220 List (fScoillsh Patents. 



residing abroad, for an invention of " improvements in the manufacture of 

 paper and i)aper boards." — 29lh May I VASH. 



26. To Alexander Happey, of Basing Lane, in the city of London, 

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

 foreigner residing abroad, for an invention of " a new and improved method 

 of extracting tar and bitumen from all matters which contain these substan- 

 ces, or either of them."— 29th May 1838. 



27. To William Ketland Izon, of Cambridge, for an invention of "im- 

 provements applicable to steam-engines." — 29th May 1838. 



28. To John Wilson, the younger of Hurlett, in the county of Renfrew, 

 North Biitain, coal-master, for an invention of " an improved process of 

 manufacturing Prussian blue, prussiate of potash, and prussiate of soda, and 

 other substances, into which prussine or cyanogen enters as a constituent.''— 

 1st June 1838. 



29i To Thomas Hancock, of Goswell Mews, in the county of Middle- 

 sex, patent water-proof cloth manufacturer, for an invention of " improve- 

 ments in the method of manufacturing or preparing caoutchouc, either alone 

 or in combination with other substances." — 5th June 1838. 



30. To Francis Sleddon of Preston, in the county of Lancaster, machine 

 maker, for an invention of *' certain improvements in the machinery or ap- 

 paratus for spinning and doubling cotton, silk, flax, wool, and other fibrous 

 substances."— 5th June 1838. 



31. To Robert Thomas, of 36 St James's Street, in the city of West- 

 minster, and county of Middlesex, bootmaker, for an invention of " certain 

 improvements in apparatus to be attached to carriages for the purpose of pre- 

 venting horses from starting, and for stopping or restraining them when run- 

 ning away or descending hills." — 5th June 1838. 



32. To Charles Button, of Holborn Bars, chemist, and Harris Grey 

 Dyar, of Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square, gentleman, both in the county 

 of Middlesex, for an invention of "^ improvements in the manufacture of 

 white-lead."— 7th June 1838. 



33. To John Potter, of Ancoats, Manchester, spinner, for an invention 

 of " an improvement or improvements in the process of preparing certain de- 

 scriptions of warps for the loom." — 7th June 1838. 



34. To William Neale Clay, of West Bromwich, in the county of Staf- 

 ford, manufacturing chemist, and Joseph Denhaji Smith, of Saint Thomas's 

 Hospital, in the borough of South wark, student in chemistry, for an inven- 

 tion of " certain improvements in the manufacture of glass.'' — 7th June 1838. 



35. To Samuel Clegg, of Sidmouth Street, Gray's Inn, in the county of 

 Middlesex, engineer, for an invention of " improvements in gas meters." — 

 7th June 1838. 



36. To John Melville, of Upper Harley Street, in the county of Mid- 

 dlesex, Esq., for an invention of " improvements in the generation of steam, 

 and in propelling vessels by steam or other power."— 11th June 1838. 



