List of Patents. 213 



and doubling cotton, wool, flax, and similar fibrous material." — 24tli Oc- 

 tober 1845. 



28. To Arthur Smith, of St Helens, in the county of Lancaster, 

 manufacturing chemist, — " certain improvements in the manufacture of 

 soda ash." — 28th October 1845. 



29. To Thomas Moss, of Gainsford Street, Bamsbury Road, in the 

 county of Middlesex, engraver, — "improvements in printing and pre- 

 paring bankers' notes, checks, and other papers, for the better preven- 

 tion of fraud." — 29th October 1845. 



30. To John Samuel Templeton, of Sussex Place, Kensington, in the 

 county of Middlesex, artist, — " improvements in propelling carriages on 

 railways." 29th October 1845. 



31. To Robert Clark, ship's-painter, and Alexander Pirnie, ship's- 

 smith, both of Newburgh, in the county of Fife, — *' certain improve- 

 ments in steering vessels." — 29th October 1845. 



32. To John Ayre, of the borough and parish of Tynemouth, in the 

 county of Northumberland, sailmaker, — " an improved fabric for sail- 

 cloth."— 30th October 1845. 



33. To Thomas Howard, of the King and Queen Iron Works, Rother- 

 hithe, in the county of Surrey, iron manufacturer, — " improvements in 

 rolling iron bars for suspension bridges and other purposes." — 5th 

 November 1845. 



34. To James Hardcastle, of Firwood, Bolton-le-moors, in the county 

 of Lancaster, Esquire, — " certain improvements in the method of scouring, 

 bleaching, preparing, dyeing, and finishing piece goods or woven fabrics." 

 — 6th November 1845. 



35. To Edward Wilkins, of No. 2Q Surrey Place, Old Kent Road, 

 in the parish of Saint George's, Southwark, in the county of Surrey, tan- 

 ner and currier, " an improvement or improvements in the manufacture 

 of leather." — 6th November 1845. 



36. To John Davies, of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, pa- 

 tent agent, — " certain improvements in the method of dyeing or staining 

 woven or piece goods or fabrics, and in the machinery or apparatus to be 

 used for such or similar operations," being a communication from abroad. 

 —10th November 1845. 



37. To Robert Griffiths, of Havre, in the kingdom of France, 

 George Hinton Bovill, of Millwall, in the county of Middlesex, and 

 George Hennett, of Bristol, engineers, — " improvements in the con- 

 struction in parts of apparatus used for propelling carriages and vessels 

 by the atmosphere, and improvements in propelling carriages and ves- 

 sels by atmospheric pressure." — llth November 1845. 



38. To Angier March Perkins, formerly of Harper Street, but now 

 of Francis Street, Regent Square, in the parish of St Paneras, in the 

 county of Middlesex, civil-engineer, extension for five years from 2d 

 November 1846, of a patent granted to him, bearing date 2d November 

 1832, for his invention of " certain improvements in the apparatus or me- 

 thod of heating the air in buildings, heating and evaporating fluids, and 

 heating metals." — llth November 1845. 



39. To Alfred Watney, of Wandsworth, in the county of Surrey, 

 gentleman, — " improvements in the manufacture of horse-shoes, and in 

 applying shoes to horses and other animals." — 12th November 1845^ 



