220 List of Patents. 



Thomas Robinson, of Leeds, in the county of York, flax-dresser, " cer- 

 tain improvements in machinery, for heckling, dressing, combing, and 

 cleaning flax, wool, silk, and other fibrous substances." — I7th April 

 1844. 



11. To John Lee, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Esquire, " improvements 

 in obtaining products from sulphurets and other compounds containing 

 sulphur."— 24th April 1844. 



12. "To William Scott, of Bolton Street, Piccadilly, in the county 

 of Middlesex, Esquire, being a communication from abroad, " improve- 

 ments in the manufacture of fuel." — ^24th April 1844. 



13. To William Henry Barlow, of Leicester, civil-engineer, " im- 

 provements in the construction of keys, wedges, or fastenings, for en- 

 gineering purposes." — ^24th April 1844. 



14. To John Dixon, of Wolverhampton, iron-master, " improvements 

 in heating air for blast-furnaces, and for other uses."— 26th April 1844. 



15. To William Wright, of Duke Street, St James's, in the county 

 of Middlesex, surgeon, " certain improvements in rendering leather, 

 skins, or hides impervious to wet, more flexible, and more durable." — 

 30th April 1844. 



16. To John M'Intosh, of the city of Glasgow, in Scotland, gentle- 

 man, " certain improvements in revolving engines, and an improved 

 method of producing motive power, and of propelling vessels." — 30th 

 April 1834. 



17. To Samuel Faulkner, of Manchester, in the county of Lancas- 

 ter, cotton-spinner, " certain improvements in machinery or apparatus 

 for carding cotton and other fibrous substances." — 30th April 1844. 



18. To William Irving, of No. 102 Regent Street, Lambeth, in the 

 •county of Surrey, '* improved machinery and apparatus for cutting and 

 carving substances to be applied for inlaying and other purposes." — 

 3d May 1844. 



19. To James Murray, of the Garnkirk Coal Company, in the parish 

 of Cadder and county of Lanark, Scotland, *' a new method of using and 

 applying artificial gas made from coal, oil, or other substances, for light- 

 ing and ventilating caverns, pits, or mines, or other pits where minerals 

 t* metlfcls a*e worked or extracted." — 3d May 1844. 



20. To James Bremner, residing at Pulteney Town, in the county 

 of Caithness, civil-engineer, " certain arrangements for constructing har- 

 bours, piers, and buildings in water; for cleansing harbours, and for 

 raising sunken vessels." — ^9th May 1844. 



