USEFUL PROJECTS. 



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Thomas Paton, of Christ-Church, 

 Surrey, engine-maker, and smith; 

 for improvements in the construc- 

 tion of mills for grinding sugar- 

 canes. Dated June 24<. 



George Harris, of Bunhill-rovv, 

 Middlesex, working-goldsmith ; for 

 new-invented boxes, on an entire 

 new principle, for snuffs, essences, 

 &c. Dated July 1. 



John Elwick, of Wakefield, York- 

 shire, upholder; for a new method 

 of framing together chairs and sofas 

 of every kind, and which invention 

 is intended to be applied to every 

 description of household furniture. 

 Dated July 1 . 



Joseph Huddart, of Islington, 

 Middlesex, esq; for improvements 

 in the tawning and manufacturing 

 of cordage. Dated July 1. 



George Holland, of Holbom, 

 Middlesex, hosier; for improve- 

 ments in woollen-yam, worsted, 

 silk, and various other kinds of spun 

 materials, for the purpose of manu- 

 facture. Dated July 2. 



John Lockett, of Donnington, 

 Berks, linen-manufacturer : for a 

 new box and axle-tree for carriages 

 of every description ; and for lathes 

 and grind-stones, upon a new and 

 improved principle. Dated July 8. 



Thomas Smyth, of Exeter, Devon, 

 esq; for a method of preparing 

 colours in cakes and powder from 

 logwood, and other vegetable sub- 

 stances, for dying and painting. 

 Dated July l6. 



John Baptist Denize, of George- 

 street, Portraan-square, Middlesex, 

 chymist; for a cement for various 

 puqwses. Dated July l6. 



Emanuel Hesse, of St. Mary-la- 

 bonne, Middlesex, gentleman: for 

 improvements in stirrups. Dated 

 July 24. 



Thomas Penn, of Nottingham, 

 mechanic; for a mode of sinking, 



lockingupthe jacks, pressing, draw- 

 ing back the needle-bar, and keep- 

 ing up the jack in frames, for the 

 more simple and expeditious frame- 

 work knitting of silk, thread, cot- 

 ton, and worsted. Dated July 24. 



Anthony Cesari de Poggi, of New 

 Bond-street, Middlesex, artist; for 

 improvements in the construction 

 and using of ordnance to be em- 

 ployed both in the sea and land ser- 

 vice. Dated July 24. 



Henry Cundell, jun. of the Mi- 

 nories, Middlesex, druggist ; for a 

 composition called Cundcll's Myoc- 

 tonus, for destroying rats, and other 

 destructive vermin. Dated July 26. 



Peter Lltherland, of Liverpool, 

 Lancaster, watch-maker; for a me- 

 thod of keeping in tune various 

 musical instruments, by means of 

 an apparatus. Dated July 31. 



George Medhurst, of Battle- 

 Bridge, Middlesex, engineer ; for 

 a method of driving carriages of all 

 kinds without the use of horses. 

 Dated August 2. 



Innocenzo Delia Land, of Pic- 

 cadilly, Middlesex, M. D. and sur- 

 geon ; for a medicine called " Phlo- 

 gistical and fixed Earth of Mars, or 

 Powder of Mars," for the cure of 

 various diseases. Dated August 2. 



Matthias Koops, of Queen-street, 

 Ranelagh, Middlesex, gentleman ; 

 for a method of manufacturing pa- 

 per from straw, hay, thistles, waste 

 and refuse of hemp and flax, and 

 diiFerent kinds of wood and bark, 

 fit for printing, and other useful 

 purposes. Dated August 2. 



Isaac Hadley Reddel, of Bir- 

 mingham, Warwickshire ; for a me- 

 thod of constructing carriages for 

 the conveyance of merchandize 

 either by land or water; which car- 

 riages may be removed, either load- 

 ed or unloaded, from the land to 

 the water, or from the water to the 



