USEFUL PROJECTS. 



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those already in use, for the purpose 

 of clearing away foul air from 

 churches, chapels, and all other 

 places of public resort, as well as 

 houses, buildings, and rooms of 

 every description. Dated May 9, 

 1804. 



John Swift Saxelbye, of the 

 town of Derby, in the county of 

 Derby, white-lead-maker, for a me- 

 thod of making white-lead different 

 from the methods now pra6tiscd or 

 used, and without the aid of horse- 

 litter or tanner's-bark, or either of 

 them. Dated May 14, 1804. 



Joseph Mozcly Elliot, of the pa- 

 rish of St. Mary-le-bone, in the 

 county of Middlesex, watch-maker; 

 for a method of making repeaters, 

 or repeating watches and chronome- 

 ters. Dated May 14, 1804. 



Robert Browne, of the town and 

 county of Nottingham, lace-manu- 

 facturer ; for a machine to ailix or 

 attach to horizontal work or Van- 

 dyke knitting-frames, for the pur- 

 pose of manufacturing, by a more 

 simple, neat, and expeditious me- 

 thod, lace or net-work of various 

 figures and qualities, with thread, 

 silk, cotton, worsted, or other ma- 

 terials produced from animal, vege- 

 . table, or mineral substances. Dated 

 May 14, 1804. 



Thomas Dobbs, of King's Nor- 

 ton, in the county of Worcester, 

 chymist, for a new article of trade, 

 ■which he denominates Albion jiictal, 

 and wliich he applies to tiie making 

 of cisterns, linings for cisterns, co- 

 verings and gutters for buildings, 

 boilers, vats, collin furniture, worms 

 for distillers, and such other things 

 as require to be made of a flexible, 

 a wholesome, or a cheap metallic 

 substance. Dated May 14, 1804. 



Joshua Jovvctt, of High Ifolborn, 

 ilk the county of Middlesex, iron- 



monger ; for a fire-guard stove. 

 Dated May 18, 1804. 



John Peter Barthelemy, of Mar- 

 shall-street', in the county of Mid- 

 dlesex, stay-maket, and James 

 Shoubridge, of old Bond-street, in 

 the said county of ^Middlesex, Hatter ; 

 for a shield or protection for the 

 preservation of the human body, 

 against sword, bayonet, or pike, as 

 also being proof against a musquet- 

 ball at a moderate distance. Dated 

 May 18, 1S04. 



Joseph Burrcll, of Thetford, in 

 the county of Norfolk, iron-foun- 

 der; for an improved threshing jna- 

 chine. Dated May IS, 1804. 



Frederick Albert Winsor, of 

 Cheapside, London, merchant; for 

 an improved oven, stove, or appara- 

 tus for the purpose of extracting 

 inflammable air, oil, pitch, tar, and 

 acids, and reducing into coke and 

 charcoal all kinds of fuel, and which 

 is also applicable to various other 

 useful purposes. Dated May 18,' 

 1804. 



George Simmonds, of ; for 



a method of manufacturing hats, 

 bonnets, and other useful articles 

 of paper. Dated May 19, 1804. 



Samuel Godwin, of Avoncliffc, 

 near Bradford, in the county of 

 Wills, clothier; for improvements 

 upon machines for carding, scrib- 

 bling, dressing and brushing wool 

 and woollen cloth. Dated May 30, 

 1804. 



Samuel Lucas, of Shcflicid, in 

 the county of York, refiner ; for 

 a method of separating the impuri- 

 ties from crude or cast iron, Mith- 

 out fusing or melting it, and of ren- 

 dering the same malleable, and pro- 

 per for the several purposes for 

 which forged or rolled iron is now 

 used ; and also by the same method 

 of improving articles manufactured 



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