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24. To William Bridges Adams, of Adam Street, Adelplii,in the county 

 of Middlesex, engineer, carriage-builder, and contractor, " certain im- 

 provements in the construction of wheel-carriages and locomotive engines, 

 and also in roads or ways." — 8th August 1848. 



25. To Joseph Simpson, of the city of Manchester, civil engineer, and 

 James Alfred Shipton, of the same place, engineer, " certain improve- 

 ments in steam-engines." — 14th August 1848. 



2Q. To Matthew Kirtlet, of Derby, engineer, " improvements in 

 the manufacture of railway-wheels." — 15th August 1848. 



27. To John Weston, of Portland Town, in the county of Middlesex, 

 machinist, " certain improvements in obtaining and applying motive 

 power."— 15th August 1848. * 



28. To Samuel Thornton, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, 

 merchant, and James Edward M'Connell, of Wolverton, in the county 

 of Buckingham, " improvements in steam-engines, and in the means of 

 retarding engines and carriages on railways, and in connecting railway 

 carriages or waggons together ; also, improvements in effecting a commu- 

 nication between one part of a railway train and another, by signals or 

 otherwise.'" — ISth August 184S. 



29. To James Poreit, of Edenfield, ia the county of Lancaster, woollen 

 manufacturer, " certain improvements in carding-engines, for carding wool 

 and other fibrous substances." — 18th August 1848. 



30. To Samuel Lees, of the firm of Hannah, Lees, & Son, of Park- 

 bridge, in the county of Lancaster, iron-manufacturer, " certain improve- 

 ments in the manufacture of malleable iron." — 18th August 1848. 



31. To Henry Henson Henson, of Hampstead, in the county of 

 Middlesex, gentleman, " certain improvements in railway carriages and 

 waggons." — 21st August 1848. 



32. To Alexander Turiff, of Hamilton Street, in the town of Paisley, 

 " certain improvements in railway turn-tables." — 23d August 1848. 



33. To Richard Shaw, of Gold's Green, West Bromwich, in the 

 county of Stafford, railway-bar finisher, " improvements in the manufac- 

 ture of iron into tyre bars, round bars, square bars, and flat bars, tee iron, 

 angle iron, and trough iron.'" — 23d August 1848. 



34. To Isaac Taylor, of Stamford Rivers, Essex, gentleman, " im- 

 provements in pri paring and engraving surfaces ; also in the construction 

 of cylinders adapted for engraving ; and also in machinery for printing 

 and ornamenting surfaces." — 28th August 1848. 



35. To George Walter Pratt, of the city of Rochester, State of 

 New York, in the United States of America, gentleman, " improvements 

 in the manufacture of printing ink." — 30th August 1848. 



36. To Elizabeth Dakin, of No. 1 St Paul's Churchyard, in the city 

 of London, widow, as administratrix of the late William Dakin, " im- 



