List of Patents. 



county of York, clothier, for an invention of " improvements in preparing 

 wool for, and in the manufacture of woollen cloths, parts of which improve- 

 ments are applicable to the weaving of other fabrics." — 21st January 1839. 



17. To John Chanter, of Earl Street, Blackfriars, in the county of Mid- 

 dlesex, Esq., and Peter Borrie, of Dundee, engineer, for an invention of 

 " improvements applicable to steam-boilers." — 21st January 1839. 



18. To Edward Cooper, of Piccadilly, in the county of Middlesex, sta- 

 tioner, in consequence of a communication made to him by a certain fo- 

 reigner residing abroad, for an invention of " improvements in the manu- 

 facture of paper." — 23d January 1839. 



19. To Peter Taylor, of Birchen Bower, within Chadderton, in the 

 county of Lancaster, paper-maker and slate-merchant, for an invention of 

 " improvements in machinery for propelling vessels, carriages, and machi- 

 nery, parts of which improvements are applicable to the raising of water." 

 —23d January 1839. 



20. To Frederick Cayley Worsley, of Holywell Street, Westminster, 

 in the county of Middlesex, Esq., for an invention of " certain improve- 

 ments in locomotive engines and carriages." — 24th January 1839. 



21. To Thomas Walker, of Birmingham, in the coimty of Warwick, 

 clock-maker, for an invention of " improvements in steam-engines, which 

 improvements are also applicable to the raising or forcing fluids." — 24th Ja- 

 nuary 1839. 



22. To Thomas Sweetapple, of Catteshall Mill, Godalming, in the coun- 

 ty of Surrey, paper-maker, for an invention of" an improvement or improve- 

 ments in the machinery for making paper." — 28 th January 1839. 



23. To John Wilson, of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, lecturer 

 on chemistry, for an invention of " certain improvements in the process of 

 manufacturing alkali from common salt." — 30tli January 1839. 



24. To Sally Thompson, of North Place, Gray's Inn Road, in the county 

 of Middlesex, for an invention of " certain additions to locks or fastenings 

 for doors of buildings, and of cabinets, and for drawers, chests, and other re- 

 ceptacles, for the purpose of affording greater security against intrusion by 

 means of keys improperly obtained." — 31st January 1839. 



25. To Job Cutler, of Lady Poole Lane, Spark Brook, in the parish of 

 Aston, in the borough of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick ; and 

 Thomas Gregory Hancock, of Princess Street, in the borough aforesaid, 

 machinist, for an invention of " an improved method of condensing the steam 

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

 ed."— 31st January 1839. 



26. To Horace Cory, of Narrow Street, Limehouse, in the county of 

 Middlesex, bachelor of medicine, for an invention of " improvements in the 

 manufacture of white lead." — 7th February 1839. 



27. To Edward Samuell, of Liverpool, merchant, for an invention of 

 " improvements in the manufacture of soda." — 7th February 1839. 



28. To Timothy Burstall, of Leith, in that part of the United King- 

 dom called Scotland, engineei-, for an invention of " certain improvements 

 in the steam-engine and in apparatus to be used therewith, or with any 

 other construction of the steam-engine, or any other motive power, for the 



