204 Lisi of Scottish Patents. 



9. To S. Lawson and M. Walker of Leeds, for " improvements in 

 machinery for preparing and dressing hemp, flax, silk, &c." 

 To H. DuxBURY of Pomeroy Street, Kent Road, for " a new ma- 

 chine for splitting hides and skins." 

 16. To E. Hancorne of Skinner Street, London, for " certain im- 

 provements in making nails, communicated from abroad." 



List of Patents granted in Scotland fiom 9th September to 6th 

 December 1828. 



1828, 



Sept. 9. To Joshua Taylor Beale of Church Lane, Whitechapel, in the 

 county of Middlesex, Engineer, and George Richardson Por- 

 ter of Old Broad Street, in the city of London, merchant, for 

 " a new mode of communicating heat to various purposes." 

 22. To Granville Sharp Pattison of Old Burlington Street, in the 

 city of Westminster, and county of Middlesex, engineer, for an 

 invention communicated to him by a foreigner residing abroad, 

 " of a new and improved method of applying iron in the sheath- 

 ing of ships, and other vessels, and of applying iron-bolts, spikes, 

 nails, pintals, braces, and other fastenings used in the construction 

 of ships and other vessels." 



Oct. 1. To James Beaumont Neilson of Glasgow, in the county of La- 

 nark, in North Britain, engineer, " for the improved application 

 of air to produce heat in fires, forges, and furnaces, where bellows 

 or other blowing apparatus are required." 

 6. To Andrew Motz Skene of Jermyn Street, in the county of 

 Middlesex, Esq. for " a new method of propelling vessels ; which 

 method is also applicable to other purposes." 

 To Edward Forbes Orson of Prince's Square, Finsbury, in the 

 county of Middlesex, gentleman, for " an improved cartridge for 

 sporting purposes." 

 To Peter Taylor of Hollingwood, in the county of Lancaster, 

 flax-dresser, for " certain improvements in machinery for hackling, 

 dressing, or combing, flax, hemp, tow, and other fibrous mate- 

 rials." 

 ^. To Joseph Blades of Clapham, in the county of Surrey, gentle- 

 man, for an invention communicated to him by a certain foreigner 

 residing abroad, for " an improvement in the water-proof stiffen- 

 ing for hats." 



Nov. 29. To Samuel Hall of Basford, in the county of Nottingham, manu- 

 facturer, for " a method of, and an apparatus for generating steam, 

 and various gases, to produce motive power, and for other useful 

 purposes." 



Dec. 6. To John Dickinson of Nashmill, in the county of Hertford, 

 gentleman, for " certain improvements in the method of manu- 

 facturing and cutting paper by means of machinery." 



