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4. To John Arrowsmith of Bilston, in the county of Stafford, civil- 

 engineer, for an invention of " certain improvements in steam-engines." — 

 3d July 1839. 



5. To Frank Hills of Deptford, in the county of Kent, manufacturing 

 chemist, for an invention of " certain improvements in the construction of 

 steam-boilers and of locomotive-engines," — 3d July 1839. 



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

 county of Stafford, iron-founders and copartners, for an invention " for 

 glazing and enamelling cast-iron, holloware, and other metallic substances." 

 —4th July 1839. 



7. To Alexander Gordon of Fludyer Street, Westminster, in the 

 county of Middlesex, engineer, for an invention of " a new machine or ap- 

 paratus for employing or using steam or other elastic fluid as a motive 

 power," the same ha-vdng been communicated to him by a foreigner residing 

 abroad.— 5th July 1839. 



8. To James Kay, formerly of Preston, in the county of Lancaster, cot- 

 ton-spinner, but now of Pendleton, near Manchester, in the aforesaid county, 

 flax-spinner, of an extension of three years, from 23d June 1839, of a patent 

 granted to him for an invention of " a new and improved machinery for 

 preparing and spinning flax, hemp, and other fibrous substances, by power." 

 —11th July 1839. 



9. To Abraham Bury of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, gentle- 

 man, for an invention of " certain improvements in the mode of printing, 

 colouring, or dyeing cotton or other fabrics."— 12th July 1839. 



10. To Joseph Maudslay and Joshua Field, of the firm of Maudslay, 

 Sous, and Field, engineers, of Lambeth, in the county of Surrey, for an in- 

 vention of " improvements in the construction of marine steam-engines, 

 which are particularly applicable to steam-engines of the largest class." — 

 15th July 1839. 



11. To Charles Sanderson of Sheffield, in the county of York, steel 

 manufacturer, for an invention of " a certain improvement in the art or pro- 

 cess of smelting iron ores." — 15th July 1839. 



12. To James Templeton, manufacturer in Paisley, and also William 

 QuiGLAY, weaver, in Paisley, for an invention of " machinery for a new 

 and improved mode of manufactm'ing siUs, cotton, woollen, and linen 

 tabrics."— 17th July 1839. 



13. To Pierre Auguste Ducote of No. 70 St Martin's Lane, in the 

 county of Middlesex, for an invention of " certain improvements in the art 

 of printing on paper, calicoes, silks, and other fabrics." — 17th July 1839. 



14. To John Thomas Betts of Smithfield Bars, in the city of London, 

 rectifier, in consequence of a communication from a certain foreigner re- 

 siding abroad, for an invention of " improvements in the process of preparing 

 spirituous liquors in the making of brandy." — 19th July 1839. 



15. To David Johnston of Glasgow, manufactm-er, in consequence of a 

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

 " certain improvements in the manufacture of hinges.'' — 19th July 1839. 



16. To Moses Poole of the Patent Office, Lincoln's Inn, in the county 

 of Middlesex, gentleman, in consequence of a communication from a certain 

 foreigner residing abroad, for an invention of " improvements in printing 

 calicoes and other fabrics." — 19th July 1839. 



17. To John Fairkie of Church Lane, Whitechapel, in the county of 

 Middlesex, sugar refiner, for an invention of " improvements in making and 

 refining sugar."— 19th July 1839. 



