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List of Patents granted in Scotland from iUh March to \Qth 

 June 1831. 



1831. 



March 14. To David Napier of Warren Street, Fitzroy Square, in the 

 county of Middlesex, engineer, and James & William Napier 

 of Glasgow, machinists, for an invention of " certain improve, 

 ments in machinery for propelling locomotive carriages." 



24. To Robert Stephenson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in the county 

 of Northumberland, engineer, for an invention of " an improve- 

 ment in the axle and parts which form the bearings at the 

 centres of wheels for carriages which are to travel upon edge 

 railwaj'S." 

 To Henry Pratt of Bilston, in the county of Stafford, miller, 

 for an invention of " certain kiln-tiles made and manufactured 

 of clay, iron, and other metals and materials, for the purpose of 

 drying wheat, malt, oats, and other grain, and for various other 

 purposes, with the formation of the fire-place and kiln." 

 April 22. To Thomas Bailey and Charles Bailey, both (if the town of 

 Leicester, in the county of Leicester, frame-smiths, for an in- 

 vention of " certain improvements in machinery for making 

 lace, commonly called bobbin-net." 



27. To James Milne of the ciLy of Edinburgh, brass-founder, for an 

 invention of " an improvement or improvements on gas-meters." 



11. To David Napier of Warren Street, Fitzroy Square, in the 

 county of Middlesex, engineer, for an invention of " certain 

 improvements in printing machinery, with a method of econo- 

 mising the power applied to the same, which method of econo- 

 mising power is also applicable to other purposes." 



29. To John Dickinson of Abbots Langley, in the county of Hert- 

 ford, paper-maker, for an invention of " an improved method 

 of manufacturing paper by means of machinery." 

 May 2. To John and Jasies Potter of Smedley, near Manchester^ 

 spinners and manufacturers, for an invention of " certain im- 

 provements in machinery, or apparatus applicable to the spin- 

 ning or twisting of cotton, flax, silk, wool, and other fibrous 

 materials." 



3. To AViLLiAM Rutherford ^jinior, of Jedburgh, writer and bank 

 agent, for an invention of " a combination or arrangement of 

 apparatus or mechanism, to be used by itself, or applied to 

 locks and other fastenings for more effectually protecting pro. 

 perty." 

 18. To Samdel Morand of Manchester, in the county of Lancas- 

 ter, in the kingdom of England, merchant, for an invention of 

 " an improved stretching machine." 

 To Andrew Smith of Princes Street, Leicester Square, in the 

 parish of St Martins-in-the-Fields, in the county of Middlesex, 

 mechanist, for an invention of" certain improvements in ma- 



