408 List of Scottish Patents. 



" a new method or methods of forming musical instruments in which conti- 

 nuous sounds are produced from strings, wires, or springs." 31st January 

 1837> 



17. To PETER SPENCE, of Henry Street, Commercial Road, in the county 

 of Middlesex, chemist, for an invention of" certain improvements in the ma- 

 nufacture of Prussian blue, prussiate of potash, and plaster of Paris." 10th 

 February 1837. 



18. To MILES BERRY, of the Office for Patents, 66 Chancery Lane, in the 

 county of Middlesex, patent agent and mechanical draftsman, in consequence 

 of a communication from a foreigner residing abroad, of " an improved appa- 

 ratus for torrefying, baking, and roasting vegetable substances, which, with 

 certain modifications and additions, is also applicable to the evaporation and 

 concentration of saccharine juices and other liquids." 15th February 1837. 



19. To JOHN GEMMELL, of Stockwell Street, in the city of Glasgow, and 

 county of Lanark, merchant, for an invention of" certain improvements in 

 steam or other boats or vessels which are partly applicable to other purposes." 

 16th February 1837. 



20. To MOSES POOLE, of the Patent Office, Lincoln's Inn, in the county 

 of Middlesex, gentleman, in consequence of a communication made to him by 

 a certain foreigner residing abroad, for an invention of " improvements in 

 anchors, and in friction-rollers to facilitate the lowering and raising such and 

 other anchors, which friction-rollers are applicable to other purposes." 20th 

 February 1837. 



21. To JAMES COOK, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, gun ma- 

 nufacturer, for an invention of " improvements in gas-burners.'' 22d Feb- 

 ruary 1837. 



22. To FRANCOIS DE FAUSCH, of Percy Street, Bedford Square, in the 

 county of Middlesex, military-engineer to the King of Bavaria, for an inven- 

 tion of " improvements in apparatus or machinery lor propelling of vessels for 

 raising water, and for various other purposes.'' 24th February 1837- 



23. To JOHN ISAAC HAWKINS, of Chase Cottage, Hampstead Road, civil- 

 engineer, in consequence of a communication made to him by a certain fo- 

 reigner residing abroad, for an invention of " certain improvements in the 

 application of the products of combustion in generating and in aiding of steam 

 for giving motion to steam-engines," 4th March 1837. 



24. To WILLIAM WRIGHT, of Salford, in the county of Lancaster, ma- 

 chine-maker, for an invention of " certain improvements in twisting machi- 

 nery used in the preparation, spinning or twisting of cotton, flax, silk, wool, 

 hemp, and other fibrous substances." 6th March 1837- 



25. To PETER ASCANIUS TEALDI, formerly of Moindoir, in Piedmont, 

 but now residing in Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, merchant, in 

 consequence of a communication made to him by a certain foreigner residing 

 abroad, for an invention of " a new extract or vegetable acid, obtained from 

 substances not hitherto used for that purpose, which may be employed in va- 

 rious processes of manufacture, and in culinary or other useful purposes, to- 

 gether with the process of obtaining the same.'' 6th March 1837. 



26. To JOHN BURNS SMITH, of Salford, in the county of Lancaster, spin- 

 ner, and JOHN SMITH, of Halifax, in the county of York, dyer, for an inven- 

 tion of" a certain method or methods of tentering, stretching, or keeping out 

 cloth to its width (made either of cotton, silk, wool, or any other fibrous sub- 

 stances) by machinery." 6th March 1837- 



27. To EDMUND SHAW, of Fenchurch Street, in the city of London, sta- 

 tioner, in consequence of a communication made to him by a certain foreign- 

 er, residing abroad, for an invention " of an improvement ki the manufacture 

 of paper/' 8th March 1837- 



28. To JOHN SHAW, of Rishworth, in the parish of Halifax, in the county 

 of York, book-keeper, for an invention of " improved machinery in preparing 

 wool, and also in preparing the waste of cotton wool for spinning.'' 9th 

 March 183?. 



29. To GEORGE BERTIE PATERSON, of Peacock Street, in the parish of 

 St Mary, Newington, in the county of Surrey, engineer, for an invention of 

 " certain improvements in the construction of m^l^lvif^gcaratus for mea- 

 suring gas or liquid?." 14th March 1837. 



