644 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1809. 



of hanging the bodies, and of con- 

 structing the perches of four-wheel 

 carriages, by which such carriages 

 are rendered less liable to be over- 

 turned. 



Mr. Edward Steer's (Inner Tem- 

 ple), for a new method, directed 

 by machinery, of using the screw, 

 by which its mechanical power, or 

 its motion, is increased. 



Mr. Anthony Berolla's (Den- 

 mark-street), for a method of mak- 

 ing infallible repeating watches. 



Mr. Andrew Brown's (London), 

 for improvements in the construc- 

 tion of a press for printing books 

 and other articles, part of which 

 may be applied to presses in com- 

 mon use. 



Frederick Bartholomew Folsch 

 and William Howard's (London), 

 for a certain machine, instrument, 

 or pen, calculated to promote faci- 

 lity in writing ; and also a certain 

 black writing ink or composition, 

 the durability whereof is not to be 

 affected by time, or change of cli- 

 mate. 



Mr. John Brierley's (Greenfield, 

 Flintshire), for a new mode of set- 

 ting blue lead for corroding the 

 same into white lead. 



Mr. Abraham Seward's (Lancas- 

 ter), for a new or improved hook, 

 for bearing up the heads of horses 

 in drawing carriages. 



Mr.T.andJ.Clatsworthy's ( Wins- 

 ford), for shears on an improved 

 construction for shearing sheep, 

 &c. 



Mr. Nicholas Fairless, (South 

 Shields), for a windlass, windlass- 

 bitts, and metallic hawse-hole cham- 

 ber, by which manual labour and 

 time are saved in heaving to, and 

 getting on board ships' anchors. 



Mr. James Young's(Theobald's- 



road, London), for improvements 

 on the stove. 



Mr. George Finch's (King-street, 

 Soho), for manufacturing various 

 kinds of metal laces, so as to imi- 

 tate gold and silver laces, and also 

 for manufacturing gold and silver 

 upon laces. 



Mr. Jonathan Dickson's (Christ 

 Church, Surrey), forimprovements 

 in the construction of tuns, coolers, 

 vatts, and backs, used by brewers, 

 distillers, &c. 



Mr. Thomas Noon's (Burton- 

 upon-Trent), for improvements in 

 fire-arms, &c. 



Mr. Thomas Well's (Erdington, 

 Warwickshire), for an improved 

 method of making and constructing 

 barrel-cocksandwater-cocksjwhere- 

 by leakage, and the stuckey or set- 

 ting-fast of the key or plug, are 

 prevented. 



Mr. Richard Scantlebury's( Red- 

 ruth, Cornwall), for a machine, by 

 which he counterbalances the weigh t 

 of any column of water, to be lifted 

 by any steam or water engine, or 

 other machinery, either worked by 

 animals or men. 



Mr. William Proctor's (Shef- 

 field), for improved methods of 

 raising or supplying tubes or lamps 

 with oil, so as to remove the 

 shade of the vessel containing the 

 oil. 



Mr. John Warren's (Poole), for 

 an apparatus to prevent chimneys 

 from smoking, and to extinguish 

 fires in grates and stoves, without 

 making any dust or smoke, injuri- 

 ous to the room or furniture. 



Mr. Joseph Islett's (Stratford), 

 for a method of producing fast 

 greens on cottons, and various other 

 articles. 



Mr. Robert Ransome's(Ipswich), 



for 



