List of Scottish Patents. 379 



List <yf Patents gi-anted in Scotland from Sd April to ^th 

 September 1832. 



1832. 

 ^'^'jlpril 3. To James Philp, damask manufacturer, Dunfermline, for an in- 

 vention of " an improvement in the manufacture of diaper and 

 damask table-linen." 

 4. To Alexander Beattie Shankland, liOndon, for an inven- 

 tion, communicated to him by a foreigner, of " a new method 

 of spinning flax and hemp by means of machinery." 

 6. To George Lowe of Bricklane, in the county of Middlesex, civil 

 engineer, for an invention of " an improvement or improvements 

 in and connected with the manufacture of gas for illumination." 

 17- To Alexander Brown of Liverpool, merchant, and Herman 

 Hendricks of Passy, near Paris, for an invention of " an im- 

 proved method or methods of manufacturing the prussiates of 

 potash and soda, and the prussiates of iron, also for the construc- 

 tion of certain apparatus, vessels or machinery to be used in the 

 said manufacture, and a new or improved method or methods of 

 employing the said prussiate of iron (or other prussiates of iron) 

 as a substitute for indigo in dying all sorts of wools, and whe- 

 ther in the fleece, skein, spun or woven into cloth, stuffs, or other- 

 wise, also in dying silks, cottons, linens, and in fact all other sorts 

 and descriptions of textile or other substances fit for the pur- 

 poses of receiving colours of a blue, blue-black, black, greens, 

 bronze, or any other colours for which indigo has hitherto been 

 used, either as a ground-work or auxiliary, and also for an im- 

 proved arrangement of certain utensils and machinery to be 

 used in the said dying processes." 

 17. To John Samuel Dawes, of Bromford, in the parish of "West 

 Bromwich, in the county of Stafford, iron-master, for aa inven- 

 tion of" certain improvements in the manufacture of iron." 

 30. To John Potts, Richard Oliver, and Willia»i Wain- 

 wRiGHT Potts, all of New Mills, in the county of Derby, en- 

 gravers to calico-printers, and co-partners, for an invention of 

 " an improved method or process of obtaining imjjressions from 

 engravings in various colours, and applying the same to earthen- 

 ware, porcelain, china, glass, and other similar substances." 

 May 2. To Robert Montgomery, residing in the town of Johnston, in 

 the county of Renfrew, in Scotland, for an invention of a " ma- 

 chine for a new mode of spinning cotton, silk, flax, and other 

 fibrous substances." Communicated to him by a certain fo- 

 reigner. 

 6. To John Heathcoat, Esq. of Tiverton, in the county of De- 

 von, for an invention of " certain new or improved methods of 

 draining and cultivating land, and new or improved machinery 

 and apparatus applicable thereto, which machinery and appa- 

 ratus may be applied to divers other useful purposes" 



