SUSEFUL PROJECTS. 
ether substance from which ex- 
_ ¢raéts are or may be made without 
the danger of burning, scorching, 
or singeing, such vegetable or other 
substance, and applicable to various 
other processes. Dated July 29. 
Laver Oliver, of Bury St. Ed- 
munds, Suffolk, upholder and ca- 
inet-maker ; for dining, card, pem- 
_ -broke, and other. tables, upon an 
improved construction. Dated Au- 
‘gust 3. 
James Hall, of Mellor, in the pa- 
rish of Glossop, Derbyshire, weaver 5 
for an improvement to the loom, 
whereby a new and cheap method of 
perpetually taking away the articles 
woven therein, as they aré woven, is 
_effeGted. Dated August 3. 
Francis Godbold, of Craven- 
street, Westminster, dice-maker ; 
for new inyented dice. Dated Aut 
gust 3. 
John Edwards, of Vine-street, 
Lambeth, Surry, engineer; for im- 
provements in distilling, reétifying, 
‘and dying, whereby the same will be 
considerably accelerated, and the 
‘consumption of fuel will be materi- 
‘ally reduced. Dated August 3. 
Bryan Donkin, of Dartford, Kent, 
mill-wright; for a mode of pro- 
' ducing a rotatory motion applicable 
to useful purposes. Dated Au- 
gust 3. 
Michael Logan, of Paradise-street, 
in the parish of St. Mary, Rother- 
chithe, Surry, engineer; for a con- 
_ servative lock for the use of inland 
or canal navigation. Dated Au- 
gust 5. 
Cathcart Dempster, of St. An- 
drew’s, North Britain, gent. for 
_ improvements in the manufacture of 
canvas or strong cloths, of vegetable 
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materials, for sails, tents, packages, 
and other useful purposes. Dated 
August 30. 
Chester Gould, of Red Lion-street, 
Clerkenwell, Middlesex, gent. ; for 
an hydrometer on a new principle, 
for the purpose of ascertaining the 
strength of spirits, and determining 
the specific gravity of fluids. Dated 
September 3. 
John Isaac Hawkins, late of Bor- 
denton, in the United States of A- 
merica, now residing in King-strect, 
Clerkenwell,* Middlesex, Merchant; 
for machinery and methods for writ- 
ing, painting, drawing, ruling lines, 
and other things ; and for applying 
part of the aforesaid machinery 
to other purposes. Dated Septem- 
ber 24. 
Robert Ransome, of Ipswich, 
Suffolk, iron-founder, being one of 
the people called Quakers ;* for a. 
method of making and tempering 
cast-iron plough shares, and other 
articles of cast-iron for agricultural 
uses. Dated September 24. 
Robert Atkins, of Fenchurch- 
street, in the city of London, mathe- 
matical instrument maker; for im- 
provements in the construétion of 
hydrometers, for ascertaining the 
strength of spirituous liquors ; and a 
sliding rule of correction for tempe- 
rature to the hydrometer, and various 
improvements thereof. Dated O¢io- 
ber 31. 
Edward Thomason, of Birming- 
ham, in the county of Warwick, 
button and toy-manufa¢turer ; . for 
a new mode of making hearth. 
brushes. Dated Oétober 31. 
Booth Hodgetts, of Dudley, in the 
county of Worcester, nail-ironmon- 
ger ; for machinery for rolling iron 
for 
__ * We are requested to state that Mr, Hawkins has since removed to No. 21 
Pall Mall, where he exhibits the above invention, 
