434 List of Patents. 



List of Patents granted for Scotland from 2bth Ju?ie to 

 21st September 1846. 



1. To John Davie Morries Stirling, of Black Grange, in North 

 Britain, Esq., " certain new alloys and metallic compounds, with a method 

 of welding the same, and other metals." — 25th June 1846. 



2. To John Mercer, of Oakenshaw, in the county of Lancaster, and 

 John Greenwood, of Church, in the same county, chemist, " certain im- 

 provements in dyeing and printing turkey red and other colours." — 26th 

 June 1846. 



3. To Peter Fairbairn, of Leeds, Esq., " certain improvements in 

 atmospheric railways," being a communication from abroad. — 30th June 

 1846. 



4. To Elijah Galloway, of 14 Buckingham Street, Strand, in the 

 county of Middlesex, civil engineer, " improvements in locomotive en- 

 gines."— 2d July 1846. 



5. To William Henry Burke, of Tottenham, in the county of Middle- 

 sex, gentleman, " certain improvements in the manufacture of fabrics, 

 which may, if required, be made air and waterproof, a part of the mate- 

 rials employed herein, when combined with other matters, being intended 

 to produce coverings for vessels of capacity." — 3d July 1846. 



6. To John Fatham, of Rochdale, in the county of Lancaster, machine- 

 maker, David Cheetham, of the same place, machine-maker, and John 

 Wallace Duncan, of Manchester, in the same county, gentleman, " cer- 

 tain improvements in machinery, or apparatus to be used in the prepara- 

 tion and spinning of cotton and other fibrous substances." — 3d July 1846. 



7. To Antoine Perpigna, of Paris, in the kingdom of France, advo- 

 cate, being a communication from abroad, " improvements in regulators 

 for qualifying the actions of mechanical powers." — 6th July 1846. 



8. To George Leach Ashworth, of Rochdale, in the county of Lan- 

 caster, cotton-spinner, and Wilson Crossley, of the same place, mana- 

 ger, " certain improvements in machinery or apparatus for preparing and 

 spinning cotton and other fibrous substances." — 7th July 1846. 



9. To William Pidding, of Wigmore Street, in the county of Mid- 

 dlesex, gentleman, " an improved process for preserving the flavour of 

 coffee and cocoa, or of any preparations thereof, from the effects of the 

 atmosphere."— 8th July 1846. 



10. To Charles Hancock, of Grosvener Place, in the county of Mid- 

 dlesex, gentleman, " certain improvements in the manufacture of gutta 

 percha, and its application alone and in combination with other sub- 

 stances."— 10th July 1846. 



11. To Michel Borgognon, of No. 15 New Broad Street, in the city 

 of Jyondon, gentleman, being a communication from abroad, " certain 

 improvements in producing artificial basaltic lavas." — 13th July 1846. 



12. To Charles Chinnock, of Seymour Place, Little Chelsea, gen- 

 tleman, " improvements in the construction and methods of extending 

 and compressing articles of furniture and domestic use, also applicable to 

 cutlery, workmen's tools, window blinds, shutters, and similar useful pur- 

 poses."— 16th July 1846. 



13. To Peter Taylor, of Hollinwood, near Manchester, machinist, 

 *' certain improvements in machinery for propelling vessels, carriages, 

 and machinery, parts of which improvements are applicable to drawing 



