List rj^'' Patents for Neiv Invcnllons. 95 



The death of the celebrated Klaproth, of Berlin, has been 

 announced in some of the foreign journals. We arc happy 

 to state that this intelligence is not correct. He enjoys 

 good health, and is now in his sixty-second year. 



M. Justus Klaproth, professor of jurisprudence in the 

 university of Gottingen, well known by the learned works 

 which he has publfshed on that subject, died on the 10th 

 of February last, in his seventy-seventh year. 



M. Alexander Saverien, engineer of the French marine, 

 died on the 28th of May last, in his eighty-fifth year. He 

 has been long known to the scientilic workl by his writings 

 on navigation, and the theory of building, rigging, and ma- 

 noeuvring of ships; accounts of instruments for making 

 observations at sea; his marine dictionary ; a dictionary of 

 the mathematics; a diction;iry of architecture; history of 

 modern philosophers, and history of the progress of the 

 human understanding. For many of his latter years he was 

 poor and infirm, and was nuich indebted to the cares of a 

 .servant who attended him from attachment. IJe has left a 

 widow likewise in want, and very agi.-d. 



LIST OF PATENTS FOfl NEW INVENTIONS. 



To John Nyren, of Bromlev, in the county of Mid- 

 dlesex, muslin bleacher and tambour worker ; for printing 

 fancy patterns on silk and cotton U.cenet, instead of tanif 

 bouring or working them in colours. Dated September 27, 

 1805. 



To Stephen Clubb, of Colchester, in the county of 

 Essex, millwright ; for an improved mangle. Dated Sep- 

 tember 27, 1805. 



To James Macnaughtan, of Great Ouecn-strcet, Lin- 

 coln's Inn Fields, in the county of iMiddlesex, ironmonger; 

 for a sto\'e or grate and range upon a nev\' construction, by 

 which rooms wdl be nuich more effectually warmed than 

 they now arc, and the chimneys prevented from smoking. 

 Dated September 27, 1805. 



To John Sveds, of Fountain Stairs, Rotherhilhe Wall, 

 in the county of Surrey, matlivmatical instrument maker; 

 for a steerina; amplitude or azimuth compass and scale for 

 finding and working the course of ships at sea. Dated Oc- 

 tober 7, 1803. 



To Daniel De.>ormeaux, of Barking, in the countv of 

 Essex, surgeon and apothecary, and Samuel Uutchings, 

 of Ilford, in the said parish of Barking, weaver; for their 

 improvements in the making and manufacturing of wax, 

 fiperniaceti, and tallow candles. Dated October 22, 1605. 



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