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land, with care, expedition, and 

 safety. Dated August 2. 



Isaac Hadley Reddell, of Bir- 

 mingham, aforesaid; for a method 

 of making stirrups. Dated Aug. 2. 



Thomas Gill, esq. of Birmingham, 

 aforesaid; for a new method of 

 rifling the bores or calibres of 

 cannon, and of musket, carbine, 

 gun, and pistol barrels. Dated 

 August 2. 



Isaac Hadley Reddell, of Bir- 

 mingham, aforesaid; for his new- 

 invented method of constructing tra- 

 velling carriages, which are more 

 safe, and in many respects more eli- 

 gible, than those which are now in 

 common use. Dated August 3. 



John and James Robertson, en- 

 gineers, Glasgow; for their new- 

 invented method of applying steam 

 in the working of steam engines, by 

 which a great saving of fuel is ob- 

 tained. Dated August 13. 



Robert Sutton, of Barton-upon- 

 Humber, Lincolnshire, clerk; for 

 his new-invented sails for windmills, 

 on an improved construction, whose 

 motion and power are regulated by 



gravitation. 



Dated August 13. 



Joseph Egg, of Great Windmill- 

 street, Westminster, gun-maker; 

 for his new invented method of 

 bending steel without the assistance 

 of heat, which may be applied to 

 the manufacturing of surgical in- 

 struments, and to a variety of other 

 useful purposes. Dated August 31. 



Benjamin Batley, of the parish of 

 Streatham, Surrey, merchant; for 

 his new-invented method of curing 

 and preserving herrings and sprats. 

 Dated September 11. 



James Hitchcock, of Kirby-street, 

 Hatton-garden, in the parish of St. 

 Andrew, Holborn, gentleman; for 

 his new-invented art or method of 

 changing and converting skins of 



parchment and vellum into leather, 

 and making such leather water- 

 proof. Dated September 1 5. 



Thomas Bowman, of New Bond- 

 street, in the parish of Saint George, 

 Hanover-square, in the county of 

 Middlesex, peruke-maker ; for a 

 new-invented method of making 

 perukes or wigs, with fastenings 

 made of a certain elastic compressed 

 steel spring or springs, and also with 

 other flat springs or wires, made of 

 steel, for the closer adhesion of the 

 points and whiskers to the head and 

 face. Dated October 21. 



William Plenty, of the town of 

 Southampton, carpenter; for his 

 new-invented pump, and a plough 

 upon an improved construction- 

 Dated October 11. 



Thomas Binns, of Great Barlow- 

 street, St. Mary-la-bone, Middle- 

 sex, wliter-closet-maker ; for his 

 new-invented method of applying 

 heat for the purpose of melting and 

 manufacturing animal fat, and a va- 

 riety of other solid substances. Dated 

 October 27- 



Isaac Hawkins, of Glossop, Der- 

 by ; for his new invention applica- 

 ble to musical instruments; the 

 principles of which are also de- 

 signed to be applied to other ma- 

 chinery. Dated Nov. 13. 



David Mushet, of the city of 

 Glasgow, gentleman; for his new- 

 invented process applicable to me- 

 tallurgy, or the manufacturing of 

 metal or metals, not only from their 

 metallic state or states, to the com- 

 pletion of the various articles or 

 utensils usually made of such metal 

 or metals, but also, from the state 

 of the ore into their metallic state 

 or states, in bars, ingots, or other- 

 wise. Dated Nov. 13. 



James Potts, of Belford, Nor- 

 thumberlandj clock and watch- 



