214 List of Patents. 



40. To William Longmaid, of the borough of Plymouth, in the- 

 county of Devon, gentleman, — " certain improvements in the manufac- 

 ture of chlorine, in treating sulphurous ores and other minerals, and in 

 obtaining various products therefrom." — 12th November 1845. 



41. To John Lord, of Friday Bridge, Birmingham, in the county of 

 Warwick, merchant, being a communication from abroad, — '* improve- 

 ments in supplying steam boilers with water." — l7th November 1845. 



42. To Richard Prosser, of Birmingham, in the county of War- 

 wick, civil-engineer, — " improvements in the manufacture of metal tubes, 

 •and in the machinery and apparatus for producing the same, and in appa- 

 ratus for fastening tubes in their intended places in steam-boilers and- 

 other vessels," — 18th November 1845. 



43. To Robert James Hendrie junior, of Blossom Street, Norton 

 Falgate, in the county of Middlesex, dyer, — " an improvement in the. 

 preparation of silk." — 18th November 1845. 



44. To Moses Poole, of the Patent OiBce, Serle Street, in the county 

 of Middlesex, gentlemen, being a communication from abroad, — '•' certain 

 improvements to hinder the oxydation of iron in all its various states of 

 cast metal, steel, malleable iron, and also to render malleable iron more 

 hard and durable." — 19th November 1845. 



45. To Thomas Bell, of the Don Alkali Works, South Shields, in, 

 the county of Durham, — " improvements in certain processes in the ma- 

 nufacture of alkali, which improvements are applicable to the purposes of 

 condensation." — 19th November 1845. 



46. To Charles Hancock, of Grosvenor Place, in the county of Mid- 

 dlesex, artist, — " certain improvements in cork and other stoppers, and a 

 new composition or substance which may be used as a substitute for, and; 

 in preference to cork, and a method or methods of manufacturing the 

 said new composition or substance, into bungs, stoppers, and other useful 

 articles." — 20th November 1845. 



47. To Charles Smith, of No. 13 Newcastle Street, Strand, in the- 

 county of Middlesex, gentleman, — " New and improved methods in the 

 construction and application of a variety of cooking, culinary, and do- 

 mestic articles and utensils, some of which are applicable to cleaning, and; 

 a variety of similar useful purposes." — 20th November 1845. 



48. To Robert Hazard, of Clifton, near Bristol, in the county of 

 Somerset, confectioner, — " improvements in apparatus for heating public 

 and private buildings." — 26th November 1845. 



49. To Edward Augustin King, of Warwick Street, in the county- 

 of Middlesex, gentleman, being a communication from abroad, — " im-, 

 provements in obtaining light by electricity." — 26th November 1845. 



50. Richard Archibald Brooman, of the Patent Office, 166 Fleet 

 Street, in the city of London, gentleman, being a communication from, 

 abroad, — *' certain improvements in weaving machinery." — 26th Novem- 

 ber 1845. 



51. Henry Clark, of Redcross Street, Cripplegate, in the city of 

 London, oil-merchant, and George Roberts, of Wells Street, Cripple- 

 gate aforesaid, miner, — " certain improvements in the construction of; 

 lamps, and in the preparation of materials to be employed for producing 



.illumination." — 1st December 1845. 



52. Richard Archibald Brooman, of the Patent Office, 166 Fleeit 



