420 List of Patents. 



6. To Thomas Laurente Lamy Godard of CLristopher's Street, Fins- 

 bury Square, in the city of London, merchant, being a communication from 

 a certain foreigner residing abroad, " improvements in looms for weaving to 

 be worked by steam or other power." — 8th January 1840. 



7. To John Bradford Furnival of Street Ashton, in the county of 

 Wai-wick, farmer, being a communication from a certain foreigner residing 

 abroad, " improvements in apparatus or materials to prevent persons and 

 quadi-upeds sinking when in the water." — 8tli January 1840. 



8. To Wilton George Turner, late of Park Village, Eegent's Park, in 

 the county of Middlesex, but now of the to^^^l and county of the town of 

 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Doctor of Philosophy, and Herbert Minton of 

 Longfield Cottage, in the parish of Stoke-upon-Ti-cnt, in he county of Staf- 

 ford, manufacturer, " an impro-\-ed porcelain." — 9th January 1840. 



9. To EicHARD Beard of Egi-emont Place, New Eoad, in the county of 

 Middlesex, gentleman, being a communication from a certain foreigner re- 

 siding abroad, " improvements in printing calicoes and other fabrics." — 9th 

 January 1840. 



10. To Alexander Francis Campbell of Great Plumpstead, in the 

 county of Norfolk, Esq., and Charles White of the city of Norwich, me- 

 chanic, improvements in ploughs, part of which improvements are applica- 

 ble to haiTows and other agricultural implements." — 9th January 1840. 



11. To Robert Montgomery of Johnstone, in the county of Renfrew, in 

 the kingdom of Scotland, gentleman, an improvement or improvements in 

 spinning machinery applicable to mules, jennies, slubbers, and other similar 

 mechanism."— 9th January 1840. 



12. To William Vickers of Fu-s Hill, in the county of York, steel ma- 

 nufacturer, being a communication from a foreigner residing abroad, " an im- 

 provement in the manufacture of cast-steel." — 10th January 1840, 



13. To Christopher Edward D asipier, of Ware, in the county of Hert- 

 ford, attomey-at-law, " an improved weighing-machine." — 14th January 

 1840. 



14. To John Leslie of Conduit Street, Hanover Square, in the county 

 of Middlesex, tailor, being a communication from a certain foreigner residing 

 abroad, " improvements in measuring the human figure." — 15th January 

 1840. *► 



15. To William Harper of Couper's Court, Comhill, in the city of Lon- 

 don, patent stove manufacturer, and Thomas Walker of Birmingham, in 

 the county of Warwick, " improvements in stoves and gi-ates, and in pre- 

 paring metal plates for such stoves and for other purposes." — 15th Januai-y 

 1840. 



16. To Matthew Heath of Furnival's Inn, in the city of l^ondon, gen- 

 tleman, being a communication from a certain foreigner residing abroad, 



" improvements in clarifying and filtering water, beer, wine, and other li- 

 quids." — 15th January 1840 



17. To Thomas Clark and Charles Clark of Wolverhampton, in the 

 county of Stafford, ironfounders and copartners, " improvements in glazing 

 and enamelling cast-iron hollow ware." — 15th January 1840. 



18. To John Ai^sije, fai-iucr,,Rctlheugh,neax Dalkeith, «' a macbiae for 



