List of Scottish Patents. 207 



Oct. 6. To James Lako of Greenock, Scotland, North Britain, flax-dresser, 

 for an invention of " certain improvements in machinery, for 

 spreading, drawing, roving, or spinning flax-hemp, or other fi- 

 brous substances, dressed or undressed.'* 

 f). To Jean Jaques Jequier of Castle Street, Leicester Square, in 

 the county of Middlesex, merchant, for an invention, in conse- 

 quence of a communication made to him by a certain foreigner 

 residing abroad, of *' certain improvements in the machinery for, 

 or method of, making paper, which he denominates the Xerano- 

 thlipte." 

 12. To George Forrester of Vauxhall Foundry, Liverpool, in the 

 county of Lancaster, civil engineer, for an invention of " cer- 

 tain improvements in wheels for carriages and machinery, which 

 improvements are applicable to other purposes." 

 24. To John Milne of Shaw, in the parish of Oldham, in the county 

 of Lancaster, cotton-spinner, for an invention of " improvements 

 in certain instruments or machines commonly called roving frames 

 and slubbing frames, used for preparing cotton wool for spinning. 

 31. To George Lowe, of Brick Lane, in the parish of Saint Luke, Old 

 Street, in the county of Middlesex, civil engineer, for an inven- 

 tion of " an improvement or improvements in, and connected 

 with, the manufacture of gas for illumination." 

 Nov. 14. To Daniel Dunscomb, Bradford, a citizen of the United States of 

 North America, but now residing in Dorset Place, in the parish 

 of St Marylebone, in the county of Middlesex, for an invention, 

 in consequence of a communication made to him by Solomon An- 

 drews, residing at Amboy, New Jersey, in the said United States 

 of North America, of " certain improvements in lamps." 

 22. To Samuel Brown, of Billeter Square, in the city of London, com- 

 mander in the Royal Navy, for an invention of " certain im- 

 provements in the means of drawing up ships and other vessels 

 from the water, on land, and for transporting or moving ships or 

 vessels and other bodies, from one place to another." 

 26. To William Alltost Summers, of St George's Place, St George's, 

 in the east, in the county of Middlesex, engineer, and Natha- 

 niel Ogle, of Milbrook, in the county of Hants, Esq. for an in- 

 vention of " certain improvements in the construction of steam- 

 engine and other boilers or generators, applicable to propelling 

 vessels, locomotive carriages, and other purposes." 



To William Furnival, of Wharton, in the county of Chester, 

 Es<i. for an invention of ** certain improvements in evaporating 

 brine." 



To Jacob Perkins, of Fleet Street, in the city of London, engi- 

 neer, for an invention of " certain improvements in generating 

 steam, and evaporating and boiling fluids for certain purposes." 



To Thomas Sands, of Liverpool, merchant, for an invention, in 

 consequence of a communication made to him by a certain 

 foreigner residing abroad, of " certain improvements in machinery 

 for spinning, twisting, and roving." 



