204 List of Patents granted in Scotland. 



Nov. 4. To William Patterson of Dublin, gentleman,' for " an improvement 

 in converting hides and skins into leather; by the application of 

 matter obtained from a certain material not hitherto employed 

 for that purpose." 

 6. To George Edmund Donisthorpe of Leicester, in the county of 

 Ijcicester, worsted-spinner, and Henry liawson of the same place, 

 hosier, for " certain improvements in the combing of wool and 

 other fibrous substances." 



13. To John Birkley of High Town, near Leeds, card-maker, for " im- 

 provements in machinery for pointing wire, applicable for making 

 of cards and pins." 



17. To Richard Whiteside of Ayr, in the county of Ayr, wine-mer- 

 chant, for " certain improvements in the wheels of steam-carriages, 

 and in the machinery for propelling the same, also applicable to 

 other purposes." 

 Dec. 7. To John Reynolds of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, gentle- 

 man, for " certain improvements in railways." 



9. To Samuel Faulkner of Manchester, in the county Palatine of 

 Lancaster, cotton-spinner, for " an improvement in the carding 

 of cotton and other fibrous substances, by a new application of the 

 machinery now in use for carding cotton or other fibrous sub- 

 stances.'* 

 To Miles Berry of No. 66. Chancery Lane, in the parish of St An- 

 drews, Holbum, in the county of Middlesex, mechanical drafts- 

 man and patent agent, for an invention, communicated by a 

 foreigner residing abroad, " of an improvement, or improvements, 

 in the making or constructing of meters or apparatus for mea- 

 suring gas, water, and other fluids." 



SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 



1. Sir Charles Bell. — The Patrons of the University of Edinburgh, much 

 to their honour, have iijvitcd Sir Charles Bell to the vacant chair of Sur- 

 gery in our University ; and that distinguished individual has, we under- 

 stand, accepted the high distinction thus proffered to him by the citizens 

 of his native city. Sir Charles Bell is thus, after a lapse of many years, 

 again restored to us — is again a citizen of Edinburgh, and now a Pro- 

 fessor in that University where he commenced those investigations which 

 have procured for him an enduring name throughout the scientific world. 



2. Professor David Don. — We have much satisfaction in stating, that 

 our excellent correspondent and friend Mr David Don has been chosen 

 Professor of Botany in King's College, London. Mr Don is son of the 

 well known practical botanist, George Don of Forfar. He was recom- 

 mended to the chair of Botany by many of the most distinguished na- 

 turalists in this country ; and the chief of botanical, science, Robert 

 Brown, himself a Scotsman, warmly recommended him to the electors. 



