Samuel Day, of Charter-house, 
Hinton, Somersetshire, esq. for an 
engine or time piece, which he de- 
nominates, ‘¢ The Watchman’s Noc- 
tuary and Labourer’s Regulator.” 
Dated April 20. 
James Hall, of Mellor, in the pa- 
trish of Glossop, Derbyshire, weaver ; 
for improvements upon looms. Dat- 
ed April 27. 
Elizabeth Bell, of Hampstead, 
Middlesex, spinster; for a method 
of sweeping chimnies, and of con- 
structing them in such a manner, as 
to lessen the danger and inconveni- 
ence from fire and smoke. Dated 
May 10. . 
George Beaumont, of South Cross- 
land, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire, 
and Walter Beaumont, of the same 
place, manufacturers of woollen 
goods; for a mixture to be used in 
the preparation of sheep or lambs 
wool, for various purposes. Dated 
May 17. 
Joshua Green, of Banbury, Ox- 
fordshire, manufacturer ; for a me- 
thod of manufaéturing corded and 
ribbed shags or plushes, composed 
of different materials, on a principle 
entirely new. Dated May 17. 
James Roche, of King-street, 
Holborn, Middlesex, gent. for a 
medicine for the cure of the hoop- 
ing cough. Dated May 23. 
Chester Gould, of Red Lion- 
treet, Clerkenwell, Middlesex ; for 
a glass on a new principle, to be 
used by mariners at sea, instead of 
the common sand glasses when heay- 
ing the log, for the purpose of as- 
ertaining the ship’s rate of sailing ; 
and also for other uses, either on 
nd or at sea. Dated May 28. 
Thomas Fulcher, the elder, of 
Ipswich, Suffolk, surveyor and 
uilder ; for a water-proof compo- 
ition, in imitation of Portland 
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stone, for stuccoing and washing 
new and old stone, and brick build- 
ings ; and for cementing the joints, 
and tucking and pointing all stone 
and brick works that require proof 
against water and damps. Dated 
May 28. 
John Gamble, of Leicester-square, 
Middlesex, gent. for improvements 
on and additions to a machine for 
making paper in single sheets with- 
out seams or joinings. Dated June 
Tina ee 
John Randall Peckham, of White 
Lyon-street, Clerkenwell, Middle- 
sex, watchmaker ; for improvements 
ona lock to a musket, fuzee, car- 
bine, fowling-piece, or pistol. Dat- 
ed June 10. 
James Fussell, of Mills, Somer. 
setshire, iron manufaéturer ; for a 
method of working water-wheels 
for raising of water, and, in a great 
measure, preventing water-wheels 
from being flooded, and other useful 
purposes. Dated June 14. 
John Wood, of Manchester, Lan- 
cashire, machine-maker; for im- 
provements upon machines for spin- 
ning and reeling of cotton. Dated 
June 14, 
James Thomson, of the city of | 
Edinburgh, bell-hanger ;° for im- 
provements in the hanging of bells, 
window-curtains, window and other 
blinds. Dated June 14. 
John Harriott, of Wapping, Mid. - 
diesex, and Edmund Cobb Hurry, of 
Gosport, Southampton, esqrs. and 
William Crispin, of Gosport afore- 
said, shipwright; for a method of 
making and working windlasses. 
Dated June 14. 
Thomas Newstead, of Kingston- 
upon-Hull, Yorkshire, chemist ; for 
a method of preparing barrilla and 
kelp, and the neutral salts obtained 
therefrom. Dated June 18. 
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