406 List of Patents. 



5. To Hector Sandeman, of the TuUoch Bleach-field, in the county 

 of Perth, bleacher, " certain improvements in the materials and processes 

 employed in dressing, clearing, scouring, and bleaching, certain textile 

 fabrics, and the materials of which such fabrics are composed."-^25th 

 January 1848. 



6. To Robert Weare, of Argyle Street, Birkenhead, in the county 

 of Chester, watch and clock-maker, " improvements in clocks or time- 

 keepers." — 25th January 1848. 



7. To William Watson Pattinson, of Felling, near Gateshead, Dur- 

 ham, chemical manufacturer, " improvements in the manufacture of 

 soda." — 27th January 1848. 



8. To STopForvD Thomas Jones, of Stamford Street, in the county of 

 Surrey, lieutenant in Her Majesty's service, " improvements in steam- 

 engines, and in machinerj' for propelling vessels." — 27th January 1848. 



9. Richard Roberts, of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, ma- 

 chinest, " certain improvements in machinery for preparing and spinning 

 cotton and other fibrous substances." — 28th January 1848. 



10. To William Baines, of Norwich, inspector of railways, improve- 

 ments in the manufacture of parts of railways, and in bearings of ma- 

 chinery, and in apparatus used in constructing railways." — 1st February 



1848. 



11. To Thomas Lambert, of the New Cut, Blackfriars Road, in the 

 county of Surrey, brassfounder, and Charles William Rowley Rick- 

 ARDS, of Charlotte Street, Blackfriars, engineer, " improvements in water- 

 closets, and in cocks for drawing off liquids and gases." — 1st February 



1848. 



12. To William Thomas of 129 Cheapside, gentleman, " certain im- 

 provements in stays, which improvements are applicable to other useful 

 purposes," being a communication from a certain foreigner residing 

 abroad.— 3d February 1848. 



13. To George Henhy Bursill, of Hornsey Road, in the county of 

 Middlesex, engineer, and Joseph Bradford, of Maida Hill, in the county 

 of Middlesex, gentleman, " improvements in envelopes, wrappers, and 

 covers, and in machinery and apparatus for the manufacture thereof." — 

 3d February 1848. 



14. To George Ferguson Wilson, of Belmont, Vauxhall, in the county 

 of Surrey, gentleman, " improvements in treating and manufacturing cer- 



