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provements In the manufacture of dry sulphuric acid, and in the manu- 

 facture of smoking or Nordhausen sulphuric acid." — 9th July 1847. 



8. To George Winslow, now of Boston, in the State of Massachu- 

 setts and United State of America, merchant, but lately of Burton 

 Crescent, in the county of Middlesex, being a communication from abroad, 

 " improvements in machinery for manufacturing files and rasps." — 12th 

 July 1847. 



9. To John Law, of York Place, Portman Square, in the county of 

 Middlesex, gentleman, being a communication from abroad, " improve- 

 ments in yams, and in the machinery by which the same are manufac- 

 tured. "—13th July 1847. 



10. To William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents, 66 

 Chancery Lane, in the county of Middlesex, civil-engineer, being a com- 

 munication from abroad, " improvements in the manufacture of screws." 

 —19th July 1847. 



11. To Henry John Nicoll, of No. 114 Regent Street, in the county 

 of Middlesex, tailor, " improvements in garments, and in pockets, bags, 

 and other receptacles." — 19th July 1847. 



12. To Edward Slaughter, of Avon Side Iron-Works, Bristol, engi- 

 neer, " improvements in locomotive engines." — 20th July 1847. 



13. To William Broadbent, of Manchester, and of Little Lever, 

 both in the county of Lancaster, paper manufacturer and dealer, " im- 

 provements in the manufacture of paper." — 21st July 1847. 



14. To James Johnstone, of Willow Park, Greenock, Esquire, " cer- 

 tain improvements in the manufacture of sugar." — 21st July 1847. 



15. To Egbert Hedge, formerly residing at No. 7 Howard Street, 

 in the parish of St Clements Danes, and county of Middlesex, now re- 

 siding at the Commercial Hotel, Blackfriars Road, in the county of Sur- 

 TGJ) gentleman, *' certain improvements in rails for railways, and in the 

 manner of securing them." — 22d July 1847. 



16. To William Breynton, of the Inner Temple, in the city of Lon- 

 don, Esquire, " certain improvements in rotatory steam-engines, and in 

 the means of working the same." — 21st July 1847. 



17. To John Yule, of Sauchiehall Street, in the city of Glasgow, 

 North Britain, " certain improvements in chairs used on railways, and 

 in the fixing of the same." — 27th July 1847. 



18. To Henry Mapple, William Brown, and James Lodge Mapple, 

 of Child's Hill, in the parish of Henden, " improvements in communicat- 

 ing intelligence by means of electricity, and in apparatus relating there- 

 to, part of which improvements are also applicable to other purposes." — 

 2d August 1847. 



19. To MosEs Poole, of the Patent Office, London, gentleman, being 

 a communication from abroad, " improvements in the manufacture of 

 cast-metal, iron, and steel." — 5th August 1847. 



20. To Robert Stirling Newall, of Gateshead, Esquire, " certain 

 improvements in locomotive engines." — 6th August 1847. 



21. To John Macintosh, of Bedford Square, in the county of Middle- 



