380 List of Patents. 



47. To William Weild, of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, 

 engineer, " improvements in machinery for turning and burnishing." — 

 10th February 1851. 



48. To William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents, 66 

 Chancery Lane, in the county of Middlesex, civil- engineer, '* improve- 

 ments in machinery or apparatus for producing ice, and for general refri- 

 geratory purposes;" being a communication. — 11th Februarj^ 1851. 



49. To Ewald Reipe, of Finsbury Square, in the city of London, 

 merchant, " improvements in refining steel." — 12th February 1851. 



50. To Peter Clausson, of Cranbourne Street, in the county of Middle- 

 sex, gentleman, " certain improvements in bleaching, in the preparation 

 of materials for spinning and felting in yarns and felts, and in the 

 machinery employed therein;" part of which improvements have been 

 communicated to him by a foreigner residing abroad. — 12th February 

 1851. 



51. To Alfred Vincent Newton, of the Office for Patents, 66 Chan- 

 cery Lane, in the county of Middlesex, mechanical draughtsman, " im- 

 provements in manufacturing looped and other woven fabrics ;" being a 

 communication. — 14th February 1851. 



52. To Charles Gotthelf Kind, of Paris, in the republic of France, 

 engineer, and Charles Alexis de Windel, iron-master, also of Paris in 

 the republic of France, " improvements in the process and instruments 

 to be used for boring the earth, and sinking shafts of any given diameter, 

 for mining and other purposes, and in the means of lining such shafts." — 

 14th February 1851. 



53. To James Thomson Wilson, of Stratford- le -Bow, in the county of 

 Middlesex, chemist, " improvements in the manufacture of alum, and in 

 obtaining ammonia." — 14th February 1851. 



54. To David Ferdinand Masnata, of Golden Square, Regent Street, 

 in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, " a new mechanical system with 

 compressed air adapted to obtain a new moving power." — I7th February 

 1851. 



55. To William Burgess, of Newgate Street, in the city of London, 

 gutta percha dealer, " improvements in machinery for cutting turnips 

 and other substances." — 17th February 1851. 



5Q. To Thomas Wicksteed, of Old Ford, in the county of Middle- 

 sex, civil-engineer, " improvements in the manufacture of manure." — 

 19th February 1851. 



57. To Bennet Woodcroft, of Furnivals Inn, " improvements in 

 machinery for propelling vessels." — 21st February 1851. 



58. To Adolphus Oliver Harris, of High Holborn, in the county of 

 Middlesex, philosophical instrument maker, " improvements in barome- 

 ters ;" being a communication. — 26th February 1851. 



59. To Joseph Crossley, of Halifax, carpet manufacturer ; George 

 Collier, of the same place, mechanic ; and James Hudson, of Little- 

 borough, printer, " improvements in printing yarns for and in weaving 

 carpets, and other fabrics." — 3d March 1851. 



00. To George Smith, of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, 



