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Oct. 16. To William Burk of Bankside, irv^he county of Surrey, engineer, 

 for " certain improvements in propelling boats, ships, or other 

 floating bodies.'' 

 To Joseph Henri Jerome Poittevin of Craven Street, in the coun- 

 ty of Middlesex, gentleman, for an invention, communicated by 

 a foreigner residing abroad, " of a powder which is applicable to 

 the purpose of disinfecting night soil and certain other matters, 

 and facilitating the production of manure." 

 To Patrick Seyton Hynes of Paddington, in the county of Middle- 

 sex, gentleman, for " certain improvements in wheels, axletrees, 

 and boxes, and an apparatus for retarding or locking carriage- 

 wheels." 



22. To William Wilkinson of Lucas Street, in the parish of St George- 



in-the-East, and the county of Middlesex, for a ** certain im- 

 provement, or certain improvements, in the mechanism or ma- 

 chinery' by which steam power is applied to give motion to ships 

 or other floating vessels in or through water." 



23. To Charles Pierre Devaux of Fen church Street, in the city of 



London, merchant, for an invention, communicated to him by a 

 foreigner residing abroad, for ■•' certain improvements in smelt- 

 ing ironstone and iron-ore.'' 



To William Lucy of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, miller, 

 for ** an improvement in steam-engines." 

 28. To Joel Spiller of Battersea, in the county of Surrey, engineer, for 

 " an improvement, or improvements, upon boilers for generating 

 steam, or heating water or other fluids for useful purposes." 



To Hugh Ford Bacon of Christ College, Cambridge, in the county 

 of Cambridge, gentleman, " for an improved apparatus for regula- 

 ting the flow of gas through pipes to gas-burners, with a view to 

 uniformity of supply." 

 Nov. 2. To Samuel Slocum of the New Boad Street, Pancras, in the coun- 

 ty of Middlesex, engineer, for " improvements in machinery for 

 making pins." 



To Thomas Fleming Bergin of Fair View Avenue> in the county 

 of Dublin, civil engineer, for " certain improvements in the me- 

 thod of suspending and adjusting the bodies of railway and all 

 other wheeled carriages." 

 4. To William Longfleld of Otley, in the county of York, white- 

 smith, for " an improved lock or fastening for doors and other 

 situations where security is required.'" 



To Robert Jupe of New Bond Street, in the parish of St George's 

 Hanover Square, in the county of Middlesex, upholsterer, for 

 " certain improvements in expanding tables, and also in ornamen- 

 tal, dessert, flower, and other stands." 



To Elijah Galloway of Wellington Terrace, Waterloo Road, in the 

 county of Suirey, engineer, for " certain improvements in paddle- 

 wheels for propelling vessels.'* 



