List of English Patents. 399 



Mar. 29. To T. Coleman, St Alban's, training groom, for an improved roller 

 for horses." 

 31. To A. Ure, Finsbury Circus, M. D., for an " improved apparatus 

 for distilling." 

 To J. Wallace, Leith, brazier, for an ^improvement or improve- 

 ments upon the safety-hearth, for the use of vessels." 

 April 2 To James Slater, Salford, Lancashire, bleacher, for ** improve- 

 ments in the method of generating steam or vapour applicable 

 as a moving power, and to arts and manufactures, and also for 

 improvements in vessels or machinery employed for that pur- 

 pose." 

 14. To W. Rutherford jun., Jedburgh, Scotland, writer and bank- 

 agent, for a '^ combination or arrangement of apparatus or me- 

 chanism to be used by itself, or applied to locks and other fas- 

 tenings, for better protecting property." 

 To S. MoRAMD, Mancnester, for an '^ improved stretching ma- 

 chine.". 

 To T. Brukton, Esq. Park Square, Regent's Park, for an " im- 

 provement in certain apparatus rendering the same applicable 

 for making or refining sugar." 

 To T. Gaunt, London, and G, F. Eckstein, London, for an " im- 

 proved fire-grate." 

 21. To W. Dixon, Walsale, for an " improvement on the cock or tap 

 applicable to fluids, liquids, and gases." 



30. To S. T. Seal, London, engineer, for an " improvement in certain 



apparatus for separating a portion of aqueous vapour from the 

 vapour of alcohol in the process of distilling and rectifying 

 spirituous liquors." 

 April 30. To Mr G. Stephenson, Liverpool, civil engineer, for an improve- 

 ment " in the mode of constructing wheels for railway-carnages." 

 May 18. To W. Gutteridge, Clerkenwell, civil engineer, for certain im- 

 provements " in apparatus for distilling and other purposes." 

 To R. B. Cooper, London, for an improvement " on a cock or tap 

 applicable to fluids, liquids and gases, and for applying the said 

 improvement or improvements to other useful purposes." 



23. To J. P. Westhead, Manchester, for certain improvements " in 



the manufacture of small wares." 



To T. Knowles, Charlton Row, Lancashire, for certain improve- 

 ments " in machinery, by aid of which machinery commonly called 

 Mules, are or may be rendered what is termed self-acting." 



To G. Barnard, Bristol, for improvements " in locks and other 

 spring fastenings for doors and other places." 



24. To T. Westrup and W. Gihrins, of Bromley, for improvements 



" in converting salt or other water into pure or other water." 

 To R. Wood, London, for '* an inking apparatus, to be used with 



certain descriptions of printing presses." 

 To R. Fell, London, for improvements " in machinery or appara- 

 tus for raising water, and in the application thereof to certain use- 

 ful purposes." 

 To S. Horday, Birmingham, for an improvement ** in a machine 

 to be worked by steam, that may be applied for the moving of 

 ships' boats and barges on the water, and to carriages either on 

 the road or tramways, and in a fixed position may be applied to all 

 the purposes that steam-engines are used for." 



31. To N. H. Manicler, for " a new manufacture of useful products 



from a certain oleaginous substance." 

 June 2. To S. Lamrert, gold-lace-man, for an improvement ** in throstle- 

 spindles for spinning and twisting silk, cotton, wool, flax, and 

 other fibrous substances." 



4. To. T. Spinney, Cheltenham, for certain improvements *< in appa- 

 ratus for manufacturing gas for illumination." 



7. To J. Pearse, Tavistock, ironmonger, for certain improvements 

 " on wheeled.carriages, and on apparatus to be used therewith."^ 



