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List of Patents granted in Scotland from I6th September to 

 SOth November 1830. 



1830. 

 Sept. 16. To William Dobree of Fulham, in the county of Middlesex, 

 Gent, for an invention of " an independent safety boat of novel 

 construction." 



To William Shakd of the Bum, in the county of Kincardine, 

 Scotland, for an invention of " certain improvements in distilla- 

 tion and evaporation." 



To Charles Blacker Vigvoles of Fumival's Inn, London, and 

 John Ericsson of Brook Street, Fitzroy Square, in county of 

 Middlesex, civil engineers, for an invention of " certain additions 

 to the engines commonly called locomotive engines." 



To Joseph Cochaux of Fenchurch Street, in the city of London, 

 merchant, for " an invention '* (communicated to him by a fo- 

 reigner residing abroad) " of an apparatus calculated to prevent 

 or render less frequent the explosion of boilers in generating 

 steam." 

 17. To Alexander Craig of Ann Street, St Bernard's, in parish of 

 St Cuthbert's, Midlothian, for an invention of " certain improve- 

 ments in machines or machinery, for cutting timber into veneers 

 or other useful forms." 



To Marmaduke Robinson junior of Great George Street, West- 

 minister, Navy agent, for an invention communicated by a fo- 

 reigner residing abroad, of " certain improvements in the process 

 of making and purifying sugars." 

 22. To Henry George Pearce of Liverpool, master mariner, Ri- 

 chard Gardner, and Joseph Gardner, of the same place, 

 merchants, for an invention of " an improved fid." 



To William Losh of Benton House, county of Northumberland, 

 for an invention of " certain improvements in the construction 

 of wheels for carriages to be used on railways." 

 Oct. 16. To Timothy Mason, 56. Great Portland Street, Middlesex, brush- 

 maker, for an invention of " an improvement in the manufacture 

 of painting-brushes, and other brushes applicable to various pur- 

 poses." 



To William Augustus Arcubold of Vere Street, Cavendish 

 Square, Middlesex, lieutenant in the Royal Navy, for an inven- 

 tion of " an improvement in the preparing or making of certain 

 sugars." 

 21. To ^NEAs CorFEY of the Dock Distillery, Dublin, distiller, for 

 an invention of " certain improvements in the apparatus or ma- 

 chinery used in the processes of brewing and distilling." 



To Michael Donovan of the city of Dublin, for an invention of 

 " an improved method of lighting places with gas." 



