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New Patents lately Enrolled, 



[Jan. l. 



Jands, and a fe£lIon of the bank— tlie gold 

 medal. 



To the account next in merit — the filVer 

 medal. 



To be produced on or before the fVrft Tuef- 

 day in February, 1807. 



No. XW. Foldmg Skccp. 



To the perfon who {hall, by a feries of the 

 moft fatisfaftory experiments, afcertain the 

 comparative advantages and difadv.mtages, 

 and beft method of folding or cotting flieep— 

 the gold mediil. 



Accounts, verified by certificates, to be 

 produced on or before the firft Tuefday in 

 April, 1807. 



The fame premium for 1808 and 1809. 



No. XP'. IFool. 



To the perfon who (hall clip from fheep 

 kved by himfelf, wholly or part Spanifli blood, 

 in the year 180(;, the greateft value of wool 

 (not under 5s. per pound fcoured), afceitained 

 by aftual fale — the gold medal. 



Accoimts, fpecifying the weight, number 

 of fleeces, and breed, to be delivered in on 

 or before the firrt Tuefdav in February, 

 1807. 



The fame premium for the clip of 1807 

 2nd 1808. 



Nil- XVI. Irngat'on. 



To the perfon who (hall, in a country 

 where irrigation is not generally in praftice, 

 water the grealeft number of acres, not Icfs 

 than ten, and in the completed m.mner — tlic 

 gold medal. 



To the perfon whofhall, under fimilar cir- 

 cumftances, v.'ater the ne« greateft number 

 of acres, and in the completeft manner — the 

 lilver medal. 



Accounts of the old anil new (late of the 

 land, and its value, and of the method, ex- 

 pence, and produce, verified by certificates, 

 to be laid before the Board on or before the 

 third Tuefday in January, 1 807. 



The fume premiums for 1808. 



No. XyJI. Horjcs ami Ox,ru 



To the perlbn who (hall make, and report 

 to the Board, the moft fatisfattory experi- 

 ments on the comparifon of horfes and oxen, 

 in the general bufinefs ef u farm— the gold 

 wedal. 



No. Xyill. Comparifon betiueen Horfes and 

 Oxen, tr Spayed Heifers. 

 To the perfon who iTiall make, and report 

 to the Board, the moft fatisfadlory experi- 

 ments for comparing horfes and oxen, or fpay- 

 ed lieifers, in which their merit in regular 

 work (an eijual number of each being ufed), 

 (hall be afecrtained— 601. or plate to that 

 value. 



It is required, that both be fed equally j 

 that the quantity of hay and corn vvliicfi 

 each team cats be noted j that they perform 

 the fame work for one year, the oxen or 

 heifers in harncfi ; that both be weighed at 

 the commencement and conclufion of the 

 experiment ; and tliat the oxen or heifers be 

 not under five years old, nor the horfes un- 

 der lix, Alfo, that an account of the daily 

 work performed, and of the expence, be ac- 

 curately kepi and reported. 



Accounts to be produced, verified by cer« 

 tificates, on or before the firit Tuefday in 

 May, 1807. 



No. XIX. Comparifon between Horfes and 

 Oxen, or Spayed Heifers, in Oiie-Horfe Carts. 

 It having been reprefented to the Board, 

 that there are roads in fome parts of the king- 

 dom where much carrier's work is regularly 

 done with one-horfe carts ; and as, in fuclt 

 cafes, it is conceived it might be eafy for 

 fuch carriers to fubftitute oxen, or fpayed 

 heifers, in fome of their carts for comparifon, 

 the Board will give to the carrier, or other 

 perfons, who (hall make the experiment, m 

 the moft fatisfacfory manner, during one 

 year, and report the relult to the Board—* 

 fifty guineas. 



It is required that the oxen be fed In thfe 

 fame manner as the horl'es, and not to be 

 under five years old. 



Accounts to l)e produced on or before the 

 firft Tuefday in AUy, 1807. 



No. XX. Draught of Oxen. 

 To the perfon who fhall difcover a princi- 

 ple, which may lighten the draught of oxc» 

 to carriages-— twenty gu'uieas : being the 

 iimount of a legacy left by the late Colonel 

 Goatc, of Brentley, Suftblk, for this fpccj- 

 fic purpofe, thus exprefVed. 



Accounts, verified by certificates, to be 

 produced on or before the firft Tuefday ii» 

 February, 1307. 



THE NEW PATENTS LATELY ENROLLED. 



JlR. ANDREW FLIXt's, (KOnTlIAJIPTOX- 



srREr.T,")^or « Miicldne npim an im- 

 provctl Conjlf u6iio>i, uhkli iiiai/ be iij'td 

 m a Steam-engine, and for other Fur- 

 pofcs. 



IN the r|)cciliGatimi l)efT)re U9, this iu- 

 vciuioii is tiriUlcrcribcd as a movin;.!; 

 gowcf to be MOikcd bj the I'uicc of fteam 



only : we cwnnot, however, follow tlie 

 prtteiitee in liib dcfcription fo a» to reniicr 

 it at all intelligible to our readers, \\ith- 

 out the akl tA" the (i>;iires wl*ich are at- 

 tached to the laid fpecilieation. In thefe 

 are <;iven ditfereut lections of the internal 

 parts of an en'.^ine to be worked by ftcam,. 

 and although the engine may be jjluced 



