204 Li$t of Patents. 



26. To William Winsor of Kathbone Place, in the county of Middlesex, 

 artists' colourman, for an invention of " a certain method or certain methods, 

 process or processes, of preparing, preserving, and using colours." — 15th 

 May 1840. 



26. To William Craig of Glasgow, in the kingdom of Scotland, engi- 

 neer, and William ^Douglas Sharp of Stanley, Perthshire, in the same 

 kingdom, engineer, for an invention of " certain improvements in machinery 

 for preparing, spinning, and doubling cotton, flax, wool, and other fibrous 

 substances."— 18th May 1840. 



27. To Alexander Angus Croll of Greenwich, in the county of Kent, 

 manufacturing chemist, for an invention of " certain improvements in the 

 process of manufacturing gas, and in the production of ammoniacal salts." — 

 19th May 1840. 



28. To John Davidson, salt-manufacturer, Leith Walk, near Edinburgh, 

 in the county of Edinburgh, for an invention of " an improvement in the 

 method of preserving salt." — 19tli May 1840. 



29. To Thomas Walker of Galashiels, in the county of Selkirk, mecha- 

 nic, for an invention of *' improvements in apparatus applicable to feeding 

 machinery employed in carding, scribbling, or teazing fibrous materials." — 

 26th May 16 0. 



30. To James Hadden Young of Lille, in the kingdom of France, at pre- 

 sent residing at 32 Norfolk Street, Strand, in the county of Middlesex, mer- 

 chant, and Adrian Delcambre of Lille aforesaid, manufacturer, for an in- 

 vention of " an improved mode of setting up printing types." — 28th May 

 1840. 



31. To John Hawley of Frith Street, Soho Square, in the county of 

 Middlesex, watchmaker, for an invention, communicated by a foreigner re- 

 siding abroad, of " improvements in pianos and harps." — 29th May 1840. 



32. To Thomas Edmondson of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, 

 clerk, for an invention of " certain improvements in printing presses." — 1st 

 June 1840. 



33. To William Potts of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, brass- 

 founder, for an invention of " certain apparatus for suspending and moving 

 pictures and curtains." — 2d June 1840. 



34. To Elijah Galloway of Water Lane, Tower Street, in the city of 

 London, engineer, for an invention of " improvements in steam-engines." — 

 9th June 1840. 



35. To Francois Vouillon [of Prince's Street, Hanover Square, in the 

 county of Middlesex, silk-mercer, for an invention, communicated by a 

 foreigner residing abroad, of " improvements in the manufacture of orna- 

 mental woven fabrics." — 9th June 1840. 



36. To William Daubney Holmes of Cannon Row, in the city of West- 

 minster, and county of Middlesex, civil engineer, for an invention of " cer- 

 tain improvements in the construction of iron ships, boats, and other vessels, 

 and also in means for preventing the same from foundering, also in the ap- 

 plication of the same improvements, or parts thereof, to other vessels." — 

 18th June 1840. 



37. To John Crighton junior of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, 

 machine-maker, for an invention of " certain improvements in machinery 

 for weaving single, double, or treble cloths, by hand or power." — 18th June 

 1840. 



