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USEFUL PROJECTS. 



List of Palenlsfor new Inventions 

 granted during the Year 1800. 



WILLIAM Turner, and John 

 Turner of Lane-end, in the 

 parish of Stoke-upon-Trent, in the 

 county of Stafford, potters j for a 

 method of manufacturing porcelain 

 and earthen ware, by the intro- 

 duction of a material not heretofore 

 used in manufacturing those articles. 

 Dated January Q. 



Isaac Sandford, of Hartford, in 

 the state of Connecticut, in North 

 America, gentleman, at present re- 

 siding in tlie parish of St. Paul, Co- 

 vent-garden, in the county of Mid- 

 dlesex ; for a method of manufac- 

 turing and making bricks, tiles, and 

 pottery-ware in general, and of 

 discharging the moulds used therein. 

 Dated January 1 3. 



Thomas Parkinson, of Market 

 square, in the parish of St. George, 

 Bloomsbury, gentleman; for an hy- 

 drostatic engine or machine, for the 

 purpose of drawing beer, or any 

 othtr liquors, out of a cellar or 

 vault; or for raising water out of 

 mines, ships, and wells; or for any 

 other purpose where fluids are re- 

 quired to be raised. Dated Fe- 

 bruary 1, 



Edward Coleman, of > ; 



for an artificial frog, which, being 

 applied to the natural frogs of 

 liorscb' feet, will ellcctually prevent 



contracted hoofs, thrushes, and can- 

 kers. Dated February 1. 



Edward Shorter, of Newington, 

 in the county of Surrey, mechanic; 

 for a machine or engine for work- 

 ing and causing the progressive mo- 

 tion of ships and vessels of every 

 description, without the assistance 

 of sails or oars. Dated February 4. 



Samuel Miller, in the parish of 

 St. Mary -la-bonne, in the county of 

 Middlesex, engraver ; for a ma- 

 chine and process for more easily 

 dividing hard substances, as well as 

 for raising all kinds of heavy 

 weights, and driving all sorts of 

 machinery. Dated February 4. 



Richard Lumbert, of the parish 

 of Wickriffington, in the county of 

 Gloucester, gentleman; for im- 

 provements on the plough or ma- 

 chine for draining of lands. Dated 

 February 4. 



Joseph Barnett, of Birmingham, 

 in the county of Warwick, mer- 

 chant; for a method of making 

 buttonsfor wearing apparel. Dated 

 February 4. 



William Lester, of Cotton End, 

 in the parish of Hardingstone, near 

 Northampton, farmer and patent 

 harrow-manufacturer; for an en., 

 gine or machine for tlic purpose of 

 cutting hay and straw into cliaft", 

 and other useful purposes, for 

 the use of tattle. Dated Fe- 

 bruary 4. 



