List of English Patents. 197 



pour ; also to the giving blast to furnaces, forges, and other pur- 

 poses, where a constant blast is required." 

 July 29. To W. DoBREE, Fulham, Middlesex, for « an independent safety- 

 boat of novel construction." 

 To W. Lane, Stockport, for " certain improvements in machines 

 which are commonly known among cotton-spinners by the 

 names ot the roving-frames, or otherwise called cove-frames, 

 or bobbin-and-fly-frames, or jack-frames." 

 Aug. 5. To T. Hancock, Middlesex, for " improvements in the manu&c- 

 iure of certain articles of dress or wearing apparel, fancy orna- 

 ments and figures ; and in the method of rendering certain ma- 

 nufactures and substances, in a degree or entirely, impervious to 

 air and water ; and of protecting certain manufactures and sub- 

 stances from being injured by air, water, or moisture." 

 To W. Mallet, Dublin, iron-manufacturer, for "certain improve- 

 ments in making or constructing certain descriptions of wheel- 

 barrows." 

 To J. Pearse, Tavistock, Devon, ironmonger, for " an improved 

 method of making and constructing wheels, and in the applica- 

 tion thereof to carriages." 

 To C. Shiels, Liverpool, for certain improvements in the process 



of preparing and cleansing rice, communicated by a foreigner." 

 To O. CoFFREy, Dock Distillery, Dublin, distiller, for " certain im- 

 provements in the machinery used in the process of brewing and 

 distilling." 

 To M. Robinson, Westminster, for " certain improvements in the 

 process of making and purifying sugars ; communicated by a per- 

 son residing abroad." 

 To 11. Clough, Liverpool, for " an improved supporting block to 



be used in graving docks, and for other purposes." 

 To Sir C W. Dance, Hertfordshire, for " certain improvements 

 in packing and transporting goods." 

 7. To S. Smith, London, for " a new nipple or touch-hole to be ap- 

 plied to fire-arms, for the purpose of firing the same by percussion ; 

 and a new cap or primer for containing the priming, by which 

 such fire-arms are to be fired." 

 10. To W. Palmer, London, for "improvements in making candles.'* 

 To J. Lawrence, Birmingham, and W. Rudder, Edge, Glouces- 

 tershire, for an improvement in saddles and girths, by an appara- 

 tus affixed to either of them. 



12. To T. Ford, Canonbury Square, Middlesex, for " certain improve- 



ments in the medicine for the cure of coughs, colds, asthmas, and 

 consumptions, known by the name of Ford's Balsam of Hore- 

 hound." 



13. To J. Knowles, Farnham, Surrey, hop-planter, for " a certain in- 



strument or machine for drawing up hop poles out of the ground 

 previous to picking the hops ; and which, by drawing the poles 

 perpendicularly, will greatly save them, as well as prevent the 



