List of Patents granted In Scotland. ojg 



March 5. To Joseph Jones of Oldham, in the county of Lancaster, cotton 

 manufacturer, and Thomas MeUodew of the same place mecha 

 nic, for an invention of « improvements in looms to be worked' 

 either by hand or power, for weaving of plain, corded, or ficrured 

 tabncs, and an apparatus for better effecting the cutting of fu«. 

 tians or other fabrics v.'oven in a diagonal form." 

 10. To William Aitken of Aberdeen, in the county of Aberdeen, North 

 Britain, Esquire, for an invention of " certain improvements in 

 the construction of carriages to be propelled bv animal or other 

 power." 



To Thomas Alcock of the parish of Claines, in the county of Wor 

 cester, lace-manufacturer, and John Bertie of Basford, in the 

 county of Nottingham, machinist, for an invention of '• an im^ 

 proved texture of the lace hitherto called bobbin-net or twist 

 net, and also certain improvements in lace machinery for pro- 

 1 c T V^r-n? °^'^l^^^y bobbin-net, and for producing ornaments therein." 

 16. To William Hale of Colchester, in the county of Essex, civil engi- 

 neer, for an invention of " certain improvements on, or additions 

 to, boilers or apparatus for producing motive power." 

 To Daniel Duff of Dundee, in the countv of Forfar in Scotland for 

 an invention of " a method of softening, splitting, and preparino. 

 hemp and other fibrous substances by machinen^, for the pui^ 

 pose of being spun into yarns." 

 2.3. To William Hale of Colchester, in the county of Essex, civil engi 

 neer, for an invention of " certain improvements in or on wind- 

 T "U! ■'.'"''^'^■" iniprovements are applicable to other purposes." 

 10 I'liiiip Augustus de Chapeaurouge of Fenchurch Street in the 

 city ot London, gentleman, in consequence of a communication 

 made to him by a certain foreigner residing abroad, for an in- 

 vention of " a machine, engine, or apparatus for producing mo- 

 tive power, which he denominates a self-acting motive power, and 

 or. T '^l , '? ^y^^""^ ^y ^''^ inventor ' volant moteur perpetuel." 

 ib. 10 Charles de Bergue of Clapham, in the countv of Surrey, gentle 

 man, for an invention of " certain improvements in machinery 

 tor spinning or twisting cotton, flax, silk, and other fibrous sub- 

 stances." 

 27. To Robert Joseph Barlow of Rudley, in the North Riding of York 

 • shire, clerk, for an invention of "certain improvements in 



springs, applicable to carriages and other nurposes " 

 To John Sylvester of Great llussell Street,"in the countv of JMid- 

 diesex, civil engineer, for an invention of "improvements in ap- 

 paratus used in the communication or transmission of heat to 

 aeriform, liquid, and solid bodies." 

 To Henry ^Villiam Nunn of "VVhippingham in the Isle of Wight 

 George Mowbray, and Richard Alabone, both of the town of 

 Newport in the said island, lace-manufacturers, for an invention 

 of " improvements in manufacturing certain kinds of embroider- 

 ed or ornamented lace." 

 31 . To Samuel Draper, late of Radford, in the countv of Notts, but now 

 ot 13astord, in the same county, lace-maker, for an invention of 

 an improved machine for making an improved manufacture of 

 ^r.^\ Q T ",?"r,^"''°''^'"-"ett, or what is commonly called bobbin-net lace." 

 Apnl 3. Id William Newton of the Office for Patents, Chancery Lane, in 

 the county of Middlesex, civil engineer, in consequence of a com- 

 munic^lion from a foreigner residing abroad, relating to an inven- 

 tion of '^ certam improvements in preparing fibrous or textile 

 plants either indigenous or exotic, to be used in place of flax or 

 iiemp. "^ 



6. 'I'o James Hunter of Leys Mill, Arbroath, in the county of Forfar 



iVortli Britam, mechanic, for an invention of " certain improve- 



meiits in the art of cutting, or what is commonly called fecine 



and dressing certain kinds of stone." 



10. j-o John Day of York Terrace, Pcckham, in the county of Surrey. 



