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containing fossil fish : the uppermost is fhe thickest of all, 
and abounds in the remains of extinct quadrupeds, mixed 
occasionally with those of birds, and rarely with fresh- 
water shells. 
LXVI. List of Patents for New Inventions. 
To Joseph C. Dyer, of Gloucester Place, Camden Town, 
n the county of Middlesex, who, in consequence of a com- 
munication made to him by a certain foreigner residing 
abroad, is possessed of a new improved method of spinning 
hemp, flax, grasses, or any substance having considerable 
length of fibre—ist Nov. 1813.—6 months. 
To Samuel James, of Hoddesdon, in the county of Hert- 
ford, surgeon, for his sofa or machine for the use of inva- 
lids and others. —1ist Nov.—6 months. 
To John Barton, of Tufton Street, Westminster, in the 
county of Middlesex, engineer, for his various improvements 
in the construction and application of steam engines.—1st 
Nov.—6 months. 
To John Ruthven, of Edinburgf, printer, for his ma- 
chine, or press, for printing upon types, blocks, or other 
-surfaces.—1st Nov.—4 months. 
To Thomas Rogers, cf Bagot Street, in the city of Dublin, 
but now residing in England, for bis new flour for bread, 
pastry, and other parposes.—1st Nov.—6 months. 
To William Summers the younger, of New Bond Street, 
in the county of Middlesex, tronmonger, for his method of 
raising hot water from a lower to an upper level for baths, 
manufactories, and other useful purposes.—1st Nov.—2 mo. 
To Benjamin Sanders the elder, of Granby Place, in the 
county of Surry, button manufacturer, for his improved 
manner or method of manufacturing buttons. —4th Nov.— 
6 months. 
To Charles Wilks, of Ballincollig, in the county of 
Cork, Esq. for his method of constructing four-wheeled car- 
riages of all descriptions, whereby a facility of turning is 
obtained without having recourse to the usual modes of 
having what is commonly called locks, or having any ne- 
cessity for keeping the fore wheels of such carriages lower 
than the hinder wheels usually are, or of raising the bodies 
of such carriages bigher than usual.—gth Nov.—?® months, 
To Richard Jones Tomlinson, of Bristol, in the county 
of Somerset, iron master, for certain improvements in the 
methods of constructing or making the coverings of the 
roofs, or of other surfaces of buildings whether external or 
internal,—13th Nov.—? months, METEORO= 
