List of Patents. 407 



Middlesex, gentleman, and Thomas Bartlett Simpson of Great Russell 

 Street, in the same county, gentleman, — " certain improvements in pro- 

 pelling." — 5th August 1845. 



29. To Thomas Clarendon of No. 213 Great Brunswick Street, in 

 the city of Dublin, gentleman, being a communication from abroad, — 

 " an improved method of shoeing horses and other beasts of burden." — 

 5th August 1845. 



30. To John Macintose of Glasgow, gentleman, — " improvements in 

 preparing materials for colouring and printing calicoes and other fabrics, 

 and improvements in printing and ornamenting fabrics," — 6th August 

 1845. 



31. To Alexandkr Wilson of Glasgow, in the county of Lanark, 



manager for Alexander Fletcher and Co., flax-spinners, Glasgow, 



" improvements in spinning hemp and flax, and other fibrous materials." 

 6th August 1845. 



32. To John Parsons of No. 2 Stone's Row, Saint Pancras, in the 

 county of Middlesex, machinist, — "certain improvements in the manu- 

 facture of fuel, and in apparatus for the use of the same." — 8th August 

 1845. 



33. To Frederick Herbert Maberly of Stowmarket, in the county of 

 Suffolk, clerk, master of arts, — " certain improvements in machinery, or 

 the apparatus for stopping or retarding railway or other carriages, appli- 

 cable also for these purposes in regard to other engines or wheels." — 8th 

 August 1845. 



34. To Elias Robison Handcock of No. 16 Regent Street, in the 

 county of Middlesex, Esquire, — " certain improvements in mechanism, 

 applicable to turn-tables for changing the position of carriages and en- 

 gines on railways, which improvements are also applicable to cranes and 

 other purposes." — 8th August 1845. 



35. To William Young of Paisley, manufacturer and dyer, and 

 AjacHiBALD M'Nair of the same town, merchant, — " certain improve- 

 ments in the construction and means of manufacturing apparatus for con- 

 ducting electricity." — 12th August 1845. 



36. To George Bell of Pembroke Road, in the city of Dublin, mer- 

 chant, — " certain improvements in drying malt, grain, and seeds." — 12th 

 August 1845. 



37. To Hugh Cogan, merchant and manufacturer, of West George 

 Street, Glasgow, in the county of Lanark, — " an improved method or 

 methods for weaving in patterns, or various colours, or fabrics." — 20th 

 August 1845. 



38. To William Newton of the Office for Patents, No. G6 Chancery 

 Lane, in the county of Middlesex, civil-engineer, being a communication 

 from abroad, — " improvements in macliinery to be employed in the ma- 

 nufacturing of nails, rivets, screws, and pins." — 20th August 1845. 



39. To James Ivers of Preston, in the county of Lancaster, machine- 

 maker, — " certain improvements in macliinery, or apparatus for prepar- 

 ing, roving, and slabbing, cotton, wool, and other fibrous substances." — 

 21st August 1845. 



40. To William Breynton of tlie Inner Temple, in the city of 

 London, Esquire, — " certain improvements in rotatory steam-engines, 

 and in the means of working the same." — 21st August 1845. 



