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List of Patents granted for Scotland from Bd April 1848 to 

 2lst June 1848. 



1. To Matthew Sproule, of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, 

 engineer, " certain improvements in steam-engines." — 3d April 1848. 



2. To William Sangstee, of Regent Street, in the county of Middle- 

 sex, umbrella and parasol maker, " improvements in umbrellas and para- 

 sols."— 4th April 1848. 



3. To William Maclardy, of Salford, in the county of Lancaster, 

 manager, " certain improvements in machinery, or apparatus applicable 

 to the preparation and spinning of cotton, wool, silk, flax, and other fibrous 

 substances."— 4th April 1848. 



4. To James Peddee, of New Union Street, in the county of Middlesex, 

 engineer, " certain improvements in steam-engines, and in propelling." 

 - 6th April 1848. 



5. To David Fisher, of Clerkenwell Green, in the county of Middlesex, 

 bootmaker, " certain improvements in the manufacture of boots and 

 shoes."— 11th April 1848. 



6. To Samuel Clegg, of Regent Square, in the county of Middlesex, 

 engineer, " improvements in gas meters." — 11th April 1848. 



7. To William Edwakd Newton, of the Office for Patents, 66 Chan- 

 cery Lane, in the county of IMiddlesex, civil-engineer, " an improvement 

 or improvements in making coupling-joints for pipes, nozzles, stop-cocks, 

 still and cylinder heads, and other apparatus." — 11th April 1848. 



8. To Henry Heywood, of Throstlenest Mills, Blackburn, in the 

 county of Lancaster, cotton-spinner, " certain improvements in looms for 

 weaving." — 13th April 1848. 



9. To Matthew Curtis, of the city of Manchester, machinist, and 

 Robert Lakin, of Ardwick, in the county of Lancaster, machinist, " cer- 

 tain improvements in machines used for prej^aring to be spun, and spin- 

 ning cotton and other fibrous substances, and for weaving such substances 

 when spun." — 17th April 1848. 



10. To John Coates, of Seedly, in the county of Lancaster, calico- 

 printer, " certain improvements in machinery, or apparatus for printing 

 calicoes and other surfaces." — 19th April 1848. 



11. To James Derham, manager of Willet & Co.'s spinning-mills, 

 Bradford, in the cc unty of York, " machinery for carding, combing, pre- 

 paring and spinning cotton, wool, alpaca, mohair, flax, silk, and other 

 fibrous materials." — 20th April 1848. 



12. To Richard Turner, of Bath Place, New Road, Mary lebone, and 

 Hammersmith Works, Dublin, wrought- iron manufacturer, " certain im- 

 provements in wrought-iron girders, in the construction of roofs for rail- 

 way stations, and roofs and floors of other buildings." — 1st May 1848. 



13. To Thomas Hancock, of Stoke, Newington, in the county of 



