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ments in machinery, or apparatus for cardinj? wool, and doffinpf, straighten- 

 ing, piecing, roving, and drawing rolls or cardings of wool." — 21st July 1836. 



9. To William Wainwright Potts of Burslem, in the county of Stafford, 

 china and earthern-ware manufacturer, William Machin of Burslem afore- 

 said, china and earthen-ware manufacturer, and William Bourne of Burslem 

 aforesaid, manager, for an invention of " an improved method or process, 

 whereby impressions or patterns in one or more colours or metallic prepara- 

 tions are produced and transferred to surfaces of metal, wood, cloth, paper, 

 papier mache'e, bone, slate, marble, and other suitable substances prepared, or 

 otherwise not being used or known, as earthen-ware, porcelain, china, glass, 

 or other similar substances." — 29th July 1836. 



10. To Walter Hancock of Stratford, in the county of Essex, engineer, 

 for an invention of " an improvement or improvements upon steam-engines." 

 ~29th July 1836. 



11. To John M'Dowall of Johnstone, in the county of Renfrew, Scotland, 

 engineer, for an invention of " certain improvements in machinery for sawing 

 and cutting, and likewise in the mode of applying motive power thereto." — 

 2d August 1836. 



12. To Henrt Walker Wood of No. 29 Austin Friars, in the city of 

 London, merchant, for an invention of " certain improvements in certain lo- 

 comotive apparatus." — 4th August 1836. 



13. To John Burns Smith, of Salford in the county of Lancaster, spinner, 

 and John Smith of Halifax in the county of York, dyer, for an invention of 

 " a certain method or methods of tentering, stretching, or keeping out cloth 

 to its width, made either of cotton, silk, wool, or any other fibrous substances 

 by machinery."— nth August 1836. 



14. To Henry Gore of Manchester, machine-maker, for " an invention of 

 certain improvements in the machinery or apparatus for spinning or twisting 

 cotton and other fibrous substances." — 11th August 1836. 



15. To Samuel Hall of Basford, in the county of Nottingham, gentleman, 

 for an invention of " improvements in propelling vessels, also improvements 

 in steam-engines, and in the method or methods of working some parts there- 

 of, some of which improvements are applicable to other useful purposes."— 

 15th August 1836. 



16. To Thomas Earl of Dundonald of Regent's Park, in the county of 

 Middlesex, for an invention of " improvements in machinery and apparatus 

 applicable to purposes of locomotion." — 15th August 1836. 



17. To Joshua Bates of Bishopsgate Street in the city of London, mer- 

 chant, for an invention, communicated by a foreigner residing abroad, of 

 " certain improvements in machinery for cleaning and preparing wool."— 

 19th August 1836. 



18. To John Sharp of the burgh of Dundee in the county of Forfar in 

 North Britain, flax-spinner, for an mvention of" certain machinery for con- 

 verting ropes into tow, and certain improvements in preparing hemp or flax 

 for spinning ; also certain improvements in certain machinery for the pre- 

 paration thereof for spinning, part of which improvements are also applicable 

 to the preparing of cotton, wool, and silk, for spinning." — 24th August 1836. 



19. To James Champion of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, ma- 

 chine-maker, for an invention of " certain improvements in machinery for 

 spinning, twisting, and doubling cotton and other fibrous substances.'' — 31st 

 August 1836. 



20. To John SpRiNGALLofOulton in thecounty of Suffolk, iron-founder, for 

 an invention of "an improved mode of manufacturing certain parts of ploughs.'* 

 2d September 1836. 



21. To Richard Thomas Beck, of the parish of Little Stonham in the 

 county of Suffolk, gentleman, for an invention, communicated by a foreigner 

 residing abroad, " of new or improved apparatus, or mechanism, for obtain- 

 ing power and motion to be used as a mechanical agent generally, which he 

 intends to denominate Rotae Vivae." — 10th September 1836. 



22. To Henry Scott Junior, and Robert Stephen Oliver, hatters in 

 the city of Edinburgh, for an invention, communicated by a foreigner resid- 

 ing abroad, *■' of a certain improvement or improvements in the manufacture 

 of hats, caps, and bonnets."— J 0th September 1836. 



