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ANNUAL REGISTER, I8I7. 



or of hemp and flax mixed, more 

 durable than any such articles now 

 manufactured. 



William Barley, and Robert Hop- 

 wood Fiirness, for a method of ob- 

 taining saccharine matter from 

 wheat, barley, I'ye, oats, bear, or 

 big. 



Joseph Gregson, for a new me- 

 thod of constructing chimneys, and 

 of supplying fiies with fuel. 



Benjamin Smytlie, for a new me- 

 thod of propelling vessels, boats, 

 barges, and rafts of all kinds ; and 

 also other machinery, ;is mill- 

 wheels, and other revolving pow- 

 ers. 



WiUhim Day, for various im- 

 provements in or on trunks, and 

 on the application of machinery, 

 by means of which they will con- 

 tract or expand at pleasure. 



fillliam Snowden, for an appa- 

 ratus to be applied to carriages to 

 prevent them from being over- 

 turned. 



Simon Hoskbig, for a steam- 

 engine upon a new construction 

 for drawing water from mines, for 

 working different kinds of ma- 

 chinery, and for other purposes. 



George IVaithuigton Dickinson, 

 for a method for preventing leak- 

 age from vessels containing liquids, 

 and for preventing the admission 

 of moisture into vessels or pack- 

 ages intended to be kept diy 

 witiiin. 



Joseph Heathtoat, for im])rove- 

 ments upon machinery for making 

 that kind of lae!e known by the 

 names of bobbin n'^t, or Buck- 

 ingham lace net. 



PViUiam Piercy, for a method, of 

 making thimbles. 



John Day, for improvements in 

 the construction of piano-fortes 



and other keyed musical instru- 

 ments. 



Robert Stirling, for diminishing 

 the consumption of fuel ; and in 

 particular an engine capable of 

 being applied to the moving ma- 

 chinery, on a principle quite new. 



Robert Raines Babies, for a per- 

 petual log, or sea ambulator. 



William Russell, for an improve- 

 ment upon cocks and vents for 

 general purposes. 



John Barker, for an improve- 

 ment in the means of acting upon 

 machinery. 



Robert Ford, for a medicine for 

 the cure of coughs, colds, asth- 

 mas, and consumptions. 



Walter Hall, for a method of 

 making soft lead out of hard or 

 slag lead . 



James Keivley, for improvements 

 in and on thermometers. 



Richard Wright, for improve- 

 ments in the construction and 

 propelling ships and other vessels. 



William Dean, for machinery for 

 waxing calico, or any other cloth 

 previous to the process of glazing. 



Samuel Brown, and Philip Tho- 

 mas, manufacturers of iron cables, 

 for a chain manufactured in a pe- 

 culiar way by a new process, and 

 certain apparatus in performing 

 the same. 



William Manton, for an improve- 

 ment in the application of springs 

 to wheel carriages. 



John Raffield, for certain im^ 

 proAcments on, and additions to, 

 his former patent for an apparatus 

 to be attached to tire-sto\es, &c. 



Daniel lf'^ilson,fi)Y improvements 

 in the process of boiling and re- 

 fining sugar. 



Robert Dickinson, for a metlvod 

 of preparing or paving streets or 



roads 



