218 List of Patents. 



nufacture of cofered spades and shovels, soughing and grafting tools." — 4th 

 November 1840. 



16. To Arthur Wall of Bermondsey "Wall in the county of Surrey, sur- 

 geon, " a new composition for the prevention of corrosion in metals and for 

 other purposes." — 5th November 1840. 



17. To James Heywood Whitehead of the Royal George Mills in Sad- 

 dleworth in the county of York, manufacturer, " improvements in the ma- 

 nufacture of woollen belts, bands, or driving-straps." — 6th November 1840. 



18. To Samuel Wilkes of Darleston in the county of Suffolk, iron-foun- 

 der, " improvements in the manufacture of vices." — 6th November 1840. 



19. To Joseph Bennett of Turnlee near Giossop in the county of Derby, 

 cotton-spinner, " certain improvements in machines for cutting rags, ropes, 

 waste, hay, straw, or other soft or fibrous substances usually subject to the 

 operation of cutting or chopping, part of which improvements are applicable 

 to the tearing, pulling in pieces, or opening of rags, ropes, or other tough 

 materials." — 9th November 1840. 



20. To Charles Payne of South Lambeth in the county of Surrey, gen- 

 tleman, " improvements in salting animal matters." — 11th November 1840. 



21. To Henry Hind Edwards of Nottingham Terrace, New Road, in 

 the county of Middlesex, being a communication from abroad, " improve- 

 ments in evaporation." — 11th November 1840. 



22. To Elijah Galloway of Manchester Street in the county of Mid- 

 dlesex, engineer, " improvements in propelling railroad carriages." — 11th 

 November 1840. 



23. To Nathan Defries of Paddington Street in the county of Middle- 

 sex, engineer, " improvements in gas meters." — 11th November 1840. 



24. To Henry' Houldsworth of Manchester in the county of Lancaster, 

 cotton-spinner, " an improvement in carriages used for the conveyance of 

 passengers on railways, and an improved seat appliable to such carriages 

 and to other purposes." — 11th November 1840. 



25. To Joshua Whitworth of Manchester in the county of Lancaster, 

 engineer, " certain improvements in machinery, or apparatus for cleaning 

 and repairing roads or ways, and which machinery is also applicable to other 

 purposes." — 16th November 1840. 



26. To Samuel Wilks of Darleston, iron-founder, " improvements in the 

 manufacture of hinges." — 17th November 1840. 



27. To Thomas Horne of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, brass- 

 founder, " improvement in the manufacture of hinges.'' — 18th November 

 1840. 



28. To James Smith of Deanston Works, in the parish of Kilmadock, in 

 the county of Perth, cotton-spinner, " improvements in the preparing, spin- 

 ning and weaving of cotton, silk, wool, and other fibrous substances, and in 

 measuring and folding woven fabrics." — 19th November 1840. 



29. To Benjamin Winkles of Northampton Street, in the parish of Saint 

 Mary, Islington, in the county of Middlesex, steel and copperplate manu- 

 facturer, " certain improvements in the arrangement and construction of 

 padile wheels and water wheels." — 19th November 1840. 



30. To Robert Hawthorn and William Hawthorn of Newcastle- 

 upon-Tyne, civil engineers, " certain improvements in locomotive and other 

 steam-engines in respect of the boilers, and the conveying of steam there- 

 from to the cylinders." — 20th November 1840. 



31. To Peter Bradshaw of Dean near Kimbolton, in the county of Bed- 

 for J, gentleman, " improvements in dibbling and drilling corn, seeds, plants, 

 roots and manure." — 20th November 1840. 



32. To John Buchanan of the city of Glasgow in Scotland, coach-build- 



