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38. To Charles Wheatstoxe of Conduit Street, Haaevwr Square, in 

 the county of Middlesex, Esq., and AVilm am Fothergill Cooke of Copt- 

 hall Buildings, in the city of London, Esq., " improvements in giving sig- 

 nals and sounding alarums at distant i)hices, by means of electric currents." 

 — 21st August 1840. 



39. To George Saunders of Hooknorton, in the county of Oxford, 

 clerk, and James Wilmot of the same place, farrier, " improvements in 

 machinery for dibbling or setting wheat and other grain." — 25th Au2:ust 

 1840. 



40. To Charles Wye "Williams of Taverpool, in the county of Lan- 

 caster, gentleman, " improvements in the means of generating heat prin- 

 cipally applicable to the production of steam and the prevention of smoke." 

 —28th August 1840. 



41. To Thomas Gadd Matthews of the city of Bristol, merchant, and 

 Egbert Leonard of the same place, merchant, " certain improvements in 

 machinery or apparatus for sawing, rasping, or dividing woods or tanners' 

 bark." — 31st August 1840. 



42. To Miles Blrry of the Office of Patents, 66 Chancery Lane, in the 

 county of Middlesex, patent agent, being a communication from abroad, 

 " certain improvements in the strengthening and preserving ligneous and 

 textile substances." — 1st September 1840. 



43. To Peter Fairbairn of Leeds, in the county of York, engineer, 

 being a commmiication from abroad, " certain improvements in macliinery 

 or apparatus for heckling, combing, preparing, or dressing hemp, flax, and 

 such other textile or fibrous materials." — 7th September 1840. 



44. To Thomas Milner of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, " cer- 

 tain i^nprovements in boxes, safes, or other depositories, for the protection 

 of paptirs or other materials from fire." — 8tli September 1840. 



45. To John Johnston of Glasgow, in the county of Lanark, North 

 Britain, gentleman, " a new method (by means of machinery) of ascertain- 

 ing the velocity of, or the space passed throxigh by ships, vessels, car- 

 riages, and other means of locomotion, part of whicli is also applicable to 

 the measurement of time." — 14th September 1840. 



46. To Edwin Travis of Shaw Mills, near Oldham, in the county of 

 Lancaster, cotton-spinner, " certain improvements in machinery or appa- 

 ratus for preparing cotton and other fibrous materials for spinning." — 15th 

 September 1840. 



47. To Henry Curzon of the borough of Kidderminster, in the county 

 of Worcester, machinist, "improvements in steam-engines." — 16 th Sep- 

 tember 1840. 



48. To George Gwynne of Portland Tei-race, Regent's Park, in the 

 county of Middlesex, gentleman, '• improvements in the manufacture of 

 candles, and operating upon oils and fats." — 16th September 1840. 



49. To Henry Waterton of Fulmer Place, Gerard's Cross, in the 

 county of Buckingliam, Esq., " certain improvements in the manufacture 

 of sal ammoniac." — 16th September 1840. 



50. To John Gibson and Thomas Muir, both of Glasgow, in the king- 

 dom of Scotland, silk-manufacturers, " improvements in cleaning silk and 

 other fibrous substances." — l7th September 1840. 



61. To James Stirling of Dundee, engineer, and Robert Stirling, 

 clerk, D. D. of Galston, Ayrshire, " certain improvements in air-engines." 

 — I7th September 1840. 



62. To James Harvey of Bizing Place, Waterloo Road, in the county 

 of Sun-ey, gentleman, " improvements in extracting sulphur from pyrites 

 and other substances containing the same." — 21st September 1840. 



83. To Gerard Ralston of Tokenhouse Yard, in the city of London, 

 merchant, being a communication from abroad, " improvements in rolling 

 imddle-balls or other masses of iron." — 22d September 1840. 



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