392 List of Patents. 



•' improvements in lithographic and other printing presses." — 18th Jan- 

 uary 1844. 



12. To Charles Tatleur and James Frederick Dupre, of the Vul- 

 can Foundry, Warrington, in the county of Lancaster, and Henrx 

 Dubs, also of the Vulcan Foundry, engineer, " certain improvements in 

 boilers." — 18th January 1844. 



13. To Alexander Bain, of No. 320 Oxford Street, in the county of 

 Middlesex, merchant, " certain improvements in producing and regulat- 

 ing electric currents, and improvements in electric time-pieces, and in 

 electric printing and signal telegraphs." — 19th January 1844. 



14. To William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents, 66 

 Chancery Lane, in the county of Middlesex, civil engineer, being a com- 

 munication from abroad, " certain improvements in machinery for pre- 

 paring and combing wool, hair, and other fibrous substances." — 19th 

 January 1844. 



15. To Thomas Aspinwall, of Bishopgate Churchyard, in the city 

 of London, esquire, being a communication from abroad, " an improved 

 cannon formed either of wrought iron or steel, or wrought iron and steel 

 combined, and also instruments and machinery used in making, and a 

 method of making said cannon." — 25th January 1844. 



16. To Thomas Southall, of Kidderminster, in the county of Wor- 

 cester, druggist, and Charles Crudgington, of the same place, banker, 

 '* improvements in the manufacture of iron and steel." — 25th Janu- 

 ary 1844. 



17. To Alexander Spears of Glasgow, merchant, being a communi- 

 cation from abroad, *' certain improvements on, or appertaining to, glass - 

 bottles proper for wines and other liquids." — 31st January 1844. 



19. To William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents, QQ 

 Chancery Lane, in the county of Middlesex, civil- engineer, being a com- 

 munication from abroad, '* a new or improved system of machinery or 

 apparatus for obtaining and applying motive power for propelling on 

 railways or water, and for raising heavy bodies, applicable also to various 

 other purposes where power is required." — 5th February 1844. 



19. To Philip Walther, of Angel Court, Throgmorton Street, in the 

 city of London, merchant, being a communication from abroad, *' certain 

 improvements in the construction of steam-engines." — 5th February 

 1844. 



20. To John Kibble, of Glasgow, in the kingdom of Scotland, gen- 

 tleman, " improvements in transmitting power in working machinery 

 where endless belts, chains, or straps, are, or may be used." — 12th Feb- 

 ruary 1844. 



21. To Hugh Inglis, of Kilmarnock, in the county of Ayr, Scotland, 

 mechanic, " improvements upon locomotive steam-engines, whereby a 

 saving of fuel will be effected, which improvements are applicable to 

 steam-vessels and other purposes, and to the increasing the adhesion of 

 the wheels of railway engines, carriages, and tenders, upon the lines of 

 rail, when the same are in a moist state." — 13th February 1844. 



22. To Ezra Jenks Coates, of Bread Street, Cheapside, in the city 

 of London, merchant, being a communication from abroad, " improve- 

 ments in the forging of bolts, spikes and nails." — 15th February 1844. 



