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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 



a bushel or bushels, and other mea- 

 sures, upon a new construction, for 

 measuring coals, grain, seed, and 

 other dry measurable commodities. 

 Dated January 23. 



James Barrett, of Saffron Wal- 

 den, in rhe county of Essex, smith 

 and iron-monger ; for an improve- 

 ment in the construction of malt- 

 kiln?, so as to prevent damage from 

 lire, and to save fuel in the drying 

 of malt. Dated January 29. 



John Ilcppjnstall, of Doncaster, 

 in the county of York, machine- 

 maker and engineer ; for improve- 

 ments in slivering and preparing 

 hemp, flax, and substitutes for hemp 

 and flax, previais to the operation 

 of spinning. Dated February 5. 



William Haciwood the younger, 

 of Shclton, in tie county of Stafi'ord, 

 potter; for a method of making 

 windows and lights upon new prin- 

 ciples. Dated February 5. 



John Ball, of the city of Nor- 

 wich, engineer ; for a machine for 

 threshing ccrn and pulse. Dated 

 February 5. 



James Fu larton, surgeon in the 

 navy; for a diving-machine, or ap- 

 paratus, upon an improved con- 

 struction, applicable to various use- 

 ful purposes. Dated February 5. 



Christopher Perkins, of Stockton, 

 in the county of Durham, builder ; 

 for a machine for threshing corn 

 and pulse. Dated February 5. 



James Ryan of Doonanc, in the 

 Queen's county, Ireland, engineer 

 to the undertakers of the grand ca- 

 nal ; for sundry tools, implements, 

 or apparatus for boreing the earth 

 for coal, and all kinds of minerals 

 and Sjflterraneous substances, by 

 ■which the different strata may be 

 cut out 'v\ a cheap and expeditious 

 manner, in cores or cylinders, from 

 one inch to twenty inches and up- 



wards in length, and from twoindies 

 to twenty inches and upwards in 

 diameter, so as to be taken up en- 

 tire at any depth that has hitherto 

 been bored ; by which, not only 

 the quality of ^uch minerals and 

 substances, but also the declination 

 or dip of the strata can be ascer- 

 tained beyond a possibility of mis- 

 take; and which tools, implei.nents, 

 or apparatus are also advantageous- 

 ly applicable to the purpose of sink- 

 ing for wells, and giving vent to 

 subterraneous water in bogs, and 

 draining mines and grounds, and 

 ventilating pits and other beneficial 

 purposes. Dated February 12. 



Charles Coe, of the parish of St. 

 Mary, Whitechapel, in the county 

 of ^Middlesex, baker ; for a flue 

 upon an improved construction, ap- 

 plicable to the heating of ovens, or 

 any other thing that requires an uni- 

 form heat. Dated February 12. 



William Martin, of Houghton 

 Pans, in the county of Northum- 

 berland, rope-maker; for a mode 

 of fastening shoes to the feet of men, 

 women, and children. Dated Fe- 

 bruary 19. 



George Dodd, of Great Ormond, 

 street, in rhc county of Middlesex, 

 engineer ; for improvements on the 

 royal York gun-lock, other gun- 

 locks, and the locks of all descrip- 

 tion of fire arms. Dated February 

 28. 



John Robert Irving, of the city 

 of Edinburgh, advocate, and Isabel! 

 Lovi, of the city of Edinburgh afore- 

 said, worker in glass ; for an im- 

 proved apparatus for determining 

 the specific gravity of fluid bodies, ' 

 and the relation- that their weight 

 bears to a given measure. Dated- 

 March 9. 



John Baptiste Denire, of West- 

 street, Somers-town, in the county 



