376 List of Patents. 



55. To Thomas Richards, William Taylor, and James Wylde 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 Hill, 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 John Fowlee junior, of Melksham, in the county of Wilts, 

 engineer, " improvements in draining land." — 8th March 1850. 



58. To Gerard John De Witte, 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 Daniel Christie, 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 Edward Omerod, of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster 

 mechanical engineer, and Joseph Shepherd, 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 Clarke Hills, 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." — 15th March 1850. 



62. To William Handley, of Chiswell Street, Finsbury, confectioner, 

 George Dcjncan, of Battersea, in the county of Surrey, engineer, and 

 Alexander M'Glashan, of Long Acre, engineer, "improvements in the 

 construction of railway-breaks." — 20th March 1850. 



63. To Warren Delarue, of Bunhill Row, in the county of Middle- 

 sex, " improvements in the manufacture of envelopes." — 20th March 

 1850. 



64. To James Higgins, of Salford, in the county of Lancaster, ma- 

 chine-maker, and Thomas Schofield Whitworth, of Salford aforesaid, 

 mechanic, " certain improvements in machinery for preparing, spinning, 

 and doubling cotton, wool, flax, silk, and similar fibrous materials." — 

 22d March 1850. 



