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USEFUL PROJECTS 



Lid of Patents for 1804. 



JOHN Slater, of Iluddcrsficld, in 

 the county of York, surgeon ; 

 for his new invented improved me- 

 thod of manufacfturino; and fabri- 

 cating of cables, shrouds, stays, and 

 other articles for the rigging of 

 ships, of materials never before used 

 for that purpose. Dated January 

 19, 1804. 



George Alderson, of Carnaby- 

 strcet, in the parish of St. James, 

 "Westminster, in the county of Mid- 

 dlesex, lead-pipc-manufat turer ; for 

 his new-invented manufai'^urc of 

 metal pipes, the same being lead, 

 lined with tin, in a manner and by a 

 process entirely new, to be used in 

 all cases to which lead-pipes are 

 'applicable. Dated January 26, 

 1804. 



Edward Thompson, of Birmini:- 

 ham, in the county of Warv.ick, 

 button and toy-manufafturer ; for 

 an improved method of making 

 pikes. Dated February 7, 1804. 



Marcus Tlymaus, of Exeter-street, 

 Covent-garden, in the county of 

 Middlesex ; for a composition for 

 shaving, without the use of razor, 

 soap, or water. Dated February 

 7, 1804. 



William Hyde Wollaston, of 

 Buckingham-street, Fitzroy-square, 

 in the county of Middlesex, gentle- 



man ; for an improvement in spec- 

 tacles, by the application of con- 

 cavo-convex glasses to them. Dated 

 February?, 1804. 



Thomas Passmorc, of Doncastcr, 

 in the county of York, machine- 

 maker ; for an improved machine 

 for chopping of straw, and fotsplit- 

 ting beans, crushing oats, and grind- 

 ing malt and barley. Dated Febru- 

 ary 7, 1804. 



Thomas Rowntrce, of Great 

 Snrry-road, in the parish of Christ- 

 church, in the county of Surry, en- 

 gine-maker : for a machine, on an 

 improved constru6tion, for agitating 

 and separating certain mixtures. 

 Dated March 25, 1S04. 



Josiah Crane, and Richard March, 

 of Barnstaple, in the comity of De- 

 von, hosiers ; for a method of double 

 seaming and uniting the insides of 

 stocking-nef-work together, so as 

 to consolidate and make it ono 

 compa*^ and elastic bo«iy, for cut- 

 ting into any shape required, and 

 converting into all or any of the 

 articles in hosiery, or other gar- 

 ments or wearing apparel, to bo 

 worn double. Dated May 1, 1804. 

 Nathaniel Merriman, olCrutched 

 Friars, in the city of London, tin- 

 manufadturer ; for a stove, grate, 

 or range, upon an improved con- 

 struftion; the improved construc- 

 tion of which is likewise applicable 



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