196 List of Patents. 



16. To Onesiphore Pecqueur, engineer, of Paris, in the kingdom of 

 France, " improvements in forming leather into tubes, swithes, cases, 

 sheaths, hats, and other articles." — 16th April 1847. 



17. To John Coats, of Seedly, in the county of Lancaster, calico prin- 

 ter, " certain improvements in machinery or apparatus for cleaning the 

 surface of v^'oven fabrics, or freeing the same from fibrous or other loose 

 matters previous to printing thereon." — 29th April 1847. 



18. To Joseph Woods, of Bucklensbury, in the city of London, engi- 

 neer, being a ooniniunication from abroad, " certain improvements in 

 springs for supporting heavy bodies, and resisting sudden and continuous 

 pressure." — 30th April 1847. 



19. To Louis Sylvain Gonin, manufacturer, of Paris, in the kingdom 

 of France, '' iraprovemcmts in printing stuffs, paper, and other matters." 

 —4th May 1847. 



20. To Philip Burnaud Ayres, of No. 12 Howland Street, Fitzroy 

 Square, in the county of Middlesex, doctor of medicine, " certain plans 

 and improvements in preparing putrescent organic matters, such as night 

 soil, the matter in suspension in the water of sewers and other similar 

 matters, for the purpose of manure or for other purposes, and for appa- 

 ratus for the same." — 4th May 1847. 



21. To George Copeland, of 37 Frederick Street, Edinburgh, "■ an 

 instrument or apparatus for measuring the human body, for the purpose 

 of fitting garments with ease and accuracy, without reference to the pro- 

 portions of the breast and shoulder measures, and which invention he 

 names the CorpoHmensor.'' — 5th May 1847. 



22. To Thomas Waterhol'se, of Edgeley, in the borough of Stock- 

 port, in the county of Chester, cotton manufacturer, " certain mechanical 

 improvements applicable to railway engines and tenders, and to railway 

 carriages of various kinds." — 8th May 1847. 



23. To Maximilian Francois Joseph Delfosse, of Regent Street, in 

 the county of Middlesex, Esquire, " improvements in preventing and re- 

 moving incrustation in steam-boilers." — 13th May 1847. 



24. To CoNHAD Haverkam Greenhow, of North Shields, gentleman, 

 " improvements in the construction of ships or vessels, and in propelling 

 ships and vessels." — 14th May 1847. 



25. To Samtjkl Hardacre, of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, 

 machinist, " certain improvements in machinery or apparatus for opening 

 and for carding cotton and other fibrous substances, and for grinding the 

 cards of carding engines." — 17th May 1847. 



26. To George Benjamin Thorneycroft, of Wolverhampton, in the 

 county of Stafford, iron-master, " im})rovements in the manufacture of 

 rails for railways."^ — 18th May 1847- 



27. To Gardner Stow, of King Street, Cheapside, in the city of 

 London, gentleman, being a communication from abroad, '' improve- 

 ments in the construction of steam-vessels, and in apparatus for propel- 

 ling ships and other vessels." — 18th May 1847. 



28. To Reginald James Blewitt, of Llantarnam Abbey, Newport, in 

 the county of Monmouth, Esquire, " improvements in the manufacture 

 of malleable iron." — 24th May 1847. 



29. To Solomon Leatham, of Leeds, in the county of York, over- 

 looker, " improvements in roving and spinning flax and other fibres."' — 

 2ith Mav 1847. 



