406 List of Scottish Patents. 



30. To Solomon Robinsoij of Leeds, in the county of York, flax- 

 dresser, for an invention of " Improvements in Machinery for 

 Hackling or dressing and clearing Hemp, Flax and Tow." 



July 2. To Lambert Dexter of King's Arms Yard, Coleman Street, in 

 the city of London, Esq. for an invention communicated to him by 

 a certain foreigner residing abroad, " of certain Improvements in 

 Machinery for the purpose of spinning Wool, Cotton, and other 

 fibrous substances." 

 5. To Timothy Burstall and John Hill, both of Leith, engineers, 

 for an invention of " certain Improvements on Locomotive or 

 Steam-Carriages." 



Aug. 4. To Robert More of Underwood, in the county of Stirling, dis- 

 tiller, for an invention communicated to him by certain foreigners 

 residing abroad, and discoveries made by himself, " of certain Pro- 

 cesses for rendering Distillery Refuse productive of Spirits." 

 To Robert More of Underwood, in the county of Stirling, dis- 

 tiller, for an invention communicated to him by certain foreigners 

 residing abroad, and discoveries made by himself, " of certain Im- 

 provements in the process of preparing and cooling Worts or Wash 

 from vegetable substances, for the production of Spirits." 

 8. To William Church of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, 

 Esq. for an invention of " certain Improvements in Apparatus for 

 spinning Fibrous substances." 

 23. To Charles Phillips, Esq. of Rochester, in the county of Kent, 

 Captain in the Royal Navy, for an invention of " certain Im- 

 provements on Capstans." 



Sept. 5. To Gabriel de Soras of Leicester Square, in the county of Middle- 

 sex, Stagey Wise and Charles Wise of Maidstone, in the 

 county of Kent, paper-makers, for an invention communicated to 

 them by a foreigner residing- abroad, " of certain Improvements in 

 Sizing, Glazing or beautifying the materials employed in the ma- 

 nufacturing of paper, pasteboard, Bristol boards, and other sub- 

 stances," 



LIST OF PLATES IN THIS VOL 



Plate I. Fig. 1. Apparatus for collecting gases evolved from liquids sub- 

 mitted to galvanic action. Fig. ?. Paragrele, or protector from 

 hail. 

 II. Representation of the bhatee, or Hindoo bellows. 



III. Illustrative of the structure of the feathers of different kinds of 



birds. 



IV. Illustrative of Mr Blackader's account of a "remarkable aurora bo- 



realis, observed at Edinburgh in January ] 827, will be given 

 in next Number. 



