202 List of Patents. 



9. To James Pilbrow of Tottenham, in the county of Middlesex, en- 

 gineer, "certain improvements in steam-engines." — 8th April 1841. 



10. To Robert Pettit of Wood House Place, Stepney Green, in the 

 county of Middlesex, gentleman, " improvements in railroads, and in the 

 engines, carriages, and wheels employed thereon." — 12th April 1841. 



11. To William Samuel IIenson of Allen Street, Lambeth, in the 

 county of Surrey, engineer, " certain improvements in steam-engines." — 

 14th April 1841.' 



12. To Henry Bessemer of Percival Street, in the parish of Saint James, 

 Clerkenwcll, in the county of Middlesex, engineer, " a ne^y mode of 

 checking the speed of, or stopping, railroad carriages, under certain cir- 

 cumstances," — 20th April 1841. 



13. To Hugh Graham of Bridport Place, Hoxton, New Town, in the 

 county of Middlesex, artizan, " an improved manufacture of that kind of 

 carpeting usually denominated Kidderminster carpeting." — 21st April 

 1841. 



14. To Ezra Jenks Coaxes of Bread Street, Cheapside, in the city of 

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

 in the forging of bolts, spikes, and nails." — 28th April 1841. 



15. To John Watson of Glasgow, in the kingdom of Scotland, mer- 

 chant, " improvements in printing fabrics where discharging presses are 



. used."— 28th April 1841. 



IG. To John Haughton of Liverpool, clerk, A. M., " improvements in 

 the means employed for preventing railway accidents, resulting from one 

 train overtaking another." — 28th April 1841. 



17. To James Eansome and Charles May of Ipswich, in the county 

 of Suifolk, machine-makers, " improvements in the manufacture of rail- 

 way chairs, railway and other pins or bolts, and in wood fastenings or 

 trenails."— 28th April l«4l. 



18. To Peter Fairbairx of Leeds, in the county of York, engineer, 

 and William Suttill of the town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, flax-spiniicr, 

 ** certain improvements in drawing flax, hemp, wool, silk, and other 

 fibrous substances." — 28th April 1841. 



19. To William Newton of the Office for Patents, 66 Chancery Lane, 

 in the county of Middlesex, civil-engineer, being a communication from 

 abroad, " improvements in sj)inning and twisting cotton and other mate- 

 rials capable of being spun and twisted." — 30th April 1841. 



20. To Thomas IIobinson of Wilmington Square, in the county of 

 Middlesex, gentleman, being a communication from abroad, " improve- 

 ments in drying wool, cotton, and other fibrous materials in the manufac- 

 tured and unmanufactured state." — 30th April 1841, 



21. To Lancelot Powell of Clydacli Works, in the county of Brecon, 

 iron- master, and Robert Ellis of Clydach aforesaid, agent, " certain im- 

 provements in the manufacture of iron." — 5th May 1841. 



22. To William Edward Newton of the Office for Patents, 66 Chan- 

 cery Lane, in the county of Middlesex, civil-engineer, being a communi- 

 cation from abroad, "certain improvements in the process or method of 

 manufacturing lime, cement, masticj Artificial stone, stucco, and other si* 



