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ANNUAL REGISTER, ISOJ. 



James Boaz, of the city of Glas- 

 gow, in Scotland, civil engineer ; 

 J'or a new and improved method of 

 raising water, and working machi- 

 oery by means of steam. Dated 

 July 2. 



Alexander Wilson, of Tichborne- 

 Street, Piccadilly, in the county of 

 Middlesex, gun-maker ; for certain 

 improvements applicable to shot-belts 

 and powder liasks, and to fire- arms 

 of all descriptions. Dated July 3. 



Benjamin Batley, of Quecn-strcct, 

 in the city of London, sugar-refiner; 

 for a new and improved method of 

 refining sugars. Dated July 8. 



Henry Edward Withcrby, of Is- 

 lington, in the county of Middlesex, 

 gentleman ; for an apparatus for 

 purifying and improving water, and 

 other liquors, by filtration. Dated 

 July 19. 



Johan Gottlieb Frederic Schmidt, 

 of Greek-street, Soho, in the coun- 

 ty of Middlesex, gentleman, and 

 Robert Dickenson, of Tavistock- 

 street, Covcnt-garden, gentleman ; 

 for methods of sustaining animal life 

 and combustion for a great length of 

 time, at considerable depths beneath 

 the surface of the sea, or other bo- 

 dies of water, in such a manner as 

 to enable a person making use of 

 such means, to exist, and to move 

 from place to place, at the bottom 

 of the sea, or at any required depth 

 between the surface and the bottom, 

 with much more facility and advan- 

 tage than by any other apparatus or 

 contrivance which has been hither- 

 to invented for th.it purpose. Dated 

 July 19. 



Peter Marsland, of Hcaton Nor- 

 Tis,in the county of Lancaster, cot- 

 ton spinner ; for improvements in 

 sizing cotton-yarn. Dated July 19. 



Peter Marsland, of Heaton Nor- 

 yis, in the county of Laucaster, cot- 



ton spinner ; for an improvement in 

 the process of dying silk, woollen, 

 worsted, mohair, farhair, cotton, 

 and linen, or any one or more of 

 them, as well in a part-manufacr 

 turcd or raw state. Dated July If). 



Thomas Chapman, of Witham, 

 in Holderness, in the county of 

 York, threshinij - machine - maker ; 

 for a mill for tearing, crushing, and 

 preparing oak-bark to be used by 

 tanners in the process of tanning 

 of hides. Dated July 29. 



Henry MandUay, of Margaret- 

 street. Cavendish-square,in the coun- 

 ty of Middlesex, mechanist ; for a 

 process upon an improved construc- 

 tion, for printing of calicoes, and 

 various other articles. DatedJuly 29. 

 William Wilkinson, of Necdham- 

 market, in the county of SuflTolk ; 

 for improved pan-tiles for covering 

 bouses and other buildings. Dated 

 August 9. 



William Collins, of Plymouth, in 

 the county of Devon, esquire; for 

 a ventilator, for the purpose of ven- 

 tilating close carriages of every de- 

 scription, sodan-chairs, rooms, and 

 cabins of ships, and by which, sound 

 may be conveyed for certain use- 

 ful purposes. Dated August 9. 



William Scott, of the London 

 glass-works, east Smithfield, in the 

 county of Middlesex, glass. manu- 

 facturer ; for improvements in tha 

 manufacturing and working of va- 

 rious kinds of glass. Dated Au*- 

 gust 9. 



Thomas Johnson, late of Stock- 

 port, in the county of Ciiester, but 

 now of Preston, in the county of 

 Lancaster, weaver, and James Kay, 

 of Preston aforesaid, machine, 

 maker ; for a new and improved 

 machine or loom for weaving cotton 

 and other goods by power. Date^ 

 A.ugust 9. 



