376 List of Patents. 
55. To THomas Ricuarps, Witi1am Tay.Lor,and James Wy pe the 
younger, all of Falcon-Works, Walworth, in the county of Surrey, cot- 
ton-manufacturers, “ improved rollers, to be used in the manufacture of 
silk, cotton, woollen, and other fabrics.” —6th March 1845. 
56. To James Hit, of Stalybridge, in the county of Chester, cotton- 
spinner, ‘‘ improvements in, or applicable to, certain machines for pre- 
paring, spinning, and doubling cotton, wool, and other fibrous substances.” 
—8th March 1850. 
57. To Joun Fowter junior, of Melksham, in the county of Wilts, 
engineer, “‘ improvements in draining land.”—S8th March 1850. 
58. To Gerarp Jonn De Wirte, of Brook Street, Westminster, in 
the county of Middlesex, gentleman, “improvements in machinery, ap- 
paratus, metallic and other substances, for the purpose of letterpress 
and other printing.”---8th March 1850. 
59. To Danret Curistiz, of No. 3 St John’s Place, Broughton, in’ 
the borough of Salford, and county of Lancaster, merchant, “ improve- 
-ments in machinery for preparing, assorting, straightening, tearing, teaz- 
ing, doubling, twisting, braiding, and weaving cotton, wool, and other 
fibrous substances ;’” being a communication from abroad.—13th March 
1850. 
60. To Epwarp Omerop, of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster 
mechanical engineer, and JosepH SuePHerD, of Chorlton-upon-Medlock, 
in the same county, mechanical engineer, ‘‘ improvements in, or applicable 
to, apparatus for changing the position of carriages on railways.” —13th 
March 1850. 
61. To Frank Crarxe Hints, of Deptford, in the county of Kent, 
manufacturing chemist, ‘“‘an improved mode of compressing peat, for 
making fuel or gas, and of manufacturing gas, and of obtaining certain 
salts.” —1L5th March 1850. 
62. To Witt1am Hanptey, of Chiswell Street, Finsbury, confectioner, 
Grorcr Doncan, of Battersea, in the county of Surrey, engineer, and 
AexanpER M‘Guasuan, of Long Acre, engineer, “improvements in the 
construction of railway-breaks.”—20th March 1850. 
63. To Warren Detarue, of Bunhill Row, in the county of Middle- 
sex, “improvements in the manufacture of envelopes.’—20th March 
1850. 
64. To James Hicarns, of Salford, in the county of Lancaster, ma- 
chine-maker, and Tuomas Scnorrenp Wuitwortg, of Salford aforesaid, 
mechanic, “ certain improvements in machinery for preparing, spinning, 
and doubling cotton, wool, flax, silk, and similar fibrous materials.’’— 
22d March 1850. 
