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oil-merchant, " improvements in apparatus for supporting a person in bed 

 or when reclining," — 13th February 1843. 



24. To Samuel Kirk of Stalybridge, in the county of Lancaster, cotton- 

 spinner, " certain improTements in machinery, or apparatus for preparin"- 

 cotton and other fibrous substances for spinning." — 13th February 1843. 



25. To Charles Thatcher of Midsomer Norton, in the county of So- 

 merset, brewer, and Tho.mas Thatcher, of Kilraersdon, in the said county, 

 builder, " certain improvements in drags or breaks to be applied to the 

 wheels of carriages generally." — 22d Februarj' 1843. 



26. To John Craig of Stanhope Street, in the county of Middlesex, 

 gentleman, being a communication from abroad, " certain improvements 

 in machines or apparatus for weighing." — 28 th February 1843. 



27. To Edward Bell of the College of Civil Engineers, Putney, in the 

 county of Surrey, Professor of Practical Mechanics, " improvements in ap- 

 plying heat in the manufacture of artificial fuel, which improvements are 



applicable to the preparation of asphalte, and for other purposes." 2d 



March 1843. 



28. To George Bell of the city of Dublin, in that part of the United 

 Kingdom called Ireland, merchant, " certain improved machines which fa- 

 cilitate the drying of malt, corn, and seeds ; also the bolting, dressing, and 

 separating of flour, meal, and all other substances requiring to be sifted." 

 —2d March 1843. 



29. To James Bullough of Blackburn, in the county of Lancaster 

 overlooker, " certain improvements in the construction of looms for weav- 

 ing, and also in possession of certain improvements in the same which 

 have been a communication from abroad." — 4th March 1843. 



30. To John Thomas Betts of Smithfield Bars, in the county of Middle- 

 sex, gentleman, being a communication from abroad, " improvements 

 in the manufacture of metal covers for bottles, and certain other vessels, 

 and in the manufacture of sheet-metal for such purposes.'' — 7th March 

 1843. 



31. To Jules Le Jeune of Xorth Place, Regent's Park, in the county 

 of Middlesex, engineer, " improvements in accelerating combustion, which 

 improvements may be applied in place of the blowing machines now in 

 use." — 7th March 1843. 



32. To Thomas Howard of Hyde, in the county of Cheshire, manu- 

 facturer, " certain improvements in machinery for preparing and spinning 

 cotton, wool, flax, silk, and similar fibrous materials," — 11th March 1843. 



33. To Charles Payne of South Lambeth, in the county of Surrey, 

 chemist, " improvements in preserving vegetable matters when metallic 

 and earthy solutions are employed." — 13th March 1843. 



