List of Patents. 189 



4. To Laman Baker Pitcher, of Syracuse, in the State of New York, 

 and United States of America, gentleman, " improvements in apparatus 

 for regulating motive-power engines." — 24th September 1851. 



5. To John Wormald, of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, 

 maker-up and packer, '* improvements in machinery or apparatus for 

 spinning and doubling cotton, wool, silk, flax, or other fibrous substances." 

 —29th September 1851. 



6. To Charles Watt, of Kennington, in the county of Surrey, che- 

 mist, " improvements in the decomposing of saline and other substances, 

 and separating their component parts, or some of them, from each other, 

 also the forming of certain compounds or combinations of substances, and 

 also in the separating of metals from each other, and in freeing them 

 from impurities." — 29th September 1851. 



7. To Thomas Kennedy, of Kilmarnock, in the county of Ayr, North 

 Britain, gun manufacturer, " improvements in measuring and registering 

 the flow of water and other fluids." — 29th September 1851. 



8. To Elijah Galloway, of Southampton Buildings, in the county of 

 Middlesex, civil engineer, ** improvements in steam-engines." — 30th 

 Se{)tember 1851. 



9. To William Johnson, of Millbank, in the city of Westminster, 

 gentleman, " improvements in ascertaining the weight of goods." — 

 1st October 1851. 



10. To William Barker, of Hulme, near Manchester, in the county 

 of Lancaster, millwright, in the employ of Joshua Schofield and Sons, 

 fustian dyers and finishers, of Cornbrook, near Manchester aforesaid, 

 " improvements in machinery for chipping, rasping, and shaving dye- 

 wood and other materials, and in apparatus connected therewith." — 6th 

 October 1851. 



11. To Henry Cuezon, of Kidderminster, in the county of Worcester, 

 civil engineer, *' improvements in the manufacture of carpets and rugs." 

 —lOth October 1851. 



12. To Thomas Lightfoot, of Jarrow Paper Mills, South Shields, in 

 the county of Durham, paper manufacturer, " improvements in machinery 

 applicable to the manufacture of paper." — 10th October 1851. 



13. To George Robins Booth, of Portland Place, Wandsworth Road, 

 Surrey, "improvements in generating and applying heat." — 15th Oc- 

 tober 1851. 



14. To William Onions, of South wark, in the county of Surrey, en- 

 gineer, ** improvements in the manufacture of steel." — 15th October 1851. 



15. To Daniel Dalton, of Spon Lane, in the parish of Westbroom- 

 wich, and county of Stafford, iron-founder, " improvements applicable to 

 railways."— 16th October 1851. 



16. To Henry John Betjemann, of Upper Ashby Street, Northamp- 

 ton Square, in the county of Middlesex, ** improvements in connecting 

 parts of bedsteads and other frames, and in machinery employed therein." 

 —16th October 1851. 



17. To Thomas Sanders Bale, of Cauldon Place, in the county of 

 Stafford, china manufacturer, " certain improvements in the method of 

 treating, ornamenting, and preserving buildings and edifices, which said 



