List of Patents. 203 



Middlesex, Esquire, and Reuben Phillips, of Islington, in the county 

 of Middlesex, chemist, " improvements in the treating or manufacture of 

 gutta percha, or any of the varieties of caoutchouc." — 2d May 1848. 



14. To Joseph Paul, of Thorp. Abbotshall, Norfolk, farmer, " im- 

 provements in cutting or forming drains in land, and for raising subsoils 

 to the surface of the land." — 3d May 1848. 



15. To John Henderson Portek, of Blackheath, in the coimty of 

 Kent, engineer, " improvements in iron girders, beams, trusses, and sup- 

 ports, for buildings, bridges, and other structures, and in rendering the 

 floors of buildings fire-proof, by the use of iron." — 3d May 1848. 



16. To John William Normanville, of Park Village, in the county 

 of Middlesex, gentleman, " certain improvements in railway or other 

 carriages, partly consisting of new modes of constructing the axle-boxes, 

 and journals of wheels. Also an improved method of lubricating the said 

 journals or other portions of machinery, by the introduction of aqueous 

 alkaline, oleaginous, or saponaceous solution." — 3d May 1848. 



17. To Henry William Schwartz, of Great St Helen's, in the city 

 of London, merchant, " improvements in steam engines, being a commu- 

 nication from abroad." — 3d May;1848. 



18. To Richard Madigan, of Haverstock Hill, in the county of 

 Middlesex, civil engineer, " certain improvements in the manufacture of 

 railway turn- tables." — 4th May 1848. 



19. To Edward Walmsley, of Heaton Norris, in the county of Lan- 

 caster, cotton-spinner, " certain improved apparatus for preventing the 

 explosion of steam-boilers." — 5th May 1848. 



20. To Peter Cladssen, of Leicester Square, in the county of Middle- 

 sex, " certain improvements in weaving machinery, and in the preparation 

 of the materials employed in weaving," being partly a communication from 

 abroad.— 8th May 1848. 



21. To John Aitken, of Russell Street, Bermondsey, in the county of 

 Surrey, leather-dresser, " improvements in steam-engines, atmospheric 

 engines, in distilling and in pumping water." — 8th May 1848. 



22. To John Bethell, of Parliament Street, in the city of West- 

 minister, gentleman, " improvements in preserving vegetable and animal 

 matters."— 8th May 1848. 



23. To Edward Wand, of Bradford, in the county of York, spinner, 

 " certain improvements in the construction of machinery for preparing 

 and spinning alpaca, mohair, wool, flax, and other fibrous materials." — 

 10th May 1848. 



24. To Gf.oroe Heaton, of Birmingham, engineer, " improvements 

 in locomotive engines." — 12th May 184S. 



25. Thomas Forsyth, of the New North Road, in the county of 

 Middlesex, engineer, " improvements in the manufacture of railway 

 whcelfl."— 12th May 1848. 



