List of Patents. 215 



8. To Alexander Angus Croll, superintendent of the Gas-Works, 

 Brick Lane, in the county of Middlesex, and William Richards of 

 the same works, mechanical inspector, " improvements in the manu£ac« 

 ture of gas for the purpose of illumination, and in apparatus used when 

 transmitting and measuring gas or other fluids." — 27th October 1843. 



9. To James Napier of Hoxton, in the county of Middlesex, dyer> 

 *• improvements in preparing or treating fabrics made of fibrous material 

 for covering roofs, and the bottoms of ships and vessels, and other sur- 

 faces, and for other purposes."— 30th October 1843. 



10. To Arthur Dunn of Rotherhithe, in the county of Surrey, soap- 

 boiler, ** improvements in treating, purifying, and bleaching oils and 

 fatty matters, and in making soap." — 1st November 1843. 



11. To Robert Raynsford Jackson of Blackburn, in the county 

 of Lancaster, cotton-spinner, *' certain improvements in the machinery 

 or apparatus to be used in the preparation of cotton and other fibrous 

 substances for spinning." — 7th November 1843. 



12. To James Johnston of Willow Park, Greenock, Esquire, " im- 

 provements in the construction of steam-boilers." — 14th November 1843 



13. To W^iLLiAM Brockedon of Devonshire Street, Queen Square, 

 in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, " improvements in the manu- 

 facture of wadding for fire-arms." — 14th November 1843. 



14. To Sarah Beadon of Hope Corner, Taunton, in the county of 

 Somerset, *' improvements in apparatus for regulating the inclination of 

 vessels, for the purpose of drawing oif liquids contained therein, in the 

 construction of casks and such like vessels, and in the means of drawing 

 ofF liquids, parts of which improvements are applicable for regulating the 

 inclination of looking-glasses and other articles." — 16th November 1843. 



15. To Matthew Leach of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, 

 mechanic, **^ certain improvements in rotary' steam-engines, which im- 

 provements are applicable to pumps for lifting and forcing water." 

 —-23d November 1843. 



16. To Charles Tetley of Bradford, in the county of York, stufi*- 

 merchant, *' improvements in the construction of boilers, part of which 

 improvements is applicable for regulating the supply of water and other 

 liquids."— 23d November 1843. 



17. To William Prosser junior, of Shaftsbury Terrace, Pimlico, 

 gentleman, '' improvements in the construction of roads, and in carriages 

 to run thereon." — 23d November 1843. 



18. To Charles Brown of Woolwich, in the county of Kent, sur- 

 geon-dentist, " improvements in the manufacture of dip candles."^23d 

 November 1843. 



19. To John Kibble of Glasgow, gentleman, "improvements in ap- 

 paratus for propelling vessels." — 24th November 1843. 



20. To Charles Brook of Meltham Mills, in the county of York, 



