466 List q/' Patents granted in Scotland. 



foreigner residing abroad, for " certain improvements in machi- 

 nery used for making twisted rovings and yam of cotton, flax, silk> 

 wool, and other fibrous substances." 

 Aug. 5. To Henry Ewbank of Idol Lane, in the city of London, merchant, 

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

 reigner residing abroad, for an invention for " dressing rough rice 

 or paddy, and certain other grain, by rubbing off its skin or pelli- 

 cle, and redressing or cleansing rice.'* 

 6. To Daniel Ledsam and William Jones, both of Birmingham, in the 

 county of Warwick, screw-manufacturers, for an invention of 

 " certain improvements in machinery for making pins, needles, 

 rivets, wood-screws, and nails.'* 



18. To John Rapson of Penryn, in the county of Cornwall, engineer, 



for an invention of " an improved apparatus for facilitating the 

 steering of vessels of certain descriptions." 



26. To William Hale of Colchester, in the county of Essex, engineer, 

 for an invention of " certain improvements in or on wind-mills, 

 which improvements are applicable to other purposes." 



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

 Lancaster, machinist, for an invention of " certain improvements 

 in machinery or apparatus for cutting screws." 

 Sept. 12. To John George Bodmer of Bolton le Moors, in the county pala- 

 tine of Lancaster, civil- engineer, for an invention of " certain im- 

 provements in the construction of grates, stoves, and furnaces, ap- 

 plicable to steam-engines and many useful purposes." 

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

 tine of Lancaster, civil-engineer, for an invention of " certain im- 

 provements in steam-engines and boilers applicable both to fixed 

 and locomotive engines." 



19. To James Berrie and David Anderson, both of the city of Glasgow, 



in Scotland, manufacturers, for an invention of " a machine or 

 machines for making a new or improved description of heddles or 

 healds to be used in weaving." 



