850 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 



stringed instruments. Dated April 

 5. 



Barrodall Rob. Dodd, of Change- 

 alley, in the city of London, civil 

 engineer ; for various improvements 

 in the construction gf fire-places, 

 and adapting stoves and grates there- 

 to. Dated April 18. 



Joseph Bramah, of Pimlico, in 

 the county of Middlesex, engineer; 

 for suadry improvements in the art 

 of making of paper. Dated April 

 25. 



Thomas Rowntree, of the parish 

 of Christ-church, in <he county of 

 -Surrey, engine maker ; for an axle- 

 tree and box for carriages on an im- 

 proved plan. , Dated April 15. 



ChijjTles Hobson, of Shelheld, in 

 the county of York, plater, aivd 

 Charles Sylvester, of the same place, 

 cheniisf ; for a method of manufac- 

 turing the metal called zinc into wire, 

 and into vessels and utenrils for cu- 

 iinar3' and other purposes. Dated 

 April 29. 



John Slater, of Liverpool, in the 

 county palatine of Lancaster, gen- 

 tleman i for certain improvements 

 upon sawing-miils, or machines tor 

 sawing all kinds of timber. Dated 

 May 2. 



Mark Isambard Brunei, of Port- 

 sea, in the county of Hants, gentle- 

 man; for saws and machinery, upon 

 an improved construction, for saw- 

 ing timber in an ea.=.y and expeditious 

 manner. Dated May 7. 



John Edwards, of the parish of 

 St. Paul, Covent-garden,in the coun- 

 ty of Middlesex, currier and harness 

 maker ; for cerrain improvements 

 on bridles. Dated May 7. 



Obadiah Elliott, of the parish of 

 St. Mary, Lambe(h, in the county 

 of Surrey, coach-maker; for cer- 

 tain improvements in the construc- 

 tion of coaches^ chariots, barouciief , 



landaus, and various other four- 

 wheel carriages. Dated May 11. 



John Edwards, of the parish of 

 St. Paul, Covcnt-gardcn, in the Coun- 

 ty of Middlesex, currier and har- 

 riess maker ; for a machine or ap- 

 paratus upon an improved construe 

 tion, (or the purpose of preventing 

 persons being drowned, v^hich he 

 denominates The Lije Buoy. Dated 

 May 11. 



William ITorrocks, of Stockport, 

 in the county of Chester, cotton- 

 manufacturer ; for farther improve- 

 nicnts to a machino for the weaving 

 of cotton and other goods by hand, 

 steam, water, or other power. Dated 

 ]\lay 14. 



Charles Ilobson, of Sheffield, in 

 the county of York, siUer-pIater, 

 C'l.arlcs Sylvester, of the same place, 

 chemist, and John Moorhousc, of 

 Sheffield aforesaid, surgeon ; for a 

 method of sheathing ships, roofing 

 houses, and lining water-spouts, 

 vvitli a niKferial not heretofore used 

 for those purposes. Dated i\lay 18. 



Thomas Pidgeon, of the ])arish of 

 S(. Fancras, in the county of Mid- 

 dlesex, gentleman; for a saddle 

 ujion a new construction, J)atcd 

 May 18. 



Abraham Ogier Stransbury, of 

 (he city of New Yoi k, in the United 

 States ; for locks and keys upon an 

 improved construction. Dated May 

 IS. 



John Bevaus, of little Queen- 

 street, Lincoln's-tnu-fields, in the 

 county of Middlesex, carpenter and 

 joiner; for a window-frame and 

 sashes upon a principle wholly new, 

 aj)pl!cable to frames and sashes al- 

 ready made as to new ones, which 

 conceal the sash-lines and exclude 

 tiieair. Dated May 27- 



John Lilaut, of the borough of^ 

 Warwick, in the county of War- 

 wick, 



