190 List of Patents. 
12. To Wiii1am Henry Rircutie, of Lincoln’s Inn, in the county of 
Middlesex, gentleman, being a communication from abroad, ‘ improve- 
ments in obtaining copper from ores.’’—17th October 1844. 
13. To Ricuarp Roserrs, of the Globe Works, Manchester, in the 
county of Lancaster, engineer, ‘‘ certain improvements in machinery or 
apparatus for the preparation of cotton wool and flax, and also for 
spinning and doubling cotton, silk, wool and other fibrous substances.” 
—19th October 1844. 
14. To Joun Grieve, of Portobello, in the county of Edinburgh, Scot- 
land, engineer, ‘‘ certain improvements in the production and use of 
steam, applicable to steam-engines.’’—21st October 1844. 
15. To Rosert Hazarp, of Clifton, near the city of Bristol, confec- 
tioner, ‘‘ improvements in baths.” — 21st October 1844. 
16. To Pierre ArManp LE ComTe pre Fonrarnemoreatu, of the English 
and Foreign Patent Office, 1 Skinner’s Place, Sise Lane, in the city of 
London, being a communication from abroad, “ for a new mode of con- 
structing barometers and other pneumatic instruments.’””—22d October 
1844, 
17. To Joun Henry Rent, of Moscow Road, in the county of Middle- 
sex, surgeon, ‘“‘ improvements in the manufacture of starch and farinaceous 
food.’’—22d October 1844. 
18: To Isatan Davies, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, en- 
gineer, ‘“‘ certain improvements in steam-engines, part of which improve- 
ments are applicable to impelling wheel-carriages.’””—26th October 1844. 
19. To Freperickx Steiner, of Hyndburn Cottage, near Accrington, in 
the county of Lancaster, turkey-red dyer, ‘‘ a new colouring matter to be 
used in dyeing certain colours on cotton, woollen, silk, and linen fabrics.” 
—30th October 1844. 
20. To Moses Poots, of the Patent Office, London, gentleman, being a 
communication from abroad, ‘‘ improvements in machinery for emptying 
privies and cess-pools.’’— 30th October 1844. 
21. To Tuomas Brown Jorpan, of Cottage Road, Pimlico, in the county 
of Middlesex, mathematical divider, “ improvements in the manufacture 
of blocks, or surfaces for surface printing, embossing, and moulding.” — 
11th November 1844. 
22. 'To Grorce Frrcusson Witson, of Belmont, Vauxhall, in the county 
of Surry, gentleman ; Grorce Gwynne, of Princes Street, Cavendish 
Square, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman; and James Pixzans 
Wixtson, of Belmont aforesaid, gentleman, ‘‘ improvements in treating 
fatty and oily matters, and in the manufacture of candles and night 
lights.”,—11th November 1844. 
23. To James Pitsrow of Tottenham, in the county of Middlesex, civil 
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