For Mechanical and Chemical Inventions. 
poses.—Sealed 18th May, 1824.—This in- 
vention is a mode'of generating steam of high 
pressure}! by passing water through a long 
contorted pipe inclosed within a furnace ; by 
whieh‘contrivance a greatly extended surface 
isexposed to the action of heat, and steam of 
a very high pressure produced with great ra- 
pidity:s« Inrolled November, 1824. 
To John Heatheoat of Tiverton, Devon: 
fora machite for the manufacture of platted 
substances composed of silk, cotton, or other 
thread’ or® yarn—Sealed 20th November 
1823; inrolled May 1824. 
“To ‘Humphrey Austin, of Alderly Mills : 
for improvements in shearing machines.— 
Sealed 22d June 1824; inrolled Dec, 1824. 
'Tos-Thomas Bewley, of Mount Rath, 
Queen’s county, Ireland, for improvements 
in wheeled carriages.—Sealed 24th January 
1824.—These improvements are intended to 
be applied to mail coaches, and have four 
objects; Ist, such a division of the compart- 
ments of the carriage as shall afford the 
greatest protection from robbers to the guard 
and ‘to property within ; 2d, a new arrange- 
ment of the springs on which the body of 
the carriage’ rides; 3d, the adaptation of 
projecting pieces at the lower part of the 
body, for tbe purpose of preventing it from 
overturning in the event of a wheel coming 
off, or the axletree breaking ; and 4th, the 
introduction of a novel kind of bearings into 
boxes for the axle of the wheels to run 
against. Inrolled May 1824. 
To John Slater, of Saddleworth, York : 
for improvements in the apparatus to facili- 
tate the operation of cutting or grinding 
wool or cotton from off the surfaces of 
woollen or cotton cloths, and for removing 
hair or fur from skins.—Sealed 22d No- 
vember 1826; inrolled January 1824. 
To Thomas Hancock, of Goswell mews, 
Goswell street ; for a method of manufac- 
turing” an article which may be substitut- 
ed for Jeather, and be applied to various use- 
ful purposes. —Sealed 29th November, 1824. 
—The ‘mode of making this article is by 
coating fibrous substances with a liquid elas- 
tic gam, such as caoutchouc; the process is 
to’ prepare a quantity of the fibres of flax; 
cotton, wool, &c. by hackling or carding 
them, then laying them in straight layers of 
suitable thickness, when the material is to be 
soaked! with’ water in a trough, or felted to- 
gether, after which the water is to be pressed 
frori*thé fibres by passing them between a 
pait of ‘rollers, or by any other convenient 
pressure?” Tirolled May 1825. 
_ %o Francis Henry Wm. Needham, of 
co aba Meet Square; for an im- 
prévell mictliod of casting steel,—Sealed 1st 
October 1424! inrolled April 1925, 
"TH Robert” Dickinson, of Park Street, 
wark’; for improvements in the con- 
struction of metal casks or barrels, for the’ 
convéyatice of goo Sb sex or otherwise.— 
Sealed 7th “October 16245" inrolled | April 
194589! _avetsN9N 160 Horlisn on) 6 
TO Mover Diekihsan}' of Park! Street ; for’ 
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‘for furnaces, and otlier purposes 3°" 
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his improved air chamber, for various pur- 
poses. Sealed 1st December 1824.—The 
principal: object of this’ invention is to pre- 
vent iron ships and boats from sinking, even 
though they are filled with water. For this 
purpose the patentee intends to enclose 
buoyant vessels, such as air bags, and bags: 
filled with cork shavings, or other light sub- 
stances, in cases between the linings of the 
boat or ship, or in any other convenient parts 
of the vessel, making the cases both air and 
water-tight.—Inrolled June 1825. 
To William Greenthwaite, of Notting- 
ham: for an improvement in air engines. 
Sealed 15th March 1825; inrolled Sep- 
tember 1825. 
To Thomas Foster-Gimson, of Tiverton, 
Devon: for improvements and additions to 
machinery now in use for doubling and 
twisting cotton, silk, and other fibrous sub- 
stances.—Sealed 6th November 1823 ; in- 
rolled May 1824, 
To Henry Adcock, Birmingham ; for his 
improvements in making waistbands, ven- 
trical, lumbar, and spinal bandages, or sup- 
porters attached to coats, waistcoats, &c. to 
be permanently or occasionally attached,— 
Sealed 19th February 1224; inrolled Au- 
gust 1824, 
To John Hobbins, of Walsall, Stafford : 
for his improvements in gas apparatus. 
Sealed 22d June 1825.—These improve- 
ments apply to the retorts for generating gas 
from coal, and to the apparatus for taking up 
the tar and other gross matters from the 
gas.—Inrolled August 1824. 
To Philip Taylor, of the City-Road, for 
certain improvements in apparatus for pro- 
ducing gas from various substances, — Sealed 
15th June 1824; inrolled December 1824. 
To John Lane Higgins, of Oxford Street, 
for his improvements in the construction of 
masts, yards, sails, and rigging of ships 
and smaller vessels, and in the tackle used 
for working and navigating the same.— 
Sealed 7th July 1824; inrolled December 
1824. 
To William Darker Mosley, Radford, 
Nottingham, for his improvements in the 
making and working of machines used 
in the manufacture of bobbin-net.—Sealed 
10th March 1824; inroJled Sept. 1824. 
To Henry Marriott, Fleet Street, Lon- 
don, for his improvement on water-clesets. 
— Sealed 14th October 1824; inrolled 
December 1824, : 
To Thomas Musselwhite, of Devizes, 
Wilts, for improvements in the manufacture 
of collars for horses or other animals.— 
Sealed 16th July 1825 ; inrolled Septem- 
ber 1825. Span gph vs 
To Joseph Luikcock, of Edgébastdn, near 
Birmingham, for his impravements j Hu 
process of manufacturing iron.— Sealed 15th 
May 1824 ; inrolled Noyember 1825." °°" 
To Humphry Jeffries, ‘of ‘Park’ tee, 
Bristol, for his improved fl oe hae 
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To 
December 1824.) ~ 
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