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8. To William Petrie of Croydon, in the county of Surrey, gentleman, 

 ' improvements in obtaining mechanical power." — 13th January 1842. 



9. To Alphonso Bene Le Mire De Normandy of Red Cross Square, 

 in the city of London, Doctor of Medicine, '' certain improvements in the 

 manufacture of soap." — 13th January 1842. 



10. To Henry Hough Watson of Bolton le Moors, in the county of 

 Lancaster, consulting chemist, " certain improvements in dressing, stiffen- 

 ing, and finishing cotton, and other fibrous substances, and textile and other 

 fabrics, part or parts of which improvements are applicable to the manufac- 

 ture of paper, and also to some of the processes or operations connected with 

 printing calicoes and other goods.'' — 18th January 1842, 



11. To John Lee of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, manufacturing chemist, " im- 

 provements in the manufacture of chlorine." — 19th January 1842. 



12. To John Thomas Carr of the town and county of Newcastle-upon- 

 Tyne, being a communication from abroad, ** improvements on steam-en- 

 gines."— 19th January 1842. 



13. To BoBERT Stirling Newall of Gateshead, in the county of Dur- 

 ham, wire-rope-manufacturer, " improvements in the manufacture of flat 

 bands, and in machinery for the manufacture of wire-ropes.'* — 20th Janu- 

 ary 1842. 



14. To Christopher Nickels of York Eoad, Lambeth, in the county of 

 Surrey, gentleman, '* improvements in the manufacture of napped fabrics." 

 —27th January 1842. 



15. To John Jones of the Smethwick Iron-Works, near Birmingham, in 

 the county of Stafford, engineer, " certain improvements in steam-engines, 

 and in the modes or methods of obtaining power from the use of steam, parts 

 of which improvements are applicable to raising or forcing water, and for 

 other purposes." — 4th February 1842. 



16. To James Thorburn of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, 

 machinist, " certain improvements in machinery for producing knitted 

 fabrics.*'— 8th February 1842. 



17' To Nathaniel Benjamin of Camberwell, in the county of Surrey, 

 gentleman, being a communication from abroad, *' improvements in the ma- 

 nufacture of Type."— nth February 1842, 



18. To Louis Lachenal of Tichfield Street, Soho, mechanic, and Ak- 

 ToiNE ViEYREs of Pall Mall, watchmaker, both in the county of Middlesex, 

 "improvements in machinery for cutting cork." — 11th February 1842. 



19. To John George Bodmer of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, 

 engineer, " certain improvements in machinery for propelling vessels on 

 water, part of which improvements apply also to steam-engines to be era- 

 ployed on land."— 14th February 1842. 



20. To George Mannerinq of Dover, in the county of Kent, plumljcr, 

 and Hbnry Harrison of Ashford, in the same county, plumber, " certain 



