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USEFUL PROJECTS. 



List of Patents for new Inventions, 

 ^'c. granted in tht year 1805. 



EDWARD Shorter, of New 

 Crane, Wapping, in the coun- 

 ty of Middlesex, mechanic ; for a 

 mechanical apparatus, by which the 

 raising of ballast is rendered more 

 easy, cheap, and expeditious, and 

 which may also be applied to other 

 useful purposes. Dated January 

 16. 



William Lester, of Piccadilly, in 

 the county of Middlesex, engineer; 

 for an improvement on an engine or 

 machine for separating corn, seeds, 

 and pulse, from the straw. Dated 

 January 16. 



Samuel Chifncy, of Newmarket, 

 in the county of Suffolk, rider; 

 for improvements upon bitts of bri- 

 dles. Dated January 16. 



'I'liomas Hamilton Keddic, of 

 Duke street, Grosvenor-square, in 

 the county of ^Middlesex, sadlcr ; 

 for a cartouche-box, or receptacle 

 for cartridges of gunpowder, or 

 gunpowder and ball, for charging 

 musquctry or artillery, or any other 

 description of lite arms. Dated 

 January J 9. 



Kdward Thunder, of I'righthclm- 

 stone, in the county of Sussex, gcn- 

 tlemaa; for an improved mode or 



method of keeping in tune certain 

 musical instruments called piano- 

 fortes, grand piano.fortes, harpsi- 

 chords, spinnets, and other stringed 

 instruments. Dated January 23. 



John Robert Lucas, of Charlton- 

 house, in the county of Somerset, 

 esquire; for an improvement in the 

 art or method of making, spreading, 

 or flattening sheet glass, or any 

 other spread glass requiring a po- 

 lished surface. Dated January 23. 



John Jones, of the city of Ches- 

 ter, chemist, for a liquor for print- 

 ing and dying of cotton, linen, and 

 woollen. Dated January, 23. 



Frederick Mollerston, of Hack- 

 ney-wick, in the county of Middle- 

 sex, gentleman ; for a chemical com- 

 position, and method of applying 

 the same, in the preparation of hides, 

 skins, and leather ; silks, taffetas, 

 and linen, and to all articles already 

 made oT skins and Itadier, thereby 

 colouring and giving a beautiful 

 gloss to the same, rendering them 

 water-proof and impenetrable to 

 hot or corroding liquids, and at the 

 same time preserving them from de- 

 cay, and keeping them solt and pli- 

 able. J)aled January 23. 



Simeon Thompson, of Redcross- 

 wharf, upper Thames-street, in the 

 city of London, coal mcrchiint ; for 



