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the apparatus for and mode of impregnating substances to be presei*ved." — 

 6th August 1838. 



30. To Robert Sandiford of Tottington-lower-end, in the county of 

 Lancaster, block-printer, for an invention of certain " improvements in the 

 art of block-printing, and in certain arrangements connected therewith." — 

 7th August 1838. 



31. To John Thomas Belts of Smithfield Bars, in the city of London, 

 rectifier, in consequence of a communication from a person residing abroad, 

 for an invention of " improvements in the process of preparing spirituous 

 liquors in the making of brandy." — 9th August 1838. 



32. To Henry Bessemer of City Terrace, City Road, in the parish of 

 St Luke, Old Street, and county of Middlesex, engineer, for an invention 

 of " certain improvements in machinery or apparatus for casting printing- 

 types, spaces, and quadrats, and the means of breaking off and counting the 

 same."— 9th August 1838. 



33. To Peter Fairbairn of Leeds, in the county of York, machine- 

 maker, in consequence of a communication from a foreigner residing abroad, 

 for an invention of " certain improvements in looms for weaving ribbons, 

 tapes, and other fabrics." — 10th August 1838. 



34. To Sir Jajies Caleb Anderson of Buttevant Castle, in the county 

 of Cork, Baronet, for an invention of " certain improvements in locomotive 

 engines, which are partly applicable to other purposes." — 18th August 1838. 



35. To David Cheetham junior of Staley Bridge, in the county of Ches- 

 ter, spinner, for an invention of " certain improvements in the means of 

 consuming smoke, and thereby economizing fuel and heat in steam-engine 

 or other furnaces, or fire-places." — 22d August 1833. 



36. To James Robinson of Iluddersfield, in the county of York, mer- 

 chant, for an invention of " an improved method of producing by dyeing 

 various figures or objects of various colours in woollen, worsted, cotton, 

 silk, and other cloths."— 22d August 1838. 



37. To Charles Dod of 21 Craven Street, Strand, in the county of 

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

 a foreigner residing abroad, for an invention of " certain improvements in 

 the construction of railway tram-roads, and in the structure of the carriages 

 to be used in the said railways or tram-roads, and also of certain apparatus 

 applicable to the cleaning and preserving of railways and tram-roads." — 

 23d August 1838. 



38. To Arthur Dunn of Stamford Hill, in the county of Middlesex, 

 gentleman, for an invention of " certain improvements in the manufacture 

 of soap."— 24th August 1838. 



39. To Ambroise Ador, late of Leicester Square, in the county of Middle- 

 sex, but now of 29 Rue de Faubourg Montmartre, in the city of Paris and 

 kingdom of France, chemist, for an invention of " certain improvements on 

 lamps or apparatus for producing or afibrding light." — 28th August 1838. 



40. To Charles Phillips of Chipping Norton, in the county of Oxon, 

 surgeon, for an invention of " improvements in apparatus or machinery for 

 punching* bending, cutting, and joining metal, and for holding or securing 

 metal to be punched, bent, cut, or otherwise operated on, parts of which 

 machinery are adapted to perform some of these operations on other mate- 

 rials."— 31st August 1838. 



41. To Job Cutler of Lady Pool Lane, Sparkbrook, in the borough of 

 Bii-mingham, in the county of Warwick, gentleman, and Thomas Gre- 

 gory Hancock, of Prince's Street, in the borough of Birmingham afore- 

 said, mechanic, for an invention of " an improved method of condensing 

 the steam in steam-engines, and supplying their boilers with the water 

 thereby formed." — 31st August 1838. 



42. To Charles Fitton, woollen manufacturer, and George Collier, 

 mechanic, both of Cumberworth Half, Wakefield, in the county of York, 

 for an invention of " improvements in power -looms." — 6th September 1838. 



43. To Charles Hancock of Grosvenor Place, HydePai'k Corner, in the 

 county of Middlesex, animal painter, for an invejjtjqn, «1, ,v;T5e«^in improved 

 means of producing and applying figured surffj^^l su^. a4d,jjR relief, and 

 of printing therefrom, and also of moulding, ^t^}]^»^^1|^ ^nl^ossing." — 

 13th September 1838. 



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