aker; for improvements upon 
homas Johnson’s patent machine 
or dressing cotton, silk, and other 
foods, by power. Dated April 17, 
806. 
Thomas James Plucknett, of the 
parish of Christ church, in the 
cowity of Nurrey, agricultural ma- 
hine-maker ; for a machine for dib- 
ling and drilling all kinds of grain 
nd pulse. Dated April 17, 1806. 
Anthony Francis Berte, of the 
arish of St. Dunstan’s inthe West, 
n the city of London, merchant; 
ora machine for casting or founding 
types, letters, and ornaments, usu- 
ally made use of in printing. Dated 
April 29, 1806. 
William Bundy, of Pratt-place, 
Camden town, in the parish of St. 
Pancras, in the county of Middle- 
for machines or iustruments for the 
purpose of making leaden bullets, 
and other shot, Dated May 1, 1806. 
Stephen Hooper, of Walworth, in 
the county of Surrey, gentleman ; 
for an aqueduct, tunnel or machine, 
for cleaning docks and other basons 
of penned water ; and certain im- 
‘provements on machines or machi- 
nery, (for which he hath already 
obtained letters patent) for cleaning 
dry and other harbours, rivers, 
-ereeks, bars of harbours, and other 
purposes, Dated May 3, 1806. 
“William Robert Wale King, of 
Kirby-street, in the parish of Saint 
Andrew, Holborn, in the county of 
Middlesex, tin-plate worker ;- for 
’ a method of manufacturing tin, or 
iron plates covered with tin, com- 
monly called tin-plates, into covers 
for dishes and plates. Dated May 
8, 1806. ., 
Martin Cowood, of Leeds, in the 
county of York; for an improve- 
ment in the manufacturing metallic 
“USEFUL PROJECTS. 
sex,mathematical instrument maker ;_ 
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cocks, for conveying and stopping 
liquids, Dated May 15, 1806. 
Richard Wilcox, of the parish of 
St. Mary, Lambeth, in the county 
of Surrey, mechanist ; for improve. 
ments in steam-engines. Dated 
-May 21, 1806. 
Richard Tomkinson, of the town 
of Liverpool, in the county of Lan. 
caster, salt merchants for a ma. 
chine, engine, or instrument, for 
making white salt, and preparing 
brine to make white salt. Dated 
August 1, 1806. : 
James Rawlinson, of the town o 
Derby, gent.; for certain improve- 
ments on apparatus commonly made 
use of as trusses or bandages for 
ruptures, Dated August 1, 1806. 
Peter Marsland, of Heaton Nor- 
ris, in the county of Lancaster, 
cotton spinner; for an improved 
method of weaving cotton, linen, 
woollen, worsted, and mohair, and 
each or any of them by machinery. 
Dated August 1, 1806. 
Thomas Fricker, of New Bond- 
street, in the county of Middlesex, 
paper-hanger, and Richard Clarke, 
of Manor-street, Chelsea, in the said 
county, paper-hanging manufactur. 
er ; fora new mode of decorating the 
walls of apartments in imitation of 
fine cloth, without joint, seam, or 
shade, by means of cementing of 
flock on walls of plaister, wood, 
linen, or.paper. Dated Aug. 1, 1806. 
Ralph Walker, of Blackwall, in 
the county of Middlesex, enginéer ; 
for an improved mode of making 
ropes and cordage, of every dimene 
sion or size, by not only making all 
the yarns bear equally in the strand, 
and laying the strands uniformly in 
the rope, but also by making the 
rope or cordage from the yarns in 
the same operation. Dated August 
9, 1806. Josias 
