List of Patents. AVS 



Lnnnaster, engineer, ''certain improvements in macliinery, or appjitRtus for 

 forging, stamping, and cutting iron and otlior substances." — 7th July 1842. 



7. To Charles Augustus Preller of East Cheap, in the city of Lon- 

 don, merchant, being a communication from abroad, " improvements in ma- 

 cliinery for preparing, combing, and drawing wool and goats' hair." — 13th 

 July 1842. 



8. To William HevellVigers of Russell Square, in the county of Middle- 

 sex, Esquire, being a communication from abroad, '* a mode of keeping 

 the air in confined places in a pure or respirable state to enable persons to 

 remain or work under water, and in other places, without a constant supply 

 of fresh atmospheric air,'' — 13th July 1842. 



9. To Gottlieb Boccius of the New Eoad, Shepherd's Bush, in the 

 county of Middlesex, gentleman, " certain improvements in gas, and on the 

 methods in use, or burners, for the combustion of gas." — 14th July 1842. 



10. To John Hall of Breezes Hill, RatclifF Highway, in the county of 

 Middlesex, sugar-refiner, " improvements in the construction of boilers for 

 generating steam." — 18th July 1842. 



1 1. To John Elliott Fox of Finsbury Circus, in the city of London, gen- 

 tleman, being a communication from abroad, " improvements in steam-en- 

 gines."— I8th July 1842. 



12. To William Newton of the Office for Patents, 6C Chancery Lane, 

 in the county of Middlesex, civil engineer, being a communication from 

 abroad, " certain improved machinery for excavating, dredging, and remov- 

 ing earthy and stony matters in the construction of railroads, canals, cleaning 

 of rivers, harbours, and redeeming of marshy or alluvial soils ; also for 

 boring rocks, indurated clay, and other earthy matters, for the purpose of 

 blasting and removing the same, the whole to be worked by steam and other 

 power."— 25th July 1842. 



13. To Thomas Hendry of Glasgow, Scotland, mechanic, "certain im- 

 provements in machinery for preparing and combing wool, and other fibrous 

 materials."— 27th July 1842. 



14. To Thomas Waterhouse of Edgeley, in the county of Chester, ma- 

 nufacturer, " a certain improvement or improvements in machinery used for 

 carding, drawing, and roving cotton, wool, flax, silk, and other similar fibrous 

 material."— 27th July 1842. 



15. To John Osbaldeston of Blackburn, in the county of Lancaster, 

 metal heald -maker, " improvements in looms for weaving.''— 2J)th July 

 1842. 



IG. To William Geeves of Old Cavendish Street, in the county of 

 Middlesex, gentleman, " improvements in machinery for cutting cork."— 

 29th July 1842. 



17. To John Woodcock of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, 

 mill-wright, " certain improvements in the construction of steam-engines." 

 —1st August 1842. 



18. To Alexander Johnston of Hillhouse, in the county of Edinburgh, 

 Esquire, " improvements on carriages, which may also be applied to ships, 

 boats, and various other purposes where locomotion is required."— 2d August 

 1842. 



19. To Julius Seybell of Golden Square, Westminster, in the county 

 of Middlesex, manufacturing chemist, '* certain improvements in the manu- 

 facture of sulphate of so<la and chlorine."— 11 th August 1842. 



