USEFUL PROJECTS. 



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of Middlesex, chemist ; for a mode 

 of procuring a greater qiia;itity of 

 resinous, bituminous, and oily sub- 

 stances, from various articles. Dated 

 March 9. 



Archibald Blair, of Bayford, In 

 the county of Herts, esquire; for a 

 method of retaining cotton and other 

 elastic substances when pressed by 

 means of wrappers. Dated March 9. 



William Bell, of the town of Der- 

 by, engineer: for an improved me- 

 thod of manufacturing blanks or 

 moulds for knife, razor, and scissar 

 blades, ami various ether edged tools, 

 and of forks, files, and nails. Dated 

 March 9. 



Thomas Jones, of Bilstone, in the 

 county of Stafford, japanner ; for 

 compositions for the purpose of 

 making trays, waiters, and various 

 other articles, and new modes or 

 methods of manufacturing thesame, 

 that is to say, by presses and stamps. 

 Dated March 23. 



Richard Brandon, the elder, of 

 Lucas-street, in the parish of St. 

 Mary Rotherhithe, in the county of 

 ,Suriey ; for a composition from 

 British herbs and plants, for thecure 

 of the evil, scrophula, scurvy, le- 

 prosy, gout, and rheumatism, and 

 which he has denominated and called, 

 iiraiiddn^sPyritish Constitutional Pdis, 

 and Lifjuid and Botanic Oivtmmt, 

 and which, in upwards of 3000 cases, 

 has been attended with the must un- 

 })aralleled success in the course of 

 the last niuc months. Dated March 



Jonathan Ilornblower, of the bo- 

 rough of Penryn, in the county of 

 Cornwall, engineer; for a steam, 

 ■nhecl, or engine, for raising water, 

 and for other useful purposes, in 

 arts and manufactures, by means of 

 •team. Dated March 20". 



Vol. XLVII. 



Stuart Arnold, of Wakefield, in 

 the county of York, gentleman ; for 

 a chimneysafe-guard, for the preser- 

 vation of houses and buildings from 

 lire, robbery, and foul air. Dated 

 March 26. 



George Alexander Bond, of Hat- 

 ton Garden, in the parish of St. An. 

 drew ilolbo!n,in the county of Mid- 

 dlesex, gentleman ; for certain im- 

 provements in the construction of 

 clocks and other time piec<»s, where- 

 by they are rejidered of much greater 

 utility and service, both by sea and 

 land, than any heretofore made u-se 

 of. Dated .^larch 26. 



Job Rider, of Belfast, in the coun» 

 ty of Antrim, in that part of the 

 united kingdom called Ireland, clock 

 and watch-maker ; for certain iih- 

 provements on the steam-engine. 

 Dated March 26. 



Willis Earle, of Liverpool, in the 

 county of Lancaster, merchant ; for 

 improvements in the mode of con- 

 structing and working steam-engines. 

 Dated March 26. 



Sir George Wright, of Ray-lodge, 

 in the county of Essex, baronet j 

 for an instrument or machine for 

 cutting out of solid stone, wood, or 

 other materials, pillars and tubes, 

 either cylindrical or conical, with 

 great saving of labour and materials. 

 Dated March 30, 



Richard Jubb, of Bridge-row, io 

 the parish of St. George, Hanover, 

 square, in the county of Middlesex, 

 whitesmith ; for improvements ia 

 making and tuning the musical in- 

 strument called the pedal h^rp; by 

 which the half-quarter note is pro- 

 duced thereon with peculiar sweet- 

 ness and harmony ; and the farther 

 addition of an harnwnic stop mad* 

 thereto ; and also certain improvo- 

 ments in tuning the vioJiu, and other 

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