380 List of Scotch Patents, 



May 14. To Geobge Goodlet, residing in Leith, proprietor of the Lon- 

 don, Leith, and Edinburgh Steam-Mills, for an invention of " a 

 new method of preparing rough meal from ground wheat, or 

 other grains, previous to their being dressed for flour; also 

 rough meal from ground barley, malt, or other grain, previous 

 to their being put in the mash-tun for brewing or distilling." 

 21 To Bennet Woodcroft, of Manchesler, printer, for an invention 

 of " certain improvements in the construction of a revolving 

 spiral paddle for propelling boats and other vessels on water." 

 22. To Thomas Bruntok, London, and Thomas Fuller, London, 

 civil-engineer, for an invention of " an improvement or im- 

 provements in certain mechanical apparatus applicable to the 

 raising of water or other fluids, and also a new or improved 

 mode of effecting the same object." 

 31. To William Drake, of Bedminster, near the city of Bristol, 

 tanner, for an invention of " an improvement or improvements 

 in tanning hides and skins." 

 To John Jellicorse, of Stansfeld Mill, in the county of York, 

 spinner, for an invention of '* certain improvements in spinning 

 machinery." 

 June 2. To Joshua Bates, for an invention of " certain improvements 

 in machinery, or apparatus for roving, twisting, or s})inning cot- 

 ton, silk, wool, hemp, flax, or other fibrous substances." 

 8. To John Joyce, of John Street, London, for an invention " of a 

 certain improvement, or certain improvements, in machinery 

 for making nails of iron, copper, and other metals." 

 To Frederick Steiner of Church, near Blackburn, in the county 

 palatine of Lancaster, manufacturing chemist and Turkey-red 

 Iyer, " for a certain process or processes, by which spent mad- 

 jrs, or madders that have been previously used, can be made 

 yield a great quantity of colouring matter, and for dyeing 

 Ith the same of various colours all descriptions of cotton, linen, 

 fool, silk, or any mixture of them, and also for improving for 

 'clyeing madders that have not been previously used." 

 Hugh Bolton of Staples, in the parish of Bolton-le-Moors, in 

 the county of Lancaster, carder, for an invention of " an im- 

 provement in machinery used for carding cotton and other 

 fibrous materials." 

 21. To Alexander Beattie Shankland, London, Esq. for " a new 



method of spinning wool." 

 28. To John Holt the younger of Whitby, ropemaker, for an inven- 

 tion of " a mode or process for preparing and manufacturing 

 certain fibrous substances." 

 Aug. 1. To John Howard Kyan, London, for an invention of " a new 



mode of preserving certain vegetable substances from decay." 

 Sept. 4. To William Daubeny Holmes, London, engineer, for an inven- 

 tion of " a new method of heating houses and other buildings, and 

 of applying heat to various manufactures and other purposes." 



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