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mercliant, for certain processes for separating the alkalis of 

 pot-ash and of soda from their sulphates, or vitriolic salts; 

 and from their sulphurets, or combinations with sulphur; as 

 in soaper's slack ash, and other snnilar compounds. 



To Robert Raines the younger, of the town and port of 

 Hull, in the county of York, tanner and glue-manufacturer, 

 for a method for the making and manufacturing of hard glue, 

 from the tail, fins, and other parts of the whale fish. 



To James Sharpies, of the city of Bath, in the county of 

 Somerset, esq., for certain combinations and arrangements 

 of implements and mechanical powers, and certain principles 

 and forms of tables useful for surveying, and various other 

 purposes. 



To James Ryan, of Doonane, in the Queen's County, 

 Ireland, engineer to the undertakers of the Grand Canal, 

 for his invention of sundry tools, implements, or apparatus, 

 for boring the earth for coal, and all kinds of minerals and 

 subterraneous substances, by which the different strata niav 

 be cut out in a cheap and expeditious manner, in cores or 

 cylinders, from 1 inch to 20 inches and upwards in lenoth, 

 and from 2 inches to 20 inches and upwards in diameter, so 

 as to be taken up entire at airy depth that has hitherto been 

 bored; by which not only the quality of such minerals and 

 substances, but also the declination or dip of the strata, can 

 be ascertained beyond a possibility of mistake . and which 

 tools, implements, or apparatus, are also applicable to the 

 purposes of sinking for wells, and giving vent to subterra- 

 neous water in bogs, and draining mines and grounds, and 

 ventilating pits, and other beneficial purposes. 



To John Edwards, of Bow-street, in the parish of St. 

 Paul, Covent Garden, in the county of Middlesex, currier 

 and harness-maker, for certain improvements in fire-places;, 

 calculated to save fuel, give a more general heat, and prevent 

 chimneys from smoking. 



To Matthew Grcgson, of Liverpool, upholder, for a 

 method of cleansing feathers for beds ; and hair, wool, 

 down, and other tht natural covering of birds and animals, 

 from their animal oil, in the most perfect manner, and in such 

 a way as to render them more healthful, sweet, and pleasant 

 for use. 



To Edward Steers, of the Inner Temple, London, esq., 

 for an engine producing a force by the impetus which the 

 parts of a tkiid body have to an equal altitude, applicable to 

 the working all kijids of niac;hinery. 



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