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ANNUAL REGISTER. 



of cast-iroa, and tlicrcby rendering 

 fast or crude iron applicable to a 

 variety of new and useful paiposcs. 

 Da.tcd 3Iay 20, 1804. 



Jolin Porter, of Lemonvillc, near 

 Tanderagee, in tho coiinty of Ar- 

 r.iagh, in that part of the united 

 kingdom called Ireland, gentleman ; 

 for a lamp upon a new construction. 

 Dated May 30, 1S04. 



John Dirucaii, of Glasgow, ma- 

 nufacturer ; for an improved me- 

 thod or means of tan.'bouring or 

 raisiug'of flowers, figures, or other 

 ornaments upon mnslins, lawDS, and 

 othej- cottons, cloths, or stutfs, or 

 upon silk, linen, or woollen cloths 

 «r stuffs, or of cloths or stuffs com- 

 posed partly of silk, cotton, or 

 woollen. Dated INIay 30, 1.S04. 



John Heppenstall, of Doacaster, 

 in the county of York, machine 

 maker and engineer; for improve- 

 ments in machinery or mill-spiuniiig, 

 for the spinning of cotton, wool, 

 silk, liemp, ttax, substitutes i'or 

 Jiemp and flax, and for the la\ing 

 «r twisting cord, linen, line, twine, 

 and thread. Dated June 2, 1801. 



Thomas Johnson, late ol Brad- 

 bury, but now of Stockport, in the 

 county palatine of Chester, weaver; 

 for a further addition and improve- 

 nient to a new and improved method 

 applicable to the dressing of cotton 

 Tvarp ; and also a new and improv- 

 ttd method, if and when the same 

 shair be used for dressing liJien, 

 sUk, or Avaollen warps. Dated June 

 2, 1804. 



Arthur Woolf, of Wood-street, 

 Spa-lields, in the cwnity of Mid- 

 dlesex, engineer ; for improvements 

 in tiic construction of steam-en- 

 gines. Dated June 7, 1804. 



Timothy Bentley, of Lockv/ood, 

 in the parish of Almondbury, in the 



count)- of York, common bren-er* 

 for a method of sea^oning new 

 casks, and purifying musty ones, in 

 a style far superior to any other. 

 Dd(Jd June 19, 1804. 



Lyon Pike, of No. 8, Colches- 

 ter street, in the county of IMiddle- 

 sex, pencil-maker; for improve- 

 ments on pencils, which he intends 

 to denoniiuatu " Pijkc^s patctd im- 

 proved pcncUi." Diated June 20, 

 1804. 



Edward i\Iartin, of Morriston, in 

 the county of (tlamorgan, gentle- 

 man ; for a method of making pig 

 and cast iron, of every description, 

 from iron-stoiw;, iron-mine, and 

 iron. ore, and of rcmelliag, pre- 

 paring, and refining of pig and cast 

 iron of every sor(, and fur the mak- 

 ing of such pig and cast into wrought 

 or bar-iroM, by using raw stone, 

 coal, and culm, to be worked in ait 

 entire ncM' luanntjr. Dated June 

 20, ISO 4. 



William JIawkes, the younger, of 

 Gateshead, in the county of Dur- 

 ham, iron-manufacturer; for sun- 

 dry improvements in constru<5jin^ 

 and making chains for the use of 

 mines and other purposes. Dated 

 July 2, 1804. 



John Browne, of the tawn of 

 Poole, in the county of Dorset, mer, 

 chant ; for i7nprovcments in the 

 Avheels of carriages, applicable also 

 to windlasses, eajTstans, and other 

 useful purposes. Dated August 4, 

 1S04. 



\\'iHiam Pether, of the parish of 

 St. Michael, jn the city of Bristol ; 

 for certain metho'ds on a new prin- 

 ciple, either for preventing or cur- 

 ing smokey cliimneys. Dated Au- 

 gust 4, 1804. 



William Warris, of Sheffield, in 

 the county of York, optician; for 



