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List of Patents granted in Scotland from \Wi March 1837 to 

 \2th June 1837. 



1. To Thojias Theophilus Biggs, of Queen Ann Street, Cavendish 

 Square, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, in consequence of a communi- 

 cation made to liim by a certain foreigner, and invention by himself, of 

 " improvements in certain descriptions of fire-arms." — Sealed 17th jNIarch 

 1837. 



2. To John Leberecht Steinhaeusee, of Upper Terrace, Islington, in 

 the county of Middlesex, merchant, in consequence of a communication made 

 to him by a certain foreigner residing abroad, for an invention of" improve- 

 ments in hand and power looms."— Sealed 17th March 1837. 



3. To Fletcher Woolley, of York Street, East Commercial Road, i)i the 

 county of Middlesex, gentleman, for an invention of " improvements in the 

 manufacture or preparation of materials to be used as a substitute for bees' 

 wax, parts of which improvements are applicable to other purposes—^-Sealed 

 17th March 183?. 



4. To Neil Snoiigrass, of the city of Glasgow, in the county of Lanark, 

 engineer, for an invention of " improvements in steam-engines, and other 

 mechanism of steam-boats," which were partly communicated by a foreigner 

 residing abroad, and partly invented by himself. — Sealed 21st March 1837- 



5. To Miles Beurv, of the office for Patents, Chancery Lane, in the 

 county of Middlesex, patent agent and mechanical draftsman, in consequence 

 of a communication from a foreigner residing abroad, for an invention of 

 " certain improvements in cleaning, purifying, and drying wheat and other 

 grain or seeds." — Sealed 22d March 1837. 



6. To Sasiuel Tonkin Jones, of Manchester, in the county palatine of 

 Lancaster, merchant, for an invention of " certain improvements in the tan- 

 ning of hides and skins." — Sealed 29th March 1837. 



7. To Charles Brandt, of Upper Belgrave Place, in the county of Mid- 

 dlesex, mechanist, for an invention of " an improved method of evaporating 

 and cooling fluids." — Sealed 31st March 1837. 



8. To Charles Pierre Devaux, of Fenchurch Street, m the city of 

 London, merchant, in consequence of a communication from a foreigner re- 

 siding abroad, for an invention of " a new or improved apparatus for prevent- 

 ing the explosion of boilers or generators of steam." — Sealed 7th April 1837. 



9. To William Hancock, of Windsor Place, City Road, in the county of 

 ISIiddlesex, gentleman, for an invention of " certain improvements in book- 

 binding."— Sealed 8th April 1837. 



10. To Richard Burch, of Heywood, in the county of Lancaster, me- 

 chanist, for an invention of " certain improvements in locomotive steam- 

 engines, to be used either upon rail or other roads, which improvements are 

 also applicable to marine and stationary steam-engines." — Sealed 14th April 

 1837. 



11. To Henry Backhouse, of Walmsley, in the parish of Bury, calico- 

 printer, and Jeremiah Grime, of Bury, both in the county of Lancaster, 

 engraver, for an invention of " certain improvements in the art of block- 

 printing. "—Sealed 14th April 1837. 



12. i'o William Nairne, flax-spinner, Millhaugh, near INJethven, in the 

 county of Perth, for an invention of " a certain improvement, or certain im- 

 provements, in the machinery of reels used in reeling yarns." — Sealed 14th 

 April 1837. 



1 3. To Bennet WooncROFT, late of Ard wick, in the parish of Manchester, 

 in the county of Lancaster, but now of Mumps, in the township of Oldham, 

 in the same county, gentleman, for an invention of" an improved mode of 

 printing certain colours on calico and other fabrics." — Sealed 18th April 1837- 



14. To George Crane, of Yniscedy wyn Iron Works, near Swansea, iron- 

 master, for an invention of " an improvement in the manufacture of iron." — 

 Sealed 26th April 1837- 



