List of Scottish Patents. Wi 



cable as and to motive machinery of other descriptiong, whether 

 actuated by steam, or by any other moving power. ' 

 1836, 

 Jan. a To Elijah Galloway of Westmoreland Place, City Road, in the 

 county of Middlesex, engineer, for an invention of " certain im- 

 provements in steam-engines, which improvements are applicable 

 to other purposes." 

 To James BuUough of Blackburn, in the county of Lancaster, 

 mechanic, for an invention of " certain improvements in hand- 

 looms and power-looms." 

 U. To John Malam of Kingston-upon-Hull, in the county of York, 

 civil-engineer, for an invention of " certain improvements in gas 

 metres, and in the apparatus for generating gas for illumination." 



14. To Joseph Whitworth of Manchester, in the county palatine of 



Lancaster, engineer, for an invention of ** certain improvements 

 in machinery tor spinning, twisting, and doubling cotton, flax, wool, 

 and other fibrous substances." 



15. To "William Harter of Manchester, silk manufacturer, for an inven- 



tion of " certain improvements in machinery for winding, cleaning, 

 drawing, and doubling hard and soft silk, which improvements are 

 also applicable to machinery for winding, cleaning, and doubling 

 thread or yarn, manufactured from cotton or other fibrous mate- 

 rials." 

 To Thomas Jevons of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, in con- 

 sequence of a communication made to him by a certain foreigner 

 residing abroad, for an invention of " certain improved machinery 

 to be used in manufacturing bars or wrought iron into shoes for 

 horses, and also into shapes for other purposes." 



18. To Thomas Greig of Rose Bank in the parish of Bury, in the county 



of Lancaster, calico-printer, for an invention of " a mode of em- 

 bossing and printing at one and the same time, by means of a cy- 

 linder or roller, on goods or fabrics made of or from cotton, siUc, 

 flax, hemp, and wool, or any one or more of those materials, or on 

 paper." 



19. To Andrew Smith of Prince's Street, Haymarket, in the county of 



Middlesex, engineer, for an invention of " a new standing rigging 

 for ships and vessels, and a new method of fitting and using it." 



20. To John Day of York Terrace, Peckham, in the county of Surrey, 



gentleman, for an invention of " an improved wheel for carriages 

 of different descriptions." 

 Feb. 1. To Moses Poole of the patent office, in the county of Middlesex, 

 gentleman, in consequence of a communication made to him by a 

 certain foreigner residing abroad, for an invention of " improve- 

 ments in Jacquard looms." 

 To John Cooper Douglas of Great Ormond Street, in the county of 

 Middlesex, Esquire, for an invention of " certain improvements in 

 making vinegar from various materials, and in making useful 

 articles from the refuse of such materials, and also in apparatus for 

 applying and conducting heat to liquids to be used in the manu- 

 facture of vinegar and other purposes." 

 3. To Lightly Simpson of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, al- 

 chymist, for an invention of " certain improvements in the pre- 

 paration of certain colours to be used for printing cotton and other 

 fabrics." 



3. To John George Bodmer of Bolton-le-Moors, in the county pala- 



tine of Lancaster, engineer, for an invention of " certain improve- 

 ments in machinery for preparing, roving, and spinning cotton 

 and wool." 



4. To James Brown of Esk Mill, in the parish of Pennycuick, in the 



county of Edinburgh, North Britain, for an invention of " a cer- 

 tain improvement, or certain improvements, in the making or 

 manufacturing of paper." 



