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State of agriculture and the fisheries in those much neglected 
but interesting islands. The tour is to be followed by a 
Mineralogical Survey of Shetland, from the pen of Dr. 
Traill, of Liverpool, who lately visited those northern 
islands. 
LIST OF PATENTS FOR NEW INVENTIONS. 
To Robert Bowman, of Leith, in Scotland, manufacturer, 
for making hats, caps, and bonnets, for men and women, of 
whalebone; harps for harping or cleansing corn or grain, 
and also the bottoms of sieves and riddles, and girths for 
horses ; and also a.cloth or webbing fit for making into hats, 
caps, &c., and for the backs and seats of chairs and sofas, 
gigs, coaches, and other similar carriages and things, and 
the bottoms of beds, as also reeds for weavers. Dated Oc- 
tober 30. : 
To Robert Vazie, of the parish of St. Mary, Rotherhithe, 
in the county. of Surry, civil enginecr; for improvements in 
the measures and in the machinery to be used in making 
bricks and éarthen ware, and also improvements in the car- 
riages for removing the said articles. ~Dated November 6. 
To James Royston, of Halifax, in the county of York, 
eard-maker; for his improvement on the system of card- 
making, by a method of cutting teeth for carding of wool 
and tow. Dated November 6. 
To John William Lloyd, late of Brook-street, Bitersirs 
square, in the county of Middlesex, but now of Bishop 
Wearmouth, in the county of Durham, esq. ; for antifric- 
tion rollers or wheels, to assist ail sorts of carriage wheels. 
Dated November 20. 
To John Henckell, of the city of London, merchant, in 
consequence of a communication made to him by a French 
emigrant residing abroad; for certain improvements on a 
machine for dressing coffee or barley, or any other corn, 
grain, pulse, seed, and berries. Dated November 20. 
To William Nicholson, of Soho-square, in the county 
of Middlesex, gentleman ; ; for various improvements in the 
application of steam to useful purposes, and in the apparatus 
required to the same. Dated Noyember 22. 
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