1816.] 



Patents lately Enrolhd, 



To Robert DicKIN'son, of Great Qiteeii- 

 itreet, London, esq. for certain Im- 

 provements in the Art of SdddJerij. 

 —Nov. 8. 



Having made a paiincl or cloth of 

 Slrong', fit, ami suitable material, to be 

 placed on the back of a hoi^se or other 

 animal intended to be saddled, Mr. 

 Dickinson fixes a girth or girths th rc- 

 tinfo, Iiaving tlie outer ends tliercof pro- 

 vided with buckles, or other proper 

 fastenings, to be attaclied to the saddle 

 when iu use; and he fastens by sewing, 

 or otiierwise, in or upon the said pannel, 

 one or more flat pieces of iron, or other 

 metal, proper for the |)urpose, having 

 the lower face or faces thereof intended 

 lo be applied nearest the animal, even, 

 or of such figure as may admit of being 

 so placed without annoying the animal, 

 and Iiaving the oatcr or «pper faces 

 tliereof jagged, toothed, or studded with 

 points or prominences, in such manner 

 as that the said jagged or toothed parts, 

 may lean or be inclined towards the 

 tailor hinder part of the horse or other 

 animal, in an angle of about forty-tive 

 degrees, or more or less, and he deno- 

 minates the said pieces porcupines, or 

 porcupine pieces; or otherwise he fas- 

 tens upon the said pamiel or cloth, one 

 or more hooks, standing up and having 

 the concavity of each towards tlie tail or 

 iiindcr part of the horse; and in saddling 

 the same, he places the saudle upon the 

 porcupine pieces, or immediately behind 

 the hook or hooks of the said pannel, 

 which IS first to be placed upon the 

 horse; and Mr. D. girths the saddle 

 firmly upon the same by means of the 

 several parts of the girth, which may be 

 passed on each side beneath the chest 

 of the horse or other animal, from the 

 said pannel or cloth to the opposite side 

 of the saddle, and there fastened by 

 buckle or otiierwise; or otherwise be 

 passes the said several portions or parts 

 of the girth on each siile from the said 

 pannel through a ling or loop only, or 

 else througli rings or loops allixed to 

 the ends of a middle strap, girth, or 

 piece beneath the chest of the horse; 

 and returns each of the said jiarts back 

 agaiu; and fastens the same to the sad- 

 dle, as ftfoirsaid, on the same side, with- 

 out passing the said several parts or 

 portions across beneath the chest of the 

 tuid horse, as in the I'ormcr case. Mr. 

 Dickinson, by his improvements, pre- 

 vents the saddle from slipping or work- 

 ing forwards upon the shouldeis; and, in 

 the case last descriljcd, lie obtains » 

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double purchase, and great firmness arid 

 security, in placing and retaining the 

 saddle in its proper situation. And 

 iiioroover, in instances where the slia[)e 

 of tlie horse may render the same de- 

 sirable, he makes that part of his said 

 pannel or cloth which is situated iniiue- 

 diately before the hooks or porcupine, 

 to project forward, so as to bear against 

 the blades, taking care to cover the said 

 parts so as to prevent injury from tlieir 

 hardness. 



Mr. D. also forms and makes th« 

 saddle itself, having the hind partof tlia 

 proper pannel thereof (or thereunto as 

 commonly affixed,) and no fore part ; 

 and stulfs the pannel or cloth first de- 

 scribed, so as completely to answer th« 

 cfi'ect of the fore-part of tlie said proper 

 pannel, which could or might have becii 

 otherwise applied, and made use of; or, 

 in other constructions, he stnfl's tli« 

 whole of a saddle-paniiel, and applies 

 the same instead of his cloth, betbr* 

 described and pointed out; and uses th« 

 saddle without any pannel tliercuiit» 

 affixed as usual. 



As one of Mr. D's. improvements, h« 

 uses cork, reduced to small fragments 

 like coarse sawdust, by grinding or other- 

 wise, as an elastic stuifiug, instead of 

 wool, flock hair, and the other materials 

 eomniouly used, because the said cork 

 is not liable to become clogged or im- 

 paired in its elasticity by wet; and, ia 

 order to dispose the said material or 

 ground cork in the most convcniciit 

 manner, lie fills certain long b^gs ot 

 flexible pipes therewith, and choaks or 

 binds the same at intervals ; and forms 

 a plate or flat fabric thereof by joining 

 the said long bags or flexible pipes td- 

 jjeliier, side by side, and quilting tInoujjU 

 the whole. 



Othei Patents lately granted, nf which tge 

 taliait the Speclficatiimi. 



Oeorce HauLEY, of Exeter, iron 

 founder ; for an improved metallic engine, 

 to work eitlier by steir or water, which 

 he denominates " Bodlcy's improved me- 

 tallic engine." — April -a. 



John Collier, of Windsor Terrace, 

 Middlesex, engineer; for a machine for 

 shearing vvoolkn cloths. — Mav 1. 



John Rangei-kYjOI' Oakvsrtll-hall, n°ar 

 Leeds, Yorkshire, gen tleniau ; for certain 

 fiutliei jiuproveiiients of liis liydro-pneu- 

 niatic enjjiiie, being a new or improved 

 nietliod of constructing and working en- 

 gines or niachineji fur lifting or raising of 

 weis^lits, turning machinery of all descrip- 

 tions, drawing carriages on railways, and 

 X gupabl« 



