Lut of English Patents. 207 



To David Bentley, of Pendleton, county of Lancaster, bleacher ; 

 for " an improved method of bleaching, and improvement in ma- 

 chinery for bleaching and finishing Linen or Cotton." 

 To William Brunton, of Leadendall Street, London, civil engi- 

 neer ; for " improvements on Furnaces for the calcination, &c. of 

 Ores, Metals and other substances." 

 March 3. To John Leveus, of Nottingham, machine maker ; for " improve- 

 ments in Machinery, for the manufacture of Bobin.net Lace." 

 6. To William Pownall, of Manchester, county of Lancaster, 

 weaver ; for " improvements in making Healds, for weaving pur- 

 poses." 

 To Bernard Henry Brook, of Huddersfield, county of York, 

 civil engineer ; for " improvements in Ovens or Retorts, for car- 

 bonizing coal." 

 13. To William Rogers, of Norfolk Street, Strand, London, Lieute- 

 nant in the Royal Navy ; for '' improvements on Anchors." 

 To Robert Griffith Jones, of Brewer Street, Golden Square, 

 London, gentleman, for " a method of ornamenting China, com- 

 municated from abroad." 

 15. To George Scholefield, of Leeds, county of York, mechanic ; 



for " improvements in Looms." 

 20. To Nathan Gough, of Salford, county of Lancaster, civil engineer; 

 for " an improved method of propelling Carriages or Vessels, by 

 Steam or other power." 

 To Samuel Clegg, of Chapel Walks, Liverpool, county of Lan- 

 caster ; for " improvements in Steam-engines, and Steam-boilers, 

 and Generators." 

 Mar. 26. To Jane Bentley Lowry, city of Exeter, straw-hat manufactu- 

 rer ; for "improvements in the manufacture of Hats and Bonnets." 

 26. To Edward Cowper, of Clapham Road, parish of St Mary, I^m- 

 beth, county of Surrey, gentleman ; for " improvements in cut- 

 ting Paper." 

 To Ferdinand de Tourville, of Piccadilly, London, merchant ; 

 for " improvements on Filtering Apparatus." 

 29. To Thomas Lawes, of the Strand, London, lace manufacturer; for 

 " an improved Thread, to be used in the manufacture of Bobin- 

 net Lace." 

 To Henry Marriott, of Fleet Street, city f London, iron- 

 monger, and Augustus Siebe, of Prince's Street, Leicester 

 Square, county of Middlesex, mechanist ; for " improvements in 

 Hydraulic Machines." 

 To Peter Taylor, of Holmwood, in the coimty of Lancaster, flax- 

 dresser ; for " improvements in machinery for Heckling, Dress- 

 ing, or Combing flax, hemp, tow, and other fibrous materials." 

 To John Davis, of Lemon Street, Goodman's Fields, county of 

 Middlesex, sugar-refiner ; for " improvements in boiling or evapo. 

 rating solutions of Sugar and other liquids, communicated from 

 abroad.** 

 April 3. To Charles Habsleben, of New Ormond Street, county of Mid- 

 dlesex, Esq. ; for ^' improvements in machinery, to be used in Na- 



