404 List of Patents. 



Middlesex, engineer, '* improvements in machinery for manufacturing 

 rivets, bolts, and screw blanks." — 3d September 1850. 



44. To Wakefield Pim, of the town or borough of Kingston-upon- 

 HuU, in the county of the same town or borough, engine and boiler 

 maker and builder of iron steam ships, "certain improvements in the 

 construction of the boilers and funnels of steam engines." — 4th Septem- 

 ber 1850. 



45. To William Joseph Horsfall, and Thomas James, both of the 

 Mersey steel and iron works, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, in the county of 

 Lancaster, ** improvements in the rolling of iron and other metals." — 

 6th September 1850. 



46. To George Attwood, of Birmingham, in the county of War- 

 wick, copper roller manufacturer, "anew or improved method of making 

 tubing of copper or alloys of copper."^ — 6th September 1850. 



47. To Thomas Priestly, of Shuttleworth, in the county of Lancaster, 

 manager, and Richard Hurst, of Rochdale, in the same county, cotton 

 spinner, " certain improvements in the machinery or apparatus to be 

 used for preparing, spinning, and doubling cotton, wool, flax, silk, and 

 similar fibrous materials, and also in machinery or apparatus for prepar- 

 ing, balling, and winding warps, or yarns." — 7th September 1850. 



48. To George Thompson, of No. 12 Park Road, Regent's Park, in the 

 county of Middlesex, gentleman, "certain improvements in machinery 

 and apparatus for cutting, digging, or turning up earth, applicable to agri- 

 cultural purposes." — 16th September 1850. 



49. To Christopher Cross, of Farnworth, near Bolton, in the county 

 of Lancaster, cotton spinner and manufacturer, ** certain improve- 

 ments in the manufacture of textile fabrics, also in the manufacture of 

 wearing apparel and other articles from textile materials, and in the 

 machinery or apparatus for effecting the same." — 16th September 

 1850. 



50. To Joseph Long and James Long, of Little Tower Street, in the city 

 of London, mathematical instrument makers, and Richard Pattenden, 

 of Nelson Square, in the county of Surrey, engineer, " an improvement 

 in instruments and machinery for steering ships, which is also applicable 

 to vices and other instruments and machinery for obtaining power." — 

 17th September 1850. 



51. To John James Greenough, of George Street, Hanover Square, in 

 the county of Middlesex, gentleman, " improvements in obtaining and 

 applying motive power ;" being a communication from abroad. — l7th 

 September 1850. 



52. To John Sidebottom, of Broadbottora, in the county of Chester, 

 manufacturer, " improvements in looms for weaving." — 18th September 

 1850. 



53. To George Robbins, of Forest Lodge, near Hythe, in the county 

 of Southampton, gentleman, ** improvements in the construction of rail- 

 way carriages." — 20th September 1850. 



54. To James Scott, of Falkirk, in the county of Stirling, North 

 Britain, shipwright, *' certain improvements in docks, slips, and appa- 

 ratus connected therewith." — 20th September 1850. 



