and use of Apparatus and 

 Works for Inland Navigation." 



Aug. 7. To Moses Poole of the Patent OIRce, Lincoln's Inn, in the coun- 

 ty of Middlesex, gentleman, for an invention communicated to 

 him by a foreigner residing abroad, " of certain improvements in 

 the Machines used for carding, stubbing, slivering, roving, or 

 spinning wool, cotton, waste silk, short stapled hemp and flax, or 

 any other fibrous materials, or mixtures thereof." 



Sept. 5. To John Guy and Jacob Harrison, both of the parish of Work- 

 ington, in the county of Cumberland, straw hat manufacturers, 

 for " an improved method of Preparing Straw and Grass to be 

 used in the manufacture of Hats and Bonnets." 

 9. To Francis Halliday of Ham, in the county of Surrey, Esq., 

 for ** certain Improvements in Engines or Machinery to be actu- 

 ated by Steam, which Improvements in Machinery with or with- 

 out the aid of Steam, are applicable to the raising or forcing of 

 water." 

 9. To the ^aid Francis Halliday for " an Apparatus or Machinery 

 for preventing the inconvenience arising from Smoke in Chim- 

 neys, which he denominates a Wind Guard." 



LIST OF PLATES. 



Plate I. Fig. 1, 2, 3, illustrative of Mr Dick's Description of a new Reflect- 

 ing Telescope, - - - - Page 41 

 Fig. 4, illustrative of Prof. Brandos' Remarks on Falling Stars, 124 

 Fig. 5, 6, 7* illustrative of Mr H. H. Blackadder's Remarks 



on the Combustion of Alcoholic Fluids, Oils, &c. in Lamps, 52 

 II. Illustrative of Professor Jameson's remarks on the Irish Elk, 199 



III. Fig. 1. illustrative of Mr Wood's description of a Tumulus in 



the Island of Sanday, ... - . 216 



Fig. 2. Geological representation of the Stratification near to 

 the Cape of Good Hope. We hope in a future Number to 

 accompany it with a detailed description by the author, Dr 

 And. Smith, Superintendant of the South Afi-ican Museum. 



IV. Illustrative of Mr H. H. Blackadder's paper on the Constru- 



tion of Meteorological Instruments, - - 238 



V. Illustrative of Mr J. White's Description of a design for a Ro- 

 tatory Steam-Engine, - - . 266 

 VI. Fossil Plants, illustrative of M. Ad. Brongniart's paper on 



Fossil Vegetables of the coal Formation, - 282 



