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List of Patents granted in Scotland subsequent to 

 \Wi June 1838. 



1. To Milks Berry of the Office for Patents, Chancery Lane, in the 

 county of Middlesex, patent agent and mechanical draftsman, in conse- 

 quence of a communication from a foreigner residing abroad, for an inven- 

 tion of " certain improvements in the means of economizing heat and fuel 

 in furnaces or closed fire-places." — 15th Jxme 1838. 



2. To David Cheetham junior of Ilollins Mill, Staley Bridge, in the 

 county of Chester, cotton-spinner, for an invention of " certain improve- 

 ments in the machinery applicable to the preparation of cotton and other 

 fibrous substances for the purposes of spinning." — l5th June 1838, 



3. To Edmund Butler IIowlev of Chorlton upon Medloch, in the pa- 

 rish of ^Manchester and county of Lancaster, surgeon, for an invention of 

 " certain improvements applicable to locomotive engines, tenders, and car- 

 riages to be used upon railways, and which improvements are also appli- 

 cable to other useful purposes." — 19th June 1838. 



4. To William Sanford Hall of Strathearu Cottage, Chelsea, in the 

 county of Middlesex, Lieutenant (on half-pay) in her Majesty's royal army, 

 for an invention of improvements in paddle-wheels." — 21st June 1838. 



5. To Joseph Rock Cooper, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, 

 gunmaker, for an invention of " improvements in firearms." — 21st June 

 1838. 



6. To JoHK William Fraser of Arundel Street, Strand, in the county 

 of Middlesex, for an invention of " improvements in diving, or descending 

 and working in water, and for raising or floating sunken and stranded ves- 

 sels, and other bodies."— 21st June 1838. 



7. To Joshua Taylor Be ale of No. 11 Church Lane, Whitechapel, in 

 the county of Middlesex, engineer, for an invention of " certain improve- 

 ments in and additions to his former invention, known by the title of a 

 lamp applicable to the burning of substances not hitherto usually burned in 

 such vessels or apparatus." — 26th June 1838. 



8. To Edward Cobbold of Long Melford, in the county of SuiFolk, clerk. 

 Master of Arts, for an invention of " certain improvements in the manufac- 

 ture of gas for afibrding light and heat, and in the application of certain 

 products thereof to useful purposes." — 27th June 1838. 



9. To Stephen Geary of Hamilton Place, New Road, in the county of 

 Middlesex, architect, for an invention of " improvements in the preparation 

 of fuel."— 27th June 1838. 



10. To William Gossage of Stoke Prior, in the county of Worcester, 

 manufacturing chemist, for an invention of " certain improvements in ma- 

 nufacturing sulphuric acid." — 29th June 1838. 



11. To Francis Thorpe, of Knaresborough, in the county of York, flax- 

 spinner, for an invention of " certain improvements in machinery or appa- 

 ratus for heckling, preparing or dressing hemp, flax, and other such like fi- 

 brous materials." — 29th June 1838. 



12. To Peter Fairbatrn, of Leeds, in the county of York, machine- 

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

 paratus for roving, spinning, doubling, and twisting cotton, flax, wool, silk, 

 or other fibrous substances." — 6th July 1838. 



13. To Henry Davies of Stoke Prior, in the county of Worcester, engi- 

 neer, for an invention of " certain improved apparatus or machinery for ob- 

 taining mechanical power, also for raising or impelling fluids, and for ascer- 

 taining the measure of fluids." — 11th July 1838. 



1 4. To Edward Davy, of Fordton, near Crediton, in the county of Devon, 

 merchant, for an invention of " certain improvements in saddles and har- 

 ness."— 11th July 1838. 



15. To Joseph Frederick Burnett of St Mary, at Hill, in the city of 

 London, ship insurance agent, and Hippolyte Francois Marquis de 

 Bouffet Montauban, colonel of cavalry, now residing in Sloane Street, 

 Chelsea, in the county of Middlesex, in consequence of a communication 

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

 ments in the manufacture of soap." — 11th July 1838. 



