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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1818. 



optical instrument called the 

 Kaleidoscope. 



William Harry, for improve- 

 ments in the building of roofs 

 for the upper part of furnaces, 

 for the smelting of copper or 

 other ores. 



John Oldham, for an improve- 

 ment in the mode of propelling 

 ships and vessels by the agency 

 of steam. 



John Dayman, for a method 

 of coating iron, steel, or other 

 metals, with tin, lead, or other 

 mixtures of metals. 



R. Dickinson, for hi« improve- 

 ments in sea-beacons and their 

 moorings. 



F. Dizi, for his improvements 

 on harps. 



H. M. Ogle, for his improve- 

 ments on tea and coffee big- 

 gins. 



G. Clymer, for certain improve- 

 ments in writing; presses. 



T. C. Hansard, for his im- 

 provements to printing presses, 

 and in the processes of printing. 



-D. T. Shears, for his machine 

 for the cooling of liquids. 



S. Hall, ior his method of 

 improving yarn or thread of 

 every description, and however 

 prepared. 



/. C. Niepee, for improvements 

 in the means of propelling boats 

 and other vessels. 



7. Hague, for improvements in 

 the method of expelling molasses 

 or syrup from sugars. 



John Turner, for improvements 

 in the plating of copper or brass. 



William Buck and Rob. Hervey, 

 for improvements in the mode of 

 making pipes or tubes of por- 

 celain clay, or other ductile 

 Bubstances. 



Joseph Wild, for a machine for 



separating corn, grain, and seeds, 

 from the straw. 



Stephen Price, for his improved 

 substitute for teasles. 



J). Wheeler and Co. for a new 

 and improved method of pre- 

 paring brown malt. 



John and William Lewis, and 

 William Davies, for improve- 

 ments on wire gig mills, for the 

 purpose of dressing woollen and 

 other cloths. 



W. Cleland, for an improve- 

 ment in the bleaching of flax 

 and hemp. 



E. Cotvper, for improvements 

 in printing presses. 



William Moult, for improve- 

 ments in steam-engines. 



John and William Lcivis, and 

 William Davies, for improve- 

 ments on shearing machines. 



Ph. Taylor, for a method of 

 applying heat in certain processes 

 to which it has not hitherto been 

 applied- 



C. Brightly, and B. Donkin, 

 for a printing press for printing 

 from types, plates, or blocks. 



M. J. Brunei, for a method 

 for forming tunnels or drifts 

 under ground. 



J. Corty, for additions to the 

 apparatus used for distilling. 



G. F. Hagncr, for certain im- 

 provements "in the manufacture 

 of white lead and verdigris. 



Z. Barrat, for a machine for 

 curing, cleansing, sweeping, and 

 ventilating chimneys, and extin- 

 guishing them when on fire. 



J. Collier, for various improve- 

 ments on a machine in use for 

 the dressing and gigging of 

 woollen cloths. 



R. Clayton, for a method of 

 depositing certain metals in wood. 



W. Cramkay tlie younger, and 

 D. Mushet, 



