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worsted of every description; or stich part or parts thereof 
as may be required for the purpose of introducing by print- 
ing or staining various patterns on such discharges, or other- 
wise. Dated October 7. 
To William Clegg Gover, of Rotherhithe, in the county 
of Surrey, carpenter; for an improved wheel or purchase, for 
the steering of ships, by means of which wheel or purchase 
a considerable degree of Jabour is saved, and a ship may be 
steered with more ease, and greater steadiness aud certainty, 
and with more safety to the steersman. _ Dated October 15. 
To Joseph Bramah, of Pimlico, in the county of Middle- 
sex, engineer; fora machine whereby valuable improvements 
in the art of printing will be obtained. Dated October 15. 
To John Fletcher, of Cecil-street, in the Strand, in the 
county of Middlesex, esq. ; for a composition for agricultu- 
ral purposes, which is not ae of the greatest value asa nia- 
nure, but is also extremely efficacious in the destruction of 
the fly in turnips; snails, slugs, ants, and the majority of 
those other insects which are detrimental to vegetables ; 
whicn Loqmposyion he usually HeBOruInates a Palared Gyp- 
sum.” Dated October 21. 97" ' 
To Elihu White, of Threadneedle-street, in the city of 
London, gent. in consequence of a communication made to 
him bya certain foreigner residing abroad ; for a method 
of making a machine, for casting or founding types, letters, 
spaces, ae quadrates, usually made use Ick in printing. 
Dated October 23. 
To John Prosser, of Back Hill, Hatton Garden, in the 
county of Middlesex, smith; for various improvements upon 
smoke- or air-jacks, which may be applied to those now in 
use. Dated October 30. 
To James Capam, of Leicester, in the county of Leices- 
ter, brazier ; for a machine for discharging smoke from 
smoking chimneys. . Dated October 30. 
To Isaac Sanford, of the city of Gloucester, civil engi- 
neer, and Stephen Price, of Stroud, in the county of Glou- 
cester, civil engineer; for a new improvement or method 
to raise a nap or pile on woollen, cotton, and all other cloth 
which may require a nap or pile, as a substitute for teasels. 
Dated October 30. 
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