420 List of Patents, 



5. To Thomas Richardson, of the town, and county of the to'.vn, of 

 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, chemist, " a preparation of sulphate of lead, appli- 

 cable to some of the pui-poses for which carbonate of lead is now ai^plied." 

 — 30th June 1840. 



G. To David Morrison of Wilson Street, Finsbury, in the county of 

 Middlesex, ink-maker, ''improvements in printing." — 30th June 1840. 



7. To Jonathan Sparke of Langley Mills, Northumberland, agent, " cer- 

 tain improved processes or operations for smelting lead- ores." — 2d July 

 1840. 



8. To AViLLiAM M'Murray, of Kinleith Mill, near Edinburgh, paper- 

 maker, " certain improvements in the manufacture of paper." — 2d July 

 1840. 



9. To Robert Stirling Newall of Dundee, in the county of Forfar in 

 Scotland, being partly a communication from abroad, and partly by inven- 

 tion of his own, " certain improvements in wire ropes, and in machinery 

 for making such ropes, which ropes are applicable to various purposes." — 

 2d July 1840. 



10. To Charles Greenway of Douglas, in the Isle of Man, Esquire, 

 " certain improvements in reducing friction in wheels of carriages, wdiich 

 improvements are also applicable to bearings and journals of machinerv." 

 ~2d July 1840. 



1 1. To John Lothian of Edinburgh, geographer, " improvements in ap- 

 paratus for measuring or ascertaining weights, strains, or pressure." — • 

 7 th July. 



12. To John Swain "Worth of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, 

 merchant, being a communication from abroad, "improvements in rotator}' 

 engines to be worked by steam and other fluids, such engines being also 

 applicable for pumping water and other liquids." — 7th July 1840. 



13. To Thomas Peet of Bread Street, Cheapside, in the city of London, 

 gentleman, being a communication from abroad, " certain improvements in 

 steam-engines." — 10th July 1840. 



14. To Edward Thomas Bainbridge of Park Place, St James, in the 

 county of Middlesex, Esquire, "improvements in obtaining power." — 10th 

 July 1840. 



15. To John Juckes, of Shropshire, gentleman, " improvements in fur- 

 naces or fire-places, for the better consuming of fuel." — 10th July 1840. 



16. To James Harvey of Basing Place, Waterloo Road, in the county 

 of Surrey, timber-merchant, '• certain improvements in paving streets, roads 

 and ways, with blocks of wood, and in the machinery or apparatus for cut- 

 ting or forming such blocks." — 13th July 1840. 



17. To William Henry Bailey Webster of Ipswich, in the county of 

 Suftblk, surgeon in the Royal Nav}', " improvements in preparing skins and 

 otiier animal matters for tlie purposes of tanning, and the manufacture of 

 gelatine."— 13th July 1840. 



18. To Alexander Bow of Crown Street, Hutchesontown, Glasgow, in 

 the county of Lanark, Scotland, builder, " improvements in furnaces and 

 flues by the introduction and application of hot air thereto, and for the 

 consumption of smoke and economising fuel." — 14th July 1840. 



10. To Christopher Nickels, of the York Road, Lambeth, in the coun- 

 ty of Surrey, gentleman, being a communication from abroad, " improve- 

 ments in the manufacture of braids and plats." — 23d July 1840. 



20. To William Palmer of Sutton Street, Clerkenwell, in the county 

 of Middlesex, candlemaker, " improvements in the manufacture of candles, 

 and in apparatus for applying light." — 23d July 1840. 



21. To Daniel Gooch of Paddington Green, in the county of Middle- 

 sex, engineer, " improvements in wheels and locomotive engines to be used 

 on railways.'" — 24th July 1840. 



22. To Henry Dircks of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, engi- 

 neer, " ccrtaia improveraeuts in the construction of locomotive steam.-en~ 



