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List of Patents granted in Scotland from 3d October to 6th 

 December 1827. 



1827, 



Oct. 3. To Peter Burt of Waterloo Place, in the parish of St Ann, Lime- 

 house, in the county of Middlesex, mathematical instrument- 

 maker, (in consequence of a communication made to him by a cer- 

 tain foreigner residing abroad) for " an improvement on Steam- 

 Engines." 

 24. To Joshua Horton of West Bromwick, in the county of Stafford, 

 boiler-maker, for " a new and improved method of forming and 

 making of hollow Cylinders, Guns, Ordnance, Retorts, and various 

 other hollow and useful articles in wrought-iron, in steel, or com- 

 posed of both of these metals." 



Nov. 2. To Samuel Pratt of New Bond Street, in the parish of St George, 

 Hanover Square, in the county of Middlesex, camp-equipage. ma- 

 nufacturer, for " certain improvements in Bedsteads, Beds, 

 Couches, and other articles of furniture, principally designed to 

 be used on shipboard.'* 

 To Thomas Breidenbach of Birmingham, in the county of War- 

 wick, merchant, one of those designed Quakers, for " certain im- 

 provements on Bedsteads, and in the making, manufacturing or 

 forming articles to be applied to or used in various ways with bed- 

 steads, from a material or materials hitherto unused for such pur- 

 pose." 

 22. To William Fawcett of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, 

 engineer, and Matthew Clark of the island of Jamaica, en- 

 gineer, for " an improved apparatus for the better manufacture 

 of Sugar from the Canes." 



28. To Bennet Woodcroft of Manchester, in the county of Lancas- 



ter, manufacturer, for " certain processes and apparatus for print- 

 ing and preparing for manufacture Yams of Linen, Cotton, Silk, 

 Woollen, or any other fibrous materiaL" 



29. To Lemuel Wellmann Wright of Mansfield Street, Borough 



Road, in the county of Surrey, engineer, for " certain improve- 

 ments in the combination and arrangement of Mechanical Powers, 

 applicable to the purposes of driving machinery, and lifting and 

 moving heavy bodies." 

 29. To Lemuel Wellman Wright of Mansfield Street, Borough 

 Road, in the county of Surrey, engineer, for " certain improve- 

 ments in the combination and arrangement of machinery for ma- 

 king Metal Screws." 

 Dec. 6. To Joshua Jenour junior of Brighton Street, in the parish of St 

 Pancras, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, for " a Cartridge 

 or Case, and Method of more advantageously inclosing therein, shot 

 or other missiles, for the purpose of loading fire-arma and guns of 

 different descriptions." 



