^08 List of Scotch Patents, 



1833. 

 April 24. To Claude Marie Hilaire Molinard, of Bury Street, Saint Mary 

 Axe, in the city of London, merchant, in consequence of a com- 

 niunication made to him by a certain foreigner resident abroad, 

 for " certain improvements on looms or machinery for weaving 

 fabrics." 

 To James Brown, of Margaret Street, Commercial Road, in the 

 county of Middlesex, rigger, for " certain improvements in 

 capstans, and apparatus to be used therewith." 

 26. To Thomas Spinney of Cheltenham, in the county of Gloucester, 

 gas-engineer, for " an improved earthen-ware retort for gene- 

 rating gas for the purpose of illumination." 

 May 16. To William Graham junior, of the city of Glasgow, cotton-spin- 

 ner and power-loom manufacturer, in consequence of a commu- 

 nication made to him by a certain foreigner, for " an invention 

 of a self-acting temple, to be used in the operations of weaving 

 by power or hand loom. 

 To George Harris of East Woolwich, in the county of Surry, 

 Esq., a captain in his Majesty's Royal Navy, for " a method 

 for the reducing and preparing various vegetable substances 

 (not hitherto in use for like purposes), and for the manufactu- 

 ring them into articles in general use heretofore usually made 

 from hemp and flax." 

 16. To Robert Stein of Edinburgh, Esq., for "an improved steam- 

 engine on the rotatory principle." 

 To George Frederick Muntz of Birmingham, metal-roller, for 

 " an improved manufacture of metal plates for sheathing the 

 bottoms of ships or other such vessels, and also of bolts and 

 other the like ship's fastenings." 

 21. To William Harrold of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, 

 merchant, in consequence of a communication he had from a 

 certain foreigner residing abroad, for " an improvement or im- 

 provements in machinery for making or manufacturing paper." 

 To Christopher Robinson of Athlone, in tne county of Roscom- 

 mon, Ireland, distiller, for " certain new or improved machinery 

 for transferring caloric from aeriform or fluid bodies to other 

 bodies of the like description, and applicable to other useful 

 purposes." 

 31. To Archibald Douglas of Manchester, in the county of Lancas- 

 ter, manufacturer, for " certain improvements on power-looms 

 and the shuttles used therein." 

 'to Thomas Spinney of Cheltenham, in the county of Gloucester, 

 gas-ei'igineer, for " a new combination of materials for the ma. 

 riufacture of crucibles, melting-pots, and fire-bricks." 



