List (if Patents, 201 



15. Mr Murchison's Journey in Russia. — Our enterprising and 

 enthusiastic friend, Mr Murchison, is again actively employed this 

 summer in following up in Russia the geological investigations which 

 'he commenced so auspiciously last year, and of which we have pub- 

 lished an account in the present number of this Journal. In company 

 with a small party of geological fnends, Mr Murchison proposes tra- 

 cing out the relations of the formations of European Russia as far as 

 Orenburg and the Ural Mountains, and we believe that it is his intention 

 to penetrate likewise into the bordering tracts of Asiatic Russia. From 

 the well-known scientific acquirements and energy of Mr Murchison 

 and his companions, Count Keyserling and M. de Verneuil, we antici- 

 pate very important geological results from their travels. 



List of Patents granted for Scotland from 22d March to 

 22d June 1841. 



1. To Matthew Uzielli of King 'Williara Street, in the city of 

 London, merchant, being a communication from abroad, " improvements 

 in impregnating and preserving wood and timber for various useful pur- 

 poses.'' — 22d March 1841. 



2. To Joseph Stubs of Warrington, in the county of Lancaster, file 

 manufacturer, being a communication from abroad, " certain improvements 

 in the construction of screw Avrenches, and spanners for screwing and un- 

 screwing nuts and bolts." — 26th March 1841. 



3. To George Henry Fourdrinier, and Edward Newman Four- 

 DRiNiER, both of Hanley, in the county of Staftbrd, paper-makers, being a 

 communication from abroad, " certain improveraeuts in steam-engines for 

 actuating machinery, and in apparatus for propelling ships and other 

 vessels on water." — 31st March 1841. 



4. To William M'Kinley of Manchester, engraver, " certain improve- 

 ments in machinery, or apparatus for measuring, folding, plaiting, or lap- 

 ping goods or fabrics." — 31st March 1841. 



5. To Charles Green of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, gold 

 plater, " improvements in the manufacture of brass and copper tubes." — 

 1st April 1841. 



6. To Henry Newson Breweb of Jamaica Row, Bermondsey, in the 

 county of Surrey, mast and block maker, " an improvement or improve- 

 ments in wooden blocks for ships' rigging, tackles, and other purposes 

 where pullics are used. — 7th April 184 J. 



7. To John Barber of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, en- 

 graver, " certain improvements in machinery for the purpose of tracing or 

 etching designs or patterns on cylindrical surfaces." — 8th April 1841. 



8. To George Blaxland of Greenwich, in the county of Kent, en- 

 gijieer, " an improved mode of propelling ships and vessels at sea and in 

 navigable waters." — 8th April 1841. 



