List of Patents for New Inventions. I9I 



day or night telescopes, whereby the same will be rendered 

 more portable than they now are. Dated March 18. 



To Henry Gore Clough, of Norton-street, in the parish 

 of St. Mary-le-bone, and county of Middlesex, surgeon, j 

 for his invented certain improvements in the instruments or 

 apparatus commonly called trusses, which are used for 

 compressing and supporting such parts of the human frame 

 as are or may be ruptured or disposed to protrude. Dated 

 March 21. 



To Francis Place, of Charing-cross, in the parish of St. 

 Martin in the Fields, in the county of' Middlesex, tailor 

 and mercer ; for his invented certain improvements in locks 

 for muskets, pistols, fowling-pieces, carriage guns, and every 

 species of fire-arms. Dated as above. 



To Richard Ottley, of Myrtle-hill, near Caermarthen, in 

 Caermarthenshire, esq., and James Jeans, of Portsmouth, in 

 the county of Hants, ship-builder ; for their invented certain 

 improvements in chain-pumps, in the mode of working the 

 same, and in the wells for receiving such pumps, whereby 

 much manual labour will be saved. Dated as above. 



To Joseph Hinchsliffe, of Dumfries, in that part of the 

 united kingdom called Scotland ; for his invented new me- 

 thod of manufacturing elastic spring trusses for ruptures or 

 rupture bandages. Dated March 26. 



To Bracy Clark, of Giltspur-street, in the city of London, 

 veterinary surgeon j for his invented certain improvements 

 upon horse-shoes. Dated as above. 



To Quintin M^ Adam, of Anderston, near the city of 

 Glasgow, in the county of Lanark, in that part of the united 

 kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Scotland ; for 

 an improved method of dressing yarns for weaving, by 

 means of a new and useful machine. Dated March 20. 



To William Parr, of Bcrmondsey New Road, in the county 

 of Surrey, gentleman, Richard Bevington, of Gracechurch- 

 street, in the city of London, merchant, and Samuel Be- 

 vington, of Grange-road, Bcrmondsey, in the said county 

 of Surrey, leather-dresser ; for their invented machine for 

 splitting hides, skins, pelts, or leather, in an improved 

 manner. Dated as above. 



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