208 List of Scottish Patents. 



vigation, chiefly applicable to the propelling of Ships and other 

 floating bodies." 



15. To Samuel Wellman Wright, of Webber Street, Lambeth, 

 county of Surrey, engineer ; for " improvements in the construc- 

 tion of Wheel Carriages ; and in the machinery employed for pro- 

 pelling, drawing, or moving wheel-carriages." 



19. To John Gosslieb Ulricn, of Cornhill, city of London, chrono- 

 meter maker ; for " improvements on Chronometers." 



List of Patents granted in Scotland from 9>Sd February to 



\m May 1828. 

 1828, 

 Mar. 10. To Paul Steenstrup of Basing Lane in the city of London, Esq. 

 for " certain improvements in machinery for Propelling Vessels, 

 which improvements are applicable to other purposes." 

 19. To John Harvey Sadler of Hoxton, in the county of Middlesex, 

 merchant, for " certain improvements on Power-Looms for the 

 weaving of silk, cotton, linen, wool, flax and hemp, and all mix- 

 tures thereof." 

 25. To William Pownall of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, 

 weaver, for ' improvements in making Healds for weaving purposes.' 

 To Thomas Tyndall of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, 

 gentleman, for an invention communicated to him by a foreigner 

 residing abroad, for " the improvement in the manufacture of 

 Buttons, and in the machinery or apparatus for manufacturing the 

 same." . 

 To John Lee Stevens of Plymouth, merchant, for " a new or im- 

 proved method or methods of Propelling Vessels through or on the 

 water, by the aid of steam or other means or power, and which 

 may also be applied to other purposes." 

 April 3. To John Levers of the town of Nottingham, machine-maker, for 

 " certain improvements in machinery for the manufacture of Bob- 

 binnet Lace." 

 May 6. To Thomas Botfield of Hopton Court, in the county of Salop, 

 coal and iron master, for " certain improvements in making iron, or 

 in the method or methods of smelting and making of Iron." 

 19. To Count de la Garde of St James's Square, Pall Mall, in the 

 county of Middlesex, for an invention communicated to him by a 

 certain foreigner residing abroad, " of certain improved machinery 

 for breaking or preparing hemp, flax, and other fibrous materials, 

 which he denominates the " Rural Mechanical Brake." 

 To Thomas Killman of Mill Wall, Poplar, in the county of Middle- 

 sex, mast-maker, for " certain improvements in the construction 

 and fastening of made Masts." 

 To Edward Cowper of Clapham Road Place, in the parish of St 

 Mary, Lambeth, in the county of Surrey, gentleman, for " certain 

 improvements in Cutting Paper." 



