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may be applied, part of which improvements are applicable to other useful 

 purposes." — 20th January 1851. 



22. To John Clarkson Milns and Samuel Pickstone, of Radcliff 

 Bridge, in the county of Lancaster, manufacturers, " certain improve- 

 ments in machinery or apparatus used in spinning, doubling, and weav- 

 ing cotton, flax, and other fibrous substances." — 20th January 1851. 



23. To Edward Clarence Shepard, of Parliament Street, in the city 

 of Westminster, gentleman, ** certain improvements in electro-magnetic 

 apparatus, suitable for the production of motive power of heat and of 

 light;" being a communication. — 22d January 1851. 



24. To James Slat re and John Nuttall Slater, of Dunscar, near 

 Bolton-le-Moors, in the county of Lancaster, bleachers, " certain im- 

 provements in machinery or apparatus for the purpose of stretching and 

 opening textile or woven fabrics." — 23d January 1851. 



25. To James Hamilton, of London, engineer, " improvements in 

 machinery for sawing, boring, and shaping wood." — 23d January 1851. 



2Q. To Julian Bernard, of Green Street, Grosvenor Square, in the 

 county of Middlesex, gentleman, " improvements in the manufacture or 

 production of boots and shoes, and other articles made of leather, dressed 

 skins, or other materials, and in the materials and machinery or appa- 

 ratus to be employed therein ;" being a communication. — 24th January 

 1851. 



27. To Richard Archibald Brooman, of the firm of Messrs J. C. 

 Robertson and Company, of 166 Fleet Street, in the city of London, pa- 

 tent agents, ** certain improvements in steam machinery and apparatus 

 connected therewith;" being a communication. — 24th January 1851. 



28. To Richard Archibald Brooman, of the firm of Messrs J. C. 

 Robertson and Company, of 166 Fleet Street, in the city of London, pa- 

 tent-agents, " an improvement or improvements in abdominal supporters ;" 

 being a communication." — 24th January 1851. 



29. To Charles db Bergue, of Arthur Street West, in the city of 

 London, engineer, ** improvements in, and in the construction of, the per- 

 manent way of railways." — 27th January 1851. 



30. To Samuel Clift, of Bradford, near Manchester, manufacturing 

 chemist, " improvements in the manufacture of muriatic acid, soda, pot- 

 ash, and glass, and of chlorine." — 27th January 1851. 



31. To William Beckett Johnson, of Manchester, in the county of 

 Lancaster, manager for Messrs Ormerod and Son, engineers, ** certain 

 improvements in steam-engines, and in apparatus for generating steam ; 

 such improvements in engines being wholly or in part applicable where 

 other vapours or gases are used as the motive power." — 29th January 

 1851. 



32. To Samuel Morand, of Manchester, " improvements in apparatus 

 used when stretching and drying fabrics." — 29th January 1851. 



33. To William M'Gavin, of Glasgow, in the count}'^ of Lanark, 

 North Britain, miller, " certain improvements in steam-boilers, and fur- 

 naces, and fire-places, and in the prevention of smoke." — 29th January 

 1851. 



