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List of Patents granted in Scotland, from 23d June to 92d 

 August 1831. 



1831. 

 June 23. To James Slater of Salford, in the county of Lancaster, bleacher, 

 for an invention of " certain improvements in the method of gene- 

 rating steam or vapour, applicable as a moving power, and to arts 

 and manufacturers ; and also for improvements in vessels or 

 machinery employed for that purpose." 



To Malhew Uzielli of Clifton Street, Finsbury Square, in the 

 county of Middlesex, gentleman, for an invention in consequence 

 of a communication made to him by a certain foreigner residing 

 abroad, " for improvements in the preparation of certain metallic 

 substances, and the application thereof to the sheathing of ships, 

 and other purposes." 

 27. To James Cochrane of Greenside Lane, in the City of Edin- 

 burgh, brass-founder, for an invention of " a certain improved 

 method of manufacturing tubes or pipes of lead, block-tin, copper, 

 or other metals." 



To George William Turner, of the parish of Saint Mary, Ber- 

 mondsey, in the county of Surrey, paper-manufacturer, for an in- 

 vention of " certain improvements in machinery for making 

 paper." 



To William AVestley Richards of Birmingham, in the county of 

 Warwick, gun-manufacturer, for an invention of " certain im- 

 provements in the construction of touch-holes and primers suita- 

 ble to percussion guns, pistols, and all sorts of fire-arms fired up- 

 on that principle." 

 July 6. To Richard Wood of New York, in the United States of Ame- 

 rica, but now of Bishopsgate Street Without, in the city of Lon- 

 don, being one of the people called Quakers, for an invention of 

 " an inking apparatus to be used with certain descriptions of 

 printing-presses." 



To George Goodlet, residing in Leith, in that part of the United 

 Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Scotland, and pro- 

 prietor of the London, Leith, and Edinburgh Steam-Mills, for an 

 invention of " a new and improved steam-kihi for drying all kinds 

 of grain, beans, peas, malt, and seeds of every description." 



To William Gutteridge, of the parish of St John, Clerkenwell, 

 engineer, for an invention of " certain improvements in apparatus 

 for distilling, and other purposes." 

 22. To Henry Lister Maw of South Molton Street, in the county of 

 Middlesex, I^ieutenant in the Navy, for an invention of " an im- 

 proved method of using fuel, so as to burn smoke." 

 27. To Thomas Spiney, of Cheltenham, in the county of Gloucester, 

 gas-engineer, for an invention of certain improvements in appara- 

 tus for manufacturing gas for illumination." 



