List of Patents for Neiv Inventions. 191 



windlasses, capstans, or drums thereof; whereby the neces- 

 sity of conveying away the loose ends of the said cables is 

 prevented ; by which methods the cables are more commo- 

 diously applied to their work, and more certain of bringing 

 ships and vessels safe to anchor. Dated July 4. 



To Bryan Donkin, of Fort Place, Bermondsey, in the 

 county of Surrey, engineer, and Henry Maudslay, of Mar- 

 garet-street, Cavendish-square, in the county of Middlesex, 

 engineer ; for a new and simple method of combining 

 wheel-work together, so as to produce any required propor- 

 tion of velocity between the weight and the first mover. 

 Dated July 24. 



To Charles de Berenger, of Hart-street, Bloomsbury, in 

 the county of Middlesex, artist, in consequence of a com- 

 munication made to him by a certain foreigner residing 

 abroad; for a certain animal substance, and method of pre- 

 paring and manufacturing the same ; whereby the said sub- 

 stance becomes applicable as a substitute for horse and other 

 hair now used for the stuffing of cushions, mattresses, car- 

 riages, sofas, chairs, &c, and all other purposes for which 

 flocks, wool, or hair are now generally applied. Dated 

 July 24. 



To Henry Fourdrinier, of Sherborne-lane, in the city of 

 London, stationer and paper-maker, in consequence of a 

 communication made to him by a certain foreigner re- 

 siding abroad ; for a method of making a machine for cut- 

 ting paper on a different principle from any hitherto used. 

 Dated July 24. 



To the same, in consequence of a similar communication ; 

 for a method of making a machine for manufacturing paper 

 of an indefinite length, laid and wove with separated moulds. 

 Dated July 24. 



To John Lamb, of the State of New York, in North Ame- 

 rica, at present residing in King-street, in the city of London, 

 merchant, in consequence of a communication made to him 

 by a certain foreigner residing abroad ; for certain improve- 

 ments in and upon a machine, or machinery, for extracting 

 fresh water from the bait water of the ocean, (by distillation) 

 and other purposes, at sea or elsewhere. Dated July 25. 



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