USEFUL PROJECTS. 



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an improTcmcnt in tlic mounting 

 of glasses, commonly called opera 

 glasses. Datfd August 4, 1804. 



Edward Greaves, of Sheffield, in 

 tlie county of York, razor, manufac- 

 turer ; for improvements on razors, 

 bated Augusts, 1S04. 



Baker Chifney, of London, gen- 

 tleman; for a composition to be 

 used in washing, in order to rcjider 

 muslins and linens beautifiilly white, 

 and for other purposes. Dated Sep- 

 tember 1-1, i8U4. 



John By water, of the town and 

 county of Nottingham ; for an im- 

 proved method of clothing and un- 

 clothing the sails of windmills while 

 in motion, provldid they arte made 

 after the Dutch manner, or as the ge- 

 nerality of windmill sails are cofi- 

 strudled ; by which the mill may be 

 clothed, either in whole or in part, 

 in an easy and expeditious manner, 

 by a few revolutions of the sails, 

 whether they are going fast or slow, 

 leaving the surface smooth, even, 

 and regular ii\ breadth, from top to 

 bottom : and in like manner the 

 cloth, or any part thereof, may be 

 rolled or folded up to the whip at 

 pleasure, by machinery, simple and 

 durable, that may be fixed up in a 

 few days, at a comparatively easy- 

 expense, requiring very little altera- 

 tion of any part of the mill, and is 

 equaliya()plicable to anyold sails on 

 the common construction, iiosvever 

 warped or loosened, without the 

 necessity of having new cloths. 

 Dated September 14, 1804. 



John Gregory Ilandcock, of 

 Birmingham, in the county of War- 

 wick, die-engraver ; for a method 

 of forcing or working the bolls of 

 presses or of engines: and for the 

 purpose of cutting, pressing, and 

 J'jueeiiug of metals^ horn, leather, 



paper, and other substances. Dated 

 September 14, 1804. 



Joseph Huddart, of Highbury^ 

 terrace, in thw parish of Islington, 

 in the county of iMiddlcsox, esq.; 

 for a mode or art of manufacturing 

 and spinning yarn, differing from 

 any such now in use. Dated Sep- 

 tember 21, 1804. 



Michael Scartli, of Castle Eden, 

 in the county of Durham, sail-cloth 

 manufacturer; for a method of ma- 

 nufacturing sail-cloth, with single or 

 double thread warp, without L«'arch, 

 or any substitute for stitlening, and 

 without the double threads being 

 twisted together. Dated September 



21, 1S04. 



Robert Raines, ihs younger, of 

 the town and port of }lull, in tlie 

 county of York, tanner and glue- 

 man u fact u re r; for a method of 

 making and manufacturing of hard 

 glue from tails, fins, and other parts 

 of whale-fish. Dated November 



22, 1804. 



Jknry Clayfield, of the city of 

 Bristol, wine-merchant, for a me- 

 thod of finding out of certain pro- 

 cesses for separating of tiie alkalies 

 of j)ot.3s]i and of soda from their 

 sulphates or combinations with sul- 

 phur, as in soaper's black-ash, and 

 other similar compounds. Dated 

 NovembCT 22, 1804, 



James Sharpless, of the city of 

 Bath, in the county of Somerset, 

 esq. ; for certain combinations and 

 arrangements of inij)lementsand me- 

 chanical jjowers, and certain ])rii)- 

 ciples and forms of tables useful for 

 surveying. Dated November 24, 

 1804," 



John Edwards, of Bow-street, in 

 iiw. county of Middlesex, currier 

 and harness-maker ; for iniprovc- 

 Kients in tire pkiies, calculated if> 



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