1 CO List of Patents for Kew Inventions. 



pinion, or any rotative motion, by means of various powers 

 now in common use, wherebv much labour and expense will 

 be saved. Dated June 6. 



To Lawrence Gwynnet, of Christ's Hospital, in the city 

 of London, gentleman, and Peter Noble, of the London- 

 road, in the countv of Sirrey, engine-maker; for certain 

 improvements in chain and common pumps, whereby the 

 latier will act as a fire-engine for sea and land purposes. 

 Dated June 6. 



To Edward Heard, of London, chemist; for certain means 

 of obtaining inflammable gas from pit coal, in such a state 

 that it may be burned without producing any offensive smell. 

 Dated June 12. 



To Samuel Phelps, of Caper's Bridge, Lambeth, in the 

 county of Surrey, esq.; for his improved method of making 

 kelp, barilla, or other vegetable or mineral alkali, by fer- 

 mentation and other means, in addition to combustion. 

 Dated June 17. 



To William Leicester, of Piccadilly, engineer ; for an 

 improved rotary motion or engine to communicate power to 

 machines. Dated June 1 9. 



To William Clark, of Cerne Abbas, in the county of 

 Dorset, cloekmaker, and Joseph Bugby, of Yeovil, in the 

 county of Somerset, schoolmaster ; for certain improvements 

 in a machine for spinning hemp, flax, tow, and wool. Dated 

 June 1 9. 



To Thomas Bourne and William Chambers, scale-beam 

 makers, and Chester Gould, mechanic, all of Birmingham, 

 in the countv of Warwick ; for a machine or engine for 

 roasting meat by the power of steam, and for other pur- 

 poses where small powers are necessary. Dated June 24. 



To John Davenport, of Langport, in the county of Staf- 

 ford, glass-maker ; for a method of ornamenting glass in 

 imitation of engraving or etching, by which means borders, 

 c.vphers, coats of arm-, drawings, and the most elaborate 

 designs, may be executed in a style of elegance hitherto un- 

 known. Dated July 4. 



To John Curr, of Sheffield, in the county of York ; for a 

 method of applying the cables of ships and vessels upon the 



windlasses, 



