List of Patents. 195 



20. To Charles Giieen, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, 

 patent brass-tube manufacturer, and James Newman, of Birmingham, 

 manufacturer, " improvements in the manufacture of a part or parts of 

 railway wheels." — 14th November 1848. 



21. To Thomas John Knowley, of Hey sham Tower, near Lancaster, 

 Esquire, " improvements in the application, removal, and compression of 

 atmospheric air." — 14th November 1848. 



22. To Thomas Gill and John Edgecumbe Gill, of Plymouth, manu- 

 facturers, " improvements in the manufacture of manures." — 15th Novem- 

 ber 1848. 



23. To Alfred Vincent Newton, of the Office for Patents, QQ Chan- 

 cery Lane, in the county of Middlesex, mechanical draughtsman, ** cer- 

 tain improvements in the manufacture of steel;" being a communication 

 from a Foreigner residing abroad. — 20th November 1848. 



24. To George Remington, of Warkworth, in the county of Northum- 

 berland, civil engineer, " improvements in locomotive engines, and in 

 marine and stationary engines." — 20th November 1848. 



25. To John Armstrong, of Edinburgh, in the county of Mid-Lothian, 

 brassfounder, ** improvements in constructing 'water-closets." — 23d No- 

 vember 1848. 



2Q. To Edward Duncombe Lines, of Chelsea, soda-water manufac- 

 turer, and Samuel Luz Freemont, of Love Lane, in the city of Lon- 

 don, ** improvements in the manufacture of colours, oils, and varnishes, 

 acids, and spirits ; and in the manufacture of charcoal ; and also in treat- 

 ing vegetable substances for, and in obtaining and treating extractive 

 matters therefrom." — 24th November 1848. 



27. To Joseph Lewis, of Salford, in the county of Lancaster, machine- 

 maker, and William MacLardy, of the same place, manager, " certain 

 improvements in machinery, or apparatus applicable to the preparation 

 and spinning of cotton, wool, silk, flax, and other fibrous substances." — 

 27th November 1848. 



28. To John Harris, of No. 4 Richard's Terrace, Albion Street, 

 Rotherhithe, in the county of Surrey, engineer, " a mode or modes of 

 founding types, and of casting in metal, plaster, and certain other mate- 

 rials."— 28th November 1848. 



29. To Alexander Parkes, of Birmingham, in the county of War- 

 wick, chemist, " improvements in the manufacture of metals, and in coat- 

 ing metals." — 30th November 1848. 



30. To Alexander Balfour, of Dundee, in the county of Forfar, 

 Scotland, leather-merchant and manufacturer, " improvements in apparatus 



