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nnderstood, that in this, as in every 

 otliPi" case, each si7io;Ie beat or tick forms 

 apart of the intenfled time, mid is to be 

 counted as such; but uot the two beats 

 produced bij the motiuu from one side to 

 the other. 



To Robert Dickinson, o/'Grerti Queen- 

 street, esq. ; for a certain Improvement 

 or Improvements in the Manufacture 

 of Barrels and other Packages made 

 of Iron and other Metals. — Dec. 10. 

 Wit'iiii each end of the •barrel made 

 of iron, or any other metal, the patentee 

 places an iron hoop, so formed that it 

 shall, for about one half of its breadth, be 

 in contact with tlie inside of the barrel, 

 the other Iialf receding inwards a little 

 way, and tlien going in the direction of 

 tlie side, so as to form a recess or groove 

 to receive into it the edge of tiie piece 

 which forms the top or h()ttom. 'i"lie 

 said piece being formed of a diameter 

 somewhat greater than that of the barrel, 

 and having its edge all round turned up 

 at a right aygle, or nearly so, to the plane 

 of the top or bottom, commonly called 

 the head, (somewhat like the lid of a 

 common circular tin snuH'-box,) in sueli 

 manner that the diameter of the tlat 

 part shall he such as to go witiiiu the 

 edge of the cask or barrel, the turned- 

 «p edge or rim going info the foresaid 

 jeeess or oToove. In which recess or 

 groove is jireviously iulroduccd, with 

 any proper soft cement, a filleting of 

 hemp, cotton, or any yielding substance 

 fit for tlie purpose; that the said fumed 

 up edge or rim, v hen pressed home 

 against it, may ioriii a joint snfiicicntly 

 close to retain fluids of any kind in- 

 tended to be put in the cask. The top 

 and bottom arc then pressed home in 

 their respective recesses; they are kept 

 in their places by a hoop of iron, of a 

 breadth e(pial to the chime intended to 

 be given to the barrel, fitted into each 

 end of the barrel, jiressed home against 

 the head and bottom ; another fillet of 

 hemp, or any fit substance, being previ- 

 ously put in all round undtr the said 

 hoop, with some pioper cement, still 

 more eflectually to make a safe light 

 joint. When the top and bottom, with 

 such hoop on the outside of each respec- 

 tively, are pressed home to their proper 

 bearing, the said hoop is secured on its 

 place ity pins jjassed through tlie said in- 

 ternal hoop, through the side of the cask, 

 and through an outside hoop, one out- 

 side hoop being put on at each end to 

 give still more strength to the chimes, 

 the said pius bciuj^- either screwed in or 



Patents lately Enrolled. 



[Dec. 1, 



secured in their places by rivetting. 

 Tlie said outside lioops may be made of 

 flat hoop iron, in the usual way in which 

 iron hoops are made; but be prefers hoop 

 iron, rolled for the purpose, of such a 

 form as would be exhibited by the re- 

 mains, if a cylindrical rod of two-thirds, 

 or three- fourths have been taken away 

 longitudinally. By adoptuig this form, 

 the hoop, though left flat within, to em- 

 brace the surface of the cask, is rounded 

 in its breadth w ithout, somewhat like a 

 common wooden hoop ; so that being 

 narrower in breadth, or thicker in tliG 

 middle, than a common hoop of the 

 same weight and diameter, it ]>rescuts 

 less surface for the destructive eflects of 

 oxydation or rusting than a hoop made 

 in the usual form, and consequently w ill 

 last much longer. He also furnishes the 

 iron barrels with a metal valve, so con- 

 structed as to open outward by the in- 

 ternal pressure produced by the ex- 

 panding of tlie contained fluid when its 

 temperature happens by any means to be 

 raised higher than at the lime when it 

 was introduced. 



Others Patevts lately granted, of which we 

 !>olicit the Specifications. 



John Foulerto\, of Upper Bedford- 

 place, Russell-square, Middlesex, esq ; for 

 various improvements in beacon buoys, 

 can buoys, nun-b'in buoys, mooring buoys, 

 and life hnoys ; which improvements are 

 applicable to other useful purposes. — 

 June 11, 



Edward Light, of Foley-place, in the 

 parish of St. Mary-le-bone, Middlesex, 

 professor of music; for certain improve- 

 ments on the instriiment known by the 

 name of the harp Inle, which he denorai-. 

 nates "The British Lute Harp." — June 18. 



John Burnett, of Bristol, iron-foun- 

 der; for his convolving iron axletree for the 

 reduction of friction and animal labour, by 

 the application of which, vvhtels of car- 

 riages of every description are prevented 

 from coming off whilst travelling, and 

 carriages are drawn with less animal la« 

 hour. — June '20. 



Henky Warbuuton, of Lower Ca- 

 dogan-place, esq. ; for a method of distil- 

 ling certain animal, vegetable, and mineral 

 substances, and of manufacturing certain of 

 the products thereof. Coniniimicated t» 

 him by a certain foreigner residing abroad. 

 —July 27. 



Robert .Salmon, of AVoburn, sur- 

 veyor; for further improvements in the 

 constructiou of machines for making hay. — 

 July k7. 



John Hague, of Great Pearl-street, 

 Spitalhelds ; for improveinenls in the me- 

 thod of expelling the molasses or syrup from 

 sugars.— July -i7, 



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